Mercury is a crazy Destination (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 15:19 (2386 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Prism is much nicer than the elemental burns that went along with Destiny 1 - those buffed your weapons and abilities just like Prism does... but they also buffed enemy shields and attacks by the same amount. So those Void Psions protecting Valus Ta'aurc could take you out with almost a single shot - that's what made burns in D1 Nighfalls push the playstyle towards hide-n-ping. Here, Prism does nothing to your enemy's power - they're tough, but the toughness is constant throughout, while yours gets buffed, elementally, as you go.

Are you sure about that? I thought Prism worked the same way, where the burn is active for players and enemies. I haven’t done enough Prism Nightfalls to actually know, but the few I have done certainly felt that way.

Close to 100% positive. I guess I COULD be wrong, but I don't think so. (They're hard enemies... but they don't get any elemental advantages.)