Crota's Raid This raid is more focused on teamwork and communication because there are key things you have to watch out for and if your group is not watching your back, you will fail. This raid is shorter than Vault of Glass as there are less things to do. But that does not mean it is easier. Going into this raid, make sure you have a rocket launcher with tracking or a very strong machine gun. Heavy ammo synthesis help towards Crota. In the beginning, there are lanterns we must follow through a vast darkness. While running towards them, there will be a ton of thralls trying to kill us. We are also handicapped with the Weight of Darkness which slows your movements and takes away your jumps. As a hunter, this is where they shine since they have the great ability to become invisible for moments at a time. However you can make it through as other characters, I've made it through with my Warlock plenty of times. As a warlock if your grenades are fully charge, throw them on the lantern as it will kill the thralls. As a titan, if you have pulse grenades, throw them they will help. Certain lanterns will have knights waiting close by. Also do not linger long by the lanterns because they explode. At the end on hard mode, there are ogres that will appear. Taking them out quickly helps while watching out for the thralls. The next part is heavy on teamwork. If you're sniping somewhere without watching out for your teammates and you end up being the last man standing, frustrations can and will flare. Swordbearers are best taken down when the bridge is fully formed. Once everyone is across and we have beaten the shriekers, we split the team into three. Three go left, three go right. Someone must run inside, draw out the wizard, once the wizard is down, whoever has stronger heavy weapons, run inside and take out the shriekers then get the hell out. Once both shriekers are down, we have 30seconds to a minute to take down the boss inside. Crota. Now the fight is easy enough but small mistakes will cost us. Hiccups happen. Patience is needed. Do NOT run around doing your own thing, you will die and cost us the fight. Crota can only be damaged by the sword. He has a shield that once taken out will be when the swordbearer strikes. It is important that we down the swordbearer while Crota is in the middle. Once the swordbearer is in position, heavy weapons will be launched at Crota and that is when communication comes into play. When Crota moves to the side, either run back into the main room or hide on the center section, deep in the glass. When we tell people to either go down center or head into the ogre room, do so quickly, make sure you do not die along the way. Or he will summon the Oversoul, which is a giant sphere in the sky. Shoot everything you have at it, to keep everyone safe. Once the ogres are down, depending on what side Crota is on, we will either stay inside or run along the side he is not back into the main room. On Normal, we can have someone on boomer duty however on hard it is better to ignore the boomers due to the fact that when you take out the boomers, wizards will spawn in their place. I do hope that now people can see how important communication and teamwork is. Sure you can read through all of this and be like ‘Well that’s not so hard. I can just be quiet cause I know what to do’ Then by all means do so, and I won’t invite you to raids. Because it simply doesn’t work and it’ll turn raids into such a chore that they will no longer be fun. These are small things we can do to become better as a team. Yes there are other things I haven’t mentioned about the raids. Since there is no point in mentioning everything about the raids, this is just filled with the highlights so people know what to look out for and what to do when the raids happen regardless of which one. And I cannot stress enough: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION GO HAND IN HAND