Destiny 1.4 Age of Trump

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qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

The Vinja Ninja posted:

I wish I got a better adept skill other than "Last Member of the fireteam" garbage. Anything else would have been better.

Is this a joke? All adept weapons get inherent Last Resort and only Last Resort.

Edit: Also Last Resort is great in Trials.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2016 19:19

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 14:18

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Dopants posted:

No he didn't.

That's not even a real weapon perk.

That's Inverse Shadow and no adept gun has that.

I mean, maybe Y1 guns did I didn't play then. Are you sure your friend didn't get Bad Juju and mistake it for a Trials gun?

# ¿ Aug 11, 2016 20:27

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

I'm guessing what happened was his friend got a Trials helm from the lighthouse with IS and he mistook it as his friend reading his gun perk.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2016 20:32

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Tresspasser's awesome. Let's me role play as Robocop.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2016 08:24

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Emron posted:

Why would I ever want to invert my x axis visually though? Is it just for the Crota Solo Inverted Using Bop It Controller crowd?

Adds more crazy game modes people can come up with in Private Matches.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 21:10

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Roman posted:

Deej just tweeted the owl site isn't theirs, so that's that

The Owl site is theirs, the Owl twitter is a fake.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 22:09

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

moist turtleneck posted:

I just turned in a bunch of engrams and got a few of the new exotics. I'm glad they leaked those in early

Which ones?

# ¿ Sep 19, 2016 22:04

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

moist turtleneck posted:

Nemesis Star and Perun�s Prowl, they look like they'll be beastly

I don't think Perun's Prowl is listed in the armory, must be a hidden exotic. What does it do?

# ¿ Sep 19, 2016 22:12

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Got the exotic raid pulse rifle. It is ridiculously fun to use in PvP. Killing someone with a precision shot and then watching as nanites burst from his head and swarm the very confused teammate standing next to him is pretty much the best feeling.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2016 09:04

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

If you get any of the new IB emblems, don't delete them. I couldn't find them anywhere in my kiosk.

Also, Trials emblems seem to be bugged. If you have the Y1 exotic Trials emblem, the Y3 flawless and scarab emblems don't show up in your kiosk. Y2 players that don't have the exotic entries in their kiosk have the Y3 ones show up.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2016 23:20

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Best PvP primaries for me right now are Adept Blind Perdition and Clever Dragon with HCR/CB/Smallbore or Braced Frame. Both feel hilariously unfair versus other guns.

Grasp has better base stats than CD, but can't roll HCR.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2016 00:06

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

Yeah p much. IB week when the pulse is dropping is gonna be lit

The dragon is probably better in terms of pure TTK because of the archetype, but having intrinsic snapshot to counter the handling hit from HCr and the target highlighting makes the aBP v v g.

What perks are you running on BP out of curiosity, since you're much much better at PvP than me? I'm running Smooth Ballistics, Hand-Laid, HCR, CB. Ideal?

# ¿ Oct 11, 2016 00:29

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Word is that the middle scope produces a vertical recoil pattern.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2016 03:52

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

el B posted:

It'd be cool to get one of the Raid shaders. Does it work like Oryx, in that you can have a different class armors in a single character's inventory and that will count as having a complete set? Only thing I'd be missing is a class item.

No it does not. One character needs to be equipped with everything (including class item) for the shader to unlock.

All my characters are just missing one thing each at this point. Helmets for my Hunter and Warlock, and chest piece for my Titan.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2016 19:45

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

I will never be "Fusions yay!"

I'm lazy and prefer to just shotgun like a scrub.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2016 03:28

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

kzin602 posted:

...think about how much better Destiny would be with a even slightly better matchmaking backend.

Now that my dudes are all at 350-353 light, should I be doing AF or would striked be better for getting my LL up? Searching for Archons Forge Loot or Archon's Forge Drops only seems to have resources on how to DO Archons Forge, not what I can actually get there, all I've gotten so far are 351 Titan Towels and Warlock Bonds.

You should just do Heroic Strike playlist until you hit 365. You're guaranteed at least 2 blues at the end of each strike that are higher LL than what you're at currently, up to 365. After that you can do Forge or Raid or Faction rank ups to get from 365 to 385.

Forge would probably be too dependent on whether or not you find random pubs to grind with you, and you're not guaranteed loot doing an offering (loot is randomly given to any of the participants, kind of like Crucible).

Edit: To answer your question re: loot in Archon's Forge, you can get class items up to 385, or weapons you can only get via Forge up to 365. The sniper (But Not Forgotten) and the FR (Saladin's Vigil) are considered top weapons in PvP.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2016 20:59

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Super No Vacancy posted:

is hard mode out

No, next Tuesday.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2016 22:38

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

200 SC and no Ophidians. I'm done with the game for a while.

Took me 10 engrams (190 SC) to get it.

I dunno what's up with Bungie's "Weighted towards what you don't already have" algorithm but it's not working very well. OA was literally the only exotic left in the game I didn't own and decrypting 3 Grasps followed by random Titan poo poo was pretty disheartening.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2016 02:45

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Oovee posted:

so what makes the warlock opium gauntlets so good?

All your weapons gain QuickDraw, you get fast reload on all guns, you get increased grenade distance perk AND fast melee perk simultaneously, and you get Voidwalker's The Hunger perk for free.

Literally the most used exotic for Warlocks across all subclasses in Trials last week.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2016 06:05

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

How many World's First groups are going to be furiously decrypting engrams when HM arrives?

I hope it's some group that just dives in for that 5 minute head start that does it.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2016 19:59

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

I got a 391 class item from AF, so they definitely drop above 385.

Also got a 394 helm from an exotic engram (was 390 LL at the time), so that bug seems bogus too.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2016 02:09

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

xzzy posted:

The IB version of not forgotten can get some pretty slick rolls though, so aim for that one.

That's the Glass Promontory archetype, which is mid-impact. But Not Forgotten is High-Impact, same as 1kys, Longbow, Winged Word, etc.

Lightning Knight posted:

Well yeah. I just thought I'd observe that it's not the same.

What's the best sniper to be using for PVP? I was using Event Horizon and it felt ok. I have a good LDR, an average Longbow, and a good 1000 Yard as well.

Edit: I mostly mean for Trials. I'm using Last Word or MIDA as my primary.

Choices are probably Event Horizon (Black Spindle archetype), or But Not Forgotten (1kys archetype but with barrels that raise impact, thus allowing it to kill some more supers), or Winged Word (Trials sniper).

Edit: Also to correct from previous page, But Not Forgotten's zoom is 5.2, same as Longview 10.

qbert fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Oct 21, 2016

# ¿ Oct 21, 2016 00:08

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

My PB, CB, Spray and Play Grasp had 77 Stability and like 34 Range and was my go-to primary for a long time.

Then I got a Clever Dragon from my last IB bounty that had Smallbore, HCR, CB and it has 77 Stability with 43 RANGE. It's basically my Grasp only an insane amount more range + the added flinch of HCR, it feels like cheat mode.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2016 23:13

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

xzzy posted:

Not sure about the goofy hilight enemies feature. I guess it helps separate them from scenery.

In PvP you can see enemies through grenades and smoke bombs. It's pretty useful.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2016 23:57

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

In Trials, if everyone on both teams wave at the beginning of a match, no heavy ammo spawns during heavy round.

WHOA.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2016 16:34

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

haveblue posted:

IB next week. Control, dropping pulse/HMG/chest/legs.

Well...gently caress yes.

Best PvP mode, dropping the best two IB weapons and the hardest two armor pieces to get at 400 LL.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2016 23:58

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

FishBulb posted:

So what's the pulse optimal roll i should go for so I know what to trash all week

BF, CB, HCR.

Mine has Smallbore, CB, HCR and I land crits all day with minimal effort. Can't even imagine what even more stability will be like.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2016 00:05

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

texaholic posted:

How good is the perfect balance, field scout, counter balance IB machine gun I got last time from a bounty. I basically get two full mags of on a heavy pick up.

Pretty drat good. I would say CB and Field Scout are both amazing perks to have on it (not sure if Extended Mag gives more bullets or not in PvP), with the 3rd perk ideally being a range boosting one, though PB is perfectly good.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2016 00:25

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Got really lucky and managed to eek out a flawless run last night. Probably the most stressful Trials week in recent memory for me. We didn't need to use our mercy boon, but most matches were 5-3 or 5-4 and we were usually down rounds early and managed lucky comebacks.

Anomaly with no radar is pretty terrible honestly, there's 4 different directions you can get snuck up on no matter where you are on the map. Callouts were also annoying because there's like 20 different "areas". Last week was much more manageable.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2016 19:24

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

teknetik posted:

Christ, how the gently caress do I make this final hurdle from 386 > 390 without doing HM? Faction/vanguard packages keep giving me the same ~387 pieces I already have and I already have a 390 shell/artifact from Forge. Do Skeleton Key chests in strikes offer 390 gear?

Skeleton key rewards go all the way up to 400.

All non-Classic PvP offers weapons and class items up to 400.

Forge gives Class/Artifact/Ghosts up to 400.

All IB drops up to 400.

Faction rank ups go to 390.

Trials stuff goes to 400.

Nightfall up to 400.

Shaxfall up to 400.

Basically there's a ton of ways to hit 390.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2016 23:42

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

acumen posted:

Got a dragon with hand laid stock, HCR, and rangefinder. Is HCR good enough to make that better than the vendor roll?

Depends. HCR is the best perk you can get on the gun but if the other two perks are trash you won't hit poo poo with it. Rangefinder + Hand-Laid might be okay, that's really good stability but I dunno how much of a range setback that is.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2016 21:31

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

I got a BF, HCR, CB Dragon in my 2nd match of IB this week. It's the exact roll I was hoping for, so...I win!

Also got a HH, Field Scout, Smallbore Dread which is kind of loving amazing. It's the best roll I can think of for the gun, with Smallbore maybe being replaceable with PB.

Welp, my grinding is done for the week. And that was in like, 40 minutes of play.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 01:58

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

cvnvcnv posted:

I dig it.

Counterbalance is kind of useless on any gun that has Linear Comp, as that does basically the same thing.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 02:04

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

HCR is only really broken in high RoF archetypes. Honestly I would love to run around with an Arminius HCR, but it rolls in the same column with all the stability buffs, so you're stuck trying to control a bull of a gun and CB isn't enough.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 17:45

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Regarding the IB vendor Clever Dragon: If you select BF and Casket Mag, you end up with the exact same stability and mag size as selecting PB and Snapshot, except the latter also gives you Snapshot.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 19:11

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

Note regarding casket mag, it's the worst pvp perk in the game

Focused Fire?

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 19:23

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Mikey-San posted:

It certainly /feels/ like it has a positive effect on HCs. I have a Rifled/Icarus Lord High as gently caress and either it's easier to land shots in mid-air than similar guns or I've convinced myself that it is.

It definitely is. Lots of sweaty players actively grind for Icarus because Handcannon-ing from midair is their default attack mode.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 21:36

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Bob NewSCART posted:

I have opened four bounty weapon packages and gotten side arms from every single one.

All bounty rewards are guns not being offered that week, so you're not getting Clever Dragon from a bounty.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 23:46

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

Bob NewSCART posted:

I don't want a clever dragon from a bounty. I want something other than a piece of poo poo infusion fodder garbage boy dick toy

Well the only IB guns worth using are the pulse and machine gun, so bounties are not gonna solve that issue this week.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2016 23:51

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 14:18

qbert: Oct 23, 2003; It's both thrilling and terrifying.

actionjackson posted:

I keep getting machine guns

Small bore
Rangefinder
Field scout

Should I use linear or aggressive?

Linear, and that's a pretty great roll.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2016 01:09

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