Favorite Raid Encounters... (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, August 22, 2016, 21:15 (3108 days ago) @ dogcow

In no particular order:

- The entire Templar's Well section. Especially when done without hiding or intentionally wiping or sniping Oracles from some distant ledge. It's fun and chaotic and requires a group to each individually do well and watch each others backs. Plus, its more or less just pure Destiny combat. No invincible enemies or over leveled beat downs. Either your group is good at Destiny or they die. I like it when things are simple like that.

- The Lantern and Bridge sections of Crota's End. Yes, both of these have mechanics that significantly change normal Destiny gameplay, but again, when done without cheese, these can be a bunch of chaotic heroics inducing fun. Having to double back through the Darkness to rescue a fallen comrade during the lanterns or having to improvise and take up a hive sword and hope you can kill the far swordbearer quickly enough is a lot of fun. Had some great last second saves and defeats in both of those sections. Plus, the bridge section kinda made up for all the death vs Atheon where a group of three relic-o-phobic players would get transported and proceed to not accomplish anything. Having everyone run the sword and having the sword not be too exotic made it a fun teamwork encounter.

- The War Priest. As opposed to the Relay of Doom before it and the Sisters and Oryx after it, the War Priest Challenge is a bit more free form and survival related. Plus it has some neat teamwork moments with everyone not shooting the ads and hiding during the correct moments. Golgy is a bit similar I suppose, but I always feel like I'm contributing more to the War Priest fight than I ever manage to do to Golgy...

My least favorite is probably the Relay of Doom. Its combat isn't particular challenging. Its execution isn't particularly challenging. And yet... one single death, even on normal mode, almost always spells a wipe. There's no chance to recover. No chance for thrilling heroics. You either do it right or you do it again. (Almost) no exceptions.