Clan night tonite. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Sepiks nightfall, Prison of Elders

House of Wolves DLC Level Updates

Strikes

Weeklies and Nightfall can only be done once per character per week.  Weekly rewards nest, so if you do the 32 weekly first you get 9 coins.  But if you do the 26 weekly at 3 coins, you will then only get 6 coins for doing the 32 in the same week on the same character.  The other Vanguard playlist strikes can be done as many times as you like each week, with the only limitation of weekly (100) and total Vanguard marks (200).

Name	Level	Rep	Marks	Coins	Other
Eagle	16	10	0	0
Viper	20	12	2	0
Wolf	22	14	3	0
Tiger	24	25	6	0
Roc	26	25	6	0
Dragon	28	25	6	0	Engram
Weekly	26	150	3	3
Weekly	30	250	6	6
Weekly	32	400	10	9
Nightfall	32	0	0	0	Exotic

Armor

Armor light levels determine your character's level.  4 pieces of 30 light armor gets you to level 30.  4 pieces of level 42 armor gets you to 34.  Mixing and maxing will have you fill somewhere in the middle.  Right now, 21 total Radiant Shards per armor are probably the most difficult material to obtain.  Fastest way to max level 34 is through 1 ascended Exotic, 1 armor core from the level 32 Prison of Elders challenge, and most likely 2 ascended Legendary pieces.

Type	Light	Level	Cost	Shards	Mats
VoG Raid	30	30	RNG Drop	21 Ascendant	80
CE Raid	36	32	RNG Drop	21 Radiant	80
Tower Vendor	36-42	32-34	75-120 Marks	1 Etheric for 42	30
Reef Vendor	42	34	0	1 Armor Core	15
HoW Exotic	42	34	13 Coins	1 Exotic	15

Endgame Content

Levels are min and max game levels.  You can be up to 4 levels below and still enter the game type, albeit with far reduced damage.

Content	Min	Max
Vault of Glass	26	30
Crota's End	30	33
Prison of Elders	28	35

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

One week left until House of Wolves DLC drops.

Omnigul arc burn Nightfall this week.  No burn on the weekly.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Rainbow burn Archon nightfall, Void burn weekly.

Bada Bing by the Numbers

This month's activity:

Highlights:

• Not surprising, but Sentinel and Brune lead April's activity with their successful hunt for Fatebringers - congratulations!
• Most players are playing less, waiting for the House of Wolves DLC coming out in 2 weeks
• Cooler saw a slight bump up in April activity as he finished off his second 32
• Aethe0n is the first to break 2,800 Grimoire - wow!
• It has been 236 days since launch

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Rainbow burn Omnigul Nightfall.  Solar burn weekly.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Archon rainbow burn Nightfall.

This will go really fast, so be on time and expect some raid afterwards.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Sepiks with arc burn.

4.5 GB update dropped today, make sure you start the download ahead of time!

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Valus, no burn this week. I'm out of town, so watch for Brune TSLJ to host the chat party.

Bada Bing by the Numbers

This month's activity:

Highlights:

• We welcome AETHE0N to Bada Bing!  A long time Destiny friend officially joins the clan
• Sentinel X repeats as most hours logged in the month for the second time in a row
• Most players that have hit endgame have slowed down until House of Wolves drops
• Obelisk hits 31 and starts 2 alts
• We welcome Sentinel X to the 3x32 club

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Nexus Nightfall with Void burn.  After that, we may run weeklies or VoG Hard Mode.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Phogoth arc burn on both the Nightfall and the Weekly.  Bring an arc shotgun for the weekly!

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Nightfall races! Omnigul with Arc burn, for both the weekly and the Nightfall. Saint-14, shotgun all the things!

I'm traveling and won't be on. Look for Brune TSLJ or others for the clan party to join. Reminder to have Skype ready if we go over 8 Guardians.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Archon priest. Rainbow nightfall. Void weekly. No light switch.

SHOTGUN ALL THE THINGS.

I'm going to ask that nobody start Nightfalls until everybody is ready at 9pm. Also, have your Skype up and ready to go. We will be racing Nightfalls tonight! Rules:
- I will designate team captains
- Captains will round robin pick their fireteams
- If we have an uneven team, the captain(s) of the team(s) with only 2 Guardians will get to pick first
- Fireteams will queue up on planet in the spawn area, so that difference in warp times don't affect the race
- Winning team is the one that melts Archon first

Bada Bing By the Numbers

This month, we welcome Johnny on the Spot, MaFanHo, Obelisk and Wunleashed to our stat tracking.  Highlights:

• Fan plays just a ridiculous amount.  Come on.
• Sentinel wins the award for the most dedicated gen 2 clan mate, as Brune slowed down a bit this month.
• So many 32s. Loves it.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Sepiks with Arc Burn tonite, as predicted. This is a good one for Walking Tall, if you're carrying it.

Things to do before 9pm:
- RSVP to the event in groupme (or let GT know offline)
- Install Skype (there's an X1 app if you like, but can work anywhere)
- Be ready to use Skype for chat if we have more than 8 expected

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

This week's Nightfall/Weekly is Valus, no burn.  GT and Wadster have the Gorgon's HM Exotic chest checkpoint.

Some links of interest:

• Destiny Clan Leaderboard
• Casual Destiny
• Guardian Outfitter Stock: Currently has clan emblem - Revolver - in stock for 14 hours

Iron Banner Weekend

Bada Bing plunged into some Crucible this weekend, and much fun and laughter was had.  Here's a quick view of the weekend's matches:

(Click for big)

Some highlights:

• We are good at inviting in friends who are really good
• From the (small) sample size, our best Iron Banner Control map is Rusted Lands (100% wins) and our worst map is Shores of Time (0% wins).  That may not mean a lot, because there aren't that many games to make a truly fair comparison.
• Twilight Gap was played the most often, 2X more than the next closest map
• GT and OD had the best in-clan K/D ratios, tied at 1.07
• Sentinel X had the highest in-clan single game score at 4,615 - which is lower than any of our friends' average scores (our friends are really good)

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Brune TSLJ will be hosting the party. Listen.

This week is Omnigul, no burn.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Void Nexus Nightfall.  No burn on weekly.  Nightfalls will quick off right at 9pm.  Make sure you have a Skype account setup in case we overflow our 8 person party limit.

Clan business items this week:

• Download #IDARB. It's free with gold for Xbox One this month.  #IDARB is a chaotic 8-player eSport jumping future arena ball game. Create characters, teams, team logos, tournaments, even your theme music, in this highly customizable experience complete with disruptive “hashbombs” which dynamically change the game itself via Twitch and Twitter! 
• Xur is in the tower from Friday 1am until Sunday 1am Pacific Time, every weekend.  Seriously people, it doesn't change.

We are raiding a lot these days.  I am extremely impressed at how capable this clan has gotten, and the team work we have developed.  As a clan, we're in about the top 10% of the world's Destiny player base.  Not bad for a bunch of filthy casuals.  Many thanks to cubert for raid leading, and consistently blazing the trail in finding and developing raid strategies.

That said, Bada Bing will always have an inclusive policy, so I will always try and make activities available for everybody to have fun.  Here's some general thoughts:

• Have fun.  This is more important to me than anything else.  I ask everybody to participate in game modes that are fun to YOU, and also to excuse yourself if it's not fun anymore.  There is way more stuff to do in this game than anybody has time for, we can always find something else to do.
• Play to your level.  Character and game mode level is obvious, you should have your character leveled up to the game mode that you're playing.  But also play to your skill level.  Maximizing your guns and armor, carrying plenty of heavy ammo synthesis, going to Tower to get the proper gear - are all things that will make the game most enjoyable for you and your Fireteam.  If you're not prepared for a game mode, be honest and upfront about it, and excuse yourself.  If the Fireteam asks you to join anyway, they know what they are signing up for, and won't be disappointed if they need to help you a bit.
• Pop your LFG cherry.  Yes, this game is most fun with your friends.  However, getting everybody's schedules to align is hard and limiting.  Get on destinylfg.net and destinylfg.com and find strangers to play with.  Yes, it's a bit like on-line dating.  Yes, there are some bad experiences.  Yes, it can sometimes be disheartening.  But there's more good experiences than bad out there.  And it's a great way to get Nightfalls, Weeklies, Raids - even patrols, bounties and farming done on your own - when the clan isn't around.  Every time you find somebody you had fun with, add them as a friend.  Remember that this entire clan used to be internet strangers.