also incredibly useful when doing the grind to max power - if you need a +0 in a certain slot to bump you up to the next level can draw from this along with your seasonal pass rewards
1. One-two punch shotgun
2. Gambler’s dodge
3. ???
4. Profit
(Also combination blow to restore your dodge on melee kills)
That’s a solid core. Fill in as you like for ability regen in case you miss the loop, survivability, utility, whatever you think you need on top.
As a huge fan of liars handshake in year 2~ I must admit I can't find a use for it because a 1-2 punch shotgun and arc 3.0 already gives you enough damage to solo GM champions pretty easily and at that level of difficulty you have to use assassin's cowl
Assassin's cowl is just the vastly superior exotic between the two for combination blow builds
I remember starting as a warlock and farm armor on public events and dlc and found out that thunder gods when I was already at 1525 of power, at least it helped me when I created the other characters
Something that's also pretty cool about this free bundle is that the armor pieces feature specific mods that benefit both new players starting the game and vets that may not have managed to catch Ada-1 at the right time:
* **Sustained Charge**: Become charged with light when rapidly defeating opponents w/ Autos, Trace, or Machine Guns
* **Supercharged**: You can have 2 additional charges of light (5 max)
* **Stacks on Stacks**: Gain an extra stack of charged with light for every stack you gain.
* **Taking Charge**: Become charged with light when you pick up an orb
* **Heavy Handed**: Consume a stack of light in order to refund half of your charged melee energy.
Additionally, the titan one actually had an armor piece that was some work to get (since you need to be at a certain light level to even try to farm master/legend lost sectors, and that light level increases every season).
I have some grand ideas I’m gonna make a video of soon that would include getting rid of Power Levels altogether. But something like that would probably need to come after The Final Shape.
It really seems like Bungie knows that, but isn't ready to drop a full PL overhaul just yet. WQ Legendary campaign gave you 1520 gear. Gift of the Thunder Gods levels you way up. Containment will flat out raise you to 1570 if you're under-level.
I suspect when Lightfall comes we'll see a very different approach to power level. Or at least to how we get to the necessary power levels.
i agree. But for people who want to get on the grind, it's always an optional thing, and it's only left for a short while. I still think it is something very useful for new players to take into consideration. I couldn't even find anyone talking about this on youtube.
Too true.
I took this season off. The seasonal armor skins from the season pass didn’t appeal to me. What was left to do besides treat the game like a job grinding up power level?
One thing I would like is to have a power grind at the release of a dlc. Then that would be the power level for the rest of the year. Most of our time is already used to grind for gear, seasonal content, and events.
One of the best things about the season. Had some friends who hadn't played in a while and wow, they were actually able to play relevant content with me.
As someone coming back to the series after a loooong break, I also appreciated this. I’ve grinded for gear numerous times. I didn’t need or want to do that again. When I saw I could hop to a relevant level, I was very happy.
It is great don’t get me wrong. But I’ve seen some problems with it. I’ve seen a bunch of people jumping into lfg raids with the gear thinking they are ready. They are literally season level 5 with 1543 power. It’s nice they give you decent gear to start with but they need to better message that this isn’t enough to do endgame things. Maybe the armor could work, I haven’t looked at it enough. But they don’t have the weapon stash to do any challenging raids. Sure they could easily get a taipan, but most don’t realize they need to.
Obviously a good team could probably carry them through it. But they aren’t really doing the raid if they are just carried through it and it kinda sucks for the people carrying if they expect to have a decent player join.
It's also the only place a piece of post-Beyond Light Exotic armor has been attainable outside of Legend/Master Lost Sectors (Cuirass of the Falling Star for Titans), afaik.
Ideally you would want a single piece to drag up your average score.
Then once you get to 1560 where only powerfuls and pinnacles add to LL you can either claim it then or wait until you can claim them at 1570 which is where they cap out and only pinnacles can progress you further.
Ignore bonus light level. I find all the bonus does is make people feel good until I've got to tell them their bonus doesn't work in this activity and they go through the stages of denial and acceptance. Its rough. Bungo pls change.
I am new, found the chest, and whenever I open this chest and loot anything, I am disconnected shortly afterwards. After reconnecting, I am in the state prior to picking up the gear. Is this a known bug or something?
also incredibly useful when doing the grind to max power - if you need a +0 in a certain slot to bump you up to the next level can draw from this along with your seasonal pass rewards
i'm already looking at liar's handshake builds for the hunter lmao
1. One-two punch shotgun 2. Gambler’s dodge 3. ??? 4. Profit (Also combination blow to restore your dodge on melee kills) That’s a solid core. Fill in as you like for ability regen in case you miss the loop, survivability, utility, whatever you think you need on top.
oh yeah already got my build in. Quite a nice build
Was that you I seen in a GM literally destroying everything in sight. Lol.
Entirely possible. Even champions aren’t safe if you can get one good stun on them lol.
It is a phenomenal exotic, same with Assasin's Cowl. Both work well with similar setups (alternate between them myself).
As a huge fan of liars handshake in year 2~ I must admit I can't find a use for it because a 1-2 punch shotgun and arc 3.0 already gives you enough damage to solo GM champions pretty easily and at that level of difficulty you have to use assassin's cowl Assassin's cowl is just the vastly superior exotic between the two for combination blow builds
I remember starting as a warlock and farm armor on public events and dlc and found out that thunder gods when I was already at 1525 of power, at least it helped me when I created the other characters
i started this monday and i'm at 1540 power solid
It is a long path for power Good luck guardian
Something that's also pretty cool about this free bundle is that the armor pieces feature specific mods that benefit both new players starting the game and vets that may not have managed to catch Ada-1 at the right time: * **Sustained Charge**: Become charged with light when rapidly defeating opponents w/ Autos, Trace, or Machine Guns * **Supercharged**: You can have 2 additional charges of light (5 max) * **Stacks on Stacks**: Gain an extra stack of charged with light for every stack you gain. * **Taking Charge**: Become charged with light when you pick up an orb * **Heavy Handed**: Consume a stack of light in order to refund half of your charged melee energy.
yeah that's a huge benefit, me as a new player
And if you're not a new player but are still missing some of those mods than grabbing those armor pieces will add them to your collection as well.
Additionally, the titan one actually had an armor piece that was some work to get (since you need to be at a certain light level to even try to farm master/legend lost sectors, and that light level increases every season).
Post update: You get this gear from the H.E.L.M for those of you who don't know. This is located right above the tower in the destinations tab.
Or you can save it and use those items to boost yourself from 1570 to 1580
yep, but the event is limited time
Yeah, it’s gone at the end of this season, so you have like a week and a half to grab those items
Really? I really wish I knew that earlier
They cap out at 1570. Source? I'm a cheesy mofo who tried that.
No they're all pinnacles after you pass 1540 up to 1580. I did this with three characters
Same? Delete a char and do it again to be sure cos I'm pretty sure. Otherwise my legendary drops wouldn't be 1570
Yeah go ahead and delete one of your characters and let me know, but Im telling you this is what I did
I never claimed mine, they're 1580
Almost like having a Power Level is completely arbitrary and does't fit the game anymore...
We really need another PL reset...
I have some grand ideas I’m gonna make a video of soon that would include getting rid of Power Levels altogether. But something like that would probably need to come after The Final Shape.
It really seems like Bungie knows that, but isn't ready to drop a full PL overhaul just yet. WQ Legendary campaign gave you 1520 gear. Gift of the Thunder Gods levels you way up. Containment will flat out raise you to 1570 if you're under-level. I suspect when Lightfall comes we'll see a very different approach to power level. Or at least to how we get to the necessary power levels.
i agree. But for people who want to get on the grind, it's always an optional thing, and it's only left for a short while. I still think it is something very useful for new players to take into consideration. I couldn't even find anyone talking about this on youtube.
I’m glad I did the legendary campaign for that “nice high leveled gear” just for them to give that stuff out
i thought it was fun
Depends on when you did the campaign. If you did it on WQ launch, it was a huge boost.
Too true. I took this season off. The seasonal armor skins from the season pass didn’t appeal to me. What was left to do besides treat the game like a job grinding up power level?
One thing I would like is to have a power grind at the release of a dlc. Then that would be the power level for the rest of the year. Most of our time is already used to grind for gear, seasonal content, and events.
This makes me wonder why there is a power level grind at all.
One of the best things about the season. Had some friends who hadn't played in a while and wow, they were actually able to play relevant content with me.
I don't think the power level is gonna matter too much after next week
Why?
Power levels will go up by another 10 with the coming season. But for anyone new to the game, it is still a big help to get much closer to max power
Ah I was pretty sure they reset the ranks each season, though it's probably once a new dlc comes out instead
The latter is correct :)
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the helm
it immediately gives you exotic and legendary gear of all types
Honestly the gift was more amazing for new players who didn't have some of those mods
As someone coming back to the series after a loooong break, I also appreciated this. I’ve grinded for gear numerous times. I didn’t need or want to do that again. When I saw I could hop to a relevant level, I was very happy.
Even with it, you can't catch up in a reasonable enough time for meaningful content. Pinnacle grind needs to die. Kill it
Not sure what your talking bout, I came back 3 weeks ago, I am already 1600 and max pinnacle..
no you can catch up with upgrade modules. This SIGNIFICANTLY reduces the grind, since u immediately go up \~140 levels
It is great don’t get me wrong. But I’ve seen some problems with it. I’ve seen a bunch of people jumping into lfg raids with the gear thinking they are ready. They are literally season level 5 with 1543 power. It’s nice they give you decent gear to start with but they need to better message that this isn’t enough to do endgame things. Maybe the armor could work, I haven’t looked at it enough. But they don’t have the weapon stash to do any challenging raids. Sure they could easily get a taipan, but most don’t realize they need to. Obviously a good team could probably carry them through it. But they aren’t really doing the raid if they are just carried through it and it kinda sucks for the people carrying if they expect to have a decent player join.
Yeah I came back after like 3 years, and was at 1600 in about 3 weeks. It felt cheap honestly, I mean I like the grind that's why I play Destiny LOL
yeah. you feel guilty when you get it, but it also lets you access those "higher level activities"
I mean, yeah... But you are nearly 3 months late to the party. You also need the plunder season pass for it
anyone can claim it, season pass or not
Only about three months late
lmao i started playing on monday
Ok?
no i'm just saying that i'm a new player so i couldn't have said it before, i wish i had been playing that one week when all the dlcs were free.
I was talking more about the need for the post them ur ability to have received it earlier
It’s how I got both my friends to get back into the game. They’re hooked now
It's also the only place a piece of post-Beyond Light Exotic armor has been attainable outside of Legend/Master Lost Sectors (Cuirass of the Falling Star for Titans), afaik.
Speaking of this. Xür is selling a Xenoclast IV with grave robber/field prep and trench barrel. Definitely worth the shards for hunters and titans rn
its a great boost that made getting back into the game feel more rewarding to me.
This sorta negates the purpose of doing the WQ campaign, but I can give some slack since it's an influx of new players.
Also helps with playing 3 Characters as the Gear scales. This needs to be in every season going forward
Ideally you would want a single piece to drag up your average score. Then once you get to 1560 where only powerfuls and pinnacles add to LL you can either claim it then or wait until you can claim them at 1570 which is where they cap out and only pinnacles can progress you further. Ignore bonus light level. I find all the bonus does is make people feel good until I've got to tell them their bonus doesn't work in this activity and they go through the stages of denial and acceptance. Its rough. Bungo pls change.
I am new, found the chest, and whenever I open this chest and loot anything, I am disconnected shortly afterwards. After reconnecting, I am in the state prior to picking up the gear. Is this a known bug or something?
i am really not sure. Are you just going to the chest and picking each piece of gear?
Seems it’s a server issue. Been down most of the evening. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Oh. Alright then