Bungie's Destiny

[Yegolev]

Crota hats, like VoG hats are the rarest drops. That said, I got one of those before I got a chest plate. Go figure. That said, HoW will let you upgrade even your old gear, so there's a path to the new level cap for everyone, even non-raiders.

Yeah, that sort of takes the wind out of my sails in terms of working up to 32 ASAP.  Not that I'm going to complain about an upgraded Confluence.

[01101010]

When I played, I didn't need the helmet since I had all the yellow helms for my titan. I just grabbed the Crota gear and called it a game till HoW. Now I am not even sure I want to mess around with that... though I will because I already bought it.

[Nonentity]

I just started playing again after a hiatus. Hopped in on a group of friends that had just got to Crota hard mode, got some arc damage scout rifle, the shader and some dumb sparrow.

My Warlock and Hunter are both 31, need a helm or chest on my lock to hit 32, hunter needs a few pieces, Titan still holding strong at 30.

I'm just excited I get to dust off the Fatebringer and Vision of Confluence next patch and do some business.

[EWSpider]

Iron Banner just started up today with 36 Light hats as one of the items for sale.  Git 'em while they hot if you like to pewpew other peeps.

[Nonentity]

I may do that if my Crota runs tonight are not fruitful.

[Surlyboi]

I'm doing it for the hat. It's the only piece of 36 light IB gear I don't have.

[Yegolev]

I suck at PvP but I might have to give it a try.  Not wearing the Armamentarium is like having one arm.  Or, like having one grenade, if you're into Destiny.

[Miasma]

Unexpected update today.  I don't know what's going on but all of the sudden we seem to be 4/7ths through a week's long Queen's wrath event even though I swear I logged in yesterday and there was no such thing.  Nothing but shaders as rewards.  Seem to be some new public events linked to HoW.  I don't have room for any of the bounties because I am sitting on ten completed to turn in Tuesday.  I can't turn in any without wasting a faction level up.

Question I probably already know the answer to - if I wear a crucible faction item and turn in a bounty I won't get crucible reputation will I?  Like I would if I was wearing Dead Orbit or something.

Edit: wth was I doing?

[Yegolev]

Haven't had much time to play with the invasions but they are not something I can solo, even with a Thunderlord.  Although an arc primary would help, and some arc special that isn't Murmur.

I'm told the chest loot is crap but I haven't see it for myself.  I'm fine doing it for QW rep and shaders.

[Surlyboi]

Chest loot is mostly just blue engrams but I've gotten a couple of keys for Prison of Elders, we'll see what all of those do tomorrow, I guess.

That said, here's four minutes of me wrecking shit in Iron Banner....
http://youtu.be/SRGMa7hXVCg

[veredus]

Supposedly there is also legendary gear that you can only get from the chests.

[Yegolev]

I figure anything really cool isn't going to unlock until tomorrow.  I don't want to open any more chests since my inventory is already full of engrams that Master Ahole can't decode.

[Nonentity]

Blew through the story missions last night, did the new strike on nightfall, did two Prison of Elders runs (the matchmade level 28 one, and the weekly 32 one).

The story missions were definitely better than the Crota ones, still not a huge deal.

Prison of Elders is not easy. The modifiers every wave are definitely interesting, so hopefully that will have some legs.

[Surlyboi]

The story was a lot better than Crota's with a lot of me going, "oh shit, they're going there? Oh shit, they went there! Bananas!" Like Agent Broyles said, "The Fallen are crafty, they will find ways to survive...they always do..."

[K9]

Bungie announces that if you want the next expansion you need to re-buy the base game and both existing DLCs

Because fuck you that's why.

[Surlyboi]

Except you don't unless you want the extra bells and whistles editions. If you just want the expansion, you can just get the expansion. If you want all the extra shit then you have to get the full-blown editions with shitloads of extra stuff.

People need to sack the fuck up.

[Velorath]

Bungie announces that if you want the next expansion you need to re-buy the base game and both existing DLCs

Because fuck you that's why.

Why would you link to a poorly written article (uses the term "salty" not only in the headline but in the opening sentence as well making it read like a middle school kid's post on NeoGaf) rather than the original interview the article is talking about?

[Surlyboi]

An interview where the interviewer was obviously pushing an agenda and the interviewee responded with a, "fuck you". Whether he should have or not is a different story.

[Velorath]

That it's exclusive fucking dance emotes that people are worrying about in the first place makes the whole thing dumb anyway.

[Surlyboi]

Exactly. I haven't seen this much whining and entitlement in years.

[MisterNoisy]

They're doing a promo with Red Bull.  Code on the can unlocks an XP boost and an 'exclusive multi-stage quest' from the new expansion.  Non-drinkers will have the quest unlock next year.

[Yegolev]

oh my god my eyes

[MrHat]

I don't blame them.  It's where most gaming is going anyways - advertising supported DLC.

[Yegolev]

Finally made it to the end of a lv32 Prison (Floor is Lava boss) and now have the airplane helmet and have reached lv33.  Finally.

[Surlyboi]

I spent my entire Iron Banner shooting the shit out of Titans with that damn helmet.

Finished a 35 POE with all my characters now. Fuck Skolas in his fallen earhole(s).

[Yegolev]

I didn't actually wonder if those condor wings increased the hitbox of my noggin, but just another reason to keep my ass out of PvP in any case.

[Yegolev]

I've been on hiatus since my last post and I can only imagine how my skill has deteriorated over two months.  I did pre-order Destiny 2, though, so I'm sure I'll be derping my way through it soon enough.  So, uh, you know, if you see me on....

[Surlyboi]

I spent the last week doing the last pre-Taken King Iron Banner. I didn't need to as everything on offer this go around was stuff I already had. I did it more-or-less to troll all the Thorn using, shotgun sliding, recently purchased Gjallarhorn using min-maxer douchebags that the banner brings out. To that end, I used one of the shittiest, yet hardest to get guns in the game and danced every time I killed one of those shitheels with it.

I danced a lot.

[Nija]

I went from 26 to 32 in the past few weeks trying to get ready. I'm going to try to play this time around now that there are more social features in.

Still haven't managed to get a group for the level 32 thingy that rewards an armor core item... Oh well. I'm sure the new expansion will replace all of my gear quickly.

[Yegolev]

I'm sure the new expansion will replace all of my gear quickly.

I'd expect so.

[Surlyboi]

I went from 26 to 32 in the past few weeks trying to get ready. I'm going to try to play this time around now that there are more social features in.

Still haven't managed to get a group for the level 32 thingy that rewards an armor core item... Oh well. I'm sure the new expansion will replace all of my gear quickly.

PS4?

[Sir T]

Interesting article abouy how the music composer for all their games got fired

http://kotaku.com/how-halo-and-destinys-composer-got-fired-from-bungie-1728943410

[Nija]

PS4?

Yes, and I think I have you on my friends list. NDizzl0r (horrible I know)

[Surlyboi]

I'm back in NYC on Thursday, if you're on during the day, we'll get you through a 32 and maybe a 34.

[Yegolev]

Interesting article abouy how the music composer for all their games got fired

http://kotaku.com/how-halo-and-destinys-composer-got-fired-from-bungie-1728943410

I don't know why Mike Fahey still can't type complete sentences.