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    Legendary Missions Questions

    Hello there, fellow Agents!! Okay, so the other night I was playing with some folks, and we were discussing our various builds. One of them inspected my Skill build and said that it was good enough for Legendary missions. I had not even touched anything Legendary up to that point, but his comment did get me thinking about it. Well, I decided to try a random matchmaking with Legendary, and it was the Capital Building both times. And both times the group wiped!! Lol. Now I know this is not a surprise given a random group with nobody using a headset. I just simply thought I would get a taste of Legendary. It definitely looks intense. So I had a few questions about it:

    1. Is the loot better than Heroic?
    2. Are Legendary missions worth the extra effort?
    3. Are they fun?
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    mrwtw's Avatar Senior Member
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    1. Is the loot better than Heroic? Yes but not significantly better.
    2. Are Legendary missions worth the extra effort? No unless you enjoy them or are with a coordinated group.
    3. Are they fun? Very IMO.
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    Not worth it for the loot - but an "AFK" Skill build can definitely handle it once you learn where to post up and how the fights work.

    Play it if:
    • you enjoy the challenge
    • you want Big Horn
    • you want the outfit

    Though I find the outfit false advertising, as it's mostly grey & black instead of white
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    1. Is the loot better than Heroic?
    2. Are Legendary missions worth the extra effort?
    3. Are they fun?


    1...Nope not one bit
    2...LMFAO! Hellz no!
    3...ROFLLMFAO! NOPE!
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    Ignore Ken, he thinks casual players should get everything handed to them on a plate.

    Everyone else is correct - the quality of loot is barely better than heroic, and you need a really good group to get through them. Like any other co-op experience, they're much more fun with friends on comms.
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    Originally Posted by GhostAgent14 Go to original post
    1. Is the loot better than Heroic?
    2. Are Legendary missions worth the extra effort?
    3. Are they fun?
    1 and 2:

    Minimum drop quality is higher. But does that mean "better"? I've argued til I'm blue in the face in favor of speed-farming challenging/heroic for drops. Legendary is a challenge. A milestone. You should not be going there to GET loot, because you should already have the best gear to play it.


    3

    Fun is purely subjective. Some people like testing themselves against insane challenges. Some people want a power fantasy. Where you land in that spectrum is 100% up to you and you alone. Don't let anyone else tell you what YOU find fun.
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    Thank you all very, very much for the insight into what Legendary missions are all about it!!
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    Yes the loot is better, but its targeted loot, so if its something useless like RK or Hard Wired, then your going to get lots of high rolled items but you wont use them.

    Is it fun? Depends on the group you play with, and also how often you do them.

    For Capitol and Roosevelt, you only need a skill build and they are easy to make.
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    I totally agree to what mrwtw, LateNightDelight, dagrommit and Sircowdog1 said.

    Everything concerning question #3 has been said, so just decide for yourself whether you like legendary missions or not. Personally, I had a rather rough start with the legendary missions as I was not quite prepared for them when we first tried them (and nowadays thanks to the AFK skill builds, as LateNight called them, legendary missions became so much easier to tackle for new agents).

    But ever since then I basically enjoy every legendary stronghold. I like the challenge, I like the mission designs, I like the coop action and playing with friends (or sometimes randoms).

    Concerning the loot:
    It's indeed a bit better. The guaranteed minimum rolls are bit higher than in heroic missions. But that still doesn't really make them efficient for farming – because heroic missions can be completed faster, the loot is only a tad less good, and thanks to Optimization you can still max out your heroic loot pretty quickly.

    Special rewards are, as already said, some vanity items you receive for completing each one of the strongholds. Plus legendary content has the chance to drop the Bighorn. Plus you will get a weekly legendary project which will also reward you with a regular exotic cache upon completion (the project is always "complete DUA" or "complete Roosevelt" or "complete Capitol Hill").
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    1. Is the loot better than Heroic?
    Harder difficulty - higher rolls

    2. Are Legendary missions worth the extra effort?
    Read answer 1 and decide for yourself
    Tbf difficulty difference is higher than rolls difference.

    3. Are they fun?
    1st time - maybe
    20th time - nothing fun in this game.
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