Answers (Destiny)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Thursday, December 04, 2014, 22:56 (3882 days ago) @ Morpheus

Okay, I have a few more questions:
Do people get Marked by the void as soon as they teleport? Because at one point, I was right next to the teleporter by accident when my teammates opened it, and it sucked me in and I got marked immediately.

Yes. As soon as you step foot in the Past/Future areas, you are Marked and you'll need to be cleansed in the Present to avoid going blind.

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Also, what exactly is Time's Vengeance? The only benefit I see from it is having an "infinite" shield to shoot from, which helps, but I still can't figure out why we have to be so far back, AND right in Atheon's line of fire while waiting for the relic to get there. It's too far away for my Machine Gun to be of any accurate help.

Time's Vengeance is a buff that significantly increases the damage output of your weapons (5x, I believe) and gives you a steady/infinite supply of ability energy (supers and grenades). It takes effect for the entire fireteam immediately after killing all 7 Oracles in the Future/Past. You don't need to be standing anywhere in particular to receive it or make use of it. The reason why people stand on the platform in the middle is because the Relic carrier can keep the protective shield up for the duration of the countdown, and any stray Supplicants can't fly down onto the platform and blow up in your face. That, and Atheon will smash your face with his foot if you get close to him…

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Additionally, what can a Sunsinger do? My Radiance doesn't really help at all, because even when I do so, the game just hits me right back down, if I can use it at all. I'm considering just switching to Voidwalker, which will make the platform segment impossible. But seriously, what use is Radiance? What can I do with it that I'm missing?

The platform sequence is super easy as a Voidwalker, so I'm not sure what you mean. I even use the first-level "max control" setting most of the time. The Sunsinger ability to revive yourself (especially on Hard mode) is ridiculously helpful. As far as the Atheon fight goes, nobody should really be spamming their Supers anyway, since you can do so much more damage with hard-hitting weapons. Once I realized that a magazine of Icebreaker could WAY out-DPS my Nova Bomb, I never really looked back. Sure, I toss a Nova every now and then, but it's mostly Icebreaker, rockets, and scout rifle.

Where Voidwalker excels is when you're an Oracle-killer in the Future/Past. Being teleported off of a Time's Vengeance means that you have a full Super, and it's usually pretty trivial to wipe out all of the minions at the bottom of the stairs before the first Oracle even pops in. I love doing that. :)

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Also, is there anything Atheon is weak against, specifically in terms of elementals? I'm guessing not.

Just Time's Vengeance.