Destiny 2: The Final Shape (June 4, 2024) Video Game • Page 7

You actually only need three people max to do the bridge in Crota's End. Look up the cheese for it. It requires two self-res warlocks though.

 

Oh alright. I'll watch a video. Thanks man!

 

Yeah I can't do it that way those jumps are ridiculous .

 

Well we did it though lmao

 

Finally got to 7 wins in trials. Went 8-1 tho:(

 

Solid week to farm Strikes and Crucible this week. Solar Burn + Small Arms in the strike playlist is a great combo and Mayhem Clash games last, like, 6 minutes tops. Put on those boosters and earn some packages, y'all. God Roll Longbows, LDRs, and Lord High Fixers for everyone!

My strike loadout: Probably Chaos Dogma + Solar 1,000-Yard Stare with Triple Tap/Mulligan + Gjallarhorn.

 

Although I'm playing FF15, a friend wants me to get back into Destiny with him. I haven't played since TTK expansion. Can someone answer these questions:

- Why are all my exotics seemingly worthless now?
- How do I get to an acceptable light level quickly (I'm level 40, 240 light)
- What are the notable other changes to the game? It seems like there is so much going on now...
- Are the old raids relevant at all anymore? What's the point of all my old items I spent so much time trying to get?

Thank you in advance.

 

Why are all my exotics seemingly worthless now?
-Do you mean why is their light level so low? You need to re-earn all Year 1 exotics in Year 2 through either exotic quests or through exotic engrams (depending on the exotic). If this question is just a snarky way of saying how bad nearly all exotics are these days, then yeah I'm with you on that one. Outside of MIDA Multi-Tool, Truth (in PVP only), Gjallarhorn (in PVE), and Dark Drinker (in Wrath of the Machine), there really aren't many exotics worth using over a well-rolled legendary from a favored damage archetype anymore.

How do I get to an acceptable light level quickly (I'm level 40, 240 light)
-Unfortunately, the way they've changed the light level system means that there isn't really a "quick" way to level up. Rather than totally random light drops, when meant lucky players could get max Light gear at lower levels, the new progressive system means you're always improving but are also doing so at a much slower/gradual pace. Being 240 the best thing to do would probably be to go through story missions and grind for engrams (which drop up to 365 light I believe, but, again, gradually). Once you get into the 300s, you should grind some Archon's Forge in the Plaguelands, until you get high enough Light to do the SIVA Crisis Heroic strike playlist. Then it's all about getting the right loot from the right activities: Archon's Forge is a reliable place to get high Light class items and artifacts, Crucible can drop high light weapons, Vanguard and Crucible packages drop weapons and armor up to 390, Strike Hoard chests drop up to 390 too. Plus Wrath of the Machine, obviously. There are a lot of avenues these days. You could also grind Iron Banner this week, as the drops are very frequent and go up to 400. Only problem is you're going to get destroyed at such a low Light, so it's really just a matter of waiting for matches to end and hoping for good drops. Another quick fix would be to spend Legendary marks on tower vendor gear, which is at Light level 365 or something like that.

You can consult this Reddit post as well for more detail:

"What do I do now?" - A Newbie Guide - Rise of Iron Edition • /r/DestinyTheGame


What are the notable other changes to the game? It seems like there is so much going on now...
-So many changes. The "Smart Loot" system, the new PVP game mode (Kill Confir- ahem, I mean "Supremacy"), the new Raid and enemy faction, the new artifacts with cool effects attached to them, the new social space (Felwinter Peak), the new bounties available to do in the new patrol area (the Plaguelands), Archon's Forge (a cross between Court of Oryx and Prison of Elders located in the Plaguelands), new and remade strikes, etc. Plus all the new weapons and armor. Also there's the new winter event, The Dawning, which is starting next week.

Are the old raids relevant at all anymore? What's the point of all my old items I spent so much time trying to get?
-Unfortunately everything from Year 1 is still irrelevant and useless. It can't be brought up to current Light levels. And all the old raids are basically dead (even King's Fall, even though that gear is still able to be brought up to max Light, because all the King's Fall gear is terrible aside from the LMG). All those old weapons can still be used in regular Crucible (where light doesn't matter) but not in Trials or Iron Banner. Other than that, they're all basically digital trophies.

 

Thanks for the response. Seems overwhelming. Kinda pisses me off that all that gear is wasted. I just think it's worth getting back into. I don't like the light leveling up system. It was better before IMO.

What are these boxes I was given? They end up being 2 or 3 defense items? what is that all about?

 

They did say they would make the old raids relevant again soon, fwiw

 

The Sterling Treasures? They were a thing that got added from April until Rise of Iron came out. You got one per week for free, then could earn more by playing strikes or the revamped Prison of Elders. They aren't in the game anymore, though. The armor is only at 3 light but it can be infused up to max light. It's just free armor that you can either keep or dismantle.

 

Were a lot of people mad about what happened with the exotics? I see that people have the Iron Gally, but it was a preorder bonus only right...

 

Iron Gally was preorder. You get regular Gally from a quest now.

 

Basically what really happened was that when The Taken King came out, all the popular exotics (Vex Mythoclast, Gjallrhorn, Icebreaker, even Thorn) were left behind and none of the new ones really even came close to being as good as those. Bungie really reacted the exact wrong way when it came to changing a number of things from Year 1 to Year 2 (most specifically exotics and raid weapons). Exotics and raid weapons were so good in Year 1 (and rightly so, really) that they went the complete other way in Year 2 and designed positively putrid raid weapons and mostly mediocre exotics. Even now that those guns from Year 1 are all back (except the Vex and the Necrochasm) the meta has changed such that none of them are anywhere near as good anymore.

A lot of people have criticized the lack of great exotics (including myself). But at the same time, the addicting loop of grinding for the perfectly rolled legendary has replaced grinding for exotic drops. So, really, the god roll legendaries are basically the new exotics.

 

Such an odd thing to do. So convoluted. I hope that Destiny 2 gets it right and finds a way not to alienate their players as DLC's come out. I spent hours grinding for those weapons. Ran Crota and VOG dozens of times. Lame.

 

Did some Iron Banner, got crushed of course. It seems like all the drops I'm getting are 240 attack max. Maybe It just hasn't been lucky. So it seems like it's all about the legendary marks now. Crucible is still fun. Is there still just 3 subclasses for each type?

 

Iron banner as rift is the most ridiculously frustrating experience of all time in this game. If you don't have a full fireteam forget about it. Blueberries treat it like clash and nobody goes for or defends the spark area

 

Yeah, I'm not even playing this IB. Going to be the first one I've skipped in idk how long. I can't stand Rift Iron Banner and swore I'd never play it again after the last time. And the weapons aren't even must-haves this month. Yeah, the scout is good and all but I already have Blind Perdition (Adept), that great Clever Dragon from last month's IB, a really good Grasp of Malok, and a host of other PVP weapons. And I'm not using the Distant Star in PVE over one of my many higher-impact scouts. Just not worth the frustration of Rift.

 

Happy Dawning everyone!

 

Man, Bungie still doesn't understand that you can allow people to grind for as many blind-buy packs as they want and you'll still sell plenty of microtransactions anyway. This "one per week plus a finite number of others you can get" shit is getting old.

Have literally none of them played Overwatch? Or know what it is and how its economy works? FFS Bungie.

 

I still have yet to download this update.

Very excited to give a whirl though

 

Anyone on PS4 wanna do Trials with me and a buddy?

 

Finally got the Aksis challenge done on Wrath of the Machine Heroic. Took me four nights of banging my head against the wall with groups that just couldn't get it. So frustrating. But I finally got my Steel Medulla, so no more of that shit for me. Now I just have to try and get the Vosik challenge done this week. I never did either of them when they first came out because I took a break from Destiny for like a month and a half.

 

The Nightfall is Void Burn/Catapult this week! Nothing Manacles voidwalker all dayyyyyy.

 

Did the Vosik challenge last night. Vosik was ridiculously easy, unlike Aksis which, as I said, should have been easier but I had groups that just couldn't manage their responsibilities well at all. So frustrating.

Anybody else have trouble doing the challenges?