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[b]Ghost Fragment - The Iron Banner[/b] [i]The locker room was abuzz with activity as guardians readied themselves for the trials they would face in the Iron Banner. Warriors from all classes gathered here, prepping their equipment for what was rumored to be THE true test of a guardian's might. The air was a cacophony of sound - armor ratcheting shut, ammo being loaded into magazines, guardians giving each other good natured trash talk, and the announcer practicing his lines over and over again while sipping on Earl Grey tea. He had only a handful of lines he would speak out across the loud speakers, each one less inspiring, yet more annoying than the last. Two Guardians arrive, making their way to their assigned lockers to ready themselves for the terror that was The Iron Banner.[/i] Titan: I must admit that while I have slain many of the Tower's enemies across the stars, I am a bit nervous entering the Iron Banner. I hear that the games separate the true warriors from the average solider. Hunter: Not me. I don't see how these guys will be any more of a challenge than the Fallen newbs on the Moon. I mean, they got four arms and I pasted them easily enough. Now the Hive? Puh-lease. THAT was a challenge. Titan: Oh, come now. Surely you don't mean that! The Vex make the Hive look like grade schoolers using spit wads. Hunter: The what? Guardian: The Vex! Mechanical creatures that can bend space and time? You know, from the Black Garden! Hunter: Never heard of them. They must be on a planet I haven't been to yet. Titan: They're on Venus and based on Mars! You know, with the Cabal. Hunter: The what? Titan: The Cabal! You've never heard of the Cabal??? Hunter: Should I have? Titan: Well, yes you should have!! They practically run the planet Mars! We're at war with them! Hunter: No, we're at war with the Fallen. Oh! And the Hive. At least we were until I showed those Knights what was up with their big, bad Sword of Crota! I was all like "Slash! Slash! Woooh Jediiii!" Titan: Wait. What combat level are you? Hunter: Level 8, Bee-yatch! Titan: Level 8??? And you're here for the Iron Banner?? Hunter: Hells yeah! I aim to get me some sweet looking swag and a new gun! Pew pew! Titan (Laughing): Oh, I think you're in for quite a shock, little hunter! You're about to enter the Crucible with the best fighters ever seen! Not only do you not possess the experience in battle that a Guardian Vet like myself has, but you also lack all of the advanced armor and weapons! You will be turned into minced-meat! But wait. How did you even get invited to this exclusive event? Lord Saladin himself is overseeing the Games and has put the call out to only the Tower's most hardened warriors! I'm sorry to break this to you, but you shouldn't even be here, friend! Hunter: Pssh! I got the E-vite like everyone else. Titan: The what? Hunter: The Tower-wide E-vite the higher-ups sent out to everyone! I had seen the flyers he pasted all over the tower too, but didn't take it seriously until I got the E-vite that talked about all of the sweet wolf swag they're giving away! Titan: Flyers?? Hunter: Oh yeah, they were everywhere! At first I thought it was for a raging kegger, which is totally me, but then I saw it was for this fist-fest, so I wasn't interested. Titan: Until the E-vite. Hunter: Yeah! Until the E-vite! Now I'm hungry like the Wolf! AhhOoooOoooOooooOoooo!!! (Howls) Titan: Yes, well, exclusive or not, you will rue the day you chose to battle me in the Iron Banner, friend! I am a Combat Level 29 Titan. My armor has been upgraded to its maximum capability, as have my weapons. I almost feel bad at how out-powered you are, but we all make our choices. If the great Lord Saladin feels that his battle hardened troops need to feed on the bones of the new recruits, then so be it. Here, his word is law. Whatever he deems, I shall follow it, no matter how bad I may feel for doing so. [i]As if on cue, Lord Saladin enters the locker room and the entire room goes silent as every Guardian assembled stands at rigid attention, as the revered soldier speaks, his voice booming with authority.[/i] Lord Saladin: Guardians, you are about to take part in one of the Tower's most cherished traditions, the Iron Banner. For years, the Iron Banner has hosted these games to promote only the finest, most skilled Guardians into our ranks. It has always been a very exclusive and great honor to be asked to attend these games; games where, unlike the crucible, the full weight and power of your armor and equipment would come to bear and be focused upon your brothers and sisters at arms. The Iron Banner has always been a place of no mercy, but while the cost in blood is high, the rewards to be reaped have been equally so and only the best would wear the sigil of the Iron Banner! Until this year... This year I have been coerced- er rather - asked by command to include our newer recruits in the games that they too feel important and glorious. When I argued that these poor recruits would just become red smears beneath the boots of better men, I was given a solution by the higher-ups. Guardians, I have paired you all with one of your lower ranked opponents. Turn to the warrior beside you and look him in the eye... ...and swap all of your equipment with him. If anyone has been paired with a level 15 or below, I have some paper-mâché armor the children of the Last City Elementary School have made for you. Let the games begin! [i]Moral of the Story: Hopefully with this new announcement, this scenario will be a thing of a past. But I had written this last week and figured I'd still slap it up here to hopefully give you a tickle. See you on the field, Guardians![/i]

Bungie never called this game an MMO, somehow we the fans started calling it that, and hold the game to that expectation. Bungie did not over hype the game, Activision's marketing department did. And we listened to the marketing, not the developers. Bungie is not ripping us off or overcharging us. The publisher, Activision is. Bungie did not announce the development of a sequel a few days after launch. Activision did. And Bungie has no choice but to begin said development, because that's what happens when you sign a contract to give a publisher what they want. I would be willing to bet that it is also Activision's PR telling Bungie what they can and cannot say. Otherwise we probably would have had a simple apology by now. Activision has a long and proud history of crapping on both it's developers and it's customers. Everybody agrees that we want more out of this game. But we have to remember that even if Bungie wants to give us more, they still have to answer to their publisher first. I pray for the day that disc based games become obsolete and the publishers can be removed from the equation. Every developer will be an indie developer. They will be able to take as much time as they like to build the game that they want to, and charge the prices that they want to. With the current regime, the publisher tells them when the game "has to ship", whether or not it is complete. The publisher will dictate when we receive DLC, and how much we have to pay for it. No, the game is not perfect. But if we want it to change, we need to give Bungie some time, and our support. They have a lot that they want to give us, but they have many barriers that they have to work through before they can. Screaming and yelling, slinging insults, and acting like self entitled children will not affect change. How about sending an email/letter (preferably well worded and swear free) to Activision's president. Call Activision's customer service and complain there (again, be mature about it). I am sure that a couple hundred thousand complaints to customer service would get just a little bit of notice... And by the way, Bungie, thank you. I enjoy your game. I know that you have bigger plans, and I know that you have heard our voices. I wait for more... *edit* For the people that keep hacking on the MMO bit: [url= http://www.gamespot.com/articles/is-destiny-an-mmo-bungie-weighs-in/1100-6416234/ ][/url] Xbox gt same as above... Bring on the trolls!!!

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Not a fan of the way you did reputation gains on this. You're essentially punishing people who are either not great/behind in pvp, or are unfortunate enough to be on the losing team every time. It sounds to me like it's entirely possible to simply NOT gain any Iron Banner rep. If I lose six games in a row (not an uncommon feat, and something that's completely out of anyone's control, no matter how good they are at the game), that sixth token is completely lost and I'm STILL at zero rep gain. That's poor design, unless your intention was simply to ostracize the entire losing community of pvp players (in which case: good job!). The odds of gaining absolutely no reputation are indeed infinitesimal, but there's still a lot of us who are just unfortunate enough to be on the losing team a lot (again, no one person can change the outcome of a game unless it's rigged or the other team is just THAT bad), so we're gaining rep at a significantly lower rate than the people that are lucky enough to consistently be on the winning team. Please reconsider this for future pvp events. EDIT: Two things that can redeem this err in judgment: 1) Let the tokens stack more than 5. Heck, 20 might be more appropriate. It's far less likely to lose 10 games in a row than it is to lose 5 or 6. 2) Let players keep the tokens for the next Iron Banner event instead of deleting them when this one is over. Face it. you're going to have a LOT of people who lose 3, 5, 7, even 9 in a row right at the end, and they're going to lose ALL those rep tokens without gaining a thing. And then the next time they have to start all over again. Are you intentionally attempting to draw people away from the game? Because holding down the unfortunate lot of people who just aren't lucky enough to be on the winning team and keeping them from being rewarded for their time played is a surefire way to do just that. Essentially, the most logical option would be to simply award more rep to the winning team, but still award a small amount to the losers. They all played their hearts out just as much as the winners did, save for the one guy who might be AFK because his girlfriend called him in the middle of the match and then he died 8 times in a row (yet he's the one winning the legendary engram/exotic weapon at the end of the match).

Bigger vaults to save ur earned exotic and legendary weapons anyone? Bump this so DeeJ will see. Make it happen!

2015 bump!!!!

So where's the "Thupdate" for this week?

this is completely unrelated to the update but ive been hearing that the Vault of Glass will be taken out when the new raid launches is that true? if so will i still be able to get the vex mythoclast? because ive been trying to get it ever since i saw it but nothing :/ Edit: oh and also my friend said that there will be trading post at the tower is that true?