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11/16/2022 2:18:18 AM
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Lost Sectors NEED to be useful again
I think it's no secret by now that Destiny's list of exotics has drastically expanded over many seasons and years. Bungie has also gone to creating 3 new exotics each season, 1 for each class, and has made lost sectors the key method to obtaining them. For quite a while now lost sectors have been the main source of farming exotics along with GMs. However, lost sectors are INCREDIBLY unrewarding at the moment.
With the sheer amount of exotics in the game, it is incredibly rare to get the exotic you want to drop from lost sectors. Especially with good stat distribution. Pair this with the 20% drop rate on legend lost sectors and the 25% drop rate on master sectors, it's unbearable trying to farm for exotics.
Bungie NEEDS to make lost sectors more rewarding for exotics. I, along with most likely the whole community, desire lost sectors to be more forgiving. I'm tired of the countless hours spent running the same bland lost sectors just to get an enhancement core or even nothing for 20 runs in a row. Master lost sectors are an even bigger waste of time than legend due to them being much more difficult and time consuming, just for around a 5% drop difference.
I propose that Bungie either:
1. Increase the drop rate for legend sectors to around 40-50% and Master to around 75-80%.
2. Make some sort of relic to slot in runes to increase the drop rate of a desired exotic on clear (Like Menagerie, doesn't have to be guaranteed drop).
3. Scrap the lost sector system all together and make a more efficient and fun method for farming exotics.
I prefer the 2nd option the most, but anything the gets me an exotic at least every other clear makes me happy.
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1 ReplyEdited by More Power: 12/2/2022 4:18:32 PMHere’s what I learned about Lost Sectors and armor exotics… I have every exotic armor piece for all three characters except for a single Titan chest piece. I’ve not seriously sought the LS armor exotics till recently. I’ve done a few Master completions, but only for the personal challenge. I do Legend for armor. If after 5-6 runs I don’t get what I want, I do something else. It’s a waste of my time to keep going. I’m told that doing the same thing over and over again with the same result is the definition of insanity… Sometimes, just trying it another day makes all the difference. Recently, I got 4 pieces of new to me exotic armor in 5 runs (2 on one character and 2 on another). I’ve also had enough dud days to know it’s highly unpredictable. When you do get an “on” day, run all your characters that need that armor. When running repeats, I switch up the loadouts and armor a little each time, and try new ways to do it. This helps keep it interesting. This is how I learned that my Gnawing Hunger was awesome in LS runs where there are void shields. I also use my favorite heavy machine gun, the solar legendary Avalanche. I’ve had this with many different rolls, but this one with SPO-28 front sight, extended mag (70 rounds), auto loading holster (it reloads fast) and Vorpal is better than any HMG I’ve had yet, exotic or legendary. I rarely use any other heavy. It’s awesome everywhere, especially for situations like the Nightfall Glassway shank plate. Most of my LS bosses are killed with it. Btw, you gotta try the LS bosses with your Hunter/Lucky Pants/Malfeasance…
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They used to drop certain weapons and armor
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1 ReplyI recently farmed all the armour exotics for all 3 of my characters, didnt take allot of runs to get them all. So for now i only have to do the 3 new ones when they come out. So my expirience doing lost sectors isnt that bad. The only thing i didnt do yet is farming for better stats, or a better distribution of so i have no expirience in doing that.
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Edited by SmashTigerHobbs: 11/18/2022 2:13:45 AMIMO, drop rate should be based on how fast you finish the LS, how little revives you use, and what your score is for defeating enemies.
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Also, Maybe up the Difficulty of all the LS (non Legend) to the Soft cap and add all Exotics to the drop rate (all non raid and quest/unless you already got the quest ones) to the Chest for a chance to get exotics that way. Pretty sure they can even ad a single or double modifier to the Sectors.
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They are, Legendary for Exotics... They just need to revert the drop rate back to the Season the implemented these LS. Used to get an Exotic every 1-2 Completions. Now it's like 10+.
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14 RepliesExotics aren't meant to be farmed.
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For legendary lost sectors, my thought was each destination focuses on particular exotic armor (EDZ and Nessus focuses on year 1 exotics, Dreaming City on year 2 exotics, Moon for year 3, Eruopa year 4, Throne World for year five) with Cosmodrome having access to all years. Each day, each location would have an armor slot available in each location so you can grind for the specific exotic armor pieces you are looking for. Possibly increase the drop rates. That way, there is a little more target farming for specific exotic pieces. As a compromise, possibly have end game activities drop exotic armor at with the higher stat rolls compared to the lost sectors. Just a thought or two.
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You used to get the new exotic guaranteed at least that's how it felt, nowadays you can't even get it within 40. I farmed Gryfalcons hauberk two whole days, not in a row since it rotates but hopefully you know what I mean but anyway I still didn't get it. I did however get every other exotic chest piece about 5x but not a single gryfalcon's, at that point I started to believe it doesn't exist or it's not in the pool for some reason. I guess what I'm teting to say is they need to add the new exotics to other loot pools because as of now they're only obtained through lost sectors, at least that's what they want us to think.
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That’s like asking Bungo to be useful…not a chance in hell. Just a bunch of clowns pretending to be game developers.
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3rd option would be the best. Id prefer something harder and funnier to get exotics.
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Absolutely agree with you here. We've got three layers of RNG (20%) chance of exotic drop Anywhere from 1/8 - 1/10 chance to drop the exotic you wish. And to get a good Stat distribution... Make this harder, more engaging, and strip some rng off.
