Official Destiny Thread [RISE OF IRON OUT NOW!]

[Tic Tac T O]

News > Bungie Weekly Update - 08/27/2015 | Bungie.net

So they're removing the NightFall XP bonus, Weekly Strikes... so no more 27 strange coins per week from those Weekly's with all of your characters

I like that they are taking away that buff. NF was kind of a chore after awhile but it was necessary if you wanted to level up gear and factions quicker. making it require level 40 is interesting

Did we mention that you’ll need to confront the immediate threat first? Oryx lies between you and these challenges. You'll need to survive his wrath to partake in the new endgame.

does that mean we gotta do the raid first? cuz I wasn't planning on touching that thing until I leveled up and got some good shyt first. this is written even after the pvp stuff too so if all the new shyt is locked out til you beat the raid then that's pretty messed up if you ask me

 

[42 Monks]

I like that they are taking away that buff. NF was kind of a chore after awhile but it was necessary if you wanted to level up gear and factions quicker. making it require level 40 is interesting

Did we mention that you’ll need to confront the immediate threat first? Oryx lies between you and these challenges. You'll need to survive his wrath to partake in the new endgame.

does that mean we gotta do the raid first? cuz I wasn't planning on touching that thing until I leveled up and got some good shyt first. this is written even after the pvp stuff too so if all the new shyt is locked out til you beat the raid then that's pretty messed up if you ask me

I don't THINK that's the case. Like to access the strikes and PoE in HoW, you only needed to beat the story. THAT end game. If they were to lock the endgame behind the raid, over 80% of the player base wouldn't be able to touch it.

 

[GoldenGlove]

They need to revamp all these current Strikes. All of the bosses are bullet sponges

 

[Tic Tac T O]

I don't THINK that's the case. Like to access the strikes and PoE in HoW, you only needed to beat the story. THAT end game. If they were to lock the endgame behind the raid, over 80% of the player base wouldn't be able to touch it.

My thoughts exactly but "survive his wrath" sounds like more than beat some simple story missions and strikes where he barely does anything (like Skolas)

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I gave up on Destiny a long time ago, but I am thinking about trading in my original for Taken King Legendary Edition Have they improved the game since it was first released in Sept 2014? I haven't played the game since then

 

[Tic Tac T O]

The lag in Iron Banner is hilariously atrocious. They gonna have to bring new and improved weapons and gear to IB rewards in TKK or the shyt ain't even worth sloggin through

 

[42 Monks]

News > Bungie Weekly Update - 08/27/2015 | Bungie.net

So they're removing the NightFall XP bonus, Weekly Strikes... so no more 27 strange coins per week from those Weekly's with all of your characters

Man

Read that stuff again. The Nightfall XP bonus is gone but they're reworking the hell out of the whole Nightfall setup - no more orbit on wipe. Also, the weekly is being turned into the WEEKLY PLAYLIST that offers the same reward. You can keep playing it.

 

[chemicalsword]

Rockin banner to get elight until metal gear drops...

 

[42 Monks]

I gave up on Destiny a long time ago, but I am thinking about trading in my original for Taken King Legendary Edition Have they improved the game since it was first released in Sept 2014? I haven't played the game since then

The gunplay is still the best in any FPS out. They've made a lot of little tweaks here and there that, outside of exotics (which is going to be thoroughly handled on the 8th), is actually in a pretty decent spot right now.
The RNG and generally payoff for activities has improved TREMENDOUSLY since Vanilla. There's almost no comparison. Before it'd take a week to get a legendary that you can't even choose the perks for then another load of hours to grind the materials needed to upgrade it fully - not the case at all anymore. You can get all the materials for upgrade through the normal activities of the game basically.
Strikes got touched up a bit, but they'll be improved a lot after 2.0/TTK
Crucible actually gives you shyt.
The little options such as fireteam stuff, chat, raid checkpoints, etc are too many to list imo.

Its been a big change. Kinda like Diablo 3 at release vs Diablo 3 2.0 patch

Rockin banner to get elight until metal gear drops...

You're better than me. I haven't seen Etheric Light mentioned ANYWHERE in the new update stuff so I refuse to look for it anymore. All the best IB stuff was before HoW too imo so meh. Props to you for sticking it out in there though. IB is still a laggy mess full of cheese.

 

[Luck]

From my understanding, etheric lights will be useless in TTK as will everything else from year 1.

But, people on the forums have been complaining about them abandoning year 1 gear and a bungie employee says theyre looking into it and it isn't concrete yet.

Personally I hope they keep year one shyt relevant because of build variety and appearance but we will see

 

[42 Monks]

From my understanding, etheric lights will be useless in TTK as will everything else from year 1.

But, people on the forums have been complaining about them abandoning year 1 gear and a bungie employee says theyre looking into it and it isn't concrete yet.

Personally I hope they keep year one shyt relevant because of build variety and appearance but we will see

They'll probably just treat it like the old vanguard/crucible commendations

it won't be missed

as for the weapons and all that... meh, I'll have to see what's on the table first.

 

[Luck]

They'll probably just treat it like the old vanguard/crucible commendations

it won't be missed

as for the weapons and all that... meh, I'll have to see what's on the table first.

Theres zero reason to delete year 1 gear and if they do, all youre gonna do it see it cycled later in 10 year gameplan bungie has. You can still have the new gear and keep the old. I don't mind E lights for that purpose

Not to mention youre gonna have everybody looking the same with the same exact equipment again

 

[42 Monks]

Theres zero reason to delete year 1 gear and if they do, all youre gonna do it see it cycled later in 10 year gameplan bungie has. You can still have the new gear and keep the old. I don't mind E lights for that purpose

Not to mention youre gonna have everybody looking the same with the same exact equipment again

If you want to keep stuff for cosmetics or PvP (no advantage playlists) then sure, but that's on you.

And ffs the 10 year plan is like 3 separate games Destiny is barely even a current gen game if everyone's being honest. Reused assets? The Solar Titans' armor in all the promo pics is a recycle from vanilla vanguard armor

 

[Luck]

If you want to keep stuff for cosmetics or PvP (no advantage playlists) then sure, but that's on you.

And ffs the 10 year plan is like 3 separate games Destiny is barely even a current gen game if everyone's being honest. Reused assets? The Solar Titans' armor in all the promo pics is a recycle from vanilla vanguard armor

Whatever separate games they release, your characters and progress will follow you throughout

Idk why or what gen the game is for is relevant but ok...I don't really care about that

I'm talking exotics and legendaries that people like and use regularly with their perks. There's no reason to get rid of that and force people to strictly use the new shyt. If the new gear is worth using people will use it.

 

[42 Monks]

Whatever separate games they release, your characters and progress will follow you throughout

Idk why or what gen the game is for is relevant but ok...I don't really care about that

I'm talking exotics and legendaries that people like and use regularly with their perks. There's no reason to get rid of that and force people to strictly use the new shyt. If the new gear is worth using people will use it.

You don't know a single thing about the bolded at all. Nobody does. If characters carry over between games, you don't know if it'll be like the .hack series or if it will be nothing more than a Mass Effect cosmetic + previous achievement carry over.

And exotics are being carried over and likely modified to match. Legendaries, to some extent are staying as they are but they won't be useful in the events that 2.0/TTK is designed around. That's standard for any MMO-like upgrade. Guys from WoW got stuff from Lich King that they keep just to mess around with. But that's all that it is. Collector's gear in its own right.