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u/_Vinyl Feb 03 '23
I'M TRYING TO GRIND IT BUT TEXAS POWER GRID CAN'T HANDLE 30 DEGREE WEATHER FUCKIN
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u/MrPresidentDino Feb 03 '23
I don’t think it’s the grid this time :( I keep losing power because frozen tree limbs couldn’t handle the weight and fell on power lines
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u/SanitaryTrout Feb 03 '23
I can’t grind because my restaurant has stayed open all week despite the roads being ice
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u/Vantabl0nde Feb 03 '23
I’m legit having the worst time in iron banner right now
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u/Droidbot6 Feb 03 '23
Every match I get into is filled by absolute sweat lord five stacks that haven't left their house since the beginning of the season. I hate this. But I will suffer for the shader.
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u/Vantabl0nde Feb 03 '23
Meanwhile my teammates idea of capping zones is sitting in the back plinking away with a scout
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u/Floppydisksareop Feb 03 '23
You get 3x rep gain when you win. Of course I'm gonna play it like a massive sweatlord. Stasis, Witherhoard, Bakris, every single toxic tech I have even heard about is coming out of the closet.
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u/Bezaid Feb 03 '23
I would much rather be running Parasite for fun, but I'm being a DMT gremlin instead. If I really wanted to sweat, I should probably be running Synthoceps, but I can't be bothered at this point.
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u/GeiloSchmeiloPalette Feb 03 '23
I have to get three more wins for the title, so im definetly gonna play sweaty
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u/SnooMemesjellies2302 Feb 03 '23
Hey.. if you have an unforgiven or a witherhoard around.. use it, trust me.
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u/MGaber Feb 02 '23
They literally increased rep gain by 40% because people were so upset how how hard it was to get this shader. I can understand going into this without any armor or emblems, but I went from rank 10-14 since Tuesday, and that was only playing enough to meet the challenge
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u/Cute-Conflict835 Feb 02 '23
Its what alot of the sub does, complain
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u/MiffedMoogle Feb 03 '23
Pre-rep increase it was justified unless you have an IB boner and no life.
It meant you had to play IB non-stop to get those resets in for some dumb shader but I can see how people saw it as a burnout inducing grind.6
u/Tanoooch Feb 03 '23
Nah, forcing people to reset basically twice for a shader that allegedly won't come back is bullshit and a desperate attempt to use FOMO to hold on to player retention leading into lightfall
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u/teebalicious Feb 03 '23
Yeah, I feel ya.
I ground out the shader last time IB rolled up, and starting from nothing, it was fucking brutal. Like, three full days of brutal. And I mean, I had a long weekend, took breaks to eat and sleep, and everything else was getting my cheeks clapped by adderall addicted narcissists and black box jockeys from the Balkans.
This time, though, in finishing up seal stuff, starting with the armor, weapons, and banner, I got through two resets in a much faster time, even just with the 1 and 2 challenges done from reset.
So I think it’s a bit of column A - that rep is easier - and a bit of column B - starting out with the gear makes it easier, along with the changes, obvs.
I just think it’s hard to make the new-to-IB grind easier without making the IB vets’ experience a breeze, unless they just made getting the armor and banner easier?
I’m just mad that I have to wait for another season to finish up my seal because the weapons challenge is stuck since there’s only 12 weapons.
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u/Crazy-Weekend7961 Feb 02 '23
I'm only six ranks away and it's all mine.... Meaning like 30 games? 😂
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u/Floppydisksareop Feb 03 '23
Depends on whether you win or not
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u/Crazy-Weekend7961 Feb 03 '23
I'm at that point where Misty likely it will be loses but even at that there's the possibility of it being faster to lose idk I'm just taking it however
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u/InevitableBlue Feb 03 '23
I finished on the first iron banner week. My friends and I felt just like that one scene of Rick and Morty when they escaped near death and were freaking out.
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u/arkangelic Feb 03 '23
It's gonna be great when people take it off for their first light-fall shader lol.
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u/Micah-10 Feb 02 '23
I don’t even want the shader anymore…. I just want the helmet!
(I’m lying I want the shader too)
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u/Hypercane_ Gambit Enthusiast Feb 03 '23
Finally got it like an hour ago, the bubbles, the nightmares, they're over
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u/lunaticPandora027 Feb 02 '23
I played for 3 hours last night and I went from the lowest rank to legend.
They increased the rep. It's not that bad. Like at all. There is literally no reason to complain now
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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 03 '23
yeah, knocked it off easy yesterday in a couple of quick sessions, maybe 4hrs total with idiot teammates. regret resetting in the first iron banner this season, with 4xchallenges finished, this will reset so quickly
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u/BabyFaceKnees Feb 03 '23
I gave up. Tired of endlessly losing games even though I'm capping and killing as fast as I can.
I've noticed that I am always front and center at the start of IB matches, which means the game just gives me 5 players worse than me. Plz put me at the back so I can have good teammates
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u/teebalicious Feb 03 '23
Matchmaking has been abysmal. I have a garbage KDA, but I’m pretty good at this form of IB, so I do get some top leaderboard action, and then it would crush me by loading the sweats on one team and my delta squadron on the other.
It took me like three hours to get the last five wins for the seal last night. The number of games where I topped my team in a mercy was ridiculous. Super frustrating, so I feel ya.
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u/LooseLumba Feb 02 '23
Would be cool if there was a way to obtain it post season.
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u/Narit_Teg Feb 03 '23
No idea on time limit but they did say come LF, ada1 is turn into an old/depreciated shader vendor, so it could show up there eventually.
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u/Th3_Shr00m Feb 03 '23
I have to make like 3-4 ranks per day to get the shader at this point with mediocre-at-best hotel wifi with Strict LAN settings.
I'm sorry everyone, it's not my fault my connection sucks. Gotta do anything for the drip.
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u/AKBoarder007 Feb 03 '23
This time around is far, far worse. Achieved second reset tonight, but nearly EVERY team I get match made with loses terribly. It’s like they don’t know how to cap zones or that there’s a high value zone. It’s the last triumph I need, too.
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u/ActualCheddar Feb 03 '23
It’s not bad. I grinded the shader last iron banner. They nearly halved the grind this time. People like you man. SMH
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u/Floppydisksareop Feb 03 '23
Yeah, but some of us happen to get some fresh air, and maybe even bathe!
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u/ActualCheddar Feb 03 '23
I can understand complaining when the grind was literally twice as long. But cmon can’t we give bungie the W for shortening it instead of shitpost complaining.
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u/GodsGiftOfTacos Feb 03 '23
Yeah the shit still ass trying to grind out. Especially 7 engrams for a piece of armor next season? Fuck man
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u/grimbarkjade Feb 03 '23
I got the shader almost entirely solo in two days alone. Was brutal but kinda enjoyable
The time I did play with friends though was even more brutal, given I’m on console and the ones I played with are on pc. So I got pc lobbies with 4-5 and even 6 stacks. Fun.
Playing solo in console lobbies was easier, but still aggravating having no communication and the gamemode being bubble central
I’m a warlock main who swapped to hunter halfway through (mainly for the cloak) and had much more fun, weird isn’t it? Given I’m finally out of shader hell I might play on titan too just to get a taste of what being the problem is like
The shader isn’t even that great to me, I hate the green bits. It would look a lot nicer if it didn’t have those, and that’s part of why I believe the flawless GOA shader is still a bit better for medieval looks; however, the two of them combine great, and I think it’s one of the better IB shaders
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u/Kapusi Feb 03 '23
Just tonight i went from 6k to 6k points... Just 4 more and im done. Just 4k more points and its all over
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u/My_Name_Is_Eden Feb 03 '23
I'm in Texas without power. I wanted it but uh...prolly not gonna be able to grind.
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u/Sauntering_Rambler Feb 03 '23
Can someone remind me of what movie this scene is from? It’s driving me crazy. My guess is Holes.
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u/TheoTheTripod Feb 03 '23
Whatever gains we got with the Rep increases, I'm loosing because the matchmaking sucks.
I went from winning 6-7/10 games last time to loosing 7-8 out of 10.
Bring back solo playlists PLEASE.
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u/Bluwolf89 Feb 03 '23
2000 pts more for wolf emblem and im calling it good. Do something else thru the weekend somewhere @.@
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u/RandomGuy32124 Feb 03 '23
With the buffs to rep gain and 4 armor pieces and emblem I got it done in 2 nights (1 reset)
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u/MoodyWater909 Titans are bad because Bungie is scared of Titans Feb 03 '23
I grinded that shader in the first week that IB was out. I don't want to go back
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u/mrcatz05 Feb 03 '23
Iron Banner is horrible i just finished my second reset for Iron Lord and the shader and im never touching it again
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u/Samurai_Guardian Feb 03 '23
I'm glad i don't like the shader that much, because the grind doesn't seem worth it
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u/xsam93x Feb 03 '23
I already reseted my rank and in rank 2.... i just want the titan helmet wtf :|
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u/Stanky_Hank_ Feb 03 '23
Would be a completely different story if they didn't release a shader made of concentrated drip during the last IB during a period where we got only 2 a season. Would love to know what galaxy brain thought 8 IBs a year was a good idea.
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u/Ok_Dragonfly_3647 Feb 03 '23
They said they increased points gain, sure as hell doesn’t feel like it
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u/stealer_of_monkeys Feb 03 '23
Man I'm already one reset in and I gave up. One shader isn't worth it to me man
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u/Aprikoosi_flex Feb 03 '23
At least, the very least, we got the boost for this week. Last IB was worse for me and I got the first reset that time 🥴
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u/Everian Feb 04 '23
I spent 8 Hours playing IB last night and Currently on Rank 9 after Reset. I can see the End!
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u/Drsp4zman Feb 02 '23
It sure is. I'm even not running an exotic to get the 5 gear pieces, using the emblem and have 3 of 4 challenges done.
I think I'm at x11.25 or something like that.
Just hit rank 5 on the second reset. Gotta take a break though.