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Destiny |OT32| Driviks and Draksis (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)
- Thread starter DrDrizzay101
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Yeah... and another thing is that I don't think that a lot of people in this game, through no fault of their own, really understand DPS windows like that. Its a shooter first after all. There ARE windows for knocking the boss down in that last room. Plenty. But having your fireteam all on the same page for it, in that kind of situation, is something that doesn't even happen in raids. Its an entirely new type of encounter for the community as a whole imo.
So basically I'm just like... yeah, its possible to DPS the boss into oblivion. Very possible even. But for guys who grew up in the FPS world, or even the Destiny one, DPS windows closing typically have very clear indicators. There are none in this fight. People can't really gauge the overall situation and threat when locked in. That's why I really suggest that, unless you're being carried by two people, you just work on what you know - which is killing mobs as fast as possible, with the right gear out, and doing damage to the boss from different angles so that >someone< will definitely see when the orbs/spawns hit the room and be able to call it out in time for the whole team to react.
pls gimme a ship bungie
Of course. I've got three more heroics to do for the Ikora Rey quest. I'm sure I'll do them this weekend. I'll hit you up.
Our problem was never the boss. It was the ads. My last 3 or 4 attempts we were consistently able to kill the boss with well over a minute left, and even two minutes one time. But by concentrating on the boss the whole time the amount of ads in the room was just too much to overcome.
I should reply back with this.
Teary-eyed propane-fueled average-bicep bro fist, boys.
DGAF raids are best raids..
i have 4 left. did it for the first time last night with Ghaelon. pretty fun and hard.
gutterboy44
Member
It is a minor "farming marks" tip, but I like to XP level all my legendary weapons to half or more before dismantling. You can get 5 legendary marks opposed to 3. I will do armor if I have a lot of bounties to cash in, but with weapons, just pop a telemetry, then burn a few motes of light, and you are getting more marks per dismantle. I am swimming in motes of light and telemetries are cheap so it is a good way to squeeze some more marks out of gear that you plan to dismantle anyway. Also a good tip to level up gear you want to keep at the same time so the MoL are not just going to trash purples.
This really isn't an encounter that has a single universally viable strategy. On some of the rounds when we killed every orb as it popped up we had a tough time keeping the boss damage on pace... this guy soloing it literally doesn't touch an orb or a single add until the boss is down.I really, really don't recommend going for the boss first
In hindsight while I got close many times the only round in which I actually saw him die started out as a kamikaze sword round that we then shifted to clearing adds
It might also be viable to dedicate one person to boss DPS throughout and the other two to orbs/adds, always pausing to make and collects orbs of light of course
What do you mean?
I mean he had ammo when he went in, and used a synth before the second round. Surely two entire other people can contribute quite a bit of damage...
TheTylerDurden
Member
It also didn't hurt that when running solo, the mobs have significantly less health. It's a scaled back fight.
So is this really the case? Doesn't that make what was said about running with two people true?
Right, over a minute left wouldn't cut it for a strategy that goes for the boss first. In the solo completion he goes down with 4:30 left.
Sure.
Been playing with Sunbreaker in pvp abit lately, and it really showed me just how much foh sucks. I only have a titan so havnt tryed any other supers before.
Finaly a super thats actually worthy of a super
Weird, I've been playing Striker the past 2-3 days going through the PVP quests and feel like FoH is still one of the best supers in the game, aside from GG. I've shut down so many Stormtrance & Hammers, feels good man. Lightning grenade is still hands down the best PVP grenade in the game, hits like a god damn truck.
I stayed up an hour later than I should have furiously feeding spindles to things. Now I'm broke but I have lots of 300 infusion fodder and a 308 1000-Yard Stare.
Come to think of it, I guess the fact that the blueprint was 300 should have been a dead giveaway that something was wrong...
Come to think of it, I guess the fact that the blueprint was 300 should have been a dead giveaway that something was wrong...
good tip! Motes drop like candy. will do this.
Our closest runs I would concentrate on taking out the big orbs and ads while T-44 and Tokems did DPS. Blessing of light bubble for added durability plus gift of the void helped w/ orb generation and feeding Tokem's Celestial Nighthawk. I kind of wonder if what ended up screwing us was staying in that initial hallway the whole time. Maybe an approach similar to Skolas where you rotate around the room would've worked better.
I gotcha. I just think its an awareness thing. Very, very few people can do damage with eyes in the back of there heads - and its not something you're ever really asked to do in Destiny at all. So its kind of hard to suddenly jump into that mode imo. When I was finally in the mode where I could grind Driviks for a ship, it was after I'd run the mission with nearly a dozen different people. I'm just throwing in my 2 cents on what I feel was the easiest common ground to plan and collaborate on.
It'll always be one of the most underrated supers in the game. FoH is great, but a lot of times its seen merely as a panic button.
One day they'll get their time to shine in PvE. One day.
TheTylerDurden
Member
I believe it is the case, yes. Those big black orbs came down surprisingly fast even with close up shotgun blasts.
Only thing I would have changed in that strat would be to actually use an exotic sword if I am going to just rush the boss right away. use the special move to get amazing damage multiplier, fuck him up very very fast. Regular shotgun will do fine and likely plenty of special ammo dropping to make invective's little trick not so missed.
"Was"? Did they put the nerf in already?
Abusive_Red
Banned
Didn't they say they wouldn't hit the weapons you infused with the 310 Spindle though?
i would've finished MGSV by now and sleep earlier.
Someone else asked this as well, but if you ever want to give it a shot, let me know. I'll never get it done otherwise.
Yeah, I would be able to play other games lol.
Yea, I'm just not sure how that will effect the BS since its vendor version is also higher than the others, at least I think?
ph1l0z0ph3r
Member
So if I buy a 300 Spindle and infuse it with my 310 Spindle will it drop after Bungie does its fix?
I'd just waste it on something equally dumb, like Marvel Heroes.
I feel like they are just going to blanket change all of them to 290.
Revolutionary
Member
Im up for it. PSN is Revolutionary
So here's a vid from last night's raid run with Drizzay and folks. It's us using Black Spindle against G
http://youtu.be/Sj2pH_3ia3s
olgoroth
http://youtu.be/Sj2pH_3ia3s
Yeah definitely agree on that last point. There's lots of room to be aggressive and push way out to each orb location. We did much better with the more consistent clearing strategy once we tossed out the idea of staying in that room and did a sort of sweep and clear.
Yeah I don't necessarily think a kamikaze strategy for him will ever be the best or easiest, but it's something I'd definitely like to try when m sword is a bit higher up or I have the exotic and two other people willing to plan it out in advance. We really did get pretty close for what amounted to experimental runs before switching back to the more traditional strategy.
Abusive_Red
Banned
How about "Kill all the things". Worked twice for us without a wipe.
Probably.
Yeah, thats true. Its great against other supers. Nothing better then having foh ready when u see a blade dancer comming for u
But generally, i get loads more kills with hammers than foh, and u dont have to hold on to it waiting fpr that perfect time
Cool. Let's see if we can get a few more players.
I have been battling myself as NOT to come back... too much. I like to play other games...
IMO it's just showing that because it's the recommended Light for the daily. The mission sort of cheekily doesn't admit this side-challenge exists. I can't imagine getting anywhere at that level
That's really cool, thanks for the tip. Maybe I'll try that next time.
Subtervotion
Member
Sleep has definitely been compromised unfortunately.
What is other games? I hope that one day I don't look back at all of my Destiny playing with regret. Though, the one indisputable outcome that can't be contested are all of the new friendships that formed.
TheTylerDurden
Member
Thanks. I think that's what I went with anyway, so hurrah!