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[Roger H. Veteran]

Lol bought it brand new for

[ichi]

Damn trolling game  I've been looking for an Ice Breaker since I missed it way back when Xur was selling it, as I didn't have enough coins.

This week Xur is again bringing the Ice Breaker and guess what happened in the first assault right after buying it: got a second one as reward 

 

BTW it's me or are most of the new legendary armors way uglier that the ones before the DLC? At least for the warlock.

[mikebiacsi]

Decided to jump back in this game after a long time out. Trying to solo the dark below as a lvl 25 is hard :-/

[ndoggfromhell]

Anyone playing this weekend. Looking for a fireteam to do VOG or at least the weekly heroics.

Add me on the Xbox one screen name CaptObvious26

[Skiver Veteran]

So I see Iron Banner is back, maybe it is just me, but I much prefer the PVE events. This must be the third if not fourth time Iron Banner has been around, I want the Queen to come back

[WildWayz]

So I see Iron Banner is back, maybe it is just me, but I much prefer the PVE events. This must be the third if not fourth time Iron Banner has been around, I want the Queen to come back

 

I agree - I love PvE - not fussed about PvP - never played the Queen event though.

 

Iron Banner is a once a month event.

[Skiver Veteran]

I agree - I love PvE - not fussed about PvP - never played the Queen event though.

 

Iron Banner is a once a month event.

 

It was a long long time ago that the Queen event happened. I think I was a lowly lvl 25 or something back then. I remember a group of us would do the same mission over and over as it had a good chance at dropping legendary armor (I only had blue at the time).

I know at the end of the day, it was still playing the same missions over and over again but the difficulty and rewards made it entertaining at least. I don't mind doing bounties etc but the Weekly, Nightfall and Raiding in Crota's End is something I do now weekly. Having another event to bring me back would be good too.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I was too low level to do any of the queens stuff, but I did manage to get a bounty from it. Finally levelled enough to complete the bounty, and as soon as it flipped to the completed state, it was removed from my inventory

[Skiver Veteran]

I was too low level to do any of the queens stuff, but I did manage to get a bounty from it. Finally levelled enough to complete the bounty, and as soon as it flipped to the completed state, it was removed from my inventory

LOL

 

Well, After doing our usual Crota's End Raid which I got my last piece of raid armour (Helmet), plenty Radiant Shards and even the Arc LMG (Song of Yut?) I convinced the guys to go back and give VoG a try, just for old times sake. 

 

So glad I did because I go Gjallarhorn from a chest drop

[Roger H. Veteran]

Dmanit, need to get gaming again. Have been busy with work and classes but gonna put in some time later!

 

I play on Xbox 360 as SHoTTa35.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I noticed my PS4 downloading a patch for this the other day and thought I have to try out the game again after months away!

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I finally got around to doing the final story mission, loved the visual style of the black garden, shame you don't get to see much of it.

I'm annoyed with how the game handles it though, after the mission you get a cut scene showing everything happening, and after it finishes you're dumped back into the game with everything back to how it was beforehand. And the weapon I got wasn't as good as the legendary Bungie handed out a few months ago

[Skiver Veteran]

Anyone still playing this? 

 

I'm looking forward to the Prison of Elders add on next week but trials of Osiris not so much.

 

Something else to do other than nightfall/weekly and raid is going to be nice, not that I have the time for it all

[Roger H. Veteran]

I played this pass weekend, been a lil busy and then sick butbi wanna get into it again.

Not so high of a level - actually just doing first raid now and getting my ass kicked. Lol.

Add SHoTTa35 if you wanna on Xbox 360... Don't think you mentioned what system.

[Boz]

Anyone still playing this?

I'm looking forward to the Prison of Elders add on next week but trials of Osiris not so much.

Something else to do other than nightfall/weekly and raid is going to be nice, not that I have the time for it all

Man I'm excited about it all. I'm one of the original players with everything in the game. I have about 2200 hours on Destiny and have completed every Challenge hundreds of times.

It got really stale so I stopped playing for a month or so. There was no point playing as ascendant materials and radiant materials seemed like a waste of time.

After Dark Below trainwreck I wasn't really hyped for House of Wolves but got psyched when I saw the changes they are bringing.

Prison of elders looks sick. Love the dynamic of it, especially with ever changing modifiers. Raids are nice but Crota was garbage compared to Vault of Glass so I want them to take time and make another Vault of Glass like raid and not half-assed crota like mess.

I was never into crucible even though I played a lot of it as well but I like the diversity and exclusivity of Trials of Osiris. The gear looks amazing and just knowing that it's not easily attainable is tempting (similar to how thorn became such an elusive handcannon - that void challenge in crucible was/is tough to do)

Overall I think bungie so far seems to have listened to everything players complained about and fixed it.

Upgrading old gear and weapons to 34/365, reforging guns, material exchange, new game modes, new missions and social area, new crucible mode and maps..

I'm back on destiny again and can't wait for House of Wolves.

[Skiver Veteran]

Man I'm excited about it all. I'm one of the original players with everything in the game. I have about 2200 hours on Destiny and have completed every Challenge hundreds of times.

It got really stale so I stopped playing for a month or so. There was no point playing as ascendant materials and radiant materials seemed like a waste of time.

After Dark Below trainwreck I wasn't really hyped for House of Wolves but got psyched when I saw the changes they are bringing.

Prison of elders looks sick. Love the dynamic of it, especially with ever changing modifiers. Raids are nice but Crota was garbage compared to Vault of Glass so I want them to take time and make another Vault of Glass like raid and not half-assed crota like mess.

I was never into crucible even though I played a lot of it as well but I like the diversity and exclusivity of Trials of Osiris. The gear looks amazing and just knowing that it's not easily attainable is tempting (similar to how thorn became such an elusive handcannon - that void challenge in crucible was/is tough to do)

Overall I think bungie so far seems to have listened to everything players complained about and fixed it.

Upgrading old gear and weapons to 34/365, reforging guns, material exchange, new game modes, new missions and social area, new crucible mode and maps..

I'm back on destiny again and can't wait for House of Wolves.

 

 

2200 hours? That has to be a typo right? I've been playing from the start but I don't game a lot so have around 250 hours across three characters.

 

I've collected a fair amount of the weapons now - only exotics I don't have are Thorn, Invective, Vex and Necrocasm (if that's how its spelt) and plenty legendary including weapons.

This update definitely feels like its addressing a lot of the issues with silly blocks around materials and never having enough of one but bundles of the other

[Boz]

2200 hours? That has to be a typo right? I've been playing from the start but I don't game a lot so have around 250 hours across three characters.

 

I've collected a fair amount of the weapons now - only exotics I don't have are Thorn, Invective, Vex and Necrocasm (if that's how its spelt) and plenty legendary including weapons.

This update definitely feels like its addressing a lot of the issues with silly blocks around materials and never having enough of one but bundles of the other

 

Sadly not a typo That's the game I've been playing almost exclusively to death since the release. With all the frustration and repetition I still played the hell out of it. 

 

The reason the hours piled up was because I played so many raids and farming for materials before Dark Below and the patches that made all that stuff so much easier. First 2 months with this game I went nuts.

 

I went crazy and I have fatebringer for each character, vision of confluence for each character, vex mythoclast for each character, gallajhorn for each character and pretty much everything else overall. 

 

But you are right.. the House of Wolves fixes a lot of the issues that were really bad in Dark Below. I got back into Destiny a month ago again and played the hell out of everything because now motes of light, strange coins, ascendant materials and radiant materials and other stuff will be exchangeable through the Speaker.

[Skiver Veteran]

Sadly not a typo That's the game I've been playing almost exclusively to death since the release. With all the frustration and repetition I still played the hell out of it. 

 

The reason the hours piled up was because I played so many raids and farming for materials before Dark Below and the patches that made all that stuff so much easier. First 2 months with this game I went nuts.

 

I went crazy and I have fatebringer for each character, vision of confluence for each character, vex mythoclast for each character, gallajhorn for each character and pretty much everything else overall. 

 

But you are right.. the House of Wolves fixes a lot of the issues that were really bad in Dark Below. I got back into Destiny a month ago again and played the hell out of everything because now motes of light, strange coins, ascendant materials and radiant materials and other stuff will be exchangeable through the Speaker.

 

Wow good effort, tbh if I didn't have a minecraft obsession or a family I'd probably have a lot more hours on Destiny. The repetition can get a bit boring at times but then you have a good night, get a new weapon and it all feels fresh again.

 

Sadly only the one Gallajhorn but all but 1 of the guys I play with has at least one now, last week a guy got one two nightfalls in a row. No Fatebringer or Vex for me but we started raiding in VoG late and at the time never really tried hard and went straight into Crota. Now the level up for all means we've started looking back at the VoG and this week we might even just try and run it multiple times instead of trying to do a Crota and a VoG run. We generally only get 6 of us together once a week so we try to cram everything in one night.

[Skiver Veteran]

Had a few days to digest it now, what do people think?

 

I thought the story was better than the last DLC drop, but still pretty short and easy to get through. The Strike was OK but a little short and pretty easy even during Nightfall. 

 

PoE I am really enjoying, I've ran a couple through 28,32 and 34 a couple of times now. level 34 was not as difficult as I expected, we got through it first time (but died alot) and took us a couple of hours.

I doubt I'll try ToO tonight but I'm enjoying what we've been given so far, nice breath of fresh air the game needed.

[spenser.d]

Sadly not a typo That's the game I've been playing almost exclusively to death since the release. With all the frustration and repetition I still played the hell out of it.

The reason the hours piled up was because I played so many raids and farming for materials before Dark Below and the patches that made all that stuff so much easier. First 2 months with this game I went nuts.

I went crazy and I have fatebringer for each character, vision of confluence for each character, vex mythoclast for each character, gallajhorn for each character and pretty much everything else overall.

But you are right.. the House of Wolves fixes a lot of the issues that were really bad in Dark Below. I got back into Destiny a month ago again and played the hell out of everything because now motes of light, strange coins, ascendant materials and radiant materials and other stuff will be exchangeable through the Speaker.

Taking into account the month you didn't play, you're saying you played ten hours a day every day since launch... I can't imagine playing any game that much, much less destiny. Bungie should give you something for it

[_neutrino Veteran]

According to the Destiny Website i really have not played all that long. 

 

167 Hours of play time.

 

Here is a screen of my character.

 

Equipment List:

 

Class: Warlock (Sunsinger)

Primary: Mida Multi Tool (Scout Rifle)

Secondary: Vestian Dynasty (Side Arm)

Heavy: Admonisher III (Rocker Launcher)

Helmet: Dusk Tread VII

Gauntlets: Thrallskin Brace

Chest: Heart of the Praxic Fire (Exotic)

Leg Armor: Death Singer's Harald

Warlock Bond: Fragment of the Prime

Shader: ThunderDevil

 

 

[ichi]

This is nuts. I know Destiny is basically a game about farming, but with House of Wolves it reaches preposterous levels: now you have to farm for keys to be able to farm the Prison of Elders 

How much time are you supposed to dedicate to this single game? Every single non working and sleeping hour?

[Skiver Veteran]

This is nuts. I know Destiny is basically a game about farming, but with House of Wolves it reaches preposterous levels: now you have to farm for keys to be able to farm the Prison of Elders 

How much time are you supposed to dedicate to this single game? Every single non working and sleeping hour?

 

This is just a perspective, you don't HAVE to farm anything. 

 

There are bounties in the game that if you do, land you a chance at getting the key, so that's just standard playing the game. PoE itself can drop keys also - I've had one.

 

Additionally - you don't need a key at all, there are still potential rewards at the end of the different levels which entitle you to different things - Armour, weapons or if you combine a few of the rewards a different chance at anything from the DLC.

 

All the key does is guarantee a better reward. Because one of the rewards is "Etheric Light" allows you upgrade all of your old previous weapons to the new damage level, its more worth playing PoE for that then anything else. Having a 365 Fatebringer, gjallarhorn or Icebreaker etc is probably much more rewarding in terms of gameplay then any of the "new stuff".

 

Destinys biggest issue for 90% of those that don't like the game is literally down to perspective and the over obsession with dropped loot. Xur has pretty much brought most of the Exotics, the only one I haven't seen is Thunderlord and Gally. Everything else he's brought multiple times or it's a bounty. The Raid weapons (at least Crota) are pretty damn good so even if you don't have any fancy exotics, Word Of Crota, Black Hammer and Hunger of Crota are amazing weapons to have.

[FrostAM]

This is nuts. I know Destiny is basically a game about farming, but with House of Wolves it reaches preposterous levels: now you have to farm for keys to be able to farm the Prison of Elders 

How much time are you supposed to dedicate to this single game? Every single non working and sleeping hour?

 

Other than opening the chest for the first time (99% Exotic drop) and on the 35 PoE (shader, ship, emblem), I don't see a reason to open it. You're better off skipping the chest and going for the raid weapons (highly recommend VoG) and then ascending them using Etheric Light. I've yet to see anything interesting dropping from it, and I've run a lot of PoE. If you want PoE gear, stick with the armor and weapon cores that are guaranteed drops every week. 

[ichi]

The problem with those approaches (which are otherwise very reasonable) is that they would require that both me and my friends had enough time (and on the same schedule) to be able to grind raids and >33 PoE together.

Random loot and matchmaking is all there can be for me right now to rationalize playing this game any longer. At least as of now.