This is the best Nightfall story yet...

[iw5000]

And it won't be long.

So last Friday, I helped a clan friend (who isn't on here) do some bounties and weeklies. I talk him into doing a Nightfall. We start it, and then one of his friend's join in. All is good and moving along, as we head towards Phogoth. But then suddenly, my son calls. His Magic tournament is over. It's 10:45pm. I've been just sitting here killing time until I had to pick him up, but he's calling early. I wasn't expecting this until around 11pm. Fvck. What to do? I had just gotten to the Phogoth, where you dart in and out of the Shreiker room, pot-shotting Phogoth. But this might be another 10 to 15 minutes. I have to go now though. It's snowing, and he's outside the gaming store with older bros.

Fvck.

My friend says to just go park myself in the corner, beyond the Shreiker. Ok. But I don't want to risk leaving my character sitting in corner. I might sign out in the 20 min I will be gone (10 out, 10 back). Lose my loot. Fvck. This ain't good.

Lightbulb goes off. I wake my wife up, who was sleeping on the couch. "Get up! Put this headset on, make your character stand in this corner, move around ( a little), but not to much. Whatever you do, for God's sake, PLEASE do not go in that room right there" (Shrieker room). Paraphrasing, but that's the jist of it, as I dash out the door.

I get back in 16.50 minutes. She's playing Destiny now. WTF? She's got a look like she is in biting nails intensity mode going on. I freak out, look at the screen. Apparently she got curious after sitting there for 15 min watching the other two guys butt heads with Phogoth (One was level 26 or something like that, he couldn't do shit for damage). Watching them dart in and out. She got curious, and when I walk in, she is now trying to shoot shit. I'm like "WTF, don't freaking die" She won't give it back.

Fvck it. I snap a picture of her, the look on her face when she sees Phogoth. This is classic. (and yes, she said it was ok to post it, even though she had been snoozing for a while on the couch lol).

Good times. THIS is white knuckle intensity....what Destiny felt like, when you first starting facing hard monsters....

[mannon]

So, how did it end?

[hebbnh]

Hahaha, nice! That's hilarious! Off topic, which model of scuf did you get?

[iw5000]

The Xbox One version? I then added stuff to it online, like remapping features and rear paddles (which i never use)

[hebbnh]

Well on their website they had some stupid fancy name for each controller based on colors or features or somesuch. Like an all black one was the Stealth, yellow and black was the Hornet, stuff like that. I think mine was an Elite, whatever the matte grey one is called. Or did you just send in a standard controller and have them upgrade it?

[iw5000]

The options on their site are confusing. I was confused. There are base models and then build a models, and to many to count. I honestly can't remember exactly what I did.

I did just look now. I am 99% sure I bought the 'Scuff One'. There are two versions of this, I think I got the 'Scuff Stealth' after that. Then from there, I did the build options, adding things to it like pro grips, Internal Hair Trigger & Trigger Stop mechanism, electromagnetic re-mapping, 4-paddles on the back, etc...I went hog wild. By the time I was done, it was ridiculously expensive. The money isn't an issue for me (no worries there), but even so, I felt pretty stupid clicking the 'checkout' button to buy it. It was well over $220 (or more) by the time I was done. That just felt wrong.

All the extra stuff are pretty much meaningless on Destiny.

They do come in handy on CoDAW, definitely come into play...but....with the way CoDAW is right now, when playing partied up, I still suck anyways.

Not a wise investment choice for me. But whatever. It looks nice.

[tooros]

Fireteam couples dancing pics incoming. IW buys a second 'bone.

[hebbnh]

Cool -- the Stealth was my 2nd choice after the one I ended up getting. I skipped the hair triggers and only got 2 paddles, but I think mine still ended up being $160 or something insane. I set my paddles up as the A and X buttons so I can jump, reload, and revive without having to take a thumb off the right stick. Probably not hugely beneficial but it is pretty nice to at least be able to revive and aim/return fire at the same time if necessary, and it does make accurate jumping somewhat easier. They'd definitely be more useful in CoD or Battlefield if I ever start playing them again.

[iw5000]

Jan 30, 2015 10:25:23 GMT -5 hebbnh said:

Cool -- the Stealth was my 2nd choice after the one I ended up getting. I skipped the hair triggers and only got 2 paddles, but I think mine still ended up being $160 or something insane. I set my paddles up as the A and X buttons so I can jump, reload, and revive without having to take a thumb off the right stick. Probably not hugely beneficial but it is pretty nice to at least be able to revive and aim/return fire at the same time if necessary, and it does make accurate jumping somewhat easier. They'd definitely be more useful in CoD or Battlefield if I ever start playing them again.

The thing is, I don't think it matters what model you get. The models are just a base. With color schemes. What matters is what you build on the controller. All the $$$$ add ons.

I like the hair triggers a lot. I also got four paddles, which is complete waste of money I am finding out. I haven't remapped out my Destiny control scheme. Just haven't really had a need right now, but I can see where what you did, might help.

[mannon]

I considered getting one for my PS4 at some point, but I'm so comfortable with claw gripping it now that I don't honestly think I could go back to a normal grip. I try it sometimes when I'm doing something that doesn't require aiming and face buttons at the same time, and it just feels wrong. I wind up just going back to claw grip even if I'm just looking at the store or something half the time. heh I got sore at first, and if I play like 6 hours my fingers might get a little stiff. But by now I've played so much destiny with it there's just no going back.

The scuffs look kinda nice, but yeah I don't think I'd want to pay that.

[markopolo]

*sigh*

My lone regret is that I have but one like to give this OP.

[wittyscorpion]

So...

iw5000: what are the odds now to buy another XONE and get your wife into Destiny as well? We can use another raider

[GodMars]

Jan 30, 2015 10:31:46 GMT -5 iw5000 said:

Jan 30, 2015 10:25:23 GMT -5 hebbnh said:

Cool -- the Stealth was my 2nd choice after the one I ended up getting. I skipped the hair triggers and only got 2 paddles, but I think mine still ended up being $160 or something insane. I set my paddles up as the A and X buttons so I can jump, reload, and revive without having to take a thumb off the right stick. Probably not hugely beneficial but it is pretty nice to at least be able to revive and aim/return fire at the same time if necessary, and it does make accurate jumping somewhat easier. They'd definitely be more useful in CoD or Battlefield if I ever start playing them again.

The thing is, I don't think it matters what model you get. The models are just a base. With color schemes. What matters is what you build on the controller. All the $$$$ add ons.

I like the hair triggers a lot. I also got four paddles, which is complete waste of money I am finding out. I haven't remapped out my Destiny control scheme. Just haven't really had a need right now, but I can see where what you did, might help.

Yeah, the four paddles is just too much, and you really don't need them. The remapping feature is totally money, however.