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Edited by Twohothardware: 10/7/2014 3:48:44 PM
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STOP racing through the Strikes if you actually want Legendary Rewards

It's getting to be a common thing now during the Lvl 24 Strikes that I see these kids race as fast as they can through the Strike usually hopping on their speeder bypassing the first several mobs of lower level enemies which is fine but then they continue on and bypass as many of the Lvl 24 enemies as they can just to get to the final boss quicker. Why? The boss gives you nothing and your chances of getting anything worthwhile from the end game roll are poor odds for the amount of time it takes to complete each Strike. Your best shot of getting a Legendary Engram drop or at least multiple blue Engrams to give you a chance at Legendary gear and to rank up the Cryptarch is to kill every Lvl 24 enemy up to the boss because that is where all of my Legendary Engrams have come from and I get at least half of my blue Engrams from Mob drops to go along with what I get in the end game roll. The Lvl 24 Tiger Strikes since the last patch appear to have a higher drop rate than the normal game modes at least in the areas you're facing Lvl 24 enemies, and so bypassing them to finish the Strike faster is just decreasing your chance of getting multiple drops. There's little other reason to be grinding Lvl 24 Strikes in that manner because you can earn Vanguard rep faster farming Patrols, Vanguard Marks faster farming Public Events, and if you need a bunch of Strikes for a Bounty run the Lvl 8 Devil's Lair on Earth and get them done quick. So don't be that guy that runs way out ahead of everyone else. Don't waste you and your teammates chances for more Legendary/Exotic drops. It doesn't take but an extra 5 minutes or so to clear out all the Lvl 24 enemies your bypassing between you and the Boss when you do it as a group.

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  • Edited by Prototape: 10/5/2014 9:58:08 PM
    Well when the playlist makes me do the damn Mars strike 5 or 6 times in a row, you bet I'm going to speed through some of the more low-key areas. Maybe I am missing out on some potential loot drops, but holy hell. I couldn't get away from that one and Phogoth yesterday, I think I got to do the Venus one once. Once they start going on a regular cycle of the maps instead of just re-doing the same ones over and over, I'll probably stop speeding through. And I don't want to just quit and leave the rest of the team there alone, because that's an even worse move. If I don't get a legendary drop, I at least rank up with the Cryptarc at a pretty steady rate now. It looks like his rank up rewards have been nerfed a bit, but that's fine. It's still a relatively guaranteed shot as opposed to just hoping I get a legendary engram from a level 15 enemy outside of the mission area. I still have fun with it even if I zip through some areas, and that's what's mostly important to me. If the team falls too far behind I'll wait or go back. I really only need legendary gear now to break it down for Ascendant Shards. I like my setup, and the gear I have in my vault is waiting to be leveled up now.

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