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Edited by Derpbot Alpha:
8/17/2015 4:49:54 PM
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How did you "earn" YOUR Gjallarhorn?
I don't think I need to tell anybody that there's been a lot of salt thrown around recently by folks lamenting the fact that they had to "earn" their Haller Haller Get Gjaller, and now anybody can just buy one.
The thing is though, by definition, if anybody that had one from a drop did actually earn it, they did so only by running the one activity that granted them the drop (and by extension getting to whatever level let them run that activity). That could have been the very first thing they had ever run that could grant you an exotic, and they'd have landed on the Jellyhorn. Nothing else affected the chances, and any belief to the contrary illustrates the Gambler's Fallacy.
That led me to thinking, what did those of us who got Ballerhorn in a drop [i]really[/i] do to "earn" the (until recently) rarest of guns?
So without further ado, I'd like to be the first to recount the legendary tale of how I "earned" my GGhorn.
Comment with your "epic tale" and let's see just how hard we all had to work! ;)
I hopped into a 5 man Normal Atheon fight and died during it.
#Gjallarhorn #IEarnedIt
tl;dr ITT share stories of any low effort "feats" you accomplished that gave you a Gjallarhorn drop, demonstrating the lack of a correlation between effort and reward, thus disproving that RNG counts as "earning" any more than Xûr does.
Edit: Now with 20% more quotation marks so everyone gets the joke
Edit 2: It occurs to me that in the original post I failed to mention the fact that for some, their YOLOhorn dropped after a particularly difficult feat, such that they really do feel that they earned theirs. My point is not to lessen the sense of accomplishment anyone felt after acquiring their Yellerhorn, but rather to highlight the fact that due to RNG, many of us "earned" ours in really easy/silly ways, and to invite the people who are sad/angry/disappointed at everyone's favorite Splatoon cosplayer to think about whether RNG really qualifies as earning something.
Cheers, all, and welcome to the Wolfpack!
Edit 3: Alterations to second paragraph regarding the description of what anyone who got a Gjally drop did that directly resulted in that drop. Also added tl;dr
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Engram on day 2, Crotato, Xur
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I got 21 strange coins from the postmaster this week, enough to earn me a Gjallarhorn.
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Nut punched Atheon on hard.
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Xur week 2
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Edited by UmbraWulf: 8/15/2015 2:18:13 AMI actually wonder if Gjhallahorn really is the rarest of weapons. My clan has picked up more ghorns than any other exotic weapon. I am also aware of others that have more ghorns then Vex Mythoclast.
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I got it randomly! That's how!
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Atheon hard
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killed a level 12 dreg. like a boss.
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I spent the shiniest strange coins on them shits!!! -blam!- all the salty haters. What now? I got a ghorn too. So get some of this KD ratio -blam!-tard
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Xur week 2 =]
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Nightfall
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1 crucible 2 vanguard dragon 1 nightfall
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3 from Xur.. Today haha
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1 from xur many moons ago 1 from crota 1 from crucible 1 from nightfall
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This is MY epic tale about Gjallarhorn. I woke up this morning, knowing Xür, that some of a beach would be here today. Not knowing what he was selling i got on regardless. I did a few bounties and then came across him while walking around the tower. ( yes i actually walk around the tower for no reason. ) i look at what crap he has brought me today. Insurmountable Skullfort? Pathetic. Achlyophage Symbiote? Horrible. Light Beyond Nemesis? Weak. Finally, i come across the so-called elusive Gjallarhorn; something everyone thought he would never sell again. Me being the unlucky scrub without one decide i should get one so i can be a true MLG pro like the cool kids. It was happening. Holding the "A" button felt like a year to complete but i finally had done it. I Earned my Gjallarhorn by looking at Xür's inventory and holding the "A" button for 3 seconds. And THAT ladies and gentlemen, is my gruesome story of how i worked so hard to get Gjallarhorn.
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Imma buy it with strange coins iv earned
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I soloed a nightfall about 6 months ago, no burn, etc... Took about 3 hours. I'm happy that people get a chance to play with it, honestly I don't give a F*** what weapons other people have. It's a game, have fun or put down the controller.
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Two kills on Nightfall.
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Crota hard
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I got 6 Nightfall Atheon normal Deathsinger hard Crota hard Level 28 poe ×2 I dismantled the one i got today from flawless chest i would've had 7
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Got mine from a legendary engram..
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1 ReplyYou don't earn a random drop.
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1 ReplyYou don't earn a random drop.
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Got mine in November on Atheon. I got lucky. I didn't earn anything.
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I got my first Ghorn 4 weeks ago (?) during a Tanniks Nightfall. I have owned this game day one and even played the beta but due to a severe lack of interest I stopped playing. Fast forward to the 4 weeks ago. Be me and have only 48 hrs of play time. My friend has 895 ish and has been hunting for months. Get the GHORN before him and in front of him. Fast forward to last week. Same friend and I do a normal Crota run. Kill Deathslinger and get Ghorn for a second in front of him. Much salt, such wow. Needless to say he bought three this morning a 4:30. He earned those Ghorn's because of his time spent. Couldn't be happier for him.
