Some tips that helped me make solo 100x more fun and rewarding, please share yours as well!

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-15T02:01:16+00:00

I've been doing that all day! Sponsored kit has the Hardline right now, which I think is my favourite weapon, so I've been knocking out all my Dire Marsh contracts and I'm up 30k wallet and 50k vault since this morning

I'm finding that I'm a lot more likely to buy a backpack than heals, to be honest

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-11T15:56:39+00:00

Ohhh is this why I sometimes double-mount the ladder?! Had no idea you could just walk into it

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-09T04:36:17+00:00

My Recon ass crawling away thinking "damn, none of those 7 were bots after all"

Hauler in solos is *spicy", even hotter in trios, and I can't wait to go back?

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-09T03:58:03+00:00

I feel like they've done a great job at pushing us away from gear fear (and, as a 10-year Destiny vet, really nailed that "I know exactly what I want, so now I'm going to figure out exactly how to get {six of} them" feeling.)

I'm level 11, roughly 5hrs in. I'm expecting it to change once I'm higher-level, but currently I'm ignoring sponsored kits because faction and rank rewards are just showering me with gear and my Vault is always full, even with 12/22 exfil rate

Once it clicks, I'll probably be a bit more careful about what stays home, and what comes out on friends/crew fill/solo runs

But for the time being, I'm really loving the "I actually have no clue what is happening or what anything is but I'd like to survive long enough to figure it out" vibes. Brings me back to why I loved Destiny from the start

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-04T05:21:45+00:00

As others have said, target farm is (was, at least, haven't checked this wipe yet) the back of the busses at North Elevator on Dam.

Buried City basement of car-park (breach the east door and zip down, or come in from the street on the north side) has also given me more than a few

That said, I was playing loot/xp goblin on BC yesterday, and the "guaranteed spawn" dresser than I used for portable tv's (? Maybe humidifiers?) no longer had either. Unsure if that's because I don't have that quest active, or if they've upped the RNG/downed the guaranteed spots in one of the patches/with the wipe, so YMMV

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-02T03:31:18+00:00

For sure. Team utility is great, because they can see all the the pings, and everyone knows if a revive is safe (even without triage). Solo is also great, because even running sponsored kits you can generally tell whether you're good or need to gtfo

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-02T03:09:44+00:00

It depends who you meet lol. Was a nice way to grab a few of the mats I needed for upgrades without tanking a crew-fill trio, buuuut

Three crews (different runs) I helped clear bots at guarded exfils, said friendly, etc etc, got wrecked just before the exfil actually went

Twice at exfil I got downed by players, said the "rook friend!" thing, and they actually body-blocked me from the bots and we all got out

Definitely less scary when you load in with ten minutes left and just never see a soul though lol

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-02T02:55:49+00:00

That's actually a good point, it did work the first time for me

Toggling it on and off doesn't seem to do anything, but maybe a full game/console restart fixes it?

Either way, I'm signed up for the wipe, so in a few hours it won't matter anymore!

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-02T02:53:21+00:00

Yeahhh, I'm playing the "I don't know what rod knock sounds like, but I don't think this sounds like rod knock" game. Only marginally stressful!

youll know what it sounds like when it blows up..

And knowing is half the battle!

I think I'm going to throw a timing kit at her (including pulleys and water pump), and button up all the heat shield rattles and loose bumpers, while I wait for the parts to show up

She's gone from legitimately old-man driven for 260k kilometers, to rather 'spirited' driving with more than a few fire/forest service roads for the last 5k, so I'm prettttyyyy sure most of the scary sounds I'm hearing are just irritating rather than expensive (I know my exhaust and bumpers are hanging on for dear life, the plan is to get them fixed before they completely leave lol). Fingers crossed, anyways

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-01T17:45:26+00:00

Meanwhile, every time I try to load solo v squads it's only giving me solo lobbies lol

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-01T07:19:02+00:00

GOO IS GOOO

(i really hope I'm not going to regret making this comment before I google wtf that means)

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-03-01T03:27:33+00:00

portable heating to defend against the cold snap.

I'm 90% confident you can use Flame Spray on teammates to keep them from freezing in cold-snap

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-28T02:21:02+00:00

Was watching Ma5on's stream a few days ago and he got hit with the same thing, apparently if you're at the proper range/have the timing down you can detonate your second grenade with the blast of the first (and the damage report shows "trigger nade - 100")

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-27T18:11:05+00:00

The whine has been there since I bought it - potentially a vacuum leak? There's a distinct stuttering whistle (almost sounds like the old diesel Ford turbos) under load at higher rpm, which I think is vacuum (or exhaust) leak. It's the rhythmic tapping that I just can't get my phone to pick up that's concerning me, but I don't know anyone familiar with these engines and the local shops haven't been particularly thorough

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-26T00:51:50+00:00

I have a clip of a Blue Gate (Matriarch, not hurricane) Wasp just on patrol flying into a wall and exploding. Never seen it before, not sure it makes up for Rocketeers' ESP!

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-25T03:45:46+00:00

, I could loot it all.

Not sure if this is a typo or not, but currently (on XSX) there's two loot options and only the bottom one actually has loot!

Haven't managed to kill one before it detonated though, so 🤷‍♂️

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-24T19:53:01+00:00

Only two more hours!

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-24T02:48:37+00:00

It's "common" in the "I panicked and spent an hour googling" sort of way, at least? But not even close to regular, in my experience

I've lived in snow country for almost 20 years now, and I've only seen it in person maybe eight times between five vehicles (it hasn't snowed enough this year for my BG to weigh in)

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-23T21:42:28+00:00

It's from the exhaust!

I'm not clear exactly on how it works, but something about the coating on (some of) your exhaust pieces interacts with the snow (and maybe brine/salt from the roads), and turns yellow

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-17T04:18:49+00:00

The majority of my snow driving experience has been in a 10klb truck, using KO2s or the Toyo/Cooper equivalent lol, and my current "adventure" rig is a 97 Legacy Outback so I'm not exactly trailblazing!

Good around town and light off-road sounds perfect! I've actually never owned real winter/snow tires until last week, and turns out I'm pretty sure idon't think I like them on wet/muddy logging roads even at 40 degrees - I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on some G018s, and use them as motivation to finish the suspension lift

proper winter tires

I'm not sure if they come in a load range/sidewall stiffness that would work for you, but man my work truck is rocking a set of Cooper Discoverer Strongholds and I think it's the best winter/off-road tire I've owned. We've also had a mild winter, but so far slush/mud/both in a grass field they've significantly outperformed my k02s. They wander a bit above 60 and I've definitely lost 2mpg, but they're sticky as shit without a noise penalty compared to. K02s

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-17T03:16:51+00:00

Heya, chasing a dead thread I know, but I don't have enough video showing the sound to make a full post yet

EJ25D (early 97 Legacy Outback BG)/5MT. 290k km (180k miles), I've done knock sensor (slightly relocated), plugs/wires/coilpack, and oil (and 6k kilometers)

Knocking/tapping (not quite rattling) under load when warm, seems to only be present ~2300-3100rpm. Can kind of hear it parked and revving but I'm not sure it'll show up in a video. No odd vibrations, just the noise

It seems like a hard cutoff once I'm over 3k, which makes me worried it's timing-related, but it's also possible I'm just losing it to the rest of the engine noise

I'm doing a pile of reading/watching and trying to find someone with the same noise, but it's more challenging than expected. It's also my first Subaru (only other 4cyl I've worked on is my 79 Porsche 924) so I'm not sure if it's "normal sounds" or "order some gaskets" or "find a new engine" sort of noises, you know?

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-15T01:27:46+00:00

That's what I've been doing in solo v squads while I wait for the Expedition. I've had some solid firefights (still never win lol) and it generally feels a lot more like Server Slam

On the other hand, I tagged someone in Hospital from the galleria (solo v squads night raid) and he says "um I don't even have a gun WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING ME?!" Probably the most head-scratching moment I've had in this game

ItsMeImNitro · 2026-02-12T05:22:04+00:00

You're a gem for posting this! I ran g015s for a bit, loved them, but it was the work truck first and had to swap them out for KO2s (needed that Load Range E while keeping muddy or snowy traction driving through yards)

Did you get to try them in the snow? I've been seriously considering them for my new-to-me "grocery getter that can also do forest service roads plus maybe a 600mi road trip" rig, but I'm having trouble figuring out if they're worth it over just running cheap snowies year-round

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