Systematic Habit
It’s been a rather tumultuous season since Forsaken launched. I’ve single-handedly gathered more members for the clan, poaching friends from other clans and slowly added them to our ranks. Each time I asked Claire if so and so could join the clan, I feared I would get lectured or told no, but was always told yes and my friends were met with open arms. It makes me feel good that there’s still some good people left in the world. These days, instead of dreading logging in and listening to constant complaints and bitching about Bungie/Destiny, the game is fun again now that I’m with people that actually want to do the harder end game content. Not gonna lie, when we’re all on together now, it feels like this:
Forsaken By The Numbers
Aside from the clan roster changes, it’s been a very busy 3 months since Forsaken launched. Let’s take a look:
Collections
Items: 1737/1983
Exotics: 97/112
Weapons: 347/376
Armor: 727/856
Ghost Shells: 93/100
Vehicles: 168/182
Flair: 305/357
Badges: 4/10
Exotics: Red War – still missing that fucking shotgun from Leviathan
Exotics: Curse of Osiris and Warmind – Completed
Exotics: Forsaken – out of 15 I only have 7 Titan, 8 Hunter and 9 Warlock
Destinations: Red War – Completed
Destinations: Curse of Osiris and Warmind – Missing armor pieces from Escalation Protocol for Titan (1) and Hunter (5) plus (3) from Mercury
Destinations: Forsaken – Completed
Destinations: Dreaming City – missing 2 items: Pallas Galliot ship and [Unknown]
Forged In Fire – did very little Crucible all season yet somehow managed to get 10/16 for Hunter and Warlock and 7/16 for Titan
Playing For Keeps – I love Gambit but I fucking hate Gambit at the same time. 11/19 for Warlock, 9/19 for Hunter and 13/19 for Titan
Raid: Last Wish – 9/19 Warlock, 7/19 Hunter, 7/19 Titan
Triumphs
Triumphs: 564/910 [Total Score: 41700]
Account: 86/119
Destinations: 154/173 [fuck Mercury]
Events: 8/18
Gambit: 38/98
Crucible: 30/187 [fuck Crucible too]
Vanguard: 111/138
Nightfall: Lake of Shadows 127,732
Nightfall: The Insight Terminus 106,342
Nightfall: The Corrupted 146,752
Nightfall: The Hollowed Lair 98,392
Nightfall: Warden of Nothing 145,860
Nightfall: The Pyramidion 0
Nightfall: The Inverted Spire 116,501
Nightfall: Exodus Crash 0
Nightfall: The Arms Dealer 134,200
Nightfall: Savathun’s Song 21,432
Nightfall: A Garden World 185,108
Nightfall: Tree of Probabilities 135,804
Nightfall: Strange Terrain 162,061
Nightfall: Will of the Thousands 0
Overall Nightfall Rank for Season 4: 13.80 [Damnit – just short of getting the gun from Zavala]
Lore: 138/177
Seals: 1/6
Destination Seal Unlocked [Title: Wayfarer]
Gambit Seal 2/11
Crucible Seal 3/10
Lore 4/10
The Dreaming City 8/11
Raids 3/16
Other Accomplishments
We managed to accomplish quite a bit together as a clan on top of acquiring things on endless lists of triumphs, collectibles, and Nightfall scores. During the end of the second cycle of the Taken curse on The Dreaming City, we managed to get the infamous Wish Ender bow. Once we figured out how to get it and how easy it was, we started helping everyone in the clan get it. At this time, just about everyone has it. We completed the first Destiny 2 Halloween event – Festival of the Lost – this time run by Amanda Holliday and managed to get a very nice Light Level 600 Auto Rifle: Horror Story. This gun helped me pave the way to reaching 600 on all my Guardians. Our next accomplishment was helping everyone get Whisper of the Worm, the deadliest sniper rifle currently in the game. I’ve very much enjoyed running the anomaly with everyone as that is my favorite kind of challenge in the whole of Destiny 2. If they ever decide to make another, I hope it’s just as intense and challenging as this one was. At this point I can run it in my sleep. I’ve even gone as far as running it for someone else using PS4 Share Play and was successful despite a considerable amount of lag. I’m still trying to get the quest for Malfeasance, and have come close only once, but I plan on keeping it up until I get it. I’ve got the beginning of the quest for Chaperone but haven’t started it yet as I truly hate Crucible.
Tomorrow, we embark on our journey into Destiny 2, year 5, season 5 and the first part of Bungie’s season pass content (next Tuesday). I’m still skeptical that any of it is going to be worthwhile considering Bungie’s track record in the past (looking at you Dark Below, House of Wolves, Curse of Osiris and Warmind) but I’m willing to give them a chance. I did state that I’d give them at least this year to impress me before moving on to other games, so we’ll see.