Rage Storm Incoming(Here We Go Again)--NSFW (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Friday, July 17, 2015, 03:42 (3655 days ago) @ Morpheus
edited by General Vagueness, Friday, July 17, 2015, 03:52

Here we go. I know, 10% isn't a lot, but this is how it starts. Before you know it, we're back down to Shotguns being PvE pee shooters.

The Final Round perk on Sniper Rifles should still require precision shots

While I could care less about Final Round, as that perk to me is laughable(1 single extra point of damage), unoudid is right, that defeats the purpose.

What are you talking about, it gives you a lot more than 1 point of damage extra.

Grenades and Horseshoes proximity detonation reduced.

I guess if I go into Crucible again, I'll get killed 20 feet away from the explosion instead of 21.

What are you talking about (again), changing that changes how close you have to be for the rocket to explode.

Hard Light Changes:
Increase base Stability to 80 (was 65)
Increase bounce count for Hard Light projectiles
Hard Light projectiles are not affected by Damage Falloff

...and the increase to the actual damage or impact of that Auto Rifle itself will be....how much?

...whatever it said in the auto rifle section?

Thorn Changes:
Reduce base damage of Thorn’s Mark of the Devourer DoT (Damage over Time) to roughly 1/3 of what it was in PVP and PVE

Why in PvE?!? How is it possibly balanced to neuter that in single-player? What, are the Vandals and Minotaurs ragequitting missions and posting angry threads in Reddit?

Yes, I know it's a nightmare in Crucible--believe me, I was constantly rolling between that, Red Death and Bad Juju(ALL in the top 10, by the way)--but the campaign is just computers. Why cripple the gun in THAT part of the game? Who the hell cares?

They must think it was making things too easy.

We’ve all done it. Hunker down in the back of the map with your lunch box, picnic table, a sci-fi paperback, and Ice Breaker. Kill all the enemies, wait for more to show up, kill those ones too, put a few shots on the boss, make a sandwich, finish the strike, and then collect your reward-that-isn’t-Hawkmoon and move on.

No, I have not.

No, I DO not.

And not a single Icebreaker owner I've ever met since October does that either. Don't you categorize me with those assholes who camp and AFK their way through strikes.

I don't care if I've beaten Sepiks Prime 100 times, I'll do it again and willingly.

It's not just strikes, people do the same kind of thing in the Crucible.

So now, there is literally nothing I can do to contribute to kneeling Crota. Not a goddamn thing. I guess I'll just point--maybe that will distract him.

or you could get good

If Destiny had a nuke it would be the “Ballerhorn.” We definitely intended to have a high damage Heavy Weapon that was ideal for PvE destruction. What we did not intend, and what we unfortunately saw, was pick up Raid and Nightfall groups gating participation based on whether or not players had this weapon. Gallonhorn was so strong that for many people it had become the only answer to getting through tough encounters, and therefore they were less willing to spend time with other players that didn’t have it. We strive for Destiny to be a place where a single weapon or strategy does not dictate how, or with whom, you spend your time. In the new world Ljimperhorn is still worthy of its legacy as an exotic Heavy Weapon, but we hope it promotes inclusive behavior rather than exclusivity.

Well, I mean, you know how to fix that though, right? You...you know what the solution is for...for something like that, right? Y'know? Perhaps maybe? Crazily? Here's an idea:

MAKE THEM MORE AVAILABLE!!

No, that's the opposite of what they want. They don't want it to be that easy. I did a nightfall with a Gjallarhorn user (or two) a few weeks ago. I expected the last fight to take up to an hour. By all rights it probably should have. It was over before I could fire off two magazines from my sniper. That's a broken encounter, because of one gun-- and that was Valus Ta'aurc, the one they thought had too much health at the time!

Maybe not giving me the weapon I just killed the boss with in Nightfall, or the armor I literally have equipped nearly 24/7!

No. Let's make it weaker. So now, LFG groups will be even MORE exclusive, looking for only a full party of maxed out horns--Level 34 or higher, plz! That's a step backwards.

What are you talking about (part III: the revenge), they already do that, now they'll have less reason to.

"Troll" me, critique me, pick my post apart--whatever.

Gotchya covered. Hope you don't take it personally.