DENTISTY i mean DESTINY

same actually! might want to once i get to those big raids... if you're UK based my username is jamiesummerz

Yeah I bought TTK in the end, it's very generous in its "Go new places! Do new things! Have this cool stuff for free!" first hour or two, though the instant obsolescence of ALL year one stuff (including exotics, which are now outclassed by second tier year 2 equipment) definitely stings. I hadn't even finished levelling my gjallerhorn.

I'm up for raiding in theory, feel free to add me (jimodo).

its pretty good so far. i think old outclassed stuff can be infused for higher stats but i don't totally understand how it works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsmZ1Qu7x34

dude gonna get maced

a couple hrs into TTK now, and i haven't yet been able to bring myself to destroy all my year one legendaries yet (hopscotch pilgrim, i barely knew ye) even though i'm currently wearing almost all blue/green drops that significantly outclass the old stuff.

i'm enjoying the new story, and am psyched to try out heroic strikes, nightfall, and the new raid *hopefully* within the next week or so.

for new folks - i recommend against d3st1nylfg unless it's absolutely necessary (i have had several really negative experiences with randoms picked up for groups from there) but strongly suggest you check out the 100. the ability to schedule when you want to run a task is definitely nice for folks with jobs and lives outside of destiny, and i've found the caliber of person who populates this site is GENERALLY higher than the alternatives. multiplayer is really the key to this game, so finding a group to roll with is invaluable.

also, feel free to add me should you so desire. i'm at psn: vrilr0. i am primarily concerned w/ getting into the new endgame content but i love the old raids and PoE etc. as well

feel like I'm probably too low to help you (27? 28? i think?) but I am curious about the new content. I've still never done a raid.

never seen that the100 thing b4, interesting

never done vog and when i did scrota's end i pretty much took a backseat as the others cheesed thru it for their 200th time. that was "fun"

only done crota once (need to do it a few more times on HM to upgrade my husk of the pit) but vog is my jam. i suck at it but the mechanics for the final boss are really cool and anxiety inducing.

bungie hid a few dead ghosts in crota's end so it seems like that raid might have a place in y2 but i'm not sure about vog and this makes me sad since i think it's the best thing they've done in this game so far

feel like I'm probably too low to help you (27? 28? i think?) but I am curious about the new content. I've still never done a raid.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:41 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think the target is roughly 240 light to hit at least start hitting the endgame targets (possibly more for some things) but i am guessing some of the older stuff, like poe and y1 raids, might have lower threshholds.

in the earlier days, people started hitting vog at 27 or 28, i wonder what, if anything, they've done to normalize the new system with that old expectation.

so any idea why i can't pick up any more vanguard bounties even though i'm only holding 5?

just hit 40

This game's pretty bloody great at the moment. Hope it lasts.

I'm evening enjoying (and getting better at) PvP.

Evening? Even.

also just made 40, hit me up PSN name is BLIFIL

i tried the new raid on saturday. took 2-3 hours to make it to the first boss and ultimately had to abandon the fireteam to rejoin the world. i think the group i was with was maybe under-geared or possibly unfamiliar with raid dynamics because we kept dying during seemingly straightforward procedural steps. (also the platforming stage took at least half an hour to get everybody across.)

i probably won't return to it before i lose my checkpoint tonight at 2am, but am interested to see more of the raid and get some of that more of that sweet sweet gear. i did make it out with a 303 light ghost shell which was awesome, and a full 20 point improvement over the one i went in with.

psn: vrilr0, feel free to add me for whatever

also for the newly 40 folks, make sure you run the dreadnought patrol mission so you can get access to the 36 & heroic strike playlists. these are your bread and butter for raising your light level. after 3-5 1-2 hr sessions you should be at or near 290 which i think is basically the bottom light level at which it's possible to succeed in the raid (and thus it is possible to succeed at any of the other content).

i have 2 chars at 40, but only one has broken 290. i would stick with the vanguard strikes and skip the heroic past the 5 needed unless youre a masochist. rewards are pretty much the same at 36 and the 41 versions can be needlessly punishing. instead do court of oryx, you can get a lot of loot quick there

Strikes with randoms are pretty painful at the moment, the number of people out there who don't have a clue what they're doing seems to have boomed, I end up effectively soloing most of them these days.

mercifully, 36 strikes are manageable even when carrying dead weight in random match made games

got to around ~250 light gear so far, mostly by doing strikes (finding the 36 strikes - like u said - so easy you can even have one person drop out and still finish no sweat) mixed w some crucible which - despite the fact that i'm not the biggest mp fps gamer by far - i'm finding very satisfying. the strikes are all good... the first time. esp that hive nest one w/ the pitch black final boss encounter is so tedious. hate it.

The fact they're using legendary marks to strongly encourage people who don't normally play crucible to play it is making crucible a lot more fun for people (like me) who don't normally play it because there's a greatly increased chance you'll be up against other people who don't normally play it and might even manage to get a few kills in. Even came out of a few rift wins as mvp last week.

Think I'm on 286 light now? Got a lucky 300 light machine gun drop which didn't hurt.

re: crucible - i'm looking forward to the return of iron banner and trials of osiris (both pvp modes allow for gear/level advantages instead of re-scaling everything to a common damage/defense level as is done in vanilla crucible) to see how the new expansion affects the mechanics. trials was an exercise in futility for anyone who wasn't 1. a dead-eye sniper and 2. decked out with a specifically curated arsenal of fully ascended legendaries/exotics. the armor from trials was the best aesthetically, in my opinion, in the pre-TTK era so i'm interested to see what the new stuff looks like when it becomes available. (additionally i hope they bring PoE back into the fold with a new loot table / vendor rewards setup, since i actually used to enjoy this game mode.)

iron banner has always been a mix of fun and frustration, and i seriously hope they re-calibrate the rewards (like giving 300 light gear as options for participation for ex) as opposed to pre-TTK when the armor, the weapons were always pretty solid especially when bungie fucked up and gave final round on the spear, required ascension materials to make useful.

have had an awesome time with the Taken King legendary edition since starting a few weeks back.

feeling pretty badass right now if i do say so myself, and still not done any of the 3 expansion stories/raids etc: https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/2/4611686018451451954/2305843009334564101

pretty dope robe. i really dig the vaguely malicious-catholic-bishop vibe you get on some of the warlock gear

i've read that you get bonus drops for every strike you do in a row. anyone know if the same thing applies to crucible? also - i've been decoding my blue engrams to bring up my light level - should i save my purple engrams for when i'm around 290, or just decode them now?

i think just decode as you go - but if you have mulitple ones at a time, during your visit make sure for every one you decode, you then equip it right away before decoding another one...
every bit of higher light = better shit decoded

i don't think any such buff yet exists for the crucible.

and i just decoded everything as it dropped to keep my light level moving upward as fast as possible. i've heard some people argue that you should save any exotic engrams that drop for you north of 290 or 295 because once you hit 300 light, exotic engrams can decode 310 light items. i probably don't have the willpower to do this but i can see the logic in it.

jamie why do you have green stuff at this point. does that color become relevant again?

its because in some categories i'm still getting more greens drop with higher attack than i am other colours
also because some are just enjoyable to use in crucible!

got my first exotic drop today off some rando story mission ultra, finally cracked 260, off to heroic strikes tonight who wants in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JK8oJhy5Ys

its frustrating in places, and the lack of matchmaking on certain things is mega irritating (prison of elders above level 28), but by god this game is so fucking addictive and enjoyable.

now to do that first raid...

third week running i tried the new raid and my grp could only make it to the first boss. plus side - im becoming expert at the first three or four steps

hoping to take another stab tonight but it may not happen.

also iron banner and trials start this week. prepare for frustration!

had to put this down after i spent saturday chasing the exotic sword. why do i want an exotic sword.

great game tho

ugh yeah im on the "collect materials & get ability kills" step and after an hr last night i wanted to tear my eyes out.

i only want the sword bc i think it will put me at 300 light at which pt i can start decoding exotic engrams again. im not sure there's much use for it outside boosting ones light level

is there an ilx raid group

im doing the 5 heroic strikes on a 2nd char and theres one that is just a huge pain in the ass from the get go. i think its called saber, its got a defend the warsat thing at the start that was just endless wipes til i gave up

xp not to my knowledge but there could be. are you in the ps4 community thing?

Also yes saber is the worst. it was the nightfall a week or so back and i think a lot of people cheesed it. there's a spot where you can ride your sparrow at just the right angle and fall through the map to spawn under the warsat which allows you to stay in range for transmission and out of range for enemies, thus negating the danger of that encounter

ha i heard about that glitch. in fact i think i saw a teammate fly by me towards the cave and disappear so i guess thats what that was

how do i join the ps4 thing? seems like it doesn't allow you to search for groups. ive got multiple psn accounts but this is my destiny one
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/2/4611686018445780957/2305843009270125795

jesus there is a shit ton of quests when you finish the main story of The Taken King! a bit overwhelming.

anyway, finally had some helpful dudes help me through first raid (VOG) last night - and after probably pissing them off for 20 minutes failing to do some simple jumps, scored a gjallarhorn :D
fun times.

This is pretty woah, if anyone missed it:

http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731

Martin O'Donnel wins lawsuit v bungie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCj0ISBbCI

enjoying halloween

https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/12188099_10156184786385367_928204118834628258_o.jpg

trials of Osiris is fucking nuts.

way more fun with new bounties, you are pretty much guaranteed some trials loot which was super hard to get in y1

still need a 7 win card to get the full auto scout. got to 6 earlier before we lost it earlier

obviously most matchmade teams would be shitty in this, but its still a bitch that you cant even have the fun of taking part without a fireteam

yeah one of the big hurdles to the best content in this game is working w randoms in fireteams matchmade from the various sources. i'd be down to get a fireteam of ilxors to try out trials next time if anybody is interested. i'm no dead-eye but we could at least move through some of the bounty steps.