I think a weapons bubble and 2 more or less skilled sword users is the way to go. Add a hunter with nighthawk golden gun to take down the oversoul after every second down. Made it significantly easier for us i think. People that suck with the sword (i.e. me) don't have to touch it and the rest can just kill ads/knights/wizards and shoot rockets.
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Boombloxer
Member
My only goal tomorrow is to basically finish the raid.
MythicReclaimer
Member
How the hell have I never seen the E-47 Prismatica Sparrow before? I got it from a Triumph Mystery Box tonight and was quite mesmerized by it.
Jest Chillin
Member
My drops have been kind of insane lately. Hopscotch Pilgrim, Spare Change, Parthian Shot, Eyesluna, Grasp of Molok, Cryptic Dragon, Clever Dragon... The rolls themselves aren't insane or anything but it's crazy how many formerly coveted weapon archtypes I've gotten in the past two weeks.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Crota damage tested:
149605 per R2 without WoL
201967 per R2 with WoL
149605 per R2 without WoL
201967 per R2 with WoL
Finished the Crota raid tonight. Both challenges down. Not too bad overall. I like that they didn't mix the raid up too much. No Taken nonsense, stuff like that. It felt old school with some nice changes thrown in. Running the lamps in the beginning with thrall everywhere made me long for my Fatebringer. Speaking of which....
Can't wait for next week. Revived VoG might be my most anticipated Destiny event ever.
Can't wait for next week. Revived VoG might be my most anticipated Destiny event ever.
Subtervotion
Member
Destinylfg.net
I've had bad groups before too but I've had a lot of solid runs as well. GAF is generally better to play with, but LFG ain't as bad as everyone says it is. Regular nice people are on there too.
I also look for people who say they understand cm and want an *insert preferably adjective here* run. I post the same thing.
I do find it amazing how some groups can take hours to do something simple and just a switch up of one person can get a clear next try. That one person can mess it all up and I think that's why LFG is looked down upon. Chances of coming across that one person is decent if you aren't a little (reasonably) selective yourself.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Never mind on GAF gaming first page
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
It seems I have forgotten how to PvP. I am sorry people on my teams
CrudeDiatribe
Member
This seems like a viable strategy for Crota.
Given the other video of someone one-phasing Crota with WoL and three downs, not sure why you couldn't use a second nightstalker to enable a third down, either.
Given the other video of someone one-phasing Crota with WoL and three downs, not sure why you couldn't use a second nightstalker to enable a third down, either.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
What time is the D2 trailer supposed to go live today?
CrudeDiatribe
Member
In 4 hours and 37 minutes from this post.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
That looks like fun, I'll have to give it a go tonight!
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Thanks! My man! You rock!
MythicReclaimer
Member
Everybody getting excited about the pc release of destiny 2 and i'm sitting here thinking that it just splits up the community if there is no crossplay
I doubt it will be a problem with how popular Destiny is and will be.
The only time it might be an issue is during extreme content droughts and that's more so for the newish player during those times trying to complete content/quests/acquire gear etc that mostly everyone else will have already run a ton of times/acquired.
Hopefully, those content droughts are few and far between with hopes of Bungie figuring out ways to keep existing content fresh (constantly adding quests, difficulty modifiers, a plethora of existing and added activities, etc).
Edit: While the gameplay is great and the overall formula is solid all-around I really would like to add a sense of adventure and exploration for our Guardians.
Hmmmmmmmm
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
So what's the Nightfall?
Is that something I could do for gear now that I'm 40? What's the light level needed? I'm only 350. Problem is getting above 350 seems hard outside of raids.
Is that something I could do for gear now that I'm 40? What's the light level needed? I'm only 350. Problem is getting above 350 seems hard outside of raids.
MythicReclaimer
Member
I think the recommended LL these days is 385 (?) and there is a Rainbow Burn (all three Elementals) this week. It's definitely a way to acquire better gear but you'll want to increase LL a bit in other game modes before trying to tackle a Nightfall unless you have a group that will carry you through.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
Vendor gear is at 380 now so you can run strikes and weekly crucible to get marks to give yourself a nice boost. At 380 you should be able to handle most things.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Wait is that all vendor gear now post patch?
Darknyss09
Member
Yes, just about everything got a bump with the latest patch. Archon's forge also drops max LL gear.
BoBoThunder
Member
If you level up a faction. You can get up to 400 as well. Pretty nifty
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Nightfall is 380 with an additional modifier that makes enemies tougher than they otherwise would be at 380.
You can't do any raid at 350 that will give you loot to bring you above 350.
Do the SIVA Crisis strike playlist to get blues up to 365 (maybe higher now). Equip these blues as soon as you get them. Always have a three-of-coins active. Infuse your favourite legendaries/exotics a bit. Always have your highest light gear on when decrypting engrams. After that, SIVA Heroic Crisis playlist that will drop blues up to 385 (maybe higher now), but I don't think the light level progression is any faster and they will take longer since they're harder.
Archon's Forge drops armour, ghosts, class items, and special weapons up to 400.
slightly out of date infographic
EDIT: Yeah, buy legendary gear from vendors for your lowest slots until you run out of marks, then do the above.
MrS
Banned
all of my hate
Member
While I've had solid runs, I've had more bad than good experience but I just deal. Cant have it all, sometimes.
Whats funny is this is how we beat it after 1.5 hours on Crota. For some reason I was last sword and 5 slams still wouldnt kill him (I got him to a sliver twice but no time to make the last swing). So I asked to go first instead and boom, done in the 2nd try.
That's basically how I feel. Thanks for the run last night, posted the vid on the last page if you are interested.Everybody getting excited about the pc release of destiny 2 and i'm sitting here thinking that it just splits up the community if there is no crossplay
https://youtu.be/7JCQoVFcE6I
BoBoThunder
Member
Would be great. But since they have been working on this for what, two years(?), I don't think much will change drastically.
all of my hate
Member
I agree. In VoG, I always wanted to run relic cause it was much more fun.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
but what if you fail
edgefusion
Member
Why is there no matchmaking on the new story playlist? :|
MythicReclaimer
Member
You wipe, remain calm, support your fireteam with advice and whatnot, and eventually re-adjust roles if needed.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
i love you guys
CrudeDiatribe
Member
You could look for a group here if you wanted to run it.
It takes some practice to get the timing right and because the game doesn't force random people to take on that role, many people are reluctant to volunteer for the failure it takes to learn.
Subtervotion
Member
"Reasons"
It's completely dumb. Same for nightfall and and every other non mm activity. (not raids)
Pretty much what MythicReclaimer said. I do get that finding groups off lfg sites can make that hard though.
Yeah, you're right about that. It's a shame though as that (relic/sword/whatever) is some of the most fun stuff to do in the raids.
Jest Chillin
Member
Story missions don't need a group. They're designed for single player and the cutscenes are written for single player. You can group for them if you want but there's zero reason to matchmake for them.
MythicReclaimer
Member
I really missed out on using the E-47 Prismatica Sparrow during the SRL.
I think I love this thing.
I think I love this thing.
Bungo are generous gods. You do NOT need to pop all nodes to hit 100% and the highest rank. I'm pretty much skipping all PVP shit (especially Trials) and am already at like 91%. I think you only need to complete around three-quarters of the book to hit rank 7 (which the game considers to be 100%).
Into the Light
Banned
Man I suck with my Hunter in the raid. I whipped through 2 characters last night, but when it came to my hunter, I was dying left and right.