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Is anyone else getting the "zebra" error? I pretty much can't get through a strike without getting booted.

 squall018 wrote:
Is anyone else getting the "zebra" error? I pretty much can't get through a strike without getting booted.

http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/71904739/0/0

I'm work blocked... but I'm assuming that link shows that other people are having this issue?

Edit: Just went home and took a look. I guess I'm glad its not just me. The wierd thing is, I didn't have this problem until they took ther server offline to fix the issues that I was never having. Oh well. I'm just gonna put it aside for a few weeks and play Alien and The Evil Within. If its not fixed by then I'll just be done with it.

 squall018 wrote:
The wierd thing is, I didn't have this problem until they took ther server offline to fix the issues that I was never having

That's exactly why Bungie's asking for people who are having this issue.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Frankenberry wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Truth be told, you get punished severely for Heavy Weapon Ammo if you opt to use LMGs over Rocket Launchers.
That is one of my biggest peeves with the "shared ammo type" system.

Also it might be useful to try it without Field Scout on? I know that when I tried it with a Rocket Launcher that had Field Scout, I got one extra Rocket but when I took off Field Scout I got two.

So much this. MG's are remarkably underwhelming for looking so badass. After trying lots of both weapons, Rocket Launchers take the cake.

...and I'm just sitting here massacring teams with my MG.

See i"ve never seen this happen, some guy rounds a corner with his MG out and BLAMMO, rocket takes three of us out.

That only happened to me once.

I've been killed more times by a MG than a Rocket Launcher. Only time I use the Launcher is for bullet sponge bosses.

I've been crushing people with the MG in multiplayer due to range efficiency and travel time. Don't really ever use rockets. Actually, I really only use my Scout Rifle, shotgun, and MG.

Did finally start getting legendary gear. Got the Comedian shotgun, which has been fantastic as a melee focused Titan. Bought the Monitor Type 2 from the Vanguard. Pretty happy with the increases to Super Energy. Also have the Monitor Type 2 chest plate, just noticed they were the same asset tag, but I need a lot more Ascendant Shards to level it up.

Going to need to start doing Vault of Glass, me thinks.

Golden Joystick makes Destiny a sad panda

"Destiny, which at £310m was the most expensive game ever to make, failed to pick up any of the four awards it was nominated for."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29758242

Seems that gamers were not impressed by the game either

Finally reached Rank 1 with the New Monarchy.

...one more rank to go!

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Golden Joystick makes Destiny a sad panda

"Destiny, which at £310m was the most expensive game ever to make, failed to pick up any of the four awards it was nominated for."

If there was a category for grindiest FPS it would have won.


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 thenoobbomb wrote:
Finally reached Rank 1 with the New Monarchy.

...one more rank to go!

I've seen people talking about rank 7+ in one of the factions and I have no idea how. Each rank at 3+ you start getting legendary weapons, often it seems you get ones they don't sell either from the sound of it. When I hit Rank 3 with Dead Orbit I got a Dead Orbit Rocket Launcher. Apparently each faction also have shaders for their faction and a ship, but it is random from gaining a rank past 3.

Xbox players getting hosed again on DLC

On December 9, Bungie will release The Dark Below, a new expansion pack for Destiny. For $20, you'll get some new story missions, some multiplayer maps, a raid, and two new strikes. Unless you're on Xbox.

Yep, Sony's snagged themselves yet another Destiny exclusive: one of The Dark Below's strike missions—you know, the ones where you and two other players go through quasi-dungeons and take on powerful bosses—is only for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Bungie says the exclusive is until "at least" fall of 2015, which means that for the next year at a minimum, Xbox players will miss out on a large chunk of The Dark Below.

That's on top of the already-PlayStation-exclusive Dust Palace strike, so if you're keeping track, by the second week of December, PlayStation owners will have eight strikes while Xbox players only have six. Of course, it's been clear for months now that Bungie has firmly sided with Sony in the battle for your living room, but that hasn't stopped Xbox fans from feeling ripped off. How can you blame them? They're paying the same amount of money as PlayStation players, yet getting less stuff.

It's yet another example of video game console warfare having a negative effect on the people who actually play games. Forum soldiers and fanboys might enjoy this sort of exclusivity nonsense, and it might help Sony's bottom line, but for Xbox owners who have been playing and enjoying Destiny, this is really gakky. (Similarly, Microsoft's timed exclusive deal for next year's Rise of the Tomb Raider has justifiably annoyed PlayStation fans who want to check out Lara Croft's next adventure.)

This all might not be as bad if The Dark Below was packed full o' things to do, but even with the PlayStation-exclusive strike, Destiny's first expansion isn't really all that meaty. Unless the new story missions add some variety to Destiny's vanilla "deploy ghost -> fight waves of enemies" structure, you're essentially paying $20 for a raid and two strikes, which makes it particularly aggravating that some people won't get one of those strikes (for at least a year) simply because they chose to play the game on the platform Bungie likes least.

Console exclusivity might have saved some developers' hides over the past few years—just ask the folks behind Titanfall—but this sort of practice is just going to breed more resentment in the people who play games, and who could blame them?

System exclusive stuff used to be nice but wasn't game changing but this is the same game with less content for the same price.

My big hope is that there is content that will be coming outside of the standard DLC scheme.

 Ahtman wrote:
Xbox players getting hosed again on DLC

On December 9, Bungie will release The Dark Below, a new expansion pack for Destiny. For $20, you'll get some new story missions, some multiplayer maps, a raid, and two new strikes. Unless you're on Xbox.

Yep, Sony's snagged themselves yet another Destiny exclusive: one of The Dark Below's strike missions—you know, the ones where you and two other players go through quasi-dungeons and take on powerful bosses—is only for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Bungie says the exclusive is until "at least" fall of 2015, which means that for the next year at a minimum, Xbox players will miss out on a large chunk of The Dark Below.

That's on top of the already-PlayStation-exclusive Dust Palace strike, so if you're keeping track, by the second week of December, PlayStation owners will have eight strikes while Xbox players only have six. Of course, it's been clear for months now that Bungie has firmly sided with Sony in the battle for your living room, but that hasn't stopped Xbox fans from feeling ripped off. How can you blame them? They're paying the same amount of money as PlayStation players, yet getting less stuff.

It's yet another example of video game console warfare having a negative effect on the people who actually play games. Forum soldiers and fanboys might enjoy this sort of exclusivity nonsense, and it might help Sony's bottom line, but for Xbox owners who have been playing and enjoying Destiny, this is really gakky. (Similarly, Microsoft's timed exclusive deal for next year's Rise of the Tomb Raider has justifiably annoyed PlayStation fans who want to check out Lara Croft's next adventure.)

This all might not be as bad if The Dark Below was packed full o' things to do, but even with the PlayStation-exclusive strike, Destiny's first expansion isn't really all that meaty. Unless the new story missions add some variety to Destiny's vanilla "deploy ghost -> fight waves of enemies" structure, you're essentially paying $20 for a raid and two strikes, which makes it particularly aggravating that some people won't get one of those strikes (for at least a year) simply because they chose to play the game on the platform Bungie likes least.

Console exclusivity might have saved some developers' hides over the past few years—just ask the folks behind Titanfall—but this sort of practice is just going to breed more resentment in the people who play games, and who could blame them?

System exclusive stuff used to be nice but wasn't game changing but this is the same game with less content for the same price.

I'm not sure why, but it just feels like Bungie wants to screw Microsoft over.

Xur, as of this morning, has the following items:
Patience and Time(Exotic Sniper Rifle)
Voidfang Vestments(Exotic Void Warlock chest piece)
Lucky Raspberry(Exotic Blade Dancer Hunter chest piece)
The Armamentarium(Exotic Titan chest piece; good for both specs)
Exotic Helmet Engram

And my only Legendary still is a New Monarchy Mark.

:(

 thenoobbomb wrote:
And my only Legendary still is a New Monarchy Mark.

:(

Don't feel too bad, I've only got an exotic machine gun, which I never use, missile launchers for the win!
But then again, I'm only a Vanguard 2 (barely) Crucible 0 Level 22 with 64 Vanguard Marks and 60 Crucible Marks. I need to do better.

I'm rank 0 with all factions, save for New Monarchy (Rank 1) and the Cryptarch (duh). I've got 76 or so Crucible Marks at the moment, and 32 Vanguard marks.

Level 24 atm.


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Three hours of constant grinding later....


...still the same, as all the loot I got was worthless. Ugh.

Level 29 Titan

Rank 4 Vanguard
Rank 4 Dead Orbit
Rank 2 Future War Cult
Rank 20 Cryptarch (how this happened I have no idea)

Exotic Shotgun (Invective)
Exotic Body Armor (Armeterium)
Primary is Shadow Price
Everything is legendary
Everything is maxed out

I don't do a lot of story missions, pretty much just bounties
Had to PvP for the some parts such as Boots from FWC (+Autorifle Ammo) and Dead Orbit arms (Autorifle reload, I didn't like the way the Vanguard ones looked with the weird shoulders). Random drop Zombie Apoc with Field Scout.

I still run into people with far more stuff. There was a guy with like 4 characters to run the weekly for Strange Coins and kept switching out Exotics.

Stuck around 26ish because of the crazy upgrade demands for the armor I'm wearing (really? 6 energy and 16 helium filaments for an upgrade?).

Haven't found any legendary or exotic weapons, been grinding Vanguard rep but it get's so damn tedious just running bounties and strikes. I don't have any friends on 360 so I can never run the weekly or nightfalls for those sexy rewards, so i'm stuck doing the same thing over and over again.

On the plus side, I'm looking forward to the new story missions and gear that are coming with the expac, albeit I won't ever get to do the raid because of the whole no-friends thing.

All my exotics came from bounties or from Xur. I have never gotten one as a drop. I have gotten one legendary weapon and one legendary body piece since launch, which isn't exactly a good statistic.

Helium farming is boring but you can get a decent amount if you have a good cycle. I had to farm it for almost all my armor so I would just put on an album or playlist and run the cycle for the length of it (40-60 minutes) then I wouldn't farm again for some time as it is really boring. There are youtube videos that show places to look/routes. I probably got 65-80 in an hour. I have never done a Raid either, nor a Nightfall.

Xur is currently selling the Armature for 13 coins.

I only have 7 :/

 Frankenberry wrote:
Stuck around 26ish because of the crazy upgrade demands for the armor I'm wearing (really? 6 energy and 16 helium filaments for an upgrade?).

Haven't found any legendary or exotic weapons, been grinding Vanguard rep but it get's so damn tedious just running bounties and strikes. I don't have any friends on 360 so I can never run the weekly or nightfalls for those sexy rewards, so i'm stuck doing the same thing over and over again.

On the plus side, I'm looking forward to the new story missions and gear that are coming with the expac, albeit I won't ever get to do the raid because of the whole no-friends thing.

I'm more or less the same, Lv 23 Hunter, Dustwalker Chestplate and a Legendary Heavy (Hannibal E), constantly Patrolling and doing Strikes/Bounties/Public Challenges. I'm desperate to finish the Weekly on 360, but the bloody Minotaurs at the end, ugh. Why there is no matchmaking for Weekly I will never know. I've been attempting it for so long, but I just end up running out of heavy and special ammo each time, but those three Strange Coins - I need thems!!

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Xur is currently selling the Armature for 13 coins.

I only have 7 :/

He's had it twice now and will have it again, just get 13 coins and hold on to them.


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For the Ascended Materials make 1 of each character, or X number of the same class, doesn't matter. Getting a character to 20 takes almost no time after the first. I have 1 of each class and do 1 public event a day with each which can net you between 3-6 ascended materials as well as money. You can deposit them into the bank for whichever your main char is. I also would recommend only using them on items you really like, and not just legendary's you get and are using at the time. I have some Ascended weapon mats I could use to upgrade other weapons but I know I am saving for Dead Orbit Arc Machine Gun so I am holding those for it. They are to hard to come by just to use them on whatever you are having to use at the moment if you plan on replacing it.

In the end I will look like this

Primary: Autorifle
Secondary: All Solar Exotic (Invective, Icebreaker, Pocket Infinity)
Heavy: Arc Machine Gun, Void Machine Gun

On Earth there is (usually but not 100%) a public event in The Divide at X:15 and X:45 and in Skywatch at X:00 and X:30 so you can do one every 15 minutes. I also usually do patrol missions while waiting as there are two in each area, but only if they don't take me to far out of the area. Typically I just do the kill mission or the collect item from enemies in the area mission. Ocassionally you will get a mission to kill a specific monster and those tend to be pretty close as well. If it wants me to leave the area to scan/observe I just cancel it and get the other. If both are that I just kill things in the area or go afk until it pops.

If you want to do a different Public Event there is this website: Destiny Public Events Timer

Nice one for the website, thanks.

I also didn't realize, until a few days ago, if you do the Daily on a higher difficulty you can get materials as well. I didn't even realize you could up the level of the Daily, I just went with it as it was.

At 24 or 26 (depends on Story what the levels are) you get double the rewards and an Ascended item. If you do it on 28 you get triple the rewards and two Ascended items.

The best (and maybe worst) way to get materials is via 3 characters, doing 3 weekly and 3 daily really builds up the mats quickly. Granted to do this easiest you have to make 3 of the same class.

Though for me I didn't mind, Love titans so was happy to make three.

means each week alone I can get (once third is finally levelled up) 27 strange coins a week, and each day 6 ascendants, also means 3 nightfall attempts soon

There is a pattern to getting the gear quickly enough, basically mine was the following,

1- Get to lvl 20, upgrade the blue (and if have any, legendary) gear as much as I can bar ascendants if needed.

2- Farm the strike for that level until get max marks, also do the daily and if you can weekly on lowest lvl (if you level up to next strike level swap to it).

3- After 2 weeks you should have had enough for 3x 65 Vanguard mark pieces, buy these. (chest, boots, arms) Take note what weapon type you want and buy the pieces for it.

4- by now you should be lvling up the purples you got, and can do the next lvl of strikes. farm up max marks again and buy a 120 mark item (helm)

5- farm 1 more week and max marks and buy a primary weapon.

by the end of this, over 3 weeks (the strikes can be done really quickly and you don't need too many to get to max marks as you lvl up gear and gain levels you go into next strike bracket to get marks and such quicker) you have a full set of legendary armour, a legendary primary weapon, and if you got lucky on strange coins you could have got a piece of exotic from Xur instead of a piece of armour.

Roughly form that you get level 25-26.

At this point you can farm another week or two to get legendary secondary weapons. hop into lvl 24 strikes and really get marks quickly, same with loads of engrams and items, so you get a ton of materials.

Granted it is a month odd of casual grinding, but I honestly loved it, and it got me quickly through lower 20's up to 26.

If you want stuff even quicker lvl another char and swap armour between them and get twice the marks, twice the coins etc and each week you will get a fair bit of advancement.

I'm currently on a soon to be 29 Titan, soon to be 28 Titan, and lvling my third titan who will have a full set of Vanguard gear and an exotic chest / weapon right off the lvl 20 bat.

Did not take too long timewise each night grinding marks and really a month odd to get 3 characters almost maxed is not too bad for a game.

If people find it boring to do alone then please by all means add me, PS4 duce556. (I play 7-9pm GMT weekdays, and a bit more at weekends)

I am more than happy to run endless strikes and dailies with people as I love it, and having company really makes them quicker and easier.

I'm on pretty regular, so if anyone wants to do VoG, weekly, Daily or anything else add me. Xbox one gamertag is manrogue82.
Have a level 28 hunter and level 26 warlock i can use.

Hey manrogue, got a group of 3 including myself, lvl 28 Titan, lvl 27 Warlock, and lvl 27 Hunter (myself) and we have been wanting to run VoG for a bit now. This would be our first run but if you want to group up shoot me a friend invite, my x1 gamertag is Bloodknigh (there is no T). Same goes for anyone else here wanting to group up, feel free to shoot me a friend invite, I am on some evenings PST and most weekends throughout the day.

~Iron

Sounds good, will add you tonight.

I have only done VoG once when i was level 26, struggled to get a group of 6 since. :(

Just read that Bungie is already working on Destiny 2...


And there I was, believing them when they told me they planned on keeping it all kinds of new for 10 years, a la WoW. Well, there goes the last part of Bungie's credibility.