On the one hand, Superblack and other new shaders.

But on the other, the Broom sparrow is limited to just the event, the new masks are all (except Saladin) behind a paywall, as are the new cosmetic consumables, the sweets are gone for no discernible reason, the refillable bag of candy gives only Jackolytes and FoS, and the quest is just a repeat of last year.

That Superblack though. And the glowy purple one too!

I was bummed that I held onto last year's quests for the entire year b/c they were only partially completed. Monday night they were still there, and then Tuesday after the update they were gone.

That Superblack though. And the glowy purple one too!

Sea of Tears is just the shade of blue I was looking for on my titan. Now all three of my characters have a different blue shader that looks good on them.

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They (somehow) forgot that these masks completely remove any light from a total mean. So if you're at LL 400, the maximum possible, you're dropped down to 360, just barely enough to get one shot killed by a Elemental Burn sniper. Any less(like my 370 character) and it becomes Impossible. I mean literally, black bar Wailing Skull "there is no hope" impossible.

I don't understand. Is there a quest that requires you to do a heroic strike or something while wearing a mask?

Yes, but you can kill the boss, then put the mask on before the completion countdown appears. A workaround, but dumb that it's needed or possible in the first place.

Yeah, but despite it being hard I actually had a lot of fun. Did the new Sepiks strike with two good randos. We died many many times waiting for our Ghost to turn off the laser grid but hard stuff like that is where my Defender finally gets to really shine. My randos played well but between Force Barrier, my Ward of Dawn, and Invective, I was the last man standing a good dozen times and got to save everyone's asses. :)

I've decrypted so many purples while forgetting to take a damn mask off. That's my only real complaint. I thought the extra challenge of dropping my light to complete hard task was actually "brilliant", granted the rewards for such feats really doesn't feel on par with the challenge presented.

It's still a nice change of pace and scenery and it's what I've come to expect of Destiny.

Maybe that's the key, you just have to drop that bar a little lower to get a lot more enjoyment out of it.

Agreed.

I like the challenge, once you level up the game becomes Grindy. But man, that first time you go on patrol and you AREN'T a tank is a neat feeling.

Made the same mistake as you with a purple or two.

Spent the last of the free silver Bungie gave me a year ago too. Got my namesakes mask.

Still want that ghost ghost.

I've decrypted so many purples while forgetting to take a damn mask off.

I've been really good about remembering to max light before decrypting purples (though I did get some crap rewards when I forget to take mine off before doing a few rounds of Archon's Forge), but I still got hosed by the mask anyway. I was in a hurry to clear space and get back to fighting, so I didn't remove the mask before turning in a bunch of blue engrams. So of course that's when I got "lucky" and had one of my rares decrypt into an exotic. Instead of getting some >397 infusion fuel, I got a 358 Thunderlord. Yay. I didn't even care enough to dump some motes into it to score an extra exotic shard. I just wanted to trash the thing as soon as possible and try to forget that it happened :p

Everything I decrypt, from now until all of my characters are 400, will now be turned in by my Hunter at max light. Just in case.

I thought the extra challenge of dropping my light to complete hard task was actually "brilliant", granted the rewards for such feats really doesn't feel on par with the challenge presented.

Same. I had fun actually struggling with the Taniks strike again. It was a bit frustrating getting him down to a sliver of health, popping a Golden Gun to finish him off, and getting one shot killed by a shrapnel launcher Captain who shot me in the back before I could pull the trigger, then watching that captain wipe the rest of the team and getting to start the fight over again, but it was still fun :p

-Disciple