For the forge only the class item can drop higher then 365. To go beyond that you either need Treasure Key rewards/Raid gear/Trails gear/Crucible end of match rewards/faction packages/possibly IB gear or exotic engrams

Having a lot of fun with ROI, the Iron Banner event is good and the Archons Forge was really awesome last night!

Archons Forge would be great if they could come up with a better match making system. Having to crouch walk through the tunnel over and over in hopes of finding other people in the Forge is ridiculous. Although the only reason I even bother going there is the patrol route I take ends up there before I go back to orbit and reset the map.

I guess it will be only a matter of time before Bungie fixes the latest "Endless engram cave" with the Forge. We ran it twice last night...the first time it tripped but we had to try 3-4 times the second time around to trip it and we figured we did18-20. With two characters I got all my Forge Bounties done including ones from last week I held over...with the Hunter that was (8) Bounties in all!!!! Each time there were at least five of us in there and we only failed once.

I ended up with the Sniper and Fusion rifle, three cloaks (Hunter), gloves and two bands(Warlock) and a crap load of engrams. But the sniper, fusion, two cloaks, gloves and arm bands all dropped at 364...one cloak did come in at 366.

Only the class items can drop above 365 in the Forge. everything else is capped at 365.

What does everyone spend glimmer and marks on? I've been buying heavy synths with glimmer and mats with marks as I don't know what else to do with them.

I agree

Not much as drops keep me in equipment. About the only thing I buy with glimmer is parts or misc items. Marks I use to upgrade equipment, maybe someday they will be useful but having to spend most of them to get a single item makes you think

I am having terrible luck with my iron banner matches today. Everyone keeps feeding the other team lol

Iron Banner is a joke
what a disgrace for an expansion built on the Iron lord theme

I've played just every IB event since the first and this (other than the drops) will go down as the one that brought me closest to quitting this game

EDIT: greatest moment of IB thus far .... servers going down

Yeah, the drops are great now and the grind is easier. Supremacy is however just one big shotgun fest. I think I need to go universal remote for my primary lol

Sidearms are a great counter to shotguns in Supremacy. You can usually drop them before they get within OHK range. Most matches I rarely pull out my primary, and usually end the match in the 25-35 point range.

Hang in there Ice. You just need a shoot to loot Hopscotch that works on crests.

You should save yourself some aggravation and just play with me, Chase and my brother. We won most matches the past few days. I guess it helps when someone on the team like Sleeper who averages about 45-50 points a match.

Supremacy is the one time I've enjoyed running blade dancer in crucible again. I just run around the map like a crazy person with my sidearm. Seems to catch quite a few people off guard.

I hit Rank 5 on everyone last night, but I'll be playing for the drops tonight. I hit 384 on my Hunter last night, so those 385 drops for primary, secondary, class items and ghosts (SORRY SCOTT) are great infusion material. I'll be able to hit 385 if I can get a 385 artifact to drop.

When you hit 365....just what is left to get you above that? I mean I hear CoE is capped at 365, the Forge items are capped at 365, the Blue Engrams that the Crytarch decodes into legendary come out at 365-364. Uncoded Blue Engrams cap at 365 so you cannot infuse anything there.

...I'm pathetic at the PvP and frankly feel like a pawn when in there the little time I've been but it sounds like I might not have any choice unless there are other choices which at this point are few which I'm beginning to feel Bungie is trying to do....basically Raid and PvP.

...is the Raid, Heroic Strikes and IB the only places where a Skeleton Key drops?

Faction / rep packages for gear higher than 365.

I don't think Skeleton keys drop from Iron Banner. I believe it's just strikes and nightfall.

Just go to Iron Banner, max your agility and run around collecting crests. You will be contributing and have a decent score even if you get 0 kills!


I have never used a sidearm. I might try it one day.

Thanks...I might try to hook up with some here running IB...I would be totally lost in there not knowing what to do....

...and I love the Sidearm.......I use that in The Forge a lot and it takes down he Captains in no time and great against The Taken as well...mine is Void Damage....

This Iron Banner is supremacy so every time someone dies, a crest drops. The goal is to collect more enemy crests than the other team. You can also collect the crests of your allies to keep the other team from getting them.

Don't worry. That hasn't stopped Sooner from playing.

yeah, I've been trying to spare you guys from my raging

honestly I got to the point where I would only seek out matches in progress (which of course 90% of the time you are going to come in on the losing end) just to have the matches end quicker .... complete opposite of normal crucible for me

I'm already at 5 on 2 characters and it shouldn't take long to hit 5 on my 3rd
the drops are too good not to play to I am still dreading playing even after hitting 5 on all

PvP drops are not contingent on your skill level or ability
you can drop down into a match, basically do nothing and your chance to get a drop at the end will be equal to that (some would argue greater) of the person who finishes top of the list in the match

OK, it's that time of week again. Xur Report time!

But before I get to that, the weekly update revealed that hard mode Wrath Of The Machine will be available starting on October 18th. So we're just 11 days away from our climb to 400.

Now back to our regularly scheduled Xur Report. Xur is back in North Tower this week, at the end of the walkway past the speaker. Here's what he's got.



The Legacy Engram is for Primary Weapons. If you want a Thorn...wait for the quest to drop for ya.

For The Titan, it's Thagomizers. This is a Xur Debut. These give you an extra melee charge and the amplify perk in the Striker skilltree. They also give you spikes all over the place.

For the Hunter, it's Shinobu's Vow. This is a Xur Debut. These give you enhanced skip grenades and an extra skip grenade charge. They are still skip grenades...

For the Warlock, it's Light Beyond Nemesis. Pretty sure you have this...

The weapon this week is Thunderlord. Again, pretty sure you have this.

Ormaments this week:

Shock Hazard for Zhalo Supercell. Gives your supercell a sleeker look. In the video, you will see me actually apply this ornament as I got it from my radiant treasure this week.

Queen's Command for Telesto. Metallic purple paintjob complete with a small queen's logo. I prefer the other ornament for this one, but still nice.

And there we go, stay tuned for the video coming right up.

Thanks!

May pick up those titan fists since I don't have them, although I hardly run striker.

Hard Mode for The Wrath of the Machine...I'm still waiting on Easy Mode......

...I picked up Thunderlord last week and actually like the gun. Other than that it's more ToC's for me....thanks Scott for the update.

I agree and I am the same way.

I suck it up and play for the rewards, then I go do something fun

I finally did the Iron Banner....and it wasn't as bad as I thought but I struggled early on...and still am. There were just 2-3 of us getting into random groups and about every opponent we faced had to be a organized group and most were 370-385 range. It took forever but got 3 of 4 IR Bounties and actually got the Precision Kill Crucible Bounty...my first!

...but I did land some decent gear....(3) Shotguns, (2) Auto Rifles,The Sidearm (which is cool), a new Speed Bike, a Artifact (the one that looks like a Helm), Boots & Gloves and one of the Bounty Rewards was a 371 Machine Gun...my first 370 over gear item. I'm a tad from Level 3 and will do that tonight. I guess next is being dragged into The Crucible and learning that......

Yeah, Iron Banner is great for gearing up your characters as the drops are great. I am not sure Crucible is worth doing if you don't really like PVP though. Maybe just drop by every Iron Banner.

I finally tried out a sidearm due to getting one from an IB bounty. It's not bad but I think I would have better luck if I found a decently rolled matador 64. The range on 0HK shotguns are still ridiculous.