Very surprised about those low Skolas numbers. I think Bungie have changed the VoG loot drops to be like the Crota raid as I've noticed it being a lot more generous since I've started replaying it recently. Still lots of players without a Fatebringer though judging by the conversations with players online. Praetorian Foil and Glass Minuet definitely still the rarest VoG items.
-
-
Attempts to do skolas lv35 ended in a very late night, total disaster and 3 very grumpy guardians last night.
On every attempt skolas would kill someone off the bat straight in the door, no iffs no buts just an instant kill, this happened a good 10 times in a row. When he didn't kill someone we would go kill the servitor so we could do actual damage, then he would teleport straight in front of one of us and insta kill you, great, awesome, super fun.
This was with all of us on lvl 34 and all with 365 gallys, i also noticed a wildly different ammout of damage we were doing on each run, sometimes we could get half health off the bat, sometimes only a slither.
Glitchy, glitchy glitchy
Last edited by fishbowlhead; 13-06-2015, 14:41.Comment
-
For Skolas you really need a titan. Run to the left when you get into the room, stand near the door on this side. Kill the servitor and stick up titan shield, and then blow him to bits with sniper rifles and gjallarhorn. If you are lucky the first bomb that you have to defuse will spawn next to you, but once he is dead it should be easy as all the mobs will be gone as well. Can take a few attempts, but this will work every time. Just need to to use the right element for what ever burn it happens to be that week. Burn him down before the fight even gets going is the best method by far.Comment
-
I had a ****ty time with skolas this week too and ended up rage quitting, it really needs checkpoints. I would quite happily go back in, but cba to do the other 5 rounds again.
We were doing the techique that Garny mentions and all had maxed blackhammers/gjallarhorns but just had a lot of bad luck
Edit - one time we actually killed him but didn't get to the mine on time as it was the furthest one away possible
Last edited by wicky; 15-06-2015, 08:14.Comment
-
Still have a mate who doesn't have Fatebringer, I have three now, but Praetorian Foil I've only ever had the once. Glass Minuet is pretty common if you run normal VoG with all three characters. It's just the misinformation on the net that said it drops on hard when it doesn't.Originally posted by bcass View Post
You guys must have been unlucky with Skolas, we ghorned him to heaven on our 3rd or 4th attempt, got nothing of interest from him however. We had one player break off to clear the mines while the others finished skolas, ended up putting, a found verdict clip into his face to finish him.
ToO is a total no go if your team isn't all PvP aces, had two matches at the weekend both with lag switch cheaters in it. Managed to win but they where unfun matches. One guy was teleporting all over the match to dodge super attacks, ******* cheater.Comment
-
Had 2 titans, one with shield of light and one with weapons of light and a warlock with self revive. As i said, its the teleports an instant kills that ruined it for us, every time he would just teleport straight in front of one of us and insta kill, which would ruin the round, start over etc. I think only 2-3 out of the 20-30 tries he actually stayed a safe distance for ghorningOriginally posted by Garny View Post
.
Last edited by fishbowlhead; 15-06-2015, 15:02.Comment
-
Yeh, i think its something Bungie may have added. The first 2 weeks for us this didnt happen, but seems to take us at least a few of attempts 95% of the time now.Comment
-
I havent played since crota hard mode, but im tempted to pick up house of wolves, seems like its added some cool stuff and the upgrade paths are pretty well done this time.
hmmComment
-
The next expansion dlc (The Taken King) looks to be priced at ?40. Were parts 1 & 2 that expensive when they first came out ? I don't know because I bought the LE of the game which included codes for the first two dlcs.
I do enjoy me some Destiny but this seems a bit pricey.Comment
-
?19.99 each i think atticus, 40quid for the taken king is pretty insaneComment
-
New vidoc shows a lot more than the trailer:
Maybe I'm a Destiny fanboy, but everything in there looks excellent.Comment
-
Yeah, that vid sells it much better than the trailer. Looks very good. I'll be pre-ordering I reckon.Comment
-
I like the fact that the Hive ship looks to be full of hidden areas and bountys, nice touch. Looks like a proper expansion instead of the ?20 patches we have been paying for.Comment
-
Was one win away from a flawless in ToO (without using any buffs I should add) and got stone walled on the last game by lag switching c??k ends. Absolutely infuriating and how people are allowed to continue cheating is beyond me.
Edit. I've also just seen this interview. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-22-destiny-the-taken-king-director-defends-40-expansion-price-tag
Got to say from such a big company, I'm shocked at how they have handled the obvious price gauging of the taken king stuff. Selling the raid that should of been in HOW. $40 but straight conversion to ?40. Locked content unless you get the ?80 version.
They have systematically ignored the community in its criticisms of the price point to the point of deleting forum posts that are mentioning it.
Basically, they've done everything possible to piss off players, not only that, but they have just become beyond arrogant and greedy.Last edited by fishbowlhead; 23-06-2015, 06:42.Comment
-
The Bungie forum is full of cheater threads for ToO like these ones:
It's a major major problem Bungie have been deleting threads about cheaters also, but there is so many on there now it's a joke.
Finally beat Skolas on Sunday managed to get the solar hand cannon from him as well but I see those drops have preset perks on them that can't be changed. Real pain last week tried about 4 times to beat him me and fishyb came close, but ended up doing it with another team.
Best tips for all players I can give are:
1. Keep moving around between the two platform areas.
2. Only attack Skolas on the high ground
3. Make sure all players have full super when Skolas health hits 50 & 25% for the mines
4. Only trigger the mines when Skolas is at the far end of the arena away from you
5. At 25% go for a quick kill on Skolas with 3 maxed ghorns
6. Skolas troops spawn at the start of each mine wave so there isn't much point in clearing them, instead kite them all into the middle
7. Always move as a team and always move when your health is low, if you stick around your dead.Comment
Comment