Der Flatulator
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What are people getting from material exchange?
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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.
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lazybones18
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I gambled, got excited for a second aaaaaand... well, you know Cryptarch.
I'll gladly take that off your hands
Citizen_Insane
Member
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME BULLSHIT THAT HAPPENED TO ME JUST NOW.I gambled, got excited for a second aaaaaand... well, you know Cryptarch.
I know your pain like no other. Damn you, Rahool!
Edit: Well, I got the Titan version of the same armor. Still not Warlock, though.
Strange Coins
toastyToast
Member
One on the left and one on the right
Der Flatulator
Member
I meant the spirit bloom and spinmetal.
HiredN00bs
Member
where the fuck is x'ur goddammit
Seriously, this is the second instance I've joined and he's not there.
Seriously, this is the second instance I've joined and he's not there.
off duty ninja
Member
So Xur is not in my tower, am I doing it wrong?
Oh, it is just after 4:20 here. I guess now we know what he is doing with that spirit bloom!
Oh, it is just after 4:20 here. I guess now we know what he is doing with that spirit bloom!
in front of the big door opposite the entrance to the speakers chambers.
Yu Narukami
Member
As suggested here make a new character and buy a new strange coin if you need it. I wonder if I deleted my 2 mules, if I could buy another strange coin.
Oh and this is what I think of anytime I see people in Skywatch
lmao
Citizen_Insane
Member
Opposite the speaker's area. That shady rat moves around, I guess.
VaultBoy101
Member
Another Salvage bounty today and it's not even the weekend Crucible event this time. Awesome.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Woah, those gauntlets would be damn sexy on a Sunsinger....2 more coins.
Posted a couple days ago that I wanted Xur to have Helm of Saint-14 or The Armamentarium, no dice (though I still bought Helm of Inmost Light for possible Striker PvP shenanigans). Bought the engram, got Armamentarium. Still hype.
My char update. Getting close to that full legendary suit! None of these have come from a farm spot either. No dropped legendary has produced a legendary. Nearly all my cryptarch legendary engrems have though thankfully. Chest and Cape are Vanguard.
Got tons of upgrading to do. Probably need 200 spirit blooms
I can't stop laughing at that picture. Bungie's shitty website rendering has some glorious results. I'm sure your character looks perfectly fine in the game itself though.
I gambled, got excited for a second aaaaaand... well, you know Cryptarch.
HAHAHA
That incredible ending.
Blue Ninja
Member
Rahool is getting sloppy.
Based RNGesus provides. They look exactly the same as the ones I had on, though. :lol Gonna melt 'em down for parts when I get the Vanguard gear.
Based RNGesus provides. They look exactly the same as the ones I had on, though. :lol Gonna melt 'em down for parts when I get the Vanguard gear.
He really is. Actually as of tonight I have now gotten more exotics from his hands than legendaries.
disastermouse
Banned
Which moon strike? Aren't there two?
Revolutionary
Member
Not sure I like the Hunter chest piece that Xur has today. Certainly don't like the way it looks.
I think I'll stick with the helm from last week.
I think I'll stick with the helm from last week.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Anyone on PS4 want to do the daily heroic story + weekly strike?
Yep. Do the weekly heroic on the hardest diff. and you get 9 coins, then buy two coins from Xur with glimmer and one of the mats.
Blue Ninja
Member
You only get 6 for level 28, unless there's a harder difficulty I'm not aware of.
lazybones18
Banned
Screw it, I'll pass on Xur this weekend. I'll focus on my exotic bounties instead
You probably already did the 22 version, so now the 28 only shows you 6 available. It's 3 per difficulty.
Someone told me last night they got 9 when they did it, but you have to do it first, you can't do the other difficulties before hand. 3 per difficulty.
toastyToast
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It goes 3, 6, 9. You must have done the level 22 one already. Max is 9
everyday math
Banned
When does the guy appear at the tower? Was hoping to catch him before work .
in front of that big door across from the Speaker
Blue Ninja
Member
everyday math
Banned
Didn't realize he moves 0_o
everyday math
Banned
OMG there is material exchange.
I... feel sort of strongly and differently than most people about this, I can tell.
But it's not actually a particularly complex or esoteric system. The issue is more one of expectation. If you think "Diablo," this game sort of sucks balls. It's very, very different. The core gameplay loop is much more similar to something like Phantasy Star Online or Monster Hunter, but with less RNG than those games. The major dealbreaker here is purple engrams. Bungie should not have made them purple or called them "legendary engrams." Having now attained my basic set of endgame gear, I can honestly say that's the biggest problem with Destiny's loot system. The color and name of an item.
When I, at level 22, equipped a pair of level 20 boots, which then made me level 23... I realized the progression in this game wasn't quite standard. So I started learning about it. Then I started telling other people who said they were "frustrated by horrible drops."
But that frustration ultimately stemmed from a psychological perspective, not bad game design. I didn't have any expectations about how loot would work in this game, I just sort of went in with an open mind and paid attention.
Again, Bungie is NOT blameless in the least bit. When you see a purple engram you're like "OH GOD I WANT IT I WANT IT" thinking you're getting something great. But a purple engram is a different kind of drop than that in Destiny. For example, one of the things a purple engram can be is 1-3 Strange Coins. If you're expecting a legendary that sucks. But if it happens to you on a thursday night and Xur has something badass you really want the next day then... wasn't it actually a little better?
Getting to level 26 felt... fucking awesome to me. At every new leveling plateau I had a silghtly different goal to meet in progressing. I also mostly earned the gear I specifically wanted from available choices, rather than merely lucking into something with higher numbers and equipping it.
There was more thought put into this than people realize.
I'll come out and say it now: Bungie may do something with purple engrams to quell the hysteria. They could, for example, reduce their drop rate while increasing the odds of legendary items on their loot table. However, I do not expect the overall drop rates of endgame gear to be dramatically changed or the loot system to undergo any kind of "Loot 2.0" revision.
It's different. We just need to get used to it, and we will.
You don't know the half of it.
Diablohead
Member
"Oh Tali you fell in that vat of blue paint again didn't you"
Definity
Member
Option goes away once you use it per character. Use your other ALT's and get two more coins.
Do you get +2 Light for every time you upgrade defence? I'm asking because Legendary and Exotic armour have more than one defence upgrade.
everyday math
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jediyoshi
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It looks also really nice.
edit: a pic probably would help
Damn, don't even know if I'll be able to afford an engram by then.
Ah well I got my Bad Juju
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