Destiny: Become Legend (Now with More Iron!)

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I play alone on Xbox 360, level 21 and absolutely no legendary weapons nor can I survive the queens mission.

Played all day and still didn't level up to 22.

Getting really bored of being stagnant.
You probably wont even see anything legendary at all until level 23 or 24.....as I said in the previous posts several times.

NONE of my friends had legendary items until they hit level 24. I received my first 2 legendary items last night at 24 1/2. That is not including the 7 "encrypted legendary engrams" that were actually only rares.
 
Don't blame the platform you're playing on. Blame the RNG rage-inducing machine. For every purple I recieved (that turned blue 99% of the time), I had 4 times the greens.
 
@CAMAROBOY69 I dont think its because your level 24 that a legendary finally came around, but I think its just that the queen missions have a much higher reward rate for legendarys. I played solo on the first queen mission I received and I got a legendary cloak as well, on the first game.

On that subject, I happened to get the very first mission of the story for my Queen Mission, it was fairly easy haha. Next one was something against the Cabal.. that one was damn near impossible on my own.
 
Anybody up for doing the weekly heroic with me later?
 
Destiny really seems to of changed their mind on how hard it is to get good loot and materials. In about 15 minutes last night me and 3 friends each got about 50 relic irons and with how easy the queens bounties are legendary items are a dime a dozen now. After one bounty last night I got a legendary sniper and helmet.
One of the chests in mars even gave a friend 11 relic irons, 2 blue engram's and a purple engram.
I should be able to max out all my stuff pretty easily if the queens bounties respawn every day. Ascendant shards will be much easier to get with all the legendary items their giving away.
Yesterday was actually odd for me as well. I picked up 3 legendary engrams( all crap, but atleast I got a bunch of experience for my Cryptarch) and through a chest I found a new Ship Engram. I didnt even know you can get Spaceship engrams, I was surprised. What sucks about those Legendary Engrams is that they were all for my special weapon :( I also got a bunch of blue items as well, but those havent really been of use to me for some time now.

I need a scout rifle for one of the Queens bounty, but I havnt ccame across one in so long

@CAMAROBOY69 Want to get some of those queen missions done today?
 
Really struggling on the second queen mission I got, going to the black gardens heart, stupid Harpy Zealots.
 
@CAMAROBOY69 Want to get some of those queen missions done today?
Yes I completed 2 of them yesterday but not sure how many we can do a day or how often they appear. After we completed the first mission, there wasn't another mission available until later. But I am not sure what triggers the next queen mission.

Also as I said before you are always welcome to join at any time. Having a headset will help for sure. Hopefully we can round up some people for the raid maybe Saturday night?

Really struggling on the second queen mission I got, going to the black gardens heart, stupid Harpy Zealots.
Yes that was VERY hard. Went in with my level 24/25 and my friends level 24/25 and it was still quite hard especially the last main enemies. Up to the very end was not too bad but the last few enemies were very tough. If you cant get past the harpys while approaching the end, you will not survive the very end of the black garden. Because the very end is MUCH more difficult.
 
I can get them it's when suddenly seems like more appear and then stupid Minotaur with yellow health bar appears.

Takes me too long to get their shields down.
 
Yes I completed 2 of them yesterday but not sure how many we can do a day or how often they appear. After we completed the first mission, there wasn't another mission available until later. But I am not sure what triggers the next queen mission.

Also as I said before you are always welcome to join at any time. Having a headset will help for sure. Hopefully we can round up some people for the raid maybe Saturday night?
In order to get a mission you have to complete one of her bounties. When you turn that in you get a "Queens wraith" Emblem which is used to start the next mission.

I certainly do have a mic, so I'll be sure to get that out for tonight. I'm up for the raid on saturday, but It would have to be the morning for me as me and my GF are going to Comic Con on Sunday and we are heading out on Saturday and staying the night over near it.
 
I can get them it's when suddenly seems like more appear and then stupid Minotaur with yellow health bar appears.
Takes me too long to get their shields down.
Yup that's the problem right there. The Minotaurs. There are multiple at the end that flank you while you are battling the main enemies AND dealing with harpys. So as I said, if you cant even get to the end, you probably wont survive the end. We had 2 players so maybe it will be a little easier with 1 player. I know the enemies are scaled according to the players in the game.

In order to get a mission you have to complete one of her bounties. When you turn that in you get a "Queens wraith" Emblem which is used to start the next mission.

I certainly do have a mic, so I'll be sure to get that out for tonight. I'm up for the raid on saturday, but It would have to be the morning for me as me and my GF are going to Comic Con on Sunday and we are heading out on Saturday and staying the night over near it.
Ahh completing the 2nd bounty must have brought up the 2nd mission for me.

Good about the mic for tonight. Just join our party any time you want.

I wont be on Saturday morning but I will be on Saturday night. So it looks like that's not going to work out for us. Have fun at comic-con.
 
Finally unlocked one of the missions and I'm only level 22. Willing to bet I won't even get to complete one before it's gone.

Also AH's let's play of one of the bounties is great. Gavin's Reaction at the end is perfect.

 
@gtuned That mission is very easy. Especially compared to the black garden.
 
Ahh completing the 2nd bounty must have brought up the 2nd mission for me.

Good about the mic for tonight. Just join our party any time you want.

I wont be on Saturday morning but I will be on Saturday night. So it looks like that's not going to work out for us. Have fun at comic-con.
Its my first time going, but its during my rent check so I'm not really going to have spending money :( Should be fun either way.

The queens mission can be pretty tedious. I had 200 head shots on fallen, which took some time mainly because I kept wandering around and just collecting items from chests, as well as farming resources.
 
I've done the Ether Seeds and almost done with the headshots, I'm talking about the actual one you unlock when you do one.
 
I've done the Ether Seeds and almost done with the headshots, I'm talking about the actual one you unlock when you do one.
Those are the two I finished first. I have 20 scout rifle head shots on guardians, kill 200 guardians, and kill some guy on some planet somewhere, left over.

Crucible one is going to take a bit of time seeing as I only get about 15 kills a match.
 
I honestly don't even know if I will worry about those crucible bounties. The scout rifle headshot sounds like a nightmare for sure. Just doesn't sound like fun at all. Probably will just skip those.
 
I dont think it'll be that bad, most are my kills are headshots anyways, plus its only 20. The hard part is getting a Scout rifle. I havnt came across one in so long
 
I dont think it'll be that bad, most are my kills are headshots anyways, plus its only 20. The hard part is getting a Scout rifle. I havnt came across one in so long
You can probably just buy one at the Citadel (tower).
 
You can probably just buy one at the Citadel (tower).
I can definitely do that, but If I do, I'd want one that's going to be useful for me in singleplayer as well. The gunsmith hasnt had any level 20 anything in some time, and the Cryptarch has never given me something useful, and if he did, I already had it. I'm almost Vanguard level 2, so maybe I can get one from them.. I'm just unsure if I have to be level 2 or level 3.
 
Wow got so lucky today after days of crappy luck with the cryptarch. I got this from a legendary engram. I don't even need to find ammo for it as it regenerates by itself!

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I can get them it's when suddenly seems like more appear and then stupid Minotaur with yellow health bar appears.

Takes me too long to get their shields down.

I had the Black Heart mission too, so I left, came back and it gave me the second mission in the entire story. Even with the Arc Burn modifier at level 24 I did it no problem at all, then again since the Thunderlord does arc damage I got a pretty sweet boost from the modifier, so...

I've done maybe four of the Queen's missions, I've had the chest armour, three of the helmets (the first was cool as that means I can get to level 27 soon, the second and third gave me four ascendant shards for breaking them down) and my first legendary sniper rifle, though the abilities aren't too exciting.

Wow got so lucky today after days of crappy luck with the cryptarch. I got this from a legendary engram. I don't even need to find ammo for it as it regenerates by itself!

Damn, I'm jealous, that thing looks awesome and should be very handy against Wizards.

I can definitely do that, but If I do, I'd want one that's going to be useful for me in singleplayer as well. The gunsmith hasnt had any level 20 anything in some time, and the Cryptarch has never given me something useful, and if he did, I already had it. I'm almost Vanguard level 2, so maybe I can get one from them.. I'm just unsure if I have to be level 2 or level 3.

You need Vanguard level 3, but when you get there I highly recommend the Proxima Centauri II; my one has a 27-round magazine and reloads super fast after a headshot kill. It's basically a semi-automatic assault rifle (though the rate of fire is a little low, but there has to be a trade-off somewhere) with a good scope.
 
@neema_t I had a feeling it was :(. I've been doing treasure hunts for chests lately, so while I'm doing that I'll just be sure to do the vanguard patrol mission.
 
@ImaRobot it takes a while, but you should be able to get around 600-700 Vanguard XP a day without really doing much beyond the bounties (just make sure you're not wearing a faction class item!). That video I've posted before says you should be able to get 500-800XP/hr with co-ordinated farming so if you're lucky enough to know two other people with mics who want to get free legendary stuff - you get given legendary stuff every time you rank up to and beyond rank 3 - you could do your bounties for about 300-600XP (my average seems to be 450XP, though one day I did get six 50XP bounties!) then farm for a couple of hours to get a whole load of XP.
 
@neema_t I've seen you post about Vanguard bounties before, but I've never seen one pop up. Do they show up on a seperate line, like how the Queen's bounties show up? The only time I see anything Vanguard related is when I'm doing patrols.

Or is that you're talking about?

EDIT: Maybe the video explains it, I just cant view it at work because I dont have volume. I'll check that out when I get home.
 
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Anyone know some decent ways to get any Exotics?
 
@neema_t I've seen you post about Vanguard bounties before, but I've never seen one pop up. Do they show up on a seperate line, like how the Queen's bounties show up? The only time I see anything Vanguard related is when I'm doing patrols.

Or is that you're talking about?

EDIT: Maybe the video explains it, I just cant view it at work because I dont have volume. I'll check that out when I get home.
The vanguard bounties are the ones that are not crucible. It says vanguard bounty right under the name of the bounty. The rewards are vanguard rep and XP. You pick them up at the tower. They just don't pop up.
 
The vanguard bounties are the ones that are not crucible. It says vanguard bounty right under the name of the bounty. The rewards are vanguard rep and XP.
Ah ok, I dont know why I didnt pay attention to that. I just figured they were just random bounties. Yeah I try to do every single bounty each time I log on. I really hate the 9000 points without dying. I end up going around for to long and forget that I'm not supposed to die, and end up doing something stupid like trying to melee all the Cabals, and then get gang banged haha.

Anyone know some decent ways to get any Exotics?
Easiest would probably be to purchase the engrams/items from the exotic vendors on the weekends. That requires strange coins/motes of light.. I forget which. Other then that its mostly just luck.
 
Pretty SOL given I don't know any friends who have this on 360.

It's bloody boring solo.
 
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