Mission (partly) Accomplished! (DBO)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 13:10 (2829 days ago)

For the last month, ever since the Year Two Moments of Triumph was announced, the less than flawless crew on the Playstation has been fighting and losing against Oryx on hard mode. Hours and hours we fought with no success. At first we couldn't kill all the knights. Then we couldn't kill the shade. If anything could go wrong, it did. When we finally got to the (16) bomb stage, some of the bombs didn't detonate, or someone (mea culpa) didn't go to the right bombs. Last night we finally got it!

Special thanks to Ottermack and Speedracer for sitting in. You guys helped a lot.

Thanks also to Pyromancy, Canecutter, Laidcleric, Bigarm, marmot, Kupkake, and Destroyoboy, and anybody else I've left out who have participated in our "practice runs." Everybody kept a good attitude, even after countless failures.

The coolest thing about the last several weeks was watching us get better. We figured out how to use our strengths in combination, making refinements as we went. We each found our role, learning to toss a grenade here, or preserve our supers for this or that time. This week especially there was no doubt that we could get it done--it was only a matter of time.

Our work isn't done, though. Bigarm and marmot still need a hardmode win (we might ask the PS4 flawless team for help with that), and many of us still need to do the challenge mode (this week!). Keep your eyes peeled for an event.

Destiny raiding provides some of the coolest experiences I've had in gaming.

Kermit

P.S. If someone gets an Oryx checkpoint [hard and/or normal mode], let me know.