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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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  • I agree. Seems most people treat it like a race. Almost as if they believe there is a time bonus or something. I just let them go. I do think it's funny though to see them rush up an die. It's almost like they went running up waving their arms screaming "SHOOT ME SHOOT ME" - lol. However, since the patch I seem to get nothing but mainly green engrams and very few blue and have had 0 legendary not counting those that show up in the mailbox (and those have turned into blues which have given me 1 strange coin and nothing but rustburner armor-I swear of I get one more piece of supposedly rare rustburner I am going to cram it down that damn cryptarchs throat). For instance, last night I did the weekly heroic strike before the re-set. In the first 2 "true to level stages" (where the enemy is actually at the level of the strike) I received 6 (SIX!!!) damn green engrams (3 a the ambush site just after the doors open and 3 at the tank). And only got 1 blue engrams that came at the final boss. I absolutely refuse to pick up any more damn green engrams. I can't do a single mission, regardless of difficulty, without getting at least 2 of those wretched things. I will go out of my way to avoid them when they pop up, with 700 pieces of sapphire wire and 200 gun parts, what the hell do I need them for?

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