Destiny General Discussion Thread

PetKing

Angron wrote:

Finally got the quest for the Thorn, decided I'd attempt to get the crucible kills. After 2 games, I'm 4% done after being constantly killed by people where I've blasted them twice with a shotgun only to have them take no damage and teleport behind me, or sticking void grenades that haven't done anything.

Sounds about right! 96% to go!

gimli2112

Angron wrote: »

Finally got the quest for the Thorn, decided I'd attempt to get the crucible kills. After 2 games, I'm 4% done after being constantly killed by people where I've blasted them twice with a shotgun only to have them take no damage and teleport behind me, or sticking void grenades that haven't done anything.

Year 1 Thorn quest you could go negative. You'd have it at 63% then wake up with a hangover and be at 16%
Fun times

nevelator

Angron wrote: »

Finally got the quest for the Thorn, decided I'd attempt to get the crucible kills. After 2 games, I'm 4% done after being constantly killed by people where I've blasted them twice with a shotgun only to have them take no damage and teleport behind me, or sticking void grenades that haven't done anything.

Might be worth doing VoG or Crota's End for a void primary? Also I think that it is mayhem clash this week, so that should help with more grenades.

Kimbot

nevelator wrote: »

Might be worth doing VoG or Crota's End for a void primary? Also I think that it is mayhem clash this week, so that should help with more grenades.

Best way of doing it is mayhem with the artifact that gives you extra nades and an armentarium, void shotty and void heavy and go nuts

Angron

jonnycivic wrote: »

Best way of doing it is mayhem with the artifact that gives you extra nades and an armentarium, void shotty and void heavy and go nuts

I don't have the artifact, I do have the armamentarium and was running the void shotgun Stolen Will I think it is. I just wish it wasn't the... 125 kills I think you need?

Kimbot

Angron wrote: »

I don't have the artifact, I do have the armamentarium and was running the void shotgun Stolen Will I think it is. I just wish it wasn't the... 125 kills I think you need?

1 kill = 1% doesnt it? If so its 100 kills

Angron

When I looked it up yesterday it said I needed 125, but maybe that was wrong.

syboit

Angron wrote: »

I don't have the artifact, I do have the armamentarium and was running the void shotgun Stolen Will I think it is. I just wish it wasn't the... 125 kills I think you need?

Don't think the artifact will stack with the armamentarium. Just keep popping blessing bubbles, people love running into them and BAM shotty to the face

Atheon's epilogue auto rifle is void, drops from vog.

gimli2112

syboit wrote: »

Don't think the artifact will stack with the armamentarium. Just keep popping blessing bubbles, people love running into them and BAM shotty to the face

Atheon's epilogue auto rifle is void, drops from vog.

I was using the bubble for that bounty. After a striker crashed through it for the second time switched to striker and relied on the havoc pigeon / truth instead.

Generic Dreadhead

By the time a AE or WoC dropped from VoG or CE, he'd be long finished the bounty. they are not guarateed drops from the Raid. and having used AE for the bounty myself, yeah it helps, it's good, not great

SolvableKnave

Void Fusion. Better range than a shotty, just pre charge and your golden. Oh, and Truth.

runawaybishop

Cormac... wrote: »

By the time a AE or WoC dropped from VoG or CE, he'd be long finished the bounty. they are not guarateed drops from the Raid. and having used AE for the bounty myself, yeah it helps, it's good, not great

Also, they are ****e in PvP.

Mitch Connor

just wait til the bounty drops on your warlock and complete it easily with melees, scatter grenades, axion bolts and nova bombs.

Generic Dreadhead

Also, Camp the Heavy with your Bubble, wait till a load of people kill each other with heavies and then go ham

syboit

runawaybishop wrote: »

Also, they are ****e in PvP.

deffo crap when I was using it thats for sure, funny enough everyone else was killing me galore with it

Generic Dreadhead

Starting pre-firing to proc Persistence and Glass Half Full helps, but it's not an AMAZING gun atm. Useable, but you'll lose more 1v1s than you would normally like

Generic Dreadhead

I'm moving house soon, and where i'll be living is in the country. I did a rough speed test and got about 3mbs

Can anyone please give me some detailed anecdotal feedback on how you have found playing on 2-3mbs?

FWIW, I'm used to playing on ~8 to ~30 mbs

Also, Bungie should introduce connection based matchmaking, I think that now, all of a sudden

gimli2112

I played MW2 online on less and it was fine.
What the experience was like for the people I was playing against is anybody's guess.

Kimbot

Cormac... wrote: »

I'm moving house soon, and where i'll be living is in the country. I did a rough speed test and got about 3mbs

Can anyone please give me some detailed anecdotal feedback on how you have found playing on 2-3mbs?

FWIW, I'm used to playing on ~8 to ~30 mbs

Also, Bungie should introduce connection based matchmaking, I think that now, all of a sudden

Noob would be the man to tell you how good 3mb is :P

AdamD

I think Destiny is a lot more intensive on internet connections than games like MW3. 3mb will likely be a struggle. Your upload speed is more important really, anything below 0.5mb and you're probably ****ed.

Mickeroo

Cormac... wrote: »

I'm moving house soon, and where i'll be living is in the country. I did a rough speed test and got about 3mbs

Can anyone please give me some detailed anecdotal feedback on how you have found playing on 2-3mbs?

FWIW, I'm used to playing on ~8 to ~30 mbs

Also, Bungie should introduce connection based matchmaking, I think that now, all of a sudden

I gamed on 3mb for a long time and it was fine, funnily enough though the only game that ever had issues was Destiny. Be prepared for an eternal red bar in fireteams bigger than three and frequent disconnects. It's a lot better now than it was in the first 6 months of the game's life though, I remember things like staying in the tower for more than a minute, playing 6v6 crucible matches or actually taking part in a raid were literally impossible back then.

Your upload speed will probably be around 0.3mb.

bugs

Cormac... wrote: »

I'm moving house soon, and where i'll be living is in the country. I did a rough speed test and got about 3mbs

Can anyone please give me some detailed anecdotal feedback on how you have found playing on 2-3mbs?

FWIW, I'm used to playing on ~8 to ~30 mbs

Also, Bungie should introduce connection based matchmaking, I think that now, all of a sudden

The latency is much more important than the bandwidth. Granted destiny does push more data than most FPS games by a big margin but nothing a 5 down, 0.3/5 up couldn't handle.
Unfortunately in this country you generally get higher latency in more rural areas. Run a ping test where you are now and compare it to where you will be, that should give you a good impression of what the difference is.

Generic Dreadhead

The upload, now baring in mind I only checked in on Wifi and it was using that Ookla Speed test app, was good at 2mbs

Also 1) wasn't using the official provider speed test, and 2) was Wifi and not Ethernet/TP Links

I'm guessing since this is satellite the normal 10 DL to 1 UL ratio is different..... yeah... satellite BB... that's how far out I'll be

Really hoping I won't just have a whole year of bad/no Destiny

Riesen_Meal

Cormac... wrote: »

I'm moving house soon, and where i'll be living is in the country. I did a rough speed test and got about 3mbs

Can anyone please give me some detailed anecdotal feedback on how you have found playing on 2-3mbs?

FWIW, I'm used to playing on ~8 to ~30 mbs

Also, Bungie should introduce connection based matchmaking, I think that now, all of a sudden

Maybe if it's that rural look into Digiwebs LTE package thingy?

Or see if the area is due a Siro/Eir FTTH connection on either website?

180 day pass on this may cover you in time being:

https://store.meteor.ie/mobile-broadband-plans/pay-as-you-go/

Kimbot

Cormac... wrote: »

The upload, now baring in mind I only checked in on Wifi and it was using that Ookla Speed test app, was good at 2mbs

Also 1) wasn't using the official provider speed test, and 2) was Wifi and not Ethernet/TP Links

I'm guessing since this is satellite the normal 10 DL to 1 UL ratio is different..... yeah... satellite BB... that's how far out I'll be

Really hoping I won't just have a whole year of bad/no Destiny

Actually Satellite should be slightly better than an eir phone line connection tbh man.

Riesen_Meal

jonnycivic wrote: »

Actually Satellite should be slightly better than an eir phone line connection tbh man.

Costs a fortune usually and have silly limits like a 60gb download a month...

Mickeroo

I game regularly with a lad on much the same satellite connecton. You shouldt be ok upload speeds will be better but you won't get very good pings though and will probably be on a red bar and get more disconnects than your used to but you'll still be able to play the game fine. Streaming on twitch probably won't be possible though, at least not to a level where it will be worthwhile.

You looked into imagine LTE? They seem to offer better speeds than your average satellite provider.

gimli2112

He'll be fine as long as he doesn't stray from his jade rabbit comfort zone

Generic Dreadhead

Ok, cheers for that so far guys. Looks like unfortualey the BB will be necessary evil of moving to that area, but I guess I have to make compromises. Yeah, I'd say I'll give to give up the ole twitch career. I'm sure the massive following will be devastated

Kimbot

Cormac... wrote: »

Ok, cheers for that so far guys. Looks like unfortualey the BB will be necessary evil of moving to that area, but I guess I have to make compromises. Yeah, I'd say I'll give to give up the ole twitch career. I'm sure the massive following will be devastated

Are you 100% thats all thats available to you in that area??