What quests? What catalysts? (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Thursday, June 07, 2018, 05:50 (2438 days ago) @ Claude Errera

I'm with you and it's a bummer people couldn't wait, although I'm sure it's frustrating being ready and not playing (I've never been so far ahead for it to be an issue for me). I humbly suggest not fretting about everyone being at the official light level, which gives you the freedom to tackle it a wee bit sooner. Last week might have been the sweet spot, but it's hard to say.

Yeah... I'd disagree. Maybe for the first couple of encounters... but we were definitely underleveled this evening for the final encounter. (Well, what's PROBABLY the final encounter.)

375
384
369
368
383
376

I guess you could say "you can be lower than the official level for everything but the end"... but that's not really satisfying; you play, you get to a certain point, and you basically have to go earn some extra stuff so that you can play more. In instances like this, I can completely understand Cody's frustration with a grind.

If we'd waited until we were all at 380, I think it would have been playable all the way through, without a break.

With those light levels I think you could've have finished it with the proper care, practice, and plan, which I admit is hard work to formulate when everyone is still learning.

I say this having only gotten to the point of learning how to damage the final boss. All but two of us were below 370 (I think a few of us were in the 350s--nobody was 380 or higher). It took a bit to figure how to survive the ads, and it was certainly tough, but through strategic use of abilities and teamwork, we did it (I actually enjoy that situation and might have a greater tolerance for wipes than some). We realized that we did only about 1/6th damage and reasoned we needed to double it. We knew we couldn't finish, but we got what we came for, which was the blind experience. I've stated before that the latter is more important to me than killing the boss.

Big caveat: we had squid and Cruel when we were most successful--they're very talented players.