do boss fights really need to take so long? (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Tuesday, October 07, 2014, 16:13 (3933 days ago) @ Jabberwok

Think you missed the point there where he was solo.

3 or 4 minutes of co-op survival against waves of nasty adds whilst trying to get a few licks in on the moving super turret is fine for some of us I imagine. I always have a good time on that encounter now since I realised trying to solo weekly Strikes is foolish.

It is definitely foolish, but I've been forced into it several times when my matchmaking partners ditch. Not much fun. I wonder if people can join your game while you're fighting. It seems like it waits for you to die or reach the next area before adding anyone new.

We were running the Archon mission, and our third disappeared about halfway through. (Looked like he lagged out.) We played through just the two of us, got to the final area, cleared the first couple of waves, and the Archon appeared - and soon after, a third member appeared. He was instrumental in our timely completion of the mission. (We'd have done it, I'm sure - but it went much faster with 3.)