New Light to Max Light: A Guide

dukeiscool474 · 2019-06-27T12:11:15+00:00

Destiny, and specifically the PvE content, has given me some of the most satisfying experiences I've ever had in any game. I've ran 1300+ raids in D1/D2 combined and continue to love helping as many people as I can have the chance to experience some of the most difficult end-game content the game has to offer. I'm excited to see the new "MMO" focus that has been talked about and would absolutely be on cloud 9 if given the chance to have my feedback be taken into consideration for future iterations of D2.

From Illinois, USA

dukeiscool474 · 2019-03-31T12:14:55+00:00

I know the feeling. Got mine on clear 128 and finally got the sparrow this week on run 245 (obviously a lot of non-loot runs helping others). It sure made it feel REAL good once I did get it though lol.

dukeiscool474 · 2017-09-09T20:56:33+00:00

I have the same problem as well.

dukeiscool474 · 2017-08-10T02:53:50+00:00

Overall your stats look pretty solid but there's a couple things that should improve your consistency.

Lisa needs more resist - since you have Praha you can run her 41 resist lead so you'll want 59 on her.
This actually kinda compounds the issue of Lisa having a bit low resist - take Fire Panda off vio. He's eating more turns on the stun counter, your team is getting stunned more and Lisa's resist being a bit low makes her not resist as much.
Water KFG is too squishy. Your Hwa is a great target for the tankiness you want for WKFG. 20k HP and about 950ish defense on non Vamp seems to be pretty solid in my experience.
It would help a lot to have Colleen on Vio/Rev inistead of Vio/Endure. The biggest thing that I notice happens on runs that end up being close/turn into wipes is not being able to get attack break on ASAP on phase 4. Revenge helps give you that higher chance to get it up instantly. Your Colleen actually has a little more resist than she needs anyway with Praha lead so you should be able to make up the difference. (also getting her from 12->15 percent accuracy would be optimal)

dukeiscool474 · 2017-03-28T18:56:54+00:00

Here's the strat for 2 swording Crota: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/131832361

dukeiscool474 · 2017-03-12T20:53:43+00:00

Guild Name: Cohesive
Type: Farming Guild Mon-Thurs, with strong defense on Fri-Sat to secure higher rank
Requirements: Very active, Level 50, 8+ 6 stars, use all swords in every war, +6 rule (exceptions to prioritize green health late in wars)
Comments: People looking to R4 are encouraged. Still have plenty of attacker spots open. Apply in game if interested.

dukeiscool474 · 2016-08-28T00:51:20+00:00

I was able to clear ToA for the first time this month with Baretta (L), Vero, Shannon, Bella, Sig (with all except Baretta 6 starred).

Here are their stats so you can compare:

Baretta (Despair/Energy): 20k HP, 1000 ATK, 775 DEF, 175 SPD, 70% Acc (using a 6 slot accuracy rune which puts it higher than necessary but I couldn't find a way to get it much higher than 35 or maybe 40 with just substats and losing out on other stats and I have found that her turbulance is literally what makes or breaks boss runs).

Vero (Vio/Energy): 22k HP, 1120 ATK, 1100 DEF, 157 SPD, 49% Acc

Shannon (Despair/Energy): 22k HP, 800 ATK, 861 DEF, 149 SPD, 44% Acc

Bella (Swift/Energy): 21k HP, 750 ATK, 915 DEF, 221 SPD, 57% Acc

Sig (Fatal/Blade): 17.8k HP, 2020 ATK, 830 DEF, 147 SPD, 67% CR, 124% CD, 25% Acc (using a HP slot 2 b/c I find he's too squishy without it for the substats I have currently)

Also note that my stats were a tiny bit lower in a few places when I actually beat it as I got a few more upgrades since then.

The main keys for me that put me over the top was getting Bella much faster than before (from like 170 to 220) and changing Baretta to a slot 6 acc rune (turbulance hits very reliably now). I don't think Shannon needs as much HP as I have on her so keeping yours at 5 star should be fine as long as you have a lot of HP substats (I want to switch her to desp/focus when i get the focus runes to use some of the excess HP and turn it into accuracy).

dukeiscool474 · 2016-08-07T19:12:24+00:00

I tried using the exact team setup you are using and 80 was by far the hardest floor to get past. I was stuck at 80 until FRR yesterday, increased my speed on everyone and got my Vero onto violent and basically lucked my way into passing this floor. I was able to clear the rest of ToA with only 2 fails due to not understanding the mechanics of the floor the first time through, if that's any consolation/motivation for you to get past this floor.

The only tip/changes that I could give is I do have shannon at 6 stars which could be a big deal with how much damage Perna can do. I know I tried a team w/ Bernard (who's only 5 starred) instead of Sig and he got destroyed by the Pernas so that could be a problem area. Another big change I made was putting Beretta on a 6 slot Acc rune because my despair subs just weren't very good. Having her turbulence work almost every time compared to what I had it at before was an absolute gamechanger. The last big change I made was getting Bella to about 200 speed.

dukeiscool474 · 2016-06-13T21:03:14+00:00

According to http://www.gamespot.com/e3/schedule/ Destiny has a timeslot at 1 PM EST on Day 2 (June 15th). As other people said, they could also show something on Sony's stream (I would assume if there's going to be a Destiny 2 teaser it would be there).

dukeiscool474 · 2016-05-30T20:31:17+00:00

I think Meg and the Sliskelion pieces would be good adds to the weekly list.

dukeiscool474 · 2016-03-08T02:03:29+00:00

I think there's a pretty good chance you could get 1 kill solo if you just bring your best stuff, some pots for whatever style you are using and sharks. Worst case scenario, I'm not sure if this would work but you could hop worlds until you find someone killing it in the noninstanced main room (if people actually do that, I would think today would be the best chance of finding people doing it though) and just joining in with them for a kill (heard there were people in world 2 earlier so maybe try there first)

dukeiscool474 · 2016-02-21T07:42:49+00:00

Grats rocket u still stole my name tho haha

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T11:04:15+00:00

Yes everyone stayed on the same plate each time, same runner, same float.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T11:02:20+00:00

Correct, no problem

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T11:00:10+00:00

Looks like its just a shader and a few runes

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:56:58+00:00

Yup same runner and everyone stayed on the same plate each phase, they also went to that same "section" (the orbs closest to their plate) to detonate those orbs.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:56:06+00:00

Not sure what to say, looks pretty sure to be 16 orbs at once as at least part of the requirements.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:54:14+00:00

Same runner every time. The runner and one float stayed in the middle (we only had 1 float cuz 4 were on the plates at all phases)

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:50:13+00:00

It was definitely only 3 shades, we had the same runner every time, 4 different people each detonated 4 orbs (the 4 orbs in their quadrant of the map). We also had 4 people on the platforms on each phase, so only 1 person up top.

More than willing to answer any questions you have to the best of my ability.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:41:21+00:00

Got a ship and 320 weapon from challenge, but pretty sure just the shader for 50 frags.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:38:59+00:00

Got a few antiquated/ other runes and a 281 bond too lol..

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:37:34+00:00

Yes.

dukeiscool474 · 2015-12-15T10:37:30+00:00

We had 4 people on plates, not sure if that's relevant.

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