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My Titan is a hair away from 370. I've been using Motes and Marks to level up the faction and last couple of times have got some good gear. Plus I had (2) Blue Engrams decode at Exotics and that helped....
....I got two ghosts at 369 and 371, a new Thunderlord at 371, Helm at 370 and a few higher Class Armor items in the Forge. I went in to help sme friends in CoE last night and no use doing that anymore...my rewards capped at 365. I've been putting away a lot of Rare and Legendary engrams and decoding several at once but even now that's almost useless with getting a Strange Coin or Motes is just as good since everything is 365 or 364. ....I heard this from a friend who follows a lot of "special ways" to level up and he said what some are doing is grab a bunch of ToC, head to that last story mission in RoI and pop ToC on each separate boss, don't trigger the last part, jump off the bridge and that last section will run again. They'll do that, grab a bunch of higher Exotics and infuse them into Legendary. ...the other thing is to do some of the SIVA Strikes not on Heroic but Easy(?) and fly thru them to get the Skeleton Keys.....Right now it's the Faction and Vanguard along with the Gunsmith that I can rely on getting higher gear. |
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Originally Posted by K&AJones
(Post 12919996)
My Titan is a hair away from 370. I've been using Motes and Marks to level up the faction and last couple of times have got some good gear. Plus I had (2) Blue Engrams decode at Exotics and that helped....
....I got two ghosts at 369 and 371, a new Thunderlord at 371, Helm at 370 and a few higher Class Armor items in the Forge. I went in to help sme friends in CoE last night and no use doing that anymore...my rewards capped at 365. I've been putting away a lot of Rare and Legendary engrams and decoding several at once but even now that's almost useless with getting a Strange Coin or Motes is just as good since everything is 365 or 364. ....I heard this from a friend who follows a lot of "special ways" to level up and he said what some are doing is grab a bunch of ToC, head to that last story mission in RoI and pop ToC on each separate boss, don't trigger the last part, jump off the bridge and that last section will run again. They'll do that, grab a bunch of higher Exotics and infuse them into Legendary. ...the other thing is to do some of the SIVA Strikes not on Heroic but Easy(?) and fly thru them to get the Skeleton Keys.....Right now it's the Faction and Vanguard along with the Gunsmith that I can rely on getting higher gear. Ranking up the queen also does this, but she only has armor. The real downside with that is the lack of ways to rank up the queen outside of the 3 weekly bounties and etheric light. Overall, the best way to rank up is through factions and vanguard packages, while hoping you get a good artifact somewhere. Doing Shiro's bounties and quest every week nets you at the very least 3000 Vanguard rep and 1500 faction rep. That doesn't even include all the rep you earn in completing those. Just the 15 patrol missions is around 700 rep. Ranking the factions up also gets you coins and motes that can be used for ranking up factions (buying heavy from Xur with coins, or using motes straight up). But also Buzz, at your level, you're raid ready. |
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Interesting find.
Do you have leftover horns from SRL? The blue ones you can no longer equip? Guess what, you can turn all of them into legendary horns and use them again. If you got the Gjallar Horn for pre-ordering Rise Of Iron, you can break it down and get a Horn Relay, which lets you turn any of those leftover blue horns into purple. You can then grab another Gjallar Horn from the sparrow kiosk and repeat the process until you've put them on all your blue horns. I don't know if this advice has spread anywhere, as I just did it by accident when I grabbed a second Gjallar Horn on a character and deleted it. You can even keep breaking down the Gjallar horns just to stockpile horn relays for the next SRL, as I'm sure at some point they'll patch this out. |
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Thank you Scott......
Yea...I'm plugging along on the Bounties, both Tower and RoI and slowly getting a few better items. I just take all my high level gear, load it on and then grab the reward and hope I get something I need and better. Its become a "Good & Bad" case but I'm literally overwhelmed with "Class Armor" items I'm getting from Eris, Vanguard, Faction and drops. I have more cloaks than a garment factory. I break them down along with the flood or 365 Legendary I get constantly, grab stuff like Iron, sell it to the faction and slowly move up. But like you mentioned with the RoI, I get some marks and usually two legendary which doesn't give me anything I actually need. And we still haven't seen a Skeleton King...well I got one at the start...but between three of us we haven't seen one since. Just where and how often do these drop? The one I had I actually got two Legendary over 365 that helped. And the Forge...you do get Class Armor stuff over 365 but that doesn't help with weapons and other armor. ...and yea, I've thought about grabbing my Titan and seeing about a spot on the Raid Team....my butt is still hurting and palm still sweating from The Taken King Raid.....so I'm sure someone will need to guide me and hold my hand...again....going thru. I still have avoided any YouTube stuff on seeing what it is. |
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OK folks, some interesting news on the Xur front this week. He's got a brand new item and also an old feature has returned from the grave.
Xur is located in the same place he was last week. North Tower at the end down past the speaker. Here are his deals: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cut6HJVUEAAjb0b.jpg The Legacy engram this week is....NOTHING! Because... The EXOTIC Engram this week is for Gauntlets! That's right folks, I'm not sure if it's a glitch, or working as intended, but Xur is once again selling a worthwhile exotic engram for 19 coins. In my video you'll see me buy one and decode it live. I hope it stays like this all weekend, and maybe this will be a regular feature for Xur, offering good engrams some weeks in place of the legacy ones. Time will tell. For the Titan, it's the Mk. 44 Stand Asides. Like Shoulder Charge? If so, you're a douche. These make you even more of a douche! For the Hunter, it's the Bones Of Eao. Would you like an extra jump? I would! For the Warlock, it's the original classic, Sunbreakers. 2 long lasting Solar grenades. Perfect for the raid bosses with touch of flame and viking funeral. The weapon this week is the Trespasser sidearm. This is a Xur debut and one of only 2 new exotic weapons Xur can sell (along with the Nemesis Star). This sidearm is a burst fire weapon and is pretty fun to use. It also has ornaments. Speaking of which, here are the ornaments this week: Moonglow for Hawkmoon. Black and gold. Pearl handle with Ace Of Spades. Sexy sexy beast. Storm's Reproach for Invective. Want a gun that looks like it's about to explode? Here ya go. And that'll do it for this week. Stay tuned for the video report coming right up. |
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Nice! Moonglow will be mine. I'll also buy a few gauntlet engrams to stash for next weeks LL increase.
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I haven't bought any Exotics at all since RoI and the update came out, just ToC. Do the Exotics decode at 350 or near your current light level?
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WotM done in 20:44
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I guess we need someone running a titan with melting point. Holy shit!
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When it comes to matters of investment and progression, our Live Team looks to Senior Designer Victoria Dollbaum. She’s the foremost authority on how the Engrams you find in the Plaguelands behave when you deliver them to the Archivist. Victoria: On October 18th, corresponding with the release of Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine, your Maximum Light will be increased to 400. With this increase, many reward sources will also increase their maximum Light. Strike Hoards, Nightfall, Exotic Engrams, Trials of Osiris, Crucible, and Iron Banner will now provide rewards up to 400 Light. Archon’s Forge, the Heroic SIVA Strike playlist, and Legendary Engrams will now provide rewards up to 385 Light. Rare Engrams and the SIVA Strike Playlist will now provide rewards up to 365 Light. The recommended Light for these activities will remain the same with the exception of Nightfall, which will be increased to a recommended light of 380. For those striving to reach Heroic Wrath of the Machine or even attempt their first run at Normal Wrath of the Machine, players should find more paths and options available to them to reach the recommended Light. For players forging their path through Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner, these activities will now attempt to reward higher Light on average, compared to your current Light. Artifacts and Ghosts were dropping from fewer sources than intended and have been added as Archon’s Forge completion rewards. These items will now drop up to 400 Light. In Faction Packages, the rate at which Ghosts are rewarded has been increased. Likewise, the rate of artifacts from Eris’ Faction Packages have been increased. That’s just a preview of what you’ll find in 2.4.1. Deployment begins at approximately 10AM Pacific on Tuesday, October 18th. To ensure that all World-First-hopeful Fireteams have time to download the update, Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine will begin at 2PM Pacific on Tuesday, October 18th. There are more changes to come. Those announcements are yet to be... unmasked. In the meantime, we’re looking for heroes to brave a harder Raid. |
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We were talking about this upcoming patch last night and it's about time....we're feeling like moving up is like wading thru quicksand....
Three of us did six Heroic Strikes last night....two at 350 and four at 320. We all popped Three of Coins......that's 18 chances......we got two Skeleton Keys and one Exotic... .....with the changes coming up on the Legendary items light level, I would assume any you have on hand will be effected? |
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Originally Posted by K&AJones
(Post 12923006)
We were talking about this upcoming patch last night and it's about time....we're feeling like moving up is like wading thru quicksand....
I think the progression was spot on, possibly even too generous the only reason the light level is being raised is to bring you in line with the hard raid Not quite sure what you are trying to progress toward but at some point if you are around 370 you should be runnig the normal raid |
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I sure hope this update/patch Tuesday is going to do what they said it will......
I've now spent 35 strange coins and nothing.....longest dry spell I can remember I leveled up two factions and Vanguard last night....... Got a 371 Helm....already have a 371 Helm Got a 371 Helm....have a 372 Helm Got a 371 Ghost....have a 372 Ghost Got a 371 Boots....have 371 Boots |
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Originally Posted by musick
(Post 12923105)
quicksand?
I think the progression was spot on, possibly even too generous the only reason the light level is being raised is to bring you in line with the hard raid Not quite sure what you are trying to progress toward but at some point if you are around 370 you should be runnig the normal raid |
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I assume those 35 strange coins are over 3 guardians? There is no way you can pop 35 strange coins on one guardian and not have an exotic drop. The average is 6-9 before one drops.
All of us that are 370+ did so by running Iron Banner and running the Raid multiple times every week. Iron banner got me from the upper 370's to 386 from playing a few hours per character. Class items, gauntlets, primary and secondary weapons were dropping every 2-3 matches. You'll have no problem hitting 385 after tomorrow's update, but you'll run into the same problem trying to get to 400 unless you take part in those activities. |
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
(Post 12924088)
I assume those 35 strange coins are over 3 guardians? There is no way you can pop 35 strange coins on one guardian and not have an exotic drop. The average is 6-9 before one drops.
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I can't disagree. If you want to hit 400 you will need to partake in end game content. Raids and IB. Gotta agree about Iron Banner being really generous. I got so much stuff for infusion and I really didn't spend that much time in IB. Great part about it it is the gear that was dropping was pretty good on it's own. I love the shotgun, sniper rifle and especially the Machine gun. The Auto rifle was crap but I got a ton to use for infusing a variety of primary weapons. Just about all the armor that was dropping had better stats than the stuff I already had (if you were paying attention - tier 12). The two best artifacts I had drop came from IB.
Also don't forget about the Sepskis Perfected Strike which was still dropping higher level gear than 365. |
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I am averaging 1 exotic for every 3 weekly shaxx bounties I complete. Everyone else having the same luck?
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Originally Posted by Destiny Reddit Weekly Reset Thread
Nightfall: Shield Brothers
Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn Travel deep into the heart of the Dreadnaught in pursuit of a Cabal assault team. Stop it from detonating the Hive ship's core. Modifiers Epic - Heavily shielded and highly aggressive enemies appear in great numbers. Solar Burn - Solar damage from any source is greatly increased. Juggler - No ammo drops for your equipped weapon. Grounded - Players take more damage while airborne. Catapult - Grenade recharge rate is greatly increased. Heroic Strike Playlist Modifiers Heroic - Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive. Void Burn - Void damage from any source is greatly increased. Small Arms - Primary Weapon damage is favored. Fresh Troops - Some enemy squads have been fortified with additional reinforcements. |
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The light level increase does not go into effect until the HM Raid releases in a few hours. DO NOT grab any packages or decrypt anything until then or else you'll get screwed.
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Patch Notes: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/45338
SGA: Don't start turning in factions packages and exotic engrams til HM is released. It is still capped at 385. |
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Is there an echo in here? ;)
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Like the addition of a Holiday Kiosk. That'll save me a bunch of spots in my Vault.
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Originally Posted by chase3001
(Post 12925198)
Like the addition of a Holiday Kiosk. That'll save me a bunch of spots in my Vault.
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Destiny Update - 10/18/16 0h - Destiny Dev Team 2.4.1 The one about Economy changes. Items General Horn Relays from Sparrow Racing League are no longer used to upgrade Rare Quality Horns These items can be discarded All players will receive 15 Silver Dust as compensation for this change to Horn Relays Fixed an issue where Rare Special Weapon Engrams would sometimes decrypt into Legendary Primary Weapons Gjallar Horn will no longer dismantle into a Horn Relay Fixed an issue where Agonarch Runes were not charging due to the same Taken Major spawning in the Dreadnaught Patrol Fixed an issue where the Consumed Ghost Shell did not properly display its spines Fixed an issue where Comitatus was not dropping properly from Faction Packages for players who own Kondratyuk's Escape Fixed an issue where some players were not receiving SIVA Key Fragments from Raid bosses in Wrath of the Machine 1 SIVA Key Fragment will now drop from Normal Mode bosses 2 SIVA Key Fragments will now drop from Heroic Mode bosses SIVA Key Fragments will drop on each boss kill even if players have already completed the Raid that week Several items from 2015 events have been removed: Flimsy Masks Gifts of the Lost Fruit Motes, Glimmer Chew, Salty Engram, Sour Engram, Sugary Engram, Chocolate Strange Coins, Void Fizz Paper Scraps Crumpled Masks Rare Quality Sparrow Horns Paper Glue from Festival of the Lost 2015 now shards into 1 Silver Dust Collections A new Holiday Collection is now available to allow you to reclaim your Festival of the Lost Masks The Sparrow Collection will now allow you to reclaim your Legendary Sparrow Horns Crucible Emblems have been split into two new categories: Crucible and Trials of Osiris The Shaders Iris Germanica, Mercurial Dawn, Surfbreaker, Nebula Glow, Sulfur Burnish, and Electric Aquarius can now be used and seen in the Shader Collection by all three Classes Fixed issue in which two instances of Apotheosis Veil Helmet would appear in the Exotic Armor Collection PVP Inferno Elimination is now available in Private Matches Fixed an issue where Changing Subclasses in Orbit for a PvP activity would reset Melee and Grenade charges Fixed an issue where players were able to get under the stairs on the Drifter map Fixed an issue where the Iron Banner Support Bounty was not awarding 5 points for Allies Defended The Lighthouse on Mercury is now a social space that can accommodate up to 9 players with a Flawless Trials Passage Vendors Fixed an issue where uncommon Warlock Bonds were being sent to the Postmaster for recovery Eververse Reputation Boosters can now be purchased for Silver Dust as well as Silver Economy Fixed an issue where the Trespasser did not require an Exotic Shard to Infuse All changes to increase Light above 385 will take effect upon the release of Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine Activities The SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 365 Light The Heroic SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 385 Light Archon's Forge can now drop rewards up to 385 Light Archon's Forge can now drop Ghosts and Artifacts up to 400 Light Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Strike Hoards will now provide drops up to 400 Light Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner will now attempt to reward higher Light items on average Packages Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction packages will now provide drops up to 390 Light Increased chance of Artifacts from Crota's Bane Reputation Packages Increased chance of Ghosts from New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Reputation Packages Engrams Rare Engrams will now decrypt up to 365 Light Legendary Engrams will now decrypt up to 385 Light Exotic Engrams will now decrypt up to 400 Light Weapons Fixed an issue that caused Firefly to activate many, many more times than intended causing a crash Armor Exotics The following Exotic Armor no longer require Rise of Iron and can be acquired through Exotic Engrams: Astrocyte Verse (Warlock Helm) Ophidium Aspect (Warlock Gauntlets) Thagomizers (Titan Gauntlets) Adjusted the Rapid Cooldown perk on the Fr0st-EE5 Hunter Exotic Legs to no longer interfere with the base cooldown provided by stats UI Fixed an issue with the Roster previews for the following Emblems: Memories of Iron Shield of the City Eververse sections for Emotes now displayed as Emotes I and Emotes II Fixed an issue where the Taken War Heroic Strikes Playlist tooltip incorrectly displayed +10 Legendary Marks as a reward Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic Strike node was not updating with the Weekly Reset Fixed an issue where the Heroic SIVA Crisis Playlist was not counting towards the "Take a Strike" Record in the Rise of Iron Record Book |
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