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Edited by MithBesler:
9/20/2017 12:25:38 AM
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Lost Sectors and HVT are really not worth it once you hit level 20.
As someone who likes to collect gear having everything outside of the Raid and Trials totally RNG is lame. I was so hoping that with Lost Sectors that there would be unique weapons or gear we could grind for. But really it is nothing but tokens and the random engram.
I know each planet has it's own set of armor for each class, I have collected at best 1 piece from each planet. But beyond grinding for tokens to rank up the that planets vendor there is no way to really farm for them. And the High Value Targets are not really worth it after level 20, only reason I do them is for the glimmer to try and get a damn Kinetic Reloder mod.
As an example in Anarchy Online there was a Battle Axe called the Pained Panther. It would only drop from a certain boss in a mini dungeon. I would make sure every week to go over and farm that guy for a bit. I finally got it to drop and it stayed with my MP for years. But all over the place are little dungeons like lost sectors where a unique pieces of gear or armor would drop. It was not a guaranteed drop but you knew where it dropped and after some time and luck you could get what you were after.
Just seems they could have done so much more with HVTs and Lost Sectors. There is a neat HVT on Nessus that is a mini Rockets McDicface that will spawn inside a Cage guarded by Vex. Kill the Vex the cage disappears and you can kill the HVT. I farmed that 5 times last night and nothing but glimmer and tokens. That would be the perfect encounter to have say a unique armor piece drop from.
EDIT: Seeing in the comments about how you can do Lost Sectors and HVTs to increase your power level. That is really not what I am talking about. They added all these mini dungeons and unique mini world bosses and they really don't drop anything worthwhile besides leveling up. I want The Son of Rockets McDickface to have chance to drop say a Unique not Exotic but Unique piece of armor or heck even a weapon. Not a guaranteed drop but a chance, that way if someone says oh hey where did you get that helm. I can respond go to Nessus where the wild roses grow, wait around for a bit or check it after doing a public event to see if that HVT is there.
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HVT and lost sectors are extremely easy and the rewards seem equal to the effort.
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Response on your edit: D1 did this and it does feel like a missed opportunity to not include this mechanic in D2. When you know a certain strike boss or HVT can drop a unique item it gives the players another chase, that's a win-win in my book.
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11 RepliesYeah, but when I see some yellow bar sauntering around like he owns the place, I just got to mess him up. It's like he's challenging my manhood or something. I don't even care if he drops anything. I've dipped out of public events to take care of them before.
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2 RepliesWhat is HVT?
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5 RepliesEdited by LogansAlt1: 9/20/2017 5:34:12 AMI think bungie should implement Heroic lost sectors. These would give you legendary and exotic engrams and would have multiple bosses.
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2 RepliesPlease buff my son
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Anarchy Online...damn you digging up some old school shiii
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2 RepliesWow...you took me back to the good old days where grinding and farming for THE ultimate buff item was one heck of a grind, and the reward was really worth it. Tnx for that mate :) 220/30/70 crat here ;)
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2 RepliesSo, Strike Exclusive gear from D1 this concept has not carried over to the new D2 mini-bosses? Weird, I guess Bungie doesn't learn...
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2 RepliesAn anarchy online reference. You win the internet today. I played from beta till 08. Mr Ahtum Whitepants on RK1. Member if band of brothers for most of that time. I just started a fr00b account. Waiting on funcom to send me info on my old accounts. Greatest mmo ever. Funcom just made a few mistakes. Maybe there will be an AO 2. shit id be there constantly.
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1 ReplySome of the people in this thread are just ridiculous. MithBesler offers up a nice suggestion to help the loot hunt and is shot down by some real rotten apples of the community.I suggest you repost this in the feedback forum.
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2 RepliesYou can stand where that cage spawns and you will be in there with him when the cage spawn,happened to me lol
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What are these 'unique rewards' from Lost Sectors? That was a selling point before release I seem to remember.
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I never do Lost Sectors unless it's a world challenge I have to do. They're pointless imo
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I was very excited about Lost Sector's. Then I completed a bunch. Wow.. what a disappointing addition. Those could have been some Epic events. In reality its just a room to clear and collect more tokens. Lost Sector's Caydes stash boxes Meditations from Ikora Strikes Nightfalls All feel horrible and are more a drag to complete than fun and rewarding. The only PvE activity I feel they got right were public events. Everything else was a big disappointment IMO.
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I agree... The game took such a step forward with d1 spring update... Everything was worth doing, now, it's 4 activities a week... Also no rng perks on weapons really takes away from replayability (is that a word?)
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I've already completed every lost sector and opened every region chest. I don't have any adventures or side quests left either. All I do every reset is the weekly quests (Call to arms, Nightfall, Trials, Clan loot)
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TBH I forgot lost sectors were a thing. I've been grinding the raid and other shit.
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Atypical TypoYou're true Gaurdian Angle! - old
Did all lost sectors, all regional chest, all adventure and all quests on all the destinations thinking: there has to be something for completing all that? I can't only be crappy blue rewards and tokens, right? [spoiler]I DIED INSIDE A LITTLE[/spoiler] -
You are correct in your title, they are not worth it. But, if I am in the area and see a Lost Sector cave/corridor I will just run in and get it done real quick, they are like Mini-Strikes, and I have received some decent loot on rare occasions. Not like they're hard and are normally one room.
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Yes they are. I think you meant "Not worth it once 265".
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4 RepliesEdited by dougisjericho: 9/20/2017 11:25:27 PMAm I crazy or have heroic public events been spawning 2nd mini bosses? A 2nd knight in witch ritual, a huge shank on fallen Walker, and "all seeing harpy" on spires at Nesus?
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You're probably right as far as gear goes, but once I started lost sectors a few nights ago, I'm hooked purely by the fun factor. I don't know, maybe its just me, but finding and playing the lost sectors is one of the best things I've done in this game. Typically being underground, dark, not knowing what you'll encounter. A few of them kicked my ass until I figured out what to do. But damn, what fun they are.
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1 ReplyYeah I was really disappointed with the lost sectors and adventures. They acted like they were going to be a way to get great loot but after you hit 265 there isn't really any point in doing them other than to do them.
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I'd say it was a pretty decent way to get to the max light level for drops and stuff. Hit 260 just from Lost Sectors. After that though there really isn't any point to doing them.
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People should have noticed that a in week one.
