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Reminder: Age of Triumph Reveal Stream 1/3 today at 10am PST (Destiny)

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 15:48 (2606 days ago)

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AKA In ten minutes...

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 15:50 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Post-Pre-Hype?

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:08 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Surprise! Year 3 VoG, CE, and KF...

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:10 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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390 Light

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:26 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Complete all challenge modes

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:26 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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9 emblems total

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:27 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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Final Live event for Destiny 1. RIP SRL.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:12 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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RIP Crimson Doubles

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:12 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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13 pages for Record Book

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:16 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Retroactive filling-out of book, with timed nodes...

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:18 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

Didn't play Destiny before TDB? You can't fill that node out.

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Retroactive filling-out of book, with timed objectives...

by DiscipleN2k @, Edmond, OK, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:20 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

I wonder if there will be something along the lines of "Participated in every Iron Banner event." Might be one of the few I don't get to fill in.

-Disciple

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There is one for visiting the Lighthouse, apparently.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:26 (2606 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k

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I'm cool as long as I don't need more than my one Y1 trip

by DiscipleN2k @, Edmond, OK, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:34 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Same.

by Funkmon @, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:35 (2606 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k

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Lighthouse not required to complete the page

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:37 (2606 days ago) @ Funkmon

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THEN WHAT'S THE POINT?!

by Funkmon @, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:42 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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That I'd prefer not to get cancer just to score a t-shirt.

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:52 (2606 days ago) @ Funkmon

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I'm With Kermit.

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 01:45 (2606 days ago) @ Kermit

That act of kindness was touching and sweet, but I don't want to be coughing up blood in order for people to do stuff with me.

If people are going to carry me to Mercury, it'll be out of pity and annoyance,not the goodness of their hearts.

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Not necessarily

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 12:59 (2605 days ago) @ Morpheus

If people are going to carry me to Mercury, it'll be out of pity and annoyance,not the goodness of their hearts.

There's a bunch of twitch streamers who do Lighthouse Virgin carries out of the kindness of their heart. No money/donation requirements.

https://www.twitch.tv/rockywrecks

Will typically do lighthouse virgin runs on the weekends.

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But let's be honest: might as well pay.

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 14:19 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

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I'm not going to argue with that

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 14:27 (2605 days ago) @ Funkmon

It sucks that it's a piece of content that the majority of players will never be able to achieve on their own.

For $20 you can probably find someone to carry you to the lighthouse.

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I'm not going to argue with that

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 14:50 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid
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Yeah it does blow. Now to me, the achievement means almost nothing. As in, getting to the lighthouse legit. We did it, so it's very easy to say this as someone who's lighthoused before. I would have just cared about the check mark. I wanted the adept gun, and I wanted the grimoire.

Now, if I was someone like coldairfilter, who spends literally 8 hours per day every weekend (5 on Friday, closer to 10 on Sat and Sunday), trying to get there just to have done it for 15 months, I'd mow a couple lawns, say "Tim, here's $20. Pay this guy on paypal to carry me." It's 4 hours of work versus 20 for the week. He does want to be carried, because every time I go over there, he tells me a story about how he begged people to carry him and one promised to do that. Every time. He never goes because he never pays them, and he's frustrated and upset at the end of the night, storming into the living room pouting while I watch The Simpsons and eat my parents' steak.

That's insanity. If I were in his position, I'd have dropped the $20 and just gotten that shit done. Some morons are really good and play the game basically for a living. In much the same way I can't change my break calipers without a ton of trouble, or in the way I literally can't change a clutch, I buy the part and pay some guy at a garage to do it for me.

The car has a need to continue functioning, but a lot of guys really really really want to go, and to those who can't, just pay the damn experts. Life's too short.

I don't think Kermit or Morpheus are in the really really really want camp, but if someone here feels the need to get an emblem or a gun or the grimoire, don't feel bad. Pay a streamer.

EDIT: What my real question was, when I asked what the point was, was if you don't need the flawless trip to complete the page, why the hell is it even in there? Just dump it. If they don't think people can get a wrecking ball, why is it even in there?

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I'm not going to argue with that

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, March 09, 2017, 16:37 (2605 days ago) @ Funkmon

EDIT: What my real question was, when I asked what the point was, was if you don't need the flawless trip to complete the page, why the hell is it even in there? Just dump it. If they don't think people can get a wrecking ball, why is it even in there?

It's there so that people who have done it can see a circle filled in and get a little shot of dopamine to make them feel good.

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I'm not going to argue with that

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 20:38 (2603 days ago) @ dogcow

My dopamine always came from that ultra close game at 8-0 on the ticket in order to finally win.

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Mine comes from hard drugs.

by Funkmon @, Sunday, March 12, 2017, 01:46 (2603 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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I'm not going to argue with that

by ProbablyLast, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 18:08 (2605 days ago) @ Funkmon

In all fairness, the achievement meant nothing as soon as I got to the Lighthouse on my very first attempt despite being god-awful at the game.

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Was that with me?

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 18:10 (2605 days ago) @ ProbablyLast

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Don't think so.

by ProbablyLast, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 18:32 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

I mean, you didn't make it there for a year, right?

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I didn't because I forgot to buy boons. was that with you?

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 19:32 (2605 days ago) @ ProbablyLast

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Which time?

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 19:33 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

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Doubt it.

by ProbablyLast, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 19:37 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

I wouldn't try a lighthouse run with someone dumb enough to not buy boons.

Just like I wouldn't do a complicated exotic quest with someone dumb enough to turn it in early and almost fuck the other two over.

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I'm shockingly stupid

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 19:38 (2605 days ago) @ ProbablyLast

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<3

by ProbablyLast, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 19:39 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

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It was. Good times unoudid getting screwed out of lighthouse

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 18:43 (2605 days ago) @ unoudid

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I'm not going to argue with that

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 06:41 (2604 days ago) @ unoudid

It sucks that it's a piece of content that the majority of players will never be able to achieve on their own.

For $20 you can probably find someone to carry you to the lighthouse.

I'd much rather do it with Team DBO, but I'd have to SOLIDLY earn a few dern-near guaranteed RSVP's well in advance--I work every single Friday and Saturday, and nobody's on Sunday. I can only ask for one Friday/Saturday off per job, and I don't want to waste it sitting in orbit looking at an FTB with (1).

If that's the case, then paid or not, it would be a good idea to ask a streamer pro.

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I'm cool as long as I don't need more than my one carried tr

by bluerunner @, Music City, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 17:17 (2606 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k

Thanks, Korny!

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I'm cool as long as I don't need more than my one carried tr

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 17:20 (2606 days ago) @ bluerunner

Thanks, Korny!

You're welcome, Paddy!

Oh wait...

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Check here to see if you played on Day One

by Chappy, Arlington, VA., Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:51 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Light Level is 400.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:27 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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RIP the 420 LL Dream

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:28 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Raids are 390 Light.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:48 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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42 Level enemies

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:51 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Mythoclast is back

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:29 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Year 1 Crucible All Over Again.

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 01:41 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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new armor ornaments

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:29 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Loot Cave in the Record Book

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:32 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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New Moments of Triumph shirt at Bungie Store

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:40 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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*Will not carry over to Des2ny

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:42 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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All PS4 players will have "Get Hawkmoon before Cody" filled.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:42 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Speaking Of...

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 02:00 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Making good progress.

Was Luke or Deej in the stream, do you guys know? 'cause if they were, that's automatic.

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Cross off deeJ, joke, and Speaker saying something new.

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 02:34 (2606 days ago) @ Morpheus

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Man, That's Even Closer! What About You Guys?

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 03:13 (2606 days ago) @ Funkmon

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Lol yes!

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 20:39 (2603 days ago) @ Morpheus

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Weekly Raid with all Challenges available.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:43 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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New loot for Wrath of the Machine (as well as old raids).

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:45 (2606 days ago) @ Korny

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Templar and Atheon Challenge Modes

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:44 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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new raid ghosts and sparrows

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:45 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Old raids now have ghost shells, newer raids get sparrows

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:46 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Year 1 loot stays Year 1 and low Light.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:46 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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week 1 is crota's end

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:46 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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week 2 is VoG, week 3 King's Fall

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:47 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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March 28th release date

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:48 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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390 raids are not Takenified/SIVA-fied :D

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:51 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Confirmed: patch notes don't note all patched stuff.

by Funkmon @, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 16:59 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Legions + Minotaurs will now spawn up at the sniper ledge...

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 17:01 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

Not really... Maybe. Possibly.

They are touching up the old raids "even on Normal mode" though.

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No additional vault space :(

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 17:05 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Age of Triumph... Defenders Titans not invited?

by Ragashingo ⌂, Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:00 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

Looks like each class page has a circle for killing things with your Super. The Titan's Iron Will page has the Superstar objective that reads: "Defeat enemies with your Super abilities as a Titan."

Bungie can track things like getting kills while buffed by Ward of Dawn but they almost never have. Historically, Defenders simply couldn't complete bounties that required Super kills, for instance. More recently, like only post Rise of Iron, they sometimes track Ward of Dawn activations as two Super kills.

I wonder if Defenders get any credit for this one.

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Defenders are not a real subclass ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:03 (2606 days ago) @ Ragashingo

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Age of Triumph... Defenders Titans not invited?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:09 (2606 days ago) @ Ragashingo

More recently, like only post Rise of Iron, they sometimes track Ward of Dawn activations as two Super kills.

You just explained something I'd been puzzled by. Thanks.

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I just read this as Age of Trump. FML

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:14 (2606 days ago) @ Kermit

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Even That's Glitched.

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 02:11 (2606 days ago) @ Kermit

Last night, me you and Robber on the Nightfall. I got the Warding Dawn medal(kill multiple enemies while suped by a bubble)...while dead.

Now I know proximity counts for kills and such, but I wasn't buffed when I got killed.

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Sounds like a blast

by squidnh3, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:05 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

Pretty excited for this, should be a lot of fun.

*Edit: Except for the part where I need to do a painful vault cleaning before playing. And the fact that it's being released a month before I take my PE exam.

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until we need to get to the lit house

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:06 (2606 days ago) @ squidnh3

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Which we have done. That node was said to be retroactive.

by Zero @, Florida, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:06 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

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He means to carry me there :)

by ChrisTheeCrappy, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:09 (2606 days ago) @ Zero

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That idiot chiming in: I'll see you in Destiny 2.

by cheapLEY @, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:15 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Node to kill all the gorgons.

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:26 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

That should be interesting and fun

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I wonder if it has to be in the 390LL raid.

by DiscipleN2k @, Edmond, OK, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:48 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

Won't be much of a challenge if we can go back to the old school raid with a bunch of 400 gear and stomp them all.

-Disciple

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I wonder if it has to be in the 390LL raid.

by Chappy, Arlington, VA., Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:58 (2606 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k

Won't be much of a challenge if we can go back to the old school raid with a bunch of 400 gear and stomp them all.

Care to try tonight after Aksis? :)

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Spoilers?

by unoudid @, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:01 (2606 days ago) @ Chappy

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I'm down :)

by DiscipleN2k @, Edmond, OK, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:06 (2606 days ago) @ Chappy

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I try to do that every time and nobody is into it.

by Funkmon @, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:25 (2606 days ago) @ Chappy

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Because when you did it there was no reason

by narcogen ⌂ @, Andover, Massachusetts, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 00:18 (2606 days ago) @ Funkmon

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But They Respawn, WTF!?

by Morpheus @, High Charity, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 01:40 (2606 days ago) @ unoudid

And then each one has a longer and longer period of immunity!

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But They Respawn, WTF!?

by Chappy, Arlington, VA., Thursday, March 09, 2017, 12:52 (2605 days ago) @ Morpheus

If Bungie makes no changes to the current Gorgons, each member of the fireteam will have to solo kill a Gorgon at the same time. They then have 30 seconds to kill the remaining 2 Gorgons before they become immune. With the shift to 390 light, I suspect they'll change up the mechanics to make it easier - either remove the immunity or respawn.

I suspect they'll also shake up their locations and pathing, just to screw with us :)

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They don't ever become immune with enough firepower

by Funkmon @, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 14:13 (2605 days ago) @ Chappy

Unless something's changed. We once killed them all and then they started respawning iirc.

Anyway, your strategy is definitely the best one. A countdown and then a gyllenhaal + shotgun, or sword or something if you're weird, and a knowledge of where the other two are to team blast them.

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Looking forward to being let down

by ProbablyLast, Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 19:00 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

In the third stream when they tell us how they've destroyed previously fun weapons.

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Video @ end: Interesting Constellation around Venus

by Pyromancy @, discovering fire every week, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 04:20 (2606 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Video @ end: Vex-like whispering when Traveller disappears?

by Pyromancy @, discovering fire every week, Thursday, March 09, 2017, 04:21 (2606 days ago) @ Pyromancy
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Pages and pages of grind

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, March 10, 2017, 02:01 (2605 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Official Youtube archive available

by CyberKN ⌂ @, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Friday, March 10, 2017, 17:08 (2604 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Can I get a tldw?

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 12:10 (2603 days ago) @ CyberKN

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Read the subjects.

by Funkmon @, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 15:28 (2603 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 15:30 (2603 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 20:47 (2603 days ago) @ Korny

Right, but how much of it is cool shit, and how much is grind or rng? Gathering exotic weapons has no place in an achievement book whenthat is literally not under your control.

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by cheapLEY @, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 21:19 (2603 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Right, but how much of it is cool shit, and how much is grind or rng? Gathering exotic weapons has no place in an achievement book whenthat is literally not under your control.

The whole idea of a "record book" seems a little odd to me, at least in the way Destiny presents them. Isn't the entire game a record book? I completed VoG, I know I did--do I need to see a UI element fill in to really get something out of it?

I'm not shit talking talking it, or trying to belittle anyone who's into it. I just don't understand the drive to fill out a record book--I guess it's just not for me.

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 22:11 (2603 days ago) @ cheapLEY

You once again devalue the elements in your game when you turn it into a checklist. See the lighthouse discussion in this very thread.

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by CruelLEGACEY @, Toronto, Saturday, March 11, 2017, 22:58 (2603 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Right, but how much of it is cool shit, and how much is grind or rng? Gathering exotic weapons has no place in an achievement book whenthat is literally not under your control.


The whole idea of a "record book" seems a little odd to me, at least in the way Destiny presents them. Isn't the entire game a record book? I completed VoG, I know I did--do I need to see a UI element fill in to really get something out of it?

I'm not shit talking talking it, or trying to belittle anyone who's into it. I just don't understand the drive to fill out a record book--I guess it's just not for me.

In the first SRL event, it kinda made sense because the game's UI didn't otherwise have a good way to communicate the kind of info you might want to track during that event (although I think making people buy the book was a bit of a dick move, but whatever).

But when it comes to the other record books, they rub me the wrong way because their very inclusion is Bungie doubling down on their arbitrary grind design philosophy. If Bungie wanted to provide rewards for non-grind-related activities, they already have a way to do that: quests. You get an icon on the map, go do the mission, claim your reward. The only real use for record books is tracking repetition. Do 50 strikes, win 50 PvP games, etc. (The quest system can convey this information as well, but less efficiently). I'm sure Bungie will include some
none-repetitive milestones in the new book as well, just to pad it out. But repetitive tasks are what the book is all about.

So basically it's yet another way to try and get people to spend more time with the game than the content might earn on its own.

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tl;dw, it's Destiny's biggest record book EVER.

by Vortech @, A Fourth Wheel, Thursday, March 16, 2017, 14:11 (2598 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

It can also be seen as a way for people to find things to do in the game. If you have a strong community, or you read blogs, or whatever they might let you know about things to do, but there should be an in-game resource for this. I totally understand if people think that it should be more "themed" to be in-world or more character driven, but for a game the size of Destiny, there should be something. (Bounties ARE serving the same if not a very similar purpose.)

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