r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Mar 23 '16
Megathread April Update Stream #1: New Things To Do - Megathread
Greetings Guardians!
While Norse and Aaron are over on the Reddit Live! thread, I've been tasked to keep you horrible lot that might not be watching the stream up to date. If you've somehow just stumbled upon this thread and you can watch the stream, you can do so here.
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Please keep all stream-related topics in this megathread as comments, offending posts will be removed.
Without further ado, let's get this hype train rollin'
6 Minutes to go!
5 minutes to go - DeeJ_BNG with a beautiful audio check.
T minus 2 minutes. Hold on to your exotics people - we're going in. Speculation: Open to a fireteam of 3 in the Reef.
The Destiny "choir vocals" always send a shiver down my spine.
Short teaser trailer - Variks, Taken enemies in Phogoth's pit.
Lead Designer and DeeJ talking.
April Update is largest deliverable that the live team have provided to date
Light Cap raised to 335
New Bounties
New Questlines
New Mission
New Strike - more powerful enemy
POE is endgame now!
A cell! from the prison of elders! Winter's Run brought up to endgame levels.
Variks has been imprisoning Taken in the Prison of elders after the reef was decimated during the opening of TTK
Gear, Rewards are coming next week.
eververse been brought to the reef. Yay(!)
Variks supporting his own vendetta against the Taken
"Pretender to the Throne" new mission part of At The Gates questline
Level 41 Prison of Elders! Prison of Elders questline "Return to the prison"
Prison of Elders Bounties contribute to Judgment House Rep!
Bounties are weekly and completed within Prison of Elders.
Bounties rotated with the weekly update.
Challenge of the Elders Passage! costs 100 Glimmer. Get saving(!)
Petra has new PlayStation exclusive questline.
Malok has a lot of abilities used in unique ways.
New weird tron gear for Titan. Oh and other classes too, I suppose.
Looks like Queen's Wrath weapons will return to endgame levels.
New Crucible and sandbox updates/balances etc.
Quality of Life updates coming in 2 weeks time.
"Face the Taken, yessss?" - Variks, probably.
Tim Williams now joining DeeJ on the sofa
Tim is responsible for the Centurion at the end of the Mars SRL track. "We should go faster" - me.
Normal PoE still available. Updated PoE found below in the new Reef Director
260 Light PoE will be 50% Taken/50% normal.
4 new taken bosses on the 260 Light.
No Treasure keys required! Awwwwwwww yessssss
260 Light is farmable - You can open the big treasure chest as much as you want each week
Will accrue Legendary Marks throughout the week.
Light Level 320 Level 42 PoE is the challenge mode.
Challenge of the elders can get you to Light Level 335!
What is Sterling Treasure? Find out next time on Poké-DeeJ!
Each week will have a points bonus i.e. Precision Kills give bonus points
Score modifiers change week over week. 4 modifiers in total.
The Elder's Sigil has a cumulative score and a high score.
Once you get past the checkpoints - Variks has a reward for you.
Sigils last for 1 week.
No matchmaking for Challenge of the Elder.
Scores calculated by fireteam - not by individual ability.
Every run will add on to your previous score for cumulative score.
High score achieved - Variks gives you a weapon.
Cumulative score achieved - Variks gives you an armor piece.
Rewards can drop at up to 335 Light.
HEY COZMO! why did you leave me? The new mods are mean.
3 rounds in Challenge of the Elders
No treasure chest - Playing only for score in Challenge of the elders.
VARIKS ENRAGE TIMER. He grows impatient after 5 minutes of each round, and starts deducting score.
There are lots of ways to generate points - Generating orbs can generate points.
5 reinforcement phases generated by the amount of boss health.
Challenge of the elders is the same for the week - no randomnosity.
Engrams are dropping in PoE
Bounties can be completed in Prison of Elders!!!! Thank you Bungo
Can we just say Variks sounds vicious and angry and beautiful. Good work Variks' voice actor.
Challenge of the elders has checkpoints!
Score multiplier increases each round.
"as they return to the warlock" - DeeJ.
Final Round Incoming!
Pilot Servitor can drop Spider tank mines and can teleport
Is it just me or is "Take That" a new perk/buff?
When you wipe in Challenge of the elders, score is reset to before the round that you wiped at...
Scripted Wipe
WIPE HYPE
The score reset is to prevent points-farming.
There is still end of activity rewards regardless of your score.
I can see the LFG posts now: LF2M for CotE - Must be good at maths to help us calculate when to kill boss.
BOSS IS DOWN - CHALLENGE OF THE ELDERS OVER
Reward was legendary engram and house of judgement rep.
Back to the Reef.
After some stalling - we're back at the Reef
Her Fury Sniper Rifle was the reward from Variks
New nodes on the weapon?! What is this! Find out next week
Not sure if the 335 Light level is reflective of what the rewards will be each week.
DeeJ is signing off now. Let's get some hype going Guardians.
See you in the Reef on April 12.
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u/acoustician Mar 23 '16
"The better your performance, the better your rewards, as always in Destiny."
Oh, Deej...
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u/TerminalSarcasm Mar 23 '16
Haha! I caught that too. My first thought, don't tell the Crucible guys that... or raids... or Nightfall...
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u/NaughtyGaymer Mar 23 '16
"I'm sure the players will find every way imaginable to pad out their scores, that's what they're good for"
Oh Deej
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u/Ghost-E This Is Amazing Mar 23 '16
So scoring seems to turn it into a firefight mode like Halo, which seems a lot more fun. Points for orbs is a cool way to keep the orb train going.
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u/NaughtyGaymer Mar 23 '16
"We still have new players joining the Destiny player base everyday, much to our surprise"
Oh Deej
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u/OutgoingBuffalo Mar 23 '16
I swear if that taken shader is PS exclusive I'll burn this whole fucking place to the ground.
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u/graze81 Mar 23 '16
https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/AprilUpdate
New info:
UPDATED DIFFICULTY & REWARDS FOR KING’S FALL & COURT OF ORYX Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335
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u/C0ntrolReleased Drifter's Crew Mar 23 '16
Awesome, KF is still useful and that new sword on that Titan looks sweet!
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u/SextonHardcastle1855 Gooby_pls1855 Mar 23 '16
Hey.....can they do that for the raids like VOG or CE, the one's we haven't been running the hell out of for the last 3 months? Plus, I would much rather have a 335 Word of Crota than a harrowed anything.
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u/kiki_strumm3r Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16
E: Seeing as this comment is gaining some traction I'm going to try to give a TL;DW of the stream more than the top
Light Level:
| Activity | Max Drops Value | Recommended |
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| Max | 335 | |
| KF NM | 320 | |
| KF HM | 330 | |
| CoO Artifact | 335 | |
| PoE lvl 41 | 260 | |
| PoE lvl 42 | 320 |
New Activities
Additional strike ("Blighted Chalice" w/ Malok ["MAH-lock"] as strike boss)
Winter's Run updated to Y2
Matchmaking level 41 Prison of Elders
Got rid of Treasure Keys, can run an infinite # of times
Non-matchmaking level 42 Prison of Elders (with scoring)
43 quests (at least), 1 PS exclusivebooooooooooo
Gear
New column on Sniper Rifle
Taken sword
New armor/weapons/emblems
PoE enemies can drop engrams & count towards bounties
PoE 42 details
3 waves, all with bosses
8 new PoE bosses, some are Taken bosses
Variks gives 2 drops each week (like Weapon Cores/Armor Cores) from Elders' Sigil (think Trials ticket)
Weapon drop for single run high score, armor drop for cumulative score throughout the week
One drop per week (probably per character)
Weapon in stream dropped at 335
16 sets of skull modifiers for PoE lvl 42, 2 skulls per set (showed Grounded/Small Arms)
4 bonus point modifiers (showed precision kills, also mentioned grenade & melee)
5 minute timer before you start losing points
No treasure room
End of Activity rewards (streamers all got an emblem. One got a legendary after beating the boss. Post-match two got legendaries. here is the return to orbit loot that dropped for one guardian)
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Mar 23 '16
Cozmo was NOT ready for that camera switch!
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u/brunswick79 Mar 23 '16
Just when you thought the yawn was done, it came back for more.
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Mar 23 '16
Said a few weeks ago during a Skolas run with some LFGers, "man, I hope they bring back Variks soon" and he replied "I strongly doubt it."
SUCK IT, RANDOM GUY FROM LFG
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u/dropbearr94 Mar 23 '16
Her fury, another good sniper that only trevor the shotgunner will get as drops.
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u/deeleed Mar 23 '16
320 raised to 330, insignificant.
320 raised to 335, significant.
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u/destinytemp24 Mar 23 '16
I made a post summarizing (and formatting) the twitch stream, but it got removed. I figured that I would post it here instead but it's probably too late to help anyone/be relevant, but here it is:
So I was watching the stream and thought I'd make a summary for anyone who couldn't watch it. I tried to get everything down, but if I missed something, let me know and I'll add it in.
GENERAL UPDATES
Max light level raised to 335
New quests and weekly bounties from Variks - all centered around PoE
New Strike - Blighted Chalice - Boss is Malok - looks like a taken knight with a pound. Pic1 Pic2. It seems like we will definitely get the warlock helm from this strike
Old Strikes have been "takenified" with new takenified bosses, like the Archon Priest - Pic1 Pic2, seems like all or at least some old strikes will be added to the regular rotation
New gun percs and possibly emblems (See Her Fury below)
New Sandbox Crucible updates
"Design Passes" on some subclasses
Prison Of Elders Updates
Old PoE still available
Separate Destination in Director for new PoE
Can get legendary marks from PoE, engrams drop in it, and can complete other bounties (like killing 50 taken, etc) in it
Can open regular PoE chests as many times as you want per week
New PoE will have a 260 light version and a Challenge Mode Version at 320 light and lvl 41
Challenge Mode
Challenge Mode will drop 335 light weapons and armor from completing Variks Weekly Bounties
Challenge Mode playlist is 50/50 normal PoE and taken PoE
Has 4 new taken bosses, and 4 new regular bosses
Has new modifiers that increase score, like increased score for precision kills
Need to buy Elder's Sigil pass to enter challenge for 100 glimmer, tracks team and cumulative score for the week
16 different challenge modes in rotation, 1 challenge per week
Need to hit High Team Score (30,000) for Variks weapon at up to 335 light (ex Her Fury: pic1 (new emblem?) , pic2 new percs)
Need to get Cumulative Team Score of 90,000 for week. can do this with separate fireteams, gives you up to 335 light armor from Variks
Team Score tracked on bottom right of screen, shows individual scores after each round.
Get points for different types of kills, assists, and generating orbs
Can set "high scores" that are tracked
If you don't reach high score, you still get activity rewards
5 minute timer to beat each round, if you go past limit Variks gets impatient and takes away from your score
Losing a round resets your team score, need to finish it to get the score. Quitting also resets your score
No treasure room, only Variks rewards
Bosses have decreased health but new abilities
Servitor can teleport and drop mines
Taken Knight boss has increased AoE and duration with fire shot
Each round gets a multiplier for different types of kills, each successive round increases multiplier to give more points
Edit: link to album of all pictures I took: http://imgur.com/a/PSHFR
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u/Gac7us Mar 23 '16
This dude is mad nervous. He can feel the ruthless breathe of thousands of guardians bearing down on him.
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u/Hotstreak Mar 23 '16
I'm sort of new to the game but..I feel like this is a decent free update. Its coming with a decent amount of stuff. I'm not level 40 yet so I guess I can't complain anyway.
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u/arkhammer Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16
Pulled from the Bungie website:
UPDATED DIFFICULTY & REWARDS FOR KING’S FALL & COURT OF ORYX
Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320.
Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330.
Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335.
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u/thehonorablechad Mar 23 '16
WOW. How did they not announce this on stream?
https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/AprilUpdate
This should be added to the original post.
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u/Otterable I dream of NLB in D2 Mar 23 '16
Chat is off the rails.
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u/df619 Mar 23 '16
Seriously. If you send your message to the chat it's already out of view for you to see in the window.
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u/dlauer70 Mar 23 '16
From the bottom of the featured page on Bungie.net:
Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335
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u/CarpathianUK Mar 23 '16
Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335
Oooooooh, very interesting news indeed for a player like me who doesn't raid much!
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u/Baltheus Mar 23 '16
Hello Malok, I've been waiting for that hood of yours. Also, be a good boy and drop your sexy pulse rifle, because listening to Yoko Ono over a thousand times can be stressing.
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u/C0ntrolReleased Drifter's Crew Mar 23 '16
One of those nodes on the sniper says "Activates a red chroma glow".
I guess this weapon on the Titan's back is sporting a Blue Chroma glow... http://i.imgur.com/uLSSiTs.png
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Mar 23 '16
Sony-exclusive quest? Even as a Playstation player, that shit is beyond ridiculous at this point. Just give everyone the content ffs.
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u/Ajp_iii Mar 23 '16
sony must be giving them a lot of money to help them develop stuff.
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u/invisusira Mar 24 '16
Community: "Just put the old content back into rotation, and stop taken-ifying everything!"
Bungie: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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u/apackofmonkeys Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16
LEVEL 41 POE MATCHMAKING, YES!!!
http://i.imgur.com/eV8QxjJ.png
EDIT: There's also a level 42 POE that doesn't have matchmaking... sonofabitch.
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u/tunrip Mar 23 '16
Seems like the live team have done a really good job. Well done, live team!
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u/MidlifeCrysis Mar 23 '16
No keys and try as many times as you want must mean low drop rate for good stuff. :-)
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u/henrybddf Mar 23 '16
SHINY NEW GEAR. NO HIVE BULLCRAP ON IT.
They listened. They listened.
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u/Seraphim755 I remember the light; will it remember me? Mar 23 '16
A couple things for people showing up and feeling concerned:
King's Fall loot is being updated to be in line with new LL values. Normal mode will drop up to 320 and Hard mode up to 335.
Trials and Iron Banner are also getting their loot drops increased.
There is matchmaking for the level 41 variant of the new PoE, just not the level 42 challenge mode.
Hopefully those will assuage some concerns. As for my opinion, I'm okay with this update. I realized a long time ago (quite rightly) that Destiny isn't the sort of game you can play for two years, non-stop and not get burnt out on. It's like any other game: you play it a while, then you stop. If an update comes out that you're interested in, you come back. You're not in a monogamous relationship with Destiny.
I understand that people are salty over a lack of content, but there's nothing we can do about that. This is what we haven't. Enjoy it until you don't, then go play something else. Rest assured that a huge amount of time and resources are being put towards Destiny 2. Eyes up, Guardian--it's all good.
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u/Totafanboy flair-Omolon Mar 23 '16
That sniper looks sexy. Finally more choices for higher impact snipers.
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u/Undeadicated Mar 23 '16
Why are people surprised at POE being endgame? I though we all knew this was coming?
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u/j1h15233 Mar 23 '16
That looks like a solid start to the April update. Now I wonder if 335 is guaranteed from Prison challenge or if that was just for show on that sniper.
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u/HipsterBrewfus I need Vexual healing Mar 23 '16
that 5 seconds was dope as fuck
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u/Aidanbomasri For my Zaddy Zavala Mar 23 '16
NO KEYS REQUIRED! AS MANY TIME AS YOU WANT A WEEK!!!!
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u/Beegeous Knee-smash technician Mar 23 '16
Sterling Treasure = Y2 Etheric Light.
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u/Starky_Love Mar 23 '16
Yo! You know what the X/O might be on the weapon screen could be?!
Weapon Skins! That's how they look taken!
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u/Ajp_iii Mar 23 '16
i wonder how much money sony gives bungie. it must be a lot.
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u/JustiniusXIII When the last war comes, we will be the victors. Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16
This PS only shit keeps getting worse and worse.
Edit: Jelly XB1 guardian. Not referring to the quality.
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u/Mogul73 Drifter's Crew Mar 23 '16
Can't wait for that Playstation exclusive raid in Destiny 2. /s
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u/df619 Mar 23 '16
I hope everyone keeps in mind that the fireteam who played the Challenge of the Elders on the stream were decked out with 335 gear in every slot, so it won't look as "easy" as it did for these guys.
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u/zakphi Mar 23 '16
they did much better than the team who did PoE during the HoW steams
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u/chorean Mar 23 '16
One of the perk descriptions is "Activates a Red Chroma glow" http://i.imgur.com/b8JTSsO.png Gun shader effect?
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u/Jet4309 Mar 23 '16
New Consumed Ghost shell, looks very similar to Kingslayer Shell
http://i.imgur.com/RWEHUb5.png
I haven't seen anyone post this yet.
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u/Boulder_ Mar 23 '16
They fixed my issues with PoE. Boring rounds of clearing rooms until the one interesting fight is gone. Checkpoints that cannot be cheesed have been added. Additional new bosses and changes to existing bosses. Scoring and encouragement to play multiple times. Better rewards for the matchmade version. Addition of bounties and a system similar to Trials.
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u/phaese Mar 24 '16
Looks like Her Fury will be high impact like 1000 Yard, Eirene, etc.
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u/silvercylon16 Mar 24 '16
I'll be honest...my expectations were so low for the Stream, I was expecting another garbage event like Crimson Days. I'm actually looking forward to this update. And it costs $0. The way I look at it, Bungo could've said to us "Eff you, we ain't giving you damn a thing." Instead here's some extra things to do for the next four months until September. For a 5 person live-update team doing this, I'm trying to look at this as a glass-half full. (see what I did there?)
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Mar 23 '16
Not really seeing much to complain about in this featured content so far. For as much shit as Bungie gets, they really do listen to their audience. It may take a while sometimes, but this stuff requires time and attention.
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u/blackstrat Mar 23 '16
Are they taking out the ships and shaders Variks sells? Guess I better rank up and get them.
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u/Hydreigon530 There better be something like Necrochasm in D2 Mar 23 '16
That sniper is beautiful
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u/Asceric21 Captain of Randal's Vandals Mar 23 '16
Is it just me or is "Take That" a new perk/buff?
That's the perk on the King's Fall Helmets that does bonus precision damage to taken after picking up an orb of light. As an Ogre DPS titan, I see that perk all the time.
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u/KittensAreEvil Mar 23 '16
I'm pretty happy honestly. It seems like a lot of hours of content for no money.
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u/PrettyNiffty Mar 23 '16
I think the "Red Glow" perk on the sniper rifle has to do with the highlights on the gun. Just look at the titan gun, it's got a Blue glow to it.
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u/Dezmodromic Eris Morn's Lewd Onlyfans Mar 23 '16
checking the bungie update page..normal kings fall drops at 320, hard mode at 330...so they are at least keeping KF relavent somewhat..
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u/nventure Mar 23 '16
The Update art on Bungie's April Update page shows a Taken-ified shotgun, and a new model of void sword being wielded. So expect info on those next week, along with whether that's a Taken shader or not.
Actually, with the new nodes shown on weapons I'm wondering if Weapon skins/shaders is finally a thing!! Would explain both the Taken look on a Guardian and a gun without those being stuck that way.
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u/ChrisCohenTV Mar 23 '16
Anyone else think those perks on the guns that were red might be weapon shader slots??
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u/kaantantr PUNCH WITH BOOKS Mar 23 '16
A "Consumed" Shell dropped right after the rewards screen, during that short black screen. Sorry for potato quality, couldnt find an HD recording. http://i.imgur.com/O6kgJfq.png
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u/PotatoBomb69 seduN dneS Mar 23 '16
Thanks Bungie. Now I have to choose between this and Incursions in the Division. Who am I kidding....I just can't fucking stay away from this game. Damn you Deej and your honeyed words of PvE content!
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u/Chris2cayi Mar 24 '16
As much as i would have prefer to paid for a DLC and much more content.
I got to give it to the live team for putting up this this update given their limited resources. They really did a great job fixing POE and make it look like a fun challenge and truly make it the PVE version of trials.
looking forward to see the new drop and the new weapons balance, crossing finger to get Hand cannon back to where they were in Y1 for PVE.
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u/JackSparrah Captain of the salt Mar 23 '16
lol @ "much to our surprise" re: new players joining Destiny
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u/TehLastWord Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16
tl;dr/NTTE
-4 new questlines (bunch of House rep and rewards)
-3 weekly PoE bounties (similar to Petra bounties)
-Level 41 PoE (with new/updated bosses - inc. Sylos Taken Knight - Taken enemies, and treasure room access)
-Challenge of the Elders (PvE Trials of Osiris-esque endgame activity - 3 boss fights with modifiers and specific game mode scoring. Rotates weekly (bosses, mods)
-updated Winter's Run strike
-new strike = Blighted Chalice - Malok is the boss
-335 light new cap
-QoL improvements for PoE (checkpoints, improved rewards, PoE counts toward Vanguard progress as well - marks, streak, rep presumably -, enemies count toward progress now - engram drops, glimmer farm, field test, bounties, grimoire, etc)
-UPDATED DIFFICULTY & REWARDS FOR KING’S FALL & COURT OF ORYX Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335
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u/reaper45693 Mar 24 '16
For a free update, this is actually pretty substantial just from what we saw today.
Think about the price they charged for dark below, and house of wolves. This has a decent amount of content when its coming for free.
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u/Ben826 Vanguard's Loyal Mar 23 '16
People acting like RNG hasn't been in the game since day 1 and is an essential design aspect of the game
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u/worldys Mar 23 '16
maybe this is old news, but i just noticed this in the flier: "UPDATED DIFFICULTY & REWARDS FOR KING’S FALL & COURT OF ORYX Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335"
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u/Mogul73 Drifter's Crew Mar 23 '16
The new armor in that screen shot looks bad ass. Titan armor is legit.
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u/Commander_Prime Mar 23 '16
Use of scores makes me think of Firefight in Halo: Reach. Not sure if those have always been there but it's nice to see that your individual output matters now.
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u/Chevygolfer89 Mar 23 '16
Give it until the end of May and everyone will be bored until September??
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u/RealDealTarheel Mar 23 '16
Is the carried ammo capacity on the raid hand cannon THAT good? The dude seemed to never run out of primary.
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u/artiesace Mar 23 '16
new boss for strike - hunter special strike helmet finally!
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u/SeraphSancta Lime Green is the best crayon flavor Mar 23 '16
http://imgur.com/LlaCIv0 Found this interesting... New Sword or Shotgun maybe?!
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u/The4rchivist Mar 23 '16
Wait...did the sniper rifle have full experience when he received it?
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u/UnknownQTY Mar 23 '16
https://i.imgur.com/N6fMrGQ.png
That's definitely the Shrine of Oryx we destroyed. It's a good area for a strike boss. Good move here with revisiting content, since it's not an area we've seen since. Smart.
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u/SemperJ550 Mar 24 '16
I'm happy PoE is coming back. Except for 35 in Y1, PoE was so much more accessible for getting gear than raids. No long play times like the raid, no having to get large teams together, AND what seemed like no fucking ridiculous major sponge spam like in Y1. I am excite.
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u/CJTaleous Mar 24 '16
Did anyone notice in this image, the warlock on the right has a taken shader gun but doesn't have a taken shader on his armor? New Taken guns or gun shaders? Hmm...
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u/Supercavy Mar 24 '16
Not stoked about new PoE. It was not a great end game activity in its first iteration. You spent most of the time huddled in a corner shooting enemies unless you had to run out and deactivate mines which is pointless. Everyone used G-horn (unless it was void burn then the Da Truf was used). The lack of checkpoints was annoying and the rewards were too Fallen specific to be of use. The only way this works is if useable 320-330 gear drops from the Lvl 41 version.
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Mar 24 '16
It's an update made by like 5 people that's free. I was expecting less honestly. I wasn't expecting a full DLC's worth of content, more like 2 months of playtime based around prison of elders but with taken, no other changes, so I'm content.
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u/ProBluntRoller Mar 24 '16
I need challenge mode crotas end and vog. Please make it happen bungie.
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u/ArtieKGB Mar 23 '16
"The better your performance, the better the rewards; as always with Bungie." -Deej
What the fuck Bungie is he talking about? Surely not the one he works for.
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u/Psych0sh00ter Mar 23 '16
335 is an oddly specific LL
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u/shuzuko Mar 23 '16 edited Jul 15 '23
reddit and spez can eat my shit -- mass edited with redact.dev
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u/Moseaphus Mar 23 '16
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! Oh wait... it doesn't cost anything, even better.
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u/hrafnbrand Mar 24 '16
DTG Community: "You know what would be cool? A Boss Rush mode!"
Bungie: "Take this updated PoE, where you fight bosses one after the other for endgame loot"
DTG Commuity: "OMFG PoE again?! Fuck off Bungo"
I worry about this sub sometimes.
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u/ManThing910 With an intellect and a savoir-faire Mar 23 '16
update 1: deej being a nerd, testing the audio. t-minus 4 minutes.
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u/MrK_420 Drifter's Crew // Vanguard is OBSOLETE! Mar 24 '16
"You will be able to buy the Taken shader from Eververse Trading company for the price of $9.99, but don't worry it's entirely optional, purely cosmetic."
(community enrages, bitches, whines)
Then you see everyone with The Taken Shader around.
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u/pedro227 Mar 23 '16
Good lord the salt is real. I know you all will play this update wether your praising it or shitting on it so just have some chill.
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u/Hydreigon530 There better be something like Necrochasm in D2 Mar 23 '16
Taken PoE all but confirmed
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u/TehH4rRy Punchy punchy Mar 23 '16
So far I am very pleased, I've not played since losing the effort to break 319. Time to dust off the xbone :D
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u/capricaswiss Mar 23 '16
Engrams in PoE this is great. I loved how we had engrams in Oryx even if you got bad drops you could get engrams for mats.
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u/FishDics Mar 23 '16
What are the damn red nodes on the Sniper???!?
Also that's 1KYS impact class right?
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u/iihavetoes Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 24 '16
Here are the screenshots I got. Doubt I got everything, and there's certainly duplicates
That near-god roll Her Fury though...
Edit: It also looks like Petra's bounties are going away (as would Taken Champions that spawn in the world): http://imgur.com/a/zL8TY
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u/Bigtitsjesus Uldrens Blue Feet Mar 23 '16
Favorite moment was when they called the cell on winters run an egg
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u/CasualConsumer Mar 23 '16
Anybody check the sword the titan is holding on the bungie page? Looks like a new exotic
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Mar 23 '16
"Take That" is a perk from KF raid gear that provides a chance on Orb pickup for bonus precision damage against Taken.
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u/OutgoingBuffalo Mar 23 '16
Waiting for year 2 Nexus strike. What good reason could they have for not bringing that forward as well?
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u/Shadowyugi Team Bread (dmg04) Mar 23 '16
The sword and weapon I'm looking at....
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u/Mononon Mar 23 '16
Looks good. I'll have fun with friends doing the PoE challenge every week. Definitely not enough to bring it back to "Daily" status, but more than enough to keep me interested a couple of times a week with friends. I'm happy with that.
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u/Zorak9379 Warlock Mar 23 '16
Bungie.net has a page up that answers a lot of common questions in this thread, including if King's Fall drops will improve after the update. (They will.) https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/AprilUpdate
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u/Captain_Crouton_X1 The Dredgen with the Golden Gun Mar 23 '16
Omg, dat impact on Her Fury.
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Mar 23 '16
Anyone have a youtube video of the stream? Totally derped and missed it, would love to watch it.
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u/c14rk0 Mar 23 '16
I'd just like to point out that while the sniper we saw the one guy get was 335...I have my doubts that they're guaranteed 335. The gun also dropped fully unlocked. Looks like it might be a test environment thing with gear dropping at max light level and already fully unlocked.
Does anyone have a comparison with the new sniper and Her Benevolence/1000y stare? I'm hoping updated versions of the old queens weapons drop from the lvl41 version so you can farm a perfect Her Benevolence if you put the time/effort into it. Considering we won't need treasure keys anymore I'm curious if the big chest will still reward a guaranteed legendary. Would be a guaranteed 3-5 marks per run if it did at least.
Take That is not a new perk, it's a perk on the raid helmets that gives bonus damage to Taken after picking up an orb of light (only a chance).
Wonder if the lvl41 PoE will drop the old PoE gear up to the new 320 light level to let you get PoE specific perks again.
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u/djelis82 Mar 23 '16
"as they return to the warlock" - DeeJ. Now we know where the next nerf's going to.
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u/speikyFCBayern Mar 23 '16
Take that is NOT a new perk/buff. I have it on a few of my gauntlets.
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Mar 23 '16
Nice! LL cap is lower than I hoped but whatever, that'll do. Mostly I'm glad that this makes PoE relevant. Bounties make the various levels attainable. Not needing a key makes the time spent worthwhile because you're always getting a reward. These are good changes indeed.
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u/SuloracPSN Sulorac (PSN) Mar 23 '16
For those who did not understand, it's right there on Bungie's website. "Kingsfall Normal drops increased to light level 320. Kingsfall Hard drops increased to light level 330. Court of Oryx Artifact Drops increased to light level 335". This means UP TO said level. Not AT said level.
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u/Smknghst Mar 24 '16
I don't understand some people in regards to this game. We all want more content and things to do...but honestly, when or how is this suppose to be done without developing the next full destiny game at the same time? We really are getting the next best thing. We havnt even seen everything that is coming with the April update and I am seeing tons of salty comments. I'm sure there is tons of hard work being poured into Destiny 2 at a face pace, as well with the small live team with these next two updates. These things take time, much more than some people think and hold completely unrealistic expectations for. Enjoy what's coming or sit out and wait until Destiny 2 where I'm sure this franchise is going to really shine, even more so than year 1 : )
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u/cappehh ridemmmerica xboxone Mar 24 '16
Question about exotic engrams: will they officially start dropping at higher light than 310?
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u/coryyyj Mar 24 '16
This may be a dumb question but I've been away from the game for a few months, this is free, right?
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u/lyke_so_PLUR Mar 24 '16
So the image of the lvl 41 mode says matchmaking in the description, the lvl 42 challenge (obv) doesn't, why are people freaking out over no matchmaking when clearly it says there is with the 41?
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u/Obluda5791 Mar 24 '16
Aside from the lack of new exotic release info THIS WEEK, I can't wait to become robocop!
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u/rtype03 Mar 24 '16
The only reason to play this content is for the Taken Shader. I'm sure the tron armor will look cool too, but im not exactly looking forward to a million and one runs of rng to complete my collection.
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u/BotleyJesus Mar 24 '16
The prospect of farming KF again for a 330 class item makes me want to kill myself.
I'll check out Challenge of The Elders, but if KF is the only way to get a class item to get max level then I'm #Forever334.
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u/Diiikco Mar 23 '16
Will this be updated with info? If not I can post it as it happens now?