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Edited by Asyliark:
12/17/2015 7:45:38 PM
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Remember when "Last Guardian Standing" was actually terrifying in a Nightfall?
I do. Nightfalls used to be one of my favorites Strikes to do because it was actually challenging and unforgiving.
Anyone can solo a nightfall now, but props and respect to those who soloed it when "Nightfall" modifier was active. I soloed a few with my trusty Ice Breaker.
Whats your best Nightfall memory?
Edit 1. Wow 100+ replies, thats a lot of awesome (and frustrating) memories!
Edit 2. Dam 200+ replies, I love reading every comment i can, the nostalgia is BIG!
Edit 3. Yay 300+ replies, I know this is not a contest and I don't win anything but keep'em coming!
Edit 4. Omg 400+ replies, BOOM! just got mind blown.
Edit 5. Lol 600+ replies, keep sharing those moments people, let's make Bungie see this so they know we liked old Nightfall better xD
Edit 6. When creating this post I only thought a couple of people would get nostalgia and share some memories, but the replies are in the 1000's now! It's great to see Im not the only one who misses the sweaty hands and intense feeling from the old Nightfall.
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Soloing Omnigul with a hunter. I'm average joe, too.
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9 RepliesPersonally, I find the revive timer to be a more challenging mechanic than returning to orbit. However the potential inconvenience of losing more time made the Nightfall modifier "feel" more challenging.
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4 RepliesThe first nightfall I soloed was Phogoth on the moon. And the sad thing is it's been so long since I played that strike I even forgot the strike name. That's one of my favorite strikes. I wish they would bring all the old strikes into the heroic playlist. I miss the old year one strikes.
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I think the NFs could be a better challenge if they brought back some form of punishment if you die. Like you go back to the previous zone. They always seem to be divided into 3 parts. If you wipe at Sepkis you go back to Spider Tank. Wipe again? Go back to The disarming the alarm. One more time? Orbit. Another way would be elimination style. No revived, instead you did you cant be rez'd (unless you are WMR). That means the last guardian standing is a lot more difficult. Since you either have to beat this darkness zone, or start that part over with your mates. Another idea is they could just do a challenge mode like the raid. The challenge is unknown, but requires you to beat it one special way, and that rewards you with a flaming skull for the week and a guaranteed 310 or 320 drop in addition to whatever BS strange coins / vanguard shell you were going to roll.
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Best Nightfall was my first completion with a couple friends. Phogoth with Void Burn, we barraged his health down and I played medic while my two buddies were constant damage. We beat it, felt powerful, and knew from then on we could do them each week.
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Solo'd all nightfalls year one. The one that ever caused me to go to orbit was omnigul. Hate that slut
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2 RepliesI kind of stacked the deck in my favor for my first nightfall solo, self rez warlock on the Valius Taarik strike. It had angry modifier and many others. Took me over an hour to weed out the unflinching phalanxes to get my shots in on Valius. I miss my ice breaker and that was the only reason I did not run out of ammo. That was before Xur sold the heavy engrams!
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3 RepliesEdited by Penhalion Wolfe: 12/18/2015 11:24:49 AMYea I remember the old nightfalls. I solo'ed around a hundred or so of the things. Thing is I don't remember them being these amazing fun and challenging things. I remember them being a pain in the arse! Nexus on Void burn. Archon on Arc Burn, Valus with Solar etc. etc. They were rigged to cause maximum pain unless you knew this cheese spot or that one. So why are they remembered so fondly? I'm not sure. The truth is a lot of people on these forums wanting them back probably never did them at all. They went because only a minority of players could actually complete them. There were as many posts complaining about Nexus with void Burn as there are now asking for their return! So why did I do 100+ of them? The loot drops were good though and that along with the xp boost is what compelled me to do them. You were almost guaranteed an exotic (before Bungie stealth nerfed the loot drops and made them progressively worse as each DLC dropped). The XP boost made a huge difference in levelling up guns and armour and factions quickly. Exotics were a pain to level without the boost. Armour even more so! Basically anyone who was a serious player did the nightfalls because we had to! Not doing it slowed progress to a crawl and forced you to grind even more. So yea! I remember the old nightfalls but, I question how many of those calling for them to come back even know what they were like at all! Edit: Thanks guys. It looks like a lot of you did them for the same reasons I did i.e. the almost guaranteed exotic or actually useful weapons and the xp boost. That's what made the old nightfalls a THING. And yes I 100% agree that, if you soloed them like I and some of the people below did (often I might add) it really did show that you had the skills to stay alive in a heated battle situation. This translates to the raids too and the most successful raiders i.e. those who can run a raid when/if they feel like it and make it through. Are usually the ones who were schooled on old style nightfalls!
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I soloed 3 Nightfalls every week in year 1. I'd lock my fire team so no one could join and then proceed to go forth and collect my loot.
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haha ... this was the only reason I built a warlock .. for the sunsinger fireborn revive it was clutch in nightfalls ... now it barely has a purpose
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Chilling in the glitch room for Sepiks prime. Kept damaging him from inside with my LDR with armor piercing rounds. Good old days, one of the first night falls i soloed
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I would gladly take any of the old night falls and rewards over our current bullshit Last week two night falls in a row both members of my group got horns as a rewards Who the hell Wants a shitty ass sparrow horn In place of anything !?!
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3 RepliesSoloing it and dying at the boss. Those were the days lol.
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The good ol' days when Nightfalls were Nightfalls and the Weekly Heroic didn't have mandatory matchmaking. I miss those days. Soloing both early on improved my playing and survivability immensely. The most grueling Nightfall that comes to mind at the moment was Omnigul with arc burn (Crota pulse rifle, Patience and Time, and arc Zombie Apocalyose for the win). Soloed that without going into the hole in the wall of a room everyone always went to when Omnigul was the Nightfall for the week. I don’t know anything about coding but it would be cool if there were 2 versions of the Nightfall. The year 1 version and the year 2 version. Let year 1 be available for a greater chance for an exotic to drop (not guaranteed) if you manage to complete it. Heck I would do it even if there wasn't any change in the loot table. I'm sure I'm in the minority though.
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Damn, I came back to Destiny after not playing since year one, hit 280 and did the nightfall strike soon after with my friends. I couldn't put my finger on what was different about it. This thread fairly clears it up xD The first Vanguard Strike I soloed was The Nexus Mind, since there was that spot you could get into that left you safe to a certain degree.
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1 ReplyPeppridge farm remembers
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1 ReplyYep, agree. They need to bring kick to orbit back.
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I remember soloing my first nightfall. Only did it on warlock, but still was just as intense.
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Used to solo in y1, so it was back to orbit for me if I got careless. But was fun, one activity that needed concentration for a change.
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Nexus with void burn "hides in corner waiting for players to be able to be revived"
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Old strategy nightfall -Find an area outside of were you can be damaged with a sniper and kill enemies. New strategy nightfall -Anything you want. I hated the old nightfall modifier because it required you to be extremely cautious. It didn't make it any harder, it just promoted a specific play style.
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Arc Burn, Lightswitch, and Angry Devils Lair.
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3 RepliesDoes anybody remember the archon priest nightfall with arc burn and small arms? Weird question I know but the only reason I remember is because fate bringer was destroying everything. Holy crap that thing practically one shot everything.
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I never understood why they changed the Nightfall and ruined it like they did. The nightfall used to be fun as shit. Now it's just an empty shell of what it used to be. Such a shame.
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All pressure on you when last guardians cause you felt like your the one holding the team so you don't go to orbit
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12 RepliesEdited by BlitzxKrieg v2: 12/17/2015 2:56:51 PMIt's not a nightfall without the nightfall effect. like if you agree.
