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Carfo

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,857
Not having general chat on PC is an odd exclusion. There's not even a clan chat...it's like they rushed the game without putting this in because why else would this be not implemented?
 

Prodimator

Member
Oct 27, 2017
17
I just reached level 20 for the first time, what are the recommended courses of action for getting better loot now?

Definitely farm public events and keep up with the milestones each week. You can pretty easily farm a lot of public events pretty quickly, which will get you a bunch of tokens. Trigger the heroic versions of them so you get more tokens for that. Not only will you get loot from them but those tokens go a long way in helping you level up with each planetary vendor and getting higher level gear.
 

Uff Duh

Member
Oct 26, 2017
34
After I had great RNG on PS4 on PC I have gotten 3 Prospectors in a row and my legendary drops are 75% Nightshades. Hopefully my Titan has better luck.
 

Deleted member 13131

User requested account closure
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Oct 27, 2017
618
I just reached level 20 for the first time, what are the recommended courses of action for getting better loot now?
You can run most activities - adventures, strikes, crucible, public events, etc. - up to power level ~365. From there the activities that push you over narrows to the Nightfall, raid, flaspoints, and a few others.

From the last weekly update, it sounds like more of the content will get folded into the endgame, which would be a good thing. There's a lot to do in D2, but far too little of it is relevant for endgame rewards.
 

Llyrwenne

Hopes and Dreams SAVE the World
Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,209
On PC, how do I get Future War Cult rep? Is there a way to rep them?
You can pledge allegiance to a faction only during Faction Rally events. When you do so, you get tokens for that faction from doing events during the Faction Rally. There is no Faction Rally going on right now, so there's no way to get those tokens (aside from one of the perks for high level clans) and no way to turn them in.
 

Deleted member 2171

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,731
Would this memory leak have anything to do with a sudden spike in CPU temps? I'm normally around 65-70c when playing for a short while but after a longer session it can spike to 85c. This is on a i5-4690 with the stock fan. Idle temps are low 30s.


In theory, no. Your computer probably has a giant gap in the middle before it ramps up fans in it's temp profile.

The first result of a memory leak should be longer load times as Windows starts using your HDD for swap.
 

Zafir

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,005
Not having general chat on PC is an odd exclusion. There's not even a clan chat...it's like they rushed the game without putting this in because why else would this be not implemented?
Clans seem kind of broken in general on PC. The list never shows anyone online for example.

Only thing that does seem to work is the emblem/gaining clan XP.
 

Kaeden

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,898
US
In theory, no. Your computer probably has a giant gap in the middle before it ramps up fans in it's temp profile.

The first result of a memory leak should be longer load times as Windows starts using your HDD for swap.
Hmmm, I thought the stock fan for my CPU was always running at a max speed, never saw any setting to set a variable for it. I do have a fan curve set for my GPU in Afterburner but nothing for CPU. Any ideas where I'd change this?

edit: went into my bios settings and the cpu fan was already set for full speed so that didn't change at all.
 
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Oct 25, 2017
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Soooo lvl 273 (PC) and wondering what I should be doing to get as high light as possible. Did all the milestones I had, all exotic quests etc. Is all that's really left is grinding PE's while waiting for raid? Do adventures give anything worthy? I don't seem to be getting any drops that up my lvl for the past day. All my gear is equipped with all purple mods I have.
 

gutter_trash

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
17,124
Montreal
The oddity of RNG is that I created my Hunter last but she got luckier then ny 2nd character when it came to Armor drops and Exotic Armor proportionally all body parts.

My Titan seems unlucky, chest armor, chest armor, chest armor over and over
 

Frostburn

Member
Oct 25, 2017
77
On PC, how do I get Future War Cult rep? Is there a way to rep them?
Only when the event is running. It isn't right now.
Yeah they did a bad job of having the Faction Reps in the tower but not explaining how to gain the items they have or anything. If you didn't play Destiny 1 or even just Destiny 2 on console first you have no idea what they are there for or how to turn in rep/get their gear.
 

Khilandros

Member
Oct 25, 2017
149
Canada
I'll be getting the PC version very soon and can't wait to join in on all the fun.

Edit: I now have the game and downloading/installing it
 
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super-famicom

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
25,149
This is from Hawkian's guide on the GAF OT:

Hawkian said:
This is simply a list of all the avenues of progression and a reference if you feel you have hit a roadblock in increasing your power level. It is in no particular order, as there is no real benefit to doing any one before the others, other than the suggested levels in parentheses. I will try to add to it as the details of other activiites that offer progression become available over time.

Notes:
All drops are relative to your base Light, not inculding Legendary Mods (which add 5 power apiece).
The current hard cap for base Light is 300. With Legendary mods on all slots, you will be 305.
For the purposes of this guide when discussing rewards, "Luminous" Engrams refers to those high-level engrams held by vendors upon completing a milestone. "Powerful"/"High-light" engrams refers to standard Legendary engrams that drop on the ground, at a high level, that decrypt at the Cryptarch.
Luminous engrams have a high (guaranteed?) chance to drop two Legendaries or a Legendary and Exotic.
Engrams that drop and are decrypted by the Cryptarch, including Exotics, should be decrypted ASAP as their level will not change. Luminous engrams at vendors will increase in tandem with your current Light while held by the vendor.
It is worth mentioning that given enough time, you can hit the current hard cap without ever entering the raid.

Activities Available per Character:

Planetary Destinations: Public Events, Lost Sectors, Adventures, Vendor Tokens (most useful up to 265)
How to Unlock: Partially available during campaign, and fully available upon campaign completion
Progression Rewards: Rare gear and destination legendaries (up to 265 or 5-10 below your current max, whichever is higher), exotic engrams (higher than your base light, up to a max of 300)
Description: Almost anything you do on a planet will drop loot or tokens that can easily get you up to 265. Once you have progressed past this point, this gear will always drop at a few light below your max which is useful infusion fuel to get new-but-low-power or old saved guns up to endgame status.

Exotic Quests (most useful at or near 265)
How to Unlock: Complete the campaign
Progression Rewards: High level legendaries and exotics
Description: New quests indicated by the blue crown icon will appear on each zone vendor after completing the campaign. Three of these (EDZ, Titan, Nessus) lead to Exotic rewards upon completion. Two of them also award high level legendaries mid-quest. The specific guns are:
EDZ (Devrim Kay): MIDA Mini-tool and MIDA Multi-tool
Sloane (Titan): Rat King
Nessus (Failsafe) Sturm and Drang
Each of these is a great boost to power. MIDA is the easiest to complete. Save up rare scout rifles as a step requires you to delete 5. Rat King requires a fast Nightfall completion and is best done on a week with a Nightfall that is on the easier side.

Flashpoint (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Complete the "Patrol" mission in the EDZ to restore patrol beacons, then return to Cayde. This will unlock the Flashpoint milestone for that character, and it will automatically appear in your milestones each week afterward.
Progression Rewards: Luminous Engram (from Cayde)
Description: Each week, a zone is highlighted as a Flashpoint. Completing Public Events in this destination will advance the Milestone. Heroic Public Events will progress it further. Cayde will have your reward upon completion.

Nightfall (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Talk to Zavala to get a "Strikes" milestone to complete 2 Strikes. Return to talk to Zavala. You may then need to go to orbit to trigger Zavala and go speak to him again. This will unlock the Nightfall milestone, which will then automatically appear on your Milestones for that character each week.
Progression Rewards: Powerful engram/drop from chest, Luminous Engram (from Zavala)
Description: This is a tough, timed version of a regular strike. Typically each week there are two modifiers applied: one that changes a gameplay mechanic somehow, and one that provides a method of reclaiming some time throughout the strike. This requires a fireteam of 3 or a Guided Games session.

Prestige Nightfall (most useful at or after 290)
How to Unlock: Automatically unlocked at high enough level. Selectable difficulty from Director.
Progression Rewards: Powerful engram/drop from chest
Description: This is a tougher version of the regular NF that week, with less starting time on the clock. Requires a premade team.

Call to Arms (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Talk to Shaxx to get a Milestone to complete 4 Crucible matches (2 on each playlist). Return to him to unlock the Call to Arms milestone on that character, which will automatically then appear each week.
Progression Rewards: Luminous Engram (from Shaxx)
Description: This is a performance based Milestone for competing in Crucible matches. Wins advance it much faster.

Personal Clan XP (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Join a clan. Talk to Hawthorne and acquire your clan banner. If you are level 20, you will automatically unlock the Milestone for personal clan XP which will automatically appear each week for that character.
Progression Rewards: Luminous Engram (from Hawthorne)
Description: Completing almost any activity (PEs, Adventures, Story Missions/Meditations, Lost Sectors, Strikes, Crucible matches) contributes to your overall Clan progression, and awards you personal Clan XP for that character. When you hit 5000 XP for the week on that character, Hawthorne will have an engram for you.

Castellum (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Reach 260 to unlock the Leviathan Raid. From the entrance, go up two stories to find the room with the orange air jets which will shoot you through the air to the entrance lined with Colossi. Enter the main door here and progress forward into the Castellum.
Progression Rewards: Powerful engram from chest
Description: Your first weekly Castellum per character awards a high-light engram from the chest upon completion. This is a very simplistic raid encounter which introduces a number of recurrent mechanics/enemies within the raid itself. It can be completed easily with 5 people, a coordinated team of 4, or even fewer with preparation and skill. Even if you do not progress any further into the raid this is easily worth doing and takes less time than a Flashpoint. More on the mechanics/encounter and its role in the raid can be found in my raid guide.

Trials of the NIne (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Complete the Call to Arms quest. Each weekend, the Trials of the Nine will automatically be available to you on that character from the Director. The social space associated with Trials is unlocked after one win.
Progression Rewards: High level gear (awarded at 3, 5, 7 wins and an additional reward for a Flawless completion, from the Spire social space)
Description: Each weekend, this highly competitive PvP mode is available with the goal of "going Flawless" i.e. reaching 7 wins without a loss. Progression-worthy gear is available at each win checkpoint.

Raid (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Reach 260 to unlock the Leviathan Raid.
Progression Rewards: High level gear (random drops from encounter completion)
Description: This is a challenging, communication-heavy encounter for a team of 6. Requires a premade team or a Guided Games session. The order of the encounters within rotates each week save for the final boss fight. More information about how to best take advantage of the raid for progression can be found in my raid guide.

Legendary Mods (accessible at 280)
Upon hitting level 280, you can take part in "the mod game" via Banshee-44 (the Gunsmith).

Rare mods can be purchase en masse from the Gunsmith, and when you have a stack of 3 of the same type of Rare mod, they can be converted into a Legendary mod. Any Legendary mod adds +5 power to the piece of gear it is applied to.

If you dismantle a Legendary mod, you receive a mod component. For two mod components, you can choose either an Armor or Weapon mod from Banshee, which offers you more of a chance to get the mod you want.

Early on, it is typically best to just create whatever Legendary mods you can and apply them to your highest gear that does not have them, for the boost to your overall level. In the later endgame, you can craft and recycle mods ad infinitum to create your ideal loadout, or multiple armor sets with different perk combinations for different loadouts. Be ward, this consumes tons and tons of glimmer and the return on investment is not huge- this should be considered a "I have conquered literally everything else I can"-type activity.

Exotic Engrams (most useful at or after 265)
Exotic engrams will always drop higher than your base Light. They are random drops from a number of activities, including:
Heroic Public Events
Lost Sectors
Strikes
Crucible matches
Raid Key chests
While these are RNG drops, many of these activities can be completed solo/low-stress/no mic, etc. which may make them preferable for a given play session and it is worth noting that they still carry the chance of progression at any level via Exotic engrams.

Activities Available per Account:

Cayde's Treasure Stashes (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Upon reaching level 20, Cayde will sell treasure maps for the zone in which the Flashpoint is present that week.
Progression Rewards: random chance of Exotic engrams
Description: Each week, Cayde sells 5 treasure maps containing a random reward, ranging from nothing at all to Faction legendaries to Exotic engrams. These treasure maps do not ever expire (i.e., you can still open last week's after reset if you didn't get to them) and can be opened on any character once purchased.

Clan Reward Engrams (most useful at or after 265)
How to Unlock: Join a clan. Completing activities with at least half of the team comprised of clan members will unlock a weekly engram for the account of every player in the clan. If you do this yourself you will immediately unlock it for yourself as well of course.
Progression Rewards: Luminous Engrams (from Hawthorne) for Crucible and Nightfall
Description: Simply winning a Crucible match of any kind, and completing a Nightfall with two or more clan members in the fireteam will unlcok these two Luminous engrams per account per week for all clan members. (The Raid and Trials engrams drop gear from those activities, but at 10 Light so this is not useful for progression).

A Note on Alts (additional Characters)

Working up additional characters provides a massive boost to progression for both. Because upon hitting level 20, the game will detect your alt can equip your highest possible weapons, progression is enormously accelerated for your alts up to endgame-ready status. Tokens earned from any activity can also be redeemed on any character for quick, viable Legendary armor acquisition. Then, your extra Exotic quests, and weekly Milestones are additional chances for possible progression for both characters.

If progressing through the campaign again on an additional character is unappealing to you, consider doing one story mission per day or every other day, and you'll still have an endgame-ready alt within a couple of weeks.

Note that unlike Destiny 1 there is no major progression benefit to maintaining multiple characters of the same class.
 

FaceHugger

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
13,949
USA
I decided to explore the farm, examining things. I ended up getting on the roof of a building, and was surprised to see all kinds of assets. I walked across a bundle of cables from one roof to another, and it said "Vertigo Completed" and"Sentry 2", and I'm pulsing blue, running fast, and jumping higher. So I explore everywhere, find everything, and run on top of the water wheel a bit. I get sentry 4, run to the fire pit, and start a patrol. I was running super fast, jumping really high, and if you time it right after hitting the ground do super jumps where you can leap right up onto roofs. Pretty cool little thing, and I'm glad I discovered it myself. I thought I took a screenshot, but I guess print screen doesn't do that for Destiny 2.
 

super-famicom

Avenger
Oct 26, 2017
25,149
I decided to explore the farm, examining things. I ended up getting on the roof of a building, and was surprised to see all kinds of assets. I walked across a bundle of cables from one roof to another, and it said "Vertigo Completed" and"Sentry 2", and I'm pulsing blue, running fast, and jumping higher. So I explore everywhere, find everything, and run on top of the water wheel a bit. I get sentry 4, run to the fire pit, and start a patrol. I was running super fast, jumping really high, and if you time it right after hitting the ground do super jumps where you can leap right up onto roofs. Pretty cool little thing, and I'm glad I discovered it myself. I thought I took a screenshot, but I guess print screen doesn't do that for Destiny 2.

Yeah, it's pretty fun to do
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2s-farm-has-a-really-cool-hidden-easter-eg/1100-6453155/
 

Fjordson

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,010
Nice run, sorry you guys had to freaking 2-man most of it. Got pinned down behind this massive group lmao.
 

exodus

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Oct 25, 2017
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So I mostly like to play Scout/Hand Cannon/Sniper. Am I going to regret going with Warlock? Doesn't really seem like weapon choices vary much per class, but just wanted to check.

Used to main Hunter in D1, but wanted to try something new.
 

Azolith

Member
Oct 25, 2017
67
Haha, I forgot to change weapons at the start so I was stuck with a Last Hope and Quick fang for the nightfall.
 

Arkage

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
453
Not having general chat on PC is an odd exclusion. There's not even a clan chat...it's like they rushed the game without putting this in because why else would this be not implemented?

It's really annoying. I was even hoping that changing my "fireteam" to "public" would allow a general chat with people in your area but nope. Literally can't tell people how to activate heroic events when they're rushing the regular one. Ugh.
 

Fjordson

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,010
Still killed it!

The elevator was rough lol. Still beat it with more than enough time. Good run.
This Nightfall doesn't despawn very many enemies which is odd.
Yeah, it was just bad timing. I was right behind y'all then got sniped and had to methodically work through all those guys we skipped lol.

You're a goddamn wizard on these nightfalls, though. I can't believe we still finished with that much time to spare.
 

Trakan

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,201
So I mostly like to play Scout/Hand Cannon/Sniper. Am I going to regret going with Warlock? Doesn't really seem like weapon choices vary much per class, but just wanted to check.

Used to main Hunter in D1, but wanted to try something new.

Nobody specializes in anything and every weapon can be used by every class outside of like 1 exclusive sword for each. Sometimes an exotic for a particular class will specialize in a particular weapon type, but you're really not missing much. Go with the Warlock.
 

Pat_DC

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,629
Ok played again, there's definetely something weird going on.
60 fps and then after a while started going on 54. But the really weird thing is that when talking with an npc the framerate dropped again, and dropped by 1 frame after everytime I've talked with it (and opened the relative "shop")

Not sure if you saw my earlier post but are you in a clan?
Changing servers from Americas to Europe stopped it happening for me. You could also try leaving the clan but this is a more extreme test.

These seem to have helped a few people with this issue. Might be due to the clan list never fully loading.
 

Pat_DC

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,629
So I mostly like to play Scout/Hand Cannon/Sniper. Am I going to regret going with Warlock? Doesn't really seem like weapon choices vary much per class, but just wanted to check.

Used to main Hunter in D1, but wanted to try something new.
Classes won't make much of a difference in terms of weapons and I think the warlocks are probably the most fun class in PvE so doubt you will regret it.
Though Hunter with Gun Slinger 'Chains of Woe' (precision shots increase reload speed) with a hand cannon or scout is great. Especially combined with a weapon with outlaw, makes reloading nice and snappy.
 

TsuWave

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,978
every time i watch a video of D2 on pc i think "i can't wait for PS5" so i can experience it at 60FPS too