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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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  • Edited by corujariousa: 8/19/2015 2:43:08 PM
    I earned mine by: - Playing the game for almost a year now. - Running raids multiple times. - Sucking up the frustration of getting the same exotic multiple times (ii.e.: MIDA Multi-Tool). - Sucking up the frustration of only receiving shards and energy for Nightfall and Raids while others would complain for getting their 5th Gjallarhorn. - Keep playiing Destiny despite all and sticking with it as THE ONLY VIDEOGAME I PLAY. - For having a truck load of Strange Coins from all activities and patiently waiting for XUR to sell something I wanted. - For being lucky when I decided to stay at work while my family enjoyed vacation abroad on the weekend XUR decided to sell Gjallarhorn. I agree. This talk from some folks that believe receiving their Gjallarhorn from a drop makes them more deserving of the weapon than someone who bought it from XUR is completely ridiculous. The only weapons you make for deserving are the ones you have to run Exotic Bounties (Thorn, Bad Juju, Invective, etc.). Even in this case I see unfairness as many are still to receive the bounties. I thank Bungie for finally allowing XUR to sell Gjallarhorn. Even knowing it will be "nerfed", I now play the game with less frustration (and anger). I am happy I was finally able to get the one Exotic I really wanted for my collection. I trully feel lighter from finally removing the frustration I was carrying for a long time. Note: I recently received my 3rd Crux of Crota. I know folks who have dismantled many Gjallarhorns and still do not have that. I do not feel I've :"earned" the right to have Crux of Crota anymore than these folks. There is nothing any player can do to guarantee drops. As I stated previously on other posts, Lottery is more fair than Bungie RNG system. Keep the fight in the game. Peace everywhere else. Help others whenever possible.

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