Destiny Raid Groups/ General Discussion

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by f0rge

The nightfall? What level are you and how long did it take?

I read a guide and it seems pretty easy. Seems like the real struggle is the same as last week, namely the 3rd wave while dinklebot unlocks the doors. At least it's wizards this week which would will be easier than the Captains from last week thanks to my Icebreaker.

That was the regular weekly at level 28 difficulty, I'm 27. Took a little less than an hour I think.
The area you're talking about is pretty simple too. Just stick near the entrance of the area and it's cake.
I've noticed almost every encounter in this game is fairly simple if you stick to the entrance of each area.

I'll be doing the nightfall this evening if anyone on PS4 wants to do it with me... Won't be till like 11pm though.

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by MokSpeed

Double edged sword. Some of those clans have skills on par with their annoyance level. Could be powerful allies if you're willing to put up with it.

True. But in my experience from other games, genres, etc, the laid back guys just having fun who can get to serious business when it comes time to get a job done were better, while the elitist "rep or gtfo" type were scrambling to down content.

[53Driver]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

That was the regular weekly at level 28 difficulty, I'm 27. Took a little less than an hour I think.
The area you're talking about is pretty simple too. Just stick near the entrance of the area and it's cake.
I've noticed almost every encounter in this game is fairly simple if you stick to the entrance of each area.

I'll be doing the nightfall this evening if anyone on PS4 wants to do it with me... Won't be till like 11pm though.

I believe the above bolded statement to be mostly true, but I think maybe Bungie is catching on to this? Example. Last night while I was doing the strike against Valus Ta' Aurc on Mars, I've always stayed near the entrance on the catwalk to the right. There's a container you can hide behind and take pot shots at Valus from there. I've done this mission about 5 times now and every time he may run up and down the main passageway but he has never come up the catwalk to attack. Last night, to my surprise, he came down as usual but then all of a sudden charged up onto the catwalk with me forcing me out of my hiding spot and onto the other side of the room. First time I had seen him do that. So maybe Bungie has caught on that there are 'safe spots' in the rooms and are changing the Boss's behaviour to force you out of the safe spot?

Also, while reading the forums on the Destiny APP, I had quite the revelation. My weapon load out has been based off what I like, not necessarily what was right for the mission. The writer of the post broke down the different colors of damage type (kinetic, void, solar, arc, etc) and how different missions have modifiers that are in effect not to mention certain enemies shields are color coded to that damage type. Using the correct damage type will destroy the shield really quick allowing you and your friends to then wipe out with your primaries. I know most on here probably already knew this, but I guess for me it was kind of like a "duh" moment. I should have been paying more attention to the details of this game when I first started playing. I see now how tahdizzle was able to make the claim of wiping out bosses with one magazine of his heavy weapon. I was able to do the same the other day against one of the Hive bosses, took him out with one mag from my machine gun.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by 53Driver

I believe the above bolded statement to be mostly true, but I think maybe Bungie is catching on to this? Example. Last night while I was doing the strike against Valus Ta' Aurc on Mars, I've always stayed near the entrance on the catwalk to the right. There's a container you can hide behind and take pot shots at Valus from there. I've done this mission about 5 times now and every time he may run up and down the main passageway but he has never come up the catwalk to attack. Last night, to my surprise, he came down as usual but then all of a sudden charged up onto the catwalk with me forcing me out of my hiding spot and onto the other side of the room. First time I had seen him do that. So maybe Bungie has caught on that there are 'safe spots' in the rooms and are changing the Boss's behaviour to force you out of the safe spot?

Also, while reading the forums on the Destiny APP, I had quite the revelation. My weapon load out has been based off what I like, not necessarily what was right for the mission. The writer of the post broke down the different colors of damage type (kinetic, void, solar, arc, etc) and how different missions have modifiers that are in effect not to mention certain enemies shields are color coded to that damage type. Using the correct damage type will destroy the shield really quick allowing you and your friends to then wipe out with your primaries. I know most on here probably already knew this, but I guess for me it was kind of like a "duh" moment. I should have been paying more attention to the details of this game when I first started playing. I see now how tahdizzle was able to make the claim of wiping out bosses with one magazine of his heavy weapon. I was able to do the same the other day against one of the Hive bosses, took him out with one mag from my machine gun.

I know they deliberately did that with the phogoth strike. That stupid orb that only spawns if you sit there.

[f0rge]

Ah cool the regular heroic is usually pretty easy, but I'm 28 so that helps.

Nightfall is a whole different animal. I hate shields.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by f0rge

Ah cool the regular heroic is usually pretty easy, but I'm 28 so that helps.

Nightfall is a whole different animal. I hate shields.

This one should be a lot easier. The captains last week were ridiculous.

[wheelhaus]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

I know they deliberately did that with the phogoth strike. That stupid orb that only spawns if you sit there.

That orb. THAT F'KING ORB. Wouldn't be such a problem if it didn't spawn those six AI projectiles when you killed it. Nope, just gotta run back into the pre-pre room and wait for it to despawn.

[Chee-Hu]

Originally Posted by wheelhaus

That orb. THAT F'KING ORB. Wouldn't be such a problem if it didn't spawn those six AI projectiles when you killed it. Nope, just gotta run back into the pre-pre room and wait for it to despawn.

Go back to the room before that orb, and you should be golden. Don't go all the way back, though, to the room before that lol. So there's the first room after the knights, second (safe) room, then the room with the orb. The orb appears if you stay in the room for more than 15 seconds or so. Snipe away from the second room =)

[Andrew025]

Yeah, don't go back too far otherwise phogoth gets his health back I think.

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Yeah, don't go back too far otherwise phogoth gets his health back I think.

Reddit says if you go into the third room back Phogoth resets and you actually get booted back to orbit

[SVTSHC]

Ps4
Docfrost1188
Level 28 warlock

[f0rge]

@53Driver sorry didn't join straight away my damn neighbour came to the door. We need to figure out a way to chat next time.

[wheelhaus]

Originally Posted by SVTSHC

Ps4
Docfrost1188
Level 28 warlock

I'll add you next time I'm on. BTW I love your avatar, that animation is buttery smooth. I feel like I should know what it's from..

[53Driver]

Originally Posted by f0rge

@53Driver sorry didn't join straight away my damn neighbour came to the door. We need to figure out a way to chat next time.

Hey no worries @f0rge I figured you might be in the middle of something when I sent the invite so I picked up some bounties and went to Venus to start farming. Worked out for me in the long run, I actually completed 3 bounties just while we were running around. The first time I used the Ward of Dawn when we were fighting those Vex I actually had to use the restroom and couldn't hold it any longer, so that's kind of why I just sat there for about 3 minutes not helping.

Do you have a mike? Did you hear me trying to talk to you? I just have the mike that came with my XB1 and it's not the best but it works. I also have my voice set to blended so that way if someone starts trying to talk to me I hear it come through my sound system speakers (I don't wear the mike when I'm running around solo).