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[Trickster]

I agree when it comes to fusion rifles, but shotguns and snipers are about right. Shotguns have awful range so you have to be moving around alot to get kills since it makes you so vulnerable, and snipers you need to get headshots almost always otherwise it's 2 or 3 hits to kill people.

Shotguns and snipers work essentially like they did in Halo. I don't see the logic behind deciding that now it's okay that everyone spawn with power weapons.

Secondaries simply need to be reworked for pvp imo. Currently it's just not fun playing when getting one shot left and right is the norm.

 

[MrCatalyst]

Me at work (10am) reading all the posts from EST GAF

I feel your pain...but this is closer to how I am right now reading this insane thread.

 

[super-famicom]

I see...I do need more light then.

I think I mis-typed. Once you are 20, you start earning XP for motes of light. Don't need to be 21 for that.

 

[FF Seraphim]

So what's this Moon strike boss trick people keep mentioning? I think some guy was doing it in my fireteam but one other guy kept fucking it up.

If you are talking about the one with the glowing ogre, there is some rocks you go to on your left the ads usually do not come after you and the boss cannot hit you but will stay in a location where you can kill him.

Again the problem comes up when you have a team who doesn't know about this yet.

 

[commish]

So what's this Moon strike boss trick people keep mentioning? I think some guy was doing it in my fireteam but one other guy kept fucking it up.

Not sure what you mean, but if your team just stays in the starting doorway, it's nearly impossible to lose.

 

[Nafai1123]

So what is everyone planning on spending their Motes of Light on?

I'm eyeing a shiny engram for my warlock. They're only used for cosmetic items, right?

Pretty sure you can use them for exotic armor (exotic engrams), but there's a chance it will be for another class.

 

[MR BLACKMAGIK]

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this, or allowed for that matter, but I'm doing a Twitter giveaway for a new copy of Destiny (Xbox One). Here is the link if anyone is interested: https://twitter.com/MRBlackMagik/status/512767078302896128

 

[Izuna]

So what's this Moon strike boss trick people keep mentioning? I think some guy was doing it in my fireteam but one other guy kept fucking it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RHgs2Wt_A

But uh, actually I figured out you shouldn't kill the Shrieker unless somehow Knights and Warlocks won't leave, in which case his orbs will deter them away. They only come out at about 70% health, after those enemies are gone, they NEVER return so long as you are waiting in that corner and you just grind the boss down. Nearly finished with my LV26 3rd run solo...

 

[Papercuts]

Two quick thoughts on difficulty.

There needs to be something between Normal and Hard. The former is a cake walk, the latter has enemies buffed with health to absurd degrees. I spent three nights trying to beat the first Vex encounter on Hard (solo), and got to the last few enemies last night when a network error booted me to orbit. I played it on normal this morning and basically walked around destroying guys without any danger.

This opened up the patrol, but we can't pick a difficulty there, just normal. Why? I want to free roam on hard mode. :\

"I don't have time to explain why I don't' have time to explain."

What happened to your storytelling, Bungie? What happened?

You can't pick difficulty for patrol since the world is shared between everyone, and I guess they didn't want to split those up into even more server instances. But yeah, it makes it so that 90% of the enemies are a breeze.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Bungie has always has good AI.

 

[Jarmel]

So what is Xur peddling this week?

 

[toastyToast]

So what's this Moon strike boss trick people keep mentioning? I think some guy was doing it in my fireteam but one other guy kept fucking it up.

If everyone huddles in the far left corner barely anything spawns and the boss stays in doubt the whole time. If someone gets to far away the trick becomes nullified

 

[panda-zebra]

This week's strike is very soloable though.

It is, I gave it a shot after watching that guy solo it on the much harder difficulty, I only needed 5 rocket launcher ammo synthesis and a bit of patience to get through.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Did you guys know if you click the melee button on a person in the tower you get a lock on to them and an interact interface?

 

[BMO = GOAT]

I haven't gotten a strange coin since the morning -_- all i need are 2 more so i can get the warlock gauntlet!

 

[todahawk]

Me at work (10am) reading all the posts from EST GAF

You're at Stage 1.
I have 4 hours to go and I'm barely coherent.

 

[Xamtheking]

Bungie has always has good AI.

Oh my fricking RNJesus, THEY CAN ADAPT

 

[Spineker]

Exotic bounty finally finished. What a clutch ending.

Thorn packs a hell of a punch and the Devourer perk could prove to be invaluable but fuck, is it slow to reload.

 

[Marvel]

Did you guys know if you click the melee button on a person in the tower you get a lock on to them and an interact interface?

Yup.

I love perving on people to see what gear they are packing.

 

[hydruxo]

Shotguns and snipers work essentially like they did in Halo. I don't see the logic behind deciding that now it's okay that everyone spawn with power weapons.

Secondaries simply need to be reworked for pvp imo. Currently it's just not fun playing when getting one shot left and right is the norm.

If anything I'd be down for a mode where secondaries are nerfed or something. That could be interesting.

 

[The Librarian]

Bungie has always has good AI.

Yes, but the tether!

 

[devildog820]

Yup.

I love perving on people to see what gear they are packing.

An avatar quote right here couldn't be more perfect.

 

[Izuna]

It is, I gave it a shot after watching that guy solo it on the much harder difficulty, I only needed 5 rocket launcher ammo synthesis and a bit of patience to get through.

Whose that guy?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Bungie has always has good AI.

Nope! Nope! Nope!

 

[E92 M3]

its the same dude.

I thought of it the moment Xur was revealed.

I saw that happen to someone else on a very laggy match I was in. The two items were out of the box. Probably a glitch lol

Yeah, I was like "what the heck."

Yeah it does. Sometimes I'll see 2 items as a reward and then when it goes back to matchmaking I see another one there.

Oh, today I legit found 2 legendary engrams, no farming. Also got one from leveling up the Cryptarch. One was a helm and I don't have a legendary helm so I was hype. Turned out to be a level 16 Rare

I did get 3 Motes of Light from one of them. Also got a Strange Coin from a blue engram so yay I guess

I got a mote of light in the match, plus 4 blue rewards. Didn't complain lol.

Bungie has always has good AI.

Hahahah

So what is Xur peddling this week?

Make your choice:

 

[CouchMaster]

Just did the weekly Moon strike on highest difficulty for 9 strange coins, I think I'm done with the Moon for the rest of my life.

Bungie has always has good AI.

Would be a perfect NOPE gif.

 

[K' Dash]

So, what is Xur doing in the Tower today, I thought he only showed on saturdays?

 

[Fixed1979]

I'm lvl 23 hunter pst PSN: ryuken-d

I'll add you when I get home from work!

Anyone else for the weekly heroic Strike? ~10PM EST

 

[Mechanized]

At level 20, I just got a level 1 chest from a blue engram which was obtained from the level 20 strike playlist.

 

[hydruxo]

So, what is Xur doing in the Tower today, I thought he only showed on saturdays?

Fridays & Saturdays! Two full days of Exotic goodness.

 

[super-famicom]

So, what is Xur doing in the Tower today, I thought he only showed on saturdays?

He's in the Tower from Friday morning to Sunday morning.

 

[Bizazedo]

Stay outside. You can't get shotgun rushed out there without spotting them first.

Interior halls belong to shotguns, fusion rifles, shoulder tackles, arc blades, havoc, melee, etcetc.

My shoulder tackles get eaten alive by shotguns. I did have an amazing Tiger Knee on a dude last night, though. He chased me around a corner. I jumped, as did he. I 180'd and TIGER KNEEEEEE.

Bungie has always has good AI.

Easily the thing that pissed me off the most in Halo 4 was how poor the Covies reacted. Was so used to earlier games.

 

[todahawk]

So what is Xur peddling this week?

Smut.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'm confused. Doesn't a shrieker thing spawn in the safe room? I thought you couldn't stay in that room.

 

[Despera]

|OT4| Xurvival Of The Fittest

This is the one lol

 

[jett]

Do a lot of premades enter Rumble and ignore each other, though?

I have no idea what you just said.

 

[commish]

I'm confused. Doesn't a shrieker thing spawn in the safe room? I thought you couldn't stay in that room.

It'll despawn after a bit

 

[Izuna]

I'm confused. Doesn't a shrieker thing spawn in the safe room? I thought you couldn't stay in that room.

If you stay behind that wall, the Shrieker cannot hurt you AND he disappears in like 10 seconds.

Got a clip ready of doing it on LV26 Strike just in case someone wants to claim higher difficulties ruins it.
I actually think a Fusion Rifle would be best to bring there, since you will hardly ever get crits, so Sniper does almost the same damage as the Hand Cannon anyway.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

Smut.

That is so Xur.

 

[Bizazedo]

So weird thing.

I farm chests a lot in the Divide. Farmed them while waiting for Devil Walkers because farming the treasure cave is a fool's game. I (think) I know where all the chests are. One I was missing until recently was on top of one of the buildings and I got it and opened it.....

I had been farming the place for like an hour or two and dominated it, but always missed this chest. It had a ship blueprint, green item, and ten spinmetal.

I've never gotten more than two spinmetal out of a chest.

/crackpot theory

Chest rewards get bigger the longer they sit?!

 

[ced]

I'll add you when I get home from work!

Anyone else for the weekly heroic Strike? ~10PM EST

I'm going to try it earlier but if it doesn't work out I can.

ps4 psn ced0412

 

[Kyoufu]

It'll despawn after a bit

Wow. That's pretty funny. Anyone up for the nightfall strike plus the heroics?

 

[deoee]

So Destiny decided to bless me the last days:

I've got two exotic bounties in a row from the bot and finished the last step to the Thorn hand cannon with two friends today. Then many many legendaries dropped which actually gave me items most of the time. I now have 4 legendary sniper rifles...
Next up, I got the exotic awsome chest from Xur, don't know if the Rocket Launcher is worth the coins tho.

Next up is the second exotic bounty, I wonder what weapon I'll get.

 

[Kensuke]

Today me and my friends played the exotic engram lottery. This is what happened.

My warlock friend got a titan armor.
My titan friend got a hunter armor.
I'm a hunter and got a warlock armor.

At first we thought it was pretty funny, RNGesus playing some joke on us. But now we're just disappointed. This game is so unrewarding in terms of loot.

At this point I've decrypted 18 legendary/exotic engrams. I've gotten 1 legendary handgun out of that. The rest were all blues/materials/stuff I can't use. I'm sick of it.

 

[toastyToast]

Destiny |OT4| Light Means Right

 

[Victrix]

My shoulder tackles get eaten alive by shotguns. I did have an amazing Tiger Knee on a dude last night, though. He chased me around a corner. I jumped, as did he. I 180'd and TIGER KNEEEEEE.

I think shotguns are partly so popular right now because comparatively few people have figured out Fusion Rifles ruin them.

A shotgun rusher can generally sprint+slide through a primary weapon and kill you if it's a fairly close engagement.

They cannot sprint+slide through a fusion blast, and you kill them at a distance where you don't have to worry about a shotgun trade.

But when Bladedancer Blink+Arc Blade+Invis+Shotgun remains so stupidly strong, I don't blame them for using it.

If cloaking didn't dampen your motion tracker signature they might be ok, but as is... jesus christ.

 

[Cat Party]

It seems like the random loot chests on Mars tend to give better items than other places. Anyone know if this is actually true?

 

[Bizazedo]

I have no idea what you just said.

Do people in fireteams enter Rumble and ignore each other.

 

[Byron Bluth]

Anyone take the plunge on the exotic engram from Xur?

Worthwhile?

 

[Einbroch]

I wanted to kill 10 Fallen Majors.

I went and farmed them for a while, only to realize I never picked up the bounty.

Wah.