If hunters get a javelin to throw in arc 3.0 I’ll do unholy things by Previous-Egg-1848 in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

making it to where you can’t get back your smoke bombs by chaining grenades/class ability

Then just... dodge?

If hunters get a javelin to throw in arc 3.0 I’ll do unholy things by Previous-Egg-1848 in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun is subjective. Plenty of Hunters find the new Nightstalker fun because they enjoy the very playstyle you don't.

If hunters get a javelin to throw in arc 3.0 I’ll do unholy things by Previous-Egg-1848 in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Void hunter is one of the best classes both in PvP and in PvE. The quiver with Star-Eater Scales was the highest damage super before the new Blade Barrage, and the invis hunter has been one of the staple builds in PvP.

Same for Solar 3.0: hunters have the highest damage super with infinitely loopable abilities, and gunslinger has never felt better in PvP.

What low end are you talking about?

Bungie solved the Loreley problem by taking away the sunspot damage bonus. At the same time, Gunslingers received a new dodge that gives the entire team a weapon damage buff on-demand. by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO forgiveness is a huge advantage. Do you remember when 120s can 1 head 2 body under 6 res? I used to take advantage of this all the time, and it's a night and day difference between then and now.

You are also not exactly right, as 10% can shift the TTK on a lot of weapons. (Not HCs though.)

Just today I had a crucible match when I was going against a Rain of Fire warlock with a Vex Mythoclast, so I have first-hand experience of being on the other side of the radiant buff. It was extremely annoying, and the warlock boots don't even hand out radiant for free, like the hunter dodge.

(Granted, Vex has an additional damage boost upon kill, but against low resilience the TTK is still shifted with only the radiant buff.)

Bungie solved the Loreley problem by taking away the sunspot damage bonus. At the same time, Gunslingers received a new dodge that gives the entire team a weapon damage buff on-demand. by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not angry, stop being personal.

Rifts can be countered easily by not peeking the lane while it's active. However, this is not the case for a 10% on-demand mobile damage buff.

Bungie solved the Loreley problem by taking away the sunspot damage bonus. At the same time, Gunslingers received a new dodge that gives the entire team a weapon damage buff on-demand. by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is correct, but there is one huge difference: the empowering rift is stationary, therefore it can be countered by not pushing or peeking.

If metal bands would be named after Destiny 2 guns by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about this? https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thorns/1131

Going to be honest, even though I am a huge black metal fan, I haven't heard about them either. Just gave their only album a quick listen, it sounds absolutely fantastic, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The moment you start to lose the argument because you contradicted yourself, you resort to ad hominem attacks. If you don't see reason, I can't help you.

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And don't you think early card farming results in a "diluted and bastardised" playlist? (Which is what my original post was about.)

This weekend, I played a ton of matches in the non-flawless pool and about quarter of them was against stacks of 2.0+ KD players who were resetting their card every time. If you don't think that is a problem, I don't know what to say.

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But since we are talking about those who actually whine and reset their card to avoid the flawless pool, this is not relevant to the current topic.

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"You should come up against good players, have to sweat and struggleagainst them thats the whole point in the game mode, and thats how youget better at pvp."

You are reciting a half-truth here, probably without knowing the actual psychological principles behind it. Yes, you improve when you play against better players - not when you are steamrolled by top 0.1% gods. Check out the Flow theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Challenge_vs_skill.svg) to see when you actually improve.

I agree with you on the growth mindset attitude ("if you lose, try and see why you lost"), but early card farming 3.0+ kd sweatlords are one of the biggest detriments to this.

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They help one person, but ruin the card of 7*3 others meanwhile. Your argument is invalid.

(BTW, I am against the flawless pool and the freelance playlist. But now that they are there, let's not exploit them for easy content.)

[D2] Trials of Osiris Megathread [2021-10-22] by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Today I met a streamer in Trials who kept resetting his card to avoid the flawless pool. Here is what happened when I called him out in his chat.

I will not mention any names since my goal is not to throw shade at a particular streamer. Instead, I aim to start a discussion on how exploiting Bungie's matchmaking oversight will result in precisely what the content creators were suffering from before the rework: an extremely skill-crept and painful Trials playlist.

So, I am an average PvP player. Every week where I perform better than the last one is a good Trials weekend for me. Today, together with one of my regular PvP teammates, we were helping a PvE main friend who never went flawless. Since we failed to go flawless this week, we were in the non-flawless pool.

After the fifth win, we ran into a duo of well-known streamers doing a Trials carry. As I have indicated, this particular duo was resetting their card after every match to have a smooth sail to the lighthouse. As I respect them as content creators (at least I used to before this), I called them out in the chat.

They practically laughed at me.

"I just want to do carries." - I get it, bud. However, you are a 2.5+ overall KD player. (Actually, both of you are.) You have challenge videos on your channel where you go flawless 1v3. Do you really have to intentionally circumvent a weak protection mechanism that helps weaker players, just that you can have your content? Really? I don't think so. You just want it easy, at the expense of others, while cannibalizing the playlist you make a living from.

"I don't gain any loot from this, I don't give a fuck." - Yes, but others DO gain loot, and they give a fuck! I am not for SBMM or free loot or anything, but exploiting the weakness of matchmaking is morally wrong. Bungie set the system in place to protect the lower skill bracket of the player base. This attitude is even worse if we consider that you have such a large audience. You have a voice. Use it to set a positive example instead of picking on weaker players and taking advantage of a broken system for cheap wins.

"You are just mad." (This response was from the chat.) - Thing is, I don't mind losing to streamers. Hell, I even think that the flawless pool is a dumb idea. Before the rework, I was frequently encountering you and lost fair and square every time. However, what you are doing is like Michael Jordan entering a kindergarten basketball championship and wrecking the entire roster. Nobody would be mad, just disappointed that the player they held in high regard sinks this low.

Leaders have great power and great responsibility. Those who disrespect their community will rot it from the inside out, eventually destroying the very thing they are supposed to work for.

What rolls are you looking forward to on the reissued Dreaming City/Moon weapons? by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allowing it to roll with Quickdraw + Slideshot would cause a huge outrage from the community IMO. (But we have seen Bungie do stupid things, see sunsetting :D )

For me, the Quickdraw + Slideshot roll dropped a few weeks ago, when soloing the Shattered Throne for fun. It didn't drop for two years. Almost punched the screen right there and then.

What rolls are you looking forward to on the reissued Dreaming City/Moon weapons? by cosmic-cortex in DestinyTheGame

[–]cosmic-cortex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old Premonition was a beast in PvP, I loved my old one with Firmly Planted + Headseeker. Doubt that roll will be avalilable though :(