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When gaming pays off IRL (Destiny)

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:28 (3280 days ago)
edited by unoudid, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:49

A month ago or so I received a message from a guy on my friends list. I haven't gamed with him much, but he's an ex-coworker's husband. He was really wanting to try for the black spindle. We ran the mission a few times without success that afternoon and I eventually had to leave to do some IRL stuff.

Later that night I had crawled into bed but just didn't feel right about him not getting the spindle. I pulled up the smartglass app and checked to see if he was still on. Sure enough, he was playing Destiny still. So I shot him a message and asked if he was able to get the spindle yet. No such luck yet. A few minutes later I was back in orbit and assembled the fireteam.

After watching a few videos on the best methods earlier in the day I felt pretty confident that we could get the spindle. fast forward a bit, we were able to beat the taken room with a few seconds minute to spare and get the drops for the fireteam. I finally got the ship, and he got the spindle and the ship. I can't for the life of me remember who else was with me on that run, but I'm pretty sure they got the ship also.

Well, I received a little surprise at the office today. Two delicious Hazelnut Nutella cupcakes

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The coworker had left the company to start her own Cupcake business :)

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Story irrelevant. You got the SHIP?

by Funkmon @, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:32 (3280 days ago) @ unoudid

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Sure did :)

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Friday, March 04, 2016, 20:21 (3280 days ago) @ Funkmon

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Story irrelevant. You got the SHIP?

by ProbablyLast, Friday, March 04, 2016, 22:33 (3280 days ago) @ Funkmon

Wait, is that hard to get? I got it on my second completion.

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Used to be

by ZackDark @, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Friday, March 04, 2016, 23:29 (3280 days ago) @ ProbablyLast

Apparently, now it's handed out like candy. I approve.

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Used to be

by cheapLEY @, Friday, March 04, 2016, 23:44 (3280 days ago) @ ZackDark

Did they ever say if it was a glitch, or intentionally rare?

I got lucky and got the ship on my first completion the second time it was the daily. Never did that mission again. /:

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They did say they've "fixed" the drop rate on an update

by ZackDark @, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Saturday, March 05, 2016, 00:23 (3280 days ago) @ cheapLEY

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I was just being an ass to Funk.

by ProbablyLast, Saturday, March 05, 2016, 00:27 (3280 days ago) @ ZackDark

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Pretty sure it was me...

by BeardFade ⌂, Portland, OR, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:39 (3280 days ago) @ unoudid
edited by BeardFade, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:46

If it's the guy I'm thinking of. Has a raspy voice, sounded like he used to party hard? I remember because at the end he was like "HOLY SHIT! MAN! You know my wife! I'm gonna get you some cupcakes".

We beat that with like 1:30 to spare. It was our third run that night after getting me the Spindle, then Oholiab the spindle.

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That's the guy :)

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Friday, March 04, 2016, 19:41 (3280 days ago) @ BeardFade

I couldn't remember if it was you or doooodbruh, or someone else. pretty sure I ran that mission close to 15 times that day :)

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