Massive Update (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, June 05, 2026, 17:37 (9 hours, 56 minutes ago) @ squidnh3

Falling behind, seeing how the powerful engram system was working, and knowing the game was going free to play… all that together was what made me decide to quit.

I can't remember how any of that leveling stuff worked anymore, it's changed so many times.

I feel lucky (thanks Kermit) to have at least tried all the raids except for VoG and the latest one (Desert Perpetual) blind. Not really sure how many we finished totally blind, but we usually at least made it to the point where we figured out most of the final boss mechanics, which felt like enough. My rankings probably do reflect that a bit - Crota was my first blind raid so it's a bit higher, and I never did VoG blind so I don't have a super fond memory of that one. But some of them are also based on how satisfying it was to develop expertise on them from doing them frequently and in many different challenging ways to get Triumphs. Crown of Sorrow is one like that - the final encounter initially seems brutally punishing, but my group eventually developed enough expertise we could juggle all the required tasks and improvise solutions to mistakes on the fly.

We share the same standard for completion when it comes to blind raids: once we've figured out the final mechanic, the blind raid is complete. I also feel lucky to have had that experience most of the time. We got hints sometimes. Sometimes whether we wanted them or not. Desert Perpetual wasn't blind. Salvation's Edge wasn't blind except the first encounter. We tried! The one that makes me the maddest is Crota's End, because someone couldn't keep their mouth shut. (Admittedly, it takes a special person to pretend to be blind, but I know a few who can do it.) VoG blind was almost indescribable, just because every aspect was so new--soup to nuts. And maybe everyone was just younger, but everyone could play the whole weekend with only short breaks. Amazing.

Just looked at my stats. Across all platforms and D1 and D2, I've played VoG the most--126 times. Wow! It is the easiest to recruit for.