Gaming Destiny | Rise of Iron launch

I wasn't sure if it was just sales patter but the guys in GAME indicated a 10 year plan for Destiny in terms of DLC.

I fell for it, and bought the first expansion scheduled for Dec for an extra £35. I wonder if they will add more depth by adding additional planets. Is anyone close to the end of the current story? I keep forgetting which missions I've done. Ive only done the crucible for last 2 days in an attempt to level up and get some of the rewards which I think are distributed randomly amongst players win or lose?
first two expansions are 35 combined I think.
 
Best case scenario would be a new set of planets/new solar systems being added every year/6 months so by a few years the game will be massive in terms of scale.

Disappointing to see not everyone is enjoying it & some poor reviews though but i'm loving it so far even if I find myself lone wolfing it half the time which I don't mind too much as long as I get a good mix of co-op and single play it's all good.
 
first two expansions are 35 combined I think.

Ah yeah you're right - think the first one is due in Dec. How are you guys finding the best ways to level up? Am I right in saying it's quicker via the crucible? I need a machine gun type weapon as a Titan to hold my own I think. I have a good pulse rifle and sniper rifle but they seem to take too long to kill other players. I get one shot off with the pulse rifle whilst other players have peppered me with 30 bullets!

I haven't really explored purchasing equipment or rifles as yet, which might be an option.

One more stupid question - why does my rocket launcher not work in the crucible? Even when I get heavy ammo and equip it on the options screen, I cant seem to access it?
 
Ah yeah you're right - think the first one is due in Dec. How are you guys finding the best ways to level up? Am I right in saying it's quicker via the crucible? I need a machine gun type weapon as a Titan to hold my own I think. I have a good pulse rifle and sniper rifle but they seem to take too long to kill other players. I get one shot off with the pulse rifle whilst other players have peppered me with 30 bullets!

I haven't really explored purchasing equipment or rifles as yet, which might be an option.

One more stupid question - why does my rocket launcher not work in the crucible? Even when I get heavy ammo and equip it on the options screen, I cant seem to access it?
Try find an auto rifle, I have had by far the most success with 1 of those.
 
Ah yeah you're right - think the first one is due in Dec. How are you guys finding the best ways to level up? Am I right in saying it's quicker via the crucible? I need a machine gun type weapon as a Titan to hold my own I think. I have a good pulse rifle and sniper rifle but they seem to take too long to kill other players. I get one shot off with the pulse rifle whilst other players have peppered me with 30 bullets!

I haven't really explored purchasing equipment or rifles as yet, which might be an option.

One more stupid question - why does my rocket launcher not work in the crucible? Even when I get heavy ammo and equip it on the options screen, I cant seem to access it?
I found it quick via story and strikes, the key is to do the relevant bounties too. They offer loads of XP. A Little bit of PvP in between helps too, yeah.
 
I'll be on a bit later, not sure what I have left to do. Definitely got the strikes thingy by the crucible.
 
Any of you guys had any legendary rewards from the crucible? I've played for hours and only had one. I'm really struggling to level up now. Not much high light armor being dropped.
 
Ok guys! Vault of Glass raid is opening up now! Anyone level 26 who can go and give it a go with me? :)
 
Small update to download for those that aren't online, Sampy I would but I'm only level 19 so would probably get obliterated.
 
Any of you guys had any legendary rewards from the crucible? I've played for hours and only had one. I'm really struggling to level up now. Not much high light armor being dropped.

Got an exotic engram!

...Yeah it was a blue/rare head

Bungie are such teases with the loot system. Takes the piss
 
Got two legendary engrams earlier and got blue items both times. Gutted.
 
To get rare and legendary items I am farming the ishtar sink.

Go through the academy, into where the crashed ship is and just sit there and kill the mobs.
You get a green every minute or so are rare every 2 to 3 mins and a legendary every hour or so I've found.
 
How much is this game? You have to put an extra £35 into it buy when?!
 
To get rare and legendary items I am farming the ishtar sink.

Go through the academy, into where the crashed ship is and just sit there and kill the mobs.
You get a green every minute or so are rare every 2 to 3 mins and a legendary every hour or so I've found.

Save me the trouble of looking..what planet is that on :p
 
I find I rarely want to use my level 20 rare fully upgraded weapons, because I have to level up another gun to make it useful. Obviously if I try something harder that I havent done before its the fully upgraded weapon no questions asked, but if I'm doing a strike I want to use the weapons that arent upgraded so that they actually do some damage later on
 
Save me the trouble of looking..what planet is that on :p
Venus.

Ishtar commons is the area name.

My legendaries have all decoded into rares though, buts just my shitty luck.
 
Would be nice to play with people my level online and not fully geared oiks who have been playing non stop since release.
 
Played my first strike earlier... So much fun! In fact I did it twice trying to get the bounty for not dying. Turns out it's for not dying at all, and not only if the whole squad dies :( going to be tricky!

A question about bounties... I abandoned a few and now they don't seem to be available to reclaim. Will the appear again at any point?

Also, how on earth have you guy managed to level up so quickly? Played for three hours tonight and only jumped 2 levels.
 
Played my first strike earlier... So much fun! In fact I did it twice trying to get the bounty for not dying. Turns out it's for not dying at all, and not only if the whole squad dies :( going to be tricky!

A question about bounties... I abandoned a few and now they don't seem to be available to reclaim. Will the appear again at any point?

Also, how on earth have you guy managed to level up so quickly? Played for three hours tonight and only jumped 2 levels.

Story is the way to go at first. What level are you on at the moment?
 
Story is the way to go at first. What level are you on at the moment?

Story wise I've done all of Earth and most of the moon. I'm level 13 now.

Also, how does weapon upgrading work? Seems random to me. And the green stuff is what I need to go for, right?
 
Story wise I've done all of Earth and most of the moon. I'm level 13 now.

Also, how does weapon upgrading work? Seems random to me. And the green stuff is what I need to go for, right?
I think weapon/gear upgrades use the same xp you level up with. To begin with, you may as well just use whatever has the best stats, though gun-wise, don't be afraid to try different things, some will fit your style better than others. As for levelling up quickly, just get through the story missions on the hardest difficulty you think you can handle, and try and get some bounties done while you're doing it (i.e. headshot/melee kill or major/ultra kill bounties)
 
Story wise I've done all of Earth and most of the moon. I'm level 13 now.

Also, how does weapon upgrading work? Seems random to me. And the green stuff is what I need to go for, right?
Not entirely sure, but one tip is when returning to the tower after doing a strike, sort your new gear out before handing in any completed bounties. The XP you get from handing in the bounty gives your gear a nice xp boost from the off. Seems to give a pretty big bonus and saves you wasting the xp on gear you're about to replace anyway.
 
Good game, but they storyline is poor and I normally couldn't care less about the storylines in games.

It's not a true MMORPG but does have some of the feel if a MMO.

I'm hoping they add a crafting system to work on creating items as I'm trying to figure out what some of these mats in inventory do.

I'm also hoping for dynamic world events that can allow for special mods/weapons/armor etc.
 
Played my first strike earlier... So much fun! In fact I did it twice trying to get the bounty for not dying. Turns out it's for not dying at all, and not only if the whole squad dies :( going to be tricky!

A question about bounties... I abandoned a few and now they don't seem to be available to reclaim. Will the appear again at any point?

Also, how on earth have you guy managed to level up so quickly? Played for three hours tonight and only jumped 2 levels.

Yeah I think every vendor has a little timer down the bottom where they refresh their stock. You'll come back to those same bounties again.
 
Would be nice to play with people my level online and not fully geared oiks who have been playing non stop since release.
My <10 Titan is getting wrecked in PvP. Can't tell if it's the class being weaker than in PvE, or that everyone is double my level.
 
My <10 Titan is getting wrecked in PvP. Can't tell if it's the class being weaker than in PvE, or that everyone is double my level.

I think Titans are just the weakest in pvp because their skills arent damage orientated. But I could be wrong, I'm not very good at pvp fps. I've just watched a lot of warlocks and hunters stack up 2 or 3 kills every time they get a super and it doesnt work like that with a titan. Even as a striker, if you do your divebomb you can easily be killed before you hit the floor and it goes off
 
I think Titans are just the weakest in pvp because their skills arent damage orientated. But I could be wrong, I'm not very good at pvp fps. I've just watched a lot of warlocks and hunters stack up 2 or 3 kills every time they get a super and it doesnt work like that with a titan. Even as a striker, if you do your divebomb you can easily be killed before you hit the floor and it goes off
I am tempted to start a Warlock and level it up as my primary, but I'm reading the defensive Titan is really useful on the tougher raids so I'll probably stick with him.
 
Titan is good for PVP... where has this notion that it isn't come from?
 
Those two statues in the heart of the black garden. Took ages to beat one, then I found the second one came to life. I thought that because Ghost spoke after the first statue was killed, that that would be the checkpoint but nope... I died and had to go back to killing the first again. Pissed me off.

So as a result I've still not done it. If anyone can help with the bit in spoilers later it'd be great thanks.
Err... aren't there 3?
A few years ago I only liked playing pro evo. Now I can't stand football games. Maybe you will grow back into them
Same here... tried the Fifa demo over the weekend and it felts so underwhelming. Meh... I guess it goes in cycles... but tbh the footie games just don't seem as much fun as they used to be... they're too serious at the moment, IMO.