Spent 12hrs raiding contest and it was miserable. For context I was doing agarios boss the entire time and we killed adds and did the mechanics fine and relatively consistently getting to dmg but we were forced to wipe each time due to the insane dps requirement. I’m not sure if the raid is actually -25 because everything hit much less than anything -30 I ran before raid. The bugs with banner and connection issues were awful and nearly every pull at least 1-2 people did not get full rally. It seems like this raid was not designed for the average gm to master raid veteran but the 0.001% that grind the life every day without end. Also the roll back on the stance of loadout swapping is complete hypocrisy. This is made even worse because the raid mechanics are fun and each encounter looks to be completely different and uniquely interesting. I’m so disappointed with the release of edge of fate it’s killing my love for a game I have been playing for 5+ years. (Edit) Loadout swapping should be used as a form of player agency and leniency but never should be required to kill any boss, preferably 1 good loadout is all you should need. (Another edit) I posted this as a reply but feel the need to post this here to further articulate why I find this contest to be a failure. | The viewing experience was much better and more of a spectacle but playing is worse for the average person. I went in with a group that were incredibly serious and not casual about it and familiar with the difficulty. We tried many builds and were unable to triumph which is fine. My main root of the problem is the bugs and the delta. It’s it’s extremely negligent and disrespectful to a loving community that goes through this much -blam!- to mess up an event to this level. To mess up the entire delta is appalling. If the just said in a twab they were adjusting it I would be fine but that is not what happened. I have also been going back and doing some old raids and the health bars are not feeling the same with swaps max surges and buffs. Been testing on last wish. Maybe I’m just bad and losing it but everything feels worse with the recent tweets feeling like they are distancing themselves from the issue by saying “some players” when the it’s clear it’s a large issue. The recent raid feels like a middle finger to veterans to the game who like me wanted more than a buggy mess of a race. The difficulty made it a spectacle but showed that Bungie does not care about the bugs when releasing content and will continue to do so with the highest level and anticipated content of the year. I mostly engage in 3 player content such as gms and master dungeons along with solo flawless dungeons. I have completed every solo flawless and am familiar with the meta. I also did the raid on normal and it was a blast doing it on -20 and I can see where if they did not raise it above it would be trivialized. I just wish it was not accidentally as a bug as it shows lack of respect and swap load outs should not be required. I have a lot of friends on controller who got frustrated with multiple loadout swaps on ps5.