I started with 12 strange coins today at 1:46pm (EST). I checked what Xur had and saw Red Death for 23 Strange Coins... So I started ROCin it and just barely got them all in time. At 3:34am (EST) I was able to get Red Death... Yes I ROCed it for almost 14 hours to get the coins to add an exotic I don't have in my collection... So freakin Destinyed out right now, but very pleased with my new acquisition. Yes, I bought it from Xur but I freakin earned that d@mn exotic too. Now I'm gonna pass out cause my eyes are killing me..
Edit: my lazy @$$ just woke up a little while ago and my Android had a bunch of likes and replies... Tried to reply to all of them just now... Thanks for all the great feedback... Only a few negy bettys out there. Feels good to have an arena where people can understand what it means to truly grind for something, especially in a video game...
Edit # 2... With all the great responses it made me realize what really matters, what I truly gained from ROCin such a grind... Not Red Death, but all the great players out there who I was able to ROC with. We had some great strikes and even though we were all mostly veteran guardians, we also had some frustrating ones. Some Guardians stuck with me for many strikes b4 they signed off and wished me luck and I made several new gaming friends. I think the Destiny Community is one of the best I've ever been a part of. Thank you to the guardians that ROCed it with me, even the ones that had to bail for whatever reason, and thank you for all the positive posts. :)
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Edited by SaiyanSpeedster: 3/15/2015 10:46:13 PM
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Congrats man, I xurned mine also (had to grind out 10 yesterday), then did the weekly heroic againnnnn to help a friend get some coins for the helmet he wanted. Enjoy!
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I had the coins stocked piled haven't bought anything since he sold the shotgun was down to 28 after buying red death an few Heavy ammo packs back up to around 50 now
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Yes thank you. This is true xurning. I have a post about this how if strange coins were random and not handed to you by weeklys, xurning would be actually earning.
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Same dude!
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Man, i tried, just didnt have the time. I needed 5 coins and ran 20 some roc strikes and only got 2...then got 1 from a gold chest...bought knucklehead radar. Poo. My brain hurt from those rocs tho, congratz on powering through 100...thats crazy.
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*Ohshit intensifies*
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I think Xur items are the only earned items in the game. Everything else is random. You cant earn something if its random. Way to go! You and everyone else that bought RD this week actually earned it :)
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Level up your other characters, then all you'd have to do is 2 more WH strikes instead :)
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Good job bro
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No you truly earned it
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I had to lvl my Titan from 20 to 25 to get him through the lvl 28 weekly heroic for the 6 strange coins I needed for Red Death. But 11 is some going mate, you totally earned that.
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Xur is being extended till 10pm pst Monday sorry u had to grind. But hey now u know u really did EARN it.
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Something similar happened to me, I only needed 4 strange coins though :p still nerve racking as I knew I only had 2 hours to get them.
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'Twas the night before xur. And all through the tower. Not a guardian was stirring But commander Zavala was taking a shower. When all of a sudden There arouse such a clatter. I ran over to see what was the matter. There was a gathering of guardians Jumping and dancing with glee. No they didn't have meth. Xur was selling the red death!
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Anything bought from XUR in my opinion is earned! how you get those strange coins is also earned, if I complete a NF or a raid and I get given a gally it's also earned... It's the ignorant Aholes who say different because there selfish egotistical idiots. For instance a friend of mine who rarely plays the game joined at death singer died and got the gally, NOT EARNED! It's a random generated loot system deal with it or go play something else. I've got every exotic apart from the gally with over 900hours played if I get it from a NF or XUR either way I have earned it
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Congrats, and don't ever let some moron tell you that you didn't earn that!
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I like that...xurned it. I wish all the haters would shut up with the "I earned mine" crap. To me you more than earned it. Btw - I guarantee you all the "earned" it people have strange coins. They should have 0. They should never do a weekly and dismantle any they get otherwise since they have no need.
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You did way more than earn it my friend nice work :D
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14 hours? how can someone sit down for 14 hours and just play games?
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I had 20 coins on Friday morning and tried to get 3 coins but horrible RNG luck and parents complaining that I was playing too much only got one coin directly from the ROC and got around 7 motes from friking Rahool
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Good job
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Nice work man. But im just curious. How many legendary items did you get
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I wonder why it coat 23 for you? It only cost 17 for me
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Well done guardian!
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Beautiful, these posts never get repetitious. Just like the game!