FWIW: just by playing the game - up to final campaign mission on normal mode, on my W, got me up to around LL230 / GR6. I then switched to my T because I was in no hurry to do that final mission…and just by playing the game, I’m now close to LL300… Scorch Crucible is a blast…and the loot is good. As are Solo Op missions (Caldera)…I’ve even done Master runs…though that’s above my actual pay grade! 😁 I’m not actively ‘chasing’ anything…just playing the game the way I want to…of the options available…and I’m still pacing my way through the campaign on normal mode, on my T… Eventually, I’ll get my H through the campaign trail, too…and maybe do a Legend run thereafter…but, like an old tortoise - there’s no hurry! 😁 Get some in…or don’t. ✅👻❌ That is all. Ease Springs! 🖖

The streamers are all posting on X their tier 5 builds, they are desperate to crank up the fomo during solstice.

You don't need to be 400+ power to get tier 4 or 5 rewards for the event. I'm reaching 330, and I have many Tier 4 items, including the guns.

Can the t5 armor drop at 300? The holofoil is what makes the weapons drop when you're not 400. How does the armor work? Also do the Solstice weapons have the unique t5 shader (not holofoil)? If so what's it look like?

Are t5's still dropping under 400? Bungie said Solstice drops at +1 and holos at another +1. Well I'm 300 and G8 and my first holo just now was t4. Or maybe it was because I got a B in team ops 🤷‍♂️

It was a terrible idea to scale rewards to playtime

[b]RIGHT!!!![/b] Some of us do have lives and can't play 24/7 (whines he who has well over 9000 hours played since D1 released) but dang I HATE what D2 has become with EoF I have almost zero desire to run anything more just to get high tier gear knowing that as you go up the harder it gets because the more mods you have to add to get mod-gated A/B/C potential rewards also knowing that the fight above 200 just gets rewarded with loosing that progress in just a couple of months from starting. WHAT THE LIVING HECK IS THE POINT IN PLAYING ANYMORE - seriously I have nothing to make me want to play anymore other then getting a few seasonal ranking up to get the SR's catalyst. Again please tell me what can help me still love this game - again well over 9000 hours played I obviously love[u]D[/u] the grind but not in this state! True Solstice gives slightly boosted gear which only truly helps a rare few and Solstice is just mods and running PvP - not a fan of Scorched, Mayhem maybe not Scorched. Wheres Bonfire, at least that gave me something fun to do and with Solstice mods it would have been fun! [u] [b]But noooooooo Bungo just keeps tell me - F-OFF find something else that's actually fun![/b][/u]

They need to post the setup GR5 and 200 to 250 power to get tier 3 gear GR7 and 300 to 350 power to get tier 4 gear GR9 and 400 to 450 power to get tier 5 gear But the real problem is that most basement dwelling streamers and the top 1% players that got the tier 5 gear cheated and farmed that one pinnacle mission to get max power even before the raid came out. But bungie just conveniently found out and removed it before anyone else could do it. The game is rigged in the 1% favor and it's never been more apparent then now.

ive heard the same type of criticism over and over for years and nothing ever gets through to them. i suffer from low functioning autism, my wife and* her son are also autistic. he is 25+ years old and the same thing thats been happening here on destiny 2 all these years is more of the same thats happening here at home. we tell her son to clean up after his messes in the house like pushing his chair in at the table, to throw away his coffee pod from the coffee maker, to wash his own plate and dont leave it just sitting at the table after he gets done eating, etc. explaining things profusely, very basic things, and we have to tell him over and over again.. complaining and complaining at least three or four times a week for years and nothing ever gets through. to put it simply, i know autism when i see it spewing this mess all over forums, expressing your concerns and sharing feedback in any way never actually ever really changes anything here. its just the same poor communication, bad decision making, poor handling of financials, over and over again. i think its just ego or poor communication skills. either way, if they were smart they would work along with a handpicked select few players thats played the game since the very beginning and knows the ins and outs of everything most players want and dont want in destiny 2 to better help with communication because its obvious, theyre just not getting it. non-content creators obviously because they are biased and nearly all of them wont actually speak the truth of how poor this game is being run because streaming this game is their job, and are friends with several bungie employees and also badmouthing just might lose them advantages such as being invited for early playtests and receiving emblem codes for giveaways, etc.

310 gaurdian rank 6 or 7 and I've been consistently getting teir 4 and 5s

And even then they are handing out armor in stats u don't want because ghost mods either don't work or are so negligible that they might as well not be equipped. Congrats on ur 20+ tier 5 armor that u will never use cause the stats are not where u want them lol

The rewards match what you put into the game thus far. Im 252 and am getting some amazing tier 3 weapons from Solstice. Stop comparing and just play at your own pace. There's 5 more months of this expansion. It's not a race to the finish.

[quote][b]IF [/b]you have hit level 400, [b]IF [/b]you are at guardian rank 9, [b]IF [/b]you are able to grind this game 12 hours a day, 7 days a week on an industrial scale......then there might be something to get excited about.[/quote] I have gotten a Tier 5 weapon and Tier 5 armor piece I am in the 320s, Guardian Rank 7, and have been playing D2 casually, while doing things with the family and playing other games, I get mostly Tier 4s but the fact that I know Tier 5s can drop, I am going to really grind

Fake news! My clan mate is 300 something power and guardian rank 7 and gets tier 5. He doesn’t get it every run like the 400 power rank 9. But he still gets them as he grinds.