Anybody wish this event would occur more often?
For those who don't know, it's sometimes possible to get ahold of a Pike in Patrol mode; on the Forgotten Shore on Earth, and the Ember Caves on Venus, you may sometimes get a random event where a group of 2-3 Pikes will enter the area, piloted by Fallen Dregs... and you can kill the Dregs, take one of the Pikes, and go for a joyride if you like.
When this event occurs, you see a message in the bottom left corner of your screen, just above the Super bar; [b]"A band of roaming Pikes is nearby..."[/b] and then the Pikes enter the area.
The problem? [i]This is an extremely rare occurrence...[/i] and when I say "Extremely Rare", I mean second only to the Vex Mythoclast. I love the vehicles in this game almost as much as the ones in Halo, and the Pike is a very rare treat outside of PvP in the Crucible; the Pike only appears in one story mission and one Strike, and in both cases you only get to drive it for a very short time... not at all like the vehicle levels in Halo.
I've hung around these areas for well over an hour sometimes, just killing bad guys while waiting for a Public Event to start or collecting Spirit Bloom, and I think I've only had the Pike appear ONCE on Venus... and not even once on Earth, not even in the Beta.
So; should they increase the frequency of this particular random event? There's not enough vehicle action in PvE. A great deal less than what I was expecting from the creators of Halo.
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Yeah, I'm a year one player and I've only ran into my first band today during taken King. I've even spent loads of time in forgotten shore in house wolves for those petra bounties and they never ever ever showed up. They should occur more often .