Last night I thought I was going after two bounties, and neither worked. One was for a mission on Mars, but it's possible I chose the wrong one. Then I went after Askor on Venus, and I made sure that was right one. Didn't get either bounty. Maybe there's a common mistake I'm making?

Also, is there a good site that explains Destiny better? I want simple things like how difficulty selections adjust based on rank. I've got friends IRL I play with who don't have much patience or time for the details, who understand less than I do, and I can sense they're getting frustrated.

For instance, they've heard about the Queen's missions and they're excited because they can get legendary stuff! They don't really understand what legendary stuff is yet (I barely do). They're level 20 and under, and I'm trying to explain to them that they can't even play the Queen's missions yet. I barely qualify at level 21.

I've also had to tell them about 100 times that they won't be playing a raid for a good while.

Last night I thought I was going after two bounties, and neither worked. One was for a mission on Mars, but it's possible I chose the wrong one. Then I went after Askor on Venus, and I made sure that was right one. Didn't get either bounty. Maybe there's a common mistake I'm making?

The only requirement is you have to have heroic on, which means you can't play at the default difficulty, you have at least crank it up one. I also had the problem of running Queen's Wrath missions, hitting the right one and not getting the bounty... only to realize the heroic modifier isn't on with the Queen's Wrath missions.

The only requirement is you have to have heroic on, which means you can't play at the default difficulty, you have at least crank it up one.

Which, once you're "to the endgame", still leaves it hilariously easy if you decide to make it so... That Devil Archon in the cosmodrome can be heroic'd as low as level 3. I'm surprised that they didn't scale the difficulty requirements by player level.

I also had the problem of running Queen's Wrath missions, hitting the right one and not getting the bounty... only to realize the heroic modifier isn't on with the Queen's Wrath missions.

Rofl.

I bet this is my problem.

Dang.

Did you actually kill the boss? I tried to get the Sepiks Prime Bounty a couple days ago but because I was mopping up Fallen when he was killed, I didn't get the Bounty.
I guess it makes it harder so you can't just coast.

Did you actually kill the boss? I tried to get the Sepiks Prime Bounty a couple days ago but because I was mopping up Fallen when he was killed, I didn't get the Bounty.
I guess it makes it harder so you can't just coast.

Evidently not, but it's not like I didn't contribute mightily to his downfall. (See my post above yours.) Timing matters.

The trouble is when you get killed or swarmed by enemies shortly before the boss is killed.

Did you actually kill the boss? I tried to get the Sepiks Prime Bounty a couple days ago but because I was mopping up Fallen when he was killed, I didn't get the Bounty.
I guess it makes it harder so you can't just coast.

I'm guessing that the bounty is just like the "kill 3 walkers" bounty. You have to have the killing shot, OR be in a fire team and standing really close to the person with the kill shot (proximity assist). So if your fire team is too spread out, you won't get the bounty. Which really sucks, since in the case of the walker, you want to be spread out to draw its fire in different directions. Just get the health down low, and then meet up together for the kill shot.

Did you actually kill the boss? I tried to get the Sepiks Prime Bounty a couple days ago but because I was mopping up Fallen when he was killed, I didn't get the Bounty.
I guess it makes it harder so you can't just coast.

I'm guessing that the bounty is just like the "kill 3 walkers" bounty. You have to have the killing shot, OR be in a fire team and standing really close to the person with the kill shot (proximity assist). So if your fire team is too spread out, you won't get the bounty. Which really sucks, since in the case of the walker, you want to be spread out to draw its fire in different directions. Just get the health down low, and then meet up together for the kill shot.

That's something different, and something they're working to fix.

I should have named my second post in this thread: this is the problem.

And it's this:

http://www.bungie.net/7_Not-getting-credit-for-completing-Bounties/en/Help/Article/12187

I don't think they'll "fix" this.

The only requirement is you have to have heroic on, which means you can't play at the default difficulty, you have at least crank it up one.

Which, once you're "to the endgame", still leaves it hilariously easy if you decide to make it so... That Devil Archon in the cosmodrome can be heroic'd as low as level 3. I'm surprised that they didn't scale the difficulty requirements by player level.

Yeah, I also noticed that. It's odd.

There's an option to do that at level 3 or level 20, and it calls both of them "hard". I honestly don't know if that's intended to mean that both of those are equally hard or not. Apparently the amount of damage you do to enemies starts at low and goes up until you reach level parity, so I imagine at level 21 you'd be doing the same amount of damage to enemies that are either level 20 or level 3.

But does it mean those enemies have the same amount of health, or do the same amount of damage to you? I have no idea.