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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 28, 2015 10:48:32 GMT -5
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 28, 2015 10:51:38 GMT -5
Void Burn NF?
1) Weapons to shine here: Telesto, Dark Drinker, Midha's Reckoning, Elulim's Frenzy, Stillpiercer(?); 2) Void based subclasses should be pretty useful as well: Nova Bomb / Bubble / Tether can be quite effective in the cell.
Ironclad does not sound that bad for Sunless Cell, as long as the adds in the cell (pretty much just thralls?) don't have shields of course...
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Post by wings on Oct 28, 2015 10:51:49 GMT -5
3 Nightfalls, 3 Ghost shells.
The Warpriest gave me boots so my Titan is now *ahem* This is Sparta! Yes, 300.
Now my headset is being an arse as I cannot hear anyone in party chat, can hear everyone in game chat but they cannot hear me.
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Post by tooros on Oct 28, 2015 11:21:34 GMT -5
2 nightfalls -
crap hunter booties - worse than I have. Nice titan helm - 305.
Warlock tonight.
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Post by wings on Oct 28, 2015 11:32:11 GMT -5
Was your character 300 or higher when this dropped?
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Post by tooros on Oct 28, 2015 11:35:04 GMT -5
Was your character 300 or higher when this dropped? Yes - but only just. (I quickly swapped my void LMG for exotic sword at the end of the match) 302. Last week I had 300 plus drops on sub lvl 300 characters. Interesting to see what happens with warlock later.
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Post by wings on Oct 28, 2015 11:40:43 GMT -5
Was your character 300 or higher when this dropped? Yes - but only just. (I quickly swapped my void LMG for exotic sword at the end of the match) 302. Last week I had 300 plus drops on sub lvl 300 characters. Interesting to see what happens with warlock later. Yeah I read on Reddit that 310s won't drop in Nightfall unless you are 300 but it wasn't a particular thread so I thought it might have been false. I was just below 300 in the Nightfall as I did this before the Raid and someone in the fireteam asked what I'd be happy with a Nightfall reward because I told him I farmed Zydron with 3oC before it got nerfed. So I said 310 gear but then I realised they probably wouldn't drop until I hit 300.
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Post by tooros on Oct 28, 2015 12:27:47 GMT -5
From here: denkirson.proboards.com/post/219443(Last week) My Titan @297 got a 305 ghost My Hunter @295 got a 303 shottie. I'm not sure if that was the first week update generosity or standard. Maybe they nerfed it for this week?
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Post by tooros on Oct 29, 2015 10:56:12 GMT -5
So quick update.
3 of us in 3 nightfalls. 9 possible rewards.
1 roll was on a +300 character - received a 305 helm. ALL the other ( 8 ) rolls were 290->299 characters and not one received any drop into the 300's
Looks like something may be different to last week after all.
Anyone disprove it? (PLEASE!)
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Post by bradman on Oct 29, 2015 11:24:09 GMT -5
Either a nerf or serious bad luck. I'll check for myself tonight.
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Post by snes chalmers on Oct 29, 2015 12:07:03 GMT -5
My 294 Titan got a 290 Helm of Saint 14 last night.
Wonder if they did change something...or just a case of bad luck.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2015 13:45:50 GMT -5
My 294 Titan got a 290 Helm of Saint 14 last night. Wonder if they did change something...or just a case of bad luck. I believe that's expected for exotic drops in NF: < 300 guardian -> 290 exotic; > 300 -> 310 exotic.
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Post by snes chalmers on Oct 29, 2015 14:51:24 GMT -5
I believe that's expected for exotic drops in NF: < 300 guardian -> 290 exotic; > 300 -> 310 exotic. Oh yeah, briefly forgot that was the case for exotics. But on the bright side...I won't have to spend marks or strange coins on it now.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2015 18:54:42 GMT -5
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 29, 2015 18:56:52 GMT -5
As I expected, Bungie is trying to make PvP rewards mirror PvE:
Daily Heroic <-> Daily Crucible Weekly Heroic Vanguard <-> Weekly Crucible Nightfall <-> Lord Shaxx weekly bounties Raid <-> ToO
Bros who reach the Light House can expect 310+ weapons and armors, and probably with Crucible oriented perks. Whoever can make it please report back what you get.
With the new matchmaking scheme, there is now hope that I can be matched with players at my skill level. I would have been intrigued had this not been the Halo 5 launch week. Definitely plan to try it again sometime in the future...
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 0:41:28 GMT -5
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 4:13:07 GMT -5
Xur:
Location = Crucible Master
Hunter = 36/51 Int / 36/51 str Graviton Forfeit Warlock = 87/107 Int Alchemist Raiment Titan = 36/51 Int / 31/46 Dis The Taikonaut Zhalo Supercell Legacy primary weapon engram
Pretty solid offering. I bought Alchemist because I don't have it yet, despite 280 Light.
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Post by wings on Oct 30, 2015 6:06:06 GMT -5
Buy stuff because this will be the best week until at least January 1 2016.
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Post by hebbnh on Oct 30, 2015 6:07:00 GMT -5
Very not bad! I'll be picking the Alchemist Raiment as well. Graviton is a good roll for any PvPers out there who've yet to get one. It has Ashes to Assets which is the only perk in that slot that affects PvP at all -- the others are only useful for PvE.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 10:04:15 GMT -5
Very not bad! I'll be picking the Alchemist Raiment as well. Graviton is a good roll for any PvPers out there who've yet to get one. It has Ashes to Assets which is the only perk in that slot that affects PvP at all -- the others are only useful for PvE. Great catch on Graviton. Almost bought it but then I realize that I have been stocking a few needles every week and now have 12. Has anybody tried them yet? I probably should reroll my current one with a few needles to see if I can get lucky before putting down a whole bunch of coins for another piece?
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Post by hebbnh on Oct 30, 2015 10:14:24 GMT -5
I'm sitting on 20 needles myself, actually. I think I used 6 or 7 rerolling Young Ahamkara's Spine for pulse rifle loader and another 5 or 6 to get Ashes to Assets on my Graviton last week. There's a 1/3 chance of rolling A2A (only options for that node are A2A, inverse shadow, or hands on) so it theoretically should be cheaper to reroll your existing Graviton rather than plunking down 13 coins for a new one. Then again, RNG gonna RNG, so YMMV.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 12:21:41 GMT -5
I'm sitting on 20 needles myself, actually. I think I used 6 or 7 rerolling Young Ahamkara's Spine for pulse rifle loader and another 5 or 6 to get Ashes to Assets on my Graviton last week. There's a 1/3 chance of rolling A2A (only options for that node are A2A, inverse shadow, or hands on) so it theoretically should be cheaper to reroll your existing Graviton rather than plunking down 13 coins for a new one. Then again, RNG gonna RNG, so YMMV. Great thanks, that's exactly the info I am looking for. Considering that: a) with Halo 5 / BLOPS3 / The Division Beta (in December), I am not gonna play much of Destiny PvP any time soon, and b) I would like to keep a stock of 100+ coins for a "rainy day", I decided to not shed the 13 coins. There is also no hurry to reroll with needles, I'll just wait until I need to.
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 12:53:17 GMT -5
As I expected, Bungie is trying to make PvP rewards mirror PvE: Daily Heroic <-> Daily Crucible Weekly Heroic Vanguard <-> Weekly Crucible Nightfall <-> Lord Shaxx weekly bounties Raid <-> ToO Bros who reach the Light House can expect 310+ weapons and armors, and probably with Crucible oriented perks. Whoever can make it please report back what you get. With the new matchmaking scheme, there is now hope that I can be matched with players at my skill level. I would have been intrigued had this not been the Halo 5 launch week. Definitely plan to try it again sometime in the future... This week's ToO map: Bannerfall Casually watching (actually less of watching and more of waiting for Lighthouse) TripleWreck's twitch live stream of ToO, they were 6-0 in and just got crashed 4-5 on the 7th game. So looks like the matchmaking is doing its job... And here is a very enticing reason to play Trials (raid is just not doing it for me on Boots. Sigh...):
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 30, 2015 13:09:37 GMT -5
Actually, they have a boon to give so the streak did not snap. They are at 8 now going for 9... UPDATE: they won 5-3 on the 9th game. Flying into the Lighthouse now... Rewards: 310 exotics, 310+ adept trials primary weapons (no elemental damage), etc.
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Post by bradman on Oct 30, 2015 15:33:50 GMT -5
That's great and all, but I am a humble man. I only wish for weapon engrams, more specifically, ones that decrypt into weapons, not motes of freaking light.
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Post by markopolo on Oct 31, 2015 11:19:11 GMT -5
Well... Just when my SC pile gets up: boom back down.
Zhalo + alchemist + 3oC.... I hope Xur gives me a week off or two to get my SC total back to at least 500... At least, I can't think of what I need from him anymore. Other than 3oC's
Got a 300 bond to take me to exactly 299... Need to do another nightfall and the esword quest to git dat 310 swrd. It should bring me to 300
Oh yea, the raid. Might try an lfg tonight or tomorrow for it
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Post by wittyscorpion on Oct 31, 2015 19:10:12 GMT -5
Well... Just when my SC pile gets up: boom back down. Zhalo + alchemist + 3oC.... I hope Xur gives me a week off or two to get my SC total back to at least 500... At least, I can't think of what I need from him anymore. Other than 3oC's Got a 300 bond to take me to exactly 299... Need to do another nightfall and the esword quest to git dat 310 swrd. It should bring me to 300 Oh yea, the raid. Might try an lfg tonight or tomorrow for it 2 comments: 1) keep SC above 500 (or 300) = paranoia I was trying to keep above 100, and this week I decided to say screw it and the new watermark is now 50 2) Best way to farm SC is probably PoE, if you care that much…
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Post by markopolo on Nov 1, 2015 8:46:20 GMT -5
2 comments: 1) keep SC above 500 (or 300) = paranoia I was trying to keep above 100, and this week I decided to say screw it and the new watermark is now 50 2) Best way to farm SC is probably PoE, if you care that much… Well, I should be good for a bit. I have a decent stock of EBonbons waiting until I hit 300 so I don't have to buy those from Xur. Weaponwise, what I don't have now is quest locked and not RNG dependant. Unless he starts selling stuff @ 300+ light... Then I'll be broke fo sho. And yes, I still do poe despite it bring easy and boring as fuck
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Post by wings on Nov 1, 2015 10:34:57 GMT -5
) keep SC above 500 (or 300) = paranoia Sound economic practice. The amount of people who are shit with money is too dam n high.
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Post by bradman on Nov 1, 2015 11:09:18 GMT -5
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