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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Nosf wrote: »
    The other day when I was Iron Bannering, I managed to nova bomb 3 of 4, and was sad, because 4 killed me - he was right there. Then he walked into the nova bomb and died, and an entire fireteam was gone, just like that.

    You better believe I laughed my ass off.

    On Monday, last day of IB, I grabbed some heavy for my Sins of the Past and managed back to back triple kills with the 2 rockets it gave me.

    Khraul
  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    Um, you can use an Amazon Echo as your Ghost now in game.

    It will equip your stuff for you and more.

    Dammit I need to get this game. Christmas isn't soon enough.

    So at first I was like, "So Bungie had to partner with Amazon just to get a stripped-down DIM?"
    Then I was all, "Okay, I admit, that's sort of amusing but if I buy a 'talk to my house' device I'm pretty sure it's going to be the Google one."
    And now I'm all, "I can get an echo that's a physical Ghost model?! god dammit I already own two chromecasts I don't want fire sticks"

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    So, uh, how to Raid lockouts and keys and such work in this game?

    Is it once per account per week or once per character per week?

    Like, I run a bit of Leviathan on my hunter and I get keys and they go in my shared inventory, so what happens if I run again later that week with my warlock? Do I get 2 keys for the same chest?

  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Once per character per week

    You can get multiple keys for the same chest, but you have to enter a new Leviathan for each key to be used

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    also yeah your keys don’t go away after reset anymore and you’ll get two keys if you already have one and get it again

    i actually don’t know if you can just reset the room to use the second key or if you have to go to orbit

    i went to orbit in between when i had two of the same and that worked at least

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Cool, thanks guys.

  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Khraul wrote: »
    Oh my goodness, I'm finally home and finally have a chance to upload and post this...

    SO... the other day I had to run my new Xbox Hunter through his requisite Competitive matches to unlock CtA. First one was a win but rather uneventful. The second match though!!!

    Two rounds apiece in Survival on The Dead Cliffs, and it's looking fairly even between the teams... round 5 loads up and two of my rando's have either dropped or been kicked. It's just rando calrissian "His Doodness07" and yours truly vs 4 randos on Alpha team. This doesn't bode well (maybe I should have turned on fireteam chat)!

    Him and I take a one point lead and then bunker down and just keep dumping covering fire out doorways when anyone comes close. The enemy is running full deathball but can't dig us out to steal their lead back and the clock runs down... we take the win.

    Round six! Still Doodness and I vs 4 randos and nobody's JIP'd to our team. The enemy team has spread out a bit to try and either spawn camp us or just harass us to death.... 4v2 it should be a no brainer for them.

    What ends up happening?!?!?!?! (spoilered for dramatic effect)
    DOODNESS AND I START TAKING SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!! Guerilla warfare at it's finest... Doodness bunkers down in that broken building at the back and drops anyone who gets too close while I engage in a few minutes of straight run and gun warfare. Round six to us for the win!

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    A) well done
    B) there is no JIP in the competitive playlist which is why leavers are bad people

    I didn't know that... my hope was in vain!

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    Destiny just convinced me to spend $350 on home automation bullshit in order to have a physical Ghost say "Hello, Guardian!" when I ask it to.

    What is wrong with me?

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    Destiny just convinced me to spend $350 on home automation bullshit in order to have a physical Ghost say "Hello, Guardian!" when I ask it to.

    What is wrong with me?

    my mom refers to alexa as dad’s new girlfriend because apparently they just have conversations all day long

    so hey there’s that too

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • AspectVoidAspectVoid Registered User regular
    Destiny just convinced me to spend $350 on home automation bullshit in order to have a physical Ghost say "Hello, Guardian!" when I ask it to.

    What is wrong with me?

    I already have an Alexa that I replaced my old broken bedroom alarm clock with. That's all I use it for.

    I just ordered the Ghost.

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  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Destiny just convinced me to spend $350 on home automation bullshit in order to have a physical Ghost say "Hello, Guardian!" when I ask it to.

    What is wrong with me?

    A shocking ability to prioritize that we should all strive for?

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    I cant believe @CptHamilton just stole your dad's girlfriend.

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    CorriganX wrote: »
    I cant believe CptHamilton just stole your dad's girlfriend.

    must be one smooth dude

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    You know what they say about Warlocks. We do it real slow and with great precision; and once we commit we either land it or die trying.

    jumping, I mean

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular
    You know what they say about Warlocks. We do it real slow and with great precision; and once we commit we either land it or die trying.

    jumping, I mean

    gives a new meaning to floof

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • HalfazedninjaHalfazedninja Author of Jake Howard: Multiverse 101! Behind YouRegistered User regular
    I just hit the level 7 cap. Now is the long wait till Christmas unless I break down and get it sooner.

    Then I have to deal with an angry wife, so I will probably just wait.

    My debut novel, JAKE HOWARD: MULTIVERSE 101!
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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    I just hit the level 7 cap. Now is the long wait till Christmas unless I break down and get it sooner.

    Then I have to deal with an angry wife, so I will probably just wait.

    Just buy it on another platform. Chanus has played the campaign like 94 times at this point.

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Oh man I wonder if Exotics will be able to be masterwork. A Riskrunner that generates orbs on multikills?

  • rndmherorndmhero Registered User regular
    I would never unequip a Fighting Lion that let me track PvP kills.

    Disrupter
  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    rndmhero wrote: »
    I would never unequip a Fighting Lion that let me track PvP kills.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    There should be a special Shaxx line for getting killed with Fighting Lion that is just him being ashamed of you.

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  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Newsk notes that Fighting Lion is so downtuned because one of their testers became amazing at the style that fimi_sheikh has popularised and proceeded to roll over everybody.

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  • rndmherorndmhero Registered User regular
    It... it probably is like 4.

    Oh, but the salt from those four. I can't imagine the angst in your soul from seeing that pop up on screen.

    Khraul
  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    Also, as of the interview with Crucible Radio, Newsk notes that Rat King has the highest 'lift'of any exotic.

    He also notes that the number of people using it isn't huge so it might get overtaken.

    Newsk and Klawdd also both think Rat King is their most loved gun in the game

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Also, as of the interview with Crucible Radio, Newsk notes that Rat King has the highest 'lift'of any exotic.

    He also notes that the number of people using it isn't huge so it might get overtaken.

    Newsk and Klawdd also both think Rat King is their most loved gun in the game

    "lift"???

    Surfpossum
  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    Stattrak guns are cool.

    People actually look at and care about how many kills they got? I have the ghost, and the emblems that show it, but... Meh? It's just a number. Like, yay I've killed 80 bazillion guys. Go me.

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  • CptHamiltonCptHamilton Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    There should be a special Shaxx line for getting killed with Fighting Lion that is just him being ashamed of you.

    "All Guardians die! It's about-- When you-- Get them ba-- WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING, GUARDIAN?!"

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  • rndmherorndmhero Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Newsk notes that Fighting Lion is so downtuned because one of their testers became amazing at the style that fimi_sheikh has popularised and proceeded to roll over everybody.

    God dammit Greg. This is what led to fusion rifles getting nerfed with every update in D1.
    This is not actually a joke. There are several interviews in which they discuss how one of their internal playtesters, Greg, was just ungodly good with fusion rifles. This lead to multiple balance patches where fusions were nerfed, despite them being largely ignored by the PvP community as a whole.

    shryke wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Also, as of the interview with Crucible Radio, Newsk notes that Rat King has the highest 'lift'of any exotic.

    He also notes that the number of people using it isn't huge so it might get overtaken.

    Newsk and Klawdd also both think Rat King is their most loved gun in the game

    "lift"???

    It's a term the PvP designers use to refer to the effect a particular weapon appears to have on a player's effectiveness. They're very guarded with their metadata and how they analyze it, but they can tease out weapons that, when equipped, seem to have a greater-than-expected impact on a player's performance. It's a really interesting concept, because in their interviews they talk about how these often don't align with what are considered "meta" weapons.

    I think one of the few actual examples that they ever gave was Plan C. It was never really a meta gun that saw widespread use, but for the tiny subset of players that used it well, they saw a significant increase in their overall K/D or K/DA or whatever.

    God I miss that gun.

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  • SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    Yilias wrote: »
    Stattrak guns are cool.

    People actually look at and care about how many kills they got? I have the ghost, and the emblems that show it, but... Meh? It's just a number. Like, yay I've killed 80 bazillion guys. Go me.
    It's usually more of a draw for PVP stats, but I think it would also feel a bit more meaningful on a specific gun, because it would feel more like a reminder of how much you like to keep that gun equipped instead of something like the ghost or the emblems where it feels more impersonal, less like something you're choosing? Dunno if I'm communicating that well.

    But like, it would definitely please me to see huge numbers on my Ros Lysis or Nightshade relative to the other guns that I like less, because then I'd be like yup those are my guns that I enjoy.

    KhraulshrykehlprmnkyEl Mucho
  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Um, you can use an Amazon Echo as your Ghost now in game.

    It will equip your stuff for you and more.

    Dammit I need to get this game. Christmas isn't soon enough.

    I was like "April Fool's came early this year."

    And then I was like [Lois Griffin voice] "Hehehh Whaaaat?!"

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=f5ywdEwKJpQ

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    There should be a special Shaxx line for getting killed with Fighting Lion that is just him being ashamed of you.

    "All Guardians die! It's about-- When you-- Get them ba-- WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING, GUARDIAN?!"

    "There is no shame in losing Guardian. Except in this case."

    cB557FawstBasil
  • Tridus1xTridus1x Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    Anyone up for levi raid tonight at 10pm EST?

    If so, Bnet is Tridus1x#1875. Looking for three more.

    I'd go.

    What is your Bnet name? I'll msg you if I get enough people to do it tomorrow or over the weekend.

  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited November 2017
    Wait how much is that bluetooth speaker? 90$?

    I'll 3d print a shell to put on your echo dot for 50 and ship it free (within reason). You could even paint it a custom shader!


    Khraul wrote: »
    rndmhero wrote: »
    I would never unequip a Fighting Lion that let me track PvP kills.

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    All of the kills would be melee ahahhahahahahhahahahahhahaha

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    shryke wrote: »
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    Anyone up for levi raid tonight at 10pm EST?

    If so, Bnet is Tridus1x#1875. Looking for three more.

    I'd go.

    What is your Bnet name? I'll msg you if I get enough people to do it tomorrow or over the weekend.

    shryke#1840

  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    rndmhero wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Newsk notes that Fighting Lion is so downtuned because one of their testers became amazing at the style that fimi_sheikh has popularised and proceeded to roll over everybody.

    God dammit Greg. This is what led to fusion rifles getting nerfed with every update in D1.
    This is not actually a joke. There are several interviews in which they discuss how one of their internal playtesters, Greg, was just ungodly good with fusion rifles. This lead to multiple balance patches where fusions were nerfed, despite them being largely ignored by the PvP community as a whole.

    shryke wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Also, as of the interview with Crucible Radio, Newsk notes that Rat King has the highest 'lift'of any exotic.

    He also notes that the number of people using it isn't huge so it might get overtaken.

    Newsk and Klawdd also both think Rat King is their most loved gun in the game

    "lift"???

    It's a term the PvP designers use to refer to the effect a particular weapon appears to have on a player's effectiveness. They're very guarded with their metadata and how they analyze it, but they can tease out weapons that, when equipped, seem to have a greater-than-expected impact on a player's performance. It's a really interesting concept, because in their interviews they talk about how these often don't align with what are considered "meta" weapons.

    I think one of the few actual examples that they ever gave was Plan C. It was never really a meta gun that saw widespread use, but for the tiny subset of players that used it well, they saw a significant increase in their overall K/D or K/DA or whatever.

    God I miss that gun.

    Exactly this.

    But also another gun that people were sleeping on was the Tuonela

  • hlprmnkyhlprmnky Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    akjak wrote: »
    Yilias wrote: »
    Stattrak guns are cool.

    People actually look at and care about how many kills they got? I have the ghost, and the emblems that show it, but... Meh? It's just a number. Like, yay I've killed 80 bazillion guys. Go me.
    It's usually more of a draw for PVP stats, but I think it would also feel a bit more meaningful on a specific gun, because it would feel more like a reminder of how much you like to keep that gun equipped instead of something like the ghost or the emblems where it feels more impersonal, less like something you're choosing? Dunno if I'm communicating that well.

    But like, it would definitely please me to see huge numbers on my Ros Lysis or Nightshade relative to the other guns that I like less, because then I'd be like yup those are my guns that I enjoy.

    I am not "good at Destiny" but I would get my wallet out, right now, to have my Nirwen's Mercy back and be able to see my from-D1-launch-day stats with it in excruciating detail. 7-day moving averages, outliers, performance with different perk tree nodes active, all of it.
    Pulling the god-roll Nirwen's off the second(?) Irascible Bollocks is probably the single best thing I have done for myself in this hobby over the whole three years. That rifle worked so hard to make me look good that sometimes it even succeeded.

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    rndmhero wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Newsk notes that Fighting Lion is so downtuned because one of their testers became amazing at the style that fimi_sheikh has popularised and proceeded to roll over everybody.

    God dammit Greg. This is what led to fusion rifles getting nerfed with every update in D1.
    This is not actually a joke. There are several interviews in which they discuss how one of their internal playtesters, Greg, was just ungodly good with fusion rifles. This lead to multiple balance patches where fusions were nerfed, despite them being largely ignored by the PvP community as a whole.

    shryke wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Also, as of the interview with Crucible Radio, Newsk notes that Rat King has the highest 'lift'of any exotic.

    He also notes that the number of people using it isn't huge so it might get overtaken.

    Newsk and Klawdd also both think Rat King is their most loved gun in the game

    "lift"???

    It's a term the PvP designers use to refer to the effect a particular weapon appears to have on a player's effectiveness. They're very guarded with their metadata and how they analyze it, but they can tease out weapons that, when equipped, seem to have a greater-than-expected impact on a player's performance. It's a really interesting concept, because in their interviews they talk about how these often don't align with what are considered "meta" weapons.

    I think one of the few actual examples that they ever gave was Plan C. It was never really a meta gun that saw widespread use, but for the tiny subset of players that used it well, they saw a significant increase in their overall K/D or K/DA or whatever.

    God I miss that gun.

    Exactly this.

    But also another gun that people were sleeping on was the Tuonela
    Really? How so? I thought that archetype was pretty poor.

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    Datto once again cuts to the heart
    https://youtu.be/1eUuTxBWdl4
    Around 6:44 he goes into the promise Bungie is making to make Destiny 2 more rewarding for players who want to dig in deeper. He talks about how he felt the game was being changed for casual players to sell lots of copies, and how veteran players engage with the game. He also goes into how making things easier to obtain and Masterwork stuff is a bandaid maneuver, to patch up some complaints without really digging into the problems.

    Common sentiment is they're fixing things that should have never broke in the first place on the journey from D1 to D2. Says also that Xur changes make it almost too easy to collect Exotics and I kinda agree, I think either 3oC or the weekly engram would have done the job, both might be overkill. The loot flow isn't the issue, it's the loot itself isn't making us feel powerful.

    Personally Masterwork guns were exciting until I saw how little they actually do substance-wise. So close but so far.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    I think the Xur changes are good so long as they add a bunch of Quest Exotics each time to go with the RNG ones.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Destiny just convinced me to spend $350 on home automation bullshit in order to have a physical Ghost say "Hello, Guardian!" when I ask it to.

    What is wrong with me?

    my mom refers to alexa as dad’s new girlfriend because apparently they just have conversations all day long

    so hey there’s that too

    Truly our dark future is realized.

    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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