TTK 1st Impressions

[Diddums 4,346]

So far I'm loving it. I'm concentrating on the story and quests at the mo so I can stop worrying about it but it seems to be a never ending game which is brilliant. I also had a random quest pop up full of questionmarks whilst patrolling the Cosmodrome. I won't spoil it but it was fun and random stuff like this really keeps the game fresh.

The amount of content is ridiculous. I won't be touching any other characters any time soon which is great cis I love my Titten.

Having a few ghosts chime in whilst progressing is great too, Saleem 6 or whatever his name is is brilliant. Nice to hear from that chap in the VoG, the one who has a few guns named after him. I haven't done that much in the Dreadnaught yet but Frank, a random and myself did have a very interesting discovery there on Saturday night which involved all 3 of us taking turns to open a chest as we all had to work together for each person to open it which was brilliant. I also like that there are quests which team you up with other randoms to get them done. There are also a few which are quite hard which is great for a change. I have to get creative as I can't just blast through them with a shotgun, being forced to take it slow is actually pretty good.

The crucible is great although you the gap between a shit weapon and a good one is considerably more noticeable now. The new maps are good, the new game mode is good and the extra sub class really brings a bit more variation. We can now call hunters crossbowcunts too, instead of just golden gun amd invincible blade dancer.

The gear shit is confusing as fuck. What do you dismantle? What do you infuse? What do you equip? At the moment my rule is wear the highest light I've got and infuse until I can't infuse any more, shred whatever's left. Guns are also pretty confusing. I've got the hand cannon which feels like a sidearm from the Vanguard, I've got the Vanguard auto rifle which I've ranked up to 284 light or thereabouts. My special is a 290 Fourth Horseman which is crap but it keeps my light up. I could probably build a shotgun and teach it to load itself in the time it takes to fill up the horseman.

The legendary marks are ok, can't really comment too much, at least they're not going to waste. I had 600 vanguards and 600 crucibles saved up for when the xpac hit (and have had for months mind) which went to waste so it's nice that these are in much more demand, for now at least. I'm also gradually depleting my glimmer stock, I started off maxed out and am currently on about 12k, that's including all the bits and bobs I've picked up, so this may become an issue later on but I've got shitloads of glimmer goodies in the vault.

I love the iphones all over the tower with the blueprints and stuff, really good. I should probably do the stranger's rifle thing again and get a perpl one.

The soundtrack in the new missions is fucking dreadful. It's like they gave Dylan a synth and went "make music". That's my only real complaint but even that's a minor one. I don't even mind the Nolanbot. He's clearly gay but at least he knows it and isn't pretending to be something he isn't. I can respect that.

Haven't done any heroics or nightfalls yet, I'm at 276 light I think but then I'm not really trying much, just enjoying the content first. I did cheese the Venus mission a bit but got bored quickly so stopped.

All in all so far it's brilliant and I don't think I've even done half of it. It raises more questions as I go which keeos in interesting. Every time I think I've concluded something, something else gets flung at me, for the fidst time I can honestly say that this xpac is worth the money, but it does make me question the last two, they were fucking dire compared to this, but Bart posted some articles which explained it. Doesn't justify the price we paid, but it at least explains what happened and the optimist in me at least thinks that Bungie wanted to do differently but they were so tangled in legal mumbo jumbo that they did what they could. The cynical side of me thinks differently but I'll leave that by the wayside and go forward from here.

9/10. Let down only by that shit soundtrack.

I want an exotic armour piece which gives Hammerman Shoulder Charge. I'll never wear anything else.

[Sennex 1,903]

The heroic strike give really good rewards. On one strike Jason,Tommy and myself dropped four legendary engrams. Plus got legendary marks.

 

I've noticed that this happens for the first Heroic every day. 

 

You only get Marks from the first three. Apparently they did this on purpose, and from what I am reading after that first three runs, the heroics drop from the same table as the level 36 regulars.

[Diddums 4,346]

So far I'm loving it. I'm concentrating on the story and quests at the mo so I can stop worrying about it but it seems to be a never ending game which is brilliant. I also had a random quest pop up full of questionmarks whilst patrolling the Cosmodrome. I won't spoil it but it was fun and random stuff like this really keeps the game fresh.

The amount of content is ridiculous. I won't be touching any other characters any time soon which is great cis I love my Titten.

Having a few ghosts chime in whilst progressing is great too, Saleem 6 or whatever his name is is brilliant. Nice to hear from that chap in the VoG, the one who has a few guns named after him. I haven't done that much in the Dreadnaught yet but Frank, a random and myself did have a very interesting discovery there on Saturday night which involved all 3 of us taking turns to open a chest as we all had to work together for each person to open it which was brilliant. I also like that there are quests which team you up with other randoms to get them done. There are also a few which are quite hard which is great for a change. I have to get creative as I can't just blast through them with a shotgun, being forced to take it slow is actually pretty good.

The crucible is great although you the gap between a shit weapon and a good one is considerably more noticeable now. The new maps are good, the new game mode is good and the extra sub class really brings a bit more variation. We can now call hunters crossbowcunts too, instead of just golden gun amd invincible blade dancer.

The gear shit is confusing as fuck. What do you dismantle? What do you infuse? What do you equip? At the moment my rule is wear the highest light I've got and infuse until I can't infuse any more, shred whatever's left. Guns are also pretty confusing. I've got the hand cannon which feels like a sidearm from the Vanguard, I've got the Vanguard auto rifle which I've ranked up to 284 light or thereabouts. My special is a 290 Fourth Horseman which is crap but it keeps my light up. I could probably build a shotgun and teach it to load itself in the time it takes to fill up the horseman.

The legendary marks are ok, can't really comment too much, at least they're not going to waste. I had 600 vanguards and 600 crucibles saved up for when the xpac hit (and have had for months mind) which went to waste so it's nice that these are in much more demand, for now at least. I'm also gradually depleting my glimmer stock, I started off maxed out and am currently on about 12k, that's including all the bits and bobs I've picked up, so this may become an issue later on but I've got shitloads of glimmer goodies in the vault.

I love the iphones all over the tower with the blueprints and stuff, really good. I should probably do the stranger's rifle thing again and get a perpl one.

The soundtrack in the new missions is fucking dreadful. It's like they gave Dylan a synth and went "make music". That's my only real complaint but even that's a minor one. I don't even mind the Nolanbot. He's clearly gay but at least he knows it and isn't pretending to be something he isn't. I can respect that.

Haven't done any heroics or nightfalls yet, I'm at 276 light I think but then I'm not really trying much, just enjoying the content first. I did cheese the Venus mission a bit but got bored quickly so stopped.

All in all so far it's brilliant and I don't think I've even done half of it. It raises more questions as I go which keeos in interesting. Every time I think I've concluded something, something else gets flung at me, for the fidst time I can honestly say that this xpac is worth the money, but it does make me question the last two, they were fucking dire compared to this, but Bart posted some articles which explained it. Doesn't justify the price we paid, but it at least explains what happened and the optimist in me at least thinks that Bungie wanted to do differently but they were so tangled in legal mumbo jumbo that they did what they could. The cynical side of me thinks differently but I'll leave that by the wayside and go forward from here.

9/10. Let down only by that shit soundtrack.

I want an exotic armour piece which gives Hammerman Shoulder Charge. I'll never wear anything else.

[JsinOwl 644]

This is more of a Destiny 2.0 impression. I'm not a fan at all of this new light system. I feel forced to equip whatever gives me the highest light as opposed to what I actually want to use. To be fair, it's not much different than the pervious system, but that at least only affected armor. Now I feel like mechanics dictate my entire loadout.

[Diddums 4,346]

Wear whatever you want and infuse it to the light level you want? (Just throwing out an idea, I'm still a bit confused by all this too).

[TigerBurge 2,375]

This is more of a Destiny 2.0 impression. I'm not a fan at all of this new light system. I feel forced to equip whatever gives me the highest light as opposed to what I actually want to use. To be fair, it's not much different than the pervious system, but that at least only affected armor. Now I feel like mechanics dictate my entire loadout.

That is true starting out. Not the case further on when you can infuse stuff. I got a chest piece that I really liked the perks and looks but it was a really low light,like 220. Since infusing it's now my highest piece of gear. So early on yeah but not in the long run.

[JsinOwl 644]

That is true starting out. Not the case further on when you can infuse stuff. I got a chest piece that I really liked the perks and looks but it was a really low light,like 220. Since infusing it's now my highest piece of gear. So early on yeah but not in the long run.

[TigerBurge 2,375]

That is true starting out. Not the case further on when you can infuse stuff. I got a chest piece that I really liked the perks and looks but it was a really low light,like 220. Since infusing it's now my highest piece of gear. So early on yeah but not in the long run.

:)

[Baabcat 1,646]

Infusion has great potential - in future DLC's they wont have to screw about with etheric light and stuff, just start dropping higher level blues and let people keep the stuff they want relevant - great potential for diversity in load outs going forward.

[Sennex 1,903]

This is more of a Destiny 2.0 impression. I'm not a fan at all of this new light system. I feel forced to equip whatever gives me the highest light as opposed to what I actually want to use. To be fair, it's not much different than the pervious system, but that at least only affected armor. Now I feel like mechanics dictate my entire loadout.

 

If anything, Bungie has given you the tools to NOT feel this way.

Thats what infusing is for.

 

I was given a light level 200 AR that I absolutely loved. I infused it 4 or so times and it is now a 260+ light level AR

Also my Titan Class Armor

 

Also my Titan Boots

 

Hell, ALL of my titans gear is hand picked based off of what I want, and then infused to be better.

 

 

EDIT: should have read the whole thread, nevermind

[JsinOwl 644]

OK, but I have yet to encounter and infusable item, and have no idea how it works, so I plead ignorance.

Edit: should have read your edit before my reply. xD