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The Racing Rat

129 posts

202 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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tankslappa said:
Exotic armour is quick and easy to level up. Much quicker than exotic weapons in any case.

Just watched this speed run of the hard raid: -

http://youtu.be/XyevNs220vA

Very, very impressive and worth watching. Not a single bit of cheese in sight either.
Watching videos now the raid seems to favour the toughness and use of shield bubble of the Titan, how do you find running the raid with a Titan as opposed to a Hunter, I am beginning to think I chose the wrong Character!...

InnocentShadows

482 posts

142 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Great raid last, it just clicked - the fact we got through with 5 with out a full wipe makes it even better.

It's a shame there is the 30% damage reduction for LVL 29's or I think we would have smashed hard!

Really good effort guys.

dalzo

1,877 posts

136 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Just hit level 30! Done the daily and got energy again , ended up on destiny public events and their timings seem to be done to a tee.

Hit the tower and as soon as I got their I received 11 invites to the hard raid lol

tankslappa

715 posts

206 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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The Racing Rat said:
Watching videos now the raid seems to favour the toughness and use of shield bubble of the Titan, how do you find running the raid with a Titan as opposed to a Hunter, I am beginning to think I chose the wrong Character!...
The most important thing is player skill, not which character you've chosen.

Understanding your chosen characters sub class strengths and weaknesses comes second. They all require adapting to.


Irrotational

1,577 posts

188 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Well done dalzo! Good effort!

Mr E

21,613 posts

259 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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Irrotational said:
Well done dalzo! Good effort!
Indeed. I shall refer to the earlier rules regarding the exalted rank. smile

I popped in for 10 mins to visit xur and now have my first bit of exotic armour. Level 27 shortly after a couple of upgrades hopefully.

tankslappa

715 posts

206 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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dalzo said:
Just hit level 30! Done the daily and got energy again , ended up on destiny public events and their timings seem to be done to a tee.

Hit the tower and as soon as I got their I received 11 invites to the hard raid lol
Well done. Ironically you'll be wanting all those energies now, no need for shards smile

Tom had a poor experience on the hard raid with randoms the other night. Suffice to say that there are a lot of level 30 players in this game now that I can only assume have cheesed their way to this level, and clearly dont have a clue how to play it properly.

Take solice in the fact that those stripes have been earnt the hard way.

Mr E

21,613 posts

259 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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Quick farm this morning. Level 27, vanguard rank 3 (finally). Legendary auto rifle as a reward.

Bubble shield now grants a weapon damage buff if you run through it.

Splendid.

Irrotational

1,577 posts

188 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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Mr E said:
Quick farm this morning. Level 27, vanguard rank 3 (finally). Legendary auto rifle as a reward.

Bubble shield now grants a weapon damage buff if you run through it.

Splendid.
Well done! Now you can start looking for shards for your armour smile

Is anyone on tonight? Has anyone been doing iron banner? Trying to work out whether I should try and grind to rank 3 for the gloves...or if I'm better off levelling weapons and having fun in the raid (if anyone does it)

The Racing Rat

129 posts

202 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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I'm up for a normal raid run tonight at 8pm but I guess everyone has done it but I will still be on just in case!

Mr E

21,613 posts

259 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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The Racing Rat said:
I'm up for a normal raid run tonight at 8pm but I guess everyone has done it but I will still be on just in case!
I haven't, but have guests this evening and so can't be on. I could possibly do a run Monday evening before the reset, but fully understand if there's little interest.

Mr E

21,613 posts

259 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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The Racing Rat said:
I'm up for a normal raid run tonight at 8pm but I guess everyone has done it but I will still be on just in case!
I haven't, but have guests this evening and so can't be on. I could possibly do a run Monday evening before the reset, but fully understand if there's little interest.

The Racing Rat

129 posts

202 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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I'll be up for a Monday 8pm start if it does not happen tonight, I need to do a 2nd run with my 2nd hunter before the reset. Sick to death of being level 29....

dalzo

1,877 posts

136 months

Sunday 23rd November 2014
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Pretty frustrating night not being able to beat atheon, hopefully we can crack it tommorow or once we get another lvl 30


Silverbullet767

10,693 posts

206 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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dalzo said:
Pretty frustrating night not being able to beat atheon, hopefully we can crack it tommorow or once we get another lvl 30
I tried my best on Friday, but as a level 29 I'm not doing enough damage. Always seemed to be out of, or nearly out of ammo too.

Saturday I wouldn't have made it. I was at the rugby during the day and drank more than I should've. I was shoehorned into bed at 9pm never to see the rest of the night!

dalzo

1,877 posts

136 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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Silverbullet767 said:
I tried my best on Friday, but as a level 29 I'm not doing enough damage. Always seemed to be out of, or nearly out of ammo too.

Saturday I wouldn't have made it. I was at the rugby during the day and drank more than I should've. I was shoehorned into bed at 9pm never to see the rest of the night!
I know , it's not so much we're not good enough to do it, it's getting everyone a high enough level to beat it on hard, it was taking our lvl 29 players 4 hits with an ice breaker just to take out an oracle last night.

Hopefully tommorrow , once we start fresh on the hard raid we will hit a bit of luck and make it all the way through, I really want the vex mythoclast!

Antimus

468 posts

190 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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It does seem that 29'ers can't really compete on Hard, unless they maybe get carried by 4+ 30's. That's a shame, I also am sick of being a 29'er but it's a long slog to get to 30.
Tried the Iron Banner and just no, I'd rather do 2 raids a week and try my luck with the dice than 17 hours of PvP

Tom4728

80 posts

113 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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Got my second warlock up to lvl 30 yesterday thanks to the helmet dropping from Atheon on Saturday along with Vex Mythoclast. Its surprising the difference from 29 - 30 in the Hard raid does. Hopefully can get a group together tomorrow to complete it all the way through think it may need a little patience but i think we can do it. Still need to get myself a vision of confluence then im happy lol

Irrotational

1,577 posts

188 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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After everyone got logged off by a bug and sensibly called it a day, Wuddie and I carried on trying to cheese him....suffice to say it did not end well!

Probably a combination of it being really hard and my mediocre grenading skills!

We did manage to trap him at the front, and I even got him backwards off the platform...but he went back onto the middle platform and instantly teleported back to the main area. You have to get him to walk off but to the left* between the middle platform and the portal area.

Each attempt takes 15 minutes or so to rebuild your super and gets pretty tense!

* left as you start the level- right as you are facing him trying to get him towards the back of the room

Things that go wrong:-
1. He turns right at the bottom of the steps not straight on...he has to see you on the middle platform to come right down to check.
2. The first grenade doesn't immediately stop him from stepping backwards as soon as he sees you
3. The second grenade doesn't keep him in the little area without walls
4. He kills you really quickly as sunsinger comes up.

It's obviously do-able...but not without a lot of patience. To be fair 5 people could probably just stand at the spawn point and AFK while the 6th tries to do it...

simo1863

1,867 posts

128 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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I'm well up for a bit of regular raiding tonight. In need of shards