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Anytime Adam! You need to keep trying them around your milestones to get some higher gear. I'll see if I am matey, if not, I'll be around another day. Equally keep getting around on here. Hopefully others can help too.

I'll take this armour. And at least it drops at 400.

I'll summarise what I've taken from this good discussion. We'll keep learning from how people post, existing and new. That's where all this stemmed from, so not a big issue. Not changed my stance as i said earlier: - We aren't going moderate differently - We always need to think how we post regardless of section - I'll move things as usual and give transaparent updates - We eventually need basic guidelines for newbies. This includes just how to interact with FG. - We will need a section for this stuff somewhere and when I've worked out how the overall structure looks I'll update it I sit here and just thought, biggest point for all to take away - It wouldn't have probably been talked about if we had more footfall and more posts on gaming and other general life stuff. If everyone got behind the FG bandwagon its all gravy, baby (as Romeo and Christina Milian once said) Normal business resumed. Thanks for the feedback. Always useful to know thoughts. I also won't lock this if others have more opinions. GGFG.

I know! Feels kind of weird saying it but whilst I have to accept the changing world of consoles, I'll also admit I really miss the original concept of a console having games that you can put in and play. They're just becoming glorified PCs.

These extra ones are a great thoughts too, thanks both. Murica people, you guys got a thought on what you would be good options across the pond?

When PSN went down the other day I watched Inglorious Basterds again and then finished off watching Bright. Inglorious is weirdly one of Tarantino's films I can watch as I think I just enjoy the deadpan humour in it. Even though not alot goes on in the middle. Bright I think I should've given it more time initially. It feels like you can be all over the place of you don't pick up the back story and world that its set in quickly. However, it totally sets itself up for a series after it. Weren't too bad for fantasy style movies.

Final Standings! Dan takes the win with an impressive flourish of points in the final 2 games. Phil came a valiant 2nd with Chris holding off Didds to take 3rd spot. Tom's late resurgence wasn't enough to push higher. I'll reach out to the top 3 over the next few days to sort prizes 😆 Hope this was enjoyable for all? Want to find a better way of doing it next time with a 3rd party app as the spreadsheet way was time consuming for me and not ideal to review for you guys but at least we did it and had a good laugh with alot of entries. Final Standing @Dan94 @Diddums @GazzaGarratt @Amnotright @Plumbers Crack @Findmartin @phil bottle @tronic44 @Stretch616 @ChaosGladiator @LordBaguette Thanks All! GGFG

Rank 50 is getting the boost we expected as Bounties from Zavala drop Vanguard tokens. 5 Bounties a day and most give tokens which is a great help. I'm Rank 26 now - on the home stretch [emoji23]

Tbh this will play into your hands as there is a lot of points on offer for exploration activities. So if you can only pop on for an hour, set yourself a goal to get some Region Chests. There's a lot to find and they are always in the same place (symbols are on the map). This will give you some head start befofe the event comes at the end of the month.

Houndish's explains the Solstice mechanics pretty easily. If you don't watch it, essentially we'll have a ton of bounties to do which takes us back through missions that have been revamped and with different modifiers along the way. You are rewarded a set of armour as rewards and you keep upgrading thia armour as you do more bounties/objectives. End result is 400 Power armour with 3 different styles (the first 2 styles become ornaments so only need one set of gear). I'm glad they are re-using content in a different way as I miss the days of old where we had to re-run missions for dailies, etc. There's a chance that the Black Spindle quest/challenge could open up from one of these modified missions too.

This is what I hoped you'd say 😂 The only thing so far I have seen thst looks recycled is potential the Fallen Walker but it has a different shield on it. Suppose we'll have to wait to see what differences that has. As all the Barons are Scorn too, I'm really hoping the Baron Missions turn into replayable strike-type missions. Lots more variety in how Scorn react from what is shown in the video. Positive stuff.

I do too. I'm really glad we're seeing positive tweaks to IB as it tends to just be left as it is. Totally agree. They indicated that in how they explained it in last week's TWAB. I'm just hoping that there will be a few that can drop in the next few weeks so there is a few things to chase alongside Solstice of Heroes.

This for me however it is the first time that I feel like the next gen console isn't a given for me. This makes total sense. Although I do think the next jump in consoles will be the smallest in terms of actual differences to overall gameplay, etc.

I'm open to either way Dan - I agree though, @Plumbers Crack Dave's idea works well to start with. Personally I would love to have a UK one and a North American one. At the end of the day even if we can raise 20, 30, 50 dollars and/or pounds we're at least trying something to help good causes. What do others think?

It was! I was having a mare yesterday!

A little disappointed I must say that Bounties are currently only assigned to Zavala and Shaxx. They are enjoyable and rewarding but hoping we'll see random bounties pop up over time.

Sandbox Exotic Armor Updates Hunter Lucky Raspberry Increased the chance to fully recharge Arcbolt Grenade on Arcbolt Grenade hits. Now guarantees a full recharge when Arcbolt Grenade hits four targets. St0mp-EE5 Increased benefits when using Strafe Jump and Triple Jump. Young Ahamkara’s Spine Now also improves Tripmine Grenade’s blast radius and throw speed, and makes your Tripmine Grenades harder to destroy. Solar ability hits now grant some Tripmine Grenade energy (33%). Added new FX treatment to the improved Tripmine Grenades to differentiate them from normal Tripmine Grenades. Removed target-marking functionality. Titan ACD/0 Feedback Fence Now grants Fury Conductor stacks on melee hits instead of kills. Now reduces melee damage received while you have stacks of Fury Conductor. More stacks of Fury Conductor further reduce melee damage received. Doom Fang Pauldrons Void melee kills now grant more Super energy. Shield Throw hits now grant Super energy. Dunemarchers Reduced the time to activate Linear Actuators while you’re sprinting to 1.5 seconds (down from 5 seconds). Increased the damage of the chain lightning effect (+70% in PvP, 440% in PvE). Warlock Crown of Tempests Collapsed the total number of stacks of Conduction Tines to 3 (with the same total effect). Conduction Tines now also reduces the speed that Super energy depletes while Stormtrance is active. Karnstein Armlets Melee kills now instantly heal you, then grant continuous healing for 8 seconds. Removed bonus resilience, mobility, and enemy highlights on melee kills. Starfire Protocol Empowered weapon damage hits now grant some Fusion Grenade energy (20%). Armor Plasteel Reinforcement Mod now includes “Trait” in its tooltip, to have conformity with Restorative and Mobility Enhancement Mods. Corrected stowed Hand Cannon position on the Haakon’s Iron Strides ornament. Dragon’s Shadow now has an audio cue when it reloads your weapons. Updated tooltip presentation of some Warmind Exotic armor item intrinsic perks. Updated the perk description for Sanguine Alchemy to better reflect its functionality. Fixed an issue that was causing targets marked by Sanguine Alchemy to produce orbs when defeated. Fixed an issue that caused Wraithmetal Mail’s active perk to appear in the UI without an icon. Fixed an issue that caused Starfire Protocol not to work with the Dawnblade Attunement of Sky ability path. Fixed an issue that prevented Warlock melee attack damage when players were using the Ophidian Aspect Exotic and Hive Swords or orb carry objects. Abilities Fixed an issue for high framerates on PC that caused players to suddenly lose momentum after activating Supers and aerial dodge abilities. Exotic Weapons Increased the number of rounds granted to Crimson on respawn. Weapons Fixed an issue that allowed empty swords to drop heavy ammo bricks on death in the Crucible. Fixed the Rapid-Fire Frame intrinsic perk on Basilisk (Dead Orbit Shotgun). Fixed an issue that impacted the recoil of West of Sunfall 7 and the Trials of the Nine Hand Cannon, A Cold Sweat. Fixed an issue causing the Iron Banner Hand Cannon, Finite Impactor, to not properly track Masterwork statistics. RAID Prestige Raid Lairs Each week, there is a curated weapon suite and a global activity modifier for Spire of Stars and Eater of Worlds Prestige. The weapon set and modifier will be the same across both activities. Prestige Eater of Worlds will become available at 11 a.m. PDT on July 17, 2018. Prestige Spire of Stars will become available at 10 a.m. PDT on July 18, 2018. Prestige raid lairs will drop weapons at 400 Power and Exotic catalysts. Raid armor ornaments will become unlockable. Misc Fixed an issue which prevented Hunters from receiving some loot chest rewards in the Spire of Stars raid lair. PC Clan Chat Adds a new in-game text chat channel that allows online Destiny 2 clan members to communicate (in real time). This chat channel is separate from the companion clan chat channel. Director Map PC (Mouse) User Experience Scrolling area reduced to the edges of the game window. Cursor is now restricted to game window when a map is active (mouse capture). Edge scrolling now freezes when game window loses focus. Misc Fixed an issue which caused bluetooth headphones to not play sound properly on some PC configurations.

Full Patch note details: Solstice of Heroes Moments of Triumph Moments of Triumph bounties will become available in-game for the Solstice of Heroes event starting July 31, 2018. Players may access a set number of Triumphs on Bungie.net prior to the event beginning. Players can complete Triumphs to earn points that they can trade for rewards such as emblems, a Sparrow, and a code to purchase a special T-shirt. When the summer event becomes available on July 31, 2018, players can receive these Triumph bounties from the special summer event vendor and will have the entirety of the event to complete them. Triumphs are based on account-specific data; once a Triumph has been claimed and redeemed for points, it cannot be claimed for points on another character. All Triumphs can be tracked via bungie.net; the highest values of a character on that account will be displayed. In-game rewards will become available on July 31, 2018. Stay tuned to @Bungie for announcements of availability. INVESTMENT Bounties 5 Crucible bounties a day will now be available from Shaxx. 5 Vanguard bounties a day will now be available from Zavala. These bounties rotate on a daily cadence. Bounties can expire after you obtain them. Expiration of individual bounties is shown in the tooltip. Exotic Masterworks Catalysts for Legend of Acrius, Telesto, and Sleeper Simulant are now available as rewards from Prestige “Leviathan,” Prestige “Leviathan, Eater of Worlds,” and Prestige “Leviathan, Spire of Stars,” respectively. Exotic catalysts from Heroic strikes now have slightly higher drop chances. The Skyburner’s Oath Exotic catalyst from the “Leviathan” raid now has slightly higher drop chances. The catalyst for Sturm can now be found by defeating enemies on Nessus. Miscellaneous Quality-of-Life Changes Adjusted Escalation Protocol weapon reward chances to be more deterministic. Players improve their chances each time they defeat the boss. Once all Mercury Forge weapons have been obtained, they become available for direct purchase from Brother Vance in the Lighthouse (second vendor page). Momentum has been removed from Heroic adventures. The “Pursuits” inventory bucket has been moved to the top of Inventory categories. Fixed an issue where unequippable emotes could be selected. Fixed an issue where no sound would play on increasing and decreasing the handicap on Challenge Cards. Commas have been added to large numbers as separators on the IGCR and PGCR. Fixed an issue which prevented the Season 3 Dead Orbit Gauntlet Ornament from receiving progress from Arcstriders using the Way of the Warrior subclass tree. Armor may now be purchased from Iron Banner and Faction Rallies vendors. Strikes Strike Modifiers Blackout: Now increases enemy melee damage significantly but is no longer a guaranteed one-shot kill for all players. Glass: Slightly reduced the health and shield penalty. Grounded: Significantly reduced incoming damage when you are airborne, to account for odd geometry that Guardians may not have any control over. Developer Insight: The goal is to ensure these modifiers are noticeable, but when Guardians advance their Power and stats, they can notice themselves overcoming the debuffs. Nightfall The Nightfall tutorial experience for new players has been updated to no longer call out pre-1.1.3 Nightfall mechanics. Destinations Mars Fixed an issue that was preventing some players from accessing Mars adventures. Fixed an issue that caused some open world chests on Mars to not drop Glimmer or Mars tokens. Fixed an issue which prevented prophecy materials for Brother Vance from dropping from chests found on Mars.

I'm really glad they put some effort into making a brand new enemy race. Yes, from a lore perspective they're dead Fallen, however other than that the way that the new enemies work are completely new. I think the devs got a battering and they had to bring a new race even though the Lore technically states they'll only ever be 5 races (the last one we haven't seen being The Darkness). The one with the Lantern as the crit spot and that it spins it quicker as it gets to you is a great idea. Also the Totems are a different way to play against enemies as creates buffs and different shields for the enemies. The Void one could be a nightmare to play against I imagine.

I like that they're doing videos to explain the update as well as patch notes. Bounties are a welcome addition so going to have a look around tonight. The Solstice of Heroes sounds good because of the 'new bosses' but we'll have to wait and see. Some of that gear looks epic though. Closer to the prestige gear that was in Wrath of the Machine. Btw, this update is free to all players. I get that having the DLCs though helps with the Power on the raids.

In terms of an 'issue' isn't one I don't think there is one as its a broader question - I mentioned to Phil some time ago I was thinking of removing it soon and this helps stem the conversation. Re: light touch - i can't see us changing that much tbh but at the same time you have to realise why its light touch. 1) we've built strong and positive friendships on here so we all know each others boundaries (well, most 😉), 2) we have mods but how much 'moderation' is actually done right now is extremely small. Like 0.03% of time, and 3) we just don't have the number of active posters right now. If we had more people here which I know everyone would love, you'll have more stuff to keep an eye on. We're a gaming family/community that needs more activity (well, i want it) and also want it to be a one stop for 'life' too as that's where a real family here goes further. If Reddit can do it, why can't we. P.s. for the record, i believe we can shit all over Reddit as what we stand for and what we've built is unique and simply awesome.

We are adults and we do need to understand that forums are here to capture opinions and have good healthy debates. If it was up to me, and I'll be totally honest here, I would've removed it completely some time ago. However, I know that we discussed this not long ago and there was a desire to keep the politics section over T&A. I'll always listen to the compromisable option as much as I can. That being said you can't keep everyone happy. Rob's suggestion is a good one and I'm considering going a little further as to having it a section where you 'opt-in' as an FGer. That way there is acknowledgement when you enter you know what you're going into ahead of the section. It also means it is ignored to other members, new and old, that don't want to see it or get involved. Equally, Phil's point is quite correct too. Moderation needs to be here across the entire of FG. Everywhere has this and I could go way further, including filtering out swearing, but I'm not quite there yet. This is a broader subject we'll pick up separately as Moderators need to be actively helping more on FG when this happens. We all must understand if we want this place to flourish and grow in an overall positive way, we just need some framework and guidelines. Otherwise, like anything without any structure or oversight it would fall to pieces. I'm open to hear more views. I want people to be aware at the same time please have FG's interests at heart.

GTA Friday took a hit last week because PSN being down. Hopefully no issues this week so ahead of the game, is there any other game modes or different races y'all wanna try?