I had to do it.
Haha even better
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Haha even better
Incandenza
Banned
Basically all Destiny praise boils down to having friends is fun and also I like podcasts
If only they could put UPF on hold until they get another producer amirite
Also, loot feels good, and shooting is dope. But yeah, that's pretty much it.
Young Liar
Member
That's too bad. I do remember watching the King's Fall GB stream, and at least that had you seeing Oryx's gigantic lifeless body float off into space.
Vault of Glass was sorta anti-climactic that once you kill Atheon, he just explodes and that's pretty much it. Very minor nitpick of course, since playing all of it was real fun.
Calus though! That's a personal moment of the year candidate.
To be fair, they've designed better raids than this and there is plenty enjoyable stuff for co-op before end game.
I had to do it.
lmaoooooo
That's fine in an encounter that's not based around killing lots of enemies.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
The first time I did this I asked if the bather spawn times were different.
Death Metalist
Member
I'm not into the loot so I was hoping D2 had other things that would get me hooked like an awesome, replayable campaign for one but nope.
Young Liar
Member
also yes you really shouldn't be basing your entire judgement of destiny 2 off of the raid since 90% of the game is nowhere close to being like this
and unlike vanilla destiny 1 where the raid is the only real highlight, destiny 2 is actually fun and engaging without factoring in the raid!
SunDimension24
Member
Everyone sounds testy right now. I think they just need to break for today and regroup tomorrow.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Isn't the point of endlessly grinding loot is to prepare for endgame encountered like the raid?
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Yes. So that you can grind for more loot!
shiftplusone
Member
also jesus christ the screen effect when one of your teammates dying is the fucking worst thing i've ever seen in video games
is it just more pronounced because of the stream or is it this shitty in game too?
is it just more pronounced because of the stream or is it this shitty in game too?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
And then for you to endlessly play the same raid.
Destiny 2 really is just a super smart critique of capitalist systems.
Nightfall/PVP stuff and trying to get all the gear is fun. I haven't done the raid yet, but I've been having fun just doing weekly stuff and watching my numbers go up for the last month. It feels the same as something like a clicker game haha.
It hit dog bottom.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Uh huh.
I think figuring the raid out is the most fun part of it. For example in the gauntlet we saw that there were 4 pilliars, we got that two people teleported so we instantly figured our positions. The runners could see the symbol for their wall and when they saw that there were 3 rows of holes we figured they aligned with the arrows. The only part that took us some trial and error was that we had to shoot two arrows at a time.
I don't think any part of the raid is particular hard to figure out once you get the logic which things are there for a reason.
Brewster's Wallet
Member
Not surprised. They had to play a game for their entire work day.Seems like a three or four?
They all seem so tired and cranky!
JakOfTheShadows
Member
They should be able to solo a bather, just need to use their gernades and power weapon on them.
Young Liar
Member
for some people, sure. but looking at trophy percentages for raid clears, it's obvious that a vast majority of destiny players don't really make conquering it a goal.
i can see most destiny 2 players just casually put it on to beat the campaign and do some strikes or pvp matches here and there with friends
Yeah, as long as Brad's doing a significant chunk of the bather damage they should be fine.
It's bad. Not even sure why they did that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You seriously have to repeat this?
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
It's stupid. I've died multiple times because of it.
Yeah, it's not tricky. Abby needs to run to the mid to refresh her buff though.
jakonovski
Member
I haven't watched but the stream was on when I came back from work and now I'm going to bed and it's still on. Is this the end for Giant Bomb?
This was the price for the chicken dinner they got. RIP Giant Bomb.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So this segment is just to stand in one place, go to another place to stand in one place, and then going back to stand in the same space?
3 of the 4 encounters are variations of the repeat-thing-3-times video game trope. Barring the art/design, its such a fucking lazy raid
Even the trash waves in-between encounters involve collecting 3 keys.
There are 4 spots. Standing in one makes the chains go. They want to keep standing on them until it "locks" the lanterns in the middle. Then everybody runs to the middle to break them.
They have to cycle in people because one person can only stand there for a certain point. Also a huge dude spawns at each point so there's a good amount of juggling that you have to do.
Death Metalist
Member
loki 16
Member
All of the raids are like that.
the worst part of the raid are the wipe mechanics. Having to worry about your heavy ammo and ammo in general is terrible, you should just be at max or whatever when you reset. With the revive tokens I feel like it also just prolongs the inevitable instead of just wiping the raid outright and restarting. Feels way more demoralizing coz you're on a downward slope trying to get back up but you're never gonna get there
Death Metalist
Member
how can we make this raid longer than it really is? oh I know!
petethepanda
Member
I'm enjoying watching this, but I think my desire to actually play something like the raid is quickly diminishing, lol.
Really? I didn't play Destiny 1. That's so lame
Yeah, it's not for everybody. I finished it for the sake of finishing it but I wouldn't want to do it again. I'd rather just do my weeklys (nightfall, call to Arms, etc.)
having your vision go to shit when one person wipes fucking sucks too. Just imagining strawberry jam all over your screen while you're doing Black Temple and a random DPS dies would be the most infuriating thing ever
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Pretty much. Whilst doing FPS things.