Destiny 2: Forsaken |OT4| Royal Whine

Ratazk · Jun 28, 2019

Anyone up for some baseless speculation?

The only two people I know in RL who play Destiny are adamant about playing it on Xbox. It's a nice experience on the X, and I do appreciate the reduced loading times compared to PS4.

But once cross save goes live, anyone concerned about population? Anecdotally, I rarely see EP in progress on Xbox (PST evenings) but it seems like it's always going on PS4. Feels like I have to wait longer for crucible matches on Xbox too.

As a player who doesn't have a clan and only has two other people to play with, I rely on randoms to get through content I can't solo (which sucks). But do we think the F2P change will offset people who want to switch to other platforms? Or am I just thinking too much on a slow work day?

Deleted member 29249 · Jun 28, 2019

Ratazk said:
Anyone up for some baseless speculation?

The only two people I know in RL who play Destiny are adamant about playing it on Xbox. It's a nice experience on the X, and I do appreciate the reduced loading times compared to PS4.

But once cross save goes live, anyone concerned about population? Anecdotally, I rarely see EP in progress on Xbox (PST evenings) but it seems like it's always going on PS4. Feels like I have to wait longer for crucible matches on Xbox too.

As a player who doesn't have a clan and only has two other people to play with, I rely on randoms to get through content I can't solo (which sucks). But do we think the F2P change will offset people who want to switch to other platforms? Or am I just thinking too much on a slow work day?

Only thing stoping me from jumping to the Xbox is that I can't bring my dlc with me. Don't want to have to buy forsaken again so probably staying on PS4.

matmanx1 · Jun 28, 2019

Ruthless said:
Wannabe Hipster that no one likes: 110 RPM Hand Cannon, Fighting Lion, random heavy. Never uses heavy, thinks FL is the best gun in Destiny history.

I feel insulted! Not really. Not everyone can handle the Lion (and that includes me, so far).

Aurc said:
I abhor the current Crucible meta. Despite previously praising Bungie for the fact that they finally got the special ammo economy right, I am now pausing to reconsider. I don't believe it's good that so many people are running around maining grenade launchers and fusion rifles, and spending 25 years in their roaming supers. Titan, Hunter, or Warlock, they all just roam now for insane amounts of time. No more Fist of Panic or Panic Bomb can be a bad thing. I'm a Titan main myself, and I'm not telling you guys anything new when I say Thundercrash is garbo in PvP. It's Clown City out there.

Supressor nades can improve your life and your state of mind. If you've got Peregrine greaves those work too. My last game in the Crucible I sealed a 94 -93 win by shield bashing a spectral blades Hunter to death which was only possible because of Peregrine greaves.

demi · Jun 28, 2019

Console population is definitely taking a hit once cross save come. Lots jumping to PC

Bold One · Jun 28, 2019

I Imagine console population would be replenished by casuals jumping in for new light

Deleted member 29249 · Jun 28, 2019

demi said:
Console population is definitely taking a hit once cross save come. Lots jumping to PC

I'd imagine people taking that jump did it long ago. I could see more of a jump between consoles then from console to PC. Lots have been tied to PS4 for the exclusives.

Cornbread78 · Jun 28, 2019

Looking at the pop mumbers, 50% of the comm

bliggup said:
Am I better off just scrapping all the shit in my vault? I don't think I'll ever use any of it

Scrap it unless it's a gun you'll use. I did z mass clensing before last season, but it's creaping back up, so I have to start holding that square butyon for a bit. I wish the app let me do it from there...

Kyuuji · Jun 28, 2019

Ruthless said:
Cool kids club: Mountain top, Recluse, 1KV. The new hotness.

Eyyyyy

Ruthless said:
Wannabe Hipster that no one likes: 110 RPM Hand Cannon, Fighting Lion, random heavy. Never uses heavy, thinks FL is the best gun in Destiny history.

Lmfao.

No Idea · Jun 28, 2019

Yeah trying to get Recluse and Mountaintop is pointless for me. Tried to play comp and it's just stressful. Think it might time for me to retire from Destiny, I'm getting too old to not be enjoying a hobby.

Cornbread78 · Jun 28, 2019

Bold One said:
I Imagine console population would be replenished by casuals jumping in for new light

Warnen said:
I'd imagine people taking that jump did it long ago. I could see more of a jump between consoles then from console to PC. Lots have been tied to PS4 for the exclusives.

Yeah, based on the tracked numbers PS4 community is still about 50% of the active playerbase...

Cornbread78 · Jun 28, 2019

No Idea said:
Yeah trying to get Recluse and Mountaintop is pointless for me. Tried to play comp and it's just stressful. Think it might time for me to retire from Destiny, I'm getting too old to not be enjoying a hobby.

Just stick to PvE bruh. It's not worth the stress for comp

Altair · Jun 28, 2019

No Idea said:
Yeah trying to get Recluse and Mountaintop is pointless for me. Tried to play comp and it's just stressful. Think it might time for me to retire from Destiny, I'm getting too old to not be enjoying a hobby.

You don't "need" those weapons. The Mountaintop quest is hot garbage anyway and isn't remotely worth the time IMO, especially when it'll likely be nerfed come Shadowkeep. Recluse is more manageable, but it's not a must have weapon and neither is mountaintop. Plenty of other weapons do the job just fine.

OldBenKenobi · Jun 28, 2019

Warnen said:
I'd imagine people taking that jump did it long ago. I could see more of a jump between consoles then from console to PC. Lots have been tied to PS4 for the exclusives.

I am a Xbox guy who's moving to PC come September. I just built my pc not too long ago though so when's d2 came out, I had an older pc and just went Xbox because it came out 2 months earlier.

Cross save is a game changer though. Starting over in Destiny is just a slog and something i do not have the time for.

I imagine each platform will see a boost in population because the game will be going F2P. Also for Pc, going to Steam is big.

No Idea · Jun 28, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Just stick to PvE bruh. It's not worth the stress for comp

Idk why it do this to myself. Crucible has never been good, but at least in D1 there was some fun to be had, especially in Rumble.

Vengeance said:
You don't "need" those weapons. The Mountaintop quest is hot garbage anyway and isn't remotely worth the time IMO, especially when it'll likely be nerfed come Shadowkeep. Recluse is more manageable, but it's not a must have weapon and neither is mountaintop. Plenty of other weapons do the job just fine.

A lot of the weapons require people to play with to obtain them, and unfortunately everyone I know has given up on this game, and I don't feel like playing with random people. I wish there was more content for people that like playing the game solo, but they've been ignoring us since this game has existed.

Ratazk · Jun 28, 2019

OldBenKenobi said:
I am a Xbox guy who's moving to PC come September. I just built my pc not too long ago though so when's d2 came out, I had an older pc and just went Xbox because it came out 2 months earlier.

Cross save is a game changer though. Starting over in Destiny is just a slog and something i do not have the time for.

I imagine each platform will see a boost in population because the game will be going F2P. Also for Pc, going to Steam is big.

I imagine this isn't an uncommon mindset.

I can envision players going from Xbox to PS4, Xbox to PC, and PS4 to PC.

Guess I need to keep my fingers crossed and hope cross play becomes a thing.

Bio · Jun 28, 2019

cHinzo said:
I think it will get easier once you reach 750. Doubt you'll die as many times once u max out on ur light level.

I hope so but getting to max light is taking a lot longer than I would like. These last few levels are going so very slow

Kill3r7 · Jun 28, 2019

Bio said:
I hope so but getting to max light is taking a lot longer than I would like. These last few levels are going so very slow

You'll get there before you know it. IB last week was excellent for power leveling. I got both of my alts to 750. Also got a surprising number of primes just doing the usual activities.

Bio · Jun 28, 2019

No Idea said:
Idk why it do this to myself. Crucible has never been good, but at least in D1 there was some fun to be had, especially in Rumble.
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I don't get the hate for Crucible. I have so much fun especially in Rumble

demi · Jun 28, 2019

Warnen said:
I'd imagine people taking that jump did it long ago. I could see more of a jump between consoles then from console to PC. Lots have been tied to PS4 for the exclusives.

Yes, but now that the offer is finally out there - the people who stuck around are going to make the jump. Why would you not want to go play at 60+ FPS splendor? The only thing you lose is friends but you can always make new ones, the ones that did play with you probably don't anymore.

cHinzo · Jun 28, 2019

Bio said:
I hope so but getting to max light is taking a lot longer than I would like. These last few levels are going so very slow

Have u tried doing the Crown of Sorrow raid yet? It's a short one and u can get +10 light level above ur current light level items from it. Managed to reach 750 in the second week of the season without even finishing all my activities in my second week, just because of doing the Crown of Sorrow raid twice.

No Idea · Jun 28, 2019

Bio said:
I don't get the hate for Crucible. I have so much fun especially in Rumble

Inconsistent P2P connections and terrible matchmaking for starters. And as far as Rumble goes, something about it is really different than D1 Rumble, can't quite put my finger on it.

Cornbread78 · Jun 28, 2019

No Idea said:
Idk why it do this to myself. Crucible has never been good, but at least in D1 there was some fun to be had, especially in Rumble.

It doesn't net you the weapons, but IB uses Skill based match making and it really makes a difference

shark97 · Jun 28, 2019

One of the interesting things about Destiny going to steam for me is we'll learn concurrent players on steam. I'm interested to see vs other games.

Koz · Jun 28, 2019

Just hopped back into the game since Forsaken. I've done Forsaken (and Warmind and Osiris) but haven't done any of the Annual Pass stuff. Is Black Forge and the Gambit stuff still worth doing? The game just threw me a bunch of 690 gear as part of the Menagerie questline so I'm not sure if I should just do that or if it's still worth going back.

Digital-Kill3r-7 · Jun 28, 2019

Bold One said:
I Imagine console population would be replenished by casuals jumping in for new light

God help anyone on PS4 still relying on LFG past September. OOF

Deleted member 29249 · Jun 28, 2019

Koz said:
Just hopped back into the game since Forsaken. I've done Forsaken (and Warmind and Osiris) but haven't done any of the Annual Pass stuff. Is Black Forge and the Gambit stuff still worth doing? The game just threw me a bunch of 690 gear as part of the Menagerie questline so I'm not sure if I should just do that or if it's still worth going back.

The 1st forge gets ya the LMG witch is cool, rest are locked behind some insane grind, couldn't get it done on my warlock. Shit should have been account based.

Gambit is gambit, if you like it go for it. For me it was the 1st season I skipped. With this season horde mode kinda killed off all the previous horde modes.

Kadey · Jun 28, 2019

Every time I switch to warlock it's like taking training wheels off.

Cooking · Jun 28, 2019

Once my gf goes to sleep....back to the last half of wendigo farming -_-

Trisc · Jun 28, 2019

Warnen said:
I'd imagine people taking that jump did it long ago. I could see more of a jump between consoles then from console to PC. Lots have been tied to PS4 for the exclusives.

I stuck with console because I wanted my legacy toons from D1 to carry over with me, and continue to play with my friends who lack the appropriate PC hardware. Now that they will onto PC, I'm making the jump, since I can very easily bounce between platforms.

BigWinnie1 · Jun 28, 2019

Digital-Kill3r-7 said:
God help anyone on PS4 still relying on LFG past September. OOF

Its gonna be a fucking rough for awhile aint it? I'm looking forward to PvP with all these Newbies

Digital-Kill3r-7 · Jun 28, 2019

BigWinnie1 said:
Its gonna be a fucking rough for awhile aint it? I'm looking forward to PvP with all these Newbies

Yes, I'm sure you'll roll over these noobies with your harem 6-stack

Imitation Of Life · Jun 28, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Just stick to PvE bruh. It's not worth the stress for comp

Except both of those are top tier PVE weapons. I don't regret the pain I put myself through to get them. Not bothering with Reckoner though. It's just a trophy.

BigWinnie1 · Jun 28, 2019

Digital-Kill3r-7 said:
Yes, I'm sure you'll roll over these noobies with your harem 6-stack

Only two of them play destiny enough so we would just 3 stack and roll together like always lol

Digital-Kill3r-7 · Jun 28, 2019

BigWinnie1 said:
Only two of them play destiny enough so we would just 3 stack and roll together like always lol

Fingers crossed for ToO!

Governergrimm · Jun 28, 2019

I have been going back and forth on jumping back in. Last I played was before the Forsaken DLC. I owned all dlc up to that point so I never used bows or any of the other new gear. I'm hesitant to buy in now with shadowkeep looming since seems like shadowkeep ignores the Forsaken. I say this because forsaken isn't necessary or included in Shadowkeep. Do I wait or jump in now? I am concerned about the cost for all of this. Seems like I'm stuck in limbo.

Strakt · Jun 28, 2019

https://old.reddit.com/r/DestinyThe...infinite_feeding_frenzy_glitch_blinding_fast/

Decarb · Jun 29, 2019

Strangelove77 said:
Do you need outlaw on a Austringer for it to be considered a god roll for PvE?

Nope, mine has dropmag and it reloads pretty quick at all times, without getting a kill. Use that middle tree for something useful like Snapshot or Eye of the Storm.

Slythe · Jun 29, 2019

Governergrimm said:
I have been going back and forth on jumping back in. Last I played was before the Forsaken DLC. I owned all dlc up to that point so I never used bows or any of the other new gear. I'm hesitant to buy in now with shadowkeep looming since seems like shadowkeep ignores the Forsaken. I say this because forsaken isn't necessary or included in Shadowkeep. Do I wait or jump in now? I am concerned about the cost for all of this. Seems like I'm stuck in limbo.

I quit after Curse if Osiris. Jumped in with my friend (who was brand new to the game) three weeks ago and played through all the year 1 content on a new character. We both bought Forsaken + Annual Pass for $40 and haven't looked back - having an absolute blast.

There is an obscene amount of content in the Forsaken + annual pass bundle, and we're both glad we didn't wait because imagining catching up on all of this + Shadowkeep all at once in September would be so daunting.

Not really sure I understand what you mean by Shadowkeep ignoring Forsaken, that's not really the impression I've gotten at all.

Trisc · Jun 29, 2019

Digital-Kill3r-7 said:
Fingers crossed for ToO!

I would love it if Trials returned as a 3v3 mode. Bonus points if you can also earn competitive points in the mode (though matchmaking would obviously still focus mostly on wins accrued).

grmltr · Jun 29, 2019

They should really give you the credit for taking out the boss in the Thorn strike immediately. Really annoying having to have go through each phase.

AcidCat · Jun 29, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Just stick to PvE bruh. It's not worth the stress for comp

Seriously. I'll jump into the PvP activities for a daily, but the point is I don't really care, I mean sure I do my best and I've had some good games, but the whole PvP aspect of this game is like an optional minigame. Quests that make you get X kills with Y weapon in PvP? Don't care. I'm all about doing what I find fun in this game, sure I'm missing out on big chunks of it, but it's such a big spread, that's fine, plenty of food here for all tastes, don't feel like you have to eat a bunch of shit to get maybe something you might like.

Bold One · Jun 29, 2019

BigWinnie1 said:
Its gonna be a fucking rough for awhile aint it? I'm looking forward to PvP with all these Newbies

I hate to be that guy, b it Bungo need to have a system in place to protect the new players from monsters like Kadey in the crucible.

Otherwise, a lot people's first experience in pvp will be just awful and brutal.

KarmaCow · Jun 29, 2019

I still really want Mountain Top but I gotta say that doing Crown of Sorrow flawless has made me extremely wary of using considering how many attempts failed due to people killing themselves with it.

Bold One said:
I hate to be that guy, b it Bungo need to have a system in place to protect the new players from monsters like Kadey in the crucible.

Otherwise, a lot people's first experience in pvp will be just awful and brutal.

A single person just dominating is fine, there are still 3-5 other people to kill. I'd rather just never get matched up against 4-6 stacks ever again when solo queueing.

IIFloodyII · Jun 29, 2019

Is the Thorn worth it? Just got a 30 kill game using a Void HC and it went up 7%

KarmaCow · Jun 29, 2019

IIFloodyII said:
Is the Thorn worth it? Just got a 30 kill game using a Void HC and it went up 7%

Don't like it in PvE and I don't PvP but it seems bad there, or at least there are better options.

If you're still set on getting it, wait for Iron Banner since you get bonus progress doing it in there.

Cooking · Jun 29, 2019

My dumb ass grinded out wendigo (the whole thing) in two sittings tonight. If you value your sanity, don't be like me

Solid Shake · Jun 29, 2019

IIFloodyII said:
Is the Thorn worth it? Just got a 30 kill game using a Void HC and it went up 7%

Pretty good in PVE, pretty okay in PVP, at least on PC.

Trakan · Jun 29, 2019

Bold One said:
I hate to be that guy, b it Bungo need to have a system in place to protect the new players from monsters like Kadey in the crucible.

Otherwise, a lot people's first experience in pvp will be just awful and brutal.

Nah, none of us had that. You can't expect to go into a new game and be great at it.

Decarb · Jun 29, 2019

IIFloodyII said:
Is the Thorn worth it? Just got a 30 kill game using a Void HC and it went up 7%

It goes a lot faster if you have a streak going, so I'd suggest resetting the encounter after you get a kill. Run away and join your teammates etc.

giancarlo123x · Jun 29, 2019

Decarb said:
I don't trust the Titan bubble anymore.

Shit needs a countdown timer like the Well.

I really like this boss fight.

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