Compiling Post (Destiny)

by Morpheus , High Charity, Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 00:03 (3429 days ago) @ HavokBlue

Crucible is not balanced around a level 2 character with 2 guns and no abilities.

Quote from Ragashingo:

It keeps Crucible matches Fair & Balanced™. It allows someone just starting out to be competitive with those who have been playing for three months.

Now, you've been playing for three months, and using a new character--essentially just starting out--literally a blend of the two. It made sense to me.

In a way, it would be cool if for Destiny 2 Bungie had variations of the crucible. One version would be like Iron Banner is now, where level advantages matter and you can bring in your guns. The other version would have level advantages disabled, but have a limited selection of weapons and armor available to everyone. You would choose and save a loadout while the map is loading, and cannot take anything you have in with you. That's the most 'fair' it can possibly get given the nature of the game.

That's exactly what I want/wanted, and almost verbatim what I was griping about earlier. I absolutely and wholly agree with you on that.

It's not that – it's the way in every other post you curse like a sailor who just cut his arm shot off. A little profanity goes along way. None can go even further.

You're absolutely right. I apologize, I didn't mean to offend. I checked through my posts, and I never realized I swore that much. I do seem to get angry over the smallest things. I guess cursing somehow alleviated that anger for me when I got too angry, since I couldn't destroy or hurt anyone. I think it's a combination of that, and the taboo of it in itself. I was always told not to curse as a child, and I even created a swear jar--made insane bank around my father. They wanted me to stop doing that, but more and more of my role models disappointed me with severe hypocrisy. So, I think the fact that it's so wrong is where that extra dopamine comes from. So yeah, I'll make a note to keep my swearing to a minimum. I'll put up NSFW tags if I need to curse, but last time I did that, people were practically asking for porn. I'll just keep disappointing them.

Side note: I found this and I had to laugh at myself. I now realize I really do deserve every iota of stress and every tear of frustration that has birthed from this miserable mode.

Also, regarding being 'forced' into an Exotic bounty - I gave up on Thorn pretty quickly. It's requirements didn't fit my playstyle so I decided the gun wasn't for me and dropped it. I'd suggest the same if you're frustrated by whichever you're on. There's a lot more opportunities for neat guns in Destiny - no point in all of us having ALL the guns. :)

Yeah--I'm going to be dropping duplicate bounties from now on. But the Thorn is such an amazing weapon--especially in Single Player! Most high-level enemies can die in one shot with the residual effects--not to mention, I've never seen a magazine that big on a Hand Cannon! It's incredible! I'm giving the new version to my Hunter. I just HAVE to finish it!

Not running out where you can be shot helps a great deal. Not to be rude or a snob, but my advice is just to get better. I absolutely do not have the problem or frustration you are experiencing. Last Word has a low time to kill, but so do boatloads of other weapons.

I know, I do need to get better. It's just so frustrating when so many of my weapons and strategies just fail. I mean, my Thorn is really dependable, and I'm developing an attraction to my B-Line Trauma, but everything else is just so hard. I don't know what I'm doing wrong--even when my Fusion Rifles land a hit with every single projectile(in rare cases, even all headshots), they don't cause any damage--literally--it doesn't even impact their shields. Up close, from a distance, it doesn't matter! And whenever I do carry one, everyone rock-paper-scissors me with a Shotgun. The Comedian, The Found Verdict, The Judgement, The Hide-N-Seek, even the Sidewinder and Copperhead. I own The Comedian, The Verdict, and The Crash, and those only resort to old-school Halo 3 melees. The Snipers--don't even get me started on those. The reticule is so overwhelmingly "shaky"--if someone even points their gun at you, there's almost no way of getting an accurate shot. Even jumping messes up your line of sight! I find it entirely useless unless you camp and catch your opponent by surprise. You've seen my emblem. My Rocket Launcher tracks, but unless he's real far away, it'll home away from my opponent and make me look like an idiot. Meanwhile, everyone's got Truth and Galahorn. I'd spell that right, but I never ever see the weapon unless it's 10 feet up my [REDACTED]. Fired point blank by an opponent with no damage to them.

I suppose I sabotage myself, though--my sensitivity is like, 2. It's always been. And my strength of easily killing people who follow me, now seems to be a weakness of my own. I just want those last dozen bullets or so to finally kill him...

Machine guns, I actually have no complaint against. Except I guess, the Corrective Measure and Zombie Apocalypse What The [REDACTED] That Thing Has 47 Rounds. But here--here is my current Fight Sheet. Nearly all my spots are Yellow or Purple, save for the useless items I haven't deleted yet. What do you suggest I use to my advantage? What should I get rid of? What would you use if these were yours? What advice can you give? Is it Super Good? (Sorry, it was begging for it.)

I started playing Destiny in October. I can count on two hands all the times I've ever been killed by The Devil You Know.

Correction: I met my 11th last night.

Here's a guy who is actually good at the crucible killing people with a gun that sucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fTy52I4SO0

"But that guy is upgraded!" you say. Here's some Iron Banner 1.0 (basically vanilla crucible) where a guy with a level 4 character murders everything with a Khvostov (his obnoxious voice fits the mood of this thread so I'm leaving it in):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgCJjNjZl28

Satisfied?

It hurts. It hurts that it's made to look so easy.

But yes. I am.

I...I just suck. I fucking suck...

And the crazy thing is, the day you posted that, I got my own personalized experience myself. I was in a Skirmish match, and I was actually doing great. Terrific, in fact. I got my first(and now last) Reign of Terror. But of the seven times I died, almost each time a name came up--The Marshall-A. Literally a starter. And I got killed just as quickly as any other Auto Rifle. I had gotten more medals, kills, and victory than I had ever had in any other Crucible game, yet I never felt more lost and defeated. For I learned--through scoring so high in that game--that I am useless in multiplayer.

I'll post my apology in a separate reply.

I just don't know what I'm doing wrong...