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XûReview: Is That Worth Buying?

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Item Class Subclass Buy? Strange Coin Patience and Time Maybe 23 Legacy Helmet Engram 29 Mk. 44 Stand Asides Titan Striker No 13 Lucky Raspberry Hunter Yes 13 Claws of Ahamkara Warlock Any Yes 13 [divider] Mk. 44 Stand Asides You can use this in PvP for a little leeway with timing your Shoulder Charge kills – and the tighter turn radius isn’t too bad – but the trade-off for any number of other Exotics you’re missing is hard to justify. If you do choose to run it, make sure to spec Headstrong for the extra sprint speed, which will be an

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Trials & Iron Banner (Almost) Fixed

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Read the full weekly update @ Bungie.net [divider] Effective immediately, Hot Fix 2.3.0.1 will correct the Players In Activity feature, and cap the display at a maximum of ten friends. We’re sorry for the trouble this caused, but we’re committed to restoring order to the special events you love to play. Trials of Osiris may return tomorrow. Once we’ve had a chance to confirm that all is well, we’ll sound the alarm that all champions of the Crucible should don their sunscreen and prepare for a trip to the Lighthouse. Stand by for more information on your fate. And, if

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Fabian Strategy Exotic Review

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Titans have a lot going for them: fists so hard they can destroy robots, the fastest movement in Destiny, and base Armor that makes Hunters blush. So, it’s only natural that they would be handicapped in some regard. Or at least, that’s what we’re telling ourselves, as we take a look at Destiny’s Exotic Black Sheep, the Fabian Strategy. This workmanlike, Titan-exclusive “Exotic” still remains one of the most perplexingly designed weapons in the game’s history. It is utterly average in every way, and Bungie does not seem interested in elevating it beyond its current station. Nonetheless, it’s worth another

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Optimal Controller Layout for Competitive PvP

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Now, you may be saying, Mercules, why are you breaking down control schemes now, near the end of year 2? Hasn’t everybody already decided what scheme to play on? Well, yes, most people have already picked a scheme and stuck with it, but the advent of Private Matches may change that. The competitive Destiny scene is about to explode, and I think it might pull in some new people who possibly haven’t thought about playing Destiny in that way before. In addition, some people who shied away from PvP may be more interested in playing now that they can match

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Lore: The Mystery of Osiris

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Osiris is a complex individual. We need to step back a few centuries to the period of time at the beginning of the City Age. He was a human male Warlock that was resurrected some time immediately preceding the Battle of Six Fronts. He was called upon to defend the City during the siege, and became known as a hero to the City due to his heroics at combating the Fallen during Six Fronts. It was during this time that he would meet the legendary Exo Titan, Saint-14, and the two would become close friends. Following the Battle, Saint-14 would call for

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Armsday Roll Recommendations

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Contributing Author: Alex R. #3 – Zarinaea-D Relentless Tracker – Focused Fire – High Caliber Rounds / Hand Loaded / Smallbore Hot Swap – Spray and Play – High Caliber Rounds / Speed Reload / Rifled Barrel Partial Refund – Feeding Frenzy – Single Point Sling / Speed Reload / Rifled Barrel This is a good PvE-oriented roll for running strikes with. The combination of reload and ammo boosts will have you firing tons of bullets at Minions of the Darkness. Feeding Frenzy and Partial Refund reward every kill, while Speed Reload is just a straight buff to your reload

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The Daughters of Praedyth (Chapter 2)

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The Tower. It wasn’t the only tower in the Last City, of course, but people just referred to it as “The Tower”. The warlocks actually had their own building where they studied, worked, and some even lived. It was a strange building, filled with the idiosyncratic personalities of those who were equal parts cloistered academic and maniacal warrior. Jale knew she could find Ikora Rey in the Vanguard briefing room. She was easily accessible most of the time. At least, you could talk to her—whether she listened or not was often an unknown. Ikora Rey had driven more than one

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