Bada Bing by the Numbers

Stats as of July 5:

Highlights:

• Lots of 34s to fill out the chart this month
• MissLexic's first time with monthly tracking crushes the previous clan high of 7.1 hours per day
• darknorpo and FragginURdoodz both have endgame alts now
• AETHE0N has now cleared the 3,500 Grimoire milestone - wow!
• flamer, fan, and lexi all break 2,000 hours this month - holy baby jesus

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

I'm traveling again, so watch for Brune TSLJ or OD to host parties.

* 32 POE: Gulrot
* 34 POE: Valus Trau'ug
* 35 POE: Skolas with Arc Burn?
* Nightfall: Omnigul Void Burn
* Weekly: Nexus Grounded

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

I'm traveling, so Brune TSLJ will be hosting Nightfalls and reset day activities.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Weekly reset day

• Nightfall: Police burn Archon (solar, arc, small arms)
• Weekly: No burn Omnigul
• 32 POE: Qodron Vex, trickle
• 34 POE: Kaliks Fallen, grounded
• 35 POE: Skolas, void

Bada Bing by the numbers:

Highlights this month:

• We welcome Big Sxc Moron, ColGrimm88, FlameInTheVoid, FragginURdoodz, and SexiLexi to the clan
• MaFanHo is finally unseated by the newcomer in terms of hours played, but regains his lead in hours per day for the month (previous data missing for Flamer)
• Look at all those 34s!
• AETHE0N, Brune, Flamer, Fan, Sentinel, Lexi and Wadster all break the 3k grimoire mark with the new DLC
• AETHE0N edges closer to 100% completion

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.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Triple burn Archon Nightfall.  Void burn Archon Weekly.  Fun stats for this month:

Player	Hours	Progress	Grimoire	Main	Alt1	Alt2	Hrs/Day	HPD January	Tower	Tower %
Beer4Porter	95	48%	1,450	29	0	0	0.6	0.4	25:21	27%
Brune TSLJ	665	92%	2,375	32	32	31	4.5	7.1	101:10	15%
CoolerSopranos2	268	70%	1,925	30	31	2	1.8	2.1	16:03	6%
Cubert30	709	90%	2,200	32	32	32	4.8	5.6	83:02	12%
darknorpo	61	56%	1,480	29	0	0	0.4	1.4	4:30	7%
Freaky cP	381	78%	1,970	32	20	23	2.6	3.2	n/a	n/a
gtdroptop	506	87%	2,070	32	32	31	3.4	3.1	78:47	16%
o DeadEye o	10	17%	530	9	6	0	0.1	0.0	n/a	n/a
OmniscientDeath	432	87%	2,100	32	32	31	2.9	3.1	22:30	5%
Sentinel X	210	75%	1,815	30	17	8	1.4		34:46	17%
Wadster90	563	90%	2,435	32	32	31	3.8	2.7	30:06	5%
YVRShyAsian	770	92%	2,265	32	31	31	5.2	4.3	n/a	n/a

Interesting highlights:

• Last month we had 3 32s.  We now have 12.
• Sentinel X probably has the most hours per day in the last month, but I don't have his numbers from last month.  So Brune wins with a ridiculous 7.1 hours per day for January.
• Brune also wins with an INSANE 101 hours of total tower time.
• Beer4Porter has a perplexing 27% of total game time spent in tower.  Especially perplexing when you consider he doesn't know when Xur is in the Tower.  That's a lot of Tower soccer time.
• OD is by far the most efficient in the Tower, with only 5% of game time spent there.
• There are 3 players in Bada Bing with more time in Tower than darknorpo has in the entire game.

Clan Emblem: Revolver

Clan has decided to go with Revolver as our clan emblem. It is currently being sold at the Guardian Outfitter, Eva a Levante, in the Speaker Wing of the tower.

Her stock will reset at midnight tonite, Pacific Time, so go get it now!

SGA: Make it rain heavies

Great post on reddit today from /u/toleressea:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2t1vyk/the_importance_of_heavy_weapons_in_raids/

About Me:
I'm 27, married (aka I don't have infinite time to work with), and I love to Sherpa raids in Destiny. Learning the mechanics of raid content in and out and then teaching it to others in a fun manner is one of the greater joys I've found in this game.
Note: There may be some raid content spoilers in the body of this post.

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We've all been there (well, some of us).

You're at the gate of Vault of Glass, and you've been faithfully obliterating every Minotaur that comes your way on the right side with Corrective Measure. The center looks to be holding pretty solid as well. The only catch is that the two guys on the left seem to be dying every 30 seconds or so. After a few times of scoping in to help them out, you realize that you never see them using anything but primary weapons. You've been at this gate for 15 minutes now, and all you're hearing is "We're level 31, I don't need to waste heavy ammo synthesis for this."
It sure might be possible, but boy would it be easier.
You've made it to Confluxes! Unfortunately, you've also been wiping for 45 minutes with no end in sight. That left conflux keeps getting overrun, regardless of the THREE guardians you have positioned there. Getting truly frustrated, you call out, "I'll cover center instead of right", with an aim to getting an eye on left, to see what the heck is going on over there. It's then you notice they're trying to take down Minotaurs with Auto Rifles only.
You might get it eventually, but boy could it have been quicker. You get the idea. We've all been at that point where your heavy ammo hits 0 and you ask yourself a question, "Is it worth spending the heavy ammo synth? Can we make it without it?" How you, and every member of your fireteam, answers that question is unbelievably important to your success.
A lot of guardians think they can get by, and they just want to save their glimmer. I understand the perspective, and I'll explain why it's not efficient further down.

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What's the alternative?

I've been an avid user of DestinyLFG.com/net, r/fireteams, and the100.io, as they've been released. There are a few friends I often take with me into raids, but on the whole I've been pugging groups (pug = pick-up group) since the first week I raided. I have seen a lot of different people, with a wide variety of attitudes, skill levels, styles, and general badassery to go with it.
I can say that without a doubt, the thing that has the greatest impact on our effectiveness, how quickly we clear the content, is the frequency with which raid members fire their heavy weapons and use heavy ammo synthesis.
It's critical to point out that Gjallarhorn is not necessary for your heavy weapon to be useful.
I've also raided every bit of content in Destiny as it's released, which means I appreciate what it feels like to down a boss without a full raid of max-level guardians. The point I'm making about heavy weapons is relevant regardless of your level and the level of the raid you're in.

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Are you saying to use it all the time?

No! I'm saying that when it hits the fan every raiding guardian should:

1. Have heavy ammo synthesis
2. Be willing to use it

You should of course make every effort to use heavy ammo that drops during the raid, and definitely ask the raid to specify whether or not this attempt "is a wipe" before using it. If the raid says they want to keep pushing that attempt, don't be stingy. Give it your all.
Here are some classic examples of current raid content where heavy weapons can really make or break the check point:
Vault of Glass:

• Opening the gate in VoG
• Conflux
• Oracles (non-cheese)
• Templar (no teleport non-cheese)
• Gatekeeper
• Atheon

Crota's End:

• Lamps (you might say not necessary, I say why not)
• Thrallway
• Deathsinger
• Crota

Spoiler alert: It's useful for nearly every check point of every raid.

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Dagnabit, but it's expensive!

I hear you, I really do. To counter this common myth, that using heavy ammo synth is too expensive, especially in light of the horrendous heavy ammo bug, we're going to do a little pseudo math now.
Not counting strange coins, it costs 950 glimmer to buy a single heavy ammo synthesis. That means with a maximum 25k glimmer, you can buy 26 heavy synths (24,700 glimmer). It takes about 45-50 minutes to farm 25k glimmer using the most popular Exclusion Zone farming method.
The key is understanding how expensive every raid wipe actually is. You have to stop looking at how much glimmer each heavy ammo synth costs, and start looking at how many heavy ammo synth you could have bought with the time you spent wiping in the raid.
You wiped for 30 minutes on Gatekeepers? You could have bought 12-13 heavy ammo synth with that time, good for 60 minutes straight, popping one every 5 minutes. The reality is that most often, you don't end up using them on cooldown. Additionally, if everyone in the raid is using their heavy weapons, the content is cleared quicker, costing everyone less glimmer. It's about sharing the load, a lighter concept.
All too often, that one guy with a Gjallarhorn ends up spending 90% of the glimmer in a raid, as everyone else assumes "he's got it covered." I've been that one guy. I'm happy to do it, but I appreciate it a heck of a lot more when my fireteam is firing their rockets, even rare quality ones, right beside me. This brings me to my last point...
Note: I use boots with +heavy ammo, regardless of the bug, because I'd rather have 7 rounds when I pop a synth than have rounds carry over wipe after wipe after wipe...

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Being generous with your heavy ammo is contagious.

More often than not, when guardians see their fireteam going crazy with heavy weapons, they don't want to be left out. They want to join in the explosions and general badassery.
This isn't 100%. There's always that guy, who stoically refuses the necessity of the thing, convinced that those blessed with Ghorns deserve to spend every ounce of glimmer they have so he can have a chance at getting his own.
After a week of raiding, I usually use between 5 and 10 heavy ammo synth per character (not counting my Titan, because Ruin Wings are amazing). I usually buy a minimum of 20 per character with strange coins each time Xur shows up.
Note: Don't be that guy who uses heavy ammo, a wipe happens anyway due to this or that, and then complains LOUDLY to everyone how X guardian cost them their heavy ammo. We're all in the same boat; suck it up, Guardian.

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Don't believe me with all of this? Try it.

Hard mode Crota's End hits tomorrow, and the point I'm making is especially crucial when hitting new content you've never seen before. You want to get a feel for the mechanics and then hit them with everything you have. Don't waste your time wiping over and over again. Get it done, guardians.
I understand that some of you feel as though you simply don't have time to farm the glimmer and strange coins to stay stocked up. I heartily believe that you'll actually redeem time with this method, and I think you'll have more fun doing it. It's fun to use heavy weapons - Bungie did a great job with them, and not just Gjallarhorn.

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TLW (tl;dr) The willingness of raid members to use heavy weapons is directly proportionate to the time it takes to clear raid content, lessening the load for everyone.
Edit: Formatting

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Phogoth with arc burn.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

Weekly strike is Sepiks, with an Arc burn for the Nightfall.

Congratulations to darknorpo on reaching level 25 and completing his first raid!  Game stats at gametracker.com - OD experienced his "legend" moment at the Gatekeepers, solo'ing the center conflux.

Some Super Good Advice:

• Brune's weekly tracker sheet

Destiny Addiction

Clan stats.

Player	Hours	Progress	Grimoire	Main	Alt1	Alt2	Hrs/Day	HPD Dec
Beer4Porter	85	43%	1,430	29	0	0	0.7	1.3
Brune TSLJ	474	75%	2,145	30	29	30	4.0	6.6
CoolerSopranos2	212	68%	1,835	29	30	2	1.8	1.7
Cubert30	558	90%	2,145	31	31	31	4.7	5.7
darknorpo	23	26%	1,155	24	0	0	0.2	0.6
Freaky cP	294	78%	1,910	32	20	23	2.5
gtdroptop	422	87%	1,990	31	32	31	3.5	3.2
o DeadEye o	10	17%	530	9	6	0	0.1	0.0
OmniscientDeath	347	80%	2,025	31	32	31	2.9	3.2
Wadster90	491	90%	2,415	31	31	31	4.1	4.4
YVRShyAsian	654	90%	2,190	30	30	31	5.5	5.3

Brune appears to have developed a problem, jumping up to an average of 6.6 hours per day in the last month.  Impressive.

Reminder: Clan chat

As a reminder, we have a live clan chat that runs on groupme:

• https://groupme.com/join_group/11486142/Le5gT5

groupme doesn't cost anything and is ad-free.  You can use it through the website from any browser, or as a free app on any smarthphone.

It's certainly not required to join, but Destiny is pretty complicated and a TON if information is exchanged in chat these days.  I only post about 5% of the information into the blog.  If you're feeling a bit lost, joining chat is probably a good idea.  A lot of chat tends to be focused on top-level content because those are the guys who are most active, but it's absolutely the best place to bring your questions on any level of content from 1-32.

• Website
• Android App Store
• iTunes App Store
• Windows Phone Marketplace

Weekly useful Destiny stuff

Some Super Good Advice:

• Hit (undocumented) "X" at the difficulty selection menu to reset a story on Heroic mode
• Destiny Ghost Hunter: Website that tracks which ghosts you have or have not picked up
• Crota's End lamp room map
• Nightfall rotation schedule: Not yet updated for Omnigul, the rest appear to hold though
• destinytracker game viewer: Like how bungie.net used to do Halo stats

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. X1 Destiny.

gt, cubert and wadster carried the two key checkpoints over the reset last night, so we have a ton of fun queued up for this week.  Welcome back from the holidays!

• Valus Nightfall: Lightswitch, Juggler, no burn
• Valus Heroic Strike: Lightswitch
• Vault of Glass Raid: Normal mode, fresh start through Templar
• VoG: Normal and hard mode, Gorgon exotic chest
• VoG: Hard mode, Atheon [Checkpoint carried over]
• Crota's End Raid: Lamp room first chest
• CE: Fresh start through second chest
• CE: Crota cheese [Checkpoint carried over]
• Still some toons with Eris stories to finish