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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 6:50:45 GMT -5
There!
3 gjallies, 50 heavy ammo packs, and 30 Telemetries.
#Best_Destiny_Purchase_Evarrrrrrrrrr
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 14, 2015 7:33:29 GMT -5
IMHO that possibility is unlikely. The more likely scenario is possibly the following: 1) Shortly after the launch in 2014, Bungie pulled GHorn from Xur's loot table. This is "sort of" proved by the data miners; 2) With the announcement of weapon tuning, Bungie is putting the GHorn back into the loot table, but whatever they are doing messed up Xur's inventory so weapon did not show up; Not saying it is the case, but far more believable to me than just a random picture from internet. If I have learnt anything from the age of social media, not believing pictures I see has gotta be on the top of the list. Reasons on why I don't believe this story: a) I don't buy the possibility that you can see the weapon but can't buy it; b) Let's say a) did happen, which means that Bungie discovered that GHorn was being sold and immediately did something to block it. That's again not very believable to me because if they really don't want GHorn to be sold, they could easily prevent it from showing up in the first place; c) I believe the Data Miner's story that GHorn is not even in the Xur's loot table, because they were able to accurately predict multiple things, including Xur's inventory, for several weeks; Just my 2 cents opinion on this incident. Not that matters much because we all believe that Bungie did manipulate Xur to not sell GHorn. So if the main issue here is whether it is OK for Bungie to manipulate Xur, then whatever really happened on this incident is largely irrelevant. When I am right, I am right. Right?
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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 7:34:30 GMT -5
Oh, and once you get past the fact that Xur is selling the Gjallarhorn.... All 3 helmets are a quality roll, most very close to max roll.
MVP haul by Xur this week. I might even say this was his GOAT week
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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 7:46:33 GMT -5
Fuck... I might do crucible bounties to get these gjallies maxed quicker!
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Post by malgato on Aug 14, 2015 10:36:39 GMT -5
Kinda signals the nerf is inbound soon.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 14, 2015 11:17:48 GMT -5
My expectation is that GHorn is going to get nerfed to Thunderlord / Truth level, probably does a little bit more damage per shot than Truth since latter has a mag size of 3 and 1+ max ammo.
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Post by TheHawkNY on Aug 14, 2015 11:32:43 GMT -5
My expectation is that GHorn is going to get nerfed to Thunderlord / Truth level, probably does a little bit more damage per shot than Truth since latter has a mag size of 3 and 1+ max ammo. Honestly, that would be shocking to me. The initial damage from a direct impact of a rocket is the same regardless of what launcher it is fired from. The only thing that changes the damage is the after effects (cluster bombs, MRV, solar flare, wolfpack). Given how little damage the others do, they would have to reduce wolfpack damage to almost nothing to make it not still significantly better than the Truth.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 14, 2015 11:43:15 GMT -5
My expectation is that GHorn is going to get nerfed to Thunderlord / Truth level, probably does a little bit more damage per shot than Truth since latter has a mag size of 3 and 1+ max ammo. Honestly, that would be shocking to me. The initial damage from a direct impact of a rocket is the same regardless of what launcher it is fired from. The only thing that changes the damage is the after effects (cluster bombs, MRV, solar flare, wolfpack). Given how little damage the others do, they would have to reduce wolfpack damage to almost nothing to make it not still significantly better than the Truth. I don't have the detailed numbers so this is a totally subjective impression. When upgrading GHorn, it feels like "a piece of trash" until the wolfpack is unlocked. So I imagine the first rocket is significantly less powerful. Of course that could just be because I had too high of an expectations of GHorn.
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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 12:17:49 GMT -5
We know what the gjallie nerf is : reduction of wolfpack damage... i've heard 10-25%
So instead of hitting things like a Mac Truck from Hell... It'll only hit like a Mac Truck.
As someone who is telying on the Truth and various tracking legendary rl's... I'm okay with this nerf
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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 14:28:00 GMT -5
The only debate now is: power level each individual gjallie over 3 characters ir dedicate 1 gjallie and independantly level all gjallies at once?
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 14, 2015 14:32:29 GMT -5
The only debate now is: power level each individual gjallie over 3 characters ir dedicate 1 gjallie and independantly level all gjallies at once? No brainer: get 1 to max level as soon as you can and maximize the play time before it is nerfed. Run it through as much content as you can, they will feel different If I were you I probably won't even bother upgrade the other two unless I have nothing else to upgrade. I would even prioritize No Land Beyond and Hard Light over 2nd/3rd GHorn due to the incoming buff. If past is any indication, Bungie tends to over-nerf on nerf attempts and over-buff on buff attempts.
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Post by TheHawkNY on Aug 14, 2015 14:40:51 GMT -5
The only debate now is: power level each individual gjallie over 3 characters ir dedicate 1 gjallie and independantly level all gjallies at once? 1 max immediately.
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Post by malgato on Aug 14, 2015 15:45:36 GMT -5
No real reason to have more than one of any weapon. Swapping via the app is too easy and inventory/vault space is too limited. Just my opinion, but buying three was a waste of coins. With a ton of new exotics coming, you may regret this choice.
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Post by TheHawkNY on Aug 14, 2015 17:37:10 GMT -5
No real reason to have more than one of any weapon. Swapping via the app is too easy and inventory/vault space is too limited. Just my opinion, but buying three was a waste of coins. With a ton of new exotics coming, you may regret this choice. God knows I have as big a problem with inventory/vault space as anyone - I try to maintain a total of 2 free slots for weapons and 2 free slots for armor combined across my characters and the vault, just to be able to move items. But the one place I don't have issues is heavy weapons. There simply isn't a huge variety of options - I have 30, and don't need to take up any vault space on them.
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Post by TheHawkNY on Aug 14, 2015 18:22:11 GMT -5
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Post by markopolo on Aug 14, 2015 18:45:51 GMT -5
No real reason to have more than one of any weapon. Swapping via the app is too easy and inventory/vault space is too limited. Just my opinion, but buying three was a waste of coins. With a ton of new exotics coming, you may regret this choice. 1. Now I never have to switch weapons and be gjalliless 2. I had 647 strange coins. What else am I going to buy... Sparrow upgrades? 3. Did you actually call the Gjallarhorn a waste of coins? 4. We are getting more vault space 5. Weapons can be sharded.
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Post by snes chalmers on Aug 14, 2015 23:50:08 GMT -5
Glad I'm not the only one considering buying another Ghorn...even though I have one nearly at max (which reminds me, I need to run Dragon strikes for weapon parts and faction rep).
I probably won't though.
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Post by wings on Aug 15, 2015 2:45:50 GMT -5
No real reason to have more than one of any weapon. Swapping via the app is too easy and inventory/vault space is too limited. Just my opinion, but buying three was a waste of coins. With a ton of new exotics coming, you may regret this choice. Run the Queen bounties and any good Vanguard and Crucible bounties, pop a telemetry, then do the daily chapter, and then spam level 28 Prison of Elders until you're sick of them. That should make up some loss of Strange Coins whilst upgrading your Gjallarhorn when using them. I assume you get XP for weapons there. I've been running the Weekly Heroic Strike in the off-chance that the new exotics are going to be good and actually get sold fairly quickly, and my Warlock still has to hit rank 3 with Variks. So long as you have around 100 Strange Coins by the time TTK drops, that should be enough.
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Post by malgato on Aug 15, 2015 11:41:43 GMT -5
Oh. Yep. You win this round. Carry on.
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Post by markopolo on Aug 16, 2015 1:16:25 GMT -5
Oh. Yep. You win this round. Carry on. I think we're all winners here now that Xur sold the Gjallarhorn. Every. Last. One. Of. Us.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 16, 2015 12:55:52 GMT -5
I hope Stone ( iw5000) got the memo and purchased GHorn
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Post by markopolo on Aug 16, 2015 15:20:06 GMT -5
I hope Stone ( iw5000) got the memo and purchased GHorn Did bungie update their app that lets you buy things via the app? Otherwise, he might have to buy a new copy of the game first.
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Post by malgato on Aug 16, 2015 18:35:44 GMT -5
I hope Stone ( iw5000) got the memo and purchased GHorn I texted with him and offered to log in for him and do it. He decided not to. Still up in the air on TTK I guess. Or figures new weapons will outclass Gjallarhorn.
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Post by mannon on Aug 16, 2015 19:06:33 GMT -5
My brother got on to get the few more coins he needed and buy his GHorn, but he tried it today and missed Xur... then uninstalled the game.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Aug 16, 2015 19:16:20 GMT -5
I hope Stone ( iw5000) got the memo and purchased GHorn I texted with him and offered to log in for him and do it. He decided not to. Still up in the air on TTK I guess. Or figures new weapons will outclass Gjallarhorn. Looks like he won't be getting TTK if he does not even bother picking up GHorn. Not a super big deal, now with GHorn back into Xur's loot table, I am sure it will be on sale again. Not to mention that most likely it won't be the coolest kid in town in 4 weeks.
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Post by iw5000 on Aug 17, 2015 8:19:23 GMT -5
I hope Stone ( iw5000) got the memo and purchased GHorn I texted with him and offered to log in for him and do it. He decided not to. Still up in the air on TTK I guess. Or figures new weapons will outclass Gjallarhorn. I appreciate that Mal and thank you again for offering. I truly mean that. It's not that I didn't want you to. Part of the problem was when we texted on Friday, I didn't even remember my password. Everything auto signs in on the XBox. And wasn't sure what email I have attached to it either. I didn't know how to tell you to sign in and with phone service spotty (as well as my phone dying) I just put it off till the next day. And well, I was kayaking all weekend.(Friday to Sunday evening). Everything had to be done by phone. So I just got wrapped up in it all and just ...out of sight, out of mind. So this had no bearing on whether I am getting the TTK. It was simply I was out kayaking, and having a ton of fun, and gaming was the last thing on my mind. I also had a new kayak too I was breaking in, plus teaching some young women as a bonus!!!. Still thinking about getting TTK, we'll see. I'm sure they'll drop it again sometime. (edit) Witty also made a good point, it's back in the loot table. And for right now, it really doesn't matter. I have no disc and will not be playing much of any games until after September 25th or so. Every weekend is mostly filled up with trips. Again...I do really appreciate the effort. Thank you. Here's some pics. There's a photography service that hikes in, snaps shots at one of the rapids. Took these from their site (and watermarked)
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Post by markopolo on Aug 21, 2015 6:17:37 GMT -5
Where is Xur this week?
Chilling with the Vanguard in the Tower
Exotic Gear:
Eternal Warrior, Titan Helmet 72 Intellect, 57 Discipline Mask of the Third Man,Hunter Helmet 97 Intellect Starfire Protocol, Warlock Chest Armor 123 Intellect Thunderlord Machine Gun Exotic Shard Material Exotic Engram Body Armor Engram
Curios:
Name Type QTY Currency Cost Auto Rifle Telemetry Consumable 5 SC 1 Pulse Rifle Telemetry Consumable 5 SC 1 Rocket Launcher Telemetry Consumable 5 SC 1 Plasma Drive Vehicle Upgrade 1 SC 23 "Emerald Coil" Vehicle Upgrade 1 SC 23 Heavy Ammo Synthesis Consumable 5 SC 1
The maxes, btw, are
Helm: // Pure: 135 or 136 // Split-stat: 77/77 Gauntlets: // Pure: 120 // Split-stat: 69/69 Chest Armor: // Pure: 181 // Split-stat: 103/103 Boots: // Pure: 166
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Post by markopolo on Aug 21, 2015 6:28:49 GMT -5
Hard to do a decent encore when last week was a GoaT performance...
Decent stats on the EWarrior... Mot3M is meh... And I had to do a double take in that absolute shit roll on the SFP.... Atrociously atrocious. Do not waste your coins on that piece if hardened, used toilet paper. Unless you're low on motes, play the engram lottery.
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Post by markopolo on Aug 28, 2015 9:50:17 GMT -5
Xur is in the hanger, to the right as you go in
Peregrine Greaves Titan Leg Armor 140 Intellect SC 13 Crest of Alpha Lupi Hunter Chest Armor 140 Strength SC 13 Apotheosis Veil Warlock Helmet 103 Discipline SC 13 Plan C Fusion Rifle SC 17 Exotic Shard Material SC 7 Exotic Engram Gauntlet Engram MoL 23
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Post by markopolo on Aug 28, 2015 14:02:42 GMT -5
Decent titan greaves... Everything else is a solid meh
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