Nightfall timer BS. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, September 22, 2017, 08:55 (2702 days ago) @ narcogen

An arbitrary timer that just ENDS a fight in progress with no possible explanation, with the timer modified by equally silly arbitrary actions-- one of which is the LITERAL definition of "jumping through hoops" is just terrible.

What if it were rolled into a different mechanic? What if your light slowly drains during the fight, and you restore it by doing the same things you do now to get time?

If I wanted Handwavium I'd go to Pandora. The lack of in-game explanation isn't really the problem, it's just accentuated by the arbitrary nature of the timer. Raids that had this incorporated usually did a decent job of setting up both the nature of the timer and the countermeasures to it, but there's nothing specific about any of these strikes that suggest a timer-- unlike, say, Shield Brothers, which could conceivably just blow up the room if you fail--

I'd be all for kicking players to orbit for losing, and even for giving an extra reward for finishing before a timer expires, but in a game that has mostly removed the bullshit from the previous title, this is a bit of new bullshit I can do without.

Nah. I think it's awesome. You actually have to strategize a little bit and formulate a strategy. You could beat any nightfall in Destiny 1 by sitting back with an elemental scout rifle. We got our ass handed to us the first time we tried the nightfall week 1. By the end, we beat it with 7 minutes left to get the Rat King.

Tell me the strategy that gets 3 240 level players through that exercise with 5+ minutes left and I'll say the entire problem is just that I suck and I'll retract my complaint.

1. Coordinate so everyone has an energy weapon of each type. One person should be kicking ass while the burns are active, the others using their kinetic or class abilities. This was you are always burning.

2. Run past everything you can run past. Focus fire on the major enemies you have to kill to move on.

3. Nail the boss with a high damage super matching the burn.