20150202 Nightfall Failure

Mission Winters Run
I still had my bonus from last weeks active. Considering that this was a fresh mission, I was relatively sure that the existing bonus was not going to be an issue. I love being this far behind the curve from other people. So even after killing the Archon Pries in a very unfriendly battle, I have checked the event off of my list for my Warlock, but I will have to do it all over with another team to get the blue bonus for the week.

20150202 Halo - ODST

Tonight Lord Kenobi and I will be starting ODST on co op on legendary. Let's see how this goes.

20150202 Destiny

Bounties are all in the works.
The Daily Heroic was The Dark Beyond. Did it on the 30 level solo. Ironically, it was mid the 26 when Who joined me and mid 20 when Preacher joined the two of us.

We then took on The Wakening set at level 30. That was a wonderful experience, blowing shit up left and right. Though I must have done this before because the two of them got the exact same reward and I got nothing at all.

Destiny Status

Warlock level 31 and working on Crota.
Have finished Vault of Glass twice on normal and done serious damage on Hard before party disbanded.

Hunter hit 20 and climbing light.
Titan hit 8 and is climbing.

Bitch bitch bitch, complain, lies and fiction. DIE MOTHER FUCKER DIE

2014 December 02 update

Oh what the fuck. I see that there are now many more updates waiting for the release of The Darkness Below. But some of this is crap.

I was very happily spending my time gathering materials to sell to the Crucible Quartermaster in exchange for a pittance of XP and Crucible Marks. That was getting me along just fine. About 40% on my way to level 2 and being able to get the Marks I needed to buy my gear from Dead Orbit. Now it has changed? What the fuck? That is a huge change to throw out this late in the game. That was the only way I could keep going and keep up with some of the people who are even simply mediocre in the Crucible and thus better than me. Now I will have to endure battle after battle in the Crucible to attempt earning marks to buy gear from any of the factions. So if this is going to stand, then the Factions need to accept Vanguard marks as well. This is just so fucked. The Factions do not actually matter in the Crucible. You can wear the mark of NONE in the Crucible and still do well. The solar system and the tower are where the Factions matter.

It is also seeming that the story line is starting to take a back road. Why else are these three different groups in the tower needing to give us missions and have us rank up. Not just so we can fight one another in simulated combat. There is a purpose behind each of them. And if what they are doing is not going to affect the game at all, then what the hell?

All things being equal, I am sure that there is a balance between the gear to be bought from The Vanguard, The Crucible, and The Factions. Each of those 5 dealers have weapons that are more to taste rather than actually better or worse than the others. And I have found shit from all 5 in random drops. Those have been real treasures. Hell, I have two different variants on the rocket launcher "The Unfriendly Giant". I also got two variants of another launcher and I decided to dismantle one for it's Ascendant pieces.

But are there really some people so involved in The Crucible that they cannot dare ever go to the Patrol zones to collect materials? Is it so necessary that they be available for sale using Marks? These are so abundant that if anything they should only cost Glimmer.

Bungie, you really made me happy with this game being released so I was no longer prisoner to 343's bullshit. Please, do not follow in their footsteps.

And bring back the queen's missions, damn it.

20141026 Destiny Bounties

Vanguard Bounties
1) Target: Bracus Tha'aurn
Defeat Bracus Tha'aurn in "The Buried City" mission on Mars with the Heroic modifier active.
Rewards
100 Rep, 5000 xp
Complete
I am starting to think that Rasputen is going to be a problem later on. He is fending off Hive and Cabal. But what is to say he is going to like us any longer? Was he pre or post Traveler?

2) Body Dropper
Kill 100 enemies without dying.
Rewards
50 Rep, 2500 xp
Complete

3) It's all in the Head
Kill 100 enemies with precision damage.
Rewards
50 Rep, 2500 xp
Complete

4) Relic Harvest - Moon
Collect 200 Impact Shards on the Moon.
Rewards
50 Rep, 2500 xp
Complete

5) Patrol Cosmodrome
Complete 6 Patrol missions in the Cosmodrome.
Rewards
50 Rep, 2500 xp
Complete

One Thousand Resources

Destiny

I worked all week. Each day collecting 50 or more of each resource and sticking it in the storage.
Today I finally got 250 of each of the 4 and took them to the Crucible Quartermaster.
I was paid 100 Crucible marks, the most you can get in a week. I got an achievement for that.
I earned almost half of my level 4 rep with The Future War Cult.
The last 4 (maybe 5) transactions I made each earned me a mote of light in addition to the Rep and marks.
When I was done I had so much XP on my weapons and armor I now have to go get a shit ton of resources again to put them together.
It may be strenuous, but this is definitely the preffered way for me to get my Crucible marks and level. Damn, I wish I had not had my FWC band on, all that Rep would have gone to Crucible. Se la vi.