by Irishjava » Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:00 pm
I've been playing Destiny 2 on PC since its launch a couple weeks ago, and finally worked up the resolve and scheduling prowess to do the raid on Saturday night. My wife, a friend of ours and I have been forming a standard 3-man fireteam for a while, but hadn't really played with anybody else to form the requisite 6-man team. Blindly, we put out a call on our clan Discord for 3 more and wound up super pleasantly surprised. 2 of the other players had no knowledge of the raid (like us), but the last one to join was a blessed Sherpa.
Everyone was super nice and patient, which was good because HOLY FUCK I've never done anything like The Leviathan in a game before. Every encounter required split-second precision and coordination between the 6 of us. The Gauntlet, for example, required two runners to hurdle around a Double-Dare esque obstacle course while calling out instructions to the other four to change the course to keep them alive. Calus, the final boss, splits the team between a psychic nether-realm and his throne room, with each team member in the psychic place calling out symbols only they can see to inform a puzzle in the throne room (while fighting dozens of enemies). We wiped at least 5 times on each encounter, with just the final boss taking two hours. Each loss, however, we'd get a little farther and our communication got a little better.
It was exhausting and there is no way we would've figured it out without our guide, but we're all still excitedly talking about it days later. It's a testament to how good it was that my wife loved it, because she usually hates pressure and coordination in games. I like Destiny 2 a lot, but I LOVED the challenge and elation of the raid. Can't wait for more.
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