Destiny Dev Notes & Hot Fix

Published on: Sep 25, 2014 @ 13:33 This article can also be found at Bungie.net [divider] Bungie Bounty On September 9th the Bungie team traded late nights building Destiny for late nights playing Destiny with all of you. We’d looked forward to that day for years, knowing that it would bring millions of fresh eyes into our world and quickly change many of our plans and priorities. We were not disappointed. In the last two weeks there have been many surprises, bugs, exploits, world firsts, and a whole lot of fun. It’s been an amazing time. We think now is a great

Exotic Weapons Guide

Published on: Sep 25, 2014 @ 11:02 There is a class of equipment beyond Legendary. Powerful and rare, they are known as Exotics. You can find an Exotic via several different ways, but the important thing to know is that you can potentially find one almost anywhere in the game. You can earn Exotic Engrams from completing high-level Strikes, from PvP, from Raids, or from Faction reputation rewards. If you’d like to see all of the Exotics in Destiny, check out this article. Where to get them You can buy some Exotics with Strange Coins, and you might even be lucky enough to stumble across an Exotic bounty, with

Bungie Bounty – Skirmish

Published on: Sep 24, 2014 @ 19:00 This article can also be found at Bungie.net. For some excellent Crucible tips and tricks, please read this article. [divider] Bungie Bounty Last week was host to the very first Bungie Bounty. We had so much fun butting heads with the Destiny community, we’re coming back for more. The inaugural event was a blast – quite literally. Developers faced-off against players in an arena of their own making. The fates chose our opponents. Bungie emerged from the heat of battle gloriously undefeated! Except for that one guy. And his team. “That’s not what undefeated means!”

Outside of the Map & More

Published on: Sep 24, 2014 @ 14:18 Have any of you all managed to explore far enough to get out of the map, or see areas you technically weren’t supposed to? Through determination anything is possible! Video: Get Out of the Map! – The Black Garden! [divider] Video: Getting outside the map in the Tower [divider] Video: Getting out of Venus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay1fdH-9gzY [divider] Video: Map Bugs Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7efhvQPPxg [divider] In other news In other news, WikiGameGuides did some testing on the bonus effects of Intellect, Discipline and Strength, measuring how beneficial having a 100% bonus actually is. The video below shows how much a

World Record Vault of Glass Completion Time

Published on: Sep 24, 2014 @ 12:27 An unbelievably fast raid completion time, at just under 40 minutes, has been achieved by this group: Very Nerdy – 29 Warlock WinntuR – 29 Hunter Godblin – 28 Hunter DPS Goose – 28 Hunter MAS0N – 29 Hunter Nemassist MN – 29 Hunter Watch them take on and conquer Destiny’s raid with extreme efficiency in their video below: Video: VoG World Record Raid Time! (37:00) [divider] Update They’ve gotten an even faster time! Video: Vault of Glass World Record Raid Time! (31:51) [divider] Other Raid news In other Raid news, the world-first for the Vault on Hard mode has

An Audience with The Queen

Published on: Sep 23, 2014 @ 20:59 This article can also be found on Bungie.net. For more about the Queen’s bounties, check out this article. Video: Queen’s Wrath Bounty Event – Best Way to Get Legendary Armor! [divider] An invitation awaits The next time you find yourself in orbit around one of the worlds in Destiny, you’ll receive an invitation to an audience with an illustrious guest of the City. The Queen’s Wrath is another special event in Destiny. It provides brave Guardians with new ways to be challenged and rewarded. Gaining favor with the Queen won’t be easy. Here’s what

Guide to Destiny’s Patrols

Published on: Sep 23, 2014 @ 15:07 Out in the world on Patrols, you can find Chests, Materials, and Patrol Beacons. Chests and Materials aren’t always present in the same locations. Sometimes they spawn, sometimes they don’t. Patrol Beacon locations are the same, but the specific mission they grant can vary. Patrol activities on each planet are a great way to gain reputation for your desired Faction, as well as Materials, since the missions are so quick and (usually) easy to do. You can search the planet at your leisure, gathering raw Materials in the wild and looting chests to find more.  Much like

Update 1.0.1.4 – Patch Notes

Published on: Sep 22, 2014 @ 19:37 This article can also be found at Bungie.net [divider] Summary: The latest patch for Destiny reduces the difficulty of a number of activities, as well as fixes issues when completing the Vault of Glass. Activities Missions Shrine of Oryx: Reduced difficulty by removing majors from Heroic tiers Sword of Crota: Reduced difficulty by removing majors from Heroic tiers Exclusion Zone: Reduced difficulty by removing majors from Heroic tiers Raids Dropping the relic at the end of the raid will no longer result in a team wipe. This will prevent players being stuck at a black