So in my quest to gain Etheric Light, of which I've received none, I've been forced to turn to desperate measures. I'm 0-9 in nightfalls, so I've tried that method, and I spent hours last week on Qodron (or however you spell that giant medal warden's name) to no avail. So what's my next easiest method to get some elusive Etheric Light...you guessed it, Lord Saladhead and the Iron Banana!!!!
I'm a casual, I admit it and embrace it fully, I have a 50+ hour a week job, 3 kids and coach soccer 4 nights a week and weekends. I wish I had more time for Destiny but I don't. I have around 550 hours into the game, which is way more than I ever thought I'd get to but I'm honest enough and content with myself enough to realize I'm not, nor do I ever want to be a hardcore gamer. Tell me to get good all you want, I'm good at life, I'm OK with being below average at a collection of pixels on a screen.
So for all of you who run into me in IB I apologize ahead of time for being a sweaty try-hard but Bungie has forced me to do it. For a casual like myself my best option (since RNG in nightfalls is 0-9) for Etheric Light is to grind the heck out of IB and sweat my beans off. So if you see a Lvl 34 Titan shoulder charging and Thorning his way to rank 3 with a KDR of around 1.1 that's likely me. While I do apologize if it causes anyone angst to have me playing like this in their game, just remember, Bungie gave me no other option.
Edit: OK so I'm not sure if it's just trolls finally finding this thread or a misunderstanding, but let me paraphrase the whole gist of this thread. I'm terrible at PvP and I know it (that's why I barely ever play it) and I don't have any free time over my current amount of gaming time to get good at it...wish I did but I don't. That being said, since I have yet to have the skill (or in the nightfall's sake luck) to get an EL Iron Banner is a great option. By making the decision to grant EL at level 3 Bungie is pushing a lot of us PvE only players into PvP since it's just a matter of grind not skill to get it. I do apologize if my loadout and playstyle ruin your IB, but I need a couple EL to upgrade my legendary weapons to 365 so my 2 friends and I who play regularly can have a better chance at lvl 34 & 35 PoE. The thing is MANY other players are in my same boat, so unfortunately for players who regularly play IB and want a good competitive experience, you now have to deal with us in your game. Unfortunately Bungie made the decision to have EL not be skill based, but able to be grinded in PvP but not PvE so for a lot of us, this is our best chance to get it.
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1 AntwortenI've only gone over a 1.0 kd once in this iron banner, I'm just grinding through myself
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5 AntwortenXur is selling them for 23 coins now!
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23 AntwortenDon't apologize to anyone. I'm in the military and have to balance shooting fictional characters with teaching Captains how to shoot real people and maneuvering through the woods, and jumping out of airplanes. I'm gonna do whatever I have to, do to catch up with others that don't have to work as much. Winter is coming, and with it comes my Thorn. Haha
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1 AntwortenGODSPEED STEVE! If I take a shoulder from you, or a thorn to the head, I will hate you until one of our teams reaches 20,000 points. after that, I wish you luck!
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1 AntwortenIf you're on ps4 add Asszhat. Would love to help out man!
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1.1 isn't bad, sucks you use thorn though, so sick of seeing that weapon. Every damn match................barf
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2 AntwortenDude, the level 34 PoE this week is easier than the 32. I'm on the One if you want to run it a few times and get some EL
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2 AntwortenEach to there own man , 3 kids and soccer dad not for me i"ll take sum beers and a joypad anyday # easylife #stressfree
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2 AntwortenYup. Same here but the Vex is my weapon of choice. Will see how it is since its most recent nerf. May have to pick up the Thorn again.
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1 AntwortenI played iron banner for my first time last night for this very same reason. I was actually lucky enough to receive etheric light from the NF yesterday, but I want more. What I noticed is IB is extremely connection biased. My first match was joining a guy in the next state over, and I had a decent game considering I haven't played PvP since November. I believe I ended up with a 1.2 k/d. The next 5 or 6 games we joined a west coast group. I could not get kills. My best k/d was a .83. I actually had a game where I got 1 kill.... I again joined some east coast friends after that, and amazingly was top of the team every game with positive k/d's, including a few over a 2 k/d, and a 3.33 for one game. My best game of the night was a 32 kill game with 6 captures. My conclusion, make sure you play with local people if you are teaming up. Connection is more important than anything else in Destiny PvP.
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4 AntwortenNoob question: how many can you buy? Does it only let you buy one at rank 3? If so, does it let you buy another at rank 5?
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I'd be happy with a 1.1! Being a parent myself and a hectic job I completely understand your situation, right there with you buddy. I'm on Xbox One as well if you need to partner up!
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You just described my Titan lol
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3 AntwortenAre you on xbox one? I will carry you through lvl 34 quodron no problem as long as you can bring a shot gun and stay in cover on the left side
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Well good it should take time to get etheric light for me it is way to easy to get. I acend my ol unfriendly giant because I had no idea what to use etheric light on anymore. I maxed out all my weapons.
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No need to be sorry. See you there! I like PvP, but I'm gonna grind out IB for some light. Otherwise I'd probably ignore it.
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No need to apologize. shoulder charge is easy to deal with and thorn is only difficult to handle when more then one shoots you at the same time. IB is like the competitive version of destiny. But it's not like MLG or anything. If you were dragging your team down in say osiris then I could see the need for saying sorry.
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People like me... casual as well... know Bungie has a funny way of pulling us along. It's never the best way, but the least best way to keep the carrot dangling and not driving us too crazy, but crazy enough to keep trying. Now if IB only had legit 42 light gear, that would be smart... but it doesn't and all we really grind for is the stupid etheric light.
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I'm pretty sure there are a shitload of us in the same position. I'm pretty average/bad at pvp yet I got 3 "best around" medals today. This never happens. I'm also only a 32 on both characters. There were some folks who obviously didn't know the maps at all. Stay out of the.... sigh....
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4 AntwortenTry trials of osiris
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1 AntwortenNo wonder I'm currently at 8 losses in a row. About to start my next game wish me luck
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1 AntwortenDitto My son (who has multiple lvl 34s) said to me the other night "I can't believe you aren't 34 yet!" To which I said "I can't believe I let you play sp much that you already have multiple 34s"... 😊
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1 AntwortenHaha, love this post. T-5 hours and I'll be stinking up the joint with u
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IB is a Fuq N Joke lag switching Nerds Trails is the only PvP I will play
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the Iron Boners
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I'm a casual too and I love it. Just enjoy the event. No need to apologise. You paid for the game, it's yours to enjoy however you want.