What console are you on?

Did you have someone lower level than you in the group?

[quote]I just failed a public event on earth. As a level 31, I could not kill a level 5 Captain target. Exhausted all of my ammo in all 3 guns. Full Fatebringer clip would only just get though his shields and then they would regen while I was reloading. Does this strike anyone else as a bit ridiculous? I'm sure someone is going to respond with "get good" and someone else will talk about the time they solo-killed a target-Captain while masturbating but that can't be avoided here I guess. I should also point out that I am aware of how the level/damage cap works and I [i]know[/i] it's a "public" event but when there is no "public" (which is most of the time lately, in my experience) then it's silly. So here's my feedback: Public events should scale so that they are always [i]possible[/i] to win with the number of guardians available. (I'm not asking for them to always be "easy", but [i]possible[/i].) It's frustrating to exhaust all bullets and not get through a shield. If he can't kill me and I can't kill him- seems like a pointless event.[/quote] Take he's shield down with arc damage and maybe it'll work

Erm, no. You spotted that you needed to keep the shields down, yet you thought Fatebringer was the way to go? Use a gun that doesn't have its own reloading screen. Blow the shields down with your secondary, then keep them down with your primary. You can reload any rifle in less time than it takes for the shields to come back up.

All this time I've been reading it "Pubic Event", and that Bungie was dimming the lights to set the mood...

Use thorn for bosses with shields. The DOT allows for reloads without shield regen. And that impact.....

Hence the word...public. It's not a "solo event". I can solo public events but the boss based events that you described are very difficult.

I often think destiny should go with the way borderlands does it and have damage scale with how many people are in the fire team / public event

I just think that a level 5 should be cake for me as a 31 as long as I'm not in like the story mission with a low level trying to use me to beat it for them. But if I run into a level 5. I should be able to flick them away like an insect

Get good

Agree 100% tbh. Only way I solo killing the target now is with Gjallahorn. Which is ridiculous. I'm a level 32 and can't believe I can't kill a target without Gjallahorn lol. Sometimes there aren't other people around to help you kill the target? That's not our fault. Bungie should definitely scale it down if there's only 1 guardian.

I agree. And the flood of "I can do it, why can't you" responses...predictable. Here's my problem with it (and I agree with you on all your points, particularly the scaling concept): It's inconsistent. Defend the Warsat: Easily soloed (unless some idiot with a rocket launcher shows up and pushes the waves past the level of difficulty he is able to handle). Kill The Fallen Walker: Easily soloed. Fortunately the presence of idiots only makes this easier. Defeat Extraction Crews: Easily soloed. Prevent Vex Sacrifices: Semi-soloable, but extremely difficult to get a Gold rating on, since even one missed sacrifice gives you Silver. Defeat the Target: Hardly ever soloable. If it is, you have to have been packing the right loadout and spec to match. Also they're wildly different from planet to planet; I can almost always solo a Psion, but most other things packing a shield, generally not. I've also seen extremely inconsistent behavior where the target loiters aimlessly, then suddenly breaks and runs and they cannot be stopped, immediately blowing through all their checkpoints and ending the event well in advance of the timer. Usually by teleporting if their type can do that, but I've also seen them "teleport" (really, it looked more like server lag, it was just straight disappearing) dozens of meters away under fire even if their type doesn't have that ability. ALL of these give the same rewards regardless of difficulty. ALL of these count equally toward a One For All bounty completion. That's the problem. Greater difficulty should net greater rewards. Be consistent. And that level 6 dude shouldn't be presented as a Major, he should be presented as an Ultra (like Urzok is), because that's far closer to his true level of difficulty.

First never reload weapons when you duel them. Use a fusion rifle to take down the shield,empty the clip then switch to your primary weapon,empty the clip and then your heavy should take him out. It works for me every time. Hope that helps. Btw there are no glitches in public event,you just not fast enough.

It's simple actually, here is what you should do; - Wow incoming Public Event - Look for what it is - Hmm, Killing the target. - Nope, not gonna happen. - Keep looking for another public event. Killing target is possible when you took a sword from a blade of crota summon. Cause, they have soo many bugs i couldn't list them for now. Best knowing one is when you reload in 2-3 sec, he will regenerate all his shield as you see.