Official Destiny Thread

[smackababy]

No I don't think so. I have done a lot of stuff with high level players and none of them are like that. As long as you contribute its all good. If you aren't even in the same area or stand where we spawn in...that is a problem. I did the raid from the gatekeepers through atheon with a group that included 29s and a lv30 player. They invited me randomly to help out and they never once made anyone feel bad about their contributions to the fight. Maybe its just me but I haven't met any elitist players.

I meant mostly, that they were likely friends and would queue alone.

 

[zerocool84]

And you think the playerbase decreasing is going to fix those? You should go check out the Diablo 3 forums. If anything, the exodus of the players has only increased the whiny posts made.

I agree there are some problems with Destiny (the matchmaking is far too limited; voice chat should be enabled, and togglable; PVP needs some tweaking), but even with those fixed, players will continue to cry and whine about things.

Because who knows if those will ever be fixed. There are far more problems than just the ones you listed and those people that complain are right. They worked on this game for five years and this is what we got? If it was a good game, professional reviews and user reviews wouldn't be so polarizing. Do I like this game? Yes I do, but there's so much they need to work on with the base game because relying on the "expansions" that are going to come out few and far between is a horrible excuse. Gun play really is fun on PvE, some of the best of any game out there.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Hotfix for tomorrow

Summary
The most recent hotfix (1.0.2.2) for Destiny goes live on October 14th. This hotfix includes a number of changes to weapon balance across archetypes (e.g., lowering Auto Rifle effectiveness and increasing Scout Rifle damage output), specific weapons (Vex Mythoclast and Pocket Infinity) and includes a number of fixes to issues with the Templar encounter in the Vault of Glass.

We're still working on a larger update which will address under-performing Exotics and overall class balance.

General

Fixed a bug where the Valkyrie-O5X Ship was the same as the Aurora Lance


Classes

Titan
Unbreakable: Fixed an issue with the perk granting more agility than intended
Warlock
Brimstone: Perk can now activate if player is airborne


Weapons

General
Fixed some issues related to quick weapon swapping
Auto Rifles
Base Damage decreased by 2%
Reduced Precision Damage multiplier from 1.50 -> 1.25 (head shot bonus)
Stability decreased by 4% - 17% (driven by stat value)
Hand Cannons
In-air accuracy now increased
Scout Rifles
Base damage increased by 6%
Damage vs. Combatants increased by 6% - 25% (based on tier)
Improved target acquisition, plus additional recoil tuning.
Shotguns
Decreased base damage at maximum range (falloff) by 20%
Shot Package Perk now has a slightly wider cone of fire
The Rangefinder and Shot Package perks are now mutually exclusive
Exotic Weapons
Vex Mythoclast
Base Damage decreased by 34%
Increased Precision Damage multiplier from 1.25 -> 1.50 (headshot bonus)
Pocket Infinity
Enhanced Battery Perk has now been replaced with the Speed Reload Perk
Perks
Metal Detector: Fixed a bug that prevents this perk from actually providing additional ammo
Lightweight: Fixed a bug that allowed additional agility to apply even when a weapon was stowed


Activities

Strikes
Engram rewards from strikes now appear in the post-game Activity Summary
Raid - Vault of Glass
Templar Encounter
Kill volume added to sniper platforms to prevent players from sitting on top of them
Relic is now removed and respawned if the holder leaves the playable area


Destinations

The Fallen have also retreated from their hold over the Rocket Yard to discuss a new takeover plan

 

[Qbah]

I finally rolled an alt. Mostly for the shards/energy and coins. But it also unlocked some grimoire cards I didnt have. Qbah, it took me to the magic number!

Nice! :-D Which one did you roll?

 

[Rage187]

female human titan

Also, Mike got us into a raid last night at the Aetheon check point. They were looking for a couple of people to cheese him off a cliff. Five minutes later, I got the Aetheon auto rifle, legendary ship and some energy

Mike got the legendary speeder bike and I swear you can almost player kill someone with it. He drove it until it blew up next to me and took down 90% of my health.

 

[Anubis]

we tried to cheese it last night after failing the correct way and could not get him in the right place to fall off :/

also this weeks nightfall

The Devils Lair
Epic - enemies are heavily shielded and highly aggressive in great numbers
Lightswitch - you get one shotted by melee attacks
Juggler - no ammo drops for equipped weapon, use those Ice Breakers!
Void Burn - void weapons do extra damage
Nightfall - If all players die you return to orbit and start over
Cheese spots:
During the hacking wave, go to the left, where the tanker is, and take pot shots from there, retreat if your health is low, enemies cannot follow you in there with maybe the exception of Thralls, let the fallen and hive fight each other
Devil Walker: Go the far back left and shoot at his legs with a void sniper for massive damage, adds can't touch you and only the devil walkers cannon can really hit you
Sepiks Prime: The room to the left of the entrance, hide in there and shoot away, be careful if you go downstairs to try to get another angle on sepiks as there are likely fallen majors down there waiting for you

 

[Qbah]

female human titan

Also, Mike got us into a raid last night at the Aetheon check point. They were looking for a couple of people to cheese him off a cliff. Five minutes later, I got the Aetheon auto rifle, legendary ship and some energy

Sweet I'll be on tonight, we good for Nightfall and weekly heroic? Also, I guess it means no VoG this week for DestinyAT

 

[Anubis]

Sweet I'll be on tonight, we good for Nightfall and weekly heroic? Also, I guess it means no VoG this week for DestinyAT

raid resets on Tuesday so you should be able to do it this week

 

[Rage187]

Sweet I'll be on tonight, we good for Nightfall and weekly heroic? Also, I guess it means no VoG this week for DestinyAT

yep, nightfall and weekly tonight.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The group I did atheon with tried to knock him off but couldn't get it to work properly. Eventually they did get him to fall but not the way it shows on videos.

All I got was some shards and the ship.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Sweet I'll be on tonight, we good for Nightfall and weekly heroic? Also, I guess it means no VoG this week for DestinyAT

You can run the chests and checkpoints prior to atheon and obtain rewards from them, all the way to the point you completed.

On another note has the hotfix gone up yet? How do auto rifles feel now?

 

[smackababy]

I am more interested in how Scout Rifles feel! I already loved them.

 

[sze5003]

I am more interested in how Scout Rifles feel! I already loved them.

They grew on me after finding some decent models. At first I didn't like them but after trying several out you can time shots better.

 

[Rage187]

I have a maxed legendary scout rifle. I was already really good at headshots, I can't imagine how much better they could have made them.

 

[TallBill]

Getting my console and game tonight.

Gamertag is DailyVitaminG

Old account was locked...

 

[sze5003]

Getting my console and game tonight.

Gamertag is ImTallbill

Xbox or PlayStation?

 

[TallBill]

Xbone

 

[Platypus]

Did my first run on vault of glass and FINALLY got some shit I needed, this is definitely the way to go for what I need atm. It's hard to find friends on when I play (hint hint send me invites if you're down to play) but I am going to be doing that more often. I was so short of shards and I got 9 within like 30 min from loot/objectives and I got a set of raid boots as well.

 

[MalReynolds13]

Did the Nightfall tonight and got Plan C as a reward. Looks promising.

 

[mnewsham]

Haven't been on destiny in 4 or 5 days, but I have been replaying KOTOR and KOTOR2 so I have been a bit preoccupied, will be back by the weekend though. Can't stay away for too long.

 

[Rage187]

the auto rifle nerf wasn't too bad.

I will say that all the weapon nerfs should take place in PVP and not PVE. What the hell is the point of nerfing them in PVE? I understand nerfing the mythoclast in PVP, but PVE is unwarranted.

 

[sze5003]

the auto rifle nerf wasn't too bad.

I will say that all the weapon nerfs should take place in PVP and not PVE. What the hell is the point of nerfing them in PVE? I understand nerfing the mythoclast in PVP, but PVE is unwarranted.

People complained too much that pvp was hard so the update affects both I believe. But yea my main gun is an auto rifle so that sucks now.

 

[Anubis]

I generally main an auto rifle and it noticed little to no difference yesterday, CMDRED commented to me that the SUROS was still pretty much the same

 

[utahraptor]

I've given up on the game. Selling my PS4 to a coworker today.

 

[cmdrdredd]

the auto rifle nerf wasn't too bad.

I will say that all the weapon nerfs should take place in PVP and not PVE. What the hell is the point of nerfing them in PVE? I understand nerfing the mythoclast in PVP, but PVE is unwarranted.

I agree. The vex gun was supposed to be good. I understand it wasn't that balanced for PvP but in PvE it is pretty much useless now. I did notice the auto rifle Nerf isn't that bad, at least I didn't feel my suros was that terrible in the weekly, nightfall, or when I helped a friend with xyor the unwed. I am still planning to buy a shadow price AR from the vanguard next week to go with ice breaker which will be maxed today. It sucks that you can't use a suros with ice breaker. Then I will have a legendary auto, scout, and hand cannon. Speaking of hand cannons...I am really starting to like them after using a good one. I got the devil you know from ranking up vanguard and it is very nice so far. I still prefer scout or AR but it isn't as bad as I thought they would be. The damage is very nice and 12 rounds isn't terrible.