Hello Bungie (or someone who knows). Regarding the new update with us now needing commendations for factions, I have a couple questions.
1.) With one commendation, will we only be able to buy ONE piece of armor or one weapon, or multiples?
2.) Will ALL factions now require a commendation in order to buy items?
3.) Will my faction levels reset on Tuesday, will I need to start from scratch?
4.) What level will the new gear allow us to reach? Only level 30, or can we hit 31?
The specific reason why I ask the 3rd question is because upon hearing about this commendation nonsense, I purposely did NOT rank up any of my factions so on Tuesday I can rank them up and get my commendations pretty much straight away. If they will reset, I would like to know so I can rank up my factions and get my rewards (I do not want to waste them) before the update.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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4 RepliesI have a question also am trying to get a weapon from new monarchy but am only level one and I know I can get anything yet. Now I know you need commendations for a weapon but doing the bounties and leveling up the rep for NM will I still get a crucible commendation for hitting rep 3 with NM. Or do I have to grind only on crucible then do new monarchy or can I only do new monarchy and still get the commendation
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5 RepliesI'm curious why the gear is available at rank 2 but requires commendations that you can only receive from rank 3 and higher? It's just odd.
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My answers from my experience below: 1.) With one commendation, will we only be able to buy ONE piece of armor or one weapon, or multiples? Just one :( 2.) Will ALL factions now require a commendation in order to buy items? Indeed. 3.) Will my faction levels reset on Tuesday, will I need to start from scratch? Nope NO FACTION REP WAS RESET (I left FWC, Vanguard and Cruci at 99% XD) 4.) What level will the new gear allow us to reach? Only level 30, or can we hit 31? We don't know, we will have to wait and see how many Light points are needed to get to 32. "Old" Vanguard Legendary - 27 light Raid/ Exotic - 30 Light New Vanguard Legendary - 33 Light The known Light requirements for the last 3 lvls are: lvl 28 = 98 Light lvl 29 = 109 Light lvl 30 = 120 Light If you do the math, there's a difference of +11 Light Point between levels. If this is still in effect, we can assume that: lvl 30 = 120 Light lvl 31 = 131 Light lvl 32 = 142 Light If Expansion I Vanguard Armor has a 33 Light rating, it's safe to asume that, we will be able to reach lvl 31 with Faction armor, granting Exotics 2.0 and Crota's Raid a light rating of 35. basically, it's the same as before...
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2 RepliesEdited by H264: 12/8/2014 5:31:14 PMIf the reputation resets, I will not be happy at all.. I spent a lot of time this weekend getting my Vanguard rep close to the next rank for all three characters. EDIT: Also I am wondering what happens if you have reached the mark cap, but not yet gotten a commendation. Wasted marks (=time)?
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based on what just i did earlier, the night before the dlc release i completed 10 bounties and waited to turn it in the next day it gave me a commendation, plus two ascendent materials, and a new legendary weapon (payback SOS an AR). not sure if that helps you or not, from what it looks like i think it requires you to have a commendation for every purchase
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4 RepliesYour reputation does not reset.The Vanguard gear will get u to only lvl 31.And Vanguard will sell new gear that is better than yours.How commendation is earned is through leveling up various factions and when you receive the package it will either contain a commendation or something else.All weapons need 1 commendation 150 marks and rank 3 of the faction. Hope this helped you out :)
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1 ReplyEdited by CavScout00: 12/8/2014 7:05:32 PMYeah i have 2 lvl 30 hunters and a 29 warlock. No armor has droped for my warlock in vog. Add the reputation plus the mark limit it will take weeks to get that character to 30. Maybe this game is designed only to run 3 of the same characters. Bungie is world class at taking a good idea and making it -blam!-ing stupid.
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1 ReplyInquiring minds want to know
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I can answer your first question. Go to the FWC vendor in the hangar area. Look at the two chest peices he's selling. It's currently glitched and says that it will cost "one" commendation plus marks to purchase. Take that as a glimpse into the future. Be prepared to rank up your faction level 4 -blam!-ing times to get a full set.
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Edited by Kippysmith316: 12/8/2014 5:55:31 PMIm not sure how I feel about this but considering I have 200 marks and I'm about to rank up my vanguard and I only need the helm to be 30 im not complaining
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BUMP These questions are actually well thought out and deserve a reply.
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6 RepliesI am 300 points away for next rank dead orbit and about 2000 from vanguard. Of course I would go and rank up DO now, but guess vanguard will have the armour I want. So when I rank DO, do I get a commendation thingy to use for vanguard as well?? That's really bothering me right now...
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1 ReplyI have heard rumors of a rep reset but I haven't been able to find an actual source for that anywhere. I wouldn't worry about a rep reset. From what I've seen they only make mention of vanguard and crucible commendations. This could either mean that the factions will be giving out crucible commendations or none at all. I'm inclined to believe the former. That would make gaining rep for the faction pointless and given the way bungie likes to make us grind it would make sense that there would be a purpose to faction rep still. Also from what I've gathered it appears you will be able to purchase one piece per commendation. So they will effectively be a new currency. At first I thought this was truly horrible then I started to think. With the weekly mark cap we really can only buy one thing every week to week and a half anyway. It usually doesn't take a week to get a faction or vanguard/crucible rank. So I honestly think our rate at which we earn commendations will outpace the rate at which we earn the marks. There are a lot of assumptions in what I've just written but at least they are somewhat educated guesses. We will all know for sure tomorrow I guess. Lol
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Bumper bumber