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It's relatively painless to grind out these days with the changes but yeah just wait for Cross save for the things you already have
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It's relatively painless to grind out these days with the changes but yeah just wait for Cross save for the things you already have
Buy 2500 glimmer from Spider when he sells it for 1 shard
Honestly, I find the fastest way to earn glimmer is to do daily bounties and use a rain-maker (item that you get from dismantling gear).
Oh right cool. I can't see a way to just buy Forsaken on pc so maybe it will show up when Steam takes over.
trying again, i just came back to the game. any reason i should go through the allegiance quest? i think i read the weekly bonus rewards were retired.
I'll try asking again:
- If I want all the future content & season passes, I would just need the digital deluxe version, correct?
- Does cross-save allow you to switch seamlessly between Xbox and PC or can you only migrate to one-another and play on that platform alone? (I'm on Xbox at the moment, but would like to play on PC)
- It says Destiny 1 content is coming back? Is that included in the deluxe digital or is that something else?
So, in terms of things you can directly go for an aren't just random drops, I'd say you need to get Whisper, Outbreak, the IKELOS Shotgun, a Blast Furnace, and a Hammerhead. The first two are missions you can go into pretty much whenever, although the initial Whisper portal is tied to public events on Io. IKELOS is tied to Escalation Protocol, and to get it you have to farm wave 7 on a week where the shotgun is available.
Other things to look out for are a cluster bomb rocket launcher, as that would be useful if you ever do Riven. Most groups will just want to do the cluster strat, though tbh any void rocket launcher would be fine. The reason void is preferred is because in that strat someone will use tractor cannon on Riven, which gives a 50% damage boost to void attacks. If you are lucky enough to get a group to show you Riven legit (best raid encounter in all of Destiny IMO) then you have a lot more flexibility. In that case you'd probably just use Hammerhead to have good add clear.
In terms of Blast Furnace rolls, you want a reload speed perk (outlaw / feeding frenzy) with either rampage or kill clip. It's the same for Hammerhead, but that doesn't have outlaw so anything with good reload speed and rampage is good. Both those guns are from Black Armoury, so you can farm those as much as you want.
A good shotgun to get until you get IKELOS is Hawthorne's. It's in the EDZ loot table, so hopefully it'll drop for you there or from Devrim. It's the same archetype as IKELOS but lacks the trench barrel perk, so it does less damage. It's not a huge difference since the shotgun rebalance though, and is actually fine for getting you through raids.
Sleeper is worth it too, so get that done. It's used less these days, but it's still viable in certain encounters. I know some people who still use it in Kali. I'd also recommend getting Loaded Question and 21% Delerium. Delerium is amazing, because you get a 33% damage boost for each kill stacking up to x3 and it lasts until you reload or switch weapons. It's very easy to get those stacks by tapping red bars, and when you have them it's a DPS monster.
So, that's some stuff to start on. Hopefully you'll get some good exotics while chasing that stuff. Basically though, with Whisper, Sleeper, Outbreak, and a good shotgun you can get through most of the raid content just fine.
- The deluxe pack includes four season passes, so that looks like it should cover the whole of next year.
- You can move back and forth. So, you finish a raid on PC and then log into Xbox and use your new loot in a strike, or vice versa. Same characters. If you already have characters on PC though, you have to choose which characters you want to be your cross save characters. There's no account merge (yet). ALSO: If you want to play Shadowkeep on XBox and PC, you need to buy it on Xbox and PC. Interestingly it doesn't look like you need to buy season passes again, so you can buy the digital deluxe version once and just the basic version on another platform.
- Only the intro mission from D1 is coming back. That's what new players will see when they start up D2 from Sept. Also, Shadowkeep looks like it has remastered parts of the moon from D1, much to the annoyance of gaming side posters.
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I've done a lot of this on ps4 already, but it's been a while so I really appreciate the write up.
I have a Hammerhead from my first Titan with Ex Barrel/Full bore - Append Mag - F.Frenzy - High impact reserves and the stability MW. About to roll on my second. I'm happy with that one for now though.
I really miss my IKELOS, I'm hoping the grind for it won't be too much.
Thanks for all the tips for alt weapons to plug gaps, too. Really valuable!
Weren't cluster bombs fixed on Riven? I think most people are using Prospector now for cheesing Riven.
Side note: I think it's hilarious that Bungie never figured out how to keep people from cheesing her, I can't remember the last time I did that fight legitimately.
It's not that they never figured out, it's that they didn't bother to. Shame too, beating that raid legit is super satisfying.
Interesting, thanks for the info. That's the only spreadsheet I saw, I assumed things were still being figured out.
No. What they actually did was move the damage from the clusters to the main rockets, meaning you didn't have to use CB - any void rocket is now good. They actually made rocket strat more accessible, not less. You can of course use Prospector, as I think it continues to be the highest DPS weapon in the game. RL is still fine tho.
So I've played all original Destiny + all the DLC as well as Destiny 2 and the two expansions. I'm honestly lost on the story and the characters. Are there any good videos that sum up the story+lore? Like I still barely know the difference between The Forsaken and The Taken. Oryx? No idea who that is.
Wait, you played The Taken King and don't know who Oryx is?
It was years ago. I know he was the big baddie but nothing about who he actually is or why he's bad.
I'm assuming there is an active clan for this game still going strong? I've covered a lot of ground the past week or so, but my old team bolted to Div2.
They're long, but Byf has really comprehensive videos on the timeline of Destiny.
Destiny Item Manager.
The progress tab has actual numbers even for quests / bounties that just have percentage, and it's easy enough to have open on a laptop while you play. Remember you can also track 3 pursuits in game so they appear when you bring out your ghost.
Heh, I literally just logged in! I forgot it had that aspect to it.
I just set my laptop up next to me and opened this message! :p
Im at work so can someone confirm for me that the annual pass on battle.net is on sale for $15?
These things happen but, yep, certainly disappointing given that I have two free days a week (today is one of them) and limited time after work-days to play. Wish Bungie would move to Steam or something...
This is also the perfect example of how beneficial cross-save can and will be as I could just play on Xbox and progress accordingly with my PC characters.
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Hi, I'd be really interested in doing legacy raids when you start this. I switched from PS4 to PC last December and haven't done a single raid yet (I am in the discord though). Will you be posting here or only on discord? Thanks!
Bought Destiny 2 at release but never really played it. Re-downloading now to PS4. I see that the secondary download is actually mandatory as when you start the game it just awaits for that to finish (76GB or so) before you can proceed.
So apparently cross-save won't entirely delete your old characters
I'd still prefer to keep my old characters and their gear though
I'd still prefer to keep my old characters and their gear though
I was expecting this as they kind of tip-toed around the discussion a bit. I'm also glad given that it feels a bit weird to delete my Xbox characters from D1/2 even though I've been playing on PC now mainly since D2 released there back in Oct '17. Still won't play much (if at all) on Xbox but having the option to is nice (as well as the option to revert back to my old characters on that platform).
I guess you'll have like a master account that includes cross-save and kind of sub-accounts that includes your original characters on each platform if you played on multiple platforms previously.
You're a beast.Leveling is hard
Quick Question: did Bungie clarified Cross Save? So do you still need to purchase the game on other platforms, to play on it or switch platforms?
Because Cross Save and Cross Buy isn't the same
Countdown by a fucking mile it's not even funny. Who do I have to sexually pleasure to have this game mode removed?
You'll have to purchase expansions (Forsaken and Shadowkeep) again, but your season purchases carry over between platforms.
Battle.net is back up and running for you PC folk (if you were affected and didn't already know).
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