i rarely see people text chat in matchmaking
sucks if going in solo. remember on xbox, people were more communicative.
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At least you are on Revoker so it eases the pain somewhat but yea it sucks
Compare that to being on Luna, Mountaintop, Recluse where its all about losing points :(
Oh ok, wasn't seeing anyone mention it in regards to the article.
Unable to read it due to website block at work 🤦♂️
In-game text chat for everything outside of (mostly) raids on PC. For raids or any other end-game content that needs it (not much) Discord is used for voice chat.
I remember having a REALLY shit mic and had to resort to not using it while on the last part of Last Wish.
It didn't go too well LOL (tried text chat and emoting).
From that point i bought a good headset and have been chillin on Discord ever since.
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Just play at least 3 competitive games before the weekly reset.
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12 new armor sets [(3 factions x 3 classes) + Trials set for each class] and a ton of new weapons for each season seems totally unfeasible for Bungie in their current state
pretty much my thoughts.
The struggle to deliver the annual pass is really worrisome for a studio committed to an MMO. Like, really worrisome.
The eververse (non)talk was also a let down, but at least he acknowledges that they expect players to directly buy stuff moving forward.
New pursuit tab doesn't look that great to be honest. but at least I hope they sorting actually works, that alone would be a huge plus
Overall, while I think it was a bit of a let down, it's really refreshing and welcome to have things like this and I really appreciate it.
I also understand that they can't tell us everything
You know, I honestly can't say if they delivered or not. I always take large breaks from Destiny...post-Forsaken I hadn't played the game since the Halloween event, so when I came back it seemed like a lot of content.
And this was just part one. I'm sure the next two parts will have more details on how the game will be moving forward.
Cos having to stop even for a second to make callouts in text chat is utter butters.
Am I the only one hoping for some better ships? Everything has been straight awful. I'll pay silver for something decent please.
Best ship in the game IMO is something you earn from actual gameplay, which is the Platinum Starling.
Yea whisper is my favorite.
I meant lately. There's been some good ships in the past.
Anyway, does reserves effect starting ammo in pvp?
Last week I was getting void kills with wavesplitter, on death it was giving me 50 ammo, now this week it's down to 25?
Seems really limited.
I hope they don't overcorrect and end up making things worse. They did that with Taken King and most egregiously with D2 vanilla.
Crucible right now isn't too far from an amazing place in terms of sandbox. A little tuning would make it as good as a game like this can be. Pulse range needs to come a bit down, HCs need more accuracy but harsher damage drop off at range, Scouts and ARs need some love. Supers need a little toning down. But we're close enough to the mark that I doubt they'll manage to get it right without overshooting.
Now obviously people will still complain. There's 2 sides to that in my opinion:
1. A lot of people dislike competitive modes in general. This can go from a reasonable "I'm more of a PvE guy" to the cringenerd "Call of Duty and Halo are for DUDEBROS" types. Anywhere on this spectrum you'll have people who just don't enjoy competitive shooters in general. They'll participate because there's a reward tied to the mode that they're interested (Weekly milestone, or a pinnacle), but they'll do so begrudgingly. So you can count on complaints from this camp no matter what Bungie does.
2. On the absolute other end of the spectrum, there's the actual *competitive* player. Dudes who like ranked OW or Halo. And they'll always be at odds with the Crucible because of a fundamental design issue. Most actual competitive games are centered around an even playing field. That's never going to be a thing in Destiny. The guy you're up against can have a better gun, more aim assist, faster reloads, and a beefier armor stat than you depending on his luck with rolls. Not only that, but Supers and Heavy behave almost like Mario Kart items: they make it so that even unskilled players can often make cool plays and outmaneuver better players through these catchup mechanics. Obviously, this runs 100% counter to what a competitive title should be doing. But it's the way to please the varied goals and philosophies of the player base.
What I mean here is Crucible will never *not* be controversial, regardless of what they do. They're targeting such a weird combination of people that it's literally impossible to make the game better for some without making it worse for others.
That being said, I expect them to do better on the content front. New maps are the absolute least they could commit to providing every season. And there's plenty of low hanging fruit available: if they can't spare the dev cost to make a bunch of new maps, let them refurbish D1 stuff. I'd love Anomaly, Cauldron, Exodus Blue, Asylum, Dungeons etc to make a comeback. Likewise with modes: let's get Zone Control (GOAT) and Elimination back.
Crucible right now isn't too far from an amazing place in terms of sandbox. A little tuning would make it as good as a game like this can be. Pulse range needs to come a bit down, HCs need more accuracy but harsher damage drop off at range, Scouts and ARs need some love. Supers need a little toning down. But we're close enough to the mark that I doubt they'll manage to get it right without overshooting.
Now obviously people will still complain. There's 2 sides to that in my opinion:
1. A lot of people dislike competitive modes in general. This can go from a reasonable "I'm more of a PvE guy" to the cringenerd "Call of Duty and Halo are for DUDEBROS" types. Anywhere on this spectrum you'll have people who just don't enjoy competitive shooters in general. They'll participate because there's a reward tied to the mode that they're interested (Weekly milestone, or a pinnacle), but they'll do so begrudgingly. So you can count on complaints from this camp no matter what Bungie does.
2. On the absolute other end of the spectrum, there's the actual *competitive* player. Dudes who like ranked OW or Halo. And they'll always be at odds with the Crucible because of a fundamental design issue. Most actual competitive games are centered around an even playing field. That's never going to be a thing in Destiny. The guy you're up against can have a better gun, more aim assist, faster reloads, and a beefier armor stat than you depending on his luck with rolls. Not only that, but Supers and Heavy behave almost like Mario Kart items: they make it so that even unskilled players can often make cool plays and outmaneuver better players through these catchup mechanics. Obviously, this runs 100% counter to what a competitive title should be doing. But it's the way to please the varied goals and philosophies of the player base.
What I mean here is Crucible will never *not* be controversial, regardless of what they do. They're targeting such a weird combination of people that it's literally impossible to make the game better for some without making it worse for others.
That being said, I expect them to do better on the content front. New maps are the absolute least they could commit to providing every season. And there's plenty of low hanging fruit available: if they can't spare the dev cost to make a bunch of new maps, let them refurbish D1 stuff. I'd love Anomaly, Cauldron, Exodus Blue, Asylum, Dungeons etc to make a comeback. Likewise with modes: let's get Zone Control (GOAT) and Elimination back.
Concerned about the idea of "curating" powerful drops and such - more activities being sources of powerful gear means players have a greater opportunity to pick and choose how they want to play and still make lots of progress. Heroic Stories are in a bad place and playing them for the powerful drop sucks but the solution shouldn't be dropping them as a power source all together.
This whole "Highlander" of Gambit thing also kind of concerns me since Gambit might be my favourite part of the game - by all means have one version of Gambit be the standard Gambit experience but I enjoy both modes and would hate to see one become completely irrelevant or disappear (I doubt the latter would happen).
This whole "Highlander" of Gambit thing also kind of concerns me since Gambit might be my favourite part of the game - by all means have one version of Gambit be the standard Gambit experience but I enjoy both modes and would hate to see one become completely irrelevant or disappear (I doubt the latter would happen).
Yeah the update seemed a little scattershot and non cohesive. I personally always have questions about luke smith's acumen. The reason is I used to listen to him long ago on 1up yours podcasts and he was never my favorite member or seemed particularly knowledgeable.
A lot of things in the update seemed fairly unclear. Other than hopefully that they're going to nerf the shit out of a lot of stuff, which I welcome.
But then again if you put me in charge of Destiny I'm sure I'd have not a clue what to do. Besides nerf hand cannons...
I too think an important part of being a development team lead is that you're a good podcast host.
The best ship is Pallas Galliot because I've never worked longer or harder for a cosmetic.
Speak for yourself. I want my life back.
The one thing I don't get is why they can't just toss in an old map every season. I get they need to test them with the current set of weapons & powers, and give it a bit of a visual update. But is that really that demanding in terms of labour power?
Speak for yourself. I want my life back.
yeah i believe them when they say it was a breakneck pace for them. and that's with vicarious visions sharing the workload on opulence.
that said, they utterly failed on the pvp side this year so you can call that whatever you want. i tend to believe it's neglect or if we are being politic, then we'll call it "selective resource management."
in the non-OT thread i pointed out that Luke Smith's claim that they delivered on the calendar they set up was false because there were no crucible maps and modes with every season.
is it entitled of me to expect each new season to bring the crucible maps and modes they promised back in the June 2018 TWAB which was essentially an ad for the new expansion and season pass? i will wait for director's cut parts 2 and 3 to see what Smith has to say about this and a full retrospective of why it felt sometimes this year like the crucible team simply did not exist. i believe things like the revelry tonic applying to competitive or the lord of wolves dominance were things that never should have happened (or were instead patched out quickly) if the crucible team was more vocal about the integrity of the game mode.
The one thing I don't get is why they can't just toss in an old map every season. I get they need to test them with the current set of weapons & powers, and give it a bit of a visual update. But is that really that demanding in terms of labour power?
Still waiting for the super/crucible info drop.
When you all stop complaining about gambit.
Dissapointed, spent so long saving up weekly and 100+ infamy bounties for triple infamy week for a reset.
Now I'm 600 from reset after a 8 win streak in mythic lol
Now I'm 600 from reset after a 8 win streak in mythic lol
I was working towards reset thinking it would be my third on PS4 so I could get the Ghost and Dredgen title.
Then I realized its the second I'm actually working towards so I'll need a full reset after that. Going nuts here but at least I've gotten a lot of good JW guns. Solid rolls on Spare Rations and LMS
Then I realized its the second I'm actually working towards so I'll need a full reset after that. Going nuts here but at least I've gotten a lot of good JW guns. Solid rolls on Spare Rations and LMS
I got my 50 mini boss kills done in 3 matches, it feels real good, that was a huge slog last week when doing it the full 100.
my thoughts on the EAZ have not changed though....I like the exterior, but the interior is a hot mess. Too many dead ends, I should be able to go in a building and exit out the other side with out having to back track through a few hallways.
I know I know get good, having Stompees helps, but when I was playing with my warlock it was a absolute nightmare and had to rely on the portals because one missed jumped = a long ass floaty drop with my warlock to get back down....Yeah I could have canceled the float but I didnt' want to start back on the ground again. I always tried to land at a half way point.
my thoughts on the EAZ have not changed though....I like the exterior, but the interior is a hot mess. Too many dead ends, I should be able to go in a building and exit out the other side with out having to back track through a few hallways.
I know I know get good, having Stompees helps, but when I was playing with my warlock it was a absolute nightmare and had to rely on the portals because one missed jumped = a long ass floaty drop with my warlock to get back down....Yeah I could have canceled the float but I didnt' want to start back on the ground again. I always tried to land at a half way point.
So... I think I'm an Auto Rifle guy now? I can't remember if I went about this before but Auto Rifles are incredible in PVP (on console)
I have a black armory Galliard with SPO-57 Front, Armour piercing, Quickdraw and Kill Clip. Nothing incredible right? Maybe it just compliments my playstyle a lot because I get to face up to like 2/3 guys at once and the damage output with kill clip does enough damage at range that I can drop 3/4 guys one after the other before dying - got a reload masterwork so its pretty snappy too. Still, I'm winning a LOT of 1v1s and One Eyed Mask means you're usually prepped for the next fight.
Time to try out the Halfdan again.
edit: got another exotic shell lmao
I have a black armory Galliard with SPO-57 Front, Armour piercing, Quickdraw and Kill Clip. Nothing incredible right? Maybe it just compliments my playstyle a lot because I get to face up to like 2/3 guys at once and the damage output with kill clip does enough damage at range that I can drop 3/4 guys one after the other before dying - got a reload masterwork so its pretty snappy too. Still, I'm winning a LOT of 1v1s and One Eyed Mask means you're usually prepped for the next fight.
Time to try out the Halfdan again.
edit: got another exotic shell lmao
The game gave me a Misfit with a Backup mag. I never thought I would use it but I needed Arc kills for the armor.
Holy moly, 60 bullets. Feels like I fire forever.
Holy moly, 60 bullets. Feels like I fire forever.
I guess. But when you've listened to him talk for countless hours and found him...bereft of insight?
Comp 3 games weekly progress: 1-2. Lost 2 countdown matches I thought we at least had a chance this week, so, disappointing. Not all the games were blowouts, both losses were pretty close. Plus the ever lovely bungo special all three matches=countdown this week.
For example replaying in my mind, it was 5-5 the last match (4 stack). I had two guys in a lane staring them down with my bygones. I was feeling so close to mowing them both down and we probably win.They had some supers but likely the dead guys would have died with their supers. Nope, I die instead. They end up popping about 3 supers together and roll the round.
For four weeks so far it's 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 1-2.
after next week reset i'll be at about 1600 (1486+120). Making slow progress. if it mattered, the lengthened season would help.
not sure why doing this, if i even get fabled, i wont do mountaintop til the quest has been eased anyway, plus the likely nerf.
For example replaying in my mind, it was 5-5 the last match (4 stack). I had two guys in a lane staring them down with my bygones. I was feeling so close to mowing them both down and we probably win.They had some supers but likely the dead guys would have died with their supers. Nope, I die instead. They end up popping about 3 supers together and roll the round.
For four weeks so far it's 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 1-2.
after next week reset i'll be at about 1600 (1486+120). Making slow progress. if it mattered, the lengthened season would help.
not sure why doing this, if i even get fabled, i wont do mountaintop til the quest has been eased anyway, plus the likely nerf.
Did today's update literally just change the mini-sparrow's sound effect to sound more mini. Wow, imagine if actual fixes just came like that.
Real lads use autos in PVP. Although you also use OEM, so you're just half a lad.
Real lads use autos in PVP. Although you also use OEM, so you're just half a lad.
Nah you aren't wrong. It sucks being a Titan with terribad Mobility because you are wearing the Blue Solstice gear and it has crap for Mobility scores so your jump height and movement speed are all wrong. EAZ really exacerbates this problem with the way it's designed.
To be honest this ship has been equipped to my Warlock since i got it because it took so fucking long to get :/
This is the real ship and shader combo.
I dunno. I like the Osiris ship in white for some reason.
I have one with 70 in mag, zen moment, rampage, and stability masterwork. one of the most stable autos ever haha. it is fun weapon to use when not wanting to use meta.
I have the fallen style ship on all my characters. It's the only real unique looking ship in the game. Everything else seems like designs we've seen before.
hello you beautiful people.
Literally LMG numbers. I'm generally not a fan of many of the autos in PvP (I do like my KC Gnawing Hunger for some reason, though), but I never really feel at a disadvantage when using my Dan.
If you're on PC, hit the Destiny Era discord and crew up. Easy streaks at that glory level, my friend.
I'll never forget the first time I saw my FULL DAN doing 41 per crit with KC active.
Literally LMG numbers. I'm generally not a fan of many of the autos in PvP (I do like my KC Gnawing Hunger for some reason, though), but I never really feel at a disadvantage when using my Dan.
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Ringing Nail with rampage/firefly
Hammerhead with rampage/feeding frenzy
Blast Furnace with kill clip/feeding frenzy
Tatara's Gaze with snapshot/box breathing
Sure-Hand with Surrounded/Relentless Strikes
Kindred Orchid with kill clip/rampage
Who gives a fuck about the bow
Basically have no reason to run forges anymore. Farewell, dishwasher. You'll be singing terribly in French all by yourself forever and ever.
Hammerhead with rampage/feeding frenzy
Blast Furnace with kill clip/feeding frenzy
Tatara's Gaze with snapshot/box breathing
Sure-Hand with Surrounded/Relentless Strikes
Kindred Orchid with kill clip/rampage
Who gives a fuck about the bow
Basically have no reason to run forges anymore. Farewell, dishwasher. You'll be singing terribly in French all by yourself forever and ever.
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Unfortunately all I can suggest are:
- Ordinance Mods + Armamentarium exotic + Suppressor Titan Grenades
- Tractor Cannon/Wardcliff and sit on the power ammo starting at 3 minutes into the match
- Lord of Wolves, maybe? Should still be able to shut down most supers even post nerf.
But yes, Supers need to be nerfed and playing with them in this state for another full month is pretty much a no-go.
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