Oh, and in case any of you think I'm trolling/lying...

http://xboxdvr.com/Morpheus414/c01b35d7-a827-4d23-91ce-115a0421c072

Hmm--almost thought I was gonna miss it.

Again, any time I express my opinion, I'm called a troll.

No no no monsieur...you are not the troll. You just have to pay him ;)

It's okay, that butt-whooping that I gave to his claims with clear video proof is Boy's Hole enough for me...

Nobody can out-troll the Korny, but he gave it a valiant effort. Just needed a few more randomly capitalized words...

I finally had the equipment to walk past the "You must be this equipped to ride" sign at the bridge of the Hellmouth, and I wanted that POWER.

Skill is what ultimately matters most. You don't need an icebreaker to beat Crota. You can be formidable with only stuff from the Vanguard.

I'm not saying that it's not a benefit to have good weapons, and perhaps hard mode is more demanding in that regard, but you can do it if you tailor your strategies around what your group has.

Truth be told, I do not use icebreaker at all anymore. The only time I used it was on Vault of Glass, because of the high impact, and the fact that the templar / atheon are vulnerable for short windows, which works perfectly with the icebreaker's regenerating ammo, yet small total ammo count.

However, for Crota on normal I was using LDR since it has as much power, yet more ammo capacity, and on hard Black Hammer. In fact, Black Hammer has completely replaced Icebreaker for me.

The bottom line, is don't get too caught up on having any specific gun, as the raids aren't designed in such a way that you NEED any specific weapon.

I think the best option is to try and do as many bounties as you possibly can, sometimes I get all 10 slots done, and then I take a telemetry for all of the guns I want to upgrade and turn my bounties in. I'll even swap out guns if I've maxed one out and i'm in the middle of turning in bounties.

Bounties + telemetries. Fun fact: your telemetry stays active across all characters. For maximum impact, get ten bounties ready to turn in on each character, then activate a telemetry. It will last long enough for you to pass whatever you are leveling up to the other characters, and get the exp with their bounties too.

Hmm--almost thought I was gonna miss it.

Again, any time I express my opinion, I'm called a troll.

No no no monsieur...you are not the troll. You just have to pay him ;)

Again, any time I express my opinion, I'm called a troll.

Plus, I'm getting badgered about "not knowing I have two other guns" and "not having any other weapons". Don't any of you think I know that? That's why I had to explain the reason I was using Icebreaker all the time. Doesn't that make sense?

So... you may or may not know this... but you can level an item (ANY item) in two or three days (I got Ruin Wings Tuesday night from the Nightfall, and it was 100% upgraded by last night) without ever having to use it.

I play the way I normally play, and load up on bounties at the Tower. When they're ready to turn in, I equip the new stuff, turn in the bounties, and all of that experience gets dumped on them. (You also get experience when redeeming postmaster-held upgrades from Vanguard/Crucible/Cryptarch/Factions, so keep the gear on the whole time you're in the tower.)

Between standard bounties, Eris bounties, and random experience from Cryptarch/Postmaster, I get enough experience to upgrade an Exotic in two days. No playing with unleveled stuff at all!

Yes, I know...but a combination of excitement and determined anticipation for sodomizing Crota kept my Icebreaker equipped at all times. Bouties are a big jump, but shooting enemies with those weapons are also a big help. Anything I could've done to make it faster and further would've nailed it.

Plus, I'm getting badgered about "not knowing I have two other guns" and "not having any other weapons". Don't any of you think I know that? That's why I had to explain the reason I was using Icebreaker all the time. Doesn't that make sense?

So... you may or may not know this... but you can level an item (ANY item) in two or three days (I got Ruin Wings Tuesday night from the Nightfall, and it was 100% upgraded by last night) without ever having to use it.

I play the way I normally play, and load up on bounties at the Tower. When they're ready to turn in, I equip the new stuff, turn in the bounties, and all of that experience gets dumped on them. (You also get experience when redeeming postmaster-held upgrades from Vanguard/Crucible/Cryptarch/Factions, so keep the gear on the whole time you're in the tower.)

Between standard bounties, Eris bounties, and random experience from Cryptarch/Postmaster, I get enough experience to upgrade an Exotic in two days. No playing with unleveled stuff at all!

Not saying Hololens doesn't look awesome, but the whole time I was thinking "This is just CG, does it actually do this now?"

I couldn't stop thinking the exact same thing. I still don't know the answer, but I suspect it's, "no".

Hey, I'm plenty calm. I just don't appreciate being treated like I'm stupid. I may be immature, but I'm not an idiot. I'm pretty sure everyone here(including Korny) knows that after the Black Garden cutscene ends, multiple Vex teleport right up to the door with you. Sometimes 1-3, sometimes all at once. But to say "they have to work their way up", like they're just stumbling across the platforms and then lumbering to barely pull themselves up...that's just insulting to me to play dumb like that.

I tested it out, just to see if I could somehow survive the impossible...

Plus, I'm getting badgered about "not knowing I have two other guns" and "not having any other weapons". Don't any of you think I know that? That's why I had to explain the reason I was using Icebreaker all the time. Doesn't that make sense?

... No.

If your product demo requires you to hire CGI artists to show off what the engineers haven't finished yet, you've failed.

This, 1000x.

Yeah this amused me to no end. Made me think of all the articles that came out after the Hololens announcement talking about "What happened to Apple's innovation, looks like Microsoft is picking up their slack." Except Apple never shows a product until it can actually do what they show on stage.

Not saying Hololens doesn't look awesome, but the whole time I was thinking "This is just CG, does it actually do this now?"

Plus, I'm getting badgered about "not knowing I have two other guns" and "not having any other weapons". Don't any of you think I know that? That's why I had to explain the reason I was using Icebreaker all the time. Doesn't that make sense?

Anyway, your original point, that Icebreaker's ammo resetting after a cutscene sucks, is valid. I don't think it's as bad as the heavy ammo bug (since Icebreaker will come back eventually, whereas the heavy ammo is just gone forever), but it's not good.