So about that sword despawn... (Destiny)

by someotherguy, Hertfordshire, England, Friday, January 23, 2015, 19:11 (3383 days ago)
edited by someotherguy, Friday, January 23, 2015, 19:17

3 times last night we had Crota. Everyone in position, swordcarrier primed, ogres dead. Victory was a sure thing. Only one more hurdle: getting the Swordbearer to cooperate. All too often he runs off doing his own thing and we wipe.

Then we kill him. We've done it. Crota is dead (barring any weird boomer-related shenanigans).

Then the sword despawns.

3 times tonight we were cheated out of beating Hard Mode Crota's end (5-man, no less!). Not by screwups or unlucky Cursed Thralls, or boomers, or greedy swordcarriers. But by Bungie.

Does anyone know what causes this? We killed him away from the stairs, we had fully green connections, we had zero lag. I have no idea what happened. Would love to know so we can make sure it doesn't happen again.

Still, at least we couldn't cheese the bridge (we have never cheesed the bridge). Thanks Bungie.

EDIT: Damn right I'm salty. Yes, we failed a number of attempts due to other things. This isnt the only reason we ever fail. But it's the only reason that's out of our control. Our strategy is sound, our skill level is sound. We're not world first level, but we should have beaten it 3 times by now.

Obviously if someone can give me a 100% repeatable, preventable explanation, I'll take it all back. But as far as we can tell there isn't one.