Different raid strategies for different platforms. (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Monday, June 27, 2016, 13:48 (3164 days ago)

It's fun playing on two platforms. Each group seems to have their own strategy, and often are skeptical that there might be a different way of doing things.

Some examples:

I don't like to take the aura for the Warpriest (I'm getting better at it, though). For that reason, I like taking the left because it usually gets the aura only once, and my partner can take it. Not so on the Xbox, where zero stays front left! (Maybe it’s just a Zero thing.) This is good though, because it's given me practice playing the center position.

For Golgy, the PS4 crowd likes to have the gaze holder stand on top of the crates, and have just about everyone else go into the front-left cave with a bubble. Because Golgy looks down, you can, with good aim, hit a vulnerable spot on the top of his head. I find this difficult and much prefer the Xbox crew’s strategy of distracting him with a bubble on the back right bridge. This works well because there are many people quickly taking down the orb, and it’s hard to miss the large target on Golgoroth’s back. Because I can see the orb in my scope the second it falls, the timing of taking his gaze is always nearly perfect, whereas on the PS4 it’s not uncommon to have too many people downstairs not shooting the orb or for the gaze holder to miss his or her shot and struggle to take the gaze. I’ve tried getting the PS4 crew to try the bubble in back, but I think it seems like a crazy waste of resources to them, and we invariably revert to the gaze holder on the crates strategy. I think both groups now have gaze holders 2-5 run a circuit around the map, so that’s a good thing.

And then there’s Sisters/Oryx platform terminology …. :) I prefer spawn left/right, Saturn left/right. Despite my personal preferences, I enjoy playing with all y’all. (The PS4 crew has had more experience playing with me, and they’ve shown the patience of Job.) I’m not making this post to be judgmental—no strategies I’ve encountered with DBOers are nearly as weird as what I’ve run across playing with randos. Most raid fights boil down to timing and DPS, and it’s often best to go with what most people are familiar with.

Have any of the other dual-platformers run across other differences?