Jolly Holly Quest - How are you faring? (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Monday, September 21, 2015, 17:40 (3447 days ago)

I'm curious what strategies people are using to complete the Jolly Holly quest, step 1: Earn 100% faction approval from Tex Mechana by playing Crucible with The Last Word equipped.

I'm currently sitting at 71% after several efforts which got me up to 30% and then back down to 0% a game or two later. The way I'm playing is that I'm adding artificial difficulty to my play by equipping TLW for the whole game, regardless of outcome. It's making me a better player, to be sure, but it sucks to win a game with a 2.5 K/D ratio and only net a 2% gain to my overall quest progress. My biggest successes have come during games of Rift where I've gained as much as 25% in a single game, but I've also had my biggest losses in Rift as well - it all depends on how coordinated the other team is.

One of my buddies did it by playing as per normal without TLW, and then changing to TLW once he got heavy ammo and/or super so that he could reap the rewards from multi-kills and streaks without risking percentage during deaths. Also, apparently you get a 3% boost for each win, so if his team was close to winning he's swap in the gun and hide in a corner. It all feels cheese as heck to me, but he at least finished it in about half the time that it has taken me so far.

So... How is DBO doing with this? I'm actually pleased to see a quest with such a challenging barrier to entry (step 1: Get TLW, step 2: Be awesome).