Destiny: Rise of Iron

[d-dave]

Well, Game Informer gave us more descriptions of the new PVP maps, that look pretty dang cool, and more about Supremecy.  

I'm looking forward to playing Supremecy.  My hope is that the week before RoI comes out, they do a preview like they did for TTK.  Basically, we got to play the new maps for a week before the game coming out.  I wonder if they would patch in Supremecy so we could all get some time playing it?  I know I will!

So far in IB - Chest, 2 Hand Cannons, with one being a strong roll, and two Shot Guns with OK rolls on them.

Check my Warlock for the good roll guns.

I will say, even my kind of not great roll of the HC on my Titan is pretty good.  I had a good amount of sucess when I was able to actually shot at people today.  Yesterday, I had a great run of games.  Today, total poop.  My lobby was just a much higher skill level than me alas!

Also, your Destiny Youtubers are rolling out their clips and impressions on the new content.  In July, many were flown out to Bungie to test it out and gather info.  I'm stoked for the new strike.  I like the look of the missle silos and the boss mechanic looks fun for now.

[d-dave]

So yesterday, Game Informer released a new video about the Archon's Forge.  The developers call it a mix of Court of Oryx and Prison of the Elders.  I enjoy those two game modes personally, so I'm looking forward to the AF.

Lorewise, it's a way for the Devils to prove themselves to the others so they can have more SIVA powers given to them. When we throw down in there, they are super mad and it's even more of a big deal to kill us.

Game Play - I'm not sure how long the novelty will last.  I was just way behind in CoO (I have zero T3 clears), and while I do enjoy both CoO and PoE, I have limits.  Like I thought I could totally grind out my PoE rep using the level 41 sessions...ugh!  It's fun for a bit, but MAN, when it's boring, it's BORING! Same with Court.  Court is fun a few times, but then I'd rather go do something else.  Thankfully the Archon's Forge encounters are all 5 minute events, scaling with the rarity of SIVA offering (like the runes for CoO).

So looking forward to this expansion!  I hope that the Live Team is able to keep us engaged until Destiny 2 next year!

[d-dave]

So with Private matches a thing, what I'd like to see if anyone is interested in doing PVP weapon kills?  So like for the Last Curse, you need a 7 head shots in a match.  Chaperone needs the rep bar filled up.  Exotic Swords need some PVP kills (though Mayhem Clash is GREAT for this).

Anyone in need and/or interested in getting those knocked out?  I never think to use my TLW for Chaperon...I'm just not good at it!  And the best I did for impercation is 5 headshot kills in a game (so close!).

I just want to see if any huddlers would like some help, or want to so we can get the cool guns that we may never use =)

[d-dave]

Saw this Reddit post and the video.  Just amazing!  Please enjoy it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/50uh7u/we_will_rise_my_recap_of_years_1_and_2/

[Lemory]

I guess im gonna have to buy a PS4 now. 

[d-dave]

12 hours ago, Lemory said:

I guess im gonna have to buy a PS4 now. 

Did you play Destiny on the PS3?  I'm sorry, I didn't fact check the much older Destiny thread.

I rewatched the Game Informer video about the Archon's Forge.  5 minutes in total, mass insanity.  Dead teammates will respawn separately and have the ability to rejoin you (not sure on revives).  Man, this could be a TON of fun!  Plus you can get that max light gear from it.

Oh, and for anyone still trying to wrap up an exotic sword quest...make sure you get the gunsmith stuff done this week!  So you can pick it up next wednesday to finish before RoI comes out for the moment of triumph...

Hope this works, my 1200 sword hilt kills...

Anyone else ready for new gear?  I'm looking forward to new guns, new armor and hopefully some new exotics that are cool and fun.  I think the Year 3 Thorn Quest could be horrible in the Crucible.

And to correct myself: you CANNOT do quest work (Chaperone, Impercation, etc) in Private Matches, just daily bounties and Gunsmith guns.  Sadly, the Gunsmith is not slated to get anything new....  I might just give up on him!

[Lemory]

3 hours ago, d-dave said:

Did you play Destiny on the PS3?  I'm sorry, I didn't fact check the much older Destiny thread.

I rewatched the Game Informer video about the Archon's Forge.  5 minutes in total, mass insanity.  Dead teammates will respawn separately and have the ability to rejoin you (not sure on revives).  Man, this could be a TON of fun!  Plus you can get that max light gear from it.

Oh, and for anyone still trying to wrap up an exotic sword quest...make sure you get the gunsmith stuff done this week!  So you can pick it up next wednesday to finish before RoI comes out for the moment of triumph...

Hope this works, my 1200 sword hilt kills...

Anyone else ready for new gear?  I'm looking forward to new guns, new armor and hopefully some new exotics that are cool and fun.  I think the Year 3 Thorn Quest could be horrible in the Crucible.

And to correct myself: you CANNOT do quest work (Chaperone, Impercation, etc) in Private Matches, just daily bounties and Gunsmith guns.  Sadly, the Gunsmith is not slated to get anything new....  I might just give up on him!

No I played on my old 360. I'm making the switch to PS4 mainly because I play Destiny more than any other game. Cant wait to get to try some PS exclusives! 

[d-dave]

Holy weapon tuning, Batman!

https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/45172/7_Destiny-Update-090816

[d-dave]

So yeah, that new patch dropped, and started the RoI 12gb download.  (xbox one)

But now there are a few new things floating around:

The New Burst Side Arm

Some exotics are decoding at more than 335 light.

Anyone play with the new guns?  I left my xbox on today to hopefully finish it's crap by the time I get home.  I really want the Fabian Strategy to not suck!  /crosses fingers!

[Doc Holiday]

4 hours ago, d-dave said:

So yeah, that new patch dropped, and started the RoI 12gb download.  (xbox one)

But now there are a few new things floating around:

The New Burst Side Arm

Some exotics are decoding at more than 335 light.

Anyone play with the new guns?  I left my xbox on today to hopefully finish it's crap by the time I get home.  I really want the Fabian Strategy to not suck!  /crosses fingers!

I havent decoded a exotic yet but a lot of the rares I was picking up last night while playing were really low light level and a friend was telling me he was having the same problem with the legendary, btw are we on for KF HM tonight? if so I can messaged a few people and get a group going, just msg me a time and I'll send out the msgs on my end.

 

[d-dave]

Sadly not tonight.  I stayed up too late last night, and I'm going to pass the fug out...  Teaching today was a life or death situation.. closer to death!

[d-dave]

I understand that private matches are going live today after the MLG Stream today.

Anyone who has ever owned Destiny on PS4 or XBox One can play Private Matches for free!
 

Also, anyone who wants to collect all the calcified fragments:  This week, all the challenge modes are live and the CoO bosses will rotate so everyone get a chance to get those missing parts!  

Me, waiting on my sword and hopefully a hard raid this weekend =)

[d-dave]

Holy poo, Bungie and a new ARG!

http://owlsector.bungie.net/#en

And the Destiny Reddit has a summary of stuff as it happens.  My iron has risen so hard, I'm going to pass out!

So you can get different "viruses" from playing PVP and killing guardians to pass them along.  You can also get it from Orbs others create.  The viruses give you various xp and rep boosts.  Good to get you closer to those faction edges!  (guilty of not doing too well on that...)

And got my exotic sword today!

UPDATE on OWL Sector

So this is a neat little story, I'm assuming some backdrop to the way SIVA became a bad thing.  The map on the page shows the "infection" rate.  The written notes for each virus contain some perspective notes from various folks.  I love the comments about guardians:

1. They dance with no music, something must be wrong with them.

2. They can't keep still, the light has addled their brains.

3. They won't stop jumping on my table (I literally laughed outloud)

Man, I can't wait until the 20th! Even if the story is short, it seems to have a lot of meat to it!

[d-dave]

So, on the day before Rise of Iron is unleashed, I've come to muse.  Y'all are my semi-captive audience in a thread of have continued to add to with my ardent fanboi-ism...  Love you guys!

The whole Owl Sector story is starting to close up.  Man, if you haven't, go check out the records section of Owl Sector.  I love how it involves our guardians tendencies to act up, how much joy we play with, and our incredibly strong community (there are tons of opportunities to share all the diseases!).  I also really like how it's adding more detail to the world we play in most days (for me).  Sure, it would be phenomenal if they did a better job telling the story in game.  I'd love some animatics of the Owl Sector Reports, Dead Ghosts, and other lore sources, but the actual lore is fairly amazing.  We're seeing how Clovis Bray, the leader of Golden Age High Tech Stuff did some shady stuff to people for the sake of the company line.  We're also seeing the emotional side to Ikora Ray, the completely humorless (yet totally funny) Zavala (or maybe he's just super sarcastic!), and we continue to see how wonderfully written Cayde-6 is.  I can hear Nathan Fillion's voice with every word!

I can't wait to see the new story that unfolds for us.  It's more serious in tone, less funny (for better or worse).  Like TTK has a very serious bad guy in Oryx but Cadye and the Ghost kept everything balanced with their humor as a contrast.  Saladin is going to rebuild the Iron Banner and we will become a new order of Iron Lords.  Now the original Iron Lords were not guardians.  They were gifted with the Light and they used their power to protect the innocents from the Warlords.  They were the OG badasses.  We will become the new Iron Lords as Guardians, and I think that's pretty big.

This is one area where the story telling really needs to be developed.  So we have taken the great blights of the Darkness and it's greatest ally (Oryx) and we have routinely smacked the poo out of them.  We allowed the Traveler to heal (uh...that's pretty big!), we have opened up the solar system for exploration, we have beaten the Hive repeatedly, etc.  The list goes on, but we have truely become legends in the World of Destiny.  I'd love to see that reflected in simple things like Vendor dialogue.  Or eventually the ability to travel to the City.  Unless there is some kind of totalitarian control over everything (possible with the Consensus), the tales of our Guardians must have some kind of effect on the people:  hope, envy, despair (why can't we expand/where will more food come from?), but whatever it is, I'd love to hear what the non-Guardians think of us.

So on the Eve of Iron (I need to get a life, right?), with our factions edged, our vaults full of engrams and heavy synths, I eagerly wait the coming onslaught of enemies, events, and new loot that are part of our continued journey to defeat the Darkness and reclaim our home from those who have tried to take it.