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Edited by KyleTHM: 4/1/2015 11:08:21 AM
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Any advice for someone about to start a titan?

So I've got 2 warlocks and one is going away soon, the hunter is close to having full raid set. That being said, what subclass should I start with? I'm almost exclusively a pve player so I was thinking defender would be best. What's the best armor/character setups you guys use? Thanks for any info. Edit 1. Hey guys loving the info. Don't worry I'll try and contain myself and the will to punch everything. Due to work, I won't start the titan until the weekend. For those looking to help my Gt is KyleTHM. Thanks again everyone great stuff. Edit 2. Just hit 100, after the community has spoken I am going to focus mainly on defender, but give striker the attention it deserves. What are the best class perks guys? Edit 3. Just wanted to thank everyone, I received a ton of good info and gave me hope in our community again.
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  • Edited by CHICKENSQUARE: 4/1/2015 12:06:29 PM
    This is a long one. Just fair warning. I posted this a while ago for someone else and copied it. Figured it might help more people. Exotics to shoot for: Helm of Saint-14 Armamentarium Glasshouse Ruin Wings Helm of Inmost Light Honestly don't bother with No Backup Plans or Stand Asides. Crest of Alpha Lupi is good but very situational. I only used it frequently back when I didn't have Saint-14. If you get them as a drop great but save your coins for the first 5 exotic armor pieces I listed. Xur will likely sell most of these again and if he doesn't there's always the exotic engrams he sells. Edit: since originally posting this I have had a change of heart. Every exotic is useful in its own way. I personally don't care for NBPs, Alpha Lupi, or Stand Asides but many players do. Use what you're comfortable with and what you do best with. My best advice for playing a Titan is be a team player, that's what Titans are for. Keep your team alive, keep yourself alive. Go with Defender for PvE unless you're just screwing around in Roc strikes or story missions. Use Striker for PvP. Defender skills tend to get trumped by other classes more frequently than Strikers in PvP. Edit: Again, play what you do best with. Striker can be way fun for PvE and Defender can be fun for PvP. My personal preference is as stated. Yours may be different. [b]Builds[/b] Defender max defence/survivability build: Increased Control jump (for evasion) Suppressor or Magnetic grenade Blessing or Armor of Light Unbreakable (continuous Force Barrier recharge) Titan Codex I Bastion (increased WoD duration) Titan Codex IV Untouchable (reduced WoD cooldown) Defender team support build (my personal favorite): Suppressor or Magnetic grenade Increased Control or Increased Height jump Blessing of Light Gift of Light (Melee kills create orbs while Force Barrier is active. Great for mob spawns) Titan Codex I Gift of the Void (damage to WoD creates an additional 3 orbs of light) Titan Codex V Iron Harvest (Heavy weapon kills have a chance to create orbs of light) CE raid gear can drop with perks that grant a chance for orb generation when killing hive with a melee, a critical hit, or a grenade. Pair Iron Harvest, critical kill orb generating gear, and a Heavy MG and you'll drop a nearly endless stream of orbs for your team. Granted this only works with the hive (have fun with Omnigul and Shrek strikes. I know I do) but even without the raid gear and not against hive you'll still drop plenty of orbs. Defender max DPS build Suppressor or Magnetic grenade Any jump Weapons of Light (33% damage increase) War Machine (while Force Barrier is active all your weapons reload and ready blindingly fast. And when it says fast it means FAST) Titan Codex I Relentless (increased Force Barrier duration) Titan Codex IV Illuminated (Increased benefits of Blessing and Weapons of Light) Both the team support and survivability builds are best used with Helm of Saint-14 particularly the support build. Drop a WoD over a mob spawn location and punch the hell out of everything while they're blinded. Then when Force Barrier runs out switch to a heavy and clear out what remains. Your team can get 2-3 supers worth of orbs from you each time your force barrier is active if you do it right, even more with heavy weapon kills (I prefer MGs. Rockets don't seem to produce as many orbs). Use Glasshouse (with WoL) or Armamentarium if you want to dish out as much damage as possible. Striker max DPS build: Lightning grenade Any jump Shockwave (as the name suggests FoH sends a shockwave along the ground) Overload (hits with Storm Fist have a chance to immediately reset its cooldown. Useless in PvP but great for PvE) Titan Codex I Aftershocks (increased duration of Lightning Grenade, Pulse Grenade, and Aftermath) Titan Codex V Shoulder Charge Striker survivability build: Flashbang Grenades Any jump Aftermath (FoH leaves a damage dealing field in its wake. Great for area denial, keeps enemies out of melee range) Overload Titan Codex I Transfusion (kills with Storm Fist or Shoulder Charge trigger health regeneration) Titan Codex IV or V Shoulder Charge (Juggernaught is pretty useless unless you're running straight at something to melee it. In which case you'd be better off with Shoulder Charge anyway) Strikers shine with Armamentarium equipped. Nothing better than having 2 of the highest DPS grenades in the game or 2 blinding grenades at your disposal. Get some high Discipline gear that have melee hits decrease grenade cooldown perks and chuck nades to your heart's content. An Insurmountable Skullfort (exotic helm) has a transfusion perk and health regen on orb pickup allowing you to use Headstrong or Aftershocks instead of the Transfusion perk. Helm of Inmost Light grants both Headstrong and Death From Above which allows you to have both those perks, Aftermath or Shockwave and Aftershocks or Transfusion simultaneously. Amazing for both PvP and PvE. These are just my own personal suggestions. Others I'm sure have luck with their own strategies as well. Hope you enjoy your Titan. They're a good time.

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    • So I've made my titan finally. The jump although different is simular to the warlocks. Striker is more fun but I'm focusing on the defender class.

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      • PUNCH. EVERYTHING.

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      • Punch shit, that is all

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      • Run defender from the start just so raids won't be difficult

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      • Start a warlock

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      • Chickensqaure post gives you all details you ned basically. I just wanted to mention that o me, a Striker was the obvious first hand choice. But I guess that's up to what playstyle you prefer, and more importantly to you raid/strike a lot with friends? Myself I'm soloing lots of Nightfalls, raiding Crota by myself and generally doing a lot of stuff on my own... And I really think that this is very the striker shines. You're a one man tank, specially when you get the armamentarium; Double grenades (Arc burn = Nuclear Meltdown), lots of heavy ammo. But if you're raiding alot in groups the defender might be a better choice as you contribute more to the team in general as a defender: A protective bubble where your team can not only regroup but everyone's get a 25-35% damagebuff. I dare to say that there is no other super or weapon in this game that is contributing more to the team than the defenders bubble. But then again, there's no bigger JOY than playing hulk and just smash your way through hords of enemies with your Striker. Have fun!!!

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      • its a video game, what kind of advice is required? idiot, just start one.

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      • Go back to your warlock.

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      • Here's a helpful hint: don't suck scrub ? ?? ??? Nah have fun wit it and enjoy the titan (titan master race ftw)

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      • Be ready to feel like a slow tank. Titans are much slower than the Hunter, and noticeably slower than the warlock.

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      • If you're going defender, try to get either the helm of Saint 14 or the glasshouse. Great defender titan exotics. Of course ruin wings are incredible too, though not defender exclusive.

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      • Striker is to party, defender is for business

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        • Ya I'm working on a Titan and upgrading defender first to help out friends in raids when there on there other characters. I have helm of saint and ruin wings already on him. If your on xbox360 you can add me and I'll help you out

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        • Punch all the things!

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        • be prepared to hear all kinds of whiney bullshit from blade dancers when you "panic" and shut down their twirly fairy mode

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          • Yes. Don't.

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          • If you play pvp, be prepared for alot of hate mail.

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          • Defender is pve striker is more pvp... Both are amazing with crest of alpha lupi because there are 9 orbs that can spawn

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          • Do lols.

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          • Day one player - started as a Hunter. Created a Titan because of Exotic and Legendary armour building up. Now prefer to play as Titan.

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          • If you like killing ALOT-Striker If you are a team player-Defender

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          • Level it up first as a defender then I used crucible and weekly strikes to level up striker as it is easier than defender and defender is used more for end game content

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          • I would honestly stick with Striker until you level up a bit. I found leveling Defender to be a pain (1-20)

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          • Defender for nightfall and raids. Striker for everything else. Defenders let friends live Strikers by that measure have no friends, only targets.

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          • Edited by FxtrtTngoWhisky: 4/1/2015 2:53:54 AM
            Enjoy! And, you should have done it sooner. To all the 7yr olds telling him/her to not make one... Just stfu. Really. STFU.

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