[quote]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.[/quote]

You didn’t play IB Rift I see.

Totally agree the last day they should bet us purchase our missing pieces, 34 packages no helm yet, only multiple duplicates and WTF crucible gear.

I've gotten one piece of armor each for my two mains (Hunter and Warlock) the rest have been scout rifle dupes and grenade launcher dupes. Feels bad man.

This Iron Banner has been underwhelming to say the least, but I dunno if I'd say it is the worst. Year 3 Iron Banner was awful in my honest opinion due to all the shit metas. But eh, that's just me.

I think I made it through 13 matches and said "screw this" so you aren't alone.... it sucks.

The worst Iron banner there has ever been....so far. Think Iron Banner Supremacy

What about the first iron banner where light mattered but it didn't really :)

I've received the fusion rifle 3x

"smart loot system" my ass =D

I disagree. Plenty worse iron banners in Y1, especially with its connection problems and felwinters lie spam. To see everyone camping behind corners with those things was excessively boring.

Just got done with my IB for the day and turned in my 60 tokens. 3 packages, all 6 items i got were repeats from either IB or the normal loot pool. Rip me

Every single iron banner , always the same...some idiot says "this one's the worst" . See ya next IB when you can come on the forums and spew the same unoriginal shit.

They need [b]way more loot[/b] if they want to keep fixed rolls. We need options to choose from. There are too many aspects of this game that are one-and-done.

This. I'm so -blam!-ing sick of getting repeat rewards. Something is seriously wrong with the RNG algorithm. It seems to gravitate towards giving you stuff you already have, right?

I agree been playing Destiny scince 2014 this IS the WORST Iron Banner . I had hopes decking out all 3 of my characters but the loot system is soooo bad I'll be lucky to complete 1 set on 1 character. I mean 7 chest pieces in a row, REALLY plus dup weapons too. Not forgetting being spawn killed by the player who just killed you over and over because either the maps are to small or game doesn't know not put you next to a opposing player on spawn. Or put on a team with a AFK player on in it looking for a free ride, tricking the game by having their trigger button locked down so they don't get kicked by the game.

Opened my tenth package yesterday. Didnt get the cloak, which is the only thing i wanted. Was sad dor 3.5 seconds before i realized it wasnt the end of the world. Glad i got the emblem for the season, time to move on until the next event comes along.

Yes.. and.. They will find out soon enough at the next Destiny or dlc sales if they dont fix things asap. But who am i to judge. They dont listnen.

And all the grind to get an emblem

Not just Iron Banner. The game itself sucks. Bungie should just sell the rights to this franchise to another company because they are holding back this game's potential. Everything we had by the end of D1 should have been launched with D2 because this is a "sequel". Where are the sparrows with guns? Space battles? Large PvP maps? Where Bungie? This was your time to be creative. All you did was dumbed everything down for the sake of PvP. This game is worth at least half the original price. $30

Can you imagine it. We went through rift. We went through supremacy. After all that we can still now in D2 in of all modes control still say this is the worst Iron Banner EVER. That well bungie hats off.

More like it feels great to get pub stomped by a stacked clan while you're a solo player with a team of monkeys.