The Dark Below Stories and Impressions

DriedMangoes said:
Nah. You need at least 1 level 31 and the rest 30's. A group of 30's MIGHT be able to do it but the 29 will be taken down pretty quickly.
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Interesting. I managed to beat hard mode on VoG with a level 29. Had two other 29s and the rest were 30s. Thanks for the info.
 
D-V-ANT said:
Interesting. I managed to beat hard mode on VoG with a level 29. Had two other 29s and the rest were 30s. Thanks for the info.
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VoG Hardmode was level 28 but then at the end you have level 30 enemies and in Crota it's the same thing. It starts off @ level 30 enemies but then towards the end you have level 32. So in the same sense, 1 level 31 and 5 30's is like playing with 1 level 29 and 5 level 28's for VoG hardmode. And you know even as a 29, it's quite hard to one shot the Vex at Atheon's part. Only a level 30 can one shot it. Which in this case we would need a level 32 player.
 
I have to say the new raid rocket launcher is a beast of a legendary, it's called Hunger of Crota. One of my friends got it from the raid and it has tracking and cluster bombs ability. It's like a legendary mixed version of Unfriendly Giant and Hezen's Vengeance.
 
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DriedMangoes said:
VoG Hardmode was level 28 but then at the end you have level 30 enemies and in Crota it's the same thing. It starts off @ level 30 enemies but then towards the end you have level 32. So in the same sense, 1 level 31 and 5 30's is like playing with 1 level 29 and 5 level 28's for VoG hardmode. And you know even as a 29, it's quite hard to one shot the Vex at Atheon's part. Only a level 30 can one shot it. Which in this case we would need a level 32 player.
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Good point. Actually forgot that the hard mode started at 28 on VoG.
 
Tuesday night, I was with a group of Three 30's (me included) and three 29s but we could not get pass the first part of the raid.
 
penguinpig said:
what strat did you use for crota?
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Everyone in bottom room, level 31 hunter with cloak go up to kill Crota after we down his shields. Get 2 good runs in. Everyone retreat back to bottom room until Crota goes back to middle. Rinse and repeat.
 
Got the exotic sniper rifle that looks like a tricked out Mosin Nagant and goes in the primary slot. It's cool looking but seems like a waste.
 
Is there a recommended level for the new missions? I'm just level 21 and debating on whether to get this (I'm guessing I may as well wait until I level up more).
 
Kerosene31 said:
Is there a recommended level for the new missions? I'm just level 21 and debating on whether to get this (I'm guessing I may as well wait until I level up more).
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21 is to low. They are level 28 for normal and 30 for hard.
 
Anybody know how to do the 2nd upgrade for exotics? I bought the exotic upgrade shard and have several maxed out exotics, but I can't figure it out.

As for impressions, I've now played through the story and all 3 multiplayer maps. I found the 3 story missions to be laughably short and fairly disappointing. The MP maps are good though. It's tough trying to level up your crucible rank playing the crucible playlist though, the teams so far have been very unbalanced. I've gotten 1st or 2nd each time, but have gotten absolutely destroyed in terms of overall team points. I went back to the normal crucible and won all 5.
 
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Stolen from Reddit:

Xur Location:

Hall, Crucible Quartermaster

Times:

Time Zone Arrival Departure
PDT Friday, 1:00 AM Sunday, 1:00 AM
EDT Friday, 4:00 AM Sunday, 4:00 AM
GMT Friday, 9:00 AM Sunday, 9:00 AM
CET Friday, 10:00 AM Sunday, 10:00 AM
AETS Friday, 7:00 PM Sunday, 7:00 PM
Is Xûr at the Tower?

Currency:

SC MoL
Strange Coin Mote of Light
Exotic Gear:

Type Class Rarity Currency Cost Stats
Ruin Wings Guantlets Titan Exotic SC 13 106 STR
Achlyophage Symbiote Helmet Hunter Exotic SC 13 101 Dsc
Voidfang Vestments Chest Piece Warlock Exotic SC 13 139 STR
Truth Rocket launcher All Exotic SC 17
Exotic Shard Material All Exotic SC 7
Helmet Engram Helmet All Exotic MoL
Curios:

Type Rarity QTY Currency Cost
Pulse Rifle Telemetry Consumable Basic 5 SC 1
Scout Rifle Telemetry Consumable Basic 5 SC 1
Fusion Rifle Telemetry Consumable Basic 5 SC 1
Plasma Drive Vehicle Upgrade Legendary 1 SC 23
Emerald Coil Vehicle Upgrade Legendary 1 SC 23
Urn of Sacrifice Mission ? 1 SC 1
Exotic Upgrades:

Type Class Stats
Mask of the Third Man Helmet Hunter 92 INT
Young Ahamkara's Spine Gauntlets Hunter 109 DSC
The Armamentarium Chest Piece Titan 167 DSC
No Backup Plans Gauntlets Titan 111 STR
Light Beyond Nemesis Helmet Warlock 103 STR
Sunbreakers Gauntlets Warlock 87 INT
Suros Regime Auto rifle All
Red Death Pulse rifle All
The Last Word Hand cannon All
Thorn Hand cannon All
Icebreaker Sniper rifle All
Thunderlord Machine gun All
How do you upgrade Exotics?

Xûr is sells exotic upgrades for armor and weapons. Each week he'll have a total of twelve upgrades that he sells. In order to obtain an upgrade, a guardian must trade in the original exotic piece, an Exotic Shard, and 7,000 glimmer. The guardian will then have a level 32 piece of gear.
 
Mr. Titan said:
Anybody know how to do the 2nd upgrade for exotics? I bought the exotic upgrade shard and have several maxed out exotics, but I can't figure it out.
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Go to xur. He needs to be offering the upgraded version of your exotic. If he isn't, you're out of luck.
 
I upgraded No Backup Plans Gauntlets, The Last Word, Thunderlord, got the Urn, and bought two Helmet Engrams (got a new Titan one, and a new Hunter one).
 
Also stolen from Reddit:

EASY METHODS FOR ERIS URN BOUNTY! (COMPLETED)

Step 1: Purchase the Urn of sacrifice from Xur You need to fill theUrn with burned ember from killing Thrall with Solar Fusion rifle.

Step 2: Launch up The Dark Beyond moon mission on level 9 heroic difficulty and get to the bit where it says "WE'VE WOKEN THE HIVE" Use Murmur on fire setting or Vex Mythoclast to burn through this bounty easily. Burn eh? See what I did there? Leaving the embers on the ground won't destroy them so farm up till you have more than 25 and collect them all in one go. You'll need to do this for the next step as well

Step 3: Now kill 5 cursed thralls with your melee attack I'm not sure how to find a lot of them but they come up a lot in the new Omnigul strike! The Telthor mission "Chamber of night" has many cursed thralls! Leave the shard things on the ground because death resets progress but they are still there

Step 4: Woot! The telthor mission is really good for that thrall bit! Now to defeat hive acolytes and wizards with void damage and collect what they drop! lose minor progression on death! Time to shine my Atheons Epilogue! I reckon the We've Woken the Hive mission is still the best for this as it nets about ~15 acolyte kills per runs (0 wizards) with the fastest respawn and kill times The Telthor mission CP net about 30 per run. 4-5 runs will get you the total! head to orbit each time! Don't die! Acolytes count as 1, Wizards count as 5!

Step 5: Need to kill Urzok in an "enemy is moving against each other" event! looks like Urzok is very tough with an Arc shield! will need help to take him out! Urzok seems to spawn in any public event or even just roam around the cosmodrome! please notify us if you find one and where you found him! I wouldnt mind help or an invite to killing one :D

Step 6: Urzok down. Need to now go to the moon and complete a special mission called ritual of sacrifice! (Do this on hard and earn 5 Motes of light!) Mission is complete and the URN has been tURNed in. Apparently all you get is a pair of +33 Legendary light gloves (Eyes of Eris), good for one strange coin but a lot of effort and really not worth it in my opinion :) but if all u need is one +33 light glove, go for this questline! it is extremely fun but unrewarding for some!
 
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The only thing I've settled on is getting Icebreaker 2.0 since that's the best weapon in the game in my opinion. I'll need to brainstorm on what to spend the rest of my coins on.
 
Bought like 3 exotic helmet engrams with my saved up motes of light. Got one helmet for each class which is nice. Going to farm some more glimmer to get the icebreaker, no backup plans and armamentarium upgraded exotic.

Bought the new Titan exotic gauntlets going to be very useful for new raid with extended weapons of light and blessing of light.

Still have some strange coins but probably save up for now. I really wanted gjallarhorn but he is only selling the truth so I'll just stick with old one for now.
 
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DriedMangoes said:
That's why you make 3 characters and do the weeklies for all 3 :D
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I have two characters and its cool having all these coins now. I have more waiting once I complete this week's heroic strike with my titan.

I think I'll get upgraded versions of Suros, Last Word & Icebreaker. I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford it but I'd also like to upgrade Voidfang Vestments for my warlock. The grenade perk is invaluable in PVP.
 
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Hey guys, remember Iron Banner comes back next week and so you might want to think about while contemplating upgrade decisions. I find I do well with The Last Word which is why its high on my list of weapons to upgrade this weekend. That and the Suros Regime auto rifle.
 
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BUSTERMAN said:
Hey guys, remember Iron Banner comes back next week and so you might want to think about while contemplating upgrade decisions. I find I do well with The Last Word which is why its high on my list of weapons to upgrade this weekend. That and the Suros Regime auto rifle.
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I have yet to get a Suros...
 
DriedMangoes said:
I have yet to get a Suros...
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Its a really good exotic auto rifle. Good impact, large magazine, laser accurate and awesome perk with the bottom half of the magazine doing bonus damage. It was even better before Bungie reduced its damage perk but it still rocks.
 
How often is Salvage playable? I've never gotten that trophy, think it showed up the first time when I was playing FH2.
 
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