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The real problem with the strike-ified battlegrounds is they made all the numbers bigger so it takes longer to do a run. I generally liked the original version, they were fairly quick matches with a ton of shooting cabal but now there's a bunch of standing around waiting for drop pods so you can hit the 100% progress and get the next anti-generator greeble.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 14:59 |
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xzzy posted:The real problem with the strike-ified battlegrounds is they made all the numbers bigger so it takes longer to do a run. I generally liked the original version, they were fairly quick matches with a ton of shooting cabal but now there's a bunch of standing around waiting for drop pods so you can hit the 100% progress and get the next anti-generator greeble. that... is how it worked originally
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:06 |
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Mazerunner posted:that... is how it worked originally No poo poo? I'm saying they made it take longer to fill to 100%.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:12 |
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I know they have done their best to walk me through it with the quest prompts, but I just don't understand weapon crafting. I'm sure it will come to me eventually, but all these different currencies with wizard names and having to rotate through suboptimal weapons to get them is discouraging me from engaging with it.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:26 |
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The real cost of weapon crafting isn't in resources, it's in inventory slots filled with half-ground weapons
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:32 |
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I guess if you leave them for later you might accumulate quite a few and it could get overwhelming, but I've just basically equipped any that drop right away, finish my next activity and they're basically done. Rip the stuff out and then assess if it's worth keeping on its own merits.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:35 |
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Activity completion gives a huge chunk of progress to equipped red weapons, so cycle them in near the end of a strike or crucible match or whatever. There's no need to be one of those nerds who does the most tediously efficient farming method.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:41 |
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Bungie should just leave Moco around all the time. Not only is it good for the dumb pvp catalyst stuff but it's just more fun pvp for me most times.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:49 |
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Yeah in my limited experience using one of the weapons throughout a strike and completing the strike yields about 80ish% completion. Load up vanguards ops and go ham.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 15:52 |
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I've had several equipped like heavies that I never got to use and they still completed the resonance lol
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:25 |
That’s incredibly helpful, thanks.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:28 |
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xzzy posted:No poo poo? That's odd, to me the Battlegrounds felt like they took about the same time to complete as pre-WQ.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:47 |
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The vanguard ops battlegrounds seem to be equivalent to the old director-picked battlegrounds, which were easier than the playlist versions. So it's easier to wipe entire squads quickly and have to wait around before the next one arrives
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:50 |
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Cheap Trick posted:That's odd, to me the Battlegrounds felt like they took about the same time to complete as pre-WQ. Maybe people running strikes are even worse at killing than in the past because I swear it takes longer. There were also a couple points where I was standing around with nothing to shoot waiting for new spawns. When I did battlegrounds last season it felt like it was nonstop murder from zone into completion.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:50 |
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The vanguard battle grounds are insanely boring, IMHO. I don't think the strike Playlist has benefitted from adding them...
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 16:55 |
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They're pretty much strikes by another name, it makes sense to add them. The strike playlist has been stale for years now, and still is.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 17:32 |
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do not waste your craftballs on enhanced perks * * except enhanced one two punch PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Pioneer42 posted:I know they have done their best to walk me through it with the quest prompts, but I just don't understand weapon crafting. I'm sure it will come to me eventually, but all these different currencies with wizard names and having to rotate through suboptimal weapons to get them is discouraging me from engaging with it. what exactly do you find unintuitive about terms like “deepsight resonance extraction”
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 17:52 |
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Honestly it looks like some of them are great! (but WAY more are either underwhelming or literally do nothing which is lol) Also, are there alternative uses for Craftballs? Should I be using them for something else if not Enhanced Perks?
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 17:53 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Honestly it looks like some of them are great! (but WAY more are either underwhelming or literally do nothing which is lol) Your Osteo Striga catalyst will cost 3 but besides that, I don’t think so.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 17:55 |
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The catalyst is basically a very powerful perk so that tracks Still wish there was a way to get a complete picture of all the crafting resources you have that doesn't involve loading into the enclave
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 17:59 |
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haveblue posted:loading into the enclave And ruining any activity streak you have going.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:06 |
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Ugh Streaks continue to be one of the worst ideas and implementations in a while You can see your inventory of all materials except uh.. I don't remember what it's called, but the thing you get +200 of with every Extraction. That one seems to require a trip to the Enclaive but all other materials are visible any time you can open your Inventory (or DIM!)
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:14 |
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Activity streaks are better than win streaks but overall are still just not great. The only time it's worth it is when you really click with an activity and want to just grind it out for multiple sessions in a row but also deciding not to worry about other incidental things. Iron Banner weeks are amazing because I can just play and play and get 2 or 3 Crucible resets. Or next week when it's double Vanguard rep. I'll probably just get a whole reset in by switching between characters and weapons throughout the week because there is a ton of new content available in it.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:30 |
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The idea of streaks is OK but doing 5 activities in a row to max it out and then more to take advantage of it is a big time investment even for a game entirely defined by being a big time investment Any noncombat space that deletes your streak should be considered a bug
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:32 |
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Convert streaks to keying off your K/D ratio so we can have tryhards in strikes raging that you caused a wipe and lowered their gains.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:34 |
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Streaks feel like a weird anachronism for the state of grinding. Like if anything it should be a boost for doing the first one instead of encouraging burn out by encouraging people to run a 6th consecutive strike or whatever.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:37 |
Sure but then the initial boost is the expected baseline and after that, the perception is that you’re being penalized for continuing on. Damned either way.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:50 |
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Give me an immediate lump-sum boost of Rep for completing my 5th one in a row, and tell me "good job you did a max streak; go take a break" Don't make me do 5 to get warmed up and then design the Grind around the 6th+ run
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 18:52 |
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so glad my useless warlock character still had an exotic cypher from a few seasons ago to pick up the vorpal DMT this weekend. Had to use a way old D2 app that lets you select old seasons to claim rewards.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 19:27 |
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Majere posted:D2 app that lets you select old seasons to claim rewards. Oh yeah, if anyone still needs their loot from last season, it lives at this link https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/PreviousSeason
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 19:31 |
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Just got the Outbreak Perfected catalyst. It's been awhile since I used this gun, I forgot how great it feels. I just wished it had the full-auto update that the legendary pulse rifles got . Does the catalyst make a huge difference on it?
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 20:04 |
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When is the full auto menu option coming? I was expecting it this season.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 20:11 |
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Junkenstein posted:When is the full auto menu option coming? I was expecting it this season. The relevant TWAB said “a season after Witch Queen launches.”
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 20:14 |
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Mill Village posted:That Lightblade Strike is going to be fun on Grandmaster. Especially if they don't fix the whole getting stuck on the boat thing.
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 20:34 |
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PERMACAV 50 posted:The relevant TWAB said “a season after Witch Queen launches.” Ughh
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 20:53 |
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Mesadoram posted:Just got the Outbreak Perfected catalyst. It's been awhile since I used this gun, I forgot how great it feels. I just wished it had the full-auto update that the legendary pulse rifles got . Does the catalyst make a huge difference on it?
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 21:17 |
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Collateral Damage posted:Even without the catalyst it feels great thanks to the exotic primary and pulse rifle buffs. I just unlocked the catalyst and it seems like it just murders groups of enemies so much quicker now. It is kind of insane, but it does make me wonder if it will be any good at higher level mission. Edit: Grinding out the catalyst for Whisper and it's a little absurd. 5 kills for 1%. If it did not use heavy ammo I would not care too much, but come on . Mesadoram fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Dares exists to grind heavy catalysts with the infinite ammo
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 21:30 |
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Mesadoram posted:I just unlocked the catalyst and it seems like it just murders groups of enemies so much quicker now. It is kind of insane, but it does make me wonder if it will be any good at higher level mission. The DARCI catalyst was what finally broke my need to complete everything the game offers me. I now have probably a dozen or so unfinished exotic catalysts that I simply have zero intention of ever grinding out
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# ? Feb 28, 2022 21:38 |