Destiny

[ASignorelli]

Also, I had to delete my Destiny Facebook profile on USMG clan, so my PSN profile for bungie.net would get on USMG clan. I requested to join, now I'm just waiting on approval. Also, I'm already lvl 13 :D Sleepy time!!!

[dobbs2112]

I too am waiting on approval!

[A1000YrdStare03]

Same here!!

[airborne509]

yep sent a pm to valor im waiting for approval also.

[airborne509]

Also, I had to delete my Destiny Facebook profile on USMG clan, so my PSN profile for bungie.net would get on USMG clan. I requested to join, now I'm just waiting on approval. Also, I'm already lvl 13 :D Sleepy time!!!

wtf sig im level 5 lmao

[comanche_warior]

If you havent gotten an approval delete the app and reapply for it.

[Valorfall]

I haven't received any apps from you guys. And it seems like someone has been approving apps of people who are not part of the usmg...

[comanche_warior]

I haven't received any apps from you guys. And it seems like someone has been approving apps of people who are not part of the usmg...
I haven't received any apps at all idk what's up

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[A1000YrdStare03]

I haven't received any apps from you guys. And it seems like someone has been approving apps of people who are not part of the usmg...

It's strange Watson!! The group I'm following only has 3 member: Obtainedpiolet, Hagfish, and DWB
With a bunch of us following!!

Maybe we are in the wrong place? I search for USMG and this group comes up in the Destiny App. I saw some USMG guys so I thought it was the right place. But I don't see your gamertag, in fact there are a lot of missing tags!! I don't know.

[A1000YrdStare03]

Ah, I see the problem. There are 3 groups going at once. US military Gamers, which is ours. Then there is US Military Gaming, and US Military Gaming USMG.

We have people submitting apps to the wrong group, myself included!! I sent it to the correct one now!!

[GhostOverride]

Well ain't that a bitch


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[MaYaN]

Level 23 now with two legendary items a cloak and a pulse rifle

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[A1000YrdStare03]

Level 23 now with two legendary items a cloak and a pulse rifle

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Dude, have you stopped playing since it dropped? Lol!!

[MaYaN]

Dude, have you stopped playing since it dropped? Lol!!
Nope

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[MaYaN]

Dude, have you stopped playing since it dropped? Lol!!
Wake up play Destiny for 20 hours eat sleep and repeat it's like crack

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[Valorfall]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/10/fdf857c3571f5bd0686c98731c1843c6.jpg

[bulletmagnet]

I loves me some Destiny.

[Bravofiveone]

4 projects down and 1 research paper left but it's a PowerPoint presentation and since I was Air Force I can do that in my sleep ;) so be back on Destiny soon.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[comanche_warior]

I'll try to suck it up and get my homework done and get on

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[WHIT3C3LL]

I hate you all lol

[twistedFX]

OH SNAP I'M BACK. Granted I was only gone for the summer down in Georgia. How is DESTINY!? I was doing an internship with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center so thus I was away from the box to the x! Love yall.

-twistedFX

[MaYaN]

If anyone ever needs help in Destiny let me know just message me

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[A1000YrdStare03]

OH SNAP I'M BACK. Granted I was only gone for the summer down in Georgia. How is DESTINY!? I was doing an internship with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center so thus I was away from the box to the x! Love yall.

-twistedFX

Ohh, shit!!! What's up Nate??? It's about time you got back!! Are you getting destiny, or what?

[PapaMurph83]

Just hit lvl 19, pushing on to 20!

[MaYaN]

Just got my second legendary rifle

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[PapaMurph83]

What!!!

[Bravofiveone]

@Bungie: Destiny events are inbound! http://t.co/SgnzRyEzuF http://t.co/jYJkg1whPG


"That wizard came from the moon."

[MaYaN]

Just got an exotic rocket launcher same one that's in the trailer woo hoo

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[PapaMurph83]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/12/6d76eeeb310b01c5ddae84090b7ec3fc.jpg

Xur is selling my gun! How do I farm strange coins?!

[MaYaN]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/12/6d76eeeb310b01c5ddae84090b7ec3fc.jpg

Xur is selling my gun! How do I farm strange coins?!
If you find out let me know I wanna buy the helmet then I will have two exotics

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[MaYaN]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/12/6d76eeeb310b01c5ddae84090b7ec3fc.jpg

Xur is selling my gun! How do I farm strange coins?!
I have 11 right now do strike missions

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[Ragingclue]

I'll probably be on this late tonight or some time this weekend.

[PapaMurph83]

I have 11 right now do strike missions

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Strike missions it is!

[MaYaN]

Strike missions it is!
If you do the weekly and daily you get them as well

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[MaYaN]

I've gotten mine from blue drops doing strike missions and I only have 11 after 20 plus hours

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[sickpuppy79]

Well shit. Hard times broke hopefully will be able to pick this up on the 15th on payday unfor wanted to play this allrdy o well.

[twistedFX]

Ohh, shit!!! What's up Nate??? It's about time you got back!! Are you getting destiny, or what?

Roberto! What's going on brotha! Dude, do I have so much to talk to you about after my time in GA. I made a contact with the marshals in NYC as well. I'm going to pick up the game tomorrow my man. How's life for ya?!

[MaYaN]

Level 25 6 legendary items one exotic working on my second exotic

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[MaYaN]

Got my second exotic

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[MaYaN]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/14/y7aqa8e5.jpg

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[sickpuppy79]

Woot woot finally got it for X1

[Bull3tBait]

Ok so... I've given it a go and I'm hooked. I'm lvl 23 now. Any tips on best places for Rare armor drops ? I need more light =)


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[PapaMurph83]

Ok so... I've given it a go and I'm hooked. I'm lvl 23 now. Any tips on best places for Rare armor drops ? I need more light =)


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I'm working on getting crucible marks and Dead Orbit for armor and auto rifle

[Bravofiveone]

For RedCon1 and BM_HAVOK :)


http://youtu.be/iwK6MPpjHFs

[Bravofiveone]

I have a longer version if you need it


"That wizard came from the moon."

[Bravofiveone]

Enter the Temple and descend to the room with the Seeder put the 3 boxes I shot to your back and face the seeder. Walk onto the raised platform, look left; see a blue rocky pillar covered in glowing spikes. Double jump to first outcrop then double jump straight up aiming at the seeder almost curving back onto top outcrop. Go to circular railings and hop across to the platform.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[Bravofiveone]

Try this again here is a better video


http://youtu.be/NvBwNoLY6AE

[A1000YrdStare03]

Try this again here is a better video


http://youtu.be/NvBwNoLY6AE

I love quickies!!! Lol

[GhostOverride]

I love quickies!!! Lol

Who doesn't lol


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[bulletmagnet]

Last night I reached Level 20, and beat the story. Now time to grab some of that Legendary & Exotic loot.

[GhostOverride]

Last night I reached Level 20, and beat the story. Now time to grab some of that Legendary & Exotic loot.

Yeah I was finally able to get there, almost to 21 just need to get some more gear to drop. Waiting on a buddy to finish the story


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[MaYaN]

Ok so... I've given it a go and I'm hooked. I'm lvl 23 now. Any tips on best places for Rare armor drops ? I need more light =)


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1.Do strike missions/bounties for vanguard marks and rep or do the same and where the faction class armor of your choosing then buy them.
2.rank your cryptarch up for engram packages for possible rare legendary or exotics
3.farm popular farming locations
4. Play crucible for random gifts
5. This is the most difficult one but the highest rewarding one do the raid when you reach the requirements

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[recon7239]

I have a level 23 Hunter right now, and Glass Vault is level 26. Should I level up more before I attempt this thing? I have been running strikes and crucible but not finding much to level me up. I am curious to know if the Glass Vault is doable at my level with a decent group of people.

[SMG29]

I have a level 23 Hunter right now, and Glass Vault is level 26. Should I level up more before I attempt this thing? I have been running strikes and crucible but not finding much to level me up. I am curious to know if the Glass Vault is doable at my level with a decent group of people.

I was wondering the same thing. I know Glass Vault you can have a 6 man team but if all 6 are 23/24 is that doable?

[Valorfall]

I was wondering the same thing. I know Glass Vault you can have a 6 man team but if all 6 are 23/24 is that doable?
No its not.

[SMG29]

No its not.

I didn't think so

[recon7239]

Yeah, I hit level 25 last night, tried to join a random Vault of Glass Fireteam...was paired with a good mix of 24s and a 27 and we got our ass handed to us. I will probably reattmpt when I am a higher level, or have people i know if my fireteam.

[GhostOverride]

Yeah, I hit level 25 last night, tried to join a random Vault of Glass Fireteam...was paired with a good mix of 24s and a 27 and we got our ass handed to us. I will probably reattmpt when I am a higher level, or have people i know if my fireteam.

I think we are going to need to get our own teams in this so we can communicate and actually work together with a plan


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[Bravofiveone]

Part of my class final

http://youtu.be/Qz9dDtro8Gc

[sickpuppy79]

I must say we killed them on crucible on X1 side with airborne and the others we played with don't rem who all was on the team but I must say we killed them and had a blast

GJ guys

[A1000YrdStare03]

I must say we killed them on crucible on X1 side with airborne and the others we played with don't rem who all was on the team but I must say we killed them and had a blast

GJ guys

Yup, that was fun!! Full teams of 6 in crucibles are awesome!!! Even when one of us goes .16 K/D!!! Lol.

[Typhoon_Justin]

I can't even log in without getting an error message.

[sickpuppy79]

Yup been down for bout 10 min now

[GhostOverride]

Website is down too


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[Bravofiveone]

Just hit level 20 on PS4 side. Been playing off and on all day no issues.

[Ragingclue]

I'll be trying to farm engrams and mats tonight if anyone wants to team up for that (PS4). Plus if some of you guys know the sweet spots, that would help. I've been watching youtube so I kind of have an idea of where I'll be headed but it always helps to have someone in the know.

[bobbibot]

Yeah, that is right...it is me strolling slowly through the tower. Just thought everyone would like to get a look at my new Exotic Multi-Tool Scout rifle across my back. Yes, it is sexy and the absolute latest is fashion attire! It apparently is capable of doing a variety of things that I am rather um...clueless about but the "can make popcorn" feature looks handy. I feel like the Emperors New clothes though, but I am farming myself to the bone to get some decent armor. I am getting closer...

[CrzyChinook]

Yeah, that is right...it is me strolling slowly through the tower. Just thought everyone would like to get a look at my new Exotic Multi-Tool Scout rifle across my back. Yes, it is sexy and the absolute latest is fashion attire! It apparently is capable of doing a variety of things that I am rather um...clueless about but the "can make popcorn" feature looks handy. I feel like the Emperors New clothes though, but I am farming myself to the bone to get some decent armor. I am getting closer...

you on 360 or xbone? right now ive got 3 of us on 360.. myself, runs and thunder..WE NEED MORE 360 players!!

[Ragingclue]

Well for all my bitching about legendary engrams (one single legendary item out of the first 12 engrams I obtained), I guess karma kicked in. Leveled up the cryptarch again last night and out of a legendary engram, I got an exotic chest (voidfang vestments). Very cool, it's about time. Too bad it's mostly a PvP piece, but still it's very nice.

[comanche_warior]

Well ladies and gents there is no more loot cave and you can no longer break down the Queens stuff to get ascendant shards. But apparently they are supposed to patch into the raids strikes etc to where you get more gear.

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[Ragingclue]

Well ladies and gents there is no more loot cave and you can no longer break down the Queens stuff to get ascendant shards. But apparently they are supposed to patch into the raids strikes etc to where you get more gear.

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Wha...? When did this happen? Why in the world would they make it so you can't break down the queen's stuff? It's not like you get ten shards for each piece you break down....

[Bull3tBait]

Wha...? When did this happen? Why in the world would they make it so you can't break down the queen's stuff? It's not like you get ten shards for each piece you break down....

And what are you supposed to do with multiples if you can't break them down?


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[Valorfall]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/25/6844833/destiny-loot-cave-shut-down-bungie

[Valorfall]

You can still break them down just not for ascendant shards

[Ragingclue]

Yeah but those shards are needed in droves to upgrade multiple pieces of gear. I guess I just don't understand it, it's not like you can run it just a few times and magically get 100 shards. I understand them shutting down the Glory Hole, but not the shard change.

Glad they're fixing the atrocious strike drop rate though. Hopefully legendary engrams will start dropping legendary gear more often, or else this is going to be a really long painful grind for those shards. I don't think the queen stuff needed to be changed, that's just ridiculous IMO.


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[GhostOverride]

Lol it was only a matter of time before the cave of wonder got nerfed. After Joystiq had an article on it I knew we were screwed


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[Bravofiveone]

When people made Destiny cover art with the loot cave on it Bungie had egg on their face.

As for the shards my theory is Bungie thought players would play slower and not max out so fast and they are trying to slow things down and get the players from burning through content and eroding while they generate new content. The game has to be on a design schedule and if it is ahead then there will be long gaps without content.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[GhostOverride]

When people made Destiny cover art with the loot cave on it Bungie had egg on their face.

As for the shards my theory is Bungie thought players would play slower and not max out so fast and they are trying to slow things down and get the players from burning through content and eroding while they generate new content. The game has to be on a design schedule and if it is ahead then there will be long gaps without content.


"That wizard came from the moon."

Nail on the head! People are burning through quick....then they get bored and put the controller down


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[Ragingclue]

Right but there must also be a balance in the acquisition of items needed to progress. The magnitude of the single bottleneck (shards) is now ridiculous and FAR beyond any other grind to upgrade. It is a single point of grind way too early and a player has little to no control over it (e.g. you can't aim yourself at an activity and guarantee you will obtain shards via that grind in any measurable period of time). Implementing and then separately further emphasizing a single point of grind is a cheap tactic. Plus, one of the main reasons it's such a pain is because legendary engrams rarely give you anything legendary or above. And they're somehow surprised people are out of their minds about it? Then they remove what was NOT an exploit or game breaker in disassembling queen drops for those shards.... How many shards do you get from running those? 1-2 per mission? What does it take, like 16-24 of those to fully upgrade one legendary/exotic piece? F'n shenanigans!

While it's not so surprising their implementation of a typical MMO grind would be lacking, I'm really shocked at the weapon imbalances. There was no reason for so much of it to be so far off, those numbers and simulations should be relatively easy to crunch given the relatively small pool of weapon types and classes. But I can live with that until they balance it, no biggie, shit happens.

I'm impressed wholly with how smoothly the game runs, I've been really happy with how bug-free the experience has been for such a big title with a big launch, but these other issues suck.

[Bravofiveone]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/477598/bungie-outlines-sweeping-destiny-re-balancing-plans/

Bungie has outlined a number of planned changes it will be making to Destiny in an effort to better balance the game.

The sweeping changes, which began rolling out today and will continue to arrive in the coming months, will affect the power of certain weapons, loot drops in missions and caves, Strike difficulty, and voice communication, among other nuances.


The effectiveness of Auto Rifles and Shotguns at range will be reduced, says Bungie, which has deemed both weapons to be overly powerful at longer ranges than intended.

Conversely, Scout Rifles will be given a power enhancement "soon" to bring them into contention against the Auto Rifle, which it should (but currently doesn't) have an advantage over at long range.

Some Exotic weapons, including the Thorn and Bad Juju, have apparently "disappointed many of us who have gone through the great effort to obtain them because, despite looking and sounding amazing, they feel underpowered," says Bungie. "Don't shard those guns. Their time will come," it adds.

Strike missions will also be tweaked. "Since launch we've tracked down an issue which has made Strikes more challenging than originally designed by both increasing damage taken by players and decreasing the damage inflicted by players on the boss. Expect to see this addressed soon, and for Strikes to become a little less grindy as a result," says the developer.

Although its unclear, Bungie suggests that the Cryptarch will see changes that affect the randomness of his Engram decryption, and the frustrations surrounding the decryption of Legendary Engrams into Rare items.

The infamous loot cave has also been nerfed (as addressed in an update on Thursday), reducing the spawn rates of enemies that emerge. "Shooting at a black hole for hours on end isn't our dream for how Destiny is played," commented Bungie on the matter.

Gameplay aside, Bungie also plans changes with the UI and voice communication. Specifically, it plans to add an 'opt-in' option for voice communication between public players in matchmaking Strike and Crucible games.

Additionally, the developer wants to enhance the game's acknowledgement on major player achievements and loot acquisition with better "reward celebration".

"The Vault of Glass contains highly coveted loot but the actual moment of reward happens without fanfare and can be easily missed," says Bungie. "Our goal is to always celebrate when this occurs, both as a reward in and of itself and to communicate to players what is going on ... We will slowly be addressing these and other issues going forward."



"That wizard came from the moon."

[comanche_warior]

If they're ranking up too quick they need to do some adjustments to the MP net code, it's way out of sync for them it was never like this when they had Halo. They screwed up by recycling the Queens Wrath strikes they should have had a different mission for those. I think the only thing different is the vault of glass so far but I'm not a developer. The way it is now with how painstakingly hard it is to get the right gear but leveling up is so easy they needed to slow the ranking system way down in the beginning.

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[comanche_warior]

I agree with she shotgun and auto rifle nerf idk why they didn't nerf the fusion rifle though. They need to add some more stuff even if it's cosmetic to keep people playing I wana see some bigger maps for crucible in the future.

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[Bull3tBait]

When people made Destiny cover art with the loot cave on it Bungie had egg on their face.

As for the shards my theory is Bungie thought players would play slower and not max out so fast and they are trying to slow things down and get the players from burning through content and eroding while they generate new content. The game has to be on a design schedule and if it is ahead then there will be long gaps without content.


"That wizard came from the moon."

Well that was silly that they would think people would play slow when they advertise and open the first raid not 2 weeks after release. And it was such a high level and they had incentive to be the first group thru. If it would have been a level 20 Raid I think ppl would have been slower


Pew Pew Mother F#$%er

[Bravofiveone]

Good point. But maybe they didn't really plan on advertising it this early and had to due to player levels. I don't think it was really a lvl 28 Raid think how long it took to clear and how hard it was for the MLG pros. It's just a theory.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[MaYaN]

Doing raid on hard mode with my team wish me luck

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[GhostOverride]

Doing raid on hard mode with my team wish me luck

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Enjoy the ensuing death and destruction and good luck


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[MaYaN]

Enjoy the ensuing death and destruction and good luck


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There's no respawn timer and I'm not sure when your allowed to be revived

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[GhostOverride]

There's no respawn timer and I'm not sure when your allowed to be revived

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Let's not make it too easy huh lol


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[MaYaN]

Let's not make it too easy huh lol


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We ran through the first one in under an hour and now we can't get past the templar conflux assignment

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[Bravofiveone]

http://destinypublicevents.com/

[GhostOverride]

Nice find Bravo...Thanks!

[Bravofiveone]

Nice find Bravo...Thanks!

It seems to have a 1-3 min lag time so stay in the area and wait. I did have 2 false alarms on Rare events (did not happen), but they were right about the rest of the ones I tried (3 out 5 events).

[GhostOverride]

Loot changes coming NEXT week!

The 1.0.2 patch will go live next week, and includes several changes to the Cryptarch and Engram experience. These changes guarantee that Engrams will always decode into items at or above the quality of an engram.

Only Engrams that drop after 1.0.2 are subject to this change.

Cryptarch Changes

Cayde-6 took the Cryptarch aside and showed him a sack of doorknobs. He decoded that mystery pretty quickly.

Legendary Engrams will always produce Legendary or better quality items, including Materials or Exotics
Rare Engrams will always produce Rare or better quality items
Rare engrams will have an increased chance to produce Legendary quality items

Activity Changes

Daily Heroics, Weekly Heroics, and Vanguard: Tiger Playlist activities will include Rare and Legendary Engrams in addition to their existing rewards
Ascendant materials have been promoted to Legendary to closer associate them with the gear they are used to upgrade
Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let's be honest—even if you don't, we all know they were blues already...


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[MsVixonite]

Loot changes coming NEXT week!

The 1.0.2 patch will go live next week, and includes several changes to the Cryptarch and Engram experience. These changes guarantee that Engrams will always decode into items at or above the quality of an engram.

Only Engrams that drop after 1.0.2 are subject to this change.

Cryptarch Changes

Cayde-6 took the Cryptarch aside and showed him a sack of doorknobs. He decoded that mystery pretty quickly.

Legendary Engrams will always produce Legendary or better quality items, including Materials or Exotics
Rare Engrams will always produce Rare or better quality items
Rare engrams will have an increased chance to produce Legendary quality items

Activity Changes

Daily Heroics, Weekly Heroics, and Vanguard: Tiger Playlist activities will include Rare and Legendary Engrams in addition to their existing rewards
Ascendant materials have been promoted to Legendary to closer associate them with the gear they are used to upgrade
Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let's be honest—even if you don't, we all know they were blues already...


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Finally no more green crap from legendary and blue engrams!!!!


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[GhostOverride]

Finally no more green crap from legendary and blue engrams!!!!


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I suggest holding on to whatever you can till next week


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[Ragingclue]

Nice, and next week is pretty soon! Better than next year.
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[CrzyChinook]

I suggest holding on to whatever you can till next week


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that would not be advisable ...

"Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest--even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already..."

http://www.bungie.net/7_102-Patch-Preview/en/News/News?aid=12202

[GhostOverride]

that would not be advisable ...

"Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest--even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already..."

http://www.bungie.net/7_102-Patch-Preview/en/News/News?aid=12202

Yeah I just read that about an hour ago...figures right


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[GhostOverride]

New content leaked

http://kotaku.com/destiny-leak-shows-what-future-dlc-could-bring-1640101029?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow


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[bobbibot]

Playing as a Warlock, I am woefully lacking in strong armor. I need those darn shards. I have also just "discovered the concept of elementals." Working on redoing my arsenal now. I adore my scout rifle. It deserves upgrades...again....shards needed.

[Typhoon_Justin]

Who's GT Remie D?

[Kizzik]

Found an unofficial Q&A with what claimed to be a Bungie Dev who worked on and still currently, to my knowledge, on Destiny. This was originally posted on the Bungie Forum by a user named Muhamed (insert relevant joke here). It is in the attached to text documents because the it would not let me post the whole thing on here.

[GhostOverride]

Sorry Bud I was trying to copy what you sent me but can't do it from the phone and you beat me to the computer lol...great find!


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[Typhoon_Justin]

Who else gets a bunch of random requests to join a party in destiny from people you don't know? It's starting to get annoying.

[GhostOverride]

Who else gets a bunch of random requests to join a party in destiny from people you don't know? It's starting to get annoying.

That's why when my kid is on I have to close the fire team...otherwise it's every two seconds and I don't trust people when it comes to my kid


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[SynfulDruid]

i never have that problem lmao, lucky i guess :P

[JTFRYE]

hey make sure that you are posting about DESTINY in the destiny thread instead of the scuttlebutt area. it helps clear up the clutter in that part of the forum. Thanks

[Bravofiveone]

USMG PS4 VOG Sunday night raid team.

I had a blast great run guys.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/05/f45bb03aa50096c7c2f6d15c42f4e115.jpg


"That wizard came from the moon."

[GhostOverride]

Grats guys, I'm gonna have to find the damn time to sit down and do this. ..now for the twins to get on board with the idea lol

[Valorfall]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/06/eec94cb11e6a5813d0a93f135290b3c7.jpg

[A1000YrdStare03]

I finally got an exotic weapon bounty. Which weapon is better? Hand cannon or bad juju pulse rifle???

[MsVixonite]

[Q UOTE=A1000YrdStare03;227288]I finally got an exotic weapon bounty. Which weapon is better? Hand cannon or bad juju pulse rifle???[/QUOTE]

I've heard bad and good things about the hand cannon but I'd choose pulse rifle.



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[SynfulDruid]

Lucky asses IM still trying to get a purple weapon lmao

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[A1000YrdStare03]

Lucky asses IM still trying to get a purple weapon lmao

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Try this!! Take out 5 vanguard bounties and complete them all before going to the bounty tracker. When they are complete go to the tracker and turn them in quick, one after another. An exotic weapon bounty will pop up. It worked for me the first time I tried it!! I thought I wasn't getting them because my vanguard rank isn't at 2 yet but that's not the case because I'm still at 1.

[Bull3tBait]

Try this!! Take out 5 vanguard bounties and complete them all before going to the bounty tracker. When they are complete go to the tracker and turn them in quick, one after another. An exotic weapon bounty will pop up. It worked for me the first time I tried it!! I thought I wasn't getting them because my vanguard rank isn't at 2 yet but that's not the case because I'm still at 1.

Did that. No exotic bounty popped up


Pew Pew Mother F#$%er

[A1000YrdStare03]

Did that. No exotic bounty popped up


Pew Pew Mother F#$%er

You might need to do it 3 days in a row. When I got it, I had completed all the vanguard bounties 2 days in a row and on the third day I turned them all in at once and it popped up!!

[GhostOverride]

Did that. No exotic bounty popped up


Pew Pew Mother F#$%er

I've got two at the moment and I've hardly ever finished all of the bounties for they day, I'm not a big PvP guy so those usually go undone


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[bobbibot]

I've got two at the moment and I've hardly ever finished all of the bounties for they day, I'm not a big PvP guy so those usually go undone


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I have a bounty for a fusion rifle. Get this....200 kills with another fusion rifle in Nightfall Missions to charge it up. This was after finding a missing ghost and breaking down 10 "rare or better" fusion rifles. I was trying to make some headway the other day. Several hours passed and I only have 194 kills with a fusion rifle (victims must be level 28) to go. Oh, God help me. I am working on a new strategy.

[A1000YrdStare03]

I have a bounty for a fusion rifle. Get this....200 kills with another fusion rifle in Nightfall Missions to charge it up. This was after finding a missing ghost and breaking down 10 "rare or better" fusion rifles. I was trying to make some headway the other day. Several hours passed and I only have 194 kills with a fusion rifle (victims must be level 28) to go. Oh, God help me. I am working on a new strategy.

Yeah, some of them are ridiculous!! I think I'd rather just buy an exotic weapon from the Agent of the Nine!! Lol

[Ragingclue]

I have a bounty for a fusion rifle. Get this....200 kills with another fusion rifle in Nightfall Missions to charge it up. This was after finding a missing ghost and breaking down 10 "rare or better" fusion rifles. I was trying to make some headway the other day. Several hours passed and I only have 194 kills with a fusion rifle (victims must be level 28) to go. Oh, God help me. I am working on a new strategy.

Yup that's the one I got too.

I am on that step and at 0/200 kills at the moment. I lost interest when an exotic hand cannon dropped in VoG. I'm glad because I'm not a fan of fusion rifles anyway.

[bobbibot]

you on 360 or xbone? right now ive got 3 of us on 360.. myself, runs and thunder..WE NEED MORE 360 players!!

On the xbone ....would love play with you.

[bobbibot]

Yup that's the one I got too.

I am on that step and at 0/200 kills at the moment. I lost interest when an exotic hand cannon dropped in VoG. I'm glad because I'm not a fan of fusion rifles anyway.


I am not a fan of them either...I just feel "compelled" to torture myself. Seriously, I would like to actually do this raid to get the shards, but I just hang out by myself lobbing grenades- trying to soften up the enemy- so I can start jumping in to shoot them with this odd weapon. I will jump in anytime for this raid. In the meantime, I will farm in the area before the spawn restrictions.

[Somethinbig]

anyone on PS4 want to knock out the weekly strike? add me somethinbig

[MaYaN]

Just beat the raid on hard mode got the helmet the hard mode ship a fusion rifle and raid boots woo hoo

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[sickpuppy79]

Sweeet

[GhostOverride]

Just beat the raid on hard mode got the helmet the hard mode ship a fusion rifle and raid boots woo hoo

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Grats on that! Need to find a time I can try to give it a go, haven't stepped foot in there yet. Oh and if I dont reply to an invite its because I'm not playing lol, its either the kid or brother in-law, don't want anyone thinking Im ignoring them.

[WHIT3C3LL]

Just hit lvl 8 last night with my hunter holy shit

[MaYaN]

Grats on that! Need to find a time I can try to give it a go, haven't stepped foot in there yet. Oh and if I dont reply to an invite its because I'm not playing lol, its either the kid or brother in-law, don't want anyone thinking Im ignoring them.
It's a pain in the ass but with the right team it's easy if that makes sense. It took about 4 hours last night to do two hard mode raids

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[MaYaN]

Destiny How to BEAT ATHEON FAST HARD MODE Push hi…: http://youtu.be/nZLmaWBSlz0

[sickpuppy79]

I'm still needing n wanting to do it on hard

[A1000YrdStare03]

I'm still needing n wanting to do it on hard

Yeah, I need to do it on hard too!! I'll do it once I hit level 29.

[sickpuppy79]

One more shard n I'll be 30 woohoo

[A1000YrdStare03]

One more shard n I'll be 30 woohoo

You got all the vault armor? I just need the boots. I hit 29 today!!

[MaYaN]

You got all the vault armor? I just need the boots. I hit 29 today!!
I need gauntlets

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[A1000YrdStare03]

I got the gauntlets twice now!! I broke down the second set for shards. To bad we can't trade armor, we would have more of us at level 30!!

[sickpuppy79]

Ok I lied lol I thought I was going to hit 30 but was wrong I have excotic helm raid gauntlets n boots. N stuck with queens cheat lol but all fully upgraded

[sickpuppy79]

I'm lil over 3/4 of 29 I can smell the 30 lol

[Typhoon_Justin]

Ok I lied lol I thought I was going to hit 30 but was wrong I have excotic helm raid gauntlets n boots. N stuck with queens cheat lol but all fully upgraded
I also need the chest piece for level 30. Hopefully it will drop this week.

[Bravofiveone]

USMG Destiny Quickie Ep 3


http://youtu.be/TZruxGu2ZYs

[GhostOverride]

Nice work as always Bravo


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[PapaMurph83]

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Shit bucket status!

[Soldierguy]

I havent been able to get a group together to do the raid on 360 yet. I have a level 27 warlock. Im sure itll happen eventually.

[Valorfall]

Destiny Tales: http://youtu.be/KW9fIKW6v4c

[WHIT3C3LL]

Destiny Tales: http://youtu.be/KW9fIKW6v4c
Lmfao yup seems about right

[bulletmagnet]

Ever since the PS4 firmware update hit, I haven't been able to get into the game. The servers are unavailable apparently. Anyone else having any problems?

[Bravofiveone]

Its Tuesday maybe they are doing an early world reset.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[indyred99]

So I was a little happy. Was killing Dregs waiting for the devil walker event on the Divide at the Cosmodrome and my son was watching me. He goes hey heavy ammo dropped. I'm like where??? I run around and see this purple glowing ball!! I get all excited and getting ready to leave the walker appears. Solo that get gold, go back to the tower to find out what I've picked up. This sniper rifle that I have now....... Wow!!!!! Wasn't expecting any good drops.

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[GhostOverride]

Ever since the PS4 firmware update hit, I haven't been able to get into the game. The servers are unavailable apparently. Anyone else having any problems?

They were aware of the problem and it should be resolved by now, there was an update for Destiny that got pushed out a little while ago


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[Bravofiveone]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-29-destinys-first-expansion-the-dark-below-takes-aim-at-story-criticism

Destiny's first expansion The Dark Below takes aim at story criticism
"Have you done the Thorn exotic quest?"

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ByWesley Yin-Poole Published 29/10/2014

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Destiny's story failed. Most agree on this point.

It was a disjointed, bizarre effort that made little sense. Exposition amounted to a short blurb from one of the game's few nonsensical characters as by-the-numbers story missions were loaded. The few cutscenes that did make the cut came across as cobbled together at the last moment, with instantly forgettable dialogue that made us clamour for the pre-release days of Peter "Tyrion" Dinklage's infamous "that wizard came from the moon!" line. And the less said about the text-based Grimoire cards, unhelpfully hosted outside of the game on Bungie.net, the better.

Why are we killing these aliens, a million Guardians wondered? I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain, Destiny answered.

Yes, Destiny's story failed. Most agree on this point. Including, it seems, Destiny's developer, Bungie.

Harold Ryan, the company's president, is well aware of the criticism Destiny suffered at the hands of some reviewers and many players. Most of that early criticism, from what I could tell, revolved around the story, its structure and its delivery. Nearly two months after its 9th September 2014 release, and for me three days and 22 hours of play later, other aspects of Destiny have more than made up for the threadbare plot. But for Bungie, Destiny's first expansion The Dark Below provides the perfect opportunity to address criticism.


Here, in a telephone interview with Eurogamer, Ryan and Bungie confirm for the first time what's included in The Dark Below, which launches globally on 9th December 2014. There are new strikes, new competitive multiplayer maps, new items and some gameplay changes. But there's also a new way to tell the DLC's story, which, on paper at least, sounds more interesting than what's gone before.

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I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain.
What, exactly, is in The Dark Below expansion?

Harold Ryan: There's going to be new armour, weapons and gear, including new legendary and exotic items for players to earn. The light level cap will go up to level 32, so for players who are playing into the endgame, they've got a couple of more levels to go, which is going to really help them with the raid and other competitive weekly strikes and events.

There's a new vendor character in the Tower, with a pretty interesting story to tell, that you'll be able to experience and play through once you buy the DLC. Her name is Eris. She's going to send you on a mission against the Hive to help stop Crota and his efforts to invade and take over the Solar System.

In addition, your options are expanding with three new multiplayer arenas and a new raid, which will come with the expansion, but like the first raid it will unlock over time.

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What are the story missions, exactly?

Harold Ryan: We're not going into the exact pieces and parts of it. We want people to explore them as they meet Eris. But Eris will send you on a quest that will take you through the new story content of the expansion.

Do the story missions play out in a similar fashion to the story missions we've already seen in the game? Will there be new cutscenes, dialogue and characters? Can you talk about their structure? Is there anything different going on compared to what we've seen before?

Harold Ryan: The structure of the story in this expansion is different than the story in the core game. Looking at how the story plays and how we wanted to repackage it and reacting to fan feedback, we're taking a different approach to the story in this one. So it's going to be driven in a very interesting way for players, as you meet with Eris in the Tower and follow her guidance through the story.

I'm sure you're well aware of the negative reaction to the story in the core game. You say it'll be different in the DLC, but how exactly?

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Bungie president Harold Ryan. Who's that on his hoodie?
Harold Ryan: Have you done the Thorn exotic quest?

I'm right at the end and need someone to help me with the last stage.

Harold Ryan: So, looking at how the exotic quests work, like the Thorn quest, was the inspiration for how we're attempting to tell the story in this expansion. And so it's going to feel much more emergent and interactive in the world as you play through and unlock the story of Eris.

One of the things people criticised Destiny for was the lack of story in terms of how it played out within the missions. For example, there was a general lack of characters, exposition, cutscenes and dialogue - the kind of stuff we've seen a lot of in the Halo series. Is that something you will address with the story missions in the DLC?

Harold Ryan: What you'll see in this expansion, it's going to be a very different approach to telling a new story to players than the thematically-driven story from the original launch of the game. It's going to feel much more loot driven and story driven in that it's going to feel faster-paced with more action as you go through it, and with exposition. The important thing about Eris is, this story is going to be her story, and she's going to send you on a mission that's a lot of fun.

Recent leaks suggest there are three new story missions. Is that correct?

Harold Ryan: There are multiple missions in the story, but they're all driven through Eris in the Tower [Bungie has since confirmed The Dark Below includes three new story missions].

What will The Dark Below add on the PVP side?

Harold Ryan: We're launching three new multiplayer arenas. The Pantheon is set in the Black Garden in a Vex temple, and it's a pretty interesting close quarters combat map. There's a new vehicle map called Skyshock. We want players to explore the details of it when it comes out as well. That will give us enough vehicle maps to start working on more interesting vehicle focused game types and hoppers in the future.

Will you add any new vehicles for use in Skyshock?

Harold Ryan: It's just a new arena. We're not talking about new vehicles. The last map is The Cauldron. It's another close quarters arena.

I saw a post recently about changes to Iron Banner, which are welcome. But will you make any fundamental changes to the Crucible in its standard mode?

Harold Ryan: We're making changes across the board based on feedback and how people are playing, both balance changes and mechanical changes to improve matchmaking times and latency, which are both really good already, but are always the kind of thing we want to dial in.

We're building a sizeable team just to work on the live game. That group is continuing to get better at taking feedback from the community and building on patches and updates to the world.

Can you speak about any of those gameplay changes in any detail?

Harold Ryan: No. The reason is, we have a bunch planned, but we have to build them and test them, and then depending on how stable they are they get slotted into releases. We're doing weekly update notes, and as things pass our QA department they get slotted in and announced. There are a bunch in the works, but I can't overcommit to them until they get through QA.

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What new strikes will be added?

Harold Ryan: There's a new strike, The Will of Crota. You fight a new boss in that, Omnigul. That's just one new strike that's global. And then PlayStation users get a new exclusive called The Undying Mind. They get a new exotic as well. It's centred in The Black Garden as a strike.

Is there any more exclusive content for PlayStation owners?

Harold Ryan: No, not as a part of this release.

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The Crota's End raid takes place inside the Hellmouth, on the moon.
What can you tell us about the raid, Crota's End?

Harold Ryan: This is another raid built with the same experiential goal of being endgame content for players. It's set in the Hellmouth, which we think is a fun place to go for a raid. But beyond that, we want it to be something people experience for the first time as they work their way into it, get to the right level and can actually survive.

Part of the appeal of Vault of Glass was experiencing new gameplay mechanics for the first time with friends. Will you be switching things up again in a similar way as you did with Vault of Glass, which has a platforming section, a stealth section and encounters that require tactics we don't see in the rest of the game?

Harold Ryan: Yeah. The only thing I'll say is, for sure it's going to require learning and adapting to the tactics required to beat the raid and getting your gear dialled in as well, so you can actually survive the encounters.

Are you making any mechanical changes?

Harold Ryan: We're adding new bounty slots as part of this, so people can keep doing the weeklies along with picking up the new content that comes with the expansion. We're going from five to 10.

The thing to know is every single week we're triaging through what we can add and evolve in the game, both on the platform side and on the user experience design side. There's a lot of core work that's been going on over the last three months on The Dark Below, and daily and weekly we're changing things as well. We literally just finished putting together The Dark Below.

We'd hoped we'd be going to a new planet with the new expansion, but that doesn't seem to be the case. What can you say about the possibility of going to new areas we haven't been to in the launch game? New worlds, that kind of thing.

Harold Ryan: In The Dark Below you're not going to a new planet or a new destination. But you will find many new experiences in existing ones.

Is it possible we will go to new planets in the second expansion, House of Wolves?

Harold Ryan: House of Wolves is not something we're ready to talk about at this point. But we certainly understand the desire for new destinations.

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There's a multiplayer map in the game now set on Mercury, which feels like a tease at what might have been, or what might be.

Harold Ryan: Yeah, Mercury would be a fun place for sure.

Are there any new modes in Crucible? I've seen mention online about a mode called Double Play, which is a 2v2 mode. Is there anything new in terms of modes in Crucible?

Harold Ryan: Nothing we're confirming at this point. We're testing a bunch of ideas and concepts that relate to the game modes for the Crucible. You've seen already the programmed events, which we turn on over time. That's part of ongoing work and testing. Then see how people are playing and make changes to the world.

But you can't say whether there are any new modes coming in with The Dark Below?

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Harold Ryan: No. The thing about Destiny for us is, because everyone's connected, we're constantly working on what's going to be ready and what's going to be the best thing to roll out. We'll be working on what specifically the Crucible is and how it will evolve week by week, all through the holidays, including when The Dark Below goes live.


I'm sure you sure the recent leaks with players able to see a lot of this planned content already in the game. Based on what you've told me, a lot of that doesn't seem to be in The Dark Below.

Harold Ryan: There's a bunch of shared-world content we've shipped on the disc specifically to limit download sizes for people. Both inside the US and all over the world, how much you download on your local home internet connection can be a problem, and even how much storage space it takes up on your console.

So we share a lot of assets across all the activities in the game. When people get into areas that aren't unlocked right now, they're seeing pieces we built and shipped ahead of time, but they're by no means the finished experiences or even the finished content.

But when we can get into these areas already and see this content, there's a feeling at the content is finished, cut and saved for DLC.

Harold Ryan: No. Eris and her story were built over the last three months, long after the game was done. For example for The Dark Below, that included the activities and the bosses and all of the polish of it.

More generally, you announced recently that 3.2m people play Destiny every day. That's an impressive number, but I'm curious to know how the game is doing relative to your pre-release expectations now.

Harold Ryan: In general it's meeting or exceeding all of our goals for the game. Consumer engagement and people both in the game and on Bungie.net, average hours played a day, the total number of hours people are playing, with the number of people who are getting into the high 20s, approaching level 30, it's pretty amazing. The number of people who have played the raid is pretty amazing as well.

Matching ambition is always an interesting goal, because we have some competitive history to deal with at Bungie. I'm optimistic, but humbled by the challenges ahead of us as well.

The reception to the game was interesting. There were heavy criticisms around the story. What was your reaction to it?

Harold Ryan: We've always been very critical of ourselves internally as well at Bungie. We've built a really big game with a lot of activities that suit a lot of people really well. You always want to iterate more on your artwork when you roll it out to the world.

There are bits and pieces of the feedback for sure we agree with internally, as far as, we wish we had put more time into some areas.

Is there anything in particular you can point to in that regard? For example, what was the most common piece of feedback you received?

Harold Ryan: It's so broad. When I read a lot of the feedback, and I see it's after playing for 100 hours, it's hard not to couch that in, well if you played the game for 100 hours... What other game do you play for 100 hours, right? As we play the game and test the game, there are all kinds of things we want to improve and evolve, and we are improving them and evolving them over time.

We had our challenges getting the game out on four consoles. Three of those consoles, most of us had never shipped on before. I'd only led the team to ship games on Xbox and PC. All the PlayStation stuff was an interesting learning experience.

But overall, the fan reaction, the reviewer reaction based on how they're playing, is pretty inspiring. We just committed to address the feedback. Because we're getting the feedback from people who are playing so much, including the reviewers, there's a lot of it over time, as you read the updates along the way, that's pretty actionable and becomes common across a lot of people and their feedback.

So you can address a lot of the complaints in the future? The thing people talk a lot about is the story, which you say you're addressing in the expansion.

Harold Ryan: Yep. The interesting thing is, in The Dark Below you'll see us casting a new approach to rolling out story in Destiny. We'll see how that works. There's not a game exactly like this that exists. We're learning as we go what works for people and what doesn't work for people. It's completely different for us and for players to engage with the game, in the way that Destiny plays.

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Can you give us an update on matchmaking for the raid and some of the tougher challenges such as the weekly nightfall and weekly heroics? I know Bungie has talked about this issue and is exploring it. Is matchmaking something that might be added to the game in time for The Dark Below, or maybe even sooner?

Harold Ryan: It's hard to commit to when matchmaking would roll out for weeklies for sure. It's an active discussion with all of the designers about whether a raid should or shouldn't. We're testing and playing with that mode internally to see how we think how it feels.

It's a common ask for the raid, but it's also interesting to see the number of people who actually successfully complete the raid without it. There are some other pieces as well. When you matchmake into a group, you don't necessarily get people who play the way you want them to play.

My colleague plays on Xbox One. I play on PS4. We wish we could play together. What is the issue there? Why can't I play with my Xbox One friend?

Harold Ryan: That's a question for Microsoft and Sony.

They're not fans of each other, then?

Harold Ryan: They seem to have a few competitive disagreements.

It's a shame, really. This is nothing new of course. But when a game like Destiny comes along that is so ingrained in multiplayer, it shines a light on the division.

Harold Ryan: If you look at the service we built behind Destiny, there's nothing from our point of view that would stop you guys from playing together. Technically, actually there are reasons why an Xbox and a PlayStation can't play together. Anyway, the characters are all in a common back end.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[Stonezulla]

So I got back from training recently and can play again. If you are looking for someone on X1 let me know. Gamertag is Stonezulla.

[MARDIGRA21]

Anyone want the code for my cod preorder bonus its a blacksmith armor shader for Xbox one. First to reply gets it

[CrzyChinook]

Anyone want the code for my cod preorder bonus its a blacksmith armor shader for Xbox one. First to reply gets it
is it good on 360? ill take it if its is

[MARDIGRA21]

Just got this on gamefly. Wanted to see what the big deal with this game was

[Typhoon_Justin]

The new strike is way to hard to solo on the weekly heroic... got the bitch to 15% health then they send another yellow wizard in and killed me. Bull Shit!

[MsVixonite]

The new strike is way to hard to solo on the weekly heroic... got the bitch to 15% health then they send another yellow wizard in and killed me. Bull Shit!

If you want an extra person, I'll be willing to help. I've done the nightfall but not the weekly. :)


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[SSG BRETADO]

If you play on XB1 please add me SSG BRETADO. btw there is a glitch to beat crota that someone showed me in case anyone is having trouble with beating him.

[SSG_Guillermo]

You got Advanced Warfare Al?

[SSG BRETADO]

Yeah but I did not like it much, plus, im stuck on stupid on Destiny right now.

[sickpuppy79]

X1. sickpuppy1979
Feel free to add me