JsinOwl

Say whaaaaaaa? Anyone willing to share their experiences here or in pm please do. Having been out of the Destiny loop this is a bit of a shocker to me. Not questioning the decision, just curious as to the events leading up to it.

Well played lol

There's elitism in every online game, but what never occurred to me here is that because Destiny has no matchmaking it's even worse. You can be effectively shut out of certain content until you find an LFG group willing to accept you. That's pretty shite. As Stretch pointed out, my favorite moments were helping people run VoG their first few times.

Vanilla Human Sentinel Unique feature: Good durability combined with the ability to prime and detonate their own biotic explosions versus any target. Powers: Tech Armor 6 (Durability, Power Damage, Durability) Choices here are pretty cut and dry. At rank 6, Power Recharge might be the more attractive option for heavier weapons. Warp 6 (Detonate, Expose, Pierce) My standard Warp spec. Detonate at rank 4 is a must while Expose and Pierce soften the target for your weapon damage. And unlike some other power users, weapon damage is an important component of the Human Sentinel’s offense. Throw 6 (Radius, Detonate, Force & Damage) Throw isn't going to stagger anything big whether or not you take Force at rank 4; I find it more useful to take Radius in order stagger a group of mooks. Detonate at rank 5 is a must. Power Recharge at rank 6 is useless since Throw already has an incredibly short cooldown. Passives 0 Most of your power damage will come from Biotic Explosions, which don’t benefit from passive bonuses. Weapon damage passives are a legitimate option, but given the choice between a 65% bump to health and shields versus a 30% bump in weapon damage, I’ll take the health and shields please. Fitness 6 (Durability, Shield Recharge, Fitness Expert) Easy choices here. The Human Sentinel is not a melee character, so all skill points go towards durability. Having more health and shields will give a nominal boost to damage output since you'll be able to stay out of cover longer with your finger on the trigger. Spending more time on your feet as opposed to taking a nap also improves overall damage output. Weapons: Vindicator w/ Piercing Mod + Extended Barrel As a Human Sentinel, you have the toughness to exchange fire with enemy troops; you need a real weapon, not a toy gun just to mount a Power Amplifier on. Any of the basic assault rifles that have decent damage and aren't too heavy will do the trick: Avenger, Vindicator, Phaeston, Mattock, Collector, Valkyrie. Since you don't really need any Armor Bonus equipment to do your thing well, it frees up that slot for a Stabilization mod, which is why I went with the Vindicator. Acolyte (optional) w/ Magazine Upgrade + High-Caliber Barrel Great for stripping shields, which is the only defense this character is weak against. I prefer not to switch weapons a lot though, so I usually leave my Acolyte at home. Equipment: Warp Ammo for the bonus damage to targets affected by Warp Stabilization Mod to control Vindicator recoil. Shield Booster because more shields is more better. Strategy: Activate Tech Armor Warp > shoot > Throw (biotic boom) > shoot > repeat Use Warp to prime targets and soften them up for weapon damage. If the target is still alive after Warp cools down, hit them with Throw to detonate a biotic explosion. Throw is also handy for staggering enemies who get a little too close for comfort or for sending a Husk ragdolling across the map. Pro Tip: When enemies are clustered together, make sure you let the one you hit with Warp live long enough for you to detonate a biotic explosion. Shoot his buddies, the floor, a teammate, or just hide, whatever, it doesn't matter. The point is to take advantage of power combos whenever possible; let them do the work for you. Shorthand: 6N 6T 6L 0 6B Link: Human Sentinel

If I do the long write-ups, builds will never get posted, so ultra-short versions from here on out. Ask questions if you're curious and post builds of your own. I plan on turning the first post into an index with links to all the builds. Human Vanguard Shorthand: 6B 3 6V 5L 6B Link: Human Vanguard

I'm out for the sake of my own sanity.

Interesting article. I've never used LFG, so I can't say I've encountered this, but seems a real problem nonetheless.

Electric Slash works through walls which is also very nice. You probably already know how Tactical Cloak works but just in case... When you're cloaked, you get a huge bonus to whatever you do and for a few seconds after cloak breaks. This is why Infiltrators cloak shoot cloak shoot cloak shoot, but it works for powers as well. When I play her, I cloak, Shadow Strike and either run away or Shadow Strike again all while cloaked. I take the duration and use a power evolutions for Tactical Cloak to do that. An Electric Slash build is perfectly viable too, that's one of the beauties if the game. Different people can play the same character in completely different ways and both be successful.

She's a lot fun to play. Shadow Strike benefits from both power bonuses and melee bonuses, so if you build around that, she can cut down most non-boss enemies in one hit. Just be careful with the Ravagers and Abominations. [emoji34]

I request a dragonfly!

I've toyed with Blender (why not, it's FREE!). I turned a cube into something slightly less cube like. Go to this guy's website (link in description) to see the final render of the model.

Lol, oh I remember those days. So many disputes between 1337 snipers decided via the 1v1.

No clue. But I've got a good feeling about this one, we're gonna win, mark it down!

Hey y'all who don't check CoC much, we're going to war Sunday. Ready yourselves, opt in or out, etc.

Can the party leader kick people?

You're too kind. *blush*

Whoa O,o

*takes ball and leaves*

Lepercolony pretty much skipped straight to arsenal/recruit packs, so there’s no right way to do it. Buy whatever gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling. Don't worry about going down a lot, we were all there at one time. I probably learned more in every 2 minutes of being down and spectating Doc than in playing 10 games on my own. It's a great learning opportunity.

I reported some with Tapatalk, but it gave me an error message. Did any of you mods/admins see my reports?

Yeah man, buy recruit packs until all of your common items are maxed out. Then buy Veteran packs and spoil yourself on occasion witha with an arsenal pack for weapons or a recruit pack for characters.

The damage of melee varies considerably amongst characters BTW. A Salarian hits like a smurf, while a Krogan hits like, uhhhh, like a raging Krogan.

I work for a French company, the old day before month shenanigans throws me off all the time. Stupid Europe. Pfft

I saw that you were playing, all done for the night?

I believe you'll find everything you need to know in this handy cheat sheet.