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Destiny 2 |OT2| Leviathan Wakes (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)
- Thread starter JohnOfMars
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Is there no damn matchmaking for Nightfall?
gutterboy44
Member
This x1,000. It was so annoying having a weapon everyone was raving about, but having a shit roll on it that completely negated the positives. I much rather have tons of weapons, all with their locked stats. It is makes them feel like exotics, like oh sweet I finally got Curtain Call! Not...oh I got Curtain Call for the 6th time and it is still not a great roll.
Cornbread78
Member
nope. Only for strikes.
JetBlackPanda
Member
link to video?
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
I've not had one of those drop yet :/
I have had helluva fun with a Blue 3 round burst side arm though. It doesn't look like anything great but it seems to blow everybody away.
Future PhaZe
Member
Many of the gun classes are stronger than their D1 versions--the only difference is not having flat out broken stuff like Thorn or a year 1 last word. If you look at the impact + range combination of handcannons, they are up on average. Autorifles are the same. Generally, everything in D2 has been given a buff, it's just that high high cheese tier exotic is not there taking over the game.
Chris_Rivera
Member
Yep. The meditations arent worth my time with the current rewards they give.
There's "guided games", which will pair you with 2 others who are looking to help someone run the Nightfall. Not exactly the "matchmaking" some want, but still a viable way to clear end game content if you're solo.
neoism
Member
Yea it sucks but I have gotten an exotic engram for the event complete maybe the heroic just ups the chance a bit
it actually looked really good in the concept art. Someone somewhere fucked up on the transition.
Hard mode campain in D1 did not gave any rewards though
yeah... I mean at this point I can never go back to the D1 way. Find a gun you like, know immediately that the gun is worthwhile versus just the version of it with the perks you randomly got. Hear a gun recommended to you, know that when it drops for you it's the gun.You don't have to worry about whether or not you got the perfect edge case that you need to be able to compete/contribute as well as everyone else, you just need the weapon.
At this point I'd say I'm out if they reintroduce D1 perk rolls or any kind of perks variants of guns that are not player deterministic in some way. The idea that an additional layer of RNG, on top of the RNG you are relying on to get the drop, was beneficial to the play experience is baffling to me, and honestly just illustrates really well the spectrum of opinions that form around a project like this and how it will be impossible to make everyone happy no matter what they do.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Motherfucker... I bet that it was that Kekistan jackass, too.
Twilight Gap
Member
I'm fortunate that the bond, helmet and robes have already dropped for me so that i don't have to do them again. not that i wouldn't mind replaying the campaign, but having to choose between 3 arbitrarily selected missions at a time is an inconvenient turnoff
By far the hugest time sink. If anything the mod system is a way better way to at least allow for way more gun variety I think they will keep expanding it to give all the perks guns had in D1.
Rexatality
Member
Honestly, the idea of grinding for the same weapon over and over for a perfect roll is just baffling to me.
I have a legendary 3 burst sidearm called the last hope. It is disgusting in close. Im melting people 1v1 with it. Reminds me of my beloved trespasser. Its amazing. Im sure bungie will nerf them. The ttk is crazy fast.
giancarlo123x
Banned
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TheCanisDirus
Member
For me: yes and no.
I MUCH would have rather the perks on weapons and armor been the mods were getting in D2. Throw on a legendary outlaw mod.... or a rare counterbalance etc. with how easy mods are to get/purchase would have been cooler than the mostly pointless mods we now have. Only ones worth while (aside from a simple 5+ value) are ability cooldowns. The others are sooooo minimal in terms of actual effect they're almost non existent.
RickyRozay
Member
Ok cool just one more
JetBlackPanda
Member
thanks man!
Finally finished it. Story is meh. slightly better than 1 but come on, 1 was like trash tier anything is better than it. Last boss of the story mode was horrible.the only mission that was close to entertaining was the one before the last one, on the the
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Every single adventure or quest I've done follows the same patters that I hated from the first destiny, kill stuff in the area where you get the quest usually, then go some other place and interact with something, then just kill 4-6 waves of things, each one being predictable what's in it as far as mob composition (strength wise).
Someone really needs to show destiny how to do quests properly or even to explain to them waves after wave of mobs and just adding tons of mobs don't make it fun. Like less mobs that did more interesting things would be better than this. If they want to go the route of just tossing more enemies than should be expected then you gotta make them more diverse not just like 4 kinds for each alien race.
Also during non-res areas, they need better checkpoints. It's just crazy getting to 80% on the 4th slow filling pillar just to die to some random crap and start off at the start again is just insane.
I like the concept that aliens hate each other, loved it in destiny 1, but why the hell do I show up, go after one kind of alien and the other one instantly becomes best friends with him and decides to help him out, doesn't make sense.
The world is lovely, and I want to go explore more areas like inside ships and shit, but when they make it so damn linear that you get no chance to explore anything it really ruins these places that bungie makes. Destiny is sooooo a game that would benefit from having multiple paths to get to the end point.
It's more destiny i guess, people liked that the first time, I still find it trite
sun
Every single adventure or quest I've done follows the same patters that I hated from the first destiny, kill stuff in the area where you get the quest usually, then go some other place and interact with something, then just kill 4-6 waves of things, each one being predictable what's in it as far as mob composition (strength wise).
Someone really needs to show destiny how to do quests properly or even to explain to them waves after wave of mobs and just adding tons of mobs don't make it fun. Like less mobs that did more interesting things would be better than this. If they want to go the route of just tossing more enemies than should be expected then you gotta make them more diverse not just like 4 kinds for each alien race.
Also during non-res areas, they need better checkpoints. It's just crazy getting to 80% on the 4th slow filling pillar just to die to some random crap and start off at the start again is just insane.
I like the concept that aliens hate each other, loved it in destiny 1, but why the hell do I show up, go after one kind of alien and the other one instantly becomes best friends with him and decides to help him out, doesn't make sense.
The world is lovely, and I want to go explore more areas like inside ships and shit, but when they make it so damn linear that you get no chance to explore anything it really ruins these places that bungie makes. Destiny is sooooo a game that would benefit from having multiple paths to get to the end point.
It's more destiny i guess, people liked that the first time, I still find it trite
Omolon's 3-burst sidearms are fantastic. I can recommend both Last Dance and Last Hope, they have slight variations for preference but are both awesome
I think its way to early to tell about the Mods(variety wise) I think this is a great thing they did and I think is a great base going forward and I do think they should add even more mods or mod slots, but is a step in the right direction. When it comes to player time value and what you do in the game.
The old way with RNG guns and RNG perks was the hugest time sink known to man.
Problem is, there isn't tons of weapons. And I'm guessing there won't be.
bananafactory
Banned
Yes. I only have one character. I haven't got any rewards this week
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
RickyRozay
Member
Hey man!
I said I was game!
Same PSN name.
Got you
Alpha Phoenix
Member
It's the sort of game that either clicks, or doesn't. There's a lot of flaws, but IMO the gameplay and world more than make up for it. As is often said, it's a first-person Diablo. So if you're coming expecting a great story or deep questing, you're unfortunately in the wrong boat.
Twilight Gap
Member
It's a big game made by a big company in an emerging genre. Wont be long before something comes along that does it better.
gutterboy44
Member
Exotic weapons and armor should have two mod slots. Or better yet, exotic mods.
To be honest I'm actually VERY okay with this.
I'd rather them make things more challenging, and encourage fireteam play, rather than nerf rewards. This is a good sign.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I've only got 1 engram from the first 4 raid chests this weeks. The rest have only contained tokens. Butts.
I really like that, beyond wide general stat boosts for the basic-most categories, all armor is essentially an aesthetic husk.
Hopefully that means I can opt to wear my Wildwood shit in Y3 on a lark, etc. as there aren't any inherently OP perks that can't be carried over into later expansions and infused.
Hopefully that means I can opt to wear my Wildwood shit in Y3 on a lark, etc. as there aren't any inherently OP perks that can't be carried over into later expansions and infused.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Think I may do a review of this game...idk. Feel like I have a lot to say about it, good and bad.
aye, at end-game this is actually getting me pretty excited. I'm going to have a different set for Raids/PVP/Casual PVE. Fashion Destiny is a go.
I love Trials. D2 PVP on the whole is a huge improvement over the first...once MIDA is cut down a bit, allowing more weapon variety, I could only see the enjoyment going up.
Twilight Gap
Member
I appreciate what they attempted with the weapon sandbox, but the boring ass 3 lane CoD maps do it in for me.
Rexatality
Member
Doubt it. The Division, with all its hype, didn't manage to put pressure on Destiny
And I doubt Anthem will be able to, either
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1436466&page=100000
Uk guys - destiny 2 is available for £31.99
Uk guys - destiny 2 is available for £31.99
I think a big part of this is how good Bungie is at creating fun and tight gunplay. Not many shooters compete with them in that department, in my opinion.
Pinko Marx
Banned
I'm honestly pretty excited to see what Anthem is all about. I didn't even have plans to buy D2 because of Anthem (I wanted to see which came out to be the better game) but my friends convinced me to pick it up anyway.
Razzmatazzer
Member
Exhausting? I mean no one HAD to keep grinding for a perfect roll. A good player with a shit roll could still do just fine. The random perks though made loot a hell of a lot more fun than it is now. It was fun getting the same gun, especially one you liked, to see what rolls it had. Same with comparing the same guns with friends, it was fun to get the same weapon yet different and compare the two... Now? That's gone. Now everyone has the same damn gun and if you get a duplicate, you immediately know you're trashing one of them.
The only real issue I see in D1 is that some perks were pretty terrible and should've been removed. No reason why you can't just create a pool of good perks that everything can pull from.