I don't know, with how prevalent afks are in strikes I just don't see matchmaking working. There will also always be those people who hop for an easy few chests and then bail when things start to get rough, souring the experience for everyone else.
Damn yeah that is true. I always just have very positive thoughts on people and hope for the best hahah
Yep, I will be on around 8CST tonight and onHey, I'll be happy just running the raid once within the next few days/week.
Everybody ready to roll tonight??
I went through the raid as well, in fact, I went through with io and GottDott. As I stated earlier, I am no expert but i know what we need to do basically. (In other words, don't expect me to post a novel about VoG on here like Broly did
)Welcome aboard, I see you are on XB1 as well which a lot of the people posting on this thread appear to be as well. Leveling up is simple until you get to level 20, then you may have a bunch of questions. For right now, just go through the story, collect and complete bounties, and kill stuff....pretty simple at the point you are
Definitely be sure to utilize the bounties like Dragon said as soon as you can. Maximizing your XP gain early on like that is really helpful and make it so that the later missions are not nearly as taxing and you can play them on higher difficulties, yielding even more XP : DWelcome aboard, I see you are on XB1 as well which a lot of the people posting on this thread appear to be as well. Leveling up is simple until you get to level 20, then you may have a bunch of questions. For right now, just go through the story, collect and complete bounties, and kill stuff....pretty simple at the point you are
Welcome to the group! Like the others said, just level up to 20 by doing story plus completing vanguard and crucible bounties (if you like PvP). I started a bit late but listening to the advice here has helped me catch up to some extent.
Right on, welcome. I'm playing on PS3 but pretend it's my 360
.When are you going to do the Nightfall? I might join you for that. Send me a PM on CAG if you are about to start.
Any tricks to the Nightfall this week? I was running it with 2 others (from our Raid earlier) and we can't get past the first wave within that locked door area. That gets a lot harder than you'd think. We lasted longer by going back to the beginning area but enemies spawn right on top of you there. It looks like you can retreat even further so maybe that's the trick.
Yeah, those are now out of bounds - so you get the "turn back" notice if you go over there.
.You can sit behind the wreckage on the side past where the hive spawn (the green area, way in the back). No one will chase you back there and you'll only have to come out to finish off the snipers/captains.Any tricks to the Nightfall this week? I was running it with 2 others (from our Raid earlier) and we can't get past the first wave within that locked door area. That gets a lot harder than you'd think. We lasted longer by going back to the beginning area but enemies spawn right on top of you there. It looks like you can retreat even further so maybe that's the trick.
Then anything we should know about the Walker or Servitor portions?
Gott, Broly? Anyone have any tips?
Yeah, those are now out of bounds - so you get the "turn back" notice if you go over there.
We did the Raid earlier up to the final portion (with the Mars/Venus portals). It took a while to get through the Templar part the "normal" way but we did it by staying in the back left area (as you face it when coming in) for the most part. It wasn't too bad.
We called it a night after trying the portal section. We were making it into the second portal at least but I don't think we were entirely sure what to do then. Time to review Broly's notes
I ended up with a second pair of Kabr's Greaves and a prismatic Mark for my Titan. Well, that and some energy and shards, which are always needed. I really just want the gloves at this point. So I'll keep running it with people each week till those pop. Once we beat it (hopefully tomorrow) maybe we can just run the beginning parts each week and keep it to an hour and a half or so.
Thanks, that helped a ton. I was able to get through the 3 waves without any trouble doing that. It just took me a while since I was being careful. Then the Walker was cake. I just went where I always go - that tunnel straight ahead and a little to the right.
That part is really easy with Gott's method. Like I said I soloed it afterwards and got up to the Servitor no problem (where I killed myself with a rocket). We would have had it done first or second try if we knew about that. Basically we went to the wrong side. The Servitor might still be a bit tricky. I think we should all go into the cover on the right side to do that part with 2 people covering the spawns and one focusing on the Servitor.chubbyninja1319 said:
It shouldn't take another 3 hours. But then again, we struggled with Atheon when we had Broly with us so we ended up resorting to the cheesing method which I'm not sure we can pull off this time. Of course that was him and 5 newbies... But hopefully we can get to the next checkpoint quickly at least. If we have to leave it there for another night, then so be it.simosaurus said:
I agree. I looked up what needs to be done for the gatekeeper. I've always been the one guarding the tower outside so actually going into the portal was something new for me and I wasn't totally sure what to do. It also didn't help that once you're in that room it is tough to explain what to do (the little I did know) once everything is chaotic. Maybe go over the strategy while we are still in orbit then give it a shot? I do have a good technique that seemed to work really well when I got to Atheon the first time, it would just require somebody else to run the relic.
I'll volunteer for relic duty. I was your back-up last night and I'm getting the hang of it.
You are definitely NOT wasting your time doing bounties. Completing bounties and story missions are the best way to get big chunks of xp. You can always use the rep you get from bounties. Don't get vanguard reputation and vanguard marks confused. Vanguard reputation accumulates and will allow you to reach different vanguard ranks. At each rank you will be allowed to buy new items and get rewards as well. Vanguard marks (which you will start earning later) are used to purchase items from the vanguard.
Yeah , I got Vision of Confluence during the raid last week and I am loving it....even more so after the patch
You don't start getting marks until you hit 20 or so but you'll need rank 2-3 to buy gear and weapons so it's good to work on your rep whenever you can - guaranteed way to fill your slots with legendaries faster.
Yes always do the bounties even if you are at low levels. When you hit Vanguard Rank 2 you can buy legendary armor and at Rank 3 you can buy Legendary Weapons. Those take a reasonable amount of points to reach but if you are always doing the daily bounties each day and do some patrols here and there you will get there quickly. And yes the XP bonuses are huge for turning in the bounties so they help you level up to 20 and help you level up your equipped weapons and armor too. Make sure you have your best stuff equipped when you turn in your bounties too as only equipped items will benefit from the xp.
Yea, it was probably a good time to call it a night when we did on the raid. I was pretty tired and we were at a point where reviewing the strategy Broly had posted before sinking more time into it was the best course of action.Any tricks to the Nightfall this week? I was running it with 2 others (from our Raid earlier) and we can't get past the first wave within that locked door area. That gets a lot harder than you'd think. We lasted longer by going back to the beginning area but enemies spawn right on top of you there. It looks like you can retreat even further so maybe that's the trick.
Then anything we should know about the Walker or Servitor portions?
Gott, Broly? Anyone have any tips?
Yeah, those are now out of bounds - so you get the "turn back" notice if you go over there.
We did the Raid earlier up to the final portion (with the Mars/Venus portals). It took a while to get through the Templar part the "normal" way but we did it by staying in the back left area (as you face it when coming in) for the most part. It wasn't too bad.
We called it a night after trying the portal section. We were making it into the second portal at least but I don't think we were entirely sure what to do then. Time to review Broly's notes
I ended up with a second pair of Kabr's Greaves and a prismatic Mark for my Titan. Well, that and some energy and shards, which are always needed. I really just want the gloves at this point. So I'll keep running it with people each week till those pop. Once we beat it (hopefully tomorrow) maybe we can just run the beginning parts each week and keep it to an hour and a half or so.
I could possibly do Thursday, but it isn't for sure. Friday I know I couldn't. If we need to run through tonight I would be willing to help you later in the week if another group can get together. Real life comes first, but I'd still love to help you out if I can.
Looking at my commitments I definitely cannot play on Thursday until after midnight and could only play from 9-11 eastern on Friday. Saturday and Sunday nights I think I am ok but weekends are hectic with family stuff always going on, lol. Either way I have no problem helping if we have to split this up somehow to get everyone done with it.
That's awesome. It's weird that I've never really joined up with a lot of CAGs online, especially since I've been on here for almost ten years now. It seems like everybody I have played Destiny with is really cool and it is great to see people willing to help each other out even if they don't "benefit" from it.
Wherever the last point you were in the Raid is where you can start. If everyone last night was together and you left at the point of the portals before Atheon, then any one of you can be fireteam leader and go back to the Raid and you will be there again. Each of you could essentially go off and find their own 5 other members and beat it from there if you really wanted. I am not sure about over writing that however since it has never come up with me.
It should be anybody can host. I think it could overwrite if you join somebody further back, but I'm not positive on that one. I do know from experience that everybody should have that checkpoint, though.
Games are meant to simply be fun! And helping people is fun too haha Win win! : D
Not only that, but I figure it is good practice too so we can get a run going pretty quickly. Like last night, took a few runs at the templar, but once we figured out what worked and what didn't it went pretty quick. For example, if I shoot corners or harpies with the relic it just wastes time for everybody. ;-)
What worked was having drunkz/glock's dead body as bait - the templar sure liked sitting on top of him
Yeah, I've been on CAG for 10 years as well, and not since ME3 MP was big a couple years back have I got in with a group of CAG's that were fun to play with and just cool people to shoot the breeze (and bad guys) with. I'm enjoying the supportive nature of our little community.
Agreed. If it meant Sim was completely left out, I would not go ahead without him. But, since we have so much flexibility, this seems like a good plan. I'm definitely up for picking the raid up midstream again later in the week.
Hey, I'm willing to sacrifice for the team so if having the templar teabag me while the rest of the team blasts him helps then I'm all for it.What worked was having drunkz/glock's dead body as bait - the templar sure liked sitting on top of him
