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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topic of the day
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I agree, and I absolutely loved this post...even heard it in game show voice
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Yeah, this was soul crushing.
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Dude.
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27 engrams and no chest piece, doubt I will get it.
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How the hell did you guys enjoy D1? It was literally the same issues...
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Fkn nailed it bro
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1 ReplyWorst poll ever
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4 RepliesIB is perfect. It's exactly what D1 Vanilla was. Grind, RNG, and no handouts.
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Where's the "indifferent" option? Biased poll is biased. Always allow a middle ground option for polls otherwise you might get some backlash.
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Edited by Bush's Baked Beans: 10/16/2017 1:01:23 AMIf they add end game drops (like 10-15%) plus tokens, with a higher chance for gear you dont have in your inventory inside the package, iron banner would be fine I think the issue is people want the inatant gratification of having a drop as soon as a match ends rather than having to go to saladin to get their reward. This applies to the raid as well, where you earn the primary amount of your rewards from tokens instead of instant drops, though, unlike iron banner, there still is a chance for the instant drop. The token system is good imo, I can play main, then get armor for my alt. Win win The problem is the chance of dupes dropping from packages Also, i want to be able to purchase armor and shaders from vendors, since they are pure vanity. Datto has a great video detailing this, said what i was thinking but only better https://youtu.be/iw4SsLna-bM [spoiler][b]CAN WE HIT 50,000,000 BUMPS?!?!?[/b][/spoiler]
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Dude, I’ve played quite a bit of iron banner and haven’t even got one piece of armor. ):
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Gotta say grinding through matches just to receive my 10th hero's burden and 5th titan mark is the most fun I've had in awhile.
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Edited by Tenacious_B: 10/16/2017 3:58:19 AMNow for one low cost of 31 packages split into 31 easy payments of one hour of your life! Cool samurai helmet not included. My experience......
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Lol what a troll lol
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1 ReplyAside from the RoI IB weapons, weren't they ALL just reskins? I don't recall any of the weapons during TTK looking unique. The RoI weapons looked like they were made with rusty pipes and masking tape...
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3 Replies30+ packages Only piece of armor I obtained was the warlock bond and boots Never ever came across the pulse and auto rifles It's killing the thrill
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waste of time, keep grinding and getting same repetitive drops over and over again, while i need certain gear to drop...not to mention putting so much time and accepting the losses for going against clans almost 85% of the time.
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How about stop spamming me with onluly gauntlets and actually give me more gear 6 days of grinding 6DAYS!!!!!!
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5 RepliesCollected over 300 tokens used them all on 1 character and couldn't even get a full set of armor. Ugggggh.
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I've really tried hard to defend the Iron Banner from just about every possible angle...and...I just can't anymore. It's depressing! You spend hours and hours grinding tokens to get the armour you want only to end up getting maybe 1 piece in every x-hundred tokens, and then when you finally do get another piece it's the same one. It's seriously demoralizing to spend that amount of time only to feel it's been entirely wasted. And on top of getting rolled consistently by unbalanced teams you don't get that many tokens. So unless you're winning back to back games, you're playing 10 full games just to turn in a package. And unless you're playing the game all day every day with no obligations, that's a lot of time to dedicate to the game just to get your 10th sub machine gun when all you really wanted was that helmet Saladbar won't give you. I get the grind, I enjoy the grind. But you do so so that you can walk away feeling like you've spent your time well, so that you feel rewarded at the end. This iteration of the Iron Banner does not do that. I hate saying it, I seriously do. But I can't defend it anymore. I've spent HOURS and hours out of the last 4 days grinding for titan gear - and while I have experienced some success there I am struggling to get everything I'm grinding for, and I've only got a day and a bit to do that. The RNG in Iron Banner feels off. I now don't see the point in turning in 50, 60+ tokens at a time because I'm not confident I have any chance of getting anything rewarding out of it. I've lost faith in it. Now I just turn in whatever I can whenever I can be arsed heading back to the tower. I would like to see level advantages return, and a higher RNG weighting on actual IB armour. I feel like it's too low. Also, I wouldn't mind lore tabs on the armour and weapons as well...that would seriously make those pieces valuable to lore enthusiasts and really help to make the grind worth while.
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4 RepliesCan't wait for the first major dlc in a year. It will fix everything wrong with Destiny 2 [spoiler]and by "dlc" I mean Anthem[/spoiler]
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The only reason IB is good is because I don't have to play supremacy... and that's a sad fact.
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take part in my poll bungie is hiding my posts https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/235695459?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1
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Loved the "Iron Lords chance in a Siva replication chamber" bit. Funny read!!