Since the Vanguard Reputation rework, I've been having trouble maximising my Vanguard Rep due to how it works... even playing to how the description say it works doesn't work as intended most of the time; unless I grind Nightfalls, in which it seems to work as intended.
To avoid confusion, this is me quoting the "Vanguard Streak" description from within the game.
[b]"Complete strikes and Seasonal activities to gain Vanguard Rank Points. Complete them back-to-back to increase your activity streak. Earn more Rank Points with higher streaks for higher difficulty Nightfalls."[/b]
I've done the Vanguard Strikes back-to-back (Remaining in matchmaking) on multiple occasions since this season started and only gotten a 1/5 streak for 4 - 5 strikes in a row. Yet, when I do the Nightfall multiple times in a row, it counts each Nightfall completed to the streak total. Either the wording of the description is vague and can be misinterpreted, or it's not programmed correctly and only works with the afore mentioned Nightfalls... which renders the Vanguard Playlist pointless at that point.
I've heard that it may have something to do with "Joining Allies" teleporting you further into the strike negating the streak gain, as well as joining a strike half-way through or at the end boss doing that... but I don't know for certain if those are the primary causes, or if it is (as mentioned earlier in the post) just poorly programmed and buggy for the Vanguard Strikes playlist.
I would like to know what's going on with this so we can avoid any further confusion and frustration!
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Edited by glaurung: 9/8/2021 9:12:44 AMThese are things that exist in my limited experience testing it out: 1. The streak bonus for strikes goes up all the way to 135 points per strike. That is the maximum for regular playlist strikes. 2. There is no visual indication for the streak anywhere in the game. Your only way to know about it and its status is to complete a Vanguard activity. Edit: apparently there is, it is just barely noticeable when hovering over the Vanguard node in the Director. 3. The streak bonus is binary: it either exists or it does not. What this means is that when it gets reset, you go back to level zero, not lose a streak level like with other streaks currently in the game. 4. Gettin the JOINING ALLIES screen resets the streak to zero (I expect this is intentional to punish AFKers or anyone expecting other players to run ahead and pull them). 5. Doing anything other than going to the Tower/HELM resets the streak to zero. This includes landing in a patrol area. 6. Changing characters also seems to reset the streak to zero. It is... Not great.