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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bump bump bump a sad short story of destiny 2 so far I laughed out loud at the "droning of endless sirens", it could not be more true, and the "end game is friendship" from bungie lol yea you better get some friends cuz you are f**ked without em
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1 ReplyContrary to what I've said about this game, I really enjoyed this banner. Loot system is bad, but it did give me a reason to log on and play. I think when we as a group of players complain about something we are actually complaining about something else. For example. We don't like this iron banner BECAUSE of the loot system. We don't like the loot system BECAUSE of all the duplicate shit. We don't like duplicates BECAUSE legendary shards have no meaning at all. So the blow of banner rng could be softened by making legendary shards mean something. Maybe
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Opened one package and I quit, iron banana is shît
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6 RepliesI am enjoying IB. Give your crying a rest.
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2 RepliesI thought Iron Banner would make my Iron Rise, but it didn't
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1 ReplyGreat rant XD and so true. This would be SO funny if it was read out by the monotoned Australian 'Th3 Jez' on youtube XD
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20 RepliesEdited by Tokyo: 10/16/2017 1:43:53 PMAfter researching your account; you're actually just "bad". You only have one character to play IB on, so you get only 1/3 the rewards. On top of that; you're using a crap subclass and bad weapons. So I feel like your W/L isn't too good. Which would mean you're not getting enough tokens at all. Your points are very valid; but I wanted to give some insight as to why you may not be getting the gear you want.
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7 RepliesCan tell this dude never played destiny. Tokens a fine bungies shitty rng is what needs fixed. Took me 39 rank up to get full titan gear. Where as destiny 1 it would of took 3 months
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I played Iron Banner all weekend and never got anything worth while. I just did it for fun anyways.
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1 ReplyThe iron banner is fine, they have checked how the mode and the coins thing I do not like, I have to say that it drops a lot. The problem is RNG in 40 packages I've found 10 helmets and no cloak (the only thing I really was interested in) while my friend with 12 got all the armor. Is it so hard to make that you give precedence in drops to equip you do not have?
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So funny. And so true.
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This took me longer to read, then it took to kill Ghaul: Razer of a thousand suns, destroyer of worlds, conquerer of the light, etc etc. Also the Iron Lords chance in Siva replication chamber was A1. Bravo.
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Edited by Reload6731: 10/16/2017 3:46:15 PMI played all week did the milestone every day with all three characters and only used the tokens on one character and still did not get a complete set of armor........................................and as a side note about armor...the raid armor....? It has no perks to help you beat the hard raid? Why do I want to raid? I don't need that armor or the guns that will be useless after next raid drops..
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1 ReplyThe only thing I need is the chest piece. Must be hitting near 40 rank ups by now. Whose idea was it to implement this token bullshit into Iron Banner?
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1 ReplyWhy is there no coms in any crucible like there is in COD? It's impossible to roll solo with a group of randoms! No communication equals no win! His f@$king sucks!
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1 ReplyThe only real thing that I enjoyed about the banana this time around is that I was playing something other than supremacy....
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Could not agree more. Completely ruined IB for me. In fact not liking much about D2.
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37 packages and not one chest piece really.........
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Duplicates over and over and over of all IB weapons and hunter armour,but not once in all the packages do I get a hunter helmet all week,and is it just me or do you sometimes feel nerfed,opponent runs around the corner we’re face to face ten feet apart,I’ve already started shooting,half a clip in,they react,start shooting,exact same guns,yet i die?.
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I have 3 characters. Did the challenges each day on each for max tokens. My biggest issue is I loaded all tokens received into my hunter I’m rank 25 or something around that and yet I can’t drop the -blam!-ing cloak or chest. But hey at least I have 7 pulse rifles and 4 auto rifles and 2 hand cannons. The issue at least from a loot perspective is t the fact that I don’t have the full set. It’s the fact that no matter how much you grind it’s 100% RNG. And once you get something it’s drop rate increases 150%. This is quite irritating. With D1 I was fine having to work through iron banner over 3 events to get the full set because I was not really given the chance even if I hit rank 5. The max was 2 armor pieces guaranteed. But now there is only 1 way to achieve a full set and RNG is not kind.
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2 RepliesTen packages. In a row. Back to back. Of HeRo'S bUrDeN A sub machine gun, because those are useful.
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Rank 32, no hunter shoes for the set .... F U C K Y O U Bungie ....
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I FINALLY got the better devils a few days ago. Now I have nothing left to grind for
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The worst thing in the whole ^$##)&((&*^^%%# game is the timer in NF.
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I enjoyed IB. I actually like the set up. Matches did not take long. Won some, lost some, no big deal. Only ayed it with 1 character, got to level 10, and have not gone back. My goal was level 10...mission accomplished.
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Lol at the 85% clutching on to any last bit of hope. Its over, nothing to see here, move on people.