FF Seraphim
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So... do we have an impression yet on this Raid or is this thread just made for complaining?
Seriously, can someone tell me how the Raid is?
Seriously, can someone tell me how the Raid is?
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Destiny's Raid, 'Vault of Glass' is now available to play. Hardest challenge yet.
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did you forget you said this, on this same page?
Oh i see, you edited your post. cute.
TheCanisDirus
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This is very true. And why Bungie is getting all the shit. Those who don't see it... well i just don't understand how anyone can't!
So... did the streamers ever find anything else, potentially environmental that could be a key to beating the giant time traveling robot thing? All ive seen is some running around trying to cause direct, physical damage.
Duxxy3
Member
My impression as well.
Oh you've done the math?
LollipoPReapeR
Member
Lol I'm so pissed off that I didn't even realise....
Coffee Dog
Banned
...those two posts don't contradict each other. I'm saying the same thing both times.
What are you even going on about at this point?
Netherscourge
Banned
^ What this thread has turned into...
I actually think this thread is much more interesting now.
It would be kind of boring to talk about 6 players shooting and hiding behind pillars for 10 pages...
You said that the encounters are nothing but bullet sponge gear checks with no mechanics.
They aren't.
How many times do i have to say it to you?
That's what happens when you tune encounters are the presence of matchmaking.
Netherscourge
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Not necessarily.
It's half "gear-check" and half "you're-doing-it-wrong."
Most of the time, Raid TRASH are the Gear Checks. (Or Minimum Character/Gear Level Requirements not even letting you enter the Raid in the first place)
If you make it to a Raid boss, you should be able to defeat it with practice and knowledge of the mechanics.
Gentleman Jack
Member
The streams are pretty informative, I think I've learned a lot about Destiny in general just from watching them for ~30 minutes.
The relic mechanics are probably the most interesting part of each encounter, it remains to be seen if it's just the one guy with the shield having all the fun. For everyone else it's a game of 'don't die, call out high priority targets and only nuke the boss when it's vulnerable.' I wouldn't call it boring, but there are some growing pains with the basic encounter structure that I would hope Bungie addresses in future iterations.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Wow, this is even so boring as a stream.
They also been playing for at least 4 hours straight, but they have been swapping players in and out. It sucks because like all MMO raids if you know up to a certain point, and the new people entering don't, you are wasting your time having the new players play catchup learning the mechanics/patterns/optimizations.
This is exactly how I was expecting endgame raiding to be (miserable) when they had the first play testers just flat out give up. This is not casual friendly, at least from what I'm seeing. They have to be missing something?
It's designed for so the most dedicated groups of people can play the best content in the game...day 1. Eventually everyone will level up their gear. Eventually strategies will be posted on how to get through the encounter. Eventually people's level will outrank the difficulty. Eventually most people who want to see the raid will.
Closer to 8 hours now
Messofanego
Banned
How many people are above level 26? If it's low, then yeah there will be less impressions and more twitch stream watching.
NexusGamer
Member
But how many people will get bored and move on, before that eventuality?
I am almost level 20 but I have no idea how long it takes to get to 26 (does the game even explain these light levels?) and have exactly one friend that is also that high level.
No matchmaking for Raids and no explanation how to get to 26 basically means I am going to be done with this game very soon.
And yeah, the Strikes are hardly impressive. So I don't have much hope for the raid anyway
KiefbladeMaster
Member
Kind of hard to tell. It's just a bunch of people bashing the game, unfortunately. I've come to expect it in every Destiny related thread though.
gutterboy44
Member
This is only the second boss?! On the streamhouse twitch?
It explains it if you level up to 20. Once you get 20 it let's you know. Holy shit the whining.
4 bosses for each tier. There's two tiers in Vault of Glass Raid.
gutterboy44
Member
Of first or second tier? IE, is this the final boss of the raid?
Yes, you can. There's checkpoints where you can save your progress there.
Keep in mind that checkpoint saves reset every Tuesday and the Fireteam leader you played with previously in the Raid need to be the same Fireteam leader in order to continue your progress.
That's why the game saves your progress so you can continue at a later date
Edit: Apparently the save resets every Tuesday so scratch that last part.
Lucent
Member
Yeah it's meant to be done in parts. Resets every week. So you have a week to pull it off.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Pretty sure they're still on teh 2nd boss. The time traveling robot from venus? lol
Light levels=armor. You need to find some purple armor to reach level 26. Unfortunately, RNG is a joke in this game, it might take you a small amount of time, it might take you forever.
FFXIV's last raid stage (COIL stage 9) took a few days or weeks for the first group in the world to beat. Only a handful of people on GAF's guild have beaten it since it's been out the last couple of months.
They make these things über hard, to keep people (a smaller percentage of the whole) playing the game. Something to strive for, similar to getting all of the achievements on a game.
As soon as by give comes up with more raids, they'll "nerf" this one down for the casual players. That's the MMO endgame design.
backflip10019
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These guys look pretty close to beating the 4th boss:
http://www.twitch.tv/triplewrecktv
Well, at least they're super coordinated and haven't died recently.
http://www.twitch.tv/triplewrecktv
Well, at least they're super coordinated and haven't died recently.
Yes you can but the save only lasts for a week.
SEGAvangelist
Member
People might finish this raid today? Man... must be easy mechanics compared to the typical MMO raid.
backflip10019
Member
Well, we don't know if this is the last boss or not. And it looks like they might blow it.
Edit: Yep, they died.
4th boss is the last? I thought it would be 8 bosses.
4 bosses for each tier. So yes, 8 bosses total.
TheCanisDirus
Member
I thought that was the second boss? no?
sandkiller
Member
Is Aethon the final boss then?
Never mind, is this the 4 the already? Thought it was just the 2nd...
HawksWinStanley
Member
Is it just me or is the boss's health not moving at all in the Streamerhouse stream? They've been doing the same thing over and over and between the six of them I haven't noticed his health meter budge from the half way mark.
SEGAvangelist
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Oh I thought I read it was 4 bosses earlier. If 8, then that's awesome.
They need to revive you.
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