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[BMO = GOAT]

I have a hardmode checkpoint on the bridge if anyone feels like helping me TRY to beat Crota...-______-.

We are trying to beat Crota right now just need one more.

 

[Hidden One]

We are trying to beat Crota right now just need one more.

OMW

 

[LiK]

We are trying to beat Crota right now just need one more.

I can join with my Hunter. I wanna see if I can get a helm for her. Lemme know.

 

[todd360]

I feel like a huge scrub for not being able to beat crota today.

 

[dubq]

Wow this game is so fun. My favourite part is spending an hour and a half posting to three different websites looking for a group to raid with and having no success.

 

[forza_aldi]

Thanks for the nightfall run! They've been brutal to me - nothing but coins and energy for the past 4 weeks on my 2 characters (coins aren't terrible, but still, I have plenty).
#forevernojollyhorn
#forevernohawkmoon

 

[Cruxist]

GAF, what's the fastest way to grind class mats? I've been doing ROC strikes and just breaking down all the stuff I get, but I've got 2 alts with full raid gear and class mats are preventing me from leveling up.

 

[GRIP]

doing one last nightfall. adding you to party chat

My bad, had to step away for a minute. no mic but I'll join chat anyway.

 

[Ourobolus]

Nice, got the pulse* rifle from soloing the abyss!

Anyone going on HM?

 

[grimlock33]

Shoot I might just run the first 3/4 of hard CE until HoW drops. Then it'll be easy mode and I'll go back and collect all the weapons.

 

[LiK]

I feel like a huge scrub for not being able to beat crota today.

A few groups gave up and they retried way more than us. It's okay.

 

[figadapaura]

I feel like a huge scrub for not being able to beat crota today.

u r

 

[grimlock33]

Nice, got the auto rifle from soloing the abyss!

Anyone going on HM?

Collected abyss loot on my Lock earlier. Wouldn't mind taking a shot at the bridge.

 

[Ourobolus]

Starting at the bridge, HM:

1. Ourobolus
2. Grimlock33
3.
4.
5.
6,

 

[Byron Bluth]

Thanks for fixing the cheese Bungie but still having swords disappear and Knights run through the shields. Fuck off.

 

[LiK]

Bought Vanguard Secret Handshake. Better live up to the hype.

 

[Dr_LawyerCop]

GAF, what's the fastest way to grind class mats? I've been doing ROC strikes and just breaking down all the stuff I get, but I've got 2 alts with full raid gear and class mats are preventing me from leveling up.

Buy the green helmet from the vanguard quartermaster. Just grind glimmer at gatekeeper.

 

[Lima]

The only way to make it harder. Pretty dumb.

Success I guess because it now deserves the name hard mode unlike the joke that VoG HM became after you were level 30.

Between my 3 characters I have all 4 primaries already. Leveled the scout to 331 with today's bounties and gonna go for the hand cannon tomorrow. HC as expected is shit and has nothing on Fatebringer.

Crux of Crota I'm gonna guess has something to do with an Eris quest line cause even if the drop rate is as low as the Vex no one in the world has that shit yet and that is statistically impossible.

 

[zewone]

aww yiss! Got the Scout Rifle!

Nice. I got the Scout and the Pulse.

 

[Ourobolus]

Starting at the bridge, HM:

1. Ourobolus
2. Grimlock33
3.
4.
5.
6,

If we need to we can start from the beginning too.

 

[140.85]

What's special about the scout rifle?

 

[Kensuke]

This Crota fight is ridiculous. Why Level 33? It's like we will all be #Forever29 for the duration this raid will be the main raid until House of Wolves.

Stupid.

Well, it is supposed to be hard mode. It should be challenging. Normal mode is easy enough already.

 

[Namikaze1]

Videos of Crota's End Hard mode run.

First off, it's Crota being a dick and taking victory from us.
Crota: LOL! Nope!

Second vid is Team Husk finally giving Crota what he deserves.
Team Husk sticking it hard in Crota's end

My first Crota's End Hard Mode drop:

Team Husk

 

[LiK]

What's special about the scout rifle?

It's like the ugly cousin to Fatebringer

 

[Owlowiscious]

Once Crux of Crota drops, I'm going back to normal CE runs. Fuck hard mode. I don't even want the Handcannon anymore. I'm 2 for 4 on the raid primary weapons anyway.

at this point you can shorten and part of your posts you have about drops to "I'm Namikaze"

 

[Auto_aim1]

Actually it's not difficult to beat Crota in HM but those Ogres are very hard to kill. That's where we were dying mostly lol.

 

[Daemul]

Well, it is supposed to be hard mode. It should be challenging. Normal mode is easy enough already.

If the only way to make things hard is to nerf player damage and defence, then you fucked up somewhere when designing the Raid.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Received Abyss Defiant after Bridge.

 

[Byron Bluth]

Success I guess because it now deserves the name hard mode unlike the joke that VoG HM became after you were level 30.

Between my 3 characters I have all 4 primaries already. Leveled the scout to 331 with today's bounties and gonna go for the hand cannon tomorrow. HC as expected is shit and has nothing on Fatebringer.

Crux of Crota I'm gonna guess has something to do with an Eris quest line cause even if the drop rate is as low as the Vex no one in the world has that shit yet and that is statistically impossible.

Good for you?

Well, it is supposed to be hard mode. It should be challenging. Normal mode is easy enough already.

It is artificial difficulty that has very little to do with skill.

 

[silver.tongue]

We just called it. The Crota encounter is NOT fun right now.

 

[ethomaz]

I don't need more Energy Radiants... please.

 

[Kadey]

Well we couldn't do it and because of people living elsewhere in the world they had to split. I wouldn't mind doing it with another group if we can get one going. Of course I have the Crota checkpoint.

Closest we got was like one sword run left. And yeah hard mode has way more glitches than normal.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

4 energy, 5 shards from full normal crota run. yeah, about right.

 

[Daemul]

Once Crux of Crota drops, I'm going back to normal CE runs. Fuck hard mode. I don't even want the Handcannon anymore. I'm 2 for 4 on the raid primary weapons anyway.

Bruh, I'm in same boat as you. After much struggle my fireteam beat Crota on HM, but we have no desire to do that again. It doesn't help that the Crux of Crota didn't drop for anyone of us, or anyone else who beat Crota today it seems, which just demotivate's us even more.

 

[Kensuke]

If the only way to make things hard is to nerf player damage and defence, then you fucked up somewhere when designing the Raid.

They had to nerf damage. Have you seen how fast everything goes down on normal? Everything is still perfectly killable though. Managing your health and working together to beat the boomers and the wizard is good design, I'd say.

It is artificial difficulty that has very little to do with skill.

I disagree, as there are already a few strategies for dealing with the new challenges.

 

[Namikaze1]

I swear if I have to do the entire HM raid with Eidolon Ally equipped just to get the Crux, I will straight up punch a kitten.

 

[Byron Bluth]

Well we couldn't do it and because of people living elsewhere in the world they had to split. I wouldn't mind doing it with another group if we can get one going. Of course I have the Crota checkpoint.

Closest we got was like one sword run left. And yeah hard mode has way more glitches than normal.

I'm down to keep going.

Anyone else?

 

[El_Fenomeno]

Well we couldn't do it and because of people living elsewhere in the world they had to split. I wouldn't mind doing it with another group if we can get one going. Of course I have the Crota checkpoint.

Closest we got was like one sword run left. And yeah hard mode has way more glitches than normal.

What kind of approach did you take for crota?

EDIT: I'd be up for helping.

 

[SlenderBeans]

I swear if I have to do the entire HM raid with Eidolon Ally equipped just to get the Crux, I will straight up punch a kitten.

Extra-Hard Mode.

 

[Daemul]

I swear if I have to do the entire HM raid with Eidolon Ally equipped just to get the Crux, I will straight up punch a kitten.

Pls don't give them ideas

 

[Ourobolus]

Starting at the bridge, HM:

1. Ourobolus
2. Grimlock33
3. Cabby71
4.
5.
6,

We can do the abyss if we get a full team.

 

[SlenderBeans]

We can do the abyss if we get a full team.

I might join once I'm finished with this weekly.

 

[spyder_ur]

Alright, I'll take the lead I suppose:

CE Normal raid.

1. spyder_ur
2. Phantom 8324
3. LKPR
4. LKPR's friend
5. Ethomaz
6. Haybro

Thanks for the run dudes. Phantom, killer work as the first time swordbearer.

 

[Byron Bluth]

They had to nerf damage. Have you seen how fast everything goes down on normal? Everything is still perfectly killable though. Managing your health and working together to beat the boomers and the wizard is good design, I'd say.




I disagree, as there are already a few strategies for dealing with the new challenges.

Please elaborate on how we can do more damage to Level 33 enemies as Level 32 characters.

 

[zewone]

Crux of Crota I'm gonna guess has something to do with an Eris quest line cause even if the drop rate is as low as the Vex no one in the world has that shit yet and that is statistically impossible.

Nah. Bungie said it's from hard raid in their update.

 

[spyder_ur]

I am back at the Gorgon checkpoint for 5-10 minutes if anyone wants to hop on. Spyder_ur.

 

[Namikaze1]

I have the energy to max one raid weapon out. It's gonna be that scout rifle.

 

[Kadey]

What kind of approach did you take for crota?

EDIT: I'd be up for helping.

Kill Spanky immediately to maximize time to get three sword runs in. You should take 50-60% of his health if it goes perfect. Basically rinse and repeat.

The problems as mentioned are.........

The knights. Even with maxed Black Hammers and Icebreakers because of the higher level BS, it takes more hits to kill them while they spam their projectiles faster and a lot more than ever seen. Plus the splash damage is increased.

 

[Dr_LawyerCop]

We can do the abyss if we get a full team.

I'm looking to run it from the beginning through the bridge. I'm not ready for Crota frustration tonight. If you find someone to do the whole thing, that's cool, if not I'll join.

PSN - Dr_LawyerCop

Lvl 32 Titan

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

It is artificial difficulty that has very little to do with skill.

It's pretty obvious that since they don't have any new mechanic they went for the laziest way possible: no health regen, higher level, nerf usual strat so that players have to find new strat.

It's feeling like this is my breaking point with Destiny. Quality of Bungie's output is getting worse, not better.

At this point I fully expect the next raid to be essentially horde mode, no mechanics.