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[Destiny] IB 2.0: My Babar is Ready

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    Radiation wrote: »
    Anyone need the nightfall? I have 2 characters that can do it.

    I'd be up for the nightfall

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  • SaldonasSaldonas See you space cowboy...Registered User regular
    Made a lot of progress in just a single day or so with a couple of my buddies. Went from absolutely new to 27 and a couple missions in to the Taken King.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Stragint wrote: »
    Stragint wrote: »
    I don't think the cloak drops from the base version of Dust Palace that I can go into through Mars.

    I know they drop from the normal lvl 20 strike playlist at least.

    Does that one have taken in it at all?

    No, the lvl 20 strikelist is all the old strikes. I've seen the Tanik cloak drop in there, and some of the other strikes that drop gear are only in the 20 list or not at all (looking at you Omnigul.)

    Kind of weird that they would drop from that one since they are level 40 items.

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  • EriktheVikingGamerEriktheVikingGamer Registered User regular
    I wish the game would grant you light for the level of light gear you have instead of the level currently equipped.

    I know, I know, that'd fuck things up, and make Y1 stuff too good; I'm just lazy and get tired of changing out all of my gear before decrypting. :lol:

    Question though: can you use, say, titan armor to level up the light of Hunter gear? I.E. if I have a 95 titan gloves and want to use it on a 90 hunter gloves, will it work; or does it have to be the correct class?

    EDIT: woo dead orbit level 25 rank up gave me a ship! How many "foes" need to be slain for that quest?

    I don't know why they didn't just employ the same system that normalized your level to the gear you had going into Patch 2.0. No need to equip, just drop level appropriate gear that when rolling takes into account the light level of gear you have for that character regardless of where that gear is. That way your character's light level is still only based on what you have currently equipped but what drops will help upgrade your character more often. Also would make levelling multiple characters easier as they'd always be receiving high rolled gear appropriate for the character's level.

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    Is it just me or is the nightfall not really worth doing any more? Legendary/exotic drops not guaranteed, no bonus rep, no bonus xp, nothing really. I think I've gotten maybe one good drop and it was a double of something I already had. Pretty damn sure I got coins once.

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  • RadiationRadiation Registered User regular
    edited October 2015
    Need one more.
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    Is it just me or is the nightfall not really worth doing any more? Legendary/exotic drops not guaranteed, no bonus rep, no bonus xp, nothing really. I think I've gotten maybe one good drop and it was a double of something I already had. Pretty damn sure I got coins once.

    I have the quest to do it, but otherwise I think I'll just do it once per week.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    Is it just me or is the nightfall not really worth doing any more? Legendary/exotic drops not guaranteed, no bonus rep, no bonus xp, nothing really. I think I've gotten maybe one good drop and it was a double of something I already had. Pretty damn sure I got coins once.

    It really doesn't feel very useful to do over heroics or even just the 36 strikelist.

    Higher chance once a week for legendary/exotic I guess but losing the xp/rep buff is a major downer.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Anyone want to do hard mode croata tomorrow night at about 8PM Arizona time for the PS4?

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Is there any reason to not have a 3 of coins active at all times? It doesn't seem like they wear off until you kill an ultra.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Is there any reason to not have a 3 of coins active at all times? It doesn't seem like they wear off until you kill an ultra.

    The unlikely hypothetical in which you kill an ultra too soon after the last one and diminish the effects, I guess?

    But basically not really

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  • squall99xsquall99x Registered User regular
    Does anyone on ps4 atm happen to have a transept check point in the raid. Wanted to hop in and grab the one fragment I missed

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  • GMaster7GMaster7 Goggles Paesano Registered User regular
    Oryx down! Nightfall done! 310 Zhalo Supercell get!

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Is it possible that the cloak from Dust Palace can only be gotten on the strike list? I've done the level 20 versions about 15 times and I nor anyone I've run with has gotten it.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    Working my way up towards respectable light I think. Got up to 645ish or something and got a pretty high light level scout rifle from a heroic strike.

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  • squall99xsquall99x Registered User regular
    Stragint wrote: »
    Is it possible that the cloak from Dust Palace can only be gotten on the strike list? I've done the level 20 versions about 15 times and I nor anyone I've run with has gotten it.

    No, people have gotten it from going straight to the director, its just RNG and fairly rare. In all the strikes I have done I have had a total of 3 strike specific items drop, two of them the same.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    I need to try and get all FWC stuff with Int/Disc for my Hunter

    Their Hunter armor is baller as fuck

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    squall99x wrote: »
    Stragint wrote: »
    Is it possible that the cloak from Dust Palace can only be gotten on the strike list? I've done the level 20 versions about 15 times and I nor anyone I've run with has gotten it.

    No, people have gotten it from going straight to the director, its just RNG and fairly rare. In all the strikes I have done I have had a total of 3 strike specific items drop, two of them the same.

    I've been incredibly lucky with certain stuff then. I have three Treads Upon Stars or whatever from Dust Palace but only from doing 36+, I have the helm from the sunless cell, and the hand cannon from the undying mind.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Fuck, it's frustrating fighting a Taken champion and there's one other person and after they die a few times they just stay dead like they're waiting for you to finish it.

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  • MrMiscreantMrMiscreant Mean motor scooter Hiding in the back seat of your carRegistered User regular
    Is there a list of all the strike-specific loot so far? All this talk is making me want to go hunting ...

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  • skyknytskyknyt Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Is there a list of all the strike-specific loot so far? All this talk is making me want to go hunting ...

    This is the list I've been using
    http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-strike-loot/

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    I just don't understand how damage is calculated in the crucible -.-

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Just got a 310 4th Horseman, it seems more or less strictly worse than the Invective I got yesterday though? Same with the Monte Carlo and Zhalo I've picked up. Surprising after how baller Hawkmoon is.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Joined a game of Rift at 5k to 10k, ended up the highest scoring person on the team, and only lost by like a thousand points

    Could only carry so hard. Also got killed like two feet from igniting their Rift, so sad.

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  • skyknytskyknyt Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Shen wrote: »
    Just got a 310 4th Horseman, it seems more or less strictly worse than the Invective I got yesterday though? Same with the Monte Carlo and Zhalo I've picked up. Surprising after how baller Hawkmoon is.

    The 4th Horseman is for one thing only: fights where you can safely get close and just unload everything you have, then run away to reload. It excels in the Court of Oryx for example, where you can easily dump all your ammo in one go.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    Im running 267 light at the moment, at what point should i start working on this sword quest thing

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  • Fondor_YardsFondor_Yards Elite Four Member: Hydra Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »
    Just got a 310 4th Horseman, it seems more or less strictly worse than the Invective I got yesterday though? Same with the Monte Carlo and Zhalo I've picked up. Surprising after how baller Hawkmoon is.

    Wait are you saying the Carlo is worse then the Zhalo, or that the Carlo and Zhalo are both bad. Cause the Zhalo is the opposite of bad.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Don't suppose anyone feels like helping me finish off the Nightfall boss, this has been a real slog solo.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »
    Just got a 310 4th Horseman, it seems more or less strictly worse than the Invective I got yesterday though? Same with the Monte Carlo and Zhalo I've picked up. Surprising after how baller Hawkmoon is.

    Wait are you saying the Carlo is worse then the Zhalo, or that the Carlo and Zhalo are both bad. Cause the Zhalo is the opposite of bad.

    The Carlo is worse than the Zhalo (unless you really like melee, I guess).

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  • pawa24pawa24 Registered User regular
    Arch wrote: »
    Hey a shader from the strike playlist.

    Cyan Stars is ugly as shit! :lol:

    you take that back

    Still not as good as Broadsword.

  • rndmherorndmhero Registered User regular
    Ugh, stuck at 299 light, which makes it feel like there's no way to progress until the raid reset. Oh well.

    What's the most efficient way to farm up runes for CoO? The only two ways I've earned then consistently is killing champions in patrols (screw that) or opening chests in the dreadnaught. I suppose pull up a map and farm the latter?

  • skyknytskyknyt Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Farm up black wax idols by killing hive majors/ultras.

    You can combine this with a Three of Coins to maximize your benefit.

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  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    So I ill-advisedly used some mats to level up dead orbit in the vain hope it would drop a helmet for me in the rep packages.

    It didn't, obviously.

    But it did drop me The Nowhere and Bittersteel shaders. So full set of dead orbit shaders now. Score!

    It also puts me 1 rank shy of hitting rank 25 for the exotic cloak quest, so that's not bad really.

    Wait, you have to be rank 25 for that quest? Jesus. I already got my DO butt-towel but I think my other two guys are at about rank 14 (for NM and FWC respectively).

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    So, what's the current best way to get weapon parts?
    I'm down to 20...

  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    I'd say Court or Strikes. Weapons and weapon engrams drop like rain on a cloudy day, it feels like. Put on your dungarees and farm! :)

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  • BeezelBeezel There was no agreement little morsel..Registered User regular
    4th horseman isn't really an "as you go weapon" you strictly pull it out when you need to delete a yellow bar. The good thing about that weapon is that it unloads so hard and so fast that you can usually get in and do your dirt before any melee fuckery comes into play. Thing was a godsend in PoE and serves the same function in CoO. Its raw dpsis insane.

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  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    So I ill-advisedly used some mats to level up dead orbit in the vain hope it would drop a helmet for me in the rep packages.

    It didn't, obviously.

    But it did drop me The Nowhere and Bittersteel shaders. So full set of dead orbit shaders now. Score!

    It also puts me 1 rank shy of hitting rank 25 for the exotic cloak quest, so that's not bad really.
    I had to hit rank 26 for my first shader.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    I know it's all anecdotal, but I'm starting to believe that "LL280 to get 290+ gear" stuff. I'm 303 and I can't remember the last time I saw I weapon above 285. I have three heavy weapons in serious need of upgrading.

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  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    Fawst wrote: »
    I'd say Court or Strikes. Weapons and weapon engrams drop like rain on a cloudy day, it feels like. Put on your dungarees and farm! :)

    Definitely the best two places for weapon engrams. You get more weapon parts out of weapons that are full on experience. So if you have extra motes of light, you can farm until you have a blue of each category, equip them, level them up fully (just the experience, not need to buy the weapon perks), then break them down. Make sure to equip armor that needs leveling too, so you get the most out of your motes. If you are really desperate, you can spend glimmer to buy a copy of an exotic weapon you have, then break it down (you recover your exotic shard). It is slightly more efficient than buying a gunsmith green just to break down. This method really isn't worth the glimmer cost though.

  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    I know it's all anecdotal, but I'm starting to believe that "LL280 to get 290+ gear" stuff. I'm 303 and I can't remember the last time I saw I weapon above 285. I have three heavy weapons in serious need of upgrading.

    It's just RNG, I'm at 300+ now and I've been getting plenty of 290+ blue gear


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