One month, 2 Raids per week, no check point yet. (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Monday, October 16, 2017, 15:10 (2674 days ago) @ DEEP_NNN

If I'm reading this thread correctly, you are capable of completing the castellum (and you get rewards from the chest afterwards, so there's your rewards for doing it), but haven't cleared gardens, baths, or gauntlet yet? I hate to tell you, but castellum is not considered a "major" encounter in this raid. It's like an interstitial. The other encounters are the majors. Once you clear one of those, there will be a checkpoint.

Quick and dirty castellum tips:

- 2 people on offense, 4 on defense. Use your heavy ammo as needed, it drops like candy. Use good AoE supers. Try to chain your orbs. Be sure to kill counselors as soon as they appear. This is a pretty straightforward fight. Kill the standard bearers, carry the standards to the plate, repeat. The defenders keep the standard reclaimers from reaching the plate.

The other fights are not really about dps at all (you don't need light 305, by the way - anything above the light level of the enemies doesn't provide any additional bonus (270, iirc). All three fights are about mechanics execution, rather than gear checks or dps. If you're having trouble with any of it, please post your questions here.

Calus Tokens are a Bungie joke on players who may never see the end of the raid. They are unnecessary and are not a reward.

I think they're meant to be a method for people who've already cleared the raid to get raid loot they might not have randomly received by doing the raid, while also ensuring that people clear the raid without using the raid loot as a (very minor) crutch.

Castellum challenges every ability we have to compete. We know how to do it but it is quite a time sink and having to repeat it multiple times in one raid does not improve our spirit.

I'm sorry to say, but if the Castellum challenges you guys, then the raid really might not be for you. It's a very simple fight, mechanically speaking, and doesn't require high dps or coordination on the part of your teams. It does help a bunch if you're using your supers and heavy ammo, so if your raid group is trying to beat it all with kinetic weapons or something, then you're going to have a bad time. The only real mechanics to watch for are: Kill "counsellors" the moment they appear and ensuring that standard returner orange health dudes don't make it all the way to the standards and return them. When you see the alert "a counsellor" has appeared, everyone on defense should start looking around for the guy in the bubble (and then you have to melee him to kill him). When you see a legionnaire with orange health, use your heavy ammo or supers to kill him quickly. Call out for help if you need it. I understand a death or two during this fight, but no one should be wiping.

I hope you are incorrect about power levels. Otherwise, what is the point of attaining 300+5?

There is no point. Okay, minor points: Prestige modes are for power 300. Also there's a quest after you beat the raid, if you were already on the quest step that was "beat the raid," that is power 300 recommended. That's it as far as I've seen in the entire game. 270+ can do pretty much everything.

With our group, DPS is very important. Knocking down enemies quicker gives a bit more time to think and react. Having a clearer head helps with mechanics execution.

This could be said for any raid. The only "dps race" parts of the whole raid, as far I'm concerned are destroying the lanterns in the pools and beating the final boss fight in 2 cycles. Nowhere else are you really against a wall for DPS. You need to be able to solo down a bather without using your super (use your heavy!), but that's about it. The raid is really very forgiving about how much actual damage you and your team can put out at once.

What seems to be killing you in the castelleum? Are you having trouble finding the guys who carry the standards? Getting overwhelmed on defense? Not splitting the raid group into two groups?