Destiny (PS3/PS4) Official Thread

The 7th Number said:
Made it to the lighthouse for the 3rd time this weekend. So now all my characters have the emblem and getting to the lighthouse is something i dont care about anymore. I ended up getting my 3rd scholar scout rifle, but at least this one was void.

Did nightfalls and got Etheric Light, No Backup Plans with worse stats, and Legendary Engram that turned into an FWC Hand Cannon that i dismantled.

Going to go buy Batman Arkham Knight and trade my Xbox 360 into gamestop towards an Xbox One today. So long Destiny...... just kidding ill be back sooner than i think.
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Wow you are jumping the shark and getting an Xbone?!? Won't be long till you have 6 guardians :whistle2:

 
Three night falls, 12 strange coins, legendary engram, and apotheosis veil.

Also, seeing everyone leave is kind of sad.  :cry: Let's hope the dlc is worth the price and brings people back but I doubt it seeing that so many good games will be coming out by then. 

Hopefully the Star Wars Battlefront thread will be as active as this thread. 

 
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mars009 said:
Wow you are jumping the shark and getting an Xbone?!? Won't be long till you have 6 guardians :whistle2:
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Hahaha no. Even though it has crossed my mind, thats too many guardians and still wont be enough vault space. Im getting Xbone mainly for Gears 1 remake, Gears 4 next year, and maybe tomb raider. The $150 trade in with a free Xbone game is too good to pass up, and i never play my xbox 360 anymore. So its a no brainer.

 
It sounds like Deej is doing some damage control and trying to negate some of the douchebaggery exuded by Luke Smith in those interviews. (But of course he still comes off as pretty arrogant):

https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/132459755/0/0

That's your right, and we respect your freedom to make decisions about what you find valuable.

The Collector's Edition is mostly sold out, so the people who found that stuff valuable jumped at the chance. You'll likely see it sold on ebay for much more than what we're asking. But that's not the point. Right?

The real conversation here is: What are we doing to honor you, the players who have been bound to Destiny in this first year of action and adventure? I'm glad you asked. I'm going to answer in the Bungie Weekly Update.

Please stay tuned.
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$40 is still too much for this 'expansion', but the fact that they are charging the same for the expansion as they had people pay for the base game in the UK is ludicrous (39.99 GBP for each). I'd like to think that is some type of internal error and not the real price, but probably the main reason the eurogamer interviewer pushes the issue so hard in the interview. Not that I am defending their pricing in any way.

 
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GLOCKGLOCK said:
Considering the physical collectors edition is sold out, we haven't exactly discouraged them from pulling more of this BS in the future.
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those are the damn hoarders, I really which that when they try and sell that PoS out at eBay they don't make a single extra buck. Those guys at Bungie are not only dumb but they also consider us dumbs.
 
GLOCKGLOCK said:
It sounds like Deej is doing some damage control and trying to negate some of the douchebaggery exuded by Luke Smith in those interviews. (But of course he still comes off as pretty arrogant):

https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/132459755/0/0

$40 is still too much for this 'expansion', but the fact that they are charging the same for the expansion as they had people pay for the base game in the UK is ludicrous (39.99 GBP for each). I'd like to think that is some type of internal error and not the real price, but probably the main reason the eurogamer interviewer pushes the issue so hard in the interview. Not that I am defending their pricing in any way.
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To me it sounds like a new "planet" in terms. A new area with patrols, maybe 5 missions WITH CUT SCENES!, and a strike or two if we are lucky. Then you have the raid. Then also you got the new subclasses, and new exotic armor/weapons. Yeah it seems a lot more than the other two DLC packs, but if this is what we get, we will be done with all the missions and strikes in one day. Then have to farm armor/weapons to be equal with the new raid, and again begin the hunt for new exotics. So after a few days we will just be back to the grind and the mercy of RNG hoping to get new stuff. Is that worth the price? Im already getting tired of doing bounties, so adding another area to do more bounties in isnt really that attractive. Its just more of the same. I would be excited for a new raid, hopefully its as good or better than VOG. But with new armor and weapon exotics i dont even have room to put them anymore. My vault is literally full in all areas, all my characters have 1 slot open in most categories. So where am i supposed to put all these new things?

 
I preordered the SE but will probably flip it on ebay and just get the digital expansion...I'd like a pass for the rest of the year just for price protection but I dont see that happening I guess.

I will probably do nightfalls this week...

Seeing the shit storm and all the deleted threads on the bungie forum is entertaining as hell.

3 days clean though...I used to be the up to 3hrs a day guy at least 5-6 days a week but I have other stuff to do and I've been playing too much damn videyagames.

 
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Was able to get another PoE round-up in last night (35,34,32).  Ended up with a better Solar scout rifle than my last drop... this one's perk was bonus damage to Fallen enemies. It also came with Triple Tap (again) and Perfect Balance.  Not too bad really.

Also, I finished up my Variks bounty and got my QbB :D/ .Sucks that I had a double-bounty on that toon but it only gave me one.  Now I just gotta get it done on my Warlock so I can get the pistol.

And a little more info on TTK for those of us who had gone digital with Destiny...

-doesn't look like there will be any sort of upgrade program for TTK, going from PS3 -> PS4 like there was for the original release & expansions.  Ditto for Xbox players.

https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/12122

Sucks for me since I liked the freedom of moving back and forth from old-gen to new-gen.

 
The 7th Number said:
Hahaha no. Even though it has crossed my mind, thats too many guardians and still wont be enough vault space. Im getting Xbone mainly for Gears 1 remake, Gears 4 next year, and maybe tomb raider. The $150 trade in with a free Xbone game is too good to pass up, and i never play my xbox 360 anymore. So its a no brainer.
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That's a good deal and Xbox One is cool. But Gears Ultimate Edition was severely disappointing during the beta. The "upgraded" graphics looked worse than the 360 version and hit detection was way off.
 
Matt Young said:
That's a good deal and Xbox One is cool. But Gears Ultimate Edition was severely disappointing during the beta. The "upgraded" graphics looked worse than the 360 version and hit detection was way off.
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I thought I was going crazy with the hit detection. I tried to adjust but it was nearly unplayable (SUPER frustrating). I have zero interest in the Gears of War Ultimate now.
 
Matt Young said:
That's a good deal and Xbox One is cool. But Gears Ultimate Edition was severely disappointing during the beta. The "upgraded" graphics looked worse than the 360 version and hit detection was way off.
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NJMane said:
I thought I was going crazy with the hit detection. I tried to adjust but it was nearly unplayable (SUPER frustrating). I have zero interest in the Gears of War Ultimate now.
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Im hoping they fix the issues in the final game. But even then id love to replay gears 1 with the bonus PC levels. :)

 
Finished two more Cipher bounties today, so I have all of the PoE exotics now. I'll probably just run Nightfalls and maybe trials if it's a map I like now. It's actually a good time to take a break though. I picked up a Wii U off Amazon Warehouse and an Xbox One off Cowboom a few weeks ago and my PS4 backlog has grown to a pretty decent size as well.
 
Matt Young said:
That's a good deal and Xbox One is cool. But Gears Ultimate Edition was severely disappointing during the beta. The "upgraded" graphics looked worse than the 360 version and hit detection was way off.
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Agreed, I played the Beta for 2 hours and ended up uninstalling it.

Unrelated to Gears and related to this topic...

Remember how I hated on Destiny for a long time, everybody? I crusaded against the game for a bit?

Well... consider this:

My post from Reddit (Tonight, GThirst joins the hunt.)

About a month after Destiny was released, I quit the game. I played about 150 hours. I had vacation from work for the month of September and the wife and I decided to save money, so I devoted my time to Destiny and training a bit harder at the gym.


Well after 150 hours I was more than burnt out. I hated Destiny. I told many people not to buy it. My friends said, "But you got 150 hours out of it... it couldn't be that bad." I explained to them that for the content that was there, it was not worth the time I put in and wanted the time back. The game played off of addictive tendencies and was largely uninspired. For every fun experience, there was 10 painful questions of design choices. I realized I was only having a good time, because I had a good group of people to play with. Social ties do not make a game great, it just shows friendship is wonderful or something like that.

I never really was burned by Destiny outside of time spent. I bought the game for $47.99 with Best Buy GCU and received a $10 reward cert as well. Effectively making the game about $40. I traded the game in a month later for $35. Good thing I never found a Ghost Edition that I tried so hard to hunt down.

Further, the truly inspired content was only really accessible when I had a plethora of free time. The VoG was great, I had some really amazing gaming sessions. However, it was broken in many places and the focus on grinding was too great. Some of the miracles that occurred during hard mode were too amazing to replicate. But it was fleeting, and the focus on grinding/fighting tedious bosses over and over and trying to find a decent time weighed down. Even the most fun part of the game became a slog.

Then, having a warlock at 30, and the other characters in the ballpark of 30, I began to deal with the worst part of the game. Resource farming. My wife walked in and asked me, "What... are you doing? This looks so stupid." I replied, "I'm farming relic iron..." Then realized how stupid the system of walking in a large circle hitting resource points and mashing square to pick them up was belligerently stupid and a complete waste of time. 4 hours later I had enough to upgrade my armor and weapons. I then quit Destiny.

Here I am, coming back to the game. Besides a good friend asking me to come back, I have to say it's because of the games improvements and improvements to come. There is a lot for me to catch up on. I'd like to still get Fatebringer, the only VoG weapon that alluded me. I have both expansions worth of things to do. The deal is very solid on PSN. $80 nets you the digital collector's edition of the Taken King and the original game+expansion pass. It also lets you play the older content while you wait for The Taken King.

I see a lot of veterans of the game are upset by the price point. Really, at Best Buy, you can get the Taken King physical release which comes with everything released so far with Gamers Club Unlocked for $47.99. For some reason, the Taken King digital release is $40 alone, which makes absolutely no sense. I was waiting for Destiny to improve AND have a solid buy in point to return to the game, and I have. The veterans WILL be outweighed by new or returning old blood and Bungie knows this. It is a shame, but honestly it happens with nearly every game.

This is an example since today is AK's release, people all rush to buy the Arkham games, but they are $5 with all DLC a year later. It's just not as in your face since it's not an MMO type game.

Let me not get side tracked on that note of value for the vets since that's been discussed everywhere.

I think I'm glad to be back, it's going to take me a bit to see if I regret it. I really need to experience the content and updates I've missed out on the last several months. This is a point of no return though, a digital game is always a risk and I almost never take the plunge. I've been playing the Destiny demo on and off with my level 30 which is actually pretty cool.

See you online. I'll be trying to get my Warlock to 34 as fast as possible, then on to my Titan and Hunter.

Take care Guardians. If you see a VoG Warlock with Sunbreakers and blacksmith shader in PvP it just may be me.

P.S. My first exotic was the Ice Breaker the second day the game was out. That was exciting.
The TLDL? Destiny was bad but with updates and an enticing price point, I'm back in to play with friends and make new ones. See you online! Add GThirst. I was a hard mode VoG crushing, Gjalhorn Ice Breaking menace back in the day, but I have much to learn with the newer content!
 
Stellar Inertia said:
All Poe guns have fixed perks/scopes. Only thing that changes is the fallen perk.
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Are the elemental burns fixed too? I thought those could change... haven't really looked into it.

Matt Young said:
That's a good deal and Xbox One is cool. But Gears Ultimate Edition was severely disappointing during the beta. The "upgraded" graphics looked worse than the 360 version and hit detection was way off.
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Haha, I was having a bad time with the beta too.

I'll still pick it up but wait for a 20 price point, just for the main campaign. Too many other PvP options (cough... STAR WARS BF... cough) to care about going back to Gears mp.

 
aFrostyONE said:
Are the elemental burns fixed too? I thought those could change... haven't really looked into it.
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With both the PoE and Trials weapons, the "base" perks are fixed. On the PoE weapons the last Fallen-themed perk is random. On the Skolas (ie, mark II) and Lighthouse (ie, "Adept") weapons the burn is random. But otherwise in all cases the guns are more or less the same.

That's why I won't feel too bad if I never make it to the Lighthouse as long as I can get the regular Trials weapons. The only ones I'm missing at this point are the Scout rifle and the Rocket Launcher. I'm assuming one of those is in this weekend's rank 7 package. I barely made it to 7 to get the pulse rifle last weekend, though, so we'll see. And people are quitting the game in droves so it is getting harder and harder to get a team together even for Trials.

But even if I got one with a burn from going flawless, I doubt it would outshine Fatebringer or Vision or Fang of Ir Yut. I'd think the only things I'd want would be a void scout rifle or possibly a solar hand cannon. But knowing my crap RNG even if I struggle for weeks to finally make it to the Lighthouse I'd probably end up with an arc Hand Cannon (that would be totally outclassed by Fatebringer) or a solar Scout Rifle (outclassed by Vision). Hell, Skolas has already given me a crap solar scout rifle (though I did also get an arc Pulse rifle with captain stun ability so that has some limited use).

And this, frankly, is the biggest failure with House of Wolves: the rewards are just not worth the trouble.
 
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io has it covered. Base perks are fixed on PoE/ToO weapons. The fallen perk is random. And the burns are random. Everything else stays the same.

I got really lucky getting a Wolves Leash II from Skolas with Arc burn (which is the best thing for Fallen). And it had disciplinarian as the fallen perk which does more damage to all fallen. I love that gun now as my go to arc gun.

EDIT: io they are selling the rocket launcher for this upcoming trials. So youre in luck!

 
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Damn i thought i was going to be done with Trials but Titan boots of 139 intellect with more hand cannon and heavy ammo + that rocket launcher! I WANT IT! O_O

 
Stellar Inertia said:
I got really lucky getting a Wolves Leash II from Skolas with Arc burn (which is the best thing for Fallen). And it had disciplinarian as the fallen perk which does more damage to all fallen. I love that gun now as my go to arc gun.

EDIT: io they are selling the rocket launcher for this upcoming trials. So youre in luck!
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I've gotten 3 weapons from Skolas: the arc pulse rifle with captain stunning ability which is nice for PoE (esp. the Skolas part itself). I also got a void pulse rifle with, I think, Vandal burn. Meh - I used it a few weeks ago in the Taniks Nightfall with Void burn. It was OK. And then the solar scout rifle which I think has Dreg burn. Yech... The best perk is the one you got (that does bonus damage to all Fallen) so that was, indeed, an awesome drop.

As for the Trials rewards, yippee - another thing I can come tantalizingly close to but fail to get just like most of the armor so far! I'm not quite as keen on the rocket launcher as I am on the scout rifle so if I miss out on this one it isn't as big a deal.

The only reason I'm playing Destiny at all any more is to get a set of the Trials armor - but I'm not even sure why as it will all probably be made obsolete when Taken King releases. It is just for collection purposes I guess (and of course it looks pretty cool) - but then they discourage collecting with the limited Vault space. And Deej's comments about making hard choices does not bode well for the future.
 
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The 7th Number said:
Damn i thought i was going to be done with Trials but Titan boots of 139 intellect with more hand cannon and heavy ammo + that rocket launcher! I WANT IT! O_O
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Dammit. Now I have to get those too! At least I already have boots for the other two, so I can just concentrate on the one character this weekend.
 
Nightfalls x3 coins, purple heavy engram, sunbreakers - OMG this is the shortest nightfall of all time!

Crashed 7 and jimmy's practice flawless crota run with my buds and got NO LAND BEYOND...try not to hate me for my awesome loot!

Glad they had already died and were just practicing...Was hilarious listening to the dude trying to tell you guys how the raid works...you were probably like WTF. Will make sure and join your chat first next time and ask before bringing strangers in.

 
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Bungie and Activi$ion are going to have to work on their PR. Luke Smith's interview is blowing up and more and more media sources are criticizing his, and as a result his company and publisher's, behavior. Their idea to lock more content behind a paid wall is only showing how far they are willing to go to fatten their wallets. Of course there will be the players who say "if you don't want to play the mission don't buy it" and to them I say, you are the reason big publishers are screwing over consumers. 

As if $40 isn't enough for a new DLC. I can't wait for the Doritos exclusive.

 
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Axe Body Spray exclusive emote=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

:roll:

(Nightfalls=Etheric Light, 9 Coins, Heart of the Praxic Fire)

 
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Its because I wished you luck :)

Axe body spray emote is everyone around you holding their nose?

Also I bet you hope they add some trophies in the new expansion...

 
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mars009 said:
Lucky! I want to get flawless, but I just know something might go wrong.
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Honestly, the part that took the longest and caused the most deaths was when we were trying to cheese the 2nd bridge. Jimmy and F had to try to jump un top to cause the despawn , which took a while to get but they got it eventually. ;) Once we got passed that area it was all gravy.

 
The 7th Number said:
Honestly, the part that took the longest and caused the most deaths was when we were trying to cheese the 2nd bridge. Jimmy and F had to try to jump un top to cause the despawn , which took a while to get but they got it eventually. ;) Once we got passed that area it was all gravy.
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Good to know, I'll have to go back and try to get the trophy from Crota 30.

Did 3 NFs last night got coins, crap and more crap. Other dude got etheric light :wall: . Played 3 crucible matches where the opposing team would not die, danced while being shot, and then just killed ya (followed by a tbag of course), so I really wonder if this is where the PvP side of the game is heading :bs:

 
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Last line is a real kicker: "Destiny consumers are used to paying a premium for downloadable content similar to this quest."

 
mars009 said:
Good to know, I'll have to go back and try to get the trophy from Crota 30.

Did 3 NFs last night got coins, crap and more crap. Other dude got etheric light :wall: . Played 3 crucible matches where the opposing team would not die, danced while being shot, and then just killed ya (followed by a tbag of course), so I really wonder if this is where the PvP side of the game is heading :bs:
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Good Luck. It's pretty easy to get done on Crota... even easier if you carry at least one hunter and one titan. Hunter can stealth his way thru the lamps and when attacking crota. Titan bubble for Deathsinger level and boomer distraction on Crota.

And it may just be me, but it seems like PvP has gotten worse ever since Trials started. If anything it's embiggenend all the D-bag's @$$hattery. It's no longer good enough to teabag someone after a kill... no, they want to draw in a crowd with their invincibility so they can unleash a super

Revanchist said:
Last line is a real kicker: "Destiny consumers are used to paying a premium for downloadable content similar to this quest."
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Awe, that's so sweet of them to say. Here, let me grab ankle and throw money at the screen

 
Focused Light is a one-time consumable Bonus XP buff which increases all experience gain by 50% for a period of 30 minutes. Each specially marked can includes a code. Multiple codes can be redeemed but only one code can be used at a time.
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The only way this buff would help me get ready for The Taken King is if they released the new subclasses before TTK comes out. Otherwise no amount of multiplied XP will do me any good except leveling up new guns which i dont have room for, and will most likely be useless after the DLC brings out better guns.

 
The 7th Number said:
The only way this buff would help me get ready for The Taken King is if they released the new subclasses before TTK comes out. Otherwise no amount of multiplied XP will do me any good except leveling up new guns which i dont have room for, and will most likely be useless after the DLC brings out better guns.
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The best way to use that boost is to get 10x 5000xp bounties completed and then use the buff and turn them in.

 
It looks like the code gets you a buff item you can spend like an ammo synth or those jackolantern heads so you can just enter codes and get a bunch and save them for whatever.

I'll stop by 7-11 on the way home. People on reddit are saying the displays are already turning up.

 
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The best way to use that boost is to get 10x 5000xp bounties completed and then use the buff and turn them in.
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Duh, yeah best way to use these is do 10 bounties and turn them in after TTK is out and you have new guns, armor, and a subclass to level up. But i see it as almost useless to use these before the DLC comes out.

 
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Hm, I might log in and scoop up any 5000 bounties when they're available so I can have them ready to go when TTK launches. Cash them in and bam, unlock a few easy nodes on the new subclasses right away.
 
ProfessorStotch said:
Hm, I might log in and scoop up any 5000 bounties when they're available so I can have them ready to go when TTK launches. Cash them in and bam, unlock a few easy nodes on the new subclasses right away.
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I saw an interview where they hinted you wouldnt start out fresh with the new subclass. I mean it would suck if you couldnt even double jump. LOL. Maybe the first three or four will be unlocked, Double Jump, Super, Nade, Melee. Thats all you really need, the rest you can upgrade.

 
The 7th Number said:
I saw an interview where they hinted you wouldnt start out fresh with the new subclass. I mean it would suck if you couldnt even double jump. LOL. Maybe the first three or four will be unlocked, Double Jump, Super, Nade, Melee. Thats all you really need, the rest you can upgrade.
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Hmm, I thought they were referring to us not starting out with the new ability... as it not being a selectable option. But rather, you have to complete a story mission to acquire the new ability.

That's the impression I got from the Vidoc anyway.

 
aFrostyONE said:
Hmm, I thought they were referring to us not starting out with the new ability... as it not being a selectable option. But rather, you have to complete a story mission to acquire the new ability.

That's the impression I got from the Vidoc anyway.
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Yes, i agree that you do missions to unlock the new subclasses. But the guy in the interview made it sound like once you get it, you wont start from 0, in that you cant double jump, like when you make a new character. So you should have a few nodes already unlocked once you get the subclass.

 
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