Destiny: Rise of Iron 9.20.16
- Thread starter atalakas
- Start date
So finally caved and bought the ps4 destiny bundle. Get home and its a 32 hour download at 200k. Dunno what else I expected.
Was this today? I assume the servers are just fuckin hammered atm
nm, just rebooted my ps4 and restarted. Going at like 10mb now
nm, just rebooted my ps4 and restarted. Going at like 10mb now
Zindan
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
- 7,366
- 5,195
Should have waited til after you got your new subclass. About to turn in 16 bounties with focused light now. ;p
Edit: I was about 25% into 35 when I turned in the bounties + 5 public event packages, easily hit 40 + 13 motes of light, and filled out the first two rows of Stormcaller skills all the way across. Also gained a few engrams (green/blues).
Edit: I was about 25% into 35 when I turned in the bounties + 5 public event packages, easily hit 40 + 13 motes of light, and filled out the first two rows of Stormcaller skills all the way across. Also gained a few engrams (green/blues).
spronk
FPS noob
- 23,820
- 29,047
quick tips: there is a minor 100mb patch, its "added" to the 17 gig download of last week so it may look like you are going to redownload all 17 gigs (preparing to download took like 15 mins) but once it starts downloading it goes by super fast.
taken king starts with a level 25 quest on mars, you don't have to go to the tower. after that quest your new subclass quest unlocks. so do those two things before you start doing mass turnins, turning in old bounties, etc so all your XP goes towards unlocking your new subclass.
if you are leveling factions, DO NOT do more than 1 level at a time. faction rewards do not stack anymore at the postmaster, so you have to level it, go to the postmaster to pick up the reward, go back for turnins. Some people got 10+ levels and only one reward package because they didn't go to the postmaster.
the $20 CE upgrade is live in UK/Australia/xbox but not US PSN, probably not till PSN store resets ~2pm PST.
gunsmith new bounties are in, level 38 min. it looks like gunsmith bounties are one per gun, forever. So this week for example there is a repeat of the pve sniper bounty, which you can't do again.
taken king starts with a level 25 quest on mars, you don't have to go to the tower. after that quest your new subclass quest unlocks. so do those two things before you start doing mass turnins, turning in old bounties, etc so all your XP goes towards unlocking your new subclass.
if you are leveling factions, DO NOT do more than 1 level at a time. faction rewards do not stack anymore at the postmaster, so you have to level it, go to the postmaster to pick up the reward, go back for turnins. Some people got 10+ levels and only one reward package because they didn't go to the postmaster.
the $20 CE upgrade is live in UK/Australia/xbox but not US PSN, probably not till PSN store resets ~2pm PST.
gunsmith new bounties are in, level 38 min. it looks like gunsmith bounties are one per gun, forever. So this week for example there is a repeat of the pve sniper bounty, which you can't do again.
Zindan
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
- 7,366
- 5,195
Would today count as the end of the week you're required to stay aligned to a specific Faction? The new "Wolves are prowling" events are kinda vicious, level 38's (on Mars at least), and the ship sticks around shooting at you. The final boss I encountered was a heavily armored Archon. Couldn't finish him off before the wolves retreated (though he stayed around after the ship left, just no reward for a kill).
Edit: Yep, you can switch Factions today.
Edit: Yep, you can switch Factions today.
Zindan
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
- 7,366
- 5,195
You no longer get care packages in the Postmaster, you have to go to your specific Faction vendor / Class vendor to pick them up. Gunsmith had a care package for me today once I hit rank 1, only coins / motes. The Assassinate patrol missions now spawn lvl40 mobs, and the new "mystery" patrol that pops up sometimes results in 50 VG / 25 Faction, 3-500 glimmer and 5 coins.
Utnayan
F16 patrolling Rajaah until he plays DS3
- 16,827
- 14,172
So I played this last night to experience the 2.0 patch and the progression system is MUCH better now for leveling at least. I like actually making progress playing the game instead of waiting to see if I am going to get an item or not from the RNG system they had. A couple questions on TTK because I have not been following it. (I leveled from 27 to 31 last night just plowing through the HoW stories)
1) Are items still on the RNG system or did they finally put some nice items on a loot table for strikes?
2) For those that are playing through the story in the expansion, is it better?
3) Is the mission structure the same or are they changing it up a bit? Meaning, is it still go here, go there, activate this, defeat 3 waves, kill a boss... Or are they attempting to make the missions themselves different?
1) Are items still on the RNG system or did they finally put some nice items on a loot table for strikes?
2) For those that are playing through the story in the expansion, is it better?
3) Is the mission structure the same or are they changing it up a bit? Meaning, is it still go here, go there, activate this, defeat 3 waves, kill a boss... Or are they attempting to make the missions themselves different?
Zindan
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
- 7,366
- 5,195
1) Haven't ran any Strikes yet, so not sure, but they have a Heroic Strike playlist now that will guarantee a Legendary engram on first completion, and the longer your team plays in the playlist, the higher chance at good rewards.
2) Story so far is excellent, nice cinematics and lots of Cayde. I'm very pleased.
3) Mission structure is the same as far as I've seen.
bixxby
Molten Core Raider
- 2,750
- 47
Kreugen
Vyemm Raider
- 6,599
- 793
Do I need to save any of my old exotics? I was set to lv30 because obv I never ascended any of my gear. Is everything old just shard bait once you replace with higher level drops now? If any are upgradable to year 2 stuff, I'd assume that would make them level 40 req.
Are my old ascendant materials used for anything, or did they obsolete those?
I haven't played since before DLC, so yesterday I was just kind of roaming around lost.
Are my old ascendant materials used for anything, or did they obsolete those?
I haven't played since before DLC, so yesterday I was just kind of roaming around lost.
Kreugen
Vyemm Raider
- 6,599
- 793
I won't lie, I may cry a little when I have to give up my VOC. That auto headshot machine.
I never got any of the other fun toys anyway (suros, icebreaker, galla, etc)
I have some of the big pistols, but they seem nerfed into the toilet because who wants to be range handicapped.
I never got any of the other fun toys anyway (suros, icebreaker, galla, etc)
I have some of the big pistols, but they seem nerfed into the toilet because who wants to be range handicapped.
What's the point of levels if the xp required is so minimal? Was 34 at start, turned in 16 completed bounties (mostly the small 2500 xp kind), and hit 39. No xp booster consumable or anything. Even a casual who had no completed bounties saved up can easily max out by just doing the easy pve bounties for the next few days.
bixxby
Molten Core Raider
- 2,750
- 47
Aren't guns in the PVP zones auto set to a certain damage range? So level 5s can kill 34s or whatever. Seems like old exotics should still work in pvp unless they intentionally make them not.