It finally happened (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, February 06, 2018, 23:32 (2559 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Every so often I run into folks (sometimes even all level 25 Blueberries) who cannot seem to grasp the concept of Heroic Public Events. Admittedly, most of them I can trigger solo (the ability to crouch at the shield on the Injection rig with my gun through the shield but my body outside it so I take no damage is a life saver [literally]) sometimes they try to do everything in their power to not let that happen. Like when they get out the Scorch Cannons and just demolish the first walker before I can even get the 5th core deposited. ugh.

Thankfully most people are pretty good about Public Events now. But rarely do I get full groups who seem to all do the right things independently.

In general I have noticed things getting better. The Fallen walkers are almost always good - you do get people trying to kill them occasionally, but the huge majority of players know what's up. There's usually not enough noobs to actually kill the thing.

The Cabal drill thing (I forget the name) also goes well. Most players are shooting the ship before it even gets into position.

Even the Hive thing on Titan seems to go smoothly. It's been months since I did one of those and there wasn't at least one other person shooting the crystals.

The Vex one is special, I think, because it's a little counterintuitive that putting more people in doesn't speed up the plates, when that does work for SOME things in Destiny (though not all - I don't PvP, but I heard something about capture points in there). And also because doing the heroic trigger without neglecting the basic objective requires some halfway intelligent positioning.