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How to Reach 335 Light

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All the ways to gain more power after 4/12 – learn more at Light Journey! General Faction Reward packages include Chroma-enabled gear up to 330 Exotic Engrams grant items up to 335 Non-Exotic Engrams now grant items up to 310 Light Engrams guaranteed to grant an item with Light value higher than your total Light Infusion now grants 100% of the Light from the Infused item Reputation gains have been increased for Crucible matches, Strikes, and Patrols [divider] Crucible Weekly Crucible Bounty now awards unique Crucible Weapons up to 335 Light Crucible drops now include gear up to Light 310 Increased

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Exotic & Balance Patch Notes

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AUTO RIFLES High Rate-of-Fire (RoF) bullet hoses have been leading the pack in terms of competitive viability. Low RoF auto rifles are slightly behind their faster firing brethren. We’re tipping the scales ever so slightly on these weapons to try and create more options. Goals: Auto Rifle is optimal at close to medium range Legendary low RoF Auto Rifles are a viable competitive choice High Rate of Fire auto rifles are viable but not best in class Changes: Low RoF (Suros Regime, An Answering Chord, Anguish of Drystan): 2.3% increase in base damage High RoF (Doctrine of Passage, Arminius-D): 2.5%

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april 12 balance update recap

Exotic Updates, Warlock Nerfs, Ammo Changes, & More!

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Today’s final April Update reveal stream brought us information on what changes we can expect to the Sandbox and Crucible. Developers Lars Bakken, Jon Weisnewski, and Grant Mackay joined Deej to cover topics ranging from subclass balancing to rewards for our time spent in combat. [divider] Rewarding Gameplay According to Lars Bakken, Bungie’s intent is to provide a rewarding experience to players. This, of course, should include those among us who prefer to primarily play PvP. Having heard the complaints of subpar rewards for competing in the crucible, Bungie will be increasing drop rates for Legendary items across all PvP game

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Armsday Recommendations

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Contributing Author: Alex R. Incoming Shipments #1 or 2 – SUROS ARI-41 Fitted Stock/Casket Mag | Lightweight/Smallbore | Unflinching Hammer Forged/Oiled Frame  | Lightweight/Injection Mold | Glass Half Full High Caliber Rounds/Casket Mag | Speed Reload/Reinforced Barrel | Unflinching With these range boosts, the ARI-41 is going to look more and more like the Monte Carlo. Hammer Forged is the best you can get for range with no drawbacks, while Smallbore give both stability and range. Unflinching is okay for the Crucible and next to useless in PvE. #1 or 3 – Zarinaea-D Danger Close | Persistence | Snapshot/Hand Loaded/Rifled Barrel Danger

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What’s wRNG with Destiny’s Loot?

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Hey there, Monstermister here. I’m a game designer who plays a lot of Destiny. Working in the industry for about twenty years now, I wanted to share a few thoughts about Destiny, examine flaws, and offer up some designery ideas about how to solve them. Thankfully we’ll hear more about how Bungie plans to improve the Crucible on the final April reveal stream! I thought I’d start with the most obvious, most egregious gameplay issue facing Destiny: RNG, and the way in which Bungie approaches player rewards. Like many of you, I was up late last night playing my final few Iron Banner

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On The Bright Side – Disappearing Act

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The Moon is a strange landscape. It’s full of imposing Hive enemies, and ancient relics of a bygone era when humanity first experimented with space travel. It is also the setting of the mysterious disappearance of Sammy SwordWielder, a guardian that set out on a journey to collect Soliton Flares, and was never heard from again. While there isn’t much recorded information on Sammy’s disappearance, we have dug through the available information, and spoke with Mrs. SwordWielder, in an attempt to uncover what really happened to him. The nightmare started for the SwordWielder family when Sammy was contacted by Lord

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Preparing for April’s Update

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve been excited to play more Destiny every day due to the excitement of a coming update – the April Update, to be exact. Even if PvP is your thing, there is a pretty good chance that Crucible fanatics and PvE players alike will be jumping into the Prison of Elders to get that fancy new gear. While you wait, here are a few things you can do to prepare for the update so that by April 12th you’re ready to go: Gather Plenty of Planetary Materials With all that new gear, we’ll need plenty

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