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mnewsham

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Found a legendary engram. Decoded it and only got 2 strange coins... oh well, back to grinding
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
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Found a legendary engram. Decoded it and only got 2 strange coins... oh well, back to grinding

lol...I got my first decoherent engram and it game be a lv16 rare sniper rifle. I see what you mean about using items to upgrade. It takes weapon parts too. Although I think there's a bug with the game. It says in the material details that you can get weapon parts from the gunsmith, he doesn't sell them.
 

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
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lol...I got my first decoherent engram and it game be a lv16 rare sniper rifle. I see what you mean about using items to upgrade. It takes weapon parts too. Although I think there's a bug with the game. It says in the material details that you can get weapon parts from the gunsmith, he doesn't sell them.
You get them from breaking down guns, so it isn't hard to get them but yea probably a bug in the text.
 

cmdrdredd

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Also the game says "vanguard marks are earned most quickly by participating in strike playlists" what does "most quickly" mean? I don't see any other way to earn them. When I turned lv18 I had 4 but dunno from what.


I seem to be full of questions today. What is everyone's favorite main weapon? I'm finding the scout rifles to basically suck this time around after the 8% damage nerf across the board.
 
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mnewsham

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Also the game says "vanguard marks are earned most quickly by participating in strike playlists" what does "most quickly" mean? I don't see any other way to earn them. When I turned lv18 I had 4 but dunno from what.


I seem to be full of questions today. What is everyone's favorite main weapon? I'm finding the scout rifles to basically suck this time around after the 8% damage nerf across the board.
Scout rifle doing 219 damage is my main weapon. It also has explosive rounds that cause AoE damage.
 

cmdrdredd

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Scout rifle doing 219 damage is my main weapon. It also has explosive rounds that cause AoE damage.

I can get head shots well, but when doing a strike just now my kill count sucked compared to people using auto and pulse rifles. I find I can pop heads just as easily with pulse rifles and kill stuff faster. I dunno...is it me you think? I love the scout rifle but I've been getting more kills, more quickly with a good pulse rifle.
 

mnewsham

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I can get head shots well, but when doing a strike just now my kill count sucked compared to people using auto and pulse rifles. I find I can pop heads just as easily with pulse rifles and kill stuff faster. I dunno...is it me you think? I love the scout rifle but I've been getting more kills, more quickly with a good pulse rifle.

Eh not sure, I'm mainly going for the weak spots and trying to deliver as much damage as possible, scout rifle seems the best for me because of the range and stability. Lets me drill shot after shot into the same weak spot without having to really compensate for recoil or anything like that.

Could just be you though
 

cmdrdredd

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Eh not sure, I'm mainly going for the weak spots and trying to deliver as much damage as possible, scout rifle seems the best for me because of the range and stability. Lets me drill shot after shot into the same weak spot without having to really compensate for recoil or anything like that.

Could just be you though

Yeah that's exactly what I do, but actual kill counts are way down for me when I use it. I suppose that shouldn't matter and the focus should be on dealing consistent damage at the right spot. I can drill the weak points with pulse rifles too though...meh.
 

mnewsham

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Yeah that's exactly what I do, but actual kill counts are way down for me when I use it. I suppose that shouldn't matter and the focus should be on dealing consistent damage at the right spot. I can drill the weak points with pulse rifles too though...meh.

Pulse rifles also got a pretty big buff so that might make sense, they might lower that in the next patch, will have to wait and see. I have two blue pulse rifles, a blue auto rifle, and a blue scout rifle. So I am prepared to switch it up if the occasion demands.
 

cmdrdredd

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Pulse rifles also got a pretty big buff so that might make sense, they might lower that in the next patch, will have to wait and see. I have two blue pulse rifles, a blue auto rifle, and a blue scout rifle. So I am prepared to switch it up if the occasion demands.

I'm sure eventually I'll have all 3 at lv20 too. I went back to the scout rifle and found it better this time, dunno...might just stick with it since I like it. Just got a blue one too...gonna stick with that for the time being.
 

sze5003

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Finally level 10. Messed around on the moon and realized I can get killed in one hit by those guys on the vehicles. My favorite so far is the pulse rifle. It only does 72 damage for me but it's effective with head shots and weak spots. I was using a 60 damage auto rifle but it wasn't that good.

Only thing that sucks is the pulse rifle only holds 21 rounds. I could equip my level 34 armor that is suppose to give me more pulse rounds but I don't want to take more damage.

I think I'll do a level 8 raid soon when I get to play again.
 

cmdrdredd

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Just hit level 20 and got a few more engrams in the process. Couple decoherant but nothing good from em, just regular uncommon gear. Gonna have to get through the story I guess and then do strikes for gear and farm vanguard marks and rank for legendary stuff.

I also found that unlike the beta, buying items from the cryptarch doesn't increase your rank that much.
 
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mnewsham

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I also found that unlike the beta, buying items from the cryptarch doesn't increase your rank that much.

With the number of engrams you start getting during vanguard strikes and such, you will have no problem getting that cryptarch level up, I am almost at rank 4.
 

cmdrdredd

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With the number of engrams you start getting during vanguard strikes and such, you will have no problem getting that cryptarch level up, I am almost at rank 4.

Oh I realize, but when I was leveling I started buying stuff trying to rank it for the rewards. Didn't help all that much. Oh well, I spend glimmer...a few hours farming and I'll be rich again.

I just wish decoherent engrams wouldn't give uncommon gear like the regular ones. I don't mind if it gives me upgrade items sometimes...just not green gear from a blue emblem heh
 
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mnewsham

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I just wish decoherent engrams wouldn't give uncommon gear like the regular ones. I don't mind if it gives me upgrade items sometimes...just not green gear from a blue emblem heh
I got a blue from a purple engram, it happens. Just gotta get lucky.

and yeah I think I have 8 or 9k glimmer right now, nothing to spend it on, waiting to see if a nice ship skin shows up in the shop or a cool fancy emblem or something.
 

cmdrdredd

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Did you solo the story or did you team up with someone? Just curious if I should try to go solo or if it's hard enough toward the end that I'll really want to have help.
 

Qbah

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I finished the story missions now. Also, the game is growing on me, I guess... The "loot hunt bug" has bitten

When turning in one of the bounties, I got an exotic bounty (I could pick one from three). Looks like I picked one for an exotic Fusion Rifle. Read online about those bounties and it seems those are long quests to do specific things to get specific items in a specific order. And at the end of the chain you'll get the exotic weapon.

I was lucky and picked one that does not need crucible actions, only PvE content... otherwise it would be a waste

Also, did a strike using the playlist (lvl20 version). It picked the Archon strike... and man, that one was TOUGH. Good thing we had voice, otherwise we'd fail miserably (20 20 19 in the team). Also tried the lvl22 heroic strike at lvl20... was getting two shot Needs more Light and a lot better gear.

I found a blue auto rifle (lvl18), bought a blue sniper (lvl18 too) and found some blue armor pieces. So working on upgrading those now The weapons have some cool upgrades available.
 

sze5003

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Do pve bounties save progress if you log out? Also how many missions are there ?

I feel like some of them may require a team because they come with waves of enemies surrounding you most of the time. Unfortunately I only level up one level each chance I get to play. I notice it's much harder to get better weapons this time around and it takes longer to level up than it did in the alpha/beta.
 

MeldarthX

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anyone played this on ps3? I'm seriously thinking of picking up the digital version so when I get ps4 later this year most likely my birthday in October and want to play; as looks like digital is the only way to transfer over; plus; could be a very cool way to have my son/daughter play with me if ps3 players can play with the ps4 players
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
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Do pve bounties save progress if you log out? Also how many missions are there ?

I feel like some of them may require a team because they come with waves of enemies surrounding you most of the time. Unfortunately I only level up one level each chance I get to play. I notice it's much harder to get better weapons this time around and it takes longer to level up than it did in the alpha/beta.
Yeah they save progress. If you do the one for the 5 hive ultras or majors for example, and kill 2 it will remember next time you log in how many you need.
 

sze5003

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Well that is good to know. I'll continue exploring on the moon when I get back from work. Sometimes it does seem empty on there, I barely see any players at times.
 

mnewsham

Lifer
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Did you solo the story or did you team up with someone? Just curious if I should try to go solo or if it's hard enough toward the end that I'll really want to have help.
I Solo'd everything launch night and finished by that afternoon, might start my titan play through and find someone or 2 to play with though.

I am actually off to a family reunion until Monday though so you guys have the weekend to catch up
 

zerocool84

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I finally got up to level 9, did a bunch of bounties to level up quick. Have not gotten as many drops as in the Beta or Alpha.
 
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