Building the Ideal First Raid Experience *long-ish* (Destiny)

by squidnh3, Thursday, December 24, 2015, 23:34 (3351 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k

I am in a similar situation, although I actually have 2-3 friends that just started playing. Two of them are now at 290ish light, and are ready to raid. At first I wasn't sure if they were really enjoying the game all that much (although they've kept playing). However, Tuesday night we did the Nightfall, and it clicked for them.

"This is a lot more fun when it's hard!" was their experience. The 'match' skull was on, so we had to coordinate what elemental damage weapons we were using, and then we actually failed and had to reformulate a new strategy for the final boss. Communication was necessary, and they were pretty impressed when I pulled off a double revive while being chased by a Minotaur.

I've been suggesting a VoG run, but they seem put off by its current irrelevance. They are more interested in King's Fall I think, which is okay. I think they've also watched some of the raid on YouTube, so a completely blind run might not be possible (I'm also not sure they have the time/patience to devote to that). We will be looking for some more people to fill at a raiding party fairly soon, so maybe we can figure something out.