They may patch it soon. I wanted to do that yesterday as I'm finally level 20 but I couldn't find it. I'm not really sure what to do now to get higher level. I don't usually play pvp and I still have story missions to do.
I hadn't heard of the 'loot cave' until this. I'm not sure how I feel about this exploit, it kind of defeats the whole point of the game's reward system.
There is no reward system really. The whole loot system from crucible to engram's relies on RNG. Legendaries that drop very rarely often turn to greens or blues and doing a strike goesnt get you much of anything better than you can pick up from a level 4 enemy you kill in one shot.I hadn't heard of the 'loot cave' until this. I'm not sure how I feel about this exploit, it kind of defeats the whole point of the game's reward system.
To level up now you need gear with light on it. Next to the stats like strength and intelligence will be a light stat. Rare and higher gear will have this stat, when you upgrade the gear the light level goes up and legendary gear has more light than rares and exotic more than legendary.They may patch it soon. I wanted to do that yesterday as I'm finally level 20 but I couldn't find it. I'm not really sure what to do now to get higher level. I don't usually play pvp and I still have story missions to do.
Honestly relic iron, spirit bloom, and helium filament farming is probably quicker than the loot cave for legendaries because you can do material exchange for guaranteed vanguard/crucible marks.To level up now you need gear with light on it. Next to the stats like strength and intelligence will be a light stat. Rare and higher gear will have this stat, when you upgrade the gear the light level goes up and legendary gear has more light than rares and exotic more than legendary.
Also they aren't going to patch the cave. There is no reason to. Nobody is exploiting anything, it is just a way to kill a lot of enemies in a short time and hope the RNG works in your favor. It is no different than me running around Venus chest hunting and getting 50 spirit bloom in 30 minutes. Or cruising around mars collecting chests and relic iron. It is just farming. Besides, you aren't going to get a full set of legendary gear from sitting at the cave. You are better off doing vanguard or crucible for guaranteed legendary gear and spending your marks.
Loot Cave Patched, loot cave no more
http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/25/6844833/destiny-loot-cave-shut-down-bungie
Of course they use the excuse to be more social but you can't be social in a game where you can only talk to people who are only in your fire team. We all knew it was getting Patched though so for people like me that don't have the time to grind for super high gear, it makes it only harder.
making shotguns more effective at range in Crucible is about as opposite of promising as one can get. As it is now, I pretty much only die to shotguns, blade dancer, and vehicles. Shotguns are already a 30 yard one hit kill. Please, don't make them sniper rifles like in so many other games!
Today shotguns are effective beyond their intended range, especially when upgraded with that intention. Expect changes soon to address shotguns which push the envelope of what it means to be close quarters.
I read that as they intend to nerf the shotguns at range, addressing your (and my) concern about them.
I think that is the real problem. This is a game about grinding gear and doing harder content to grind more gear. Removing the easy farming mechanics makes it even harder for people who didn't grind to catch up to those that did. They are going to miss a lot of content. If Bungie wants the players to actually do the raids, having things like loot cave that can get you to 26+ to do it isn't a bad thing. Increasing the difficulty and level of the raids (say, the next raid is level 32 on normal), it will force players to grind the previous raid (something you want). However, making it so incredibly hard to grind to even get into the first raid is going to kill the community.
I don't see the content on my end. I am a level 22 now and don't see much more to the game other than grinding. It would be cool to have better gear but I am not going to grind forever when I can be playing other games.
Is there more story out there that I don't know about? Game is fun, glad I played for the time I did.
You can get to 27 or 28 from farming crucible and vanguard marks. A couple weeks and you have a full legendary set.
Along with doing the bounties. Because, if you don't, rep is so annoyingly slow.
Haven't read through all the pages and posts, but can anyone chime in on what kind of community is out there for the 360 version? I've looked online for some resources but can't really gauge it as most everything out there is regarding the XB1 version.
I'm not ready to pull the trigger on an XB1 just yet...
Which makes no sense. In Mass Effect, they had that but in-game, which made it easy access and added a ton of lore. The biggest difference is that you actually cared about what was going on in Mass Effect.Most of the story is contained in grimoire cards on bungie.net
Most of the story is contained in grimoire cards on bungie.net
Loot Cave Patched, loot cave no more
http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/25/6844833/destiny-loot-cave-shut-down-bungie
Of course they use the excuse to be more social but you can't be social in a game where you can only talk to people who are only in your fire team. We all knew it was getting Patched though so for people like me that don't have the time to grind for super high gear, it makes it only harder.
This is probably the worst aspect of the game. I find it stupid and ass backwards, imo. It's like the story is a loosely tacked on afterthought.Which makes no sense. In Mass Effect, they had that but in-game, which made it easy access and added a ton of lore. The biggest difference is that you actually cared about what was going on in Mass Effect.