Now I don't want this to become the standard whine about Xûr thread. But enough is enough. Every Friday for now 3 months. He has showed up. He has stirred us all up, and he left. Ever since I first started looking for gear on this game, there were 3 things I wanted. Hard Light, Helm of Saint 14, and The Heart of the Praxxic Fire robes. Xûr has never sold 2 of those 3.
I have saved up enough Motes of Light, each week, to buy at least 1 of the engrams he sells every visit. Still none of those 3.
Since week 3, I have been doing the Nightfall. I have completed the raid several times. I now have 3 level 28-30 characters. I do the Nightfall, and raids, with all 3, each week. Still yet to get those elusive items.
I get that we have to rely on RNGeesus for exotics, but it is beginning to wear a little thin.
I used to have this faint hope that surely, Bungie will have coded Xûr to go through his full inventory before ever repeating previously sold items. I think the fact we had Voidfang Vestements (what felt like) 7 times in a row and now Plan C twice in a row, proves otherwise.
[b]BUT MY MAIN POINT[/b] here is this, and all players that accuse of me of whinging about Xûr's goods should consider this before they post:
From Tuesday, Xûr is now an integral part of the games mechanics. He will be required to improve existing Exotics to damage levels needed for levels 30-32.
From Tuesday, Xûr will decide which exotics, he chooses to upgrade that week.
Do you all realise what that means? I have waited 3 months, to get the chance of buying either of those 3 items above. From Tuesday, I could potentially have to wait another 3 months (or worse) to ever get the chance of Xûr deciding I can upgrade that item. This is to be the case because the items he will upgrade that week, will be as randomly choson as the ones he decides to sell each week.
As there seems to be no coding preventing him from selling duplicates, he could potentially only offer the same items to be upgraded for the next 4 months. He may never offer the chance to upgrade your Hard Light as he has never sold it, this is entirely possible. And for those people with PS exclusive Monte Carlo's or Hawkmoons, HE WILL NEVER OFFER THAT OPTION (until they are on availble on XBox).
This quite frankly, is a very grim and depressing outlook on the future of our relationships with Xûr. The hatred we have for him when he doesn't bring anything new, will only get worse. Bungie have coded poor seaweed-face Xûr in a potentially disastrous way, and this needs to be changed if you ask me:
HE NEEDS to cycle through all of the available exotics, before ever repeating an item.
EVERY WEEK he NEEDS to be able to bring new items to sell or upgrade.
THIS change should not be ignored. It could prove disastrous for us all if it is not considered and make unbearable grinds even worse when it comes to exotics.
That is all fellow Guardians.
**EDIT - Just learned that Xur no longer sells exotic engrams either. Those exotics keep getting further and further away.**
**EDIT2 - In case you all wonder, here is Xur's entire inventory since Week 1 http://www.destinyxur.com/ **
**EDIT3 - BETA testers and websites with access to Dark Below have confirmed that Xur's upgrade items are as randomly assigned as the items he sells. So my fears are not presumptions or conjecture, but actual fact - HE MAY NEVER OFFER AN UPGRADE ON AN EXOTIC YOU HAVE.**
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He sold helm of saint 14 thats how i got it
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My first time doing the normal raid I opened the first exotic chest and got the hard light. Now yesterday I opened the first exotic chest for the first time playing the new raid I get the MIDA MULTI TOOL maybe I'm just lucky but the hard light isn't that hard to get
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Edited by Zodiarkflow: 12/8/2014 5:39:49 PMYeah, hopefully Xur will sell Hard Light and in the DLC, Starfire Protocol... I've been waiting for both of them since the beginning of the game. So far, I've only relied on the VoG Exotic Chest and Nightfalls. (Nightfalls never give me anything... either energies or shards 6 times in a row so far.) Xur should really sell his WHOLE inventory before duplications... plus bring back Exotic Engrams ( I have 203 Motes of Light). I also have 3 25-29 characters. Trading would be very much appreciated too.
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He ain't heavy man, he's my brotherrrrrr
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I got the heart of praxic fire on the first nightfall ever done with my warlock
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Ya xur is a bitch I want hard light already
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Where's the hard light?
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I don't hate xur >.> i have patience
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I got heart of praxis fire from one of his helmet engram lol
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I'm starting to think there's some sort of pool running in the Dev teams office to see who can get the most people to RAGE QUIT with each update. By the look of things, they're about to set a new record....
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Bungie is telling you to save ur coins until the update...
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While it's rumored that engrams will be occasionally purchasable, Xur definitely needs a fix. All exotics should be available for upgrade every week. I'll just be checking planetdestiny on Fridays and Saturdays now to see if he has the exotics I need upgraded.
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I was blessed with Heart of Praxic Fire from the nightfall yesterday and I started screaming and probably stepped on my cat while I was running around screaming #swag
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I got Helm of saint 14 from a xur engram.
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I suggest previously that Xur should sell a primary and a Special/Heavy for weapons. I think Armor, since there are far less for each class...should be exactly what you say, rolling through each item before a duplicate is up for sale. This way, buyers know it is coming at some point and also did not wait all week for the same weapon to come up and have nothing to buy, they at least get a random chance to buy primary if they have the week's Special/Heavy and vice versa.
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All of this is so true. Listen Bungie.
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Agreed
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Y is he selling the same stuff over and over like the plan c
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Do you think he'll ever carry guns like bad juju (earned through exotic bounty guns) or do we have to earn them all over again?
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Lol he sold the vestaments like 6 times pretty sure
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nah no accusing here. Xur's an asshole.
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Does this mean that doing bounties will not level up your weapons?! Killing enemies will not upgrade your weapons?! I'm confused here??
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Edited by shadowgaze72: 12/6/2014 12:43:44 PMBump/agree I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like this, I was honestly about to pack it up yesterday with this game and I don't have has much time in as many of you. However I have enough time in to know this is getting frustrating, I didn't even bother to play yesterday - not sure if I'll play today.
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Starting Tuesday any exotics you pick up new ones and old ones will be of the new Stat value. That being said your gun that is capped out at 300 if I find that gun starting next Tuesday it will start out at 302, already in upgraded form.
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Yeah Wtf am I suppose to do with my 93 motes of light now?!