Destiny 2 Iron Banner

Generic Dreadhead

Finally, one of my favourite video game events returns, albeit with some changes

Begins: October 10, 2AM Pacific
Ends: October 17, 2AM Pacific

The game is Control.

What’s different?
Combat will be between two teams of four players
Your fighting abilities, not your power levels, will decide the outcome
Bounties and Ranks have been replaced with an Iron Banner Engram

How can you compete?
Complete the Destiny 2 campaign – the only way to reach the Tower
Visit Lord Saladin in the Tower to begin the Iron Banner Quest
Fight in the Iron Banner playlist with Quickplay modes and matchmaking

What’s in it for you?
Earn Iron Banner Tokens in every match (earn more if you win)
Daily and Season* Milestones that track your progress to glory
Claim brand new armor wrought in the forges of the Iron Lords

SolvableKnave

That armour is gorgeous. Best looking armour in game, for me. Clearly influenced by Samurai warriors. May now have a reason to get the 3rd character through the campaign.

wes

We can now all look like Samurai's. Great looking gear sets all round.

Generic Dreadhead

LF3M to play For Honor

gimli2112

Earn Iron Banner Tokens in every match (earn more if you win)


This is quite good imo. You can go on some pretty soul destroying loss streaks playing solo. It all seems to balance out in the end but when you've lost 5 in a row you question the sanity of it all.

syboit

SolvableKnave wrote: »

That armour is gorgeous. Best looking armour in game, for me. Clearly influenced by Samurai warriors. May now have a reason to get the 3rd character through the campaign.

For once I prefer the warlock to the titan, but whats with all the fur. Hopefully the guns will be good too.

SeanHarty

That gear looks pretty nice!

Maybe we can kiss and make up Generic and run PvP teams.... you know... on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights

Mitch Connor

Erm.... Weapons?

Generic Dreadhead

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Erm.... Weapons?

You already have some weapons.
Iron Banner is about finding new and exciting ways to use them.

Mitch Connor

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

You already have some weapons.
Iron Banner is about finding new and exciting ways to use them.

....by playing normal control?

PetKing

The gear is savage! Warlock gear above (and in general throughout D2 dare I say) is fantastic.

I hope that's there's enough incentive with the token system to keep players in games and not quit at the first signs of defeat.

Generic Dreadhead

Mitch Connor wrote: »

....by playing normal control?

Bungie Hotfix

> Have added Supremacy into the IB Playlist based on Community Feedback

Hail 2 Da Chimp

SolvableKnave wrote: »

That armour is gorgeous. Best looking armour in game, for me. Clearly influenced by Samurai warriors. May now have a reason to get the 3rd character through the campaign.

I need to run through with my Hunter too

SeanHarty

the thing I think I like most about the titan armour is that he has shoulder pads that are cool looking and fit the bill in what a titan is supposed to be but there stupidly big like a lot of the armour seems to be...

DeadlyByDesign

This could not have come at a better time for me. I am gonna ding 20 tonight, and mrs is gone on holidays for 2 weeks. I will need to have the controller surgically removed. That armour is amazing looking

Angron

Really loving those titan gauntlets.

SolvableKnave

New map being added for IB. Distant Shores. Will be in all playlist once IB ends.

gimli2112

Angron wrote: »

Really loving those titan gauntlets.

Pulse with the Striker sub-class that gives you another?

Edit: I somehow read "gauntlets" and it translated to "grenades" in my mind, hence the confusion.

DeadlyByDesign

Can you use Irob banner to gear for raid? No idea on the light levels for it etc

PetKing

Has anyone played IB yet? Is it live on reset or 6pm? Curious to know is there a separate milestone for powerful gear.

Generic Dreadhead

DeadlyByDesign wrote: »

Can you use Irob banner to gear for raid? No idea on the light levels for it etc

You can use anything to be perfectly honest, even blue gear

DeadlyByDesign

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

You can use anything to be perfectly honest, even blue gear

Sorry potatoed my question, what I meant to say is will it get me to the light level needed? But cool if you can even use blue gear to get to that number

Generic Dreadhead

DeadlyByDesign wrote: »

Sorry potatoed my question, what I meant to say is will it get me to the light level needed? But cool if you can even use blue gear to get to that number

Almost any activity will get you there. The Raid is 260 -> 280. Blues from anything will drop all the way up to 265.
Only once you hit 265 do you need to alter course. At THAT point you want to focus on your Milestones, particularly Powerful Engrams that you get from Milestones and Clan stuff.
Essentially, just keep playing the game and you'll be fine. Once you hit 265, focus Milestones and the 4 Blue Quests on each of the 4 planets

DeadlyByDesign

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

Almost any activity will get you there. The Raid is 260 -> 280. Blues from anything will drop all the way up to 265.
Only once you hit 265 do you need to alter course. At THAT point you want to focus on your Milestones, particularly Powerful Engrams that you get from Milestones and Clan stuff.
Essentially, just keep playing the game and you'll be fine. Once you hit 265, focus Milestones and the 4 Blue Quests on each of the 4 planets

Gotcha, thanks man

Generic Dreadhead

For after you hit 265, have a read of this...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057789685

Tazzimus

First IB game, slaughtered by a clan

Second IB game, join in halfway through being slaughtered by a clan. 3 of us for most of it, felt like we were being spawn camped

Third game, mixed teams, we basically do laps of the map capturing flags and not really seeing each other. Lost by one point I think.

DeadlyByDesign

Whats really the point of IB if the level advantage is gone? Was that not its selling point in D1? I'm not getting the pitch here.

gimli2112

I thought the real selling point of IB was to level up but that's not really here in D2 as there's a lot of ways to get to 305. I mean if I'm getting destroyed by clans every second game it will lose it's allure pretty fast.

Generic Dreadhead

*vague hand waving*

You guys just wouldn't understand it...

Kimbot

PetKing wrote: »

Has anyone played IB yet? Is it live on reset or 6pm? Curious to know is there a separate milestone for powerful gear.

Yeah played a few round at lunch, theres 2 questlines and I only recall one having powerful gear and the other having rep bundle.

Kimbot

Tazzimus wrote: »

First IB game, slaughtered by a clan

Second IB game, join in halfway through being slaughtered by a clan. 3 of us for most of it, felt like we were being spawn camped

Third game, mixed teams, we basically do laps of the map capturing flags and not really seeing each other. Lost by one point I think.

Lucky you didnt get put in against me I was on fire, had a 4.4 effiency when I jumped off

Had a few games and its a bit frantic in most games for some reason. Won by a landslide on a few of the games too.

syboit

jonnycivic wrote: »

Yeah played a few round at lunch, theres 2 questlines and I only recall one having powerful gear and the other having rep bundle.

The rep bundle gets you 15 tokens, I reckon the other one is probably just an emblem. There was 2 new ones and 2 new shaders added to the database alongside the guns and armour.

Kimbot

syboit wrote: »

The rep bundle gets you 15 tokens, I reckon the other one is probably just an emblem. There was 2 new ones and 2 new shaders added to the database alongside the guns and armour.

You seem to get lots of tokens in round aswell. After 4 games I have over 20 to cash in and I havent cashed in my milestone with them either so a couple of ranks up when I get home

CDBWhoop

Played a couple of Iron Banner games earlier, 4 vs 4 control with the new Shores of Time map in rotation.
Map is much the same as before with a couple of small changes such as sandstone pillars obstructing the sightlines between B & C and a slightly different layout on the cliff side approach from the spawn area near A to the platform at B.

Note that before you can access Iron Banner you'll need to visit Lord Saladbar in the tower. Iron Banner weapons and armour available plus a third row of additional rewards that look similar to the existing Vanguard rewards.

In terms of progression, handed in 14 tokens and bar was 2/3rd full so probably somehwere around 20 tokens to rank up.

syboit

jonnycivic wrote: »

You seem to get lots of tokens in round aswell. After 4 games I have over 20 to cash in and I havent cashed in my milestone with them either so a couple of ranks up when I get home

CDBWhoop wrote: »

Played a couple of Iron Banner games earlier, 4 vs 4 control with the new Shores of Time map in rotation.
Map is much the same as before with a couple of small changes such as sandstone pillars obstructing the sightlines between B & C and a slightly different layout on the cliff side approach from the spawn area near A to the platform at B.

Note that before you can access Iron Banner you'll need to visit Lord Saladbar in the tower. Iron Banner weapons and armour available plus a third row of additional rewards that look similar to the existing Vanguard rewards.

In terms of progression, handed in 14 tokens and bar was 2/3rd full so probably somehwere around 20 tokens to rank up.

Yup, its 20 tokens to get a package. I was getting 5 for a win and 2 for a loss, think the daily challenges give you 2 each and once you complete that you get 15 from Saladin as a reward.

Handed in 3 packages and got 1 armour and 2 weapons.

The new map is a nice addition aswell, redone slightly to look like nessus. Don't think I'd have any issue with the old maps coming back

Tazzimus

jonnycivic wrote: »

Lucky you didnt get put in against me I was on fire, had a 4.4 effiency when I jumped off

Had a few games and its a bit frantic in most games for some reason. Won by a landslide on a few of the games too.

Think I was just unlucky in I got thrown into two matches against full team clans who were talking to each other, instead of the chimps I was with who point blank refused to stay together

Kimbot

Tazzimus wrote: »

Think I was just unlucky in I got thrown into two matches against full team clans who were talking to each other, instead of the chimps I was with who point blank refused to stay together

I always run away from my team when I'm with randoms and I appear to do alot better than when I stick with them. Average efficiency when I stick with them 1.1ish compared to 3.0 when I run around on my own.

SolvableKnave

Tazzimus wrote: »

Think I was just unlucky in I got thrown into two matches against full team clans who were talking to each other, instead of the chimps I was with who point blank refused to stay together

Chimpist. Poor ChimpAhoy.

Cayde is not impressed

gimli2112

jonnycivic wrote: »

I always run away from my team when I'm with randoms and I appear to do alot better than when I stick with them. Average efficiency when I stick with them 1.1ish compared to 3.0 when I run around on my own.

That's the exact opposite to how I play. I stick to teammates like glue, peeking over their shoulders and robbing kills. Maybe not that bad but I'll generally try and group up unless I know we're playing an average - poor team and then I'll take my chances.

SolvableKnave

jonnycivic wrote: »

I always run away from my team when I'm with randoms and I appear to do alot better than when I stick with them. Average efficiency when I stick with them 1.1ish compared to 3.0 when I run around on my own.

That only works in certain situations and certain modes. Most of the time, you'll be feeding the oppo team. You just need to pick the right time to do it and you will clean up.

gimli2112 wrote: »

That's the exact opposite to how I play. I stick to teammates like glue, peeking over their shoulders and robbing kills. Maybe not that bad but I'll generally try and group up unless I know we're playing an average - poor team and then I'll take my chances.

I'll generally do this too. Safety in numbers and all that. Team shotting is so powerful now that you can clean up most of the time if you get the upper hand in a situation early on.

There is a time and place for the solo flank runs, and if you time it right, you can really mess them up.

I have to say, now that Crucible is 4's, I have noticed a change in my playstyle; I'm a little more aggressive than I would have been in D1. So far, most of my time has been solo queue, and apart from the odd game, if everyone is one the same page, you'll get the win, even against a 4 stack.

Kimbot

SolvableKnave wrote: »

That only works in certain situations and certain modes. Most of the time, you'll be feeding the oppo team. You just need to pick the right time to do it and you will clean up.



I'll generally do this too. Safety in numbers and all that. Team shotting is so powerful now that you can clean up most of the time if you get the upper hand in a situation early on.

There is a time and place for the solo flank runs, and if you time it right, you can really mess them up.

I have to say, now that Crucible is 4's, I have noticed a change in my playstyle; I'm a little more aggressive than I would have been in D1. So far, most of my time has been solo queue, and apart from the odd game, if everyone is one the same page, you'll get the win, even against a 4 stack.

Yeah you cant go off away from the group the entre time but you tend to know when the time is right to nip in behind and fist them :P

SolvableKnave

jonnycivic wrote: »

Yeah you cant go off away from the group the entre time but you tend to know when the time is right to nip in behind and fist them :P

Nothing better than a surprise fisting.

PetKing

The 'last minute' music is.... Cheap

SeanHarty

Played a few games last night, takes 20 tokens to get a package and the daily rep bundle gives you 15 tokens.

Played 5 rounds last night and had 40 tokens so two packages, got the sidearm and grenade launcher along with a legendary emblem and some of the shaders.

The gear dropped at 284 where my max light level was 293 so not great if your looking to advance your light level.

I also got a random titan mark and gauntlets that weren't the Iron Banner gear but some of the guys I was with got the Iron Banner gear so go figure.

Played a bit last night, mostly solo and some in a party of 2. The game is pretty horrendous solo. Not sure Control works at all, I'd have it as my least favourite D2 mode. You cap flags way too quickly so it turns the game into a merry go round. They should never have removed neutralising flags, it should take longer and having multiple players on the flag should quicken it.

gimli2112

Even though I know you don't cap flags faster as a team I still find myself hopping on with teammates. It's not even a conscious decision and only afterwards I think wtf am I doing?

Kimbot

AdamD wrote: »

Played a bit last night, mostly solo and some in a party of 2. The game is pretty horrendous solo. Not sure Control works at all, I'd have it as my least favourite D2 mode. You cap flags way too quickly so it turns the game into a merry go round. They should never have removed neutralising flags, it should take longer and having multiple players on the flag should quicken it.

Only got your invite when i started raiding man, notifications were off yesterday

gimli2112 wrote: »

Even though I know you don't cap flags faster as a team I still find myself hopping on with teammates. It's not even a conscious decision and only afterwards I think wtf am I doing?

Pro tip: T-Bag'ing the point makes it go quicker

PetKing

gimli2112 wrote:

Even though I know you don't cap flags faster as a team I still find myself hopping on with teammates. It's not even a conscious decision and only afterwards I think wtf am I doing?

That wrecks my head a bit being honest. I'm capping a point on my own, watching a hero running in Baywatch style slo-mo cross map to join me standing on the point. I'm looking at him shouting to myself, there's only 4 of us! Kill someone! I get off it before I have have captured it and leave them to it in that case.

gimli2112

I acknowledge it is stupid and will try and do better.

Generic Dreadhead

PetKing wrote: »

That wrecks my head a bit being honest. I'm capping a point on my own, watching a hero running in Baywatch style slo-mo cross map to join me standing on the point. I'm looking at him shouting to myself, there's only 4 of us! Kill someone! I get off it before I have have captured it and leave them to it in that case.

There is a placebo affect where they get a +1 pop up on their screen so they think they have contributed to the score. 4 of you capping a point gives your team 1 point, but all 4 get a +1 indicator

Tazzimus

I always do that as well admittedly.

Jonny, Conar and myself went on a tear last night bar one game.
Makes a serious difference when you're communicating instead of running around hoping everyone knows what to do.