My Take on a Hive Encounter (Destiny)

by Dan de Board , Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 11:57 (3439 days ago) @ Dan de Board

It was pretty late when I posted this thread, which is why I didn't respond sooner. Wanted to hear everyone's takes on it before I posted my own.

The encounter I imagine is that the Hive have pushed the Guardians into a corner in which they cannot escape. In order to move on, Guardians have to use a Cursed Thrall explosion in order to help break a seal on the ground and open the way to the next area. The play space is fairly large and multi-tiered, but with no normal way out. The seal will be fairly large so that players know that it's important, but they won't initially know how to break it.

Guardians can either have a Cursed Breacher (yellow bar Cursed Thrall) explode near them three times, granting them a buff which will break the seal when they move near it, or bring any Cursed Thrall to the seal and have them explode. Meanwhile, all sorts of Hive are positioned to attack the Guardians. I imagine Boomers raining death from on high while Knights and Acolytes protect the Cursed Breacher. Random packs of Thrall, both cursed and otherwise rush the Guardians (this is how I imagine they'll initially figure out how to break the seal).

After five explosions, the seal will break, a hole will open in the floor and the Guardians can move on to the next encounter. The Hive will push harder once the seal has been broken, forcing the Guardians to go in instead of holding out (though I imagine that the hold after breaking the seal might be a fun challenge to earn some extra rewards).

What do you guys think?