Destiny 2 - PS4

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  1. nexus

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    yeah this campaign was complete dogshit

    many of the cinematics looked awesome (as is usually the case) but the story was just an abject failure on so many levels and it feels compounded by the fact that theres so much god damn potential in the Witness, his disciples, the Gardener/Winnower, Traveler, Veil, the open ended Savathun storyline etc that what we got (or more specifically - didn't get) feels like a slap in the fucking face.

    the raid and whatever else it unlocks better be nothing short of spectacular or this is going to end up as bad as Shadowkeep
     
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  2. Aussie

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    Nimbus is the worst character in gaming history.
     
  3. Odin

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    whats really bad is nimbus is actually decent in post-campaign stuff
     
  4. ButchCassidy

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    Everyone has been saying the story is going to be locked behind the seasons, that’s when they’ll clarify/explain things?

    I’m tired of their seasons. Nothing but a reskin. Seasons going to be different going forward?

    I haven’t bought the DLC yet.
     
  5. Odin

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    which part of the seasons are you tired of?
     
  6. ButchCassidy

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    Was the same old activities, and slowly unlocking the perks based on weekly challenges. Was just boring, IMO.
     
  7. Odin

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    the activities have all played as differently as reasonably possible so i'm not sure what more you want there. but yes, the general unlock perks via vendor model will be changing after this season. the story will continue to be told throughout the year, not just with the expansion. don't expect any real changes beyond losing the upgradeable vendor. mostly sounds like you just don't like destiny.
     
  8. ButchCassidy

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    I just don’t have time for the grind anymore.

    strand does look super fun.
     
  9. lazy bum

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    This is a legit problem Bungie is going to be increasingly running into as the franchise continues to age. They’ve made it almost impenetrable for new players and their long term players are growing older, having careers/families, and less time.

    I’m obviously biased in that thinking being one of those old farts myself, but I wonder what the drop rate will be among that part of the player population if they are unable to “fix” the displeasure in the general community with this expansion.

    I really disliked the story telling and the implementation of giving us strand. And the final boss fight, of course. But the further away I get from the campaign the more I’m enjoying strand and I’m fully engaged with the grind. Wish Neomuna didn’t feel so empty.
     
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  10. Odin

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    ok ok ok. let's pretend quality of storytelling isn't relevant.

    strand is fun and quite viable now that we have access to all the fragments. it certainly doesn't offer the level of immortality that void or solar do but it does have a fair bit of survivability with woven mail. there were a couple of campaign missions that were genuinely fun. i believe it was the penultimate mission that was just absolute chaos there fighting with caiatl, one of my absolute favorites of all time from a gameplay perspective. partition is incredible and definitely a better weekly pinnacle than preservation. the time trial thing is kind of neat, hope they do more with that. terminal overload is at least more fun than wellspring. the deterministic chaos mission was solid.


    i don't think we'll ever get heavily populated patrol zones. maybe after last gen consoles are dropped but still seems unlikely. from a lore perspective, i'm not sure how much sense it makes to have civilians running about in a war zone but they could certainly add more random npc combatants as they have from time to time. would be cool to summon allies to a terminal overload type deal but my frames already tank hard on neomuna as it is.
     
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  11. Jax Teller

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    I only play it to hang you with you cool guys anyways.
     
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    So they are throttling login traffic because of increased traffic? Yea right, more like the servers are probably garbage.
     
  13. Odin

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    they had a seamless launch with very few issues. one of the bright spots of lightfall. logins are throttled because of maintenance.
     
  14. Jax Teller

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    It doesn't say maintenance though. It says they are throttled due to increased traffic. and stay on this screen till the servers stabilize. it's already booted me back to the main screen once and made me come back to the same waiting spot.
     
  15. Jax Teller

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    Also I'm skeptical of anything they say lol
     
  16. Odin

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    dude they tweeted about background maintenance hours ago
     
  17. Jax Teller

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    Like I check Twitter. I deleted my account when Elmo took it over and turnd it into Truth social lite.

    I never followed/checked Destiny twitter even before that.
     
  18. Odin

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    if you choose to approach the games you play with ignorance that's on you.
     
  19. Jax Teller

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    I'm sorry i didn't know you have to follow a game designers twitter to not be ignorant.
    :out:
     
  20. Odin

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    if you don't want to spend all evening getting frustrated trying to login and blaming others for things you don't understand then it might be worth taking 25 seconds to check server status somewhere when you start having problems.
     
  21. Jax Teller

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    Not gonna derail the thread arguing with you about something as trivial and stupid as this.
     
  22. Jax Teller

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    At least I have Ghosts of Tsushima and Ragnarok to keep me entertained when destiny is being dumb.
     
  23. Karl Hungus

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    This is the most action this threads seen in forever. No derailing going on.
     
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  24. Aussie

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    A lot of us talk on discord so this thread is a dead a lot of times.
     
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  25. Karl Hungus

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    Oh I know.
     
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  26. ButchCassidy

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    So Bungie just locked some
    Stuff for the raid, 15 minutes beforehand, without warning??
     
  27. Odin

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    i was genuinely surprised necrotic grips weren't on the list yesterday. none of those interactions can possibly be intended. current strand warlock is one of the most broken subs the game has ever seen.
     
  28. ButchCassidy

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    I don’t know anything about builds, but that’s real shitty to do 15 min before such a big event.

    Am still watching the race, lol.
     
  29. Odin

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    the loop was consume grenade, get a single glaive kill, then everything dies or gets cc'd for what seemed like eternity, dozens of orbs fall to the ground.
     
  30. ButchCassidy

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    Raid has been beaten in less than 3 hours.
     
  31. Aussie

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    That was quick.

    Any idea who it was.
     
  32. Odin

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    never heard of them. elysium was 2 i believe.
     
  33. Aussie

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    As long as it wasn't Saltagreppo. Fuck that douche.
     
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  34. ButchCassidy

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    Seems it’s 90% mechanics, and very short. Especially once people have the mechanics down.

    Visuals and sound are cool.
     
  35. ButchCassidy

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    I saw he had his status field blurred and was on mute. Doesnt datto do that too?
     
  36. Odin

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    and a whole lot of lore for byf to explain to us
     
  37. Odin

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    i think it's going to take a very specific kind of raid to take very long these days. destiny players just know destiny too well. you could always have something like the last wish vault show up for people to get stuck on for 12 hours. but if we look at top tier fps players who never really play destiny coming in to try to get the clear they are struggling greatly today. definitely going to be a quick non contest clear with any competent raid group. not sure how viable it is for 1-3 people to carry others through yet. tbd. clear time isn't necessarily indicative of quality. wrath was sub 2 hours.

    i do think we are due for another epic length raid like last wish. hopefully final shape brings that.
     
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  38. Jax Teller

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  39. ButchCassidy

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    Players are too good at builds, so staying alive/damage won’t be an issue for them; it’s all about figuring out the mechanics.
     
  40. Aussie

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    We don't need another day 1 that takes 24 hours to complete. This is fine.
     
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  41. nexus

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  42. Aussie

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    Nice. We got a late start but are on the third encounter. Trying to figure out why we are only getting two plates of damage instead of 3 currently.
     
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  43. nexus

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    hint: think Caretaker
     
  44. Aussie

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    Yeah that's what we're thinking. So you want to stop doing damage just before you get to that line on the second plate? I've never quite understood that mechanic.

    Unfortunately we have a couple of people that struggle with dps on our team so it's an issue.
     
  45. nexus

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    Correct, or at least that's the way it works in Vow. You only have something like 3 or 4 seconds of damage remaining once you hate the health gates so ideally you want to stop just short of that on the 2nd plate and then lay in to him with heavy and supers right away on the 3rd to maximize. Also you want someone on Div and 1 Gally/4 Hotheads or BITN seems to be the play there.
     
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  46. Aussie

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    We got it done. Probably going to have to try and finish tomorrow. One of our guys has to get up and work tomorrow for a little bit.
     
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    good shit man, well done. one of the more unique raid encounters for sure

    good luck tomororw, you guys got this
     
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  48. Aussie

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    I hope so. Last encounter seems interesting.
     
  49. ButchCassidy

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    You guys going in blind Aussie ?
     
  50. Aussie

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    Yeah. We've done everything blind so far.