For those having issues: 1) MAKE SURE you reached rank 17. This is what unlocks the new focusing option. 2) Scroll to the 3rd page (to the right) in the Focused Decoding menu. If you don't see 3 menus, then you haven't done #1. Update: For those of you that stored Engrams from either old Legend/Master Lost Sectors or Vex Strike Force, those are confirmed to auto-decrypt when you claim them from your postmaster and (can) decrypt into the newest exotics. I've been getting different reports on how it works and unfortunately I can't say for certain since I didn't prep any of these engrams. How I see it: L/M Lost Sector engrams "follow" the old rotation of a daily exotic slot, even though that is no longer the case. Today is Chest (supposedly), so you have a high chance of getting the new chest pieces from those engrams. For Vex Strike Force engrams, they seem to be able to decrypt into any of the new ones. (The reason I didn't prep any of these engrams is because players after-TFS couldn't get these, so it wasn't an adequate representation of how players could obtain the new exotics.) Additionally, apologies for the "click bait" title. "Instantly" is, I guess, too loose of a term, even though it fits the situation. Not a big fan of click bait, so I try not to include it unless it has a lot of truth in the words. I think the title does.
@@Bluesky-zb6ii No. You need to own the expansion to get expansion related exotics. (The only exception are for special events, like last year's "Riven's Wishes", or the couple that are unlocked from Ikora's exotic quests)
This is ridiculous. I’d way prefer doing lost sectors, since they will be a far smaller time investment. I didn’t know this was in place so I didn’t save up any exotics. Which just sucks to know that it’s going to take me so much longer to do it. Main thing I wanted in the campaign was the rocket titan exotic, and now I’m going to have to wait forever to get it. Absolutely absurd
@@Enkeh Yeah found that out after. Happy about that! Still not a huge fan of leveling the cryptarch, but I guess it would be easier to get the exotics for the other classes. Not requiring me to grind levels to do the legend lost sectors
I also had a similar experience, but some of my postmaster exotics turned into adept mods which was really weird. What was even weirder was that one of them turned into just an enhancement core
What do we need them for other than upgrading exotic gear? The tier 3 focusing is only to get exotics you don’t already have which you probably shouldn’t be doing anyway just get it from lost sectors etc
You’re telling me the only way to unlock unearned exotics is to reach level 17 with rahool or get lucky on Neomuna? Feels like something is missing because the average player isn’t going to do all this.
Oh boy it's grind Time after I'm done getting all the armor pieces from Fail-safe it'll be time to start farming for exotic engrams and getting the tier 2 shi
Stupid question I'm sure: How do people have 5 exotic ciphers? My character only has one and it says max. I have one in my postmaster that won't let me pick it up either.
yes (Bungie uses Tier 2 and precision decryption interchangably). And yes, you need to own/have access to the DLC to get the DLC exotics. However, once you obtain those exotics (say during a F2P weekend), you can then focus them forever.
yeah. Once you reset Xur 1 time, that new 3rd focusing option with Exotic Ciphers is a permanent unlock for the rest of the Episode/Season. So if you have spare ciphers and no other use for them, feel free to focus exotics with em.
@@justsomeguy2142 I'm pretty sure he's asking if they even will drop them at all. Because if they don't, there would be basically almost no point at all in farming them.
Maybe someone can clarify for me. It says to unlock the item in collections. I know some people get a choice after the Legend campaign but I did mine on normal. Will it unlock when I reach rank 17?
Rank 17 unlocks the 3rd page of Focused Decoding. There you can choose any exotic, even those you haven't unlocked yet. (this is the method to unlock new exotics)
Okay I need some help, I have his rank reset but he’s only giving me The option for Icefall Mantle for the Novel Deceyption (their 3) and I’m very confused :/
That's....so very odd. If you or @glitched-user8334 could send me a screenshot (since I don't see that). Otherwise, post on the bungie help forums. I'm going to "try" to play on my alt-accounts this week to do more exotic testing to see if I can re-produce the bug.
I don't mind the system generally, but I'm not excited to do this every year (unless they continue dropping free ascendant shards from modes like onslaught)
Nah. It's way better in the long run. I Already have him lvl 8. I'll be able to get this and all new exotics moving forward without doing any lost sector farming.
Lost Sectors will now just drop exotic engrams. So this system gives you the flexibility of being to choose what you want as your reward and you can farm LS whenever you want. The tradeoff is that you need prisms/shards/ciphers as a focusing currency.
24 ascendant shards lol. I saved up 30, but that alone drained my interest. It's like they tripled down the time investment the game already asked for. Nope!
Absolutely . Usually they let ya play an introductory mission and then want their glimmer to continue . Best to wait until they figure the day one issues before purchasing imho . Never expect to play on day one or two of a new d2 expansion . Good luck bud
I havnt been able to login for over a week. Now theres a 30+gb update and more waiting. All to just loyin and go "meh" then log off cus nothing has changed
I mean, instant rice usually takes 5 to 10 minutes and you have to have it at home to make it, which means you went out and got some to be "prepared" for when the time came. So your comparison of "instant rice" to obtaining these exotics is actually spot on. (But in all seriousness, noted.)
And of course there gatekeeping this all behind having a steady supply of golf balls, which casuals aren't likely to get frequently, if at all. Bungie for all their creativity still can't seem to get out of their own way when it comes to exotic armor. They throw exotic weapons at us at every turn, but armor....oooooh no, that's special.
For those having issues: 1) MAKE SURE you reached rank 17. This is what unlocks the new focusing option. 2) Scroll to the 3rd page (to the right) in the Focused Decoding menu. If you don't see 3 menus, then you haven't done #1.
Update: For those of you that stored Engrams from either old Legend/Master Lost Sectors or Vex Strike Force, those are confirmed to auto-decrypt when you claim them from your postmaster and (can) decrypt into the newest exotics. I've been getting different reports on how it works and unfortunately I can't say for certain since I didn't prep any of these engrams. How I see it: L/M Lost Sector engrams "follow" the old rotation of a daily exotic slot, even though that is no longer the case. Today is Chest (supposedly), so you have a high chance of getting the new chest pieces from those engrams. For Vex Strike Force engrams, they seem to be able to decrypt into any of the new ones. (The reason I didn't prep any of these engrams is because players after-TFS couldn't get these, so it wasn't an adequate representation of how players could obtain the new exotics.)
Additionally, apologies for the "click bait" title. "Instantly" is, I guess, too loose of a term, even though it fits the situation. Not a big fan of click bait, so I try not to include it unless it has a lot of truth in the words. I think the title does.
ok hool is the new xur
just wait til you see new Xur. Just looked on light.gg. Rework seems to be part of TFS and looks interesting.
@@Commander_Pika is there an actual new xur because that would be revolutionary to grab exotics from xur to unlock them on hool
would this work even if I don't have the expansion that's related to the exotic piece I want ?
@@Bluesky-zb6ii No. You need to own the expansion to get expansion related exotics. (The only exception are for special events, like last year's "Riven's Wishes", or the couple that are unlocked from Ikora's exotic quests)
I'm just gonna decrypt a bunch of tier 1 exotic and prime engrams, I don't have 24 ascendant shards laying around.
If you just do the campaign on legend you get one of them for free.
Broke boy 😭😭
@@thrax4939 he probably has a life and doesn't just grind a crappy game lmao but wtv you say 😭😭
@@Ghost_Sol420best expansion to date. Bad game where?
@@snottytoe6957one
Man I wish I would have seen this earlier I just decrypted 10 exotic engrams didn’t focus so only got to level 10
Same...
I did the same, I spent all day doing lost sectors and just finally got enough for rank 16
If you run out of engrams you can get engrams from legend lost sectors now (they don’t auto decrypt anymore)
Ty
This is ridiculous. I’d way prefer doing lost sectors, since they will be a far smaller time investment. I didn’t know this was in place so I didn’t save up any exotics. Which just sucks to know that it’s going to take me so much longer to do it. Main thing I wanted in the campaign was the rocket titan exotic, and now I’m going to have to wait forever to get it. Absolutely absurd
You can just complete the legend campaign and choose it
@@Enkeh Yeah found that out after. Happy about that! Still not a huge fan of leveling the cryptarch, but I guess it would be easier to get the exotics for the other classes. Not requiring me to grind levels to do the legend lost sectors
I’d be glad to decrypt all my engrams if I could actually login and play
I’m in the same boat, I’ll play tomorrow after work! I didn’t make it through the first mission
Trust me I got in and was dced every mission was able to get to 9 out of 34 for campaign . What a joke . Might as well have not let me in
It’s always the same issue game is ass servers cnt even hold out
@rob2435 dang I guess I was lucky I'm at 27 of 34
Currant
I got all 6 items just by regularly decrypting exotics. didn't have to focus them at all. pulled them from postmaster
Did those exotic engrams just auto-decrypt when you pulled them from your postmaster? Were they from pre-TFS Legend/Master Lost Sector farming?
My clanmate had old seasons exotics in post. When he pulled it, it was a new one.
I also had a similar experience, but some of my postmaster exotics turned into adept mods which was really weird. What was even weirder was that one of them turned into just an enhancement core
@@alexschittendenReally I have about 12 in different post masters, may rng be with me
I did tier 2, reached level 17 really fast. Got all 6 new pieces for the 3 guardians...
I can already tell were gonna need more ways to get cyphers
What do we need them for other than upgrading exotic gear? The tier 3 focusing is only to get exotics you don’t already have which you probably shouldn’t be doing anyway just get it from lost sectors etc
@@Lachlan_McDougall we no longer get them from lost sectors we have to focus them with rahool
This is gold! I am stacked full of exotic engrams on all 3 characters
You’re telling me the only way to unlock unearned exotics is to reach level 17 with rahool or get lucky on Neomuna? Feels like something is missing because the average player isn’t going to do all this.
Probably meant to do it through the season
I got the new Hunter chest exotic from picking up an exotic engram from my Postmaster I had banked.
Oh boy it's grind Time after I'm done getting all the armor pieces from Fail-safe it'll be time to start farming for exotic engrams and getting the tier 2 shi
Thanks! Great video as always!
Thank you very much for the video 😀
dose this work even if i dont have the expansion?
H-how many ascendant shards? 😰
Off to nightfalls with you
Y’all should’ve just done season the wish coil activity
@@tyronecharizard363coil doesn’t exist unless you know where in the directory
@@Foliagedcarcasshe meant that yall should had play that activity when it was there smh.
@@dvb8637 oh I guess
Took all day to get 3 or 4 missions in, and I gotta say I hate the stupid little puzzles in the campaign. Didn't know missions were raids now lol
Stupid question I'm sure: How do people have 5 exotic ciphers? My character only has one and it says max. I have one in my postmaster that won't let me pick it up either.
Thanks for the video! Amazing content :3
By "tier 2 focusing" you mean precision decryption, right? Do you know if we need the DLC to buy DLC exotics at the 'novel decryption' stage?
yes (Bungie uses Tier 2 and precision decryption interchangably). And yes, you need to own/have access to the DLC to get the DLC exotics. However, once you obtain those exotics (say during a F2P weekend), you can then focus them forever.
if you reset him can you still focuis decode with exotic cyphers?
yeah. Once you reset Xur 1 time, that new 3rd focusing option with Exotic Ciphers is a permanent unlock for the rest of the Episode/Season. So if you have spare ciphers and no other use for them, feel free to focus exotics with em.
Great video super informative
Great way for Bungie to have you burn through your ascendant shards, keeping you a slave to the grind.
do u need the current expansion to get the 2 new gear Exotics?
yes. New exotics are always tied to their relevant expansion.
So no more lost sector?
@@justsomeguy2142 I'm pretty sure he's asking if they even will drop them at all. Because if they don't, there would be basically almost no point at all in farming them.
Good video! But in my case, the game still ask me to unlock from the collection and i cant get any new exotic
Did you reach rank 17? Did you scroll to the 3rd page?
Where tf would I get 24 ascendant shards from?
the red thumbnail border made me think i already watched the vid for a sec there
Did not think about that. Will change that XD
Maybe someone can clarify for me. It says to unlock the item in collections. I know some people get a choice after the Legend campaign but I did mine on normal. Will it unlock when I reach rank 17?
Rank 17 unlocks the 3rd page of Focused Decoding. There you can choose any exotic, even those you haven't unlocked yet. (this is the method to unlock new exotics)
You still collect 3 exotics per character for doing the usual crucible, gambit, vanguard stuff. So there's that on top of it
Okay I need some help, I have his rank reset but he’s only giving me The option for Icefall Mantle for the Novel Deceyption (their 3) and I’m very confused :/
Like the only exotic, at all, on that page? Or the only exotic you haven't yet unlocked in collections?
@@Commander_Pika it’s the only exotic on the page at all, I don’t have very many titan exotics so there’s quite a few I haven’t collected.
@glitched-user8334 yea me as well only the Icefall mantle shows up
That's....so very odd. If you or @glitched-user8334 could send me a screenshot (since I don't see that). Otherwise, post on the bungie help forums. I'm going to "try" to play on my alt-accounts this week to do more exotic testing to see if I can re-produce the bug.
@@Commander_Pika I got it troubleshot, I bought one on my warlock and it fixed itself
I don't mind the system generally, but I'm not excited to do this every year (unless they continue dropping free ascendant shards from modes like onslaught)
.........love the video - now, a subscriber.
Mine is glitched, i did reset but i cant focus them
Are you checking the 3rd page of Focused Decoding? Do you own The Final Shape?
I don't have a third page in the exotic decoding.. is this my fault or just a weird bug?
And you ranked Rahool up to 17?
Does this mean I can get forsaken exotics too? Like strongholds
You still need to own the expansion the exotics are tied to. So you would need to own the Forsaken Pack for that one.
@@Commander_Pika ohhh ok thx
Nobody can get in , haha . I knew it . Not happy about knowing it though . I wish we could play
Can someone confirm that you get higher rolls focusing with tier two and three? *Edit i got a 70 roll on hollowfire heart that way.
Wish i could focus for abeyant leap :(
Thats… that’s not instant…. I think I’d rather just farm lost sectors…
Nah. It's way better in the long run. I Already have him lvl 8. I'll be able to get this and all new exotics moving forward without doing any lost sector farming.
@@BinSosasuxks for newer players . I'd rather use ciphers for new guns to get to level 10
@@KronicDaydreamZ its not even about weapons. Its for armor
No more lost sectors like tht expert lost sectors just give exotic enegrams now,😑
@@Its_Specati …that you take to Rahool to _select_ the exotic you want
Did they just kill lost sector farming?
Lost Sectors will now just drop exotic engrams. So this system gives you the flexibility of being to choose what you want as your reward and you can farm LS whenever you want. The tradeoff is that you need prisms/shards/ciphers as a focusing currency.
It’s telling me I have to unlock it form collection first 🤔. I am not at reset rank yet but wanted to throw that out there.
Once you reach rank 17, Focused Decoding will have a 3rd page.
@@Commander_Pika thank you so much!
Are the new exotics just not in vex strike force?
No, they shouldn't be. Bungie said they weren't updating VSF exotic loot pool.
@@Commander_Pika i cri
If not, phuk em@@Commander_Pika
Ehhh...I preferred if it still dropped in lost sectors. Having to grind rep with exotic/prime engrams is more tedious than lost sector farming.
Why haven't they added any wepons to this 😕
Instantly unlock - by grinding a 1000 hours before release 😂
24 ascendant shards lol. I saved up 30, but that alone drained my interest. It's like they tripled down the time investment the game already asked for. Nope!
Do u need dlc to unlock the new light supers
yes
Dumb ass question
Absolutely . Usually they let ya play an introductory mission and then want their glimmer to continue . Best to wait until they figure the day one issues before purchasing imho . Never expect to play on day one or two of a new d2 expansion . Good luck bud
We ll get it anyways , lol . Enjoy the game . Don’t rush it
I'm not getting the dlc at all
Crap i did it wrong i decrypted everything didnt know i had to focus them. That sux cause i couldnt login all of yesterday so i couldnt even play
I reset rahool and the new exotics say unlock in collections.
make sure you tab to the 3rd page in Focused Decoding.
@@Commander_Pika if I get back on this week....
the struggle is real. Haven't made any progress. Time for sleep and check in tomorrow.
@@Commander_Pika got in and grabbed both on my titan. Thx
I havnt been able to login for over a week. Now theres a 30+gb update and more waiting. All to just loyin and go "meh" then log off cus nothing has changed
I reset my rank and nothing happened
Did you go to the 3rd page of "Focused Decoding"?
Hate to see how long it takes you to cook "instant" rice
I mean, instant rice usually takes 5 to 10 minutes and you have to have it at home to make it, which means you went out and got some to be "prepared" for when the time came. So your comparison of "instant rice" to obtaining these exotics is actually spot on. (But in all seriousness, noted.)
And of course there gatekeeping this all behind having a steady supply of golf balls, which casuals aren't likely to get frequently, if at all. Bungie for all their creativity still can't seem to get out of their own way when it comes to exotic armor. They throw exotic weapons at us at every turn, but armor....oooooh no, that's special.
I dont have enough shard ma n lol 24 i only have 10 haha.
"Instantly unlock" if you prepped for this week's beforehand. Click bait title. Blocking you
lol you mad bruh
Big mad LMFAO
“Blocking you” bro shut up 💀💀
Love bungies launch days an absolute disaster
Do not buy the final shape all new exotics are locked behind lfg.
I have the feeling you don't know what INSTANTLY means.
This sucks I'd rather waste my time in a lost sector
Who cares they are all bad. 🤷🏻♂️
Thank youuuu