Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck (Destiny)
Reddit reporting Crota's End checkpoints are difficulty neutral. As in, you can change difficulty without losing progress.
Can't get past Abyss? Run it on normal. Once you've got the bridge checkpoint, orbit, select hard mode, you'll be back at the bridge but on hard mode.
Bungle plz
This is why we can't have nice things.
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Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by RaichuKFM 
, Northeastern Ohio, Thursday, January 22, 2015, 11:47 (3837 days ago) @ petetheduck
Well, you're missing the Hard mode drops for the portion you're skipping, aren't you?
It doesn't sound that bad.
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by Vortech , A Fourth Wheel, Thursday, January 22, 2015, 12:05 (3837 days ago) @ RaichuKFM
Yeah. And it's pretty clearly a mistake/bug. I'm Expecting it to be patched soon. (Then again the checkpoint bug on the garden mission has been there since the beginning. So…)
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by Morpheus , High Charity, Thursday, January 22, 2015, 15:39 (3837 days ago) @ Vortech
Yeah. And it's pretty clearly a mistake/bug. I'm Expecting it to be patched soon. (Then again the checkpoint bug on the garden mission has been there since the beginning. So…)
Wait, that's an actual bug? God, I thought I was on drugs or something--I kept trying to do the Divisive Mind bounty and kept spawning way past him! I didn't realize it was a glitch...man...
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by DiscipleN2k , Edmond, OK, Thursday, January 22, 2015, 15:50 (3837 days ago) @ Morpheus
It's not really a bug, it's just not explained well. If you press the button to restart the mission (X for us Xboxers) on the screen where it actually tells you "Press {whatever} to restart mission," you're only resetting progress on the easiest difficulty. You have to press that button when you select your difficulty level to reset progress for that difficulty.
-Disciple
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by Vortech , A Fourth Wheel, Friday, January 23, 2015, 14:02 (3836 days ago) @ DiscipleN2k
I have not tried using the "reset" button to select difficulty, but using it to select the mission not reseting sits somewhere between poorly explained/undiscoverable and bugged, if that's what's going on.
Yeah. And it's pretty clearly a mistake/bug. I'm Expecting it to be patched soon. (Then again the checkpoint bug on the garden mission has been there since the beginning. So…)
Wait, that's an actual bug? God, I thought I was on drugs or something--I kept trying to do the Divisive Mind bounty and kept spawning way past him! I didn't realize it was a glitch...man...
Disciple figured out what I meant, but I was not referring to the checkpoint for D.M. spawn being further down the trail than where it spawns you (though, I suppose it could be a bug) but the inability to reset it and so we have been completing the mission as the only way to reset the mission.
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, January 23, 2015, 14:21 (3836 days ago) @ Vortech
Disciple figured out what I meant, but I was not referring to the checkpoint for D.M. spawn being further down the trail than where it spawns you (though, I suppose it could be a bug) but the inability to reset it and so we have been completing the mission as the only way to reset the mission.
I believe the checkpoint on that level is actually before the spot where the Divisive Mind spawns. The thing is that when you load up that level from said checkpoint, DM doesn't spawn. I've always though this was an intentional design decision on Bungie's part - because the checkpoint is actually RIGHT before DM, having him not spawn means people can't just keep a checkpoint saved there for when the bounty comes up.
(Never mind that this is what we all do with The Dark Beyond for about 5 or 6 other bounties, LOL).
The real problem with the Black Garden checkpoint thing is that because the UI makes NO mention of how to actually reset progress, many people have resorted to finishing out the level and THEN doing it over again. This is either a design mistake (they didn't think to put an explanation in the UI) or a bug (they did think to do so, but something prevents it from appearing). I have no clue which is the case, but it needs fixing.
Ruinous hard mode trick, do not read unless absolutely stuck
by Vortech , A Fourth Wheel, Friday, January 23, 2015, 18:53 (3835 days ago) @ stabbim
It's not just the DM not spawning, the barrier is down too so that's why I think the checkpoint after DM is being tripped.