I did the crota raid first day it was out and had a blast... We struggled through the raid learning as we went and it took roughly 7/8 hours and we couldnt down crota (1 more sword hit soooooo many times). IT WAS AWESOME!!! The fight mechanics and teamwork needed made it a blast... .. and then there was this week....
Hunter exploits the torches section with stealth......
Lock exploits the bridge with rez....
Group refuses to fight singer and just jumps to a checkpoint at crota....
Lock exploits the chalice at crota....
and the raid is done... hmmm... well that was zero fun....
There was absolutely no skill or fights except for crota and that was without 1 of the mechanics of the fight. It is becoming increasingly harder to find a group willing to actually play the raid and enjoy it without exploits. I am desperately hoping that Bungie patches this quickly so that the end game actually feels like the end game it should be.
I also think a couple things should be changed....
1. Move the first loot chest to be rewarded after the Wizard Singer.... Kinda a joke that some of the best items come from falling in a hole instead of rewarding one of the craziest parts of the raid.
2. Crota sword damage --- Level 32s will have no issues dropping him and level 30s basically cant drop him.... just round out the damage and lock it in at wherever the level 31 damage is set to.
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I say no. Because the raid sucks.