I currently play on the 360 since most of my friends are playing there. Will upgrade to the One when the majority of my buddies start to. I have no interest in the PS4 exclusives except for the Hawkmoon. One of my friends got Destiny on the PS4 because he wanted the exclusives and now he is stuck playing with a bunch of kids. The biggest downside of playing on the 360 is the abysmal loading times for the menu while in the middle of raiding or in the crucible. It makes it a pain in the ass to pop an ammo synth of change weapons/gear.


Also, some of the recent patches have made some good improvements to the game. The crucible is more balanced as a result and they also fixed the heavy ammo loss on death glitch and made shotguns beastly in PVE.

I still enjoy doing the Vault of Glass raid. Crota's End I only did to get up to level 32 and I am disappointed in the laziness of them making the enemies lvl 33 on hard mode instead of adding interesting mechanics. I am glad they delayed the next expansion and hope that they deliver some good content. They have been on a roll with good changes as of late.

The menu load time is what I meant, and on PS4 and One it is almost instant from what I have seen.

Inventory management is still problematic as far as not being able to put items exactly where you want in your inventory. They did just release and update that allows you to transfer items from characters to the vault (using the phone app or on bungie.net) and vice versa which eliminates the need to switch characters, go to the tower, go to the vault, switch characters.... etc. Now you just select the character in the app with the item you want, move it to the vault, then switch over to the character (in app) that you want the item on and move from vault to that character. You can do it while playing and the item shows up in your inventory like a loot drop. You can also select exact amounts of materials for transfer using the app method. It really is a massive improvement.

I agree that a matchmaking option would be great for all events in the game. I sometimes go to LFG sites in order to fill in open slots on my fireteam for raids. Luckily, I can solo the entire normal mode Crota raid and 75 percent of hard mode so I really only have to resort to using those sites for VoG. In the latest update they did include matchmaking for the weekly heroic strikes, which is great. It would be cool if they did it for Nightfalls as well, but I am not holding out hope. Once again, I am lucky in that I can usually solo the nightfall/weekly unless it is the new Omnigul one with no burn.

Apparently Bunige has learned their lesson in regards to the exotics issue and in future expansions we will not be required to relevel our gear. Might still have to use exotic shards and a shitload of glimmer to be able to upgrade them and then another exotic shard to finish it(this is my own theory), but we will have to wait and see on that. Wouldn't put it past them, though.

All of my characters are level 32. I had pretty good luck combined with some aggressive running of the CE raid and Eris bounties to guarantee I got the radiant shards I needed as fast as possible. Most of the people I play with that are not yet level 32 are 31's just in need of radiant shards.

I could probably solo hard mode on Crota (the boss fight) as well, but it would require perfection and a good dose of luck that nothing gets glitchy or laggy. I also can solo VoG up to the Gatekeepers, but it requires a glitch that enables me to open the door to the vault solo. I know some people have done the Vault with only 2 in the fireteam, but that requires some random luck with the teleports on Atheon, as most of the time you will wipe if there are less than 3 people teleported. I suppose having a sunsinger warlock that can self-res would be helpful there. I might give it a try at some point just for the challenge. Doing that is much more of a challenge than Crota's End, which is devoid of any real interesting boss fights.

As for Crota's End normal, and being able to solo it... At the Abyss (first section) you just have to activate a plate to materialize a bridge and wait, no need to kill anything. At the bridge/totems after that, just get across (need to kill swordbearer and have sword on) and kill some acolytes until the ogres spawn. Kill the two ogres, complete. Kill two shriekers in the next hallway, very simple. The deathsinger after that is a bit more challenging as it is timed, but only requires you to kill two wizards and two shriekers before killing the deathsinger. Then you just mop up the mobs of knights and acolytes for a few minutes until the rewards pop and then you only have Crota left.At level 32 on normal mode, Crota goes down in two swords (meaning two sword runs, not two sword hits). I suppose me having maxed Gjallarhorns on all of my characters makes it easier for me than most. A good solar sniper is also useful for the wizards in the deathsinger phase. For everything else I use either the Fatebringer (VoG handcannon), Timur's Lash (Iron Banner HC) or Word of Crota (CE HC). Once you get the mechanics of the encounters down it becomes quite easy. I am at the point where doing it is very casual and kind of relaxing.

Bungie changed the drop rates for raid gear/weapons for Crota's End. You can get a raid helmet from the normal mode raid, only from beating Crota. The primary weapons from hard mode seem easy to get as well. I have multiples of every single one of them.

My favorite way to deal with Omnigul is to use my defender titan with Helm of Saint-14 equipped. I jump up on the platform, pop the bubble and she moves through it and gets blinded. I then move back a bit and unload the Gjallarhorn on that poor wizard. They had a triple burn nightfall on Omnigul a few weeks ago and she was dead in less than 5 seconds, lol.

It can suck raiding with random people but using lfg sites or fireteams on reddit can get you some decent people. I have a circle of friends who are pretty chill that I have acquired through lfg sites and we regularly raid and do other activities and I can now avoid randoms for the most part. There will always be shitheads out there, you just have to weed them out as they come up.

I am the same way in dealing with the sorts of people you have mentioned. It could also be the difference in platforms. I feel like the PSN has more shitty people and punk kids than LIVE at this point.

Probable Muppet wrote:

Also, how do you glitch the VoG door?

As soon as you load up the VoG, hop on your sparrow and go to the right, through the stone entrance towards Campus 9. When Campus 9 area name shows up on screen, just stop and wait for about 1 min 45 sec - 1 min 50 sec and then immediately head back to the Vault. When you re-enter the Waking Ruins you should hear the sound of the door opening. That will let you know it has worked. The spire will be formed and you just let the door fully open and go in. It is extremely easy to do. You can grab the first materials chest in the Trials of Kabr. Good luck trying to solo the confluxes though!

If this is too confusing of an explanation you can find videos on YouTube. Just search for "open Vault of Glass solo" or something similar.

Praedyth's Revenge is a damn good sniper. Very stable with a good clip. Great for void burn nightfalls/ weeklies and taking out oracles in the VoG.

The warlock has the best melee in the game, and fusion grenades are IMO the best grenades. If you really want to have fun with those grenades, try to get a Heart of the Praxic Fire. I can activate radiance and get 11 grenades. It is truly a wonderful thing.

Also, you getting more kills has nothing to do with one class being better than another. I regularly get more kills than most people I play with no matter what class I am using. It's all about how you play and what you know about your characters abilities. If you have any more strange coins available I highly recommend picking up the Helm of Saint-14 while it is available from Xur. It is the best defender helm and it blinds any enemies who come into your bubble and enables you to be in the action almost constantly. That Helm of Inmost light, though... fuck yeah. Nothing is quite as fun as superman slamming from across the map.

Another NITC is a great scout rifle. I was lucky to get one with with field scout and firefly. The impact is amazing for a scout. I have a Badger CCL which is almost identical except it has a little bit higher impact.

I used to hate playing defender titan before Helm of Saint-14. It really does make that class great. I play more defender than striker since I have gotten it. I won't go into nightfalls, weeklies or raids with striker at all anymore.

As for the Suros, it was a great gun but the most recent patch nerfed auto rifles so it isn't quite the headshot machine it was before, sadly. One of my gaming buddies got his first Gjallarhorn the other day and he has been playing since the game was released. It sounded like he had an orgasm when he got it, lol. I'm just a lucky bastard though, as I have 3 of them. My advice for getting one is to hit up every exotic opportunity possible. 3 nightfalls a week, gorgon's labyrinth exotic chest, Atheon, Ir-Yut and Crota. It'll come eventually. I should note that two of mine came from legendary heavy engrams that dropped while on patrols.


Getting the thread back on track, I finally got the Crota raid sparrow today, so that's cool.

Probable Muppet wrote:

@om*d wrote: I should note that two of mine came from legendary heavy engrams that dropped while on patrols. Gods damn you! You dirty SOB. =) I have been farming Moon loops for like at the least like 700 helium over the last week and have only gotten like maybe shard at most. Where are those God damn ship blueprints from chest runs and dregs that drop Gjahallahorns on patrols lol. Damn you RNG gods... Also getting tired of getting Energy over shards. I have like 45 energy yet am badly in need of more shards.

Mars. Get your ass to Mars. That's where I get the most legendaries, shards and strange coins from chest runs. Scablands loop is good. Hollows is where I got my legendaries that turned into Gjallarhorns.

If you want more shards, try farming public events. you get a daily package at the postmaster for your first public event of the day (one per character) and you have a chance to get a shard, energy or strange coin from completing an event. http://destinypublicevents.com/ is a great tool for farming public events. Most events happen within 5 minutes of the time posted. The only other advice I have for gathering ascendant shards is to run the VoG raid on hard. Double the loot drops, except for the chests. Oh, almost forgot... you can also buy legendary gear from vendors if you have the marks to spend and break it down for shards.