With the latest update came some news that suggests we just might be getting the Y1 raids back with relevant loot! What does this mean? Well if and when this happens the forums will be flooded with the annoying cry baby posts about people's raid requirements. But I believe this time around it won't be so much about light level and more about experience. Example being that I'm sure many of you newer players have been blessed by RNGesus and made it to 320, however that's not gonna help you if you have no idea what the -blam!- you're doing!
So here is a list of some things to help prepare yourself and avoid being kicked from any raid group.
[b][u]Vault of Glass[/u][/b]
- Make sure you have a solid void weapon, those minotaurs are assholes.
- Learn to run the relic!! Any year one player can tell you the annoyance of getting to Templar or gatekeeper only to ask who wants to run relic and have the fireteam fall silent. Or having to wipe because all 3 players who get teleported don't know how to use it.
- Get yourself a Black Spindle, SGA, Sleeper. These will be especially useful for atheon and oracles.
- Practice! Do the raid now and learn the mechanics! Learn the gorgon maze, jumping puzzle. Learn how the raid works!
Edit - NEVER open the spirit bloom chest. (If you're superstitious that is lol)
From A Nerfed Titan - [quote]For Vault of Glass: If you are in a containment field or in the Aegis shield (bubble generated by the relic) [b][u]DO NOT USE [i]ANY[/i] TYPE OF EXPLOSIVES!![/u][/b] doing so [i]will[/i] kill you.
When fighting Atheon: If you get teleported and you see "hold X/A" on your screen [i]do not[/i] do so unless you know [i]and[/i] are comfortable using the relic.[/quote]
From The True Thienen - Don't use the sleeper inside the relic bubble. It will melt you!
[b][u]Crota's End[/u][/b]
- Hunters if you don't have a pair of [i]Don't Touch Me[/i] gauntlets, I suggest you get a pair.
- Learn the lanterns maze, most of us year one players know it like the back of our hands!
- Make good use of your subclass when it comes to generating orbs. I'm looking at you Nightstalkers, those orbs are going to be important!
- Make sure you have a helmet with infusion (health regeneration on orb pick up) there's no chalice on hard mode!
Having a [i]Red Death[/i] is also very helpful for regening health.
- Have a good rocket launcher [u]with tracking[/u]
- BRING HEAVY AMMO SYNTHS!!! Just ask a Y1 player about the NLB heavy glitch. Don't get caught without synths.
Some general advice is to learn the raid. Practice it now while they are much easier.your light level isn't going to matter if you don't know how the raid works. If you're on my raid team and don't know what you're doing you won't be on my fireteam for very long! So start preparing now to avoid the frustration of not being able to find a team when they bring back these raids!
If I've missed any good advice or you've got something to add comment below and I'll add it to the list!!
Edit: As many of you have pointed out I may be reading too much into the weekly update. That very well may be the case. HOWEVER I'd like to think at some point we will get the old raids back, it would just make sense. IF and when we do this post was simply meant as a way for Y1 players to share some words of wisdom to help prepare newer players for our beloved end game activities that we've put so many hours into. Thanks for all the positive replies and great info guys!
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2 RepliesI miss using the lamp physics to cheese the abyss #bringbackoldlamps2016
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I'm cool with them bringing the raids back as long as they are in their original form - we can solar nade templar off the back, push atheon off the back and pull the line on crota and freeze him lol
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Sleeper doesnt melt you inside the bubble. Just used it yesterday and we killded him fast.
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Don't try to melee supplicants
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Nice guide mate but you know its most likely gonna be an update to PoE and not the raids like we want :-(....
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5 RepliesJeez, I can see it now. [i][b]Running Revamped VoG on Hard. Must have full VoG set to prove you've done it in Year 1. Must also know how to run Relic and spot Oracles. No Taken Tots. [/b][/i]
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I am most certainly NOT looking forward to coaching people again.
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Dern, I needs me a Red Death.
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5 RepliesAhh, I can feel the relevancy of Sunsingers returning.....
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If you stand if front of the relic holder you can shoot rockets out the front show the poster does not know everything.
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The most annoying thing ever is when you get to Crota and/or team disperses
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I really do hope they bring them back. King's Fall is fun and all, but it just doesn't feel the same.
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8 RepliesSo back to your vog quote for atheon you don't need any of those wepons just bring your Tom don't believe me go Try it you will down atheon in 1 round simple!
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5 RepliesEdited by Awakened_Light: 2/17/2016 7:24:55 AMI still haven't beaten Crota no one wants to do it :(
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If you know how to solo crotas end start to finish, your fine for crota
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2 RepliesOr you know bring a sword lol every thing is a cake walk with one
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If you don't know what to do just host the raid group and no one can complain , simple .
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3 RepliesUPDATE for walkthrough to all raids Vault of Glass: watch youtube video Crota's End: watch youtube video Taken King: watch youtube video Seriously... Watch it before asking to join a party and have a lecture throughout the raid... No one wants to teach from beginning to end and have other gamer's time to be wasted because you don't know how to run it... A lot of this generation have their smart phones glued to their faces anyways so why not look it up first...
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Lol dream on it will be the rest of the strikes that's it
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2 RepliesQuestion, where did they say about getting old raids updated? Their update was so vague I didn't get any details that they didn't already mention before Christmas. Well apart from the 2nd Taken Kind size expansion.
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1 ReplySit on the lamp and get nuked to the top ;)
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Well I know what I'm doing. Done both raids. (Not much because taken tot as well as no one wants to raid with me). Usual reason why we lose actually doesn't happen to be me. (Not to brag)
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8 RepliesEdited by Dr.Trollbotnik: 2/17/2016 7:13:22 AMYou gotta love that [b][i]PRO STRATS YOU GUYS ARE QUEERS LOL IM YEAR ONE[/i][/b] attitude man. Definitely what we want as a face for our fanbase.
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1 ReplyVery well written,good job bro
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Lol, no way are they going to release all the old raids These idiots can't even figure out how to rotate the fcuking rolls on vendor weapons once a week......rookie shit is beyond them
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1 ReplyIf they bring Y1 raids back I might go jump on destiny