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Post by mannon on Nov 26, 2014 10:13:23 GMT -5
Sniper? I know it's my priority when I get marks... that or a good auto rifle.
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Post by malgato on Nov 26, 2014 10:20:38 GMT -5
What did Polo do last night? Lots of easy bounties... super easy... 3 public event golds, 10 fallen leaders, 9k exp without dying, 100 enemies killed with precision damage... dios mio mang... so much fun. Then I had to play my favourite game: which weapon will Polo buy with his 150 vanguard marks? Bachelor #1: the Vanguard Sniper Bachelor #2: The Swarm MG Bachelor #3: the Devil You Know hand cannon. Which Bachelor dear Bros, did Polo choose? Take the controler in front of you and choose the bachelor of your choice! The sniper and MG are both good choices. MG would be excellent for VoG. Sniper is good for bosses. If you have any purple primary, I would advise against the handgun. A top notch special and heavy are pretty important. I have The Swarm are still use it as my first choice MG. Does well on Minotaurs and Praetorians. Great for Crucible, too.
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Post by wings on Nov 26, 2014 10:30:39 GMT -5
What did Polo do last night? Lots of easy bounties... super easy... 3 public event golds, 10 fallen leaders, 9k exp without dying, 100 enemies killed with precision damage... dios mio mang... so much fun. Then I had to play my favourite game: which weapon will Polo buy with his 150 vanguard marks? Bachelor #1: the Vanguard Sniper Bachelor #2: The Swarm MG Bachelor #3: the Devil You Know hand cannon. Which Bachelor dear Bros, did Polo choose? Take the controler in front of you and choose the bachelor of your choice! Pick the sniper rifle. They help against bosses and smaller enemies, such as Walkers etc. If the Vanguard Quartermaster sold The Swarm with the Field Scout upgrade, that would change my mind.
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Post by markopolo on Nov 26, 2014 10:56:14 GMT -5
I chose the Devil you know.
By mistake. Complete brain fart. Total, full and complete f$$kup.
I went to preview it, and ended up buying it.
I wanted to choose the Swarm... but c'est la vie
Back to the grind, mothafarmers!!!
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Post by mannon on Nov 26, 2014 12:07:23 GMT -5
Oh well. It's boat loads of fun and we can be hand cannon buddies. ;3
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Post by markopolo on Nov 26, 2014 12:22:37 GMT -5
I took it to mars... one shotted legionaires left right and centre... so much fun... but I had to waste a lot of ammo on the phalanx/shield wielders... I just couldn't get the accuracy/zoom to hit their shoulder to make them drop the shield and then headshot them.
It's only upgraded to 2 spots though.... I think this one I'll upgrade fully to 300
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 26, 2014 12:54:28 GMT -5
What did Polo do last night? Lots of easy bounties... super easy... 3 public event golds, 10 fallen leaders, 9k exp without dying, 100 enemies killed with precision damage... dios mio mang... so much fun. Then I had to play my favourite game: which weapon will Polo buy with his 150 vanguard marks? Bachelor #1: the Vanguard Sniper Bachelor #2: The Swarm MG Bachelor #3: the Devil You Know hand cannon. Which Bachelor dear Bros, did Polo choose? Take the controler in front of you and choose the bachelor of your choice! IMHO #1 is what you need the most, as I mentioned many times
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Post by mannon on Nov 26, 2014 12:56:02 GMT -5
You won't regret it. heh Especially for patrol farming in the cosmodrome. You don't even need headshots, or hits for that matter. The AoE is enough to kill low level enemies like those dregs, you can just hit near their feet and send them flying. ;3 I usually try not to get lazy like that, though. I also like getting some collateral damage going. I don't usually get multikills except on grouped up shards, but it can if firing into a pack, and the AoE will usually stun and injure enemies it doesn't kill. Not that AoE is the only option, but it's probably more unique than the others. Hell I even killed some peeps in IB with the AoE. heh One guy in particular was hiding around the corner at A on Twilight Gap in the little shotgun stairs, but I didn't actually have to see him, just shoot next to him and whittle down his health. He couldn't see me so he was dumb enough to stay there and let me do it. heh heh So cheap, but honestly, he deserved it.
It's currently my favorite weapon, just because it's fun, and crits are pretty sweet damage too. Soloed the walker on Venus easy when I was farming glitter. I only had to expose the core twice to kill it, and I think it wasn't fully upgraded at that point.
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Post by markopolo on Nov 26, 2014 13:06:45 GMT -5
What did Polo do last night? Lots of easy bounties... super easy... 3 public event golds, 10 fallen leaders, 9k exp without dying, 100 enemies killed with precision damage... dios mio mang... so much fun. Then I had to play my favourite game: which weapon will Polo buy with his 150 vanguard marks? Bachelor #1: the Vanguard Sniper Bachelor #2: The Swarm MG Bachelor #3: the Devil You Know hand cannon. Which Bachelor dear Bros, did Polo choose? Take the controler in front of you and choose the bachelor of your choice! IMHO #1 is what you need the most, as I mentioned many times And I assure you, my dear Drollpredatoryarthropod, I was going to pick it, until I decided to previbuy TDYK
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 26, 2014 13:24:43 GMT -5
You can not go wrong with The Devil, that's for sure It's just that for the first time you'll have a "good" problem: which primary should I use today? To Shadow, or to Devil, that is the question. This problem will serve as a giant reminder: it's time to stop procrastination and get started on the 2nd characters!
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Post by markopolo on Nov 26, 2014 13:27:34 GMT -5
Does the vanguard weapon effects ever change? I know the weapon doesn't, but does the weapon effects (ie: today is solar, tomorrow void, etc etc )
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 26, 2014 13:29:02 GMT -5
Does the vanguard weapon effects ever change? I know the weapon doesn't, but does the weapon effects (ie: today is solar, tomorrow void, etc etc ) It has not changed so far I believe, no new offerings, and no new variations of the existing offerings. That's why I don't care about Vanguard Marks any more as there is nothing left to buy.
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Post by mannon on Nov 26, 2014 14:41:52 GMT -5
I read that the mods change between a couple of sets, but I don't know if the elements ever change. We could compare mine to yours, but then mine was actually a gift for vanguard rank 3 if I recall. I didn't purchase it.
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Post by markopolo on Nov 26, 2014 14:45:48 GMT -5
According to the wiki (I know I know) it says that other damage types are possible through engrams.
I know the Super Pox that I was gifted has 3rd eye, and I'm fairly sure the one you buy does not
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 26, 2014 15:04:46 GMT -5
Gifted ones have totally random talents. My gifted Grim CItizen III has third eye, and as a result I use it more often than Suros & Shadow Price, especially in Crucible.
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Post by mannon on Dec 1, 2014 10:17:39 GMT -5
I saw that TDyK that you can buy has very different mods from mine. I think I like the one I got better, but still hope you enjoy yours. I picked up Plan C so yay two exotic specials now, neither very upgraded. I need to save up some bounties as I did get fusion rifle telemetries from Xur, (among others, figure I should get them all since they rotate).
VoG didn't happen. We couldn't get a full crew so we ran the daily and the weekly and I farmed materials and stuff. I actually had to go farm resources to upgade an item for once. My IB boots needed more helium than I had. Farmed about an hour or mebbe more, doing patrols and events and such. Went pretty fast. Helium seems more abundant per square meter than spinmetal to me. I dunno. Got 'em upgraded enough to wear and not drop to 27 so I'm good. Gonna need shards soon, though.
I also ran a mission with my RL bro. Need to get him leveled up so he can VoG with us. That would be awesome!
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Post by qupie on Dec 1, 2014 12:59:20 GMT -5
TdyK from vanguard has actually pretty nice upgrades! I get 3 random ones before, but removed them all recently and bought 3 vanguard ones
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Post by markopolo on Dec 1, 2014 15:22:35 GMT -5
Kids were sick, wife was really sick, and now I'm sick.
Just spent the weekend being sick, farmed now and then, and have 10-15 devils lair runs beforeI hit my 15 strikes to get my Bad Juju.... which since they did the update, is more worth it for me now. (EDIT: nevermind... apparently after the 25 raids, I have to kill 200-400 people in the crucible...... fml... I knew I shoulda taken the voice in the wilderness one!!! >:<)
Instead of farming, I might just do 5ish in a row tonight
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Post by mannon on Dec 1, 2014 15:37:17 GMT -5
I'll do some Crucible with you. Been itching for more since IB. Curious how it'll go with regular Crucible rules.
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Post by psychlon on Dec 2, 2014 3:11:14 GMT -5
Kids were sick, wife was really sick, and now I'm sick. Just spent the weekend being sick, farmed now and then, and have 10-15 devils lair runs beforeI hit my 15 strikes to get my Bad Juju.... which since they did the update, is more worth it for me now. (EDIT: nevermind... apparently after the 25 raids, I have to kill 200-400 people in the crucible...... fml... I knew I shoulda taken the voice in the wilderness one!!! >:<) Instead of farming, I might just do 5ish in a row tonight I have all three bounties on one char at the pvp step... so neither goes without it.
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Post by mannon on Dec 4, 2014 11:59:31 GMT -5
Got on late and helped a friend knock out an exotic bounty, then did some basic patrol/bounty/events grinding in the good ol' cosmodrome. I played with the new swords in patrol. Pretty cool, that, though I hope they add something in particular to do with them. Massacring the same mobs I already massacre only goes so far, though if you're lucky enough to pick one up during an event... badass! I think it would be cool if grabbing one would actually start it's own little minievent, that required it, though. Or have a chance of starting one, anyway. Don't want to monopolize them only for minievents and never get to just dick around with them.
BTW the friend I was helping with his exotic bounty may be up for VoG this weekend, but might not be able to get on early enough for our UK compatriots. We'll see. I may be up for either or both, dunno yet for sure. I also have not hit any heroic missions this week and I'm deathly short on shards. (My IB boots are full on XP but need shards...)
I'm also keenly aware that I need coins, motes, and glimmer to throw at Xur... gosh darn golly gee whiz... I don't play nearly enough. I am banking my Cryptarch glimmer items even though I'm nowhere near glimmer cap, but I do hope to get there at some point. I think I need to grind out some story missions so I can do that almighty Mars mission for glimmer farming.
Too many things on my todo list. heh
Also the exotic bounty we were doing was on the moon where we had to kill a specific Warlock. Waiting for him to spawn was a pain in the ass. Only info we had was to kill enemies until the third wave of drop ships and don't kill the boss until you get him, but it seemed like the drop ships didn't come until the boss's health reached a certain level. It was a slog trying to get that wizard to show up and I got no rewards at all for the mission completion. heh But my friend got his exotic so it's all good. I'm sure he'll return the favor, (though I don't think they actually needed me after all).
PS. Think I may have to avoid Reddit for a bit. I'm just tired of the butthurt. Yeah yeah Bungie didn't tell us about the upgrade, yadda yadda, but whatever. It's not as big a deal as people are making it out to be. After all, upgrading your exotic is optional, and it's only available for a few exotics each weekend. 95 of the exotic upgrading that's been done since the last update probably won't have been "in vain" anyway. Although I do agree with the one Reddit post that if your exotic is fully upgraded it shouldn't cost you an ascendant shard or whatever they're calling it to upgrade. That would be nice. I'm mostly just tired of the butthurt in general, though. Bungie has had some misteps, but they have far exceeded my experiences with almost any other developer for anything remotely similar. Usually it's more like the game doesn't change for six months and the dev says nothing but empty promises, then booom everything's broken and you have to start over and the dev just says "too bad, so sad". Hell back in Everquest the released game was missing features promised right on the back of the box and it took them ages to get around to it or even talk about it. heh I know that being butthurt on the internet is basically a hobby in and of it-self, I'm just tired of it. Think I'll stick to this board where the butthurt only reaches moderate levels and it at least generally accompanied by intelligent conversation. Anyway... just sayin'... I don't know why it's dragging me down, maybe I just need more sleep.
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Post by markopolo on Dec 4, 2014 12:12:29 GMT -5
I'm still sick as $hit.
Yea, unless it's strategies or ways to do things more efficiently, I avoid reddit... too much whining over little things, and too much wanting all the stuff now
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Post by wings on Dec 4, 2014 16:15:00 GMT -5
There was someone on Reddit who kicked up a stink about Xur potentially selling the Heart of Praxic Fire because he 'earned' his by playing the Tiger Strike 100+ times. He even claimed Nightfall players who earned Strange Coins would not have earned it because the burn modifiers make it easier. Would have loved to have seen this guy try and waltz through the Sepiks Prime Nightfall when it had Arc burn modifier on.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Dec 4, 2014 19:37:41 GMT -5
There was someone on Reddit who kicked up a stink about Xur potentially selling the Heart of Praxic Fire because he 'earned' his by playing the Tiger Strike 100+ times. He even claimed Nightfall players who earned Strange Coins would not have earned it because the burn modifiers make it easier. Would have loved to have seen this guy try and waltz through the Sepiks Prime Nightfall when it had Arc burn modifier on. Somebody who spent most of his time playing Tiger strikes is begging to be laughed at on Reddit , especially if he thought that's how players should "earn" things.
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Post by markopolo on Dec 5, 2014 10:13:58 GMT -5
What did Polo do last night?
Well... my cold broke. And the combine was ready to go! Did some fun farming and found a very good way to do the "Eliminate the Target" event: use the blade from the new sword of Crota mini event. It's awesome... I solo whooped the $hit out of the Captain 4 times each time in under a minute. The blade is cool, but it's too often. I must have gotten the sword 10+ times in 2 hours. It got to the point where I would kill the Blade bearer (or whatever he's called) just to get the glimmer then leave the sword and let some level 3ish player pick it up and go rambo ape$hit conan on mobs (I'd stick around to make sure they'd stay alive though) If you've never done it, it's fun (it does get tiring after a while) but just know that while you're holding the sword, you can't use your speeder or go to your jumpship; you can't use your ghost because your hand is busy holding the sword instead of holding out your ghost... you gotta drop the sword.
Speaking about bounties... I probably got 5 ascendant materials from doing events last night. Most happened against the devil walker, so I don't know if it was specific, but I know that instead of getting a shard/mat from the post master... I was getting multiple from doing many events. BTW, the thing with not getting any mats from your first event from the postmaster is a bug and will be fixed later.
Something new that I did, wasI did a bounty for 6 patrols on Mars. I don't know Mars all that well, so it was nice to learn the red planet a little better than I do now. Found some fun areas. I like going into those mini battles between the Cabal and the Vex.
Weaponswise, I finally maxed out my DYK handcannon... yay go me.
Then it approached midnight, and I thought that 50 marks in a night was good enough... then I thought, hey... I wonder if I can trade in some excess spinmetal for the next 10 marks... so I went to the vanguard quartermaster, saw that it was 20 spin metal for ten marks, got excited, didn't pay attention, and bought 20 spinmetal for 10 marks, instead of buying 10 marks for 20 spinmetal.... so instead of stopping at 140/150... I ended up only having 130 and 20 more useless spinmetal. I really gotta start reading better late at night.
I think I'll get my 100 marks for the week tonight, then sit at around 180ish and see what the new weapons or armour look like with the update. Do some bounties to get close to the ranking cap... only need about 400ish to do so.... then get some more bounties but won't turn them in to give them some new XP... hell, that's how I have my sunslinger 1/3 leveled without using it once
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Post by mannon on Dec 5, 2014 10:43:15 GMT -5
Was really late before I got on so I just said hi to Marko and then didn't feel like soloing in Destiny. heh Did some GTAV and watched Netflix instead. ;p
Hopefully this weekend can get some good playtime in. Unless we get lucky I dunno if VoG is happening, but hopefully can run the Weekly and maybe even do a Nightfall. Not sure I can solo it, but I've got both solar and void weapons so maybe I can find a way to deal with that minotaur. Could use the coins, though I don't know if I should buy the warlock helmet or not... STR... ehhhh... But I definitely need an exotic helmet to mix and match. Thing is my other exotic is Voidfang so I don't know that the helmet would be any better. It would only help me if I get Raid or IB chest.
Speaking of Iron Banner it's coming back 12/16!! I really need to buy a legendary Auto Rifle and fully upgrade it. Marko, we got work to do! ;3 Seriously, I want to hit IB HARD. I also need to farm glimmer ahead of time and save up those cryptarch items. I better unlock Mars this weekend. >,> I'm excited.
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Post by markopolo on Dec 5, 2014 11:02:45 GMT -5
Was really late before I got on so I just said hi to Marko and then didn't feel like soloing in Destiny. heh Did some GTAV and watched Netflix instead. ;p Hopefully this weekend can get some good playtime in. Unless we get lucky I dunno if VoG is happening, but hopefully can run the Weekly and maybe even do a Nightfall. Not sure I can solo it, but I've got both solar and void weapons so maybe I can find a way to deal with that minotaur. Could use the coins, though I don't know if I should buy the warlock helmet or not... STR... ehhhh... But I definitely need an exotic helmet to mix and match. Thing is my other exotic is Voidfang so I don't know that the helmet would be any better. It would only help me if I get Raid or IB chest. Speaking of Iron Banner it's coming back 12/16!! I really need to buy a legendary Auto Rifle and fully upgrade it. Marko, we got work to do! ;3 Seriously, I want to hit IB HARD. I also need to farm glimmer ahead of time and save up those cryptarch items. I better unlock Mars this weekend. >,> I'm excited. I forgot to ask, was that your RL brother with you... the level 5 titan? As for weeklys... just call my name, I'll be there. It's the only thing I do other than farm and event. Hell, Mars is fun, let's power through that too. Hell, I'll even try a nightfall... I've never done it but is that the one where you die, you can't be ress'd and you just go to the ship?
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Post by mannon on Dec 5, 2014 11:37:29 GMT -5
Naw. I don't know who he was. ;3 My brother works 2nd shift during the week so we only play on Weekends.
On the Nightfall you can be revived, (and I can still self revive), but if you wipe you are dumped to orbit instead of just starting back at a checkpoint. Kinda rough. But it's the same strike as Weekly just with more modifiers and we've done this strike before. (I just worry if we can deal with the Minotaur that spawns behind us in the cave. I don't know if void or solar would be better for him due to solar burn. I'm considering running both so I can use void on his shields and solar to kill him off. At least this time my Sunsinger is maxed out so I have 2 grenades. Plus we have better weapons and gear.) So if we run the weekly first we can get an idea if Nightfall is doable or not. I know a lot of Sunsingers run it solo with fireborn as a safety net. Also with a fireteam one member often functions as the anchor, staying alive and playing conservatively so they can revive downed players and keep everyone from being dumped to orbit.
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Post by markopolo on Dec 5, 2014 12:07:23 GMT -5
Naw. I don't know who he was. ;3 My brother works 2nd shift during the week so we only play on Weekends. On the Nightfall you can be revived, (and I can still self revive), but if you wipe you are dumped to orbit instead of just starting back at a checkpoint. Kinda rough. But it's the same strike as Weekly just with more modifiers and we've done this strike before. (I just worry if we can deal with the Minotaur that spawns behind us in the cave. I don't know if void or solar would be better for him due to solar burn. I'm considering running both so I can use void on his shields and solar to kill him off. At least this time my Sunsinger is maxed out so I have 2 grenades. Plus we have better weapons and gear.) So if we run the weekly first we can get an idea if Nightfall is doable or not. I know a lot of Sunsingers run it solo with fireborn as a safety net. Also with a fireteam one member often functions as the anchor, staying alive and playing conservatively so they can revive downed players and keep everyone from being dumped to orbit. well, this time I actually have... wait for it... weapons with elemental damage!!! Dun dun DAHHHHHHHHH!!!! I took someone's advice and have at least 1 MG, RL, SR, and PR of all 3 damage types. They're not the bees knees, but they still hurt... they'll hurt more than last time's debacle where I died 40+ times only with using ARs and getting them down to 1/3s. Now that we know what we're doing... you won't be wearing concrete shoes carrying my ass. I might be able to contribute
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Post by mannon on Dec 5, 2014 12:47:03 GMT -5
Yes, even with the less optimal burn modifier we're in a lot better shape for this and have a few maxed out legendary primaries too. In fact if I can get some damn shards I might even make level 29. I think I only lack about 8 shards to max out my IB boots which could be enough. I forget where I stand on that. My Voidfang is maxed out, but I don't remember where my legendary helmet and gloves are. I think I have some of the shard upgrades done on them from when I was trying to hit 28 originally.
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