First time VOG hard mode - Struggling with Gatekeepers (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 09:19 (3864 days ago) @ ZackDark

My group has used a few strategies. We typically send 1 person through each portal simultaneously. They each grab the relics and get out ASAP so we can all crash the middle conflux as quickly as possible.

Another strategy that worked quite well was sending 3 people through left portal; person would take a couple quick shots at the gatekeeper then leave before getting marked. So we'd end up with 4 people defending outside the portal. Then, once the 2 portal runners emerged with the relic, everyone would go to the right portal except for 1 person who stayed back on the left side. We would ignore the middle completely until we had both relics in hand.

The reasoning behind this approach:

As soon as you leave the left portal with the relic, hobgoblins begin emerging from the enemy spawns on the left side. These snipers will shred anyone who goes to defend the conflux in the middle, AND they'll harass the people defending the right portal. So we had someone stay back to deal with the snipers as they spawned, preventing them from causing problems for the rest of the team. Meanwhile, the other 5 players can handle grabbing the right relic/defending the right portal fairly easily.

"But what about the middle?" You might ask. If the team on the right portal grabs the relic quickly (which should be doable considering most of the team is over there) then you can get both relics to the middle fast enough that only 1 or 2 sacrifices will have gone through. It's a bit of a gamble, but it makes keeping everyone alive much easier than splitting the team between the middle and right portal.