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In Orbit – Destiny News, Events, and Community

In Orbit was Mash Those Button’s weekly podcast dedicated to Destiny and its community. In each episode, we discussed recent news, upcoming events, community issues, and talk about our personal Destiny experiences.

Latest Episodes:

#91: Waiting for a Miracle Nov 06, 2017

Show notes

I1.0.6 Patch Notes by Senior Designer Tim Williams.
Tim Williams: During the first Faction Rallies, we had a chance to learn a lot about how the activities motivated gameplay. We looked at the time invested compared to the rewards and made the following adjustments:
Faction Rallies
Strikes now reward faction tokens at a range of 5 to 9 faction tokens per completion (up from 3 to 7)
Nightfall now rewards 10 to 18 faction tokens on first completion per character
Completing Heroic Public Events now rewards 5 faction tokens (down from 8)
Destroying enemy resources no longer rewards faction tokens
Opening Lost Sector Chests now rewards 3 faction tokens for each fireteam member
3. Mid Break
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5. Curse of Osiris Official

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1w0

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt

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#90: I Like To Play In A Sandbox Oct 30, 2017

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1. Upcoming Updates
Chris Barrett, game director at Bungie, put forth some upcoming updates to the game.
`New systems and rewards to give our most engaged players additional, optional pursuits.
-Better incentives for players who complete challenging Prestige activities.
-Better rewards and replay value for strikes, adventures, and Lost Sectors.
-Private matches for the competitive community (we are targeting early 2018).
-Crucible tuning like adjusted Supremacy scoring and better spawning rules.
-Better incentives for completing Crucible matches (and penalties for quitting competitive games).
-Continued improvements to Iron Banner and Faction Rallies, including uniqueness of rewards.
-Changes to make the mod economy more interesting and impactful.
-Ongoing improvements to Exotics, including adjustments to reduce instances of duplication.
-New ways to spend surplus currency and materials (looking at you Legendary Shards).
-An emote interface that allows players to equip Salty, Spicy Ramen, Six Shooter, and Flip Out all at the same time.
2. PC Launch
David gives his impressions on the launch of the PC version of Destiny 2. We discuss the launch and the items surrounding it.
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4. Prestige Raid Overview Including Rewards
5. Messages From The Reef
Daniel Escobar: Do you think the improvements coming later (announced on the TWAB) should have been there since D2 launch?
Michael Pelech: Destiny 1 survived a lot of new games coming out. Will Destiny 2 be able to withstand the new game launches?
Will Steffen Talk about the fact that we’re only 2 or so months into the game and our clan is pretty inactive already. I’m sure we all didn’t expect that to happen, Do you think that Bungie and Activision are going to remedy this in the near future?

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1vu

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt

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#89: Where's the End Game? Oct 16, 2017

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On this show, David and Jordan take an in depth look on the new formats to Iron Banner in Destiny 2. Discussing what they feel works with the new systems and what they feel needs reworking, with possible ways to rework it. Then the crew takes a look at the upcoming PC release and how it will affect the Destiny community and potentially the Destiny 2 end game. Following along that trend, the team then discusses next weeks prestige mode release for the raid and how it expands on the end game, and end game problems being felt in the community.
Lastly the team then took a long dive into comments and questions from you, the listeners. Destiny 2 has been receiving a lot of flack in certain areas so the team discussed the comments and questions the listeners had on Destiny 2's current standing.
Teebot’s Streamer Of The Week:
Dr Krazy
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https://twitter.com/TheDrKrazy

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1vm

Hosts:
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#88: Salt Of The Earth Oct 09, 2017

Show notes

TWAB: Iron Banner
We give our opinion on the controversy with the light and how the mode is.
Prestige Raid: What do you think it will be?
Mid Break
Ript Apparel
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Legendary Weapon Talk
Messages From The Reef
Streamer Of The Week
Boyancy of Citrus
https://go.twitch.tv/boyancyofcitrus
https://twitter.com/BoyancyOfCitrus
BrickInNick
https://www.twitter.com/brickinnick

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1vh

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#87: Agents, Roll Out! Oct 02, 2017

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TWAB
Hotfix 1.0.3.1
Fixed an issue in which players could lose access to the Veteran’s Transmat Effect by deleting characters
Fixed an issue in which clan engrams would grant Trials of the Nine and raid rewards at only 10 Power
Fixed an issue in which progress for the Exotic Quest Step "His Highness's Seal" was not incrementing properly
Quest progress will still increment by 1, but the Quest Step now only requires 10 Seals to be collected
Fixed an issue in which raid milestones would not show for some players after the weekly reset (This didn’t affect any raid rewards)
Fixed issues in which players could enter a state where they are continuously killed or unable to resurrect if encounter complete and failure events occurred simultaneously
Topic 2: Faction Rally Impressions & Future Live Team Events
Topic 3: Nightfall: The Pyramidion
Topic 4: Raid Impressions with TeamSITREP
Topic 5: Mida Multi Tool & Legendary Weapon Talk
Topic 6: Messages From The Reef
Topic 7: Teebot’s Streamer Of The Week
Fawkes90 (aka ‘The Fawker’)
https://go.twitch.tv/fawkes90
https://twitter.com/Fawkes90
Team SITREP's Streamer Of The Week
MattGoesBuck
https://www.twitch.tv/mattgoesbuck
Shockzz
https://www.twitch.tv/shockzz2015
In Orbit Discord: https://discord.gg/Fa3Thex
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Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1vc

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
Mike Parry
twitter.com/sitrephappyhour
Luke Mallatratt
twitter.com/LukeMallatratt
Rob Hemsley
twitter.com/sitrepradiorob

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#86: Nightfalls & Leviathan Labrynths Sep 25, 2017

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TWAB (Faction Wars)
Tim Williams: Each of the factions of the Tower is having a rally to collect resources for its cause. They’re recruiting Guardians to gather supplies for their faction and destroy enemy resources. They’ll offer a suite of rewards to help the Guardians rise up against any enemy threats. As an incentive, each faction has set aside a powerful weapon to entice players to choose their side. The faction whose Guardians collect the most faction packages will be declared the winner. The winning faction will offer the weapon to everyone, but all who pledged loyalty will receive it with a huge discount as repayment for their contributions to their faction’s cause.
Nightfall Controversy: Is the Nightfall worth it especially when the strike isn't fun? Also, why so buggy?
Leviathan Raid Review
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Trials Recap
Mida Multi Tool Controversy: Is it OP?
Crucible Discussion: Quickplay Vs Competitive
Messages From The Reef
Scott Leighton: Do you think Bungie missed a trick by revealing Xur's location on the map ?
Carmine Mele: Raid and trials rewards for all clan members? Yay or nay and why?
Kyle Kimlick: Would Destiny’s story benefit from a dialogue tree?
BlazzinBob: why should I get in to Destiny 2 if I didn’t play Destiny 1?
Teebot's Streamer Of The Week
That Token Guy
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https://twitter.com/Token_TTG

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1v7

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#85: The Displeasure Gardens Sep 19, 2017

Show notes

This week, In Orbit discusses the story in spoiler detail and goes into the lore that leads into "The Leviathan" raid, Destiny 2's first raid featuring the Cabal and a story that is given background by an adventure on patrol on Nessus, but not directly involving the main story of Destiny 2's campaign. In Orbit gives a review on the game, what we liked, did not like, and think needs to be improved upon.
In Orbit also goes into a brief synopsis of the raid. "The Leviathan" is a gigantic spectacle that amazes with it's look and many parts are a ton of fun to play, but once again, the game goes through so many moments of inconsistency. One infamous room, "Pleasure Gardens" is giving many people are hard wall to overcome due to the inconsistent nature of the Royal Beasts that patrol the region. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we give a review of the raid and a final review of the game.
We finish up with Messages from the Reef!
Kyle Kimlick - What are your thoughts on the clan experience as a whole in Destiny 2?
Jarret Redding - Do you think Bungie will release multiple raids per expansion?
RaspNogar - Based on the beta and Playstation play so far, do you think Destiny 2 will be able to succeed as an eSport on PC better than Destiny 1?
Eli Ansara - What was your favorite moment from the Destiny 2 story?
LuminousLamma - Power weapons: Is there a superior option for legendaries? All on same level?
JVaz - What is the most efficient way to level up?
GuavaDude - Weapon Mods: how do we feel is the best way to use them, why? When? Etc.
MediumRarely: Is there any must have guns or equipment y’all recommend for the raid?

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1v3

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#84: Dawn Of A New Age Sep 11, 2017

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This week, In Orbit goes over our initial impressions on Destiny 2 now that It's here! We talk about the graphics, music, cinematics, story, content, controls, and gameplay. As a whole, the podcast enjoys the game, but we have a few issues in terms of story pacing, delivery, and overall difficulty.
We also discuss the leveling system that has proven to be a tad more complex than the system in Destiny 1 which has lead people to believe that they are losing out on power (the term that replaces light in this game) when they infuse their weapons and armor.
The community is also up in arms with regards to the shader system. Previously in Destiny 1, the shader system was you get a single shader, you apply it to your character, and your armor becomes that color. In Destiny 2, the shaders are now individual consumables that are not reusable, but you get them from all forms of activities. Each item, such as ghosts, armor, weapons, and ships, can be changed using these shaders.
Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/Fa3Thex

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1ux

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
David Schnoes
twitter.com/DS_Bolt
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#83: Dawn Of The Red Legion Sep 05, 2017

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Introduction To Wilhe1m Scream
Pop Tarts Are Live!
1. Buy ANY box of Poptarts. Doesn't matter if it has Destiny promotional material or not.
2. Take a picture of the receipt from your purchase.
3. Send picture of the receipt to D2XP@kfr.com (most consistent way). You can also text to 89332 with the caption D2XP your photo. It may not work.
4. Register by creating an account at https://www.kelloggsfamilyrewards.com/en_US/home.html
5. Wait a few hours...
6. Receive a confirmation email and log in at Kellogg's to get your code.
TWAB
PC Beta was a success and is seriously making people question on going PC exclusively.
New pin by Bungie for Hurricane Harvey relief.
Bungie was at PAX West.
Very Frequently Asked Question: “What is the exact time I can dive into Destiny 2?”
The answer is dependent on where you live. Destiny 2 will have a rolling midnight release across the globe. You will be able to play the game as soon as it is 12 AM, September 6, anywhere in your country or in some cases region. In the US, for example, that means the entire country is live when the clock strikes midnight Eastern.
Luke Smith Wired “Destiny Support” Video
Fusion Rifles being needed
Wardcliff Coil (new name of Dubious Volley)
Luke Smith confirmed Exos can eat food
Live Trailer Reactions
Messages From The Reef
Jason Buchan: Do you think they'll take away gun perks from armour like faster reload, more hip fire accuracy, faster ads, etc... and replace them with weapon mods quick draw mag, laser sight for better hip accuracy, grips for faster ads. And keep the armour perks relatively ability orientated?
Giving Quiet Signs: I have a question for all of you from the live action trailer. Is Cayde-6 a cat guy, or a chicken guy?
JustinYnolds: Is Dominus Ghaul the Shield Brother’s father? I am super excited about the improvements to ease of player progression, but my biggest concern now is that I'm going to blow through the PvE content, and since the grind for god-roll weapons is gone...as a Destiny grinder, am I going to be looking at trouble?
Lars Umlaut: Is Destiny 2 on PC an afterthought?
DEFCON 01: What is everyone’s launch day plan/routine? In regards to bungie saying engram’s power will be determined on drop, and that will be a MINIMUM power they will decrypt at, what are our thoughts on that?
ChikinFingaz: How authentic is wilhelm scream's ...wilhelm scream. What's the production value like?
JDPowershots: You... Visit website for full summary.

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1us

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

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#82: Welcome To The Dead Zone Aug 28, 2017

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TWAB
Official Intros to EDZ (Devrim Kay), Hawthorne, Cayde 6, Official Launch Trailer
Destiny 2 PC Beta pre-install begins Friday, Aug 25th @ 10am Pacific Time via Battle.net. PC controls previewed
PAX Schedule Details
EDZ Videos From Bungie, IGN, Game Informer, and More!
Messages From The Reef
Juan Diaz - At the end of the mission we all played in the Beta when Gary kicked our faces out...what do you think will happen after that moment? In my opinion we will decide if we wanna stay with our same face,race look,etc or we restart as new guardians and then we'll see all the new options Bungie made for us. And what would you say if the only way to gain your light back is trough the Raid...?
Jamie Broome - So you feel Bungie have revealed too much information and footage about Destiny 2?
David Schnoes - What is your opinion on the spoilers leaking, and coming out after the embargo?
DSB Overlord - Thoughts on the scope of character customization?
JDog_12345 - Will we ever see a Destiny porn parody?
JustinYnolds - Are we going to have the same factions? New Factions? More than 3 factions?
Defcon01 - With the hunter class ability being a dodge, what do you think they replaced that skill w/ on the Night Stalker subclass (assuming it IS indeed coming back)?
Streamer Of The Week
Stricksh0t
Twitter: stricksh0t
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stricksh0t
Twitch: twitch.tv/stricksh0t
Stream times vary; check out his social media for information. He wants you to know his chat is a chill place and wants to emphasize that with his viewers.

Episode URL: http://mash4.me/1un

Hosts:
Jorge Veguilla
twitter.com/Go2NRG
Jordan Kahlenberg
twitter.com/iam_teebot

Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations.

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