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[Shubh_C63]

hardcore fans are the minority now and people gotta get used to the new life support philosophy Bungie will master in TFS.

So much drama and barely any dip in player count. Least I can do is not pre order TFS.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I think this is a good choice if they go through with it.

 

[Dthomp]

Nothing like a company telling its fanbase its strapped for cash and can't afford to give you anything that isn't monetized going out and hiring a new voice actor that likely costs 100x more then a non known name to just take over the role of the least charismatic character in the game. You keep telling me you're too broke to fix your shit bungie, fucking clowns

 

[Robot Carnival]

Nothing like a company telling its fanbase its strapped for cash and can't afford to give you anything that isn't monetized going out and hiring a new voice actor that likely costs 100x more then a non known name to just take over the role of the least charismatic character in the game. You keep telling me you're too broke to fix your shit bungie, fucking clowns

I'm going to have to disagree on the point of against hiring Keith David there. just to be clear, yes I do agree that they should put more resources into none monetize contents in the game. but I do think whatever money they're paying Keith David is fine. consider that Zavala, no matter how uncharismatic you think he is, is a huge part of the game and plays an important role in both the story (however little story there is) and the game play. you need to get this matter taken care of as soon as possible, since it'll take time to do all the recordings and post processing. that means you can't take forever to audition for new voice talents, let alone hoping for someone who would sound like Lance. mean while, you have Keith David, who's pretty established in terms of doing voice work. not to mention he sounds reasonably close to the voice of Lance. I imagine even if he costs more than other voice talents to hire, it's an expense that they would have to shell out no matter what.

 

[Robot Carnival]

first of all, new season seems pretty good IMO. been having fun with the new Spire thing and the Altars Of Summoning. overall experience had been pretty positive for me.

then there's Crota's End. I've only ever done Crota back in late D1 and it was super easy back then. but they definitely heard all the people calling it a dungeon and ram things up on it. I was lucky to not have anything going on with this weekend, so I started the run on Friday night. all random LFG groups of course. was able to get the lanterns and bridge done in around 6 hours or so. thou was too sleepy by the time we did Ir Yut, so just went to bed around 2am or so. got up the next day and went out to do some stuff, then hopped back on in the afternoon. took like 2 or 3 hours to clear Ir Yut finally and finally face with Crota. did many tries but only ever get pass the 1st dps phase at best. went to bed around 4am and got up around 8:30am to give it another run. got into a LFG group not long before reset and we all stayed inside even after reset since it still holds contest mode. but after getting more people and trying multiple times and wiping, we finally get to a point where we just don't get anyone to join. so we left the raid. got back to tower and got more people. then went back into the normal mode raid. it was still a little hard but much more reasonable than contest mode. after 2 or 3 tries, was finally able to bring down Crota. while it's not a contest mode win, I'm more than happy to just get it over with and call it a day. there were many great and epic moments throughout the whole raid run across many different teams, and those were what really keep me playing. the fun and excitment when you do these content with a group of people who all has the right mindset for it is just one of the best thing in gaming.

 

[PonyStation4]

New glitch out today that allows you to put any perk on any weapon. e.g. Ammit SMG that shoots rockets as bullets. Bungies response on twitter is to have fun

 

[Robot Carnival]

New glitch out today that allows you to put any perk on any weapon. e.g. Ammit SMG that shoots rockets as bullets. Bungies response on twitter is to have fun

haha, yeah. I saw a couple videos and gave it a try. definitely works and I made a few that's pretty interesting (2 SMGs with Screaming Swarm, 1 PR with Hunter's Trace, 1 SR with Cranial Spike, and the Forbearance with Trinary Vision). so far the only one that doesn't work for me is to put a sniper frame on an auto rifle. seems to work best with putting exotic traits on legendary weapons. I might try to make maybe one or two more just for the heck of it.

 

[Robot Carnival]

well, Bungie said they'll fix this glitch later but in the mean time just have fun.

some interesting clips I found.

 

[Robot Carnival]

got my solo Ghost Of The Deep done finally. even with all the bugged weapons it's still pretty hard to run the final boss solo. but none the less, this weekend would the time to farm stuff I think

 

[Mithos]

Bungies first fix pretty much broke the game even more. all skills that made crafted weapons great is disabled, and as someone who do not keep non crafted versions around after I have been able to craft a weapon... I'm close to dead in the water atm (for my play style).

 

[Shubh_C63]

Ouch.
Worst season start for Destiny 2. Not even touching 100K on steam on first day.
It was the worst season start in Steam by player count since release here (so far)
Was first for me too that I updated the game and didn't even logged in.

 

[Dthomp]

This is what happens when you treat your bread and butter like crap for the last year and a half or everything post Witch Queen to focus on your deformed baby nobody wants to play. This ship is fixable, but they seem hell bent on not letting the people who could fix it just fix it, instead they are worried about MTX still. After doing good with Fortnite crossover skins we are back to 20 buck a piece Witcher ones. New content is decent enough so far for me, but I honestly am just not all that interested in the Dreaming City mixed with the Vex stuff from one of the worst "seasons" they did

 

[Dibbs]

The Coil is great though.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I have to agree, Coil is pretty good. still had not have a chance to do the new dungeon yet, but so far people seems to like it well enough. going to give it a try tomorrow if I can get to it. PvP however had been terrible for me. maybe it's just because of the new Thorn catalyst, but I'm getting killed by handcannons way more than usual, especially in Checkmate Control. I just want something I can knock out a few bounties out of. give me back my regular Control so I can do some braindead PvP with already.

 

[Robot Carnival]

been a while since there's anything worthy to post. did my usual grind and stuff and since this season is so long, I've been taking my time on all the craftable weapons. but this news seems interesting at least

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

so we getting hoverboards like Warframe did. interesting. not sure if it'll add anything to the game that's worth while but I'm down to give it a go.

 

[Dthomp]

lol, can't imagine returning to a grind I'm over for a fucking hoverboard. Bungie really wants us to not hate Nimbus, I wonder with the wording about you being able to earn it without cash leads me to assume this is "do every GG triumph" to unlock this sparrow/not sparrow. WE WANT NEW WEAPONS!!! Not stupid vehicles

 

[Shubh_C63]

Literally haven't logged in once this season and I can't believe I will play the freakin Guardian Games for the hover. I am more interested in Bright dust grind than whatever copy paste seasons they do now. And ofcourse this season's GG triumphs will be slightly difficult also.

This made me realise I won't be buying any expansion whatsoever. Just Free to Play from TFS now. Found way better games.

 

[Dthomp]

Literally haven't logged in once this season and I can't believe I will play the freakin Guardian Games for the hover. I am more interested in Bright dust grind than whatever copy paste seasons they do now. And ofcourse this season's GG triumphs will be slightly difficult also.

This made me realise I won't be buying any expansion whatsoever. Just Free to Play from TFS now. Found way better games.

I was gonna check out a little GG for bright dust, but I'm still barely into FF7:Rebirth and MLB the Show is the 15th so not alot of time for a grind I always am sick of an hour in

 

[Shubh_C63]

Destiny 2 still is an amazing game. Logged in after 3 months for the glider (quit the grind 2 steps in) but played the seasonal story and activity for 2 days straight. Sunshot HC the season basically.


And now this. Bungie gonna put a strong DEMO of sort for TFS hype. I will buy the Annual Pass only when its on sale now though.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Do we have a GAF clan? Destiny 2 is still the main game I play when I'm not playing through a single player game, it's always fun, especially when zoning out and shooting aliens. Currently around power level 1820, mostly play as a Warlock, I'm down to mess around in any of the content, just want people to run with.

 

[Robot Carnival]

Do we have a GAF clan? Destiny 2 is still the main game I play when I'm not playing through a single player game, it's always fun, especially when zoning out and shooting aliens. Currently around power level 1820, mostly play as a Warlock, I'm down to mess around in any of the content, just want people to run with.

we sorta do but not a lot of active players as far I can tell. if you need help on anything thou, shoot me a DM and I can hop on.

 

[Robot Carnival]

looks like we're getting a bunch of fan favorite weapons returning. the new activity seems fun enough to run and farm I guess. and 100 additional space when Final Shape drops. I guess they're at least trying to keep players happy.

 

[Raven117]

Do I have to increase my power level to run any of the main story seasonal content? (Haven't touched it since the end of the Lightfall campaign).

I may be able to drag myself through the main quests of the seasons, but not if I have to grind. I can't be bothered by that any longer.

(But I will hate play it to get to Final Shape and close the chapter on this game).

 

[Shubh_C63]

Do I have to increase my power level to run any of the main story seasonal content? (Haven't touched it since the end of the Lightfall campaign).

I may be able to drag myself through the main quests of the seasons, but not if I have to grind. I can't be bothered by that any longer.

(But I will hate play it to get to Final Shape and close the chapter on this game).

Power level is not really a thing in Destiny anymore. Most activities adjust your power level if you're too high or too low.
If you had finished Lightfall campaign you are pretty eligible to play any content.

 

[Raven117]

Power level is not really a thing in Destiny anymore. Most activities adjust your power level if you're too high or too low.
If you had finished Lightfall campaign you are pretty eligible to play any content.

Thanks. So I can just run the seasonal main story missions back to back to back and not go grind anything?

 

[Shubh_C63]

Thanks. So I can just run the seasonal main story missions back to back to back and not go grind anything?

Yup, I think you can run it back to back. Even if you're 1790 the game won't mind.

 

[Raven117]

Yup, I think you can run it back to back. Even if you're 1790 the game won't mind.

Good. Thanks again. Im going to try and hate play this through the Final Shape.

 

[Ogbert]

Genuinely sad that I’ve drifted away from this game.

I log on, stare at the screen and then log out again. It’s like they’ve given up on it.

 

[Kerotan]

Genuinely sad that I’ve drifted away from this game.

I log on, stare at the screen and then log out again. It’s like they’ve given up on it.

There's some decent content coming between now and Final Shape.

 

[Robot Carnival]

well, this changes things up for sure.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Made the mistake of logging into the game on a Tuesday.

The Onslaught quest step didn't proc... the loot chest at the end gave nothing (pretty classic bug at this point, though usually it's just really slow and still pays out)... but I did get a slow but steady stream of glimmer and XP while in orbit after the fact...

Whisper quest step also didn't proc... said to clear the first set of taken blights on Legend... I got through the whole thing (3 seconds to spare, close one!)... though it's possible it's referring to some other blights and not the ones that you need to shoot to complete the mission. Of course that would be dumb, but possible I guess.

We'll see about the prismatic class... I've heard the idea of mixing and matching subclass abilities before... it kind of just feels like they didn't want to come up with a 'real' third darkness subclass. Not sure what kind of limitations there are with the mix and match aspect of it but seems like a decent chance it's going to make running a normal subclass obsolete? Final Shape indeed.

 

[Dthomp]

My take with the Prismatic is that it is simply testing for the character classes setup for Destiny 3 at this point. They will test it here in a smaller scale because you don't introduce something like this into the game at this point that will come off as completely broken with what we already have in game. That will be almost unbalanceable in crucible and will just make already broken builds even more nuts. This is the swan song for D2, go out, be broken and we'll see you in 4 years for Destiny 3 with ability selecting more in line with what we had in D1 with some mix/match classes, build your class from the start. It'll be easier to balance from a new game (With a much NEEDED new engine) that doesn't already have a million broken things in it.

Pegasus Actual Those blights I believe are the three in the opening room of Whisper mission, you can only see them with Whisper equipped and must be shot with it.

 

[Robot Carnival]

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

well, this should be interesting. anyone still have old pre-sunset godroll weapons around? in any case, new system seems pretty good in terms of leveling up different characters and what not.

 

[Dthomp]

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

well, this should be interesting. anyone still have old pre-sunset godroll weapons around? in any case, new system seems pretty good in terms of leveling up different characters and what not.

Think I finally killed the last of my sunset stuff a couple seasons ago, wish I'd held onto my Dust Rock Blues. All these changes are interesting, and really have me leaning into my thoughts about this being the test run of stuff for a full blown D3. The wheels are off for the rest of this ride with all the broken guns/abilities and now you can play with your friends no matter level. Shame they waited til it was too late for this to be something that could have rallied a bigger base to come back, but I think those days are gone.

 

[clarky]

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

well, this should be interesting. anyone still have old pre-sunset godroll weapons around? in any case, new system seems pretty good in terms of leveling up different characters and what not.

Yo, im a lapsed player, I just seen this sunrising thing and I have to admit this is the only thing that would bring me back.

Just logged in to check and yup, they are all there. My Vault is full, shame i can't transfer my old D1 vault as well lol.

I'll be back to slay with my Not Forgotten and Play of the Game for a while at least.

This is going to be so busted.

 

[clarky]

Think I finally killed the last of my sunset stuff a couple seasons ago, wish I'd held onto my Dust Rock Blues. All these changes are interesting, and really have me leaning into my thoughts about this being the test run of stuff for a full blown D3. The wheels are off for the rest of this ride with all the broken guns/abilities and now you can play with your friends no matter level. Shame they waited til it was too late for this to be something that could have rallied a bigger base to come back, but I think those days are gone.

I really think that the franchise is done at this point. Its been a wild ride and i've been a player since the D1 beta. Easily one of, if not the most played game of all time for me, but the magic has gone personally.

I've was chasing that dragon of my first vault clear with rando's way back then. Other highs along the way, whisper, pinnacle weapons solo'd in pvp, loot cave, WOTM raid, the Forsaken come back plus countless others. Its been emotional.

Personally i'd like to see a new IP in the same vein, but utilising everything they learned over the last ten years

 

[Robot Carnival]

Destiny 2 Tightens Security Against Datamined Leaks Before The Final Shape Raid

In a move to preserve the element of surprise and maintain the integrity of its gaming experience, Bungie appears to have implemented measures to prevent

thegamepost.com

had not seen much talk on this so I'm not sure how true this is, but I'm kinda happy they had made datamining and in turn leaks harder now. I know it's just a game of arms rise in these sorta things and probably just a matter of time before someone cracks it some how. but I like having some mysteries in the game that ppl can find out by themselves.

 

[Raven117]

Destiny 2 Tightens Security Against Datamined Leaks Before The Final Shape Raid

In a move to preserve the element of surprise and maintain the integrity of its gaming experience, Bungie appears to have implemented measures to prevent

thegamepost.com

had not seen much talk on this so I'm not sure how true this is, but I'm kinda happy they had made datamining and in turn leaks harder now. I know it's just a game of arms rise in these sorta things and probably just a matter of time before someone cracks it some how. but I like having some mysteries in the game that ppl can find out by themselves.

I’m surprised there are still people that care enough to datamine it, but here we are.

I’ll be there for the final shape, like the sucker I am

 

[Shubh_C63]

Destiny 2 Tightens Security Against Datamined Leaks Before The Final Shape Raid

In a move to preserve the element of surprise and maintain the integrity of its gaming experience, Bungie appears to have implemented measures to prevent

thegamepost.com

had not seen much talk on this so I'm not sure how true this is, but I'm kinda happy they had made datamining and in turn leaks harder now. I know it's just a game of arms rise in these sorta things and probably just a matter of time before someone cracks it some how. but I like having some mysteries in the game that ppl can find out by themselves.

I don't plan to pre order it this time and wait for the sale. But I'm pretty sure, datamining or not, that everything is going to get spoiled for me through YouTube thumbnails.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Edit - Don't know what to make of this trailer. Zavala had an emotional season during Season of the Haunted where we get to know about his kids and wife. Bungie, don't you redo the Anakin storyline as Witness tempting Zavala by promising to bring the dead back to life, like his wife, and Zavala basically saying no right at the end.

 

[Robot Carnival]

the sniper rifle that gives golden gun shoots DOES work with Celestial Nighthawk!

 

[Dthomp]

Edit - Don't know what to make of this trailer. Zavala had an emotional season during Season of the Haunted where we get to know about his kids and wife. Bungie, don't you redo the Anakin storyline as Witness tempting Zavala by promising to bring the dead back to life, like his wife, and Zavala basically saying no right at the end.

I doubt they go the route I want, but I think this would be teh time to kill Zavala off. With Lance gone, he just doesn't need to be here anymore and his death can be a big moment in a game that hasn't done anything big storywise since Cayde

 

[Shubh_C63]

I doubt they go the route I want, but I think this would be teh time to kill Zavala off. With Lance gone, he just doesn't need to be here anymore and his death can be a big moment in a game that hasn't done anything big storywise since Cayde

I was thinking the opposite. With the new voice actor he probably signed a long deal so they decided to make his voice habitual to players by strong story association. Seems unlikely they signed this guy for just one short gig of 1 month of reciting lines.

 

[Robot Carnival]

not gonna lie, I don't think I had ever bought any of the collab stuff with real money before. but I'm kinda thinking about getting that Mind Flayer Warlock set.

 

[j0hnnix]

Is it even worth doing anything in after final wish.. I am still 1638 LL.. and don't see myself getting to 1800 by the 3rd but will try. I did get Final Shape..

I had thought I didn't finish light fall but I guess I somehow did. I didn't even own it. I can't remember. Fucking memory.

 

[Robot Carnival]

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

Platform	Destiny 2 Install Size	Storage Space Needed for Installation of Current Destiny 2 Players
PlayStation 5	143.81 GB*	143.81 GB
PlayStation 4	110.70 GB*	129.31 GB**
Xbox One	139.52 GB	139.52 GB
Xbox Series X|S	165.82 GB	165.82 GB
Steam	155.50 GB*	299.70 GB***
Epic Games Store	144.61 GB	279.66 GB
Microsoft Store	156.22 GB	156.22 GB

* Destiny 2 Install Size may vary based on languages installed, size shown is maximum size possible

** PlayStation 4: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (110.70 GB) + Update 8.0.0.1 pre-load (18.61 GB) = 129.31 GB

*** Steam: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (up to 144.20 GB) + Update 8.0.0.1 pre-load (up to 155.50 GB) = 299.70 GB


better make sure you have enough room if you're getting TFS.

Is it even worth doing anything in after final wish.. I am still 1638 LL.. and don't see myself getting to 1800 by the 3rd but will try. I did get Final Shape..

I had thought I didn't finish light fall but I guess I somehow did. I didn't even own it. I can't remember. Fucking memory.

I think soloing the Light Fall missions on legend should be able to gear you to 1800. as for what to chase, maybe the Brave weapons? some of them are definitely worth having going into TFS.

 

[Dthomp]

Is it even worth doing anything in after final wish.. I am still 1638 LL.. and don't see myself getting to 1800 by the 3rd but will try. I did get Final Shape..

I had thought I didn't finish light fall but I guess I somehow did. I didn't even own it. I can't remember. Fucking memory.

If you're on before TFS, I'm pretty sure the chest by Shaxx in the Onslaught area hub has a full set of 1800 gear meant to get people almost up to speed.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Surely this expansion is going to be good right? They can't mess up two in a row that badly, and even if they fumble the whole Witness storyline at least it will still be the main storyline and not that bizarre side-quest to the gay disco planet.

I'm most excited for the rework of how buffs appear on your screen. Going to take a few days to adjust I'm sure but I will not miss the cluttered disaster that erases any buff/debuff past four.

Guardian Rank system is frustrating me, finally did Crota's End and now it wants me to do Starcrossed Legend (already done literally all the triumphs for the exotic mission including the Legend completion), and the current week's GM Nightfall (I already gilded Conqueror this season so uhhh...wtf?

So I guess I'll knock that out today then hope for the best with LFG Master Crota (I only need the 3rd encounter, as I figured out how to do the solo cheese on the boss checkpoint)... then unlock the final tier of objectives where surely something stupid that I've already done will trip me up again because for some reason they think it's cool to do ?????? for all the objectives instead of just telling you. I know I need 200 commendation score out of the blues and greens, but of course I have no idea how to calculate it because it's not one-to-one.

If I finish all that stuff I'll give Pantheon a shot over the weekend. If nothing else I don't think the first two versions are very tough, they're encounters I know pretty well and will fill out some of my red borders nicely. Maybe an outside shot of Godslayer but I'll have to knock out the first three weeks quickly and hope to catch on with a good group for the -20 mode. Just getting Master Nezarec done a couple of seasons ago took a pretty long time and multiple groups.

Pegasus Actual Those blights I believe are the three in the opening room of Whisper mission, you can only see them with Whisper equipped and must be shot with it.

Very late reply but yeah that was the case. Zero Hour holds up better than Whisper, did the solo flawless legends on both. Whisper didn't even really require much strategy beyond showing up with Lucky Pants/Warden's Law/Indebted Kindness/Apex Predator and cowering in the caves for most of the boss fight. Zero Hour I just copied Esoterickk's build to the T and grinded out a decent number of attempts. Had to do strand/eager edge things in the traversal sections to make the time limit.

 

[j0hnnix]

If you're on before TFS, I'm pretty sure the chest by Shaxx in the Onslaught area hub has a full set of 1800 gear meant to get people almost up to speed.

Champions Hall?

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Champions Hall?

Whatever the Destination is in the Into The Light section where you can pick up bounties and stuff. There's a catch up chest.