FTFY.
Taken King was okay, but as a package it's been pretty disappointing.
I'll prolly try the expansion since I got the season pass but seeing most of the comments I'm not in a hurry.
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Destiny 2: Warmind |OT| Mars Attacks!
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FTFY.
Taken King was okay, but as a package it's been pretty disappointing.
I'll prolly try the expansion since I got the season pass but seeing most of the comments I'm not in a hurry.
Pretty sure theyve been doing this since launch. It's supposed to be to make the strikes feel more like a part of the story but in reality it looks like laziness (that doesn't necessarily mean it is)
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Pretty sure there were only "4 missions" so don't blink.
I have no issue with going back to old destinations concerning campaign missions so I'm surprised they didn't do more of that to increase the length and tell more of a story with Warmind.
So far, so good. Mars feels like the Destiny of old, the Patrol zone feels so, so much better. Better than Titan and the EDZ, and a whole lot better than Mercury. Seems Bungie are taking steps in the right direction to make Desiny 2 better, the new updates to PVP are a welcome improvement for me (i'm a sucker for PVP). Will this tide me over until the next huge update in September/October time, most likely. Story is great so far, only done about 2 or 3 main missions.
What it lacks is a good presentation. I do not feel any of the effects or the power behind the item. Much like exotic weapons the exotic amor should have their own animations and sound effects. It is the case with some of them, but mostly they are presented in a very bland manner where the buffs are almost unnoticeable. Each time there is a damage buff there needs to be some really sweet sound effect and the hands should literally be covered in fire. Such a thing would go a loooong way in making exotic armor more interesting and unique.
They didn't do this with any of the launch Strikes. At least with Curse of Osiris they changed them up slightly with new dialogue and had the excuse that you were running through the same simulation twice. Here it's literally just the same story mission again just a bit harder. It's just insult to injury that there is a whole new Strike it's just exclusive to PlayStation.
Did you get those from completing story as Warlock?
Guys what is the best way to level up fast so i can zip through the story without a struggle? PE?
I finished on my hunter last night, and I think it took longer than it should have.
Just do the Adventures. They're much shorter than the base game Adventures and are easy.
Despite my issues with how they handled the campaign/strikes, I do think Mars and the associated collectibles are cool. I want to dig into Escalation Protocol once I get my LL up. There are secrets to be found.
Now, is that worth $20? It will depend on the Raid Lair. If it's good, the value proposition here is better than Osiris. God, Mercury was a disappointment.
Now, is that worth $20? It will depend on the Raid Lair. If it's good, the value proposition here is better than Osiris. God, Mercury was a disappointment.
I agree with others that Mars feels more destiny like than others.
While Mercury has a nice skybox, the actual playing field is just a clay dust bowl.
While Mercury has a nice skybox, the actual playing field is just a clay dust bowl.
I think I did 3 and it got me to the required level for the last story quest.
This new DLC strike system where they toss more enemies into a story mission and rebrand it as a strike is so lame. Getting the one extra strike per DLC is not worth this shit. I want new, original strikes. Will of Crota and Shadow Thief were both such phenomenal strikes that they more than made up for the fact that they were the only strikes in their respective DLCs (for Xbox anyway, Dark Below also had Undying Mind for PS4...).
Finding out that there actually is a new, original strike in this DLC, exclusive to PlayStation of course, is quite a piss taker.
Finding out that there actually is a new, original strike in this DLC, exclusive to PlayStation of course, is quite a piss taker.
You really think so?
No infinite forest bullshit
Valkyrie was a nice new edition
No Osiris showing up and leaving all with in two minutes
The enemies were dope from the shield and sword knights to another of Oryx's kids and the giant work
I felt imo it was better
Anyway
How do I retrieve the things I unlock from Tess with that new grid system?
The Strikes are supposed to be additional content, not reused.
If the Strikes have to be reused, then they should at least act as Strikes in the original campaign as well. Meaning it matchmakes you with two other people if you're playing solo. That way, players understand what it is. I'm not even against the final mission of the game being a matchmade Strike.
Of course, then there's what... two story missions?
I just don't get how they can't create a full campaign. I don't need a $20 expansion to have TTK-esque content. But my god.
If the Strikes have to be reused, then they should at least act as Strikes in the original campaign as well. Meaning it matchmakes you with two other people if you're playing solo. That way, players understand what it is. I'm not even against the final mission of the game being a matchmade Strike.
Of course, then there's what... two story missions?
I just don't get how they can't create a full campaign. I don't need a $20 expansion to have TTK-esque content. But my god.
DIM is back up, you will need to log-in with all your characters and setup the emote wheel before you can use it again.
So I jumped back in and went from 308 to 338 after doing the campaign. Should I be trying to get to 345+ before opening powerul engrams? What else should I do in the meantime waiting for the new raid lair, escalation protocol is impossible this light. Is there anything I should be doing in particular, or just grind PE's and do my milestones?
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Turn in tokens at vendors until you have at least one gear piece for each slot that is 340 without a legendary mod or 345 with a legendary mod applied. That's the soft cap.
Once you hit soft cap, raid, trials, and do milestones for Luminous Engrams which will increase your level more. Or work on exotic quests or vendor leveling. Up to you.
Vendors have individual levels again? I never noticed this before. I'm guessing the quest Ana gives you after the campaign starts an exotic quest, so I'll work on that. Thank you!
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No, but you don't need to buy CoO to buy or play Warmind. You'll just miss out on the CoO planet, strikes, and raid lair mainly.
There's an expansion pass which contains both for a slight discount.
PvP maps are now free regardless of DLC purchase.
I don't want this to be a bitchfest but I do think it's something that needs to be brought up. It's been 5 months since CoO. Obviously this was worked on before CoO. Who knows how long Warmind has been in development. I haven't finished the full content of Warmind yet but what takes so long to pump all of this out? When I see content being reused, uninspired exotics, uninspired progression, etc I can only imagine that it really shouldn't take this long to create such a small amount of content. It just seems so bizarre when I see other companies developing so much more quickly, and charges less. There's a stark contrast in the content delivery, the quality of content, and the speed of content being delivered.
I'm still annoyed that the vanguard and crucible vendors have don't sell there individual armour pieces anymore. It seems pretty stupid of Bungle to remove that feature but leave the rest of the planet vendors with the ability to buy there individual armour pieces.
Well, in this DLC's case, this was Vicarious Visions' first stab at making Destiny content, so I imagine they were just threw into it while the core Destiny team worked on Destiny 2 Taken King DLC. That be my guess
Lots of pics but Warlocks need some love!
Here are some of mine :-)
What chest piece is this? Looks stunning.
Competitive Crucible as a solo player is not particularly fun. Constantly against stacked teams, where my own seem to constantly be full of people who gaze into the heavy ammo box twenty seconds before it's due to appear.
Very frustrating. Matchmaking is not good. I wish I had friends :(
Very frustrating. Matchmaking is not good. I wish I had friends :(
Tempted to jump back into this since I have the season pass, but I think I'd enjoy my time even more if I wait until Septemberish, when their other game changes are implemented and even more content is available.
Looks like I'll be running that again, thanks for the info. Only had a couple of completions before I fell off.
Aren't the two new strikes the last two missions of the game? Those were both pretty cool levels in the campaign, especially the urban environment of the final level. At the very least, it's cool to get those levels into a rotation you can play, rather than them being lost in campaign no one plays anymore.
I'm thinking about getting the season pass and playing through both DLC. Kind of lost my will to get angry at Destiny and video games in general. If I feel like playing something, I'm just going to play it. And I feel like playing Destiny. Playing both DLC back to back ought to be a good amount of content.
I'm thinking about getting the season pass and playing through both DLC. Kind of lost my will to get angry at Destiny and video games in general. If I feel like playing something, I'm just going to play it. And I feel like playing Destiny. Playing both DLC back to back ought to be a good amount of content.
Yeah im actually quite happy ill get to play these again at a higher difficulty
I enjoyed the campaign. I think I enjoyed it more than I did the vanilla and Curse of Osiris campaign. The tone and narrative felt right, but it was too short. I'd have like to see another 3 or 4 missions to flesh out Xol as an antagonist.
The worst thing about the whole strike-mission fiasco is that they didn't even make some excuses for them to be used again. In CoO they used Infinite Forest as a excuse since everything is simulation so at least it checks out.
Heroic Strikes having a 350 LL requirement but only dropping 340 loot is bullshit.
The two new strikes are the last two missions of the DLC's campaign, not the main game.
The two new strikes are the last two missions of the DLC's campaign, not the main game.
Something is definitely broken, because it's not just happening on the new content. It's game-wide.