Destiny 360/PS3/XBOX ONE/PS4 review

[ItsThere]

Well I randomly stumbled across a Husk of the Pit with my lower level Titan yesterday so I guess I ?€‹have?€‹ to do a raid now.

[Lebowski]

Atheon Hard mode last night got me, 3 raid weapons, but it was three raid weapons, i already had this game winds me up sometimes, still no Vex, its being very illusive multiple hard modes completions and still nothing decent.

[jamesy]

Yea the drops are devastating sometimes. I've had the Last Word drop three times now, two from nightfalls and once in a raid. And I already had it before that. Been dying to get my hands on the suros regime. I live in hope!

[fishbowlhead]

When you give up all hope of a weapon in this game, up it pops. Gjalahorn popped up for me in one of the raid chests tonight, go figgure :/

[bcass]

Yeah, the stuff you want the most usually appears when you least expect it. You're gonna love the Gjallarhorn when you get it fully powered up. It absolutely rips bosses to shreds, especially when mixed with a solar damage nightfall/weekly and/or weapons of light. Seven ghorn rockets will take off the majority of the Archon Priest's energy in this weeks nightfall. It's gradually replaced Ice Breaker as my favourite exotic weapon.

[fishbowlhead]

Yeah, the stuff you want the most usually appears when you least expect it. You're gonna love the Gjallarhorn when you get it fully powered up. It absolutely rips bosses to shreds, especially when mixed with a solar damage nightfall/weekly and/or weapons of light. Seven ghorn rockets will take off the majority of the Archon Priest's energy in this weeks nightfall. It's gradually replaced Ice Breaker as my favourite exotic weapon.

Once you have more armour that gives more special ammo, plus when ive fully upgraded it i think it will come into its own, that, with something like fatebringer and black hammer for pve will be a deadly set up.

I so covet the fatebringer though, i want it, i want it, i want it . Ill be online over the weekend if you and sm3 fancy some vog hard .


Edit. Scratch that, Fatebringer obtained!!! Never thought I'd get it

[Lebowski]

I finally got a rocket launcher with tracking from the crota raid, (the Hunger of Crota). I helped a few guys from my friends list some hadn't done crota before and none of us had run the sword at the end. They where all between lvl 31s and a 27 so it was hard going at times but we did pretty well. They had been struggling to get passed ir yut so i wasn't fancying our chances at finishing Crota.

We pretty smoothly got past the lamps and the bridge and even got the shrieker corridor gauntlet chest. then it was on to ir yut It tooks us a few attempts but eventually we hit her hard enough and three of us where still standing as she fell.

Crota was a bit harder as our lower level team members where struggling for health, I ran the sword solo for the first time as i was the only 32 and after a few missed opportunity and a couple of bugs we got our timings right, at the third sword it looked like it was all over as he jumped off the platform and started chasing me about. but we got to safety got one more sword and took him out.

I really felt like id earned my rocket launcher by the end of the run and id recommend everyone having a go carrying the sword, its a lot more rewarding being up there right in the thick of it. I'm Still loving this game, the level of team work and timing required for the raids is crazy fun and when you get everyone working well together its such a rewarding experience I cant wait to see what they do next house of wolves cant come soon enough.

[fishbowlhead]

Ive really been getting into the raids recently too lebowski and i can hoenstly say i finnaly get what bcass has been preaching since it went online. The raids are where destiny is at and are a fantastic piece of design, its just a shame bungie cant keep on top of the raid breaking bugs, im prone to them, im sure its a monumental task however.

Ir yurt is always where my croata groups struggle as not one of us has had a tracking launcher, however ive obtained gjallahorn recently plus my mate did a week before, along with my other regular pal gaining truth im much more confident for that section in the future, along with at least 3 other regular players we raid with already having them.

[Uli]

i think the Venus raid can be really frustrating when you are in a group with inexperienced gamers. objectives and rules are unclear and i don't have the feeling this was intended.

[Lebowski]

i think the Venus raid can be really frustrating when you are in a group with inexperienced gamers. objectives and rules are unclear and i don't have the feeling this was intended.

it requires team work and communication, its a real test of gaming skill too, In the days of hand holding tutorials i think its quite refreshing that there is a mode that chucks you in and asks you to work out how to pass this obtuse series of tasks, its a real thrill getting in there figuring the tactics out yourself and beating it all under your own steam. The Venus raids really aren't that hard now. hard mode Atheon isn't that bad with a team that knows what there doing as everyone is nearing or at lvl 32 and dose a ton more damadge. When i first ran Atheon i was about lvl 28 and it was an evening destroying gauntlet of try and try again.

Now it seems like the raids can be done in just over an hour each, Tuesday night saw me doing two raids nightfalls and two weeklys in just a few hours play.

[Uli]

so this was by design choice? well, i am not saying i don't like the challenge, it's just that nothing in the game prepares you for this. it's like a straight forward shooter becoming a puzzle game all of a sudden

anyone online tonight and want to do some strikes?

[fishbowlhead]

so this was by design choice? well, i am not saying i don't like the challenge, it's just that nothing in the game prepares you for this. it's like a straight forward shooter becoming a puzzle game all of a sudden

anyone online tonight and want to do some strikes?

Destinys raids on your first time are the equivalent of a fat guy joining the marines on the pretence thats some one told you its easy, only for your drill Sargent to slap you in the face every 5 mins calling you a little sissy bitch until you quit, break down or complete the challenge.

[Lebowski]

Destinys raids on your first time are the equivalent of a fat guy joining the marines on the pretence thats some one told you its easy, only for your drill Sargent to slap you in the face every 5 mins calling you a little sissy bitch until you quit, break down or complete the challenge.

And before you know it the sync plates are never lost, the templar and oracles are a mere flys for you to swat, the gorgans dont even know you have been there you skip across the jumps with precisions and your running Atheon in ten minutes and finishing him off in two gates aiming for that perfect run achievement.

yet to get a perfect run but i did get the Vex Mythoclast last night for the hard raid

[Daragon]

Soooo, this week's nightfall was fun - burnless omnigul -_-

After the best part of an hour (it was probably longer) I managed a glasshouse for my lvl 8 titan. Could have been worse I guess, the other two guys got energy each

I swear, if xur is selling plan c, no land beyond or another equally as trolling weapon this weekend, I will be doing something considered not very socially acceptable!

[H-Man]

It seems the most challenging thing about beating Crota on hard mode these days is dealing with random bugs. The night before last he bugged out 3 times after enraging and seconds before going down. Twice he just froze as soon as enrage kicked in. No amount of rockets would make him kneel. The third time enrage launched me - I was the sword guy - off the map!

This isn't a one off either. Last week we had the freeze bug and, even weirder, an instance everyone bar me and one other guy was kicked from the raid when he enraged. Otherwise hard mode is comfortably on farm status - it just seems you have to beat him two or three times per attempt!