Destiny

[Goodguy818]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

Wtf they're playing on normal?

Big let down.. Didn't watch but i at least expected HM. Cmon...normal? Anyone can do that! Cept......wait...for...it....Bailey!

[Bizdady]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

Wtf they're playing on normal?

Normal can be 2 manned at 32

[Bailey05]

Originally Posted by Goodguy818

Big let down.. Didn't watch but i at least expected HM. Cmon...normal? Anyone can do that! Cept......wait...for...it....Bailey!

i don't know what happen. I was robbed of the kill 😐

[Jafo]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

Wtf they're playing on normal?

Language Ken!

Originally Posted by Bizdady

Normal can be 2 manned at 32

video of the stream for those who missed it

From reddit user Blyght87:

This is my first contribution post to this sub so please be kind. At the time I started writing this there were only a few posts with only a few details so I decided to make a more in-depth attempt. Enjoy.

Raid was run on normal with 2-31s and the rest 32s. Team consisted of 3 Bungie Devs and 3 guys from Dads of Destiny stream team. Don't remember class makeup. There were at least 2 Titans and 2 Warlocks.

Edit (thanks u/javierabegazo): This was their class makeup: http://imgur.com/bSBgVv7,eZzSxyp,JYf...oaWtXO,ltr7XPN

Abyss- Ran lamp to lamp. Used a lot of bubbles. Made it to the plate with little opposition. No one stood on rocks to avoid Thrall. While defending plate all but 1 Warlock died. He ran hallway to the light then killed adds and ran back to revive dead people on the plate despite them telling him to just go. He either raised another guy or other dude finally popped radiance (hard to tell which with stream quality) and they ran to the end.

Dev notes: -It took a lot of trial and error tinkering to get the thrall spawn timers right. -They noted how 1 player can screw the team by starting a lamp early and stated they like that mechanic and we can expect more like it in the future.

Bridge- They did it legit (obv) sending 1 person at a time. Nothing real noteworthy add it's a pretty straightforward strategy. Only a couple deaths which were swiftly recovered from.

Dev Notes: -Encounter was designed so everyone must learn to use sword. -Designed with everyone having their opportunity to shine in mind.

Thrallway: -They get 1 guy into chest room before door closes.

Dev Notes: -This was purposely designed to be like Indiana Jones and they originally planned to force you to slide under a door.

Ir Yut- They used 3 in both boomer tower strategy. Pulled the wizards by running in and out. Killed wizards, killed shriekers, then downed Ir Yut before the liturgy started.

Dev Notes: -This encounter was designed to be a gear check before fighting Crota. -No one asked, and devs didn't explain, why you have to kill dozens of adds after she's downed.

Crota- They cleared the starting room and used the left side strategy. They had a 31 (Warlock?) run the sword. It took them 5 swords to finish crota. 2 downs per sword. So yes they had to deal with ogres twice. For ogres all went in bottom room except one who stayed in crystal room and killed Thralls. During 2nd ogre phase someone died and they dealt with oversoul. Crota nearly enraged but they killed him slightly before he did so.

Dev Notes: -There are gatekeepers above the crystal room because the designer didn't want people up there. -The designers don't want people playing the raid in ways that are "inherently boring" -They are aware of the sword disappearing glitch and others and are as annoyed by them as we are. They are working in fixes.

Other Dev Notes: -It was by design that Crota's End is swiftly paced "like an action movie" in contrast to VoGs frequent pace changes. -They avoided answering whether everything had been discovered in VoG quoting something DeeJ said about them answering that question being tantamount to ruining the end of a movie for someone. (Edit: other posters are saying Devs confirmed there are still hidden, unfound, chests in VoG and included link to stream and timestamp to when it was said. Cannot verify at the moment because wife is asleep haha) -There are different teams working on different things at Bungie so just because the weapon update is getting attention didn't mean that the raid bugs aren't also being worked on. They assured they were working on them. -Queen's Wrath still needs a lot of work. Seemed they were implying not to expect it anytime soon (probably not before HoW). -They do have events planned for before the DLC launch although they didn't give details as to what.

That's all I can recall but I wasn't actively taking notes so I may have missed/forgot something. Let me know if there is anything I should add. Thanks!

TLW- They completed the raid with no wipes and no obvious glitches occurring. They gave some insight about the design of the raid. Didn't reveal any huge secrets.

[KenKeith]

Originally Posted by Bizdady

Normal can be 2 manned at 32

https://www.bungie.net/en-US/Forum/Post/94027953/0/0 or soloed flawlessly...

[Scottie]

Does Vision of Confluence only drop on Normal Atheon or are my teams and I the unluckiest people to ever grace this game?

[jsteinhauer]

LOL! They did not want you to play the raid in ways that are inherently boring. So what's inherently NOT boring about playing the two raids, probably hundreds of times for many players, to get random gear drops, then playing non-raid content hundreds and hundreds of times over again to upgrade said gear? Jerks.

[My_Two_Cents]

lol'd when I saw this this morning.

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[Omegaice]

Originally Posted by Bailey05

i don't know what happen. I was robbed of the kill 😐

[KenKeith]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

LOL! They did not want you to play the raid in ways that are inherently boring. So what's inherently NOT boring about playing the two raids, probably hundreds of times for many players, to get random gear drops, then playing non-raid content hundreds and hundreds of times over again to upgrade said gear? Jerks.

I enjoy playing with friends, watching them get drops every once and a while, and making fun of Billy. I just wish hard crota was easier.

[LizardSlayer]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

I enjoy playing with friends, watching them get drops every once and a while, and making fun of Billy. I just wish hard crota was easier.

My biggest problem with hard Crota is the amount of time it takes to start over. Atheon is nice, it starts over immediately so you don't spend 5 minutes just getting to the hard part. Of course the ammo thing is retarded...

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

I enjoy playing with friends, watching them get drops every once and a while, and making fun of Billy. I just wish hard crota was easier.

It was not a dig at those playing the game. It was directed at the devs. Obviously had they not included those gatekeepers, you and your friends would have been bored to tears (inherently) weeks or months ago and moved on.

[TheStuck]

Hurray!!! Another great week of nightfall....11 energies and 11 shards from 2 attempts. Why do I even do them anymore?!?!?

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by TheStuck

Hurray!!! Another great week of nightfall....11 energies and 11 shards from 2 attempts. Why do I even do them anymore?!?!?

If I had a ghorn.....I wouldn't be doing them anymore!!!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

It was not a dig at those playing the game. It was directed at the devs. Obviously had they not included those gatekeepers, you and your friends would have been bored to tears (inherently) weeks or months ago and moved on.

I am getting bored, to be honest.

I cannot do much more so I am going for all of the guns and gear because I would not be playing anymore.

[Bizdady]

Originally Posted by KenKeith

https://www.bungie.net/en-US/Forum/Post/94027953/0/0 or soloed flawlessly...

Yup I've soloed up to the witches flawlessly but mistimed my rocket synth and died


Think I'll try Crota solo though just to check it off.

[Omegaice]

Originally Posted by Bizdady

Yup I've soloed up to the witches flawlessly but mistimed my rocket synth and died


Think I'll try Crota solo though just to check it off.

[Bizdady]

Originally Posted by Omegaice

[Omegaice]

Originally Posted by Bizdady

[Jafo]

Get your motes of light saved up Next Tuesday starts another round of Iron Banner.