My "Forced" Experience from Solstice of Heroes (Destiny)

by DiscipleN2k , Edmond, OK, Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 10:08 (2369 days ago)

I've never been a huge fan of Crucible, but have especially disliked 4v4 Crucible in D2. I pretty much only play long enough to knock out the weekly milestones when I've got a Guardian who's below max power level and I usually hate every second of it.

I'm also not particularly fond of my Warlock. I don't necessarily dislike playing her, but I have way more fun with my Hunter and Titan, and the Warlock jump is my least favorite of the three classes.

Thanks to Solstice of Heroes, I was "forced" to take my least favorite class into my least favorite activity if I wanted to collect all of the cool toys from this event. And because I'm a glutton for punishment, I decided to get impatient and do this the Saturday before Mayhem week.

This started out exactly as frustrating as I expected. I could pretty much guarantee a kill if I used the Slow-va Bomb, but that was one, maybe two, super kills per game. Stormcaller had the potential for more multikills, but it takes so long to kill even a single Guardian that I was lucky to get more than one before getting murdered.

And then I discovered the Dawnblade...

That speed boost they added from the "Go Fast" update plus the "Everlasting Flames" perk ("Killing an enemy with Daybreak extends its duration") means you can practically wipe the enemy team in one spot, zip across the map to where everyone is respawning, and then annihilate them all over again! I may actually like Crucible now (don't tell anyone I said that).

Thanks, Bingle, for dangling that 400 power level carrot in front of my face to get me to try something new!

-Disciple