Suggestion for running the _________ *Raid SP* (Destiny)

by Speedracer513 , Dallas, Texas, Saturday, September 30, 2017, 10:07 (2451 days ago) @ Kahzgul

What we do is more... modular. You always help the person on your left. When helping, you shoot the bottom arrow. When shooting your own set of arrows, you shoot the top arrow.

Why not pair off and always shoot the same arrow (top, or bottom)? Less switching, less confusion.

This method makes all four positions function identically, and if one of your raiders is replaced for some reason, anyone who knows this method can jump right in regardless of which position they're filling. One last note: There's a strategy on the internet that has helpers shooting to the right. This is an inferior method. When you help the left hand guy, you can then watch the runner as he approaches your position and be 100% prepared. You'll never be surprised by him showing up.

I don't see why you'd be off your platform and unprepared when the runner calls out… If everyone starts on their platforms, and leaves only to punch the psion, then gets back on, you're not going to be surprised.

Remember… you can shoot another person's arrows without being on your own platform. In this way right has the advantage. You don't have to get back on your platform right away after killing your psion.

If you're looking right and one runner is faster than the other, he might surprise you. If you're looking left, you'll know he's on his way. Edge case, I admit.

Counterpoint -- the other night we did it with the shooters "helping left" instead of helping on the right (which was my first time doing it that way). I actually had more difficulty helping the person on the left in time - probably precisely because one of the runners was faster than the other. By the time I shot my arrows and went to punch my Psion and head back to my platform, there were a few times that I was surprised to hear that the runner was already approaching the platform to my left and I was a little late to place the assisting bullets on the appropriate arrow over there.