Destiny (Xbox One)
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Once you get through that story and above level 20 it will eat your whole life.
From a average gamer with no more time than about 75 hours on Forza 5 MAX.
And now having spent myself over 500 hours on this it's going to take over your life. The social aspects are the best part and its lots of fun.
More fun for them who have spend 2000 hours on it
Eh Tank
From a average gamer with no more time than about 75 hours on Forza 5 MAX.
And now having spent myself over 500 hours on this it's going to take over your life. The social aspects are the best part and its lots of fun.
More fun for them who have spend 2000 hours on it
Eh Tank 
Glenred said:
RemaL said:
Well tank was a bit rusty with the sword last night and Glen had to show him how to do it
It's a sad state when some of the older generation can't remember how to run sword! WreckedGecko said:
Just bought Destiny, love it.
Only at lev 9, but it is starting to eat my life. Gamertag is Overheadbeef04, so if you see me tarting around out there, say hi!
I've added you too but may not be on much as Gears is out tomorrow. Only at lev 9, but it is starting to eat my life. Gamertag is Overheadbeef04, so if you see me tarting around out there, say hi!
Think I'll just concentrate on iron banner this week until I can have another crack at Scrota
Come through Crota with me and I'm off work befor TTK cones out so I candi a VOG hard with you.
On another note I've missed this game so much
http://gameclipscontent-d3004.xboxlive.com/0009000...
On another note I've missed this game so much
http://gameclipscontent-d3004.xboxlive.com/0009000...
Edited by phil-sti on Friday 28th August 09:21
Edited by phil-sti on Friday 28th August 09:23
Mr E said:
This is embarrassing.
I've just looked at the companion app. It has a new bit with the 10 things to complete before year one ends.
I knew I hadn't found all the cheats or beaten PoE on Hard.
I also apparently haven't beaten either raid on hard. Not quite sure how that hasn't happened.
I had that, even though I have. Weird I've just looked at the companion app. It has a new bit with the 10 things to complete before year one ends.
I knew I hadn't found all the cheats or beaten PoE on Hard.
I also apparently haven't beaten either raid on hard. Not quite sure how that hasn't happened.
But then again it took a destiny maintenance update which kicked me offline to give me a crucible achievement from a few months ago...
Weekly update is interesting, especially the changes to nightfall and weekly heroic.
https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=13430
https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=13430
Bungie said:
Luke Smith: In our Strike the Dreadnaught reveal earlier this week, we showed some and told some about how we wanted Strikes to move forward into Year 2.
◦Strike replayability is augmented by variability.
◦Bosses with more interested combat phases and less vitality.
◦Strike-specific rewards.
◾E.g., Armor drops that look like trophies from the Strike boss
◾E.g., weapons that only drop from certain Strikes
But those aren't the only changes coming to Strikes. We've also looked at the programming/Strike playlists and made some changes there, too.
Nightfall
Our desired Nightfall experience is the weekly ritual where you get together with your friends for a test of thumbskill and allow players to optimize for gear.
Burn skulls motivate weapon rotation and now the Burn resist talents found on chest pieces will rotate armor.
The death penalty of being kicked to orbit often leads to players feeling forced to play too safe, rather than running through the world as a monster killing machine.
Another thing we didn't like about the Year 1 Nightfall was how players could feel forced to play Nightfall as early as possible in the week to maximize the benefit from the Nightfall buff. So, we've shelved that buff until we can reform it into something closer to its original intent - a mark of prestige for having achieved something challenging. We've adjusted sources of XP and Reputation up to account for its absence.
◦Now Requires Level 40
◦Wiping no longer returns Fireteams to Orbit
◦Now uses 30 second time-out penalty for Death (same as Raid Normal)
Weekly Heroic Strikes
We've removed a dedicated Weekly Heroic Strike from the game this Fall. In its place we've added a new playlist: the Vanguard Heroic Playlist.
Each week players receive bonus Legendary Marks from the Weekly Heroic Playlist. These awards are received at the Account level rather than the character level - as was the case with Year One Weekly Heroic Rewards.
We made this change to enable players to focus on a single character more, or feel less pressure to gear three characters at once for Legendary Marks.
◦Requires Level 40
◦Removed the Weekly Heroic Strikes
◦Instead, accounts receive Legendary Marks for completing the first three Weekly Strikes
◦Removed the Weekly Cap on how many Legendary Marks can be earned.
◦Guarantee a Legendary Engram drop from a character's first clear of a Weekly Heroic Strike
Weekly PVP Ritual
Nightfall was built as a ritual experience for groups of three players in PVE. In Year 1, we didn't have a good weekly ritual experience for PVP players.
Once players have completed the PVP Intro chain on Lord Shaxx, they receive access to the Weekly PVP quests on Lord Shaxx and the PVP Quartermaster.
Each week, Lord Shaxx has a Bounty called "The True Meaning of War." Completing this Bounty each week (which requires completing the PVP weeklies) grants players Nightfall tier rewards.
Daily Heroic/Daily PVP
It's important to us that Destiny remain compatible with real life. Playing multiple characters can sometimes feel like a job or a chore, the Daily Heroic and Daily PVP often felt that way. So we increased their rewards and made them an account completion. We want players to choose which characters they want to play on and earn Legendary Marks on.
◦Strike replayability is augmented by variability.
◦Bosses with more interested combat phases and less vitality.
◦Strike-specific rewards.
◾E.g., Armor drops that look like trophies from the Strike boss
◾E.g., weapons that only drop from certain Strikes
But those aren't the only changes coming to Strikes. We've also looked at the programming/Strike playlists and made some changes there, too.
Nightfall
Our desired Nightfall experience is the weekly ritual where you get together with your friends for a test of thumbskill and allow players to optimize for gear.
Burn skulls motivate weapon rotation and now the Burn resist talents found on chest pieces will rotate armor.
The death penalty of being kicked to orbit often leads to players feeling forced to play too safe, rather than running through the world as a monster killing machine.
Another thing we didn't like about the Year 1 Nightfall was how players could feel forced to play Nightfall as early as possible in the week to maximize the benefit from the Nightfall buff. So, we've shelved that buff until we can reform it into something closer to its original intent - a mark of prestige for having achieved something challenging. We've adjusted sources of XP and Reputation up to account for its absence.
◦Now Requires Level 40
◦Wiping no longer returns Fireteams to Orbit
◦Now uses 30 second time-out penalty for Death (same as Raid Normal)
Weekly Heroic Strikes
We've removed a dedicated Weekly Heroic Strike from the game this Fall. In its place we've added a new playlist: the Vanguard Heroic Playlist.
Each week players receive bonus Legendary Marks from the Weekly Heroic Playlist. These awards are received at the Account level rather than the character level - as was the case with Year One Weekly Heroic Rewards.
We made this change to enable players to focus on a single character more, or feel less pressure to gear three characters at once for Legendary Marks.
◦Requires Level 40
◦Removed the Weekly Heroic Strikes
◦Instead, accounts receive Legendary Marks for completing the first three Weekly Strikes
◦Removed the Weekly Cap on how many Legendary Marks can be earned.
◦Guarantee a Legendary Engram drop from a character's first clear of a Weekly Heroic Strike
Weekly PVP Ritual
Nightfall was built as a ritual experience for groups of three players in PVE. In Year 1, we didn't have a good weekly ritual experience for PVP players.
Once players have completed the PVP Intro chain on Lord Shaxx, they receive access to the Weekly PVP quests on Lord Shaxx and the PVP Quartermaster.
Each week, Lord Shaxx has a Bounty called "The True Meaning of War." Completing this Bounty each week (which requires completing the PVP weeklies) grants players Nightfall tier rewards.
Daily Heroic/Daily PVP
It's important to us that Destiny remain compatible with real life. Playing multiple characters can sometimes feel like a job or a chore, the Daily Heroic and Daily PVP often felt that way. So we increased their rewards and made them an account completion. We want players to choose which characters they want to play on and earn Legendary Marks on.
I've been watching the twitch feeds and updates lately and starting to feel like Destiny has grown up a bit in the Taken King. Lots of positive changes to the way we play.
I'm looking forward to ditching my old legendaries and gjallerhorn and moving forward with new stuff. Hopefully the new stuff is a bit more balanced so that we have more freedom to choose our favourite load outs.
I love collecting the shaders so really pleased I don't have to waste all my vault space on them. Addition of different ghosts and artefacts looks cool too.
I'm looking forward to ditching my old legendaries and gjallerhorn and moving forward with new stuff. Hopefully the new stuff is a bit more balanced so that we have more freedom to choose our favourite load outs.
I love collecting the shaders so really pleased I don't have to waste all my vault space on them. Addition of different ghosts and artefacts looks cool too.
WreckedGecko said:
Just bought Destiny, love it.
Only at lev 9, but it is starting to eat my life. Gamertag is Overheadbeef04, so if you see me tarting around out there, say hi!
Ive had the game for a year, AND made a Warlock cosplay outfit for a convention, and i am STILL only at lvl 9 Only at lev 9, but it is starting to eat my life. Gamertag is Overheadbeef04, so if you see me tarting around out there, say hi!
i am Rick 1138 on XBLive if you want to say hi.
Hopefully getting back into the game as The Taken King is out in 3 weeks and sounds interesting for gameplay
I DID IT!!!!
Finally got the Thorn bounty I have had on my Titan for about 6 months.
I've not done but crucible but had a stab over the last few says with the Iron Banner and managed it yesterday afternoon.
thanks to Trash who helped me with the final bit killing the wizard bit.
Maxed out 1 of my gallys as well. And will say I have been enjoying the crucible more recently. I found out a good way of using the ward of dawn with the amour of light. Just stay in the bubble and it's very hard to kill me. I had 4 guys trying to do this and managed to kill 4 until one pushed me out of the bubble and I died.
Only way I did find open can kill me was using the hulk smash
A fun day and glad I have the thorn.
Now it's just the Elder cipher bow thing to sort out and i'm almost half was through the POE killing the boss thing. Would like to do a 34 or even 35 if anyone is about in the next day or so
Finally got the Thorn bounty I have had on my Titan for about 6 months.
I've not done but crucible but had a stab over the last few says with the Iron Banner and managed it yesterday afternoon.
thanks to Trash who helped me with the final bit killing the wizard bit.
Maxed out 1 of my gallys as well. And will say I have been enjoying the crucible more recently. I found out a good way of using the ward of dawn with the amour of light. Just stay in the bubble and it's very hard to kill me. I had 4 guys trying to do this and managed to kill 4 until one pushed me out of the bubble and I died.
Only way I did find open can kill me was using the hulk smash
A fun day and glad I have the thorn.
Now it's just the Elder cipher bow thing to sort out and i'm almost half was through the POE killing the boss thing. Would like to do a 34 or even 35 if anyone is about in the next day or so
Remal! Congrats fella!
Quite big changes to the nightfall and weekly. Strange coins are going to be more RNG....worried my measly stack of 200 will not be enough!
I can see why they're making the changes but I worry they're losing some of the "rituals" of the game that have kept people coming back.
Also changing the balance between 1 and 3 chars quite a bit.
Lastly in case you haven't all seen 2.0 GOES LIVE ON THE 8th!
This includes the new ghost voice and t/he quest systems and the weapon balancing.
It's also when your level 34 is converted from light level to xp level.
Things changing on the 15th will be an increase of the level cap to 40 and all of the new content.
It's currently unknown when the collections machines will go live...so don't delete things on the 8th.
Bungie have also said they still don't know what etheric light is going to change into.
Everyone is also anticipating new world events when the 2.0 patch goes live, just like the pack of wolves events did a week before HoW. I'd guess taken will start appearing on patrol but who knows?
Quite big changes to the nightfall and weekly. Strange coins are going to be more RNG....worried my measly stack of 200 will not be enough!
I can see why they're making the changes but I worry they're losing some of the "rituals" of the game that have kept people coming back.
Also changing the balance between 1 and 3 chars quite a bit.
Lastly in case you haven't all seen 2.0 GOES LIVE ON THE 8th!
This includes the new ghost voice and t/he quest systems and the weapon balancing.
It's also when your level 34 is converted from light level to xp level.
Things changing on the 15th will be an increase of the level cap to 40 and all of the new content.
It's currently unknown when the collections machines will go live...so don't delete things on the 8th.
Bungie have also said they still don't know what etheric light is going to change into.
Everyone is also anticipating new world events when the 2.0 patch goes live, just like the pack of wolves events did a week before HoW. I'd guess taken will start appearing on patrol but who knows?
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