Are you done grinding planetary tokens for that armor you wanted?
Are you done grinding the gunsmith for that rare gun you want?
Are you done grinding the easy new raid for that armor you want because the raid guns suck?
Are you done grinding the crucible for your Better Devils?
Are you done grinding Trials of the Nine tokens because you can't go flawless due to sweaties?
[b]Well have I got the answer for you![/b]
[b]Behold, IRON BANNER![/b] ([i]Now with 80% less iron[/i])
Grind endlessly for [u][b]new[/b] Samurai themed armor[/u] and guns with an [u]exclusive Iron Banner sticker[/u], but with the added urgency of a limited event making you grind harder than ever before!
Enjoy the absolute worse this game has to offer, with unbalanced teams, bad spawns, and meta players using the most broken weapons.
Fight an endless war of attrition against camping Warlocks with infinite health, or get killed in literally under a second by the Last Word 2.0. Enjoy the endless droning of sirens as the clan you solo-qued up against captures the entire map. Lose to teams with FIVE TIMES YOUR SCORE who have been spawn killing you for the past five minutes. Get killed by a rocket launcher before you're finished the spawn-in animation, or get cross-mapped by fusion rifles. Try to capture a zone while getting hit from 8 pulse grenades, which aren't at all over powered when compared to the other grenades. Discover how useless anything that isn't the meta really is, as you're killed by the Antiope, Uriel's Gift, MIDA, and Last Hope consistently. Learn how powerful Fist of Havok is as the only roaming panic-button super. Ask yourself why Bungie left the Hunter "Wombo-Combo" in the game, only to never use the wombo-combo again, as your super, Shadow Shot, is literally just Nova Bomb, but completely useless.
Wonder what the point of player choice is, as you discover the "One Path to Victory" Shaxx is always talking about is simply playing the meta, with any semblance of skill optional.
[b] But how is this better than the Iron Banners of old? [/b]
The only difference between Iron Banner and regular Crucible? Gone.
That pesky lore of the Iron Lords nobody cared about? Gone.
The uniquely modeled weapons of previous Iron Banners? Gone.
The ability to buy items as you progress? Gone.
The chance to get Iron Banner items as an post-game reward? Gone.
The ability to re-roll weapons? (bet some of you forgot about that) Gone.
The rewarding experience of obtaining high level loot and powerful items? Gone.
[b] All those toxic downsides of Iron Banner are now more dead than the Iron Lords. [/b]
Instead, grind away for meaningless tokens for the RNG slot machine that gives no guarantee your time will be rewarded. Win low level gear and weapons with an [u]exclusive Iron Banner sticker[/u], with a Iron Lord's chance in a SIVA replication chamber of getting the [u]new Iron Banner exclusive [b]Samurai[/b] armor[/u], which doesn't match the theme of Iron Banner one bit. Listen to Overwatch easter eggs that remind you of better games you could be playing, and end your week feeling hollow for spending all your time grinding for the armor you wanted, only to get an endless supply of Iron Banner themed garbage sidearms.
[b] Let us take a moment to thank Bungie for this event. [/b]
This event that showcases every single flaw of Destiny 2.
This event that showcases the faults of the Crucible.
This event that showcases how unrewarding the game is.
This event that has managed to royally piss me off.
[b] Thank you Bungie. [/b]
P.S. I'm never playing Iron Banner again...until some stupid new gear comes out and I force myself to endure more of this cancer and rip my hair out.
EDIT: [b]I GOT THE HELMET! [/b]
[i]My quest is over. I am at rest. [/i]
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2 RepliesSo I take it that once this armor leaves, we can't get it anymore?
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Love the post. But instead of Iron Banner I would have just said Crucible. I loathe playing crucible and will avoid Iron Banner like the plague that it is. But i must admit I knew it would be crap before I bought the game. But anyway , loved the post you made me lol at my desk at work. I look forward to a post from you next week.
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72 IB packages NO dam Fusion rifle... Called Pathetic!!! Never going to play another stupid Iron Banner again.... Freaking worthless......................... BS!!!
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6 RepliesEdited by DeathPony07: 10/17/2017 5:33:57 AMIt only took 38 packages and a week to get a full armor set for my warlock. Great "loot" system, Bungo. If this was D1, I'd have all 3 characters to rank 5 and fully outfitted.
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Not even gonna lie, when I read this I just imagined the guy from Honest Trailers reading this 🤣
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This was spot on perfect. Please let's keep this trending for as long as possible. 23 packages and all i got for armor was the chest piece. I got it 12x at least. ....but yeah..... 23 packages. ....ONE PIECE OF ARMOR! WORST IRON BANNER EVER
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Iron Banner killed the game for me. Now if the Iron Banner weapons were like the Y3 Iron Banner weapons, I would have grinded out for them, but alas they're not.
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1 ReplyGear and that is alright but what's the point in doing it more than once or twice cause you can practically get all the gear in one week
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Is there an option that isn’t listed for me to choose? Cause I like quite a few aspect of the game but I also know bungee -blam!-ed up other aspects
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What weapons are broken?
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You forgot to put “upvote if” in the title.
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3 RepliesEdited by Chez: 10/16/2017 7:38:38 PMI'm not saying Bungie doesn't have a lot to fix with this game, but never before have I earned and entire armor set and 8 different guns in 1 week of Iron Banner. In Destiny 1, it took a solid 3 or 4 months to earn a full set of armor and only 2 guns were available at a time.* My main issue is that Iron Banner is has no different play mechanics than standard crucible control. The only difference is you earn different tokens and have to go to Saladin instead of Shaxx *this doesn't include the Age of Triumph time period when loot was dropping like crazy.
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Some games were fun, many were annoying. Everyone using MiDA, Uriel, and Last Hope really made it feel like those were standard weapons, like an old Halo game. I hated the idea of engrams and all the uncertainty tied to them. No tangible goal, just a guessing game where a hefty amount of your time is the price to play. It would be nice to get a full set, but maybe they wanted to punish everyone with so many duplicates.
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Edited by rebelfist1: 10/17/2017 4:17:22 PMLol. Bro you stole my thunder. I grinded 21 lvls and got phuk all! some wack guns and vangard stuff. This was the worst IB in the history of Destiny. No lvl advantage: Garbage! What? I should be put on a level playing field knowing how to play this game in all its renditions because we don't want the new casuals to feel butt hurt when the D1 vets r ap e face? No end game rewards: Garbage! How the hell does Bungle justify removing end game rewards in an event competition? I know this is a reskined game and that you need to change up with a fresh coat of paint but come on....no rewards for playing....against r ap e faces...against clans...against bang out try hards...REALLY? Wack! This IB was a complete waste of time...the worst part is;is that boondogle knows their shit is broken and with their duplicity being second to none will swoop in and acknowledge the phuckery and promise to fix it in the hopes that we will flock back to IB next month to get that helmet we missed or those guantlets we wanted....or that.... ahhh shut up. Destiny's like that stripper who takes and takes and takes lol. Takes your money,takes your time and never gives back...but I digress I'm venting and cheesing because I actually like playing the game but am getting tired of the battered wife syndrome whereby I keep coming back;hoping things would be different only to get beat up over and over in time again on some b.s. that bungievision implements. Just let me play Destiny! Let me play with my friend's! free me from picking the 3 clans mates to game with while alienating the other members of my team because beangle can't solve the the connection issue with lag so instead resorted to keep the player count down to 4......you know what. phuck it I'm tired. Stop tricking for shards! Fan boys to the rescue in 3...2..1.
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Did you write this with planning or just fired it off from the top of your head?
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2 RepliesGot my Titan on Xbox to level 20,ran some banner,4 engrams,got the chest and the legs,hoping for a gun and got the legs,last Engram......... surely it’s a gun! Nope it’s .............the Legs!
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12 Replies27 packages with my warlock. Still no full set of armor. I have not played IB, with either my Titan or Hunter. In D1 IB I would have been level 5 with all three by now. This IB has not been fun and I loved playing IB in D1.
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1 ReplyThat about sums it up alright. Being a mostly solo player I LIVED for IB and the fact that it was easily the best way to level up for a solo player outside of Heroic Strikes (please bring back Heroic Strikes...). That was easily my favorite time of the month and my favorite event. While I'm still going to play, I most certainly won't be looking forward to it anymore. The magic is gone, just like I feel the magic of my Guardian is gone.
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13 RepliesI have spent over 3000 tokens. I have farmed all this in my -blam!-ing own might I tell you with just 1 7 hours play session with friends. Out of all of those tokens. I still don’t have the -blam!-ing hunter cloak. Tell me this bungie Why arents IB rewards dropping from the matches? Why are you giving me shaxx gear that I’ve had for about a month know. This comes around every month for a week and for all we know there’s gonna be new sets every time. Know why can’t I get the mother -blam!-ing cloak and finish 1 set this time around?
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1 week of iron banner for shit ! You always get what you already have like 10 times seriously this is real shit it pissed me off !
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1 ReplyHighly disappointed with the Iron Lord. The fact that we can no longer buy the pieces we need to complete the armor set or weapons are insane. I spent the whole Iron Banner (my rank is 17 I think) and was unable to get the complete set for my titan. Got everything but the Iron banner arms. But got every Shax crucible armor set imaginable, and every iron banner weapon multiple times. This is unacceptable. Did not even have time to try and collect equipment for my other characters. The only time I touch crucible is the Iron Banner. It's been my way since Destiny 1. Personally I am disheartened, disgusted, and tired. To grind so damn hard to be given the same weeapons 5 or 6 times. Armor sets from a venue I care not of. And to be given the same iron banner pieces at The same light level overs and over. The Iron Lord has spit in my guardian face, and it will take some time for me to cool down. Thanks for leaving every reward to luck. It sucks and Iron Banner has wasted my time completely. Did not even get the chance to experience it with my warlock, and thank goodness I did not have my 3rd character maxed out, or this would have been a nail in the coffin for me with Destiny 2. Highly disappointed
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3 RepliesAll I wanted was the damn pulse rifle.....
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3 RepliesIn 11 packages with my warlock I got the entire armour set, the pulse rifle, the hand cannon, the auto rifle, and the fusion rifle.
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1 ReplyI'd rather see more of the euro medieval armor theme..this samurai thing is..meh
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5 RepliesI opened 41 packages this week on my Warlock. I didn't open packages on any other character I had, I still didn't get a complete set of armor for that character. Here's every piece of Iron Banner Loot that I got: The Forward Path - 3 The Time Worn Spire - 3 The Steady Hand - 7 The Guiding Sight - 3 The Hero's Burden - 5 The Fool's Remedy - 2 The Wizened Rebuke - 5 The Day's Fury - 2 Iron Truage Hood - 1 Iron Truage Gloves - 6 Iron Truage Vestments - 0 Iron Truage Legs - 2 Timur's Iron Bond - 2 Who else had crappy luck like that?
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I FINALLY GOT MY HELMET AT RANK 54 WOHOO THANKS BUNGIE, pls dont fix the loot so people can suffer like me next game , OR ATLEAST MAKE IT SO THEY HAVE TO CRY BEFORE REWARDS