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Digitalize said:
Exotics will never be obsolete, so worth buying.
...until the next DLC!Seriously I still have a boatload of level 300/30 weapons and armour from the pre-DLC days as it costs over 7,000 glimmer, plus an exotic shard (7 strange coins) just to reset them.
You then have to re-level them which takes about 80,000 XP, plus another 7,000 or so XP, plus another exotic shard. Not to mention that you have to wait for Xur to offer the upgrade on each piece, which can take months.
That's bearable for your favourite pieces, but not for the 10+ so-so pieces in the game.
Hopefully Bungie will fix this next time around, but I wouldn't count on it.
They're still not obsolete, you've chosen to leave them at the old levels. It's your choice.
They've also said they won't make the same mistakes. What that means I don't know. But personally I haven't found the upgrade system a problem at all. Quite nice to have a 36/331 exotic drop of one you already have but don't use, like a consolation prize. You already had it but at least its a free upgrade.
I've upgraded a grand total of 2 items, Ice Breaker and Saint-14. Rest I've bought/dropped, or left at 300.
They've also said they won't make the same mistakes. What that means I don't know. But personally I haven't found the upgrade system a problem at all. Quite nice to have a 36/331 exotic drop of one you already have but don't use, like a consolation prize. You already had it but at least its a free upgrade.
I've upgraded a grand total of 2 items, Ice Breaker and Saint-14. Rest I've bought/dropped, or left at 300.
Hhhhhmmmm. I think I'll buy one and not bother upgrading it and wait to see when xur sells the upgrade, post DLC. That way I won't waste time and resources having to reset it for the new light level (if that is indeed how it will work. I know they've said they won't repeat the same mistakes, but who knows?).
lovechild said:
Cheers, done with almost the same amount of style and panache as me.......almost
Definitely the better strategy with good line of sight, rather than playing hunt the swordbearer.
After Speckle's tale of daring deed and camaraderie in the abyss, fighting through countless foe to revive fallen comrades, I say f
k THAT!! We should have lamp races. Every man for himself, any class/perk you want, last one to the bridge plate is a rotten egg. Pushing/punching people into holes IS allowed.
I sort of like this idea but, I don't think the mechanics of the abyss are particularly suited to it. The front runners at the start will have too much of an advantage to be caught - Still, might be fun to give it a try Definitely the better strategy with good line of sight, rather than playing hunt the swordbearer. After Speckle's tale of daring deed and camaraderie in the abyss, fighting through countless foe to revive fallen comrades, I say f
k THAT!! We should have lamp races. Every man for himself, any class/perk you want, last one to the bridge plate is a rotten egg. Pushing/punching people into holes IS allowed.
lovechild said:
Another idea to liven things up is to not use the same swordbearer for consecutive whacks on Crota, so 2 swordbearers per sword. Maybe get 2 whacks each and everyone uses the sword to kill him. Pointless I know, but easy mode is pretty easy so if nothing else it should be a bit of a shambles and open plenty of people up for ridicule.
This has clusterf*ck written all over it but, I will reserve judgement.I noticed this morning that the heavy ammo bug is back unfortunately. I was consistently losing a single rocket every time I went to orbit so, looks like their fix is partially broken already!
lovechild said:
Yep noticed ammo too. Finish with ammo, logged off, started again a few hours later.....Hey presto! empty.
Lots of people on reddit reporting lost ammo when going to orbit so, I think it is a known thing. The fix was specifically to deal with loss of ammo on death/respawn apparently, which I am very happy with.Anybody around tomorrow afternoon who fancies the Nightfall? I realise that that the regulars will have done it more than once already but I would still like to complete it having come so close earlier this week.
Should have a good chunk of time to throw at it, so up for anything really after that.
I now have a 331 Icebreaker too. Motes of light on an exotic helmet engram from Xur gave me a warlock helm which is of no use so sharded = exotic shard I needed for the final upgraded. Not sure it will be make much difference in reality but nice to have
Should have a good chunk of time to throw at it, so up for anything really after that.
I now have a 331 Icebreaker too. Motes of light on an exotic helmet engram from Xur gave me a warlock helm which is of no use so sharded = exotic shard I needed for the final upgraded. Not sure it will be make much difference in reality but nice to have
I have had a pretty decent week on Destiny. Crota Normal mode got red death and then I went on to rage after smashing crota as it only came up with shards but I was told I got hard light too, carried on raging as I have it already. Said I'd quit playing the game in a complete childish fashion.
Did the Crota checkpoint on hard mode yesterday and got word of crota and Gjallahorn!!!!
Which in a childish fashion, I celebrated!
Good week.
Did the Crota checkpoint on hard mode yesterday and got word of crota and Gjallahorn!!!!
Which in a childish fashion, I celebrated!
Good week.
Speckle said:
Lots of people on reddit reporting lost ammo when going to orbit so, I think it is a known thing. The fix was specifically to deal with loss of ammo on death/respawn apparently, which I am very happy with.
I read somewhere that this is deliberate so that people can't arrive in the Crucible with full heavy ammo from the start, which OK makes sense I suppose but if you are planet hopping in PvE it's a bit annoying you can't take what you've found / synthesised with you.Had a clean Nightfall run with Brite Spark and Dick Dastardly yesterday and finally completed it, yay! (thanks guys, lots of fun). Now proud wearer of the flaming head for 1 day before the reset kicks in
Any burn here on the rewards? Only arc in the form of Thunderlord, nice one
That also kicked off my Bad Juju bounty and a quick Summoning Pits strike run with Brite Spark provided the first step to the Thorn bounty too, so not a bad 45 mins all said and done
Wouldn't mind a go at the weekly heroic to see if getting up into that boss sniping spot on the light fitting is possible. I didn't want to risk it on the Nightfall.
Any burn here on the rewards? Only arc in the form of Thunderlord, nice one
That also kicked off my Bad Juju bounty and a quick Summoning Pits strike run with Brite Spark provided the first step to the Thorn bounty too, so not a bad 45 mins all said and done
Wouldn't mind a go at the weekly heroic to see if getting up into that boss sniping spot on the light fitting is possible. I didn't want to risk it on the Nightfall.
Well, here is the video of the carnage from Thursday night. Warning- it is a bit long and I've already trimmed it a fair bit. That being so, in order to set the scene:-
- This lot had already killed about 5 to 6 Ogres as seen on my screen (I joined late and so dead at the start... hence why i was just watching).
- Kaney fell off the bridge and ended up at the start hence me getting revived.
- The video starts just before we see you lot causing carnage in the distance. It was worth keeping that!
- The number of people using No Land Beyond for this is/was obscene.
- I think it was about 16-18 Ogres that spawned in total.
- My fall right at the end was shameful as was the number of my own G-horn rockets taken to the face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI8TbrvA6s
This new game of "leaving no man behind" as well as killing EVERYTHING is epic
- This lot had already killed about 5 to 6 Ogres as seen on my screen (I joined late and so dead at the start... hence why i was just watching).
- Kaney fell off the bridge and ended up at the start hence me getting revived.
- The video starts just before we see you lot causing carnage in the distance. It was worth keeping that!
- The number of people using No Land Beyond for this is/was obscene.
- I think it was about 16-18 Ogres that spawned in total.
- My fall right at the end was shameful as was the number of my own G-horn rockets taken to the face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI8TbrvA6s
This new game of "leaving no man behind" as well as killing EVERYTHING is epic
Moog72 said:
Had a clean Nightfall run with Brite Spark and Dick Dastardly yesterday and finally completed it, yay! (thanks guys, lots of fun). Now proud wearer of the flaming head for 1 day before the reset kicks in
Any burn here on the rewards? Only arc in the form of Thunderlord, nice one
That also kicked off my Bad Juju bounty and a quick Summoning Pits strike run with Brite Spark provided the first step to the Thorn bounty too, so not a bad 45 mins all said and done
Wouldn't mind a go at the weekly heroic to see if getting up into that boss sniping spot on the light fitting is possible. I didn't want to risk it on the Nightfall.
Weekly now has matchmaking if no one is about, if not I'll be on shortly. Did the weekly last night with alternate character and it took longer than the nightfall we did, bloody annoying the lack of damage from lower rank characters.Any burn here on the rewards? Only arc in the form of Thunderlord, nice one
That also kicked off my Bad Juju bounty and a quick Summoning Pits strike run with Brite Spark provided the first step to the Thorn bounty too, so not a bad 45 mins all said and done
Wouldn't mind a go at the weekly heroic to see if getting up into that boss sniping spot on the light fitting is possible. I didn't want to risk it on the Nightfall.
(Yabu-formerly brite spark)
Yabu said:
Weekly now has matchmaking if no one is about, if not I'll be on shortly. Did the weekly last night with alternate character and it took longer than the nightfall we did, bloody annoying the lack of damage from lower rank characters.
(Yabu-formerly brite spark)
Cheers, but doesn't look as if I'm going to get on tonight to try this before the reset sadly. Perhaps we can try it on a regular strike sometime just to prove the point for the next time this rolls around as a Nightfall. I need to do 25 normal strikes in any case to move the Bad Juju bounty on to the next stage (Yabu-formerly brite spark)
I haven't done 25 strikes in total since I started playing the game nearly 6 months ago 
Flat-out said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI8TbrvA6s
This new game of "leaving no man behind" as well as killing EVERYTHING is epic
Ha-ha! That did look fun. I especially liked the bit where you fell off the bridge at the end having killed everythingThis new game of "leaving no man behind" as well as killing EVERYTHING is epic
Moog72 said:
Cheers, but doesn't look as if I'm going to get on tonight to try this before the reset sadly. Perhaps we can try it on a regular strike sometime just to prove the point for the next time this rolls around as a Nightfall. I need to do 25 normal strikes in any case to move the Bad Juju bounty on to the next stage I haven't done 25 strikes in total since I started playing the game nearly 6 months ago
I'm pretty sure that with that one, nightfalls count as 3, so if you can do one of those plus a few normal ones each week, you'll get it done within a month. I haven't done 25 strikes in total since I started playing the game nearly 6 months ago Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff