"Random drops can kiss my ass, and I avoid reliance on them" (Destiny)

by yakaman, Monday, March 09, 2015, 14:40 (3545 days ago) @ Kahzgul

This should be line 1, page 1 of any respectable Destiny Player's guide.

That being said, in the early days I farmed the ever-living shit out of the loot cave. I got TONS of blues and a decent amount of purples, far more than what I'd get out of the Strike playlist (which I also played devoutly - Scarab's experience is similar to mine).

But, I'm pretty sure I've gotten exactly jack-shit from random drops. Well, okay, I've gotten the following:

Sunbreakers from a Purple dropped in VoG in October
...

Point being, the loot cave (IME) dropped a hell of a lot more engrams, and those engrams translated into precisely fuck-all.

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Bungie GDC panel rundown - electricpirate, 2015-03-07, 03:23
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. - scarab, 2015-03-07, 06:50
  - They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. - someotherguy, 2015-03-08, 09:46
    - in those days you weren't guaranteed drops end strikes - scarab, 2015-03-08, 21:51
- Also: - uberfoop, 2015-03-07, 07:10
  - Also: - electricpirate, 2015-03-09, 01:23
  - 6 Years in the Making - Blackt1g3r, 2015-03-09, 16:06
- Bungie GDC panel rundown - EffortlessFury, 2015-03-07, 12:23
  - Maybe they mean... - Blackt1g3r, 2015-03-07, 12:25
    - That's what I was thinking - Dagoonite, 2015-03-07, 13:03
      - It dropped purples and they were pretty rare in those days - scarab, 2015-03-07, 13:44
        
        Maybe it meant actual purples. - Funkmon, 2015-03-08, 20:32
        
        yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up - scarab, 2015-03-08, 20:54
        
        yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up - ZackDark, 2015-03-08, 21:21
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - scarab, 2015-03-08, 21:47
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-08, 22:39
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - slycrel, 2015-03-09, 02:19
        
        loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 02:31
        
        irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:16
        
        irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 04:28
        
        Dude - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-09, 14:31
    - It was a patrol spawn point - scarab, 2015-03-07, 13:36
      - It was a patrol spawn point - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-07, 13:45
        
        It was efficient: tons of blues, a fair number of purples - scarab, 2015-03-07, 14:02
        
        It was a patrol spawn point - scarab, 2015-03-07, 14:18
        
        It was a patrol spawn point - Claude Errera, 2015-03-07, 21:13
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - scarab, 2015-03-08, 04:54
        
        It always seemed to me that all enemies had equal drop rates - Kahzgul, 2015-03-08, 09:11
        
        "Random drops can kiss my ass, and I avoid reliance on them" - yakaman, 2015-03-09, 14:40
        
        +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 14:42
        
        Compared to what, though? - CyberKN, 2015-03-09, 14:56
        
        Compared to what, though? - Kahzgul, 2015-03-09, 19:54
        
        But Gjallarhorn! - dogcow, 2015-03-09, 20:09
        
        false dichotomy - scarab, 2015-03-10, 04:53
        
        Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:25
        
        Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 15:44
        
        so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:53
        
        Exclusion Zone Mission farming - ZackDark, 2015-03-09, 17:31
        
        so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:32
        
        Enjoying Destiny - Kermit, 2015-03-09, 16:21
        
        Enjoying Destiny - Up North 65, 2015-03-09, 21:01
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - Claude Errera, 2015-03-08, 16:57
        
        do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 02:45
        
        Cut It Out. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 03:08
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 03:56
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 04:16
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 12:41
        
        What effort? - someotherguy, 2015-03-09, 14:08
        
        What effort? - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 14:26
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 14:17
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:41
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Dagoonite, 2015-03-09, 04:28
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 04:55
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Kermit, 2015-03-09, 09:55
        
        Take. A. Joke. - someotherguy, 2015-03-09, 14:16
        
        Take. A. Joke. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-09, 16:14
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 16:51
        
        Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:43
        
        That's not a joke. That's important information. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-09, 17:47
        
        Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 17:51
        
        Keep in mind... - Kahzgul, 2015-03-09, 00:31
  - Other currency - electricpirate, 2015-03-09, 00:43
    - the other currencies were weekly capped, cave was not - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:25
      - so it's a false dichotomy to say cave vs others - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:28
  - Bungie GDC panel rundown - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 05:12
- One full GDC panel - Xenos, 2015-03-08, 01:51
  - One full GDC panel - Kermit, 2015-03-08, 13:25
    - One full GDC panel - Xenos, 2015-03-08, 17:21
- Months later: Still arguing about the frackin lootcave. - Revenant1988, 2015-03-09, 11:07
  - Bungie brought it up again and claimed low level enemies - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:40

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