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Title: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 09:28:51 AM
:mindblown


So fucking confusing.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 03, 2015, 09:52:20 AM
Um... and? You're already Level 12 (http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=30371.msg2002035#msg2002035), what's confusing?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 09:58:55 AM
Um... and? You're already Level 12 (http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=30371.msg2002035#msg2002035), what's confusing?

Level 22 now. Getting there is an easy RP grind.

Figuring out vanguards/factions/etc to get up to a level where I can participate in raids in damn near calculus to this old guy.

Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 03, 2015, 10:03:13 AM
Nothing to really figure out.

- Farm rep / marks to buy vendor gear, allowing you to hit 31 (this already puts you WELL above the Vault of Glass raid because bungie screwed this up)
-- Marks reset every tuesday, can only get 100 a week
-- Rep/Marks is easy to farm with the weekly (now has matchmaking) and doing ROC strikes (assuming you have Dark Below DLC)
-- Stick with Vanguard, since the factions require Crucible marks

-- You need Ascendant Shards and Energy to max out the gear, you can farm these from public events, and doing the Daily. You can also get them from packages from the varying groups, or dismantling purple level gear. If you can do the nightfall, theres a chance to get a handful as well.

- When you think you're ready for a raid, try to find a group on LFG, or /r/fireteams or /r/DestinySherpa (people who carry first timers to help them experience and learn raids)
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:08:40 AM
Nothing to really figure out.

- Farm rep / marks to buy vendor gear, allowing you to hit 31 (this already puts you WELL above the Vault of Glass raid because bungie screwed this up)
-- Marks reset every tuesday, can only get 100 a week
-- Rep/Marks is easy to farm with the weekly (now has matchmaking) and doing ROC strikes (assuming you have Dark Below DLC)
-- Stick with Vanguard, since the factions require Crucible marks

-- You need Ascendant Shards and Energy to max out the gear, you can farm these from public events, and doing the Daily. You can also get them from packages from the varying groups, or dismantling purple level gear. If you can do the nightfall, theres a chance to get a handful as well.

- When you think you're ready for a raid, try to find a group on LFG, or /r/fireteams or /r/DestinySherpa (people who carry first timers to help them experience and learn raids)

I did buy the DLC.

Thanks for the info. Getting into a game a year later than anyone else has it's share of struggles.

Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 03, 2015, 10:10:15 AM
Buying an exotic armor piece from Xur doesnt hurt, either.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:10:57 AM
Buying an exotic armor piece from Xur doesnt hurt, either.

Is Xur the guy who decodes my engrams or the crazy bitch who has a fireball in her hand?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 03, 2015, 10:12:57 AM
Xurs the tentacle faced bitch who appears in the Tower every Friday & Saturday

You need Strange Coins to buy shit from him, which you can get by doing the Weekly (up to 9 if you do it on the hardest, 3 per difficulty level), doing strikes/crucible, dismantling blue level engrams, and sometimes from the public event package you can get once a day.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:14:14 AM
Awesome, thanks man. Very helpful.

Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:16:28 AM
I'm actually liking the game FYI. Especially for the price of free.

I'll drop monies on any content coming up, it's a nice way to kill a few hours. Only problem is I can't get on every day which hurts my money making and shit.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 03, 2015, 10:18:54 AM
House of Wolves isnt coming for a couple months yet, so get comfortable with whats available.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:19:59 AM
House of Wolves isnt coming for a couple months yet, so get comfortable with whats available.

That's actually helpful for me. Gives me some time to get to a proper level for the new content.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 03, 2015, 10:28:28 AM
I'll lock this and reconvene when I'm proper level.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 09, 2015, 08:07:04 AM
Level 26 now. Got my guns cocked and ready to rock.

 :mynicca
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 09, 2015, 08:34:57 AM
You mean ready to do the same stuff again surely

Because thats what the game is
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 09, 2015, 09:09:43 AM
You mean ready to do the same stuff again surely

Because thats what the game is

Meh I'm new to it so I haven't got to the grind shit yet.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 09, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Ok

The shooting mechanics and universe are amazing in Destiny

If they can expand on it in a sequel I will be on board day 1
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:09:19 PM
Did my first raid with a sherpa. We smashed VOG normal in about 1:25 minutes (and would have been quicker if that goddamn jumping platform shit didn't kill me like 18 times before I figured out Super Double Jump + 3rd platform = win)
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 10, 2015, 03:12:40 PM
Nice - did you enjoy the Raid? I like VOG way more than Crota.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:16:32 PM
Nice - did you enjoy the Raid? I like VOG way more than Crota.

can't speak for Crota yet (still only level 26, got dick for legendary crap on my first run) but raids are :mindblown  compared to the normal missions/strikes.

Dat platforming, dat strategy, dat requirement for teamwork  :noah


And I think the key was having a good sherpa who actually explained how to avoid the gorgons/jumping mission after letting us fail a lot/end game rather than just blowing through it for us.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Steve Contra on March 10, 2015, 03:20:58 PM
Fuck I need to try the raid. 
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:21:28 PM
Fuck I need to try the raid.

I'm serious when I say there is nothing available online quite like it, at least on consoles.


Rumors are the next expansion will include the Reef, which will be like a social gathering spot for people to build a raid team. That will make it 99% easier to find a team than it is now.

Although like Demi said, I can't recommend R/Sherpa enough if you want to play through with a person who knows exactly what to do. Because trust me if you don't, prepare to die, a lot.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 10, 2015, 03:23:38 PM
Where did you find a sherpa? The reddit?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:25:02 PM
Where did you find a sherpa? The reddit?

Yup. Found two options right away. It's not as busy on xbone as PS4 so if you have that system it should be even easier.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 10, 2015, 03:55:28 PM
Uuh ffxi and ffxv is on consoles and both have better raiding then this
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Steve Contra on March 10, 2015, 03:57:13 PM
Uuh ffxi and ffxv is on consoles and both have better raiding then this
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41aygNfBB1r15uyio2_r4_250.gif)
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 04:00:32 PM
Uuh ffxi and ffxv is on consoles and both have better raiding then this

Stupid Europeans being 10 years behind the time as always :ufup


:hitler
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 12, 2015, 07:54:14 AM
Have now completed two raids  :rejoice

Got a badass rocket launcher (yellow)  :rejoice

got a bunch of ascendant shards/energy   :rejoice

No armor drops    :ufup
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Steve Contra on March 12, 2015, 12:12:17 PM
Fuck, we need to do a raid together AiA.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 12, 2015, 12:19:36 PM
Fuck, we need to do a raid together AiA.

I'm Beast coast time tho. Will have to be on a weekend. You got XBone?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Steve Contra on March 12, 2015, 12:27:58 PM
No, ps4  :goty2
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 12, 2015, 12:32:24 PM
No, ps4  :goty2

 :expert
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: sarslip on March 13, 2015, 08:25:32 AM
never seen demi so engaged
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 13, 2015, 08:32:15 AM
never seen demi so engaged

No doubt amused by my kinderguardian behavior at present.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on March 13, 2015, 09:32:13 AM
Crota raid's only saving grace is if at least 4 ppl know what they're doing (and should at this point) you can finish it really fast. VoG only feels quick if you're starting from an oracles checkpoint.

I'm trying to swing back into things after a second break. Still need raid armor on two characters for 32. Not sweating it too much though since it doesn't look like Wolves is coming until early summer.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 13, 2015, 11:42:19 AM
Crota raid's only saving grace is if at least 4 ppl know what they're doing (and should at this point) you can finish it really fast. VoG only feels quick if you're starting from an oracles checkpoint.

I'm trying to swing back into things after a second break. Still need raid armor on two characters for 32. Not sweating it too much though since it doesn't look like Wolves is coming until early summer.

I hear that a lot that after you get your team to the 30's the game drags horribly and becomes all about grinding. Fortunately I only have one level 26 hunter and have only ever completed VOG twice so I have a lot to look forward too.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 09:10:07 AM
I limped through crota as a level 27 with some buddies and got some real good shit.

Level 28 at current but when I get done leveling my around I should be level 29. Just need an exotic armor drop not 11 goddamn ascendant shards

:ufup


Still having a blast.


Having the truth as a rocket launcher  :rejoice

Still don't have a good primary (Using Three little words right now)  :snoop
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 16, 2015, 09:15:32 AM
?? If you need an exotic why dont you buy one from Xur? That is the only way to get Exotic armor beside Nightfalls.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 09:27:26 AM
?? If you need an exotic why dont you buy one from Xur? That is the only way to get Exotic armor beside Nightfalls.

I will next week. Missed my window this week and didn't realize armor is only 13 shards, not 23 until after he left. Durp. But on the bright side I have 25 shards now thanks to the 11 shard weekly nightfall drop.

Could have got knucklehead Radar too  :tocry
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: bachikarn on March 16, 2015, 09:43:36 AM
Which exotic rocket launcher did you get?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 16, 2015, 09:45:05 AM
You mean coins? Shards are for upgrading gear.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 16, 2015, 09:45:31 AM
Which exotic rocket launcher did you get?

Quote
Having the truth as a rocket launcher  :rejoice

Speaking of exotic rocket launcher, after playing since LAUNCH

I finally got... it

http://xboxclips.com/demifish/23f64e70-7e44-4a7f-bec0-1cf216c415b1
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 09:46:27 AM
You mean coins? Shards are for upgrading gear.

Yes, sorry, coins.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 09:47:29 AM
By the way in multi the truth is a straight cheat code. You can basically function as artillery once you get the heavy ammo.

Sit back, fire 3 rockets, wait 15 seconds  +450
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 09:55:51 AM
Which exotic rocket launcher did you get?

Quote
Having the truth as a rocket launcher  :rejoice

Speaking of exotic rocket launcher, after playing since LAUNCH

I finally got... it

http://xboxclips.com/demifish/23f64e70-7e44-4a7f-bec0-1cf216c415b1

Galleporn confirmed!
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on March 16, 2015, 09:59:41 AM
And here's me getting Thunderlord the week after : )

http://xboxclips.com/demifish/201264a6-d162-46d9-99b4-66eeb469ba1d

Just need Necrochasm and I have every exotic armor and weapon in the game.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 16, 2015, 10:07:43 AM
And here's me getting Thunderlord the week after : )

http://xboxclips.com/demifish/201264a6-d162-46d9-99b4-66eeb469ba1d

Just need Necrochasm and I have every exotic armor and weapon in the game.

Lucky fucker. I usually get fucking shite out of those chests.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 18, 2015, 08:33:06 AM
I played destiny yesterday when I got home apparently as I woke up this AM and had a lot more coins and a new primary.

:yeshrug
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 19, 2015, 08:40:28 AM
That Iron Banner

:snoop
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on April 06, 2015, 08:48:43 AM
Man I had a weird destiny day saturday morning. After having only 2 exotics for like ever I played with a couple of buddies and got 4 fucking exotics (2 earned from raids, 1 from an engram) and 1 purchased from Xur

Got the sniper rifle that makes you invisible
Got dragons breath (teeth) whatever it's called
Got exotic chest piece
Got exotic leg piece for a titan (which I need to create and get up to 31)

:rejoice   to the RNG gods.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on April 06, 2015, 09:00:33 AM
I have every exotic in the game now. All I do is hop on reset day and do some nightfall and weeklies for the rep to work towards the faction shaders (each faction has about 3 shaders).
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on April 06, 2015, 09:09:06 AM
I have every exotic in the game now. All I do is hop on reset day and do some nightfall and weeklies for the rep to work towards the faction shaders (each faction has about 3 shaders).

Yeah I'm there now  :tocry
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on April 08, 2015, 12:34:49 PM
Officially got everything I need now until a new release I'm putting this game on the shelf.

Neverwinter is my (attempted) grind right now.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on April 08, 2015, 04:08:12 PM
I still need to hit 32 but I'm tired of doing Crota. So I shelved it a couple weeks ago.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: chronovore on April 13, 2015, 03:38:22 AM
never seen demi so engaged helpful

FTFY
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on April 13, 2015, 12:41:53 PM
House of Wolves coming May 19.

This is the trailer, but its private at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on April 13, 2015, 01:14:17 PM
that trailer is hyyyyype i want it now
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on April 13, 2015, 01:29:57 PM
 :lawd
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: bachikarn on April 14, 2015, 08:48:33 AM
no raid for HoW. lol bungie
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on April 14, 2015, 08:58:19 AM
Yup, I'm out. Will wait for "Comet" instead. And the horde mode is only 3 players.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: bachikarn on April 14, 2015, 09:51:45 AM
I stupidly pre-bought HoW. Never doing that again.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on April 14, 2015, 11:28:15 AM
LMAO WHAT YO WHAT

 :heh :heh :heh
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on May 20, 2015, 07:23:30 AM
That nightfall on House of Wolves is one of the most fun times I've ever had on Destiny. Do not regret buying it.

It's tough as FUCK though.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on June 03, 2015, 11:16:10 PM
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR?instanceId=2689211315&characterId=2305843009214982895

https://youtu.be/jkHI1hGvWRY

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Thorn is a stupid fucking gun. Just stupid. Hilarious and fun but stupid. You just fire 2-3 times and people just cease to be. They get deleted from existence while you laugh maniacally.
[close]
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: chronovore on July 07, 2015, 06:31:33 PM
So I recently grabbed a copy of Destiny because friends were playing it, and... it's very pretty, but kind of empty. I'm still a level 6 baby right now, so maybe shit opens up and story becomes more prevalent, but right now I got an intro tutorial, and then a couple "story missions" which consisted of "hang out in this area while my timer runs down, and shoot stuff."

Story, so far, has been thin as hell -- which contrasts even more when compared to how lush the world looks.

In an earlier thread someone stated that the website/app was where the actual story is told, the background for everything, so I downloaded that, but there are just some cards with fairly generic description text. Others have pointed out that Activision interfered with Bungie's plan for story, and it has been bowdlerized. Don't know how they'll restore the story to it, but it would be nice to have a little more idea what's going on four hours into play.

The gunplay is pretty good; I feel differences in the weapon types, though even in the starter area I've found a couple enemies which ping "IMMUNE" to my puny attempts to plink them to death.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on July 07, 2015, 08:01:38 PM
You have to unlock the cards by doing stuff. The story is super thin. The missions are garbage. The gunplay is aces. You will get bored by playing solo. Hopefully your friends will include you in some of the high end content like Raid or Strikes. The PVP is a mess right now, very broken.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Kara on July 07, 2015, 10:32:42 PM
I don't know anything about Activision interference, but its "look outside the game for information" fictional universe is very much in line with what they did with Halo over time.

It's also an MMO so that doesn't help.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: chronovore on July 07, 2015, 11:45:08 PM
Thanks for the confirmations.

I know it sold well, and there seems to be no shortage of people still playing in the PVE, but I can't imagine that shooty PVP works in a way which feels good in a  MMO character model.

The model is definitely Activision asking Bungie to catch lightning in a bottle... again. I'm stunned that Activision didn't commission tie-in books for delivery on launch day. I looked at Amazon to see if there were any available and, appropriately, this is all I could find:
(http://i.imgur.com/HLEcIGM.png)
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: Kara on July 08, 2015, 12:08:04 AM
Is that a Moleskine? :lol I should buy it and take it to the alt cafe I write at for haute irony.

Entry PVP strips away all the RPG stuff, it wasn't until later DLC that your gear actually carried over into PVP so that's how they dealt with that.

It's not a bad game, tbh. Just BIG GAME PUBLISHER af.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: chronovore on July 08, 2015, 10:04:26 AM
So the PVP is actually entirely skill based, not gear and character level?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on July 08, 2015, 10:34:06 AM
Its skill based in regular crucible. Guns largely have normalized DPS, but there are a few outliers in the current meta that unfortunately means you will see a LOT of the same type of builds.

But there are two events that involve levels and gear. One is "Iron Banner" and the other is "Trials of Osiris" which happens on weekends. Again, due to the unfortunate current meta, you will see a lot of the same types of guns and builds.

We unfortunately will have to wait for Taken King before we finally see some form of a balance update.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on July 09, 2015, 08:52:48 AM
Leveling my third character finally and it's fucking painful. I know it's not a long stretch but I've just done so much of this content so many times that I can only take so much of it before I just have to turn it off. My poor titan has been level 15 for months.
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: chronovore on July 09, 2015, 09:18:46 AM
I know Bungie's got their shit together and there's probably a good answer to this, but is there /really/ that much difference between the character types?

I'm playing a Titan, and basically it looks like I get a splash damage smart bomb as my special, but do the other classes have enough differentiation that you'd want to build up a whole 'other character?
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: demi on July 09, 2015, 09:22:14 AM
Yes. I started with Warlock, then as I made my other classes, I find myself using Warlock the least.

Hunter is easily the most "flexible" - very agile, and one of the top PVP classes (while being one of the worst PVE classes, to a degree).

Titan are very beefy. Defenders are invaluable during raids, and such. Striker is actually one of the worst PVE classes, imo. Its great in PVP though if you can use it right.

PVE:

Warlock > Titan > Hunter

PVP:

Hunter > Warlock > Titan (one can even make the argument to swap Hunter and Warlock)



Also, make female characters. They have the best dances. All the males dance like cacs
Title: Re: A buddy gave me a copy of destiny.....
Post by: toku on July 10, 2015, 03:38:01 PM
Fist of Panic