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[Dre_G_Writer]

Wait. You can turn materials into vanguard points? How?

Go to either the vanguard quarter master if you want vanguard points or go to the crucible quartermaster if you want crucible points. Gotta be able to obtain points first by hitting level 18.

 

[GavinUK86]

Based off being afk to gain an advantage, and it having an impact on other peoples gameplay.

It's your choice. But you're going to get banned If you abuse it.

how is being afk an advantage?

 

[DY_nasty]

how is being afk an advantage?

you still get loot

 

[Apathy]

Based off being afk to gain an advantage, and it having an impact on other peoples gameplay.

It's your choice. But you're going to get banned If you abuse it.

This is an issue that WoW has been dealing with since the LFR thing came out. Its never gong away and the lazy will always argue that they deserve it and the company won't do shit because they want players.

 

[Oublieux]

So how do factions work? You join one and then your crucible fights help you level them up? Is that right?

You can join a faction once you hit level 20 by buying their aesthetic-based gear (IE: cloak for Hunters, bonds for Warlocks, etc.) at which point doing any PvE or PvP activity will give you reputation towards that faction as long as you have that faction-specific gear equipped.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Based off being afk to gain an advantage, and it having an impact on other peoples gameplay.

It's your choice. But you're going to get banned If you abuse it.

Again I'm not saying I will do it, I'm saying that as of right now there's little reason not to do it. Make the system better so people don't do it, banning people based off this is silly.

Did Rockstar ban people who found that one mission in GTAO gave way more money than others for the amount of effort and people were abusing it to get rich? No. They simply lowered the cash amount that mission gave asap. I also remember them giving early players free cash after the fuck-up with characters being deleted.

If Bungie wants competition to get better, then fix the loot system somehow so people who are AFK don't get any. Make it where if they have 0 kills that it checks if you actually put in any effort against an enemy, even a couple of bullets to check if you did anything. Or something more complex.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Just curious, has anyone else worked out that you can use the emotes whilst in crouch and it doesn't cancel out the crouching benefits? I was busting some moves in the defend point as someone approached when I suddenly vanished! (bladedancers invisibility skill) I think the guy was confused because he walked right up to me and got stabbed in the face.

 

[Dubz]

I can't get gear above level 18. I've been 20 for over 8 hours of play. Where should I farm, GAF?

 

[anddo0]

So let me get this straight.

It's better to suck at Crucible, rather than dominate or come in top 3?

I noticed everytime I'm top 3. I get nothing.. Just had a game of 21 kills, and the guy at the bottom got to light armors

 

[TalentBurke]

Anyone try to "farm" at the end of the Vex mission on Mars. At the end you get those two spawning gates that just never stop spawning until you destroy them. Lol. I killed like 150 Vex soldiers before I realized you had to destroy the gates.

Are you on the ps4? Add me. KeanBurkeo

 

[GavinUK86]

you still get loot

yes but how is it an advantage?

 

[super-famicom]

Wait. You can turn materials into vanguard points? How?

You can talk to the Vanguard vendor and turn in 50-60 resources (spinmetal, strange blossom, etc) for some reputation points. But it's not worth it, since the reputation gain is tiny and you need a ton of those materials to upgrade your legendary and exotic weapons/armors.

 

[Deku Tree]

Are you on the ps4? Add me. KeanBurkeo

Yes, and I just checked and we are already PSN friends.

 

[Ken]

For those wondering about a weak point on Minotaurs, shoot their heads off then shoot the area where their heads were.

Weak point, massive damage, etc

That's great and all except for the part where they have massive shield strength lol.

Best strategy I've found is to shoot at them while backpedalling. You usually create more distance than they can blink for.

 

[spacebear]

Anyone down for some nexus grinding and need one more?

PSN: bearsohmy

 

[IAmRandom31]

Best place to farm glimmer?

I run Sword of Crota on lv 20 with a glimmer item once I enter the darkest zone. About 120 quick kills and usually get sround 1200-1500 glimmer for 10 minutes wlrk

Edit god phone typing sucks

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So let me get this straight.

It's better to suck at Crucible, rather than dominate or come in top 3?

I noticed everytime I'm top 3. I get nothing.. Just had a game of 21 kills, and the guy at the bottom got to light armors

No it's completely random.

yes but how is it an advantage?

It's not better to suck or be afk. You gain an 'advantage' in the sense of putting no effort to reap the same rewards. As in you can start the game, hide, and still gain loot drop. It's bullshit. You basically don't have to play and still can get rewards.


This reminds me of a trick in Bravely Default where you could fight an enemy, keep him alive, and get all this gold from it while you left the game to play itself sped up and you did something else.

 

[CLBridges]

Finished my exotic weapon bounty! Had to do 5 strikes without dying, then get a bunch of pvp kill streaks then complete a weekly heroic run (soloed lvl 22 like a boss lol). Once all that was done I had to buy 50 yes 50 special ammo consumables. Exotic shotgun now on deck, fully automatic it says, haven't used it yet.

Bout to hop on in a few to finish some bounties. If you see me on or just want to run some stuff, either send invite or if you haven't added me, send that friend request to GhostFaceDon.

 

[Oublieux]

yes but how is it an advantage?

Basically, the type and rarity of loot in Crucible is not based on how well you do. The worst ranked player can still nab a rare/legendary/exotic purely through RNG.

I actually don't think it's as broken as most people think; you have to throw a bone to people who aren't as skilled (one of my buddies included). Being AFK can be easily solved as I'm sure Bungie can discriminate between people just idling versus actually playing.

 

[The Librarian]

By the space magic I have my double jump back.

 

[SlenderBeans]

Wow, did we really make it to OT3 before a week?

 

[Ryan242004]

Bungie has always punished AFKers, they did it in halo 3, and reach and they don't mess around. They will reset their ranks guaranteed.

 

[PedroLumpy]

Holy crap a chest just gave me 2 blue engrams, money, and helium. Wish I found those chests more often.

 

[Norns]

how is being afk an advantage?

You're getting loot with no effort.

 

[The Librarian]

That's great and all except for the part where they have massive shield strength lol.

Best strategy I've found is to shoot at them while backpedalling. You usually create more distance than they can blink for.

Use a weapon that deals void damage.

 

[Tik-Tok]

Does where you find a chest matter? Can I farm chests on Earth and get level apropriate gear/engrams?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Bungie has always punished AFKers, they did it in halo 3, and reach and they don't mess around. They will reset their ranks guaranteed.

I hope so then. I hope they also punish people who leave matches regularly. I've rage quit once or twice before. It's great in games like team deathmatch when your teammates leave because theoretically you can get more kills than they can, but in control it sucks so much.

 

[cnorwood]

In the alpha and beta I spent most of my time in the crucible. When I got the game I've been spending most of my time in the pve. Going back to the crucible it seems like the graphics there are better than the pve. Is anyone else seeing this or is just me?

 

[Strider]

Does where you find a chest matter? Can I farm chests on Earth and get level apropriate gear/engrams?

Any regular chest you get will drop level appropriate gear.

 

[K' Dash]

Wait wait wait, The loot that you get at the end of pvp is random?

The trolling his game pulls of is another level of bullshit.

 

[Seventy70]

Wait, so your chances of getting good loot in the crucible doesn't change if you perform the highest/lowest? That doesn't make any sense to me. The incentive of doing well in crucible should be a higher chance for better loot to drop.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

After all the fan feedback, if they want people buying those expansion packs, they pretty much have to. The voices are too loud and frequent to quell them out.



Pretty much.

I think it was a mistake to take the route they did. But Fan feedback and loud voices will make them change that.

I hope Bungie does listen. Before release though they seemed adamant on not wanting voice chat.

One of the things that we're doing for the first time ever in Destiny, we're taking a different approach to voice chat. We know that, not just in multiplayer, that in general, when you get into a game with someone that you don't know or someone that you've never seen before and may never see again, they have this power to completely destroy your entire experience and maybe ruin the game for you forever. And so what we're doing instead of having that...one in ten chance possibility of someone ruining your game, we're effectively saying you only have voice chat to your fireteam. And we're doing other things to let you communicate with other players, but it'll be interesting to see how people react to it, for sure.

Although....there are no other things they did so we could communicate with strangers. I dunno how hard it is to make a toggle for chat 'Player communication On/off'....but....meh. Will they change their minds? Hopefully.

Here's another blurb about voice chat, again, they say they want to foster 'positive communication' between strangers but...there is none? It's just...an odd choice. Even League of Legends has all chat turned off automatically until you enable it.

"I don't have a definitive decision, but I can say that the team wanted to err on the side of promoting and fostering positive communications between strangers in the world, and knew that friends were going to find simple and effective ways to enable voice chat with friends through the Fireteam audio channel, and platform chat.

"We hear you, though. Please keep sounding off with feedback. We're just getting started!"

http://www.totalxbox.com/79837/bungie-tackles-destiny-beta-feedback-were-just-getting-started/

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

I hope so then. I hope they also punish people who leave matches regularly. I've rage quit once or twice before. It's great in games like team deathmatch when your teammates leave because theoretically you can get more kills than they can, but in control it sucks so much.

I remember in Halo 3 they had a system that punished people for leaving by knocking them down a rank. I could see them doing something similar in Destiny like knocking you back a level or two or restricting you from earning loot for a game or two after.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

14 legendary engrams without an actual legendary. Bungie, my dice is broken!

 

[Hawkian]

For those wondering about a weak point on Minotaurs, shoot their heads off then shoot the area where their heads were.

Weak point, massive damage, etc

I CAN'T hit this reliably. I don't know why.

 

[toastyToast]

2 Defender Titans on the other team playing Control


wtf man

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

2 Defender Titans on the other team playing Control


wtf man

How was it?

Can't be as bad as a full team of blade dancing hunters

 

[Isak_Borg]

Looking for some buddies on Xbox one to play with XBL: OSJEDI

 

[Raiku]

Hey, could anyone here help me out with this heroic strike? Doesn't seem like the game will matchmake you anyone for it. (Why I don't know...)

PSN: audioandy

Any help would be appreciated!

Les goooo

 

[Rflagg]

So I beat the story, now to grind for gear.

 

[Ken]

Wonder if I can get a legendary drop before I max out sunsinger.

 

[Proxy]

Finally got a legendary weapon but it's a rocket launcher. I hate rocket launchers.

 

[kittens]

I'm replaying the story with a second character and damn, the plot really is disappointing.

Edit : Also, Titans are SO SLOW in the beginning. Can't wait to unlock some agility upgrades, lol.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Do two people want to do the weekly heroic strike on PS4 right now? I won't be talking.

 

[K' Dash]

14 legendary engrams without an actual legendary. Bungie, my dice is broken!

It would be useful.. you know... if told us where did you get them.

Just saying

 

[Cuphead]

Today is a great pvp day so far

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I remember in Halo 3 they had a system that punished people for leaving by knocking them down a rank. I could see them doing something similar in Destiny like knocking you back a level or two or restricting you from earning loot for a game or two after.

I remember that, but it didn't really do much from what I recall. I think in Halo 2 or 3 some people were deleveling so they could play against easier people. Might've been COD though, I haven't played those in a while.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

So let me get this straight.

It's better to suck at Crucible, rather than dominate or come in top 3?

I noticed everytime I'm top 3. I get nothing.. Just had a game of 21 kills, and the guy at the bottom got to light armors

In my last match, top 2 got nothing, number 4 got a legendary engram and a mote of light

 

[DarknessTear]

Stuck on level 24. What do?

Also fuck this game's design. The fact that I get a legendary engram and it turns out to be a shitty rare item or something not for my class. Meh.

 

[Sai-kun]

Maxed out my Vanguard and Crucible medals for the week, so I guess I'm done until Tuesday?