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Is That Worth Buying?

08/28/2015 PlanetDestiny Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: August 28, 2015 @ 3:24 Xûr has arrived! What’s worth your hard-earned Strange Coins? [divider] Inventory Item Class Subclass Type Strange Coin Plan C Fusion Rifle 17 Peregrine Greaves (140 INT) Titan Striker Boots 13 Crest of Alpha Lupi (140/147 STR) Hunter Any Chest 13 Apotheosis Veil (103/109 DISC) Warlock Any Helmet 13 You can also try your luck with the Exotic Gauntlet Engram. [divider]Plan C Plan C is certainly a weapon to be feared in the Crucible and is underutilized. The same strengths that make it an all-purpose machine in PvE make it outright deadly in PvP. Its high Impact, Range, and

Y1 Exotic News & Court of Oryx Details!

08/27/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 27, 2015 @ 17:30 Edge Magazine released their Destiny: The Taken King cover story and revealed a ton of awesome news! This article will recap the new information released in the magazine, including Y2 versions of Y1 Exotics being moved forward in future expansions! [divider] Power Fantasy We’re very pleased to confirm that, while not all Y1 Exotics will be available for upgrade on TTK’s release, Edge Magazine (and thus, Bungie) assures us that “the missing ones [Y2 versions of Y1 Exotics] will be released over time.” While this is a nebulous description of a timetable at

Story & Strike Walkthrough + Artifacts (Stream RECAP)

08/26/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 26, 2015 @ 14:32 Bungie’s latest stream was short and sweet. Despite an initial power failure, Mr. Fruit, Cozmo, and Claude Jerome were all game to give us a quick peek into the new subclasses and then to tackle Bungie’s newest Strike, Shield Brothers. While they breezed through the challenge a little too quickly due to being level 40 in a level 36 difficulty, we got a chance to hear some of the design decisions from Bungie’s head Strike designer, James Tsai, and it explains a lot about what we saw today. Without further ado, here’s our

Bungie’s Year 1 Exotic Problem

08/21/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 21, 2015 @ 21:50 Bungie has a problem, and it’s one of their own design: Exotics. The fascinating, unique, and powerful tools of devastation cut a fine figure when placed alongside Destiny’s numerous – but often similar – Legendaries. The pursuit and subsequent collection of these unique weapons has been a strong motivating factor for many Guardians to continue their journey. Leading the (wolf) pack, is Gjallarhorn, a beautiful and strong rocket launcher that has a tendency to initiate conversations of balance and RNG. As information for the Taken King has steadily rolled out via Game Informer and Bungie’s

Is That Worth Buying?

08/21/2015 PlanetDestiny Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: August 21, 2015 @ 3:24 Xûr has arrived! What’s worth your hard-earned Strange Coins? [divider] Inventory Item Class Subclass Type Strange Coin Thunderlord Machine Gun 17 Eternal Warrior (72 INT, 57 DISC) Titan Striker Helmet 13 Mask of the Third Man (97/102 INT) Hunter Bladedancer Helmet 13 Starfire Protocol (123/130 INT) Warlock Sunsinger Chest 13 You can also try your luck with the Exotic Chest Engram. [divider]Thunderlord Thunderlord is truly the king of machine guns and is the perfect weapon for tearing through enemies with minimal downtime. Its name is only matched by the percussive sound of each shot rattling through the battlefield.

Vault Space Increased, Infusion, & Swords!

08/19/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 19, 2015 @ 12:58 Bungie’s Year 2 reveal stream was insanely informative, and if you missed it, this article outlines the most important information. [divider] Character Level determines access to certain gear and equipment – not just quests. In this way, you can’t simply equip the best stuff right off the bat. You have to earn the right by leveling up. Most Y2 Legendary gear requires max level. Defense/Attack have an equivalent but arbitrary new value that is averaged to constitute your total “Light” score. A blue item in the weapon slot in a sea of Legendary gear will

Light, Allegiances, Collections, & More!

08/18/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 18, 2015 @ 18:54 Less than a minute of teaser and we’re just itching to see what Bungie has in store for us tomorrow! While there isn’t a whole lot to go on, we’ve broken down what little there is to be seen in a video, and this article will reiterate these points in addition to offering pertinent feedback on anything we do understand enough to comment on. [divider] Your Guardian The snapshot of the inventory screen provides a concrete visual example of what we were told TTK would bring in the GI cover story. The visual

Blink Nerf on the Horizon

08/17/2015 Joel Analysis Leave a comment

Published on: Aug 17, 2015 @ 14:33 In Game Informer’s latest Taken King video, they show off much more Crucible gameplay, and Lars Bakken shares a few nuggets of new information: “Blink is not going to be quite as good as it was before.” When Trials isn’t active, Elimination will be. Combined Arms isn’t getting an update (at least not immediately). Mayhem will be a rotating playlist. [divider] Rift Similar to a “Neutral Bomb Assault” as we’ve come to understand. You’re on the clock once you grab the spark. You can’t go defensive and just camp. You’ll have maybe a little