You do realize that if they reduce the range/damage of shotguns further than what they are right now, hit registration and distance will only become more irregular and result in *more* “bullshit I should have killed him” moments. The fact is, Destiny’s lag in their mesh networking model means some distance on the gun…

Never equip the last word when heading into a match while working on that quest, deaths don’t count if you don’t have it equipped. Equip it after you are sure you have (un)worthy opponents.

You are not the only person experiencing this, a *lot* of people are facing this problem when placing solo, to the point that it’s inexplicable - I mean it should be 50/50, right? The team that’s not losing is winning after all? Lots of mediocre players are being placed on teams of true new players, as if matchmaking…

“Iron Banner will also be the first major test of Destiny’s re-tuned matchmaking system.”

I’m confused by both your comments because to those with less time in their lives, what this does precisely is push people to farm daily content, because if they don’t they fall behind in gear/marks by a huge margin. Even the supposed best way to get gear without marks is a farm - you have to play the strike playlist…

Your point is true, but none of those warnings were given in game. 90%+ of Destiny players don’t watch bungie’s various social media outlets and thus never see these warnings. One of the flaws of Destiny is how little of the game is available or presented in game, and this is another example (for example MMOs,…

Really, really disappointed in the nightfall changes, though I am sure I am in the minority. Getting rid of the kick to orbit removes a lot of tension and skill involved, as well as variation in playstyle (having to play it safe sometimes is a *good* thing, it teaches people to play smart). Also, getting rid of the…

yeah, probably the biggest risk in the gameplay is there will end up being one way to use the time ability that everyone loves or is mechanically dominant, and then they will just use that one ability in every fight without mixing it up. Then it will feel boring because “well we supposedly have all these time…

Why do I feel like the only one not jumping on the hate train for this game. The core is generic scifi material (honestly, better than a lot of what’s currently out there since SyFy went down the crapper and the networks all cloned each other’s shows) but the design looks polished and the time mechanics unique enough…

Not neat though if you are doing a clean install because your hard drive died - this is going to cause problems because primary hard drive replacement often resets your machine ID and it will not be recognized (for sure if you replace something else as well, such as due to failure because of a power spike). They…

Really frustrated that legendary hand cannons are getting nerfed. The direct damage from a legendary was not superior to a scout or pulse and had no reason to be nerfed - especially the clip size, that’s going to be devastating really. Having to reload constantly is already the bane of a hand cannon user. Only Thorn…

My old apartment had something similar and my solution was to get one of the freestanding room air conditioners that you just run a hose to the window (pelonis from freddies I think). As long as everything was closed up tight it worked out pretty well and at a minimum made it easier to sleep. One trick was to put a…

Under the assumption that the audience of Kotaku is mostly american, canadian, and european (which it is) - Japan right now is cheaper than most of the popular destinations in or from those locales. Hawaii, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, London, Paris, Amsterdam... all as expensive or…

Based on my experience last year and the current exchange rate, Japan is not that expensive of a place to visit, to the point that I don’t get why people still say that. Lodging in particular, there are lots of great options in high traffic areas of Tokyo (I stayed in Shibuya) for around $100 a night, either with…

“ there are places you can rent SIM cards.”

Minor note since it’s pretty close, but you should change your subtitle per the garden policies:

That’s today thank goodness. Back to normal summer weather for the next few days. And yes, you must check out the gardens, but I recommend going early - it gets busy on nice days. :) http://japanesegarden.com/

Oh yeah, and when we made it to the lighthouse? None of us used Thorn (we never do aside from two rounds I or one of my teammates played around with it a bit) :)

Overall your article is on point, We finally made the Lighthouse a few weeks ago on cauldron, and it was an absolutely exhilarating moment (I actually had to leave on a trip only hours after we won, and this was the nail in the coffin that my xbox was going with me - so I could take screenshots and vid of the…

I can’t help but feel maybe more people should redeem these codes, if only because it may force Bungie to just open the content to everyone instead of such an obviously ill-conceived exclusivity deal (which notably excludes anyone outside of the US and even regions in the US, leading to exploitative ebay sales and the…