Kav

It can be a mixed bag. Some nights it won't be an issue and then others, like last night, it can happen into double figures. Its infuriating. Especially seeing how I took all the steps Bungie advise on their site, I've opened all the ports they say to open, my NAT Type is open (type 2) and my download and upload speeds are both good. Yet still it's screwed and Bungie don't seem to be doing anything to sort out the issues many are having. When I first opened the ports it worked well but after the hotfix it went haywire again. Bungie haven't said anything different in regards to any other ways to resolve it. They've just gone quiet on the issue.

If people drop out and you're short I'll join you guys. I just think that I'm best not being in the first team in case I get disconnected.

I'm alive, haha. Don't think I'll be arranging another date with that girl, sorry guys.

@Shorty, I'm having so many connections issues with he game it may be best me dropping out... I don't want to be disconnected whilst in the middle of the raid leaving you guys one man short. @lostmario, looks like you're in.

@Blade has just kicked me out of his team in PVP because I was doing too well... I was on his team! You'd think he'd want someone decent on is team right? Oh no, not Blade. That's just nuts! It's my birthday today too... Blade, you just booted me on me birthday, that's just mean. So mean.

That United are above Liverpool is quite hilarious. Super Frank scoring for City again. Us sitting pretty at the top of the league with Costa scoring yet again.

That Auto Rifle is the dog's dangly bits! I didn't have enough so I went for the exotic Hunter's helmet. I'm fully kitted out in Legendary & Exotic armour now. Loving it!

@Shorty if there's space, or a second group, I'd be up for it. Level 27 Hunter, RadKav82 is my PSN ID.

@Jimbob & @CoolFunkMan You can join a faction but still have your XP go toward the Vanguard and Crucible, just don't equip the item from the faction and your XP will be earned as normal. It's only when you equip the faction gear that the XP goes toward them. @Ganepark32 some people are just getting disconnected, they may not be dropping out, it could be the network boots them. This has happened to me a fair bit and was happening to @Blade last night too (usually doesn't happen to him at all), Bungie have confirmed there are issues and are "working on them to improve stability". I love the Scout Rifles for the Strikes and other missions but prefer Auto Rifles for the Crucible. I've currently got Legendary Scout, Fusion and Sniper Rifles and I've got an Exotic weapon Bounty for a Fusion Rifle too. Looking forward to visiting Xur!

Picked up a Legendary Fusion Rifle too tonight. It made up for the earlier disconnects!

The disconnections are really pissing me off now! They're more frequent since the update to the network... what the..?!! I'd not mind but I've opened all the ports on my router that Bungie have suggested, I checked my internet connection on the PS4; 12MB download, 1MB upload, NAT Type 2 (which is Open). Everything should be running perfectly, as it does with every single other game I have... but no, Destiny wants to be shit! In good news I got a Legendary engram from the postmaster and got Legendary chest armour... nice!

I had a little luck myself tonight. After Blade left I was looking at my bounties and all I had left was to kill one more Hive Major or Ultra and to do 6 patrols on the moon, "2 birds with 1 stone" I thought... more like a whole flock! I summoned my speeder and was whizzing along towards the first mission marker and saw a Dreg in my path hadn't noticed me, "he's getting mowed down" I said to myself. Boom! The poor guy goes flying. So I pick up the mission and turn around... hmm, that blue engram looks a little odd there on the floor... wait a sec... purple! That poor Dreg I mowed down dropped a purple! Awesome! So I now have The Final Boss Sniper Rifle too.

Hahahaha! Brilliant!

Aha! That's why they don't do voice-chat, they're old and deaf, they'd not be able to hear anyway so what's the point?! So old and yet they resist maturing! But still, happy birthday Ninty, the gaming landscape wouldn't be as it is without them!

That's some handy info right there @Sheikah. @Blade, that's what I was trying to explain to you last night.

Am I going to be too wuss at Level 25, 965 defence, Legendary Scout Rifle at 257 damage..? I don't normally feel wuss when playing but next to your Guardians... that's a different matter, haha.

That was it @Jimbob

I'm starting to, the grind is a royal pain in the ass. They need to add more missions and more objectives in missions as opposed to "go here, deploy ghost, defend" then rinse and repeat. They've missed a trick not having any mission where you chased someone down in your speeder.

You can choose to join all 3 factions, all XP gained will go to the one faction who's item you're wearing. I've got Hunter Cloaks for all 3 of them and it XP gained switches faction whenever I switch cloaks.

If it's anything like The Stranger's Rifle, the full-auto mode on that just meant you hold down the trigger and it will keep burst-firing as opposed to being one burst per pull of the trigger. The number of times you saved my neck in that battle, haha. Had a right laugh!

Well if anyone was going to equalise, I'm glad it was Lampard!

So today I've spent a good amount of time whispering sweet nothings to the toilet bowl... my stomach is so off! The girl has been messaging, really apologetic and she's said she would really love to see me again if I still will. I'm tempted to for the hilarity of it all.

Ok guys, another disaster story incoming... A new girl, a second date. The first went really well! So we went for tapas and then drinks. We were having a right laugh, joking with each other and telling stories as you do. Kissing too, all going well. So she mentions how I've been for a few drinks lately and jokes I'm an alcoholic. I had just switched to water at this point as my stomach is starting to hurt really bad. Anyhow, I said that prior to a drink last night with work I hadn't had a drink since my sisters wedding, to which she asks "what about last Thursday?"... ah! I forgot we were out on a date for a few drinks then! Oops! So she says how she's offended and makes me feel a little bad, so I joke and pretend to leave. I come back and we have a laugh and I apologise for being a plonker. Then she starts talking about feeling awkward having thought about it, with us having laughed I joke a little and apologise again, but she isn't happy I joked and starts asking if I'm enjoying making her feel awkward and how she's angry and offended. I apologise and say it wasn't my intention, I like her and that I'd not want her to feel that way... but she snaps. Started "reviewing the date and starts picking out faults (there weren't any in my view) and saying how she's just angry and then she barks at me that there will not be a 3rd date. I felt like shit. Seriously guys, I've never been made to feel like that by a girl, I just felt she wanted me gone. So again I apologise, I say I guess I best take my leave and she says yes, it'd be a good idea. I pick up my jacket and umbrella and go. So I phone @Blade, gutted that I've messed it up. So we're chatting and then I start getting messages fly through... she was only fucking joking... and now I've gone and left her! I didn't realise she was joking when she was asking me to go and she didn't realise I wasn't joking when I left. Tragic! So I quickly phone her and run back. We try clearing up the mess but she's doing her best to make me feel guilty. Laid it on pretty hard, slams the taxi door on her way in. Then she phoned me and we talk briefly and she apologises, as well as I. She's now asked me to meet her on sunday... I wonder if she'll stand me up to get me back is in my thoughts. To top it all off, I'm now at home with my somach killing me and I'm throwing up and shitting so much! Projectile too, glad I made it to the toilet! What a night! To make this night even worse, after managing to fall asleep the bloody fire-alarm has only gone and ran out of battery and started beeping, waking me up... at 04:50 in the sodding morning!

Do you keep getting disconnected from the game-world, followed by a codeword to use on Bungie's site? If so, the link above should provide helpful.