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Psycho Sonny said:
The team your in must have decent pvp players otherwise there is no way it would have been possible to hit 9 three times in three attempts.

Statistically you need to win 9 times out of every 11 games. That's a very high win percentage roughly 82%. To do flawless is 100% over 9 games. Those kind of stats aren't just luck and team work you need to be good at pvp too.

I've only played it 3 times I reckon I could hit 9 with more play time and get lucky with the matching. Would be much easier if I found 2 people who can top the leader board in crucible regularly though.

Anyone who thinks 9 straight wins is team work and luck is deluded. You need to be competent at pvp as well.

It's completely different from a raid where you can carry someone through. If it was 6 v 6 and you had 4/5 good players you could probably carry one or two weaker players in 3 v 3 you cannot carry someone it's too small a team for the win percentage required.
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My PvP stats are average at best. 1.3K/D Titan, 1.4 K/D Hunter & 0.9 K/D on Warlock. Warlock was my flawless unbelievably!

With all the buffs bought you only have to realistically go 7-1 to get to the lighthouse. So realistically I've been 7-1 once(but didn't have the buff forgiving a loss), 7-2 & 7-0. Our team comprised of me, a Norwegian friend & a 16 year old American kid.

I had never played the map before & don't have a specific PvP load out. We succeeded against teams of better players by communicating constantly, sticking together & also not really aiming for the flawless.

The pressure is on for the final game, such an experience trying to keep cool knowing so much is riding on it. We were 4-4 in our last game against a really good team but just managed to pip them at the last round.

I then started another card & we got schooled by a very good team 5-0.

Edit; Thorn is undoubtedly the 'Gjallarhorn' of PvP, So OP it's unreal.
 
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My thorn had zero perks unlocked 2 day's ago it's one of the guns I've never used.

Hopefully it will be ready for next weekend I doubt it though as I don't play every day.

I was using vex
 
Is there a bug with the Gjallarhorn or have Bungie patched it? Everytime I use a synth I only get 5 rounds. I can't even pick any more heavy up either once I've hit 5.
 
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jpm said:
Is there a bug with the Gjallarhorn or have Bungie patched it? Everytime I use a synth I only get 5 rounds. I can't even pick any more heavy up either once I've hit 5.
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You probably had heavy ammo giving perks on your chest/gloves which you've changed since

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Psycho Sonny said:
the advice is for shakenbake not you

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it's impossible to hit 9 unless you have other high skill players with you. your obviously playing in a decent team where all of you are high skill players. therefore it's easy for you. how many on here have got 9 wins? you will be able to count them all on one hand. to say it's easy would be extremely ignorant.

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as for the strategy on POE everyone i'm playing with is doing the bubble strategy so using at least 1 titan. you obviously using the invisible strategy so using blade dancing hunters. nobody in the group i play with has mentioned that strategy before so that's why we have never used it. i'm personally only using 1 character a warlock, i don't have time to run 3 characters so sticking with 1. so if we have a hunter in the group next week might try the invis strat.

i've not even attempted 35 because nobody i play with is a 34. i could hit 34 right now if i wanted to but i'm saving etherics for weapons. got dat 365 fatebringer. no point in me being the only 34 so i'll wait for the others to hit 34 before upgrading, i already have 3x 42 light pieces just need boots now.

yes we wiped a lot but we did it in the end. sometimes it's more fun figuring it out how to beat it yourself than reading guides on reddit all day before playing it. also you can read as many PVP guides as you want but a lot of it is instinct.
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It wasn't clear that you posted that for shakenbake, but fair enough. The point I was making, is that sometimes your advice comes across as very definitive / absolute. Our team worked out the 35 on the fly (instead of reading guides all day as you just assumed I did - the first time we did it there weren't even any guides available, same for Urrox at 34) and we didn't have weapons of light on either. People could end up worrying that they don't have enough Gallys or Titans, when realistically any character can run it if they are competent. Disclaimer: Yes 3x Titans at lvl34, with 3x 365 Gallys and double synthing would be the easiest way, but its not necessarily the most interesting strategy...

I do agree with you for PvP. Yes, you need to be switched on and have good awareness, that is why I gave some constructive advice and said grab a team and practice in Skirmish. I said its not impossible, I never said it was easy, so stop trying to twist my words.

Anyway, grats on the 365 Fatebringer, it is a beast! And good luck with lvl35.

jimferno said:
Got the PoE cleared on all three chars at lv35. Disappointed that the ship, shader & emblem only appear to drop once. Also disappointed that Skolas didn't drop us a weapon
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I was a little disappointed with the level 35 loot, mainly the shader that looks pretty bad IMO. I was hoping he would drop elemental weapons or have a higher drop chance for the Exotic bounty, but oh well!
 
LackyT said:
I was a little disappointed with the level 35 loot, mainly the shader that looks pretty bad IMO. I was hoping he would drop elemental weapons or have a higher drop chance for the Exotic bounty, but oh well!
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Don't mind the shader, ship & emblem but just one per account? I burned through so many keys this week for rubbish rewards, I'm only popping the main PoE chest once per character this week.

When you take out Skolas there is a chance for him to drop an elemental HoW primary. The American kid we know has a Wolfslayer's Claw with Arc(I think), said it dropped straight from Skolas but I have personally not seen anything drop on three runs.

I got the Solar ToO handcannon from the lighthouse & the Exotic emblem. Loving the Handcannon, stats are similar to fatebringer but it doesn't have the awesome perks.
 
Good day today, 2 exotics and an exotic bounty for a gun I don't have. Only shame is the two exotics that dropped I already had so 2 exotic shards for me.

Easy question, I have only just got to the PoE and ran it at lvl 28. I assume the chests work like the raid chests? So only can run it once a week with higher levels giving extra/bettee rewards?
 
The big chest you can open as long as you have a treasure key. Drops are the same at 28/32/34, exotic or queens wrath legendary weapon. Can be opened multiple times per week as long as you have a key.

Level 28 you can run as much as you like, rewards are the same. 32+ completion rewards are on the weekly timer reset.

The new exotic bounties are a completion reward chance from the 34/35, rather than the chest I believe.
 
jimferno said:
I got the Solar ToO handcannon from the lighthouse & the Exotic emblem. Loving the Handcannon, stats are similar to fatebringer but it doesn't have the awesome perks.
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Are the element/light damage versions the same as the kinetic ones? (Same upgrades etc), I haven't managed to get to the lighthouse yet, but I did get the hand cannon (plain kinetic one) from the gold pack brother vance sells in the outpost which is pretty nice!
 
martin9887 said:
Are the element/light damage versions the same as the kinetic ones? (Same upgrades etc), I haven't managed to get to the lighthouse yet, but I did get the hand cannon (plain kinetic one) from the gold pack brother vance sells in the outpost which is pretty nice!
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Judging by the AR alone, yes they have the same perks. The only difference is "(Adept)" in the name.
 
PoE

32 - Urrox's Grudge
Hive - Trickle
Cabal - Small Arms
Cabal - Morbid
Hive - Arc Burn
Hive - Solar Burn

34 - The Forever Eater
Vex - Catapult
Vex - Void Burn (ouch)
Fallen - Brawler (yay)
Vex - Small Arms
Vex - Trickle

35 - Skola's Revenge
Hive - Morbid, Brawler
Vex - Grounded, Airborne
Cabal - Catapult, Angry (ouch)
Fallen - Specialist, Juggler
Fallen - Trickle, Small Arms
 
Variks selling Chest piece and fusion rifle

Nightfall is Sepiks Prime Epic Angry Lightswitch Brawler Nightfall

Weekly is the Shadow Thief

Varik's fusion rifle looks beastly...97 impact and hidden hand, accelerated coils :S
 
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jimferno said:
I got the Solar ToO handcannon from the lighthouse & the Exotic emblem. Loving the Handcannon, stats are similar to fatebringer but it doesn't have the awesome perks.
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Very nice! I think all of us are after the handcannon with solar! I have one, just not with a burn. I did get lucky and manage to grab the rocket launcher, which is a mini Truth, just no tracking!

martin9887 said:
Are the element/light damage versions the same as the kinetic ones? (Same upgrades etc), I haven't managed to get to the lighthouse yet, but I did get the hand cannon (plain kinetic one) from the gold pack brother vance sells in the outpost which is pretty nice!
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As far as I know, all ToO weapons roll with the same set perks. However, if you get an "Adept" version from the Lighthouse chest, the primary weapons will roll with a random elemental burn. Some are wondering if there will be different a loot table for the Lighthouse chest as we get further into it, but only time will tell.
 
mid_gen said:
PoE

32 - Urrox's Grudge
Hive - Trickle
Cabal - Small Arms
Cabal - Morbid
Hive - Arc Burn < - OUCH!
Hive - Solar Burn

34 - The Forever Eater
Vex - Catapult
Vex - Void Burn (ouch)
Fallen - Brawler (yay)
Vex - Small Arms
Vex - Trickle < - Should be ok but boss maybe a bullet sponge

35 - Skola's Revenge
Hive - Morbid, Brawler
Vex - Grounded, Airborne
Cabal - Catapult, Angry (ouch) < Dear god NO!
Fallen - Specialist, Juggler
Fallen - Trickle, Small Arms
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mid_gen said:
Variks selling Chest piece and fusion rifle

Nightfall is Sepiks Prime Epic Angry Lightswitch Brawler Nightfall

Weekly is the Shadow Thief

Varik's fusion rifle looks beastly...97 impact and hidden hand, accelerated coils :S
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Sepiks prime with no burn, Angry & Lightswitch.... not too bad but will take a while! Blackhammer it is then. Sit under the grate and snipe away!
 
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Was Solar burn on Skolas last week? I can't remember if it was or not. It it was, this week is going to be considerably more difficult!
 
oweneades said:
The 6th round (Skolas) doesn't look to be shown in the quote above. There are three fallen rounds at the end of the level 35 PoE including Skolas.
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Ah of course, I didn't pay attention to the round numbers and just looked at the last one. All good then :)
 
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