In the MMO shooter Destiny, the week starts on Tuesday for professionals with the weekly level 28 Nightfall Strike. These are the so-called weekly Nightfalls, the weekly Nightfall missions. Intended for three players, some pro gamers tackle the Strike in a Han – solo style.
This is a Nightfall, and that’s why you start the week in Destiny
Nightfall is currently the highest difficulty level in Destiny. These special forms of heroic missions can be seen starting at level 24 as a daily story mission or as weekly tasks. And experts begin their Destiny week on Tuesday noon our time with this weekly task when the new ID starts.
Because a successful completion of this weekly Nightfall mission gives Guardians a chance at legendary or exotic items, they can obtain the coveted strange coins or Ascendant materials that they need to upgrade their items, and as a special treat: 20% bonus on everything throughout the week – Exp, reputation, marks. That is why many high-level players start directly with the weekly Nightfall mission, making the week significantly more rewarding.
Brains over brawn required
The Nightfall missions are challenging, among other things, because players do not simply respawn after a death, but must be revived. If the whole team goes down, it means: Back to the start.
When the first players in Destiny started with the Nightfall missions two weeks ago, there was much lamenting. The Guardians struggled with the requirements, and many wipes were the result. However, it has now been understood that the missions are not so difficult if approached cleverly (and that by now everyone has much better gear has likely helped). Some players even set themselves the challenge each week to complete the mission, which is actually designed for three Guardians, completely alone. However, they often exploit bugs, dead angles, and exploits. So it’s not entirely kosher.
In this video, you can see how a YouTuber solos the current Nightfall Strike Cerberus Vae III.
To survive the Nightfall, it is important to analyze beforehand what modifiers the instance has that week and to adjust one’s equipment accordingly. It is essential to figure out what damage type the enemies are allergic to.
This week in Destiny, it’s on Mars, Thunderlord is needed
Each week, one of six possible strikes is selected as the Nightfall and equipped with random modifiers. This week, the Nightfall leads to Cerberus Vae III on Mars. In the English-speaking Reddit forum, it has already been explained in detail, how to best tackle this Strike.
The current modifiers are:
Epic, Juggler, Angry, Nightfall, and Arc Burn.
In this case, the most important of these modifiers is “Arc Burn.” It causes the damage type “Arc” to do 300% more damage than usual. This means for the players: Take weapons that deal this type of damage – like everything electric and charged. In this case, for example, the exotic machine gun “Thunder Lord” is recommended, which is famous for its electric damage. Additionally, the individual subclasses are associated with certain damage elements. We have already discussed this in this article.
A Nightfall Strike is tricky when the mobs in the Strike also deal the type of damage that is enhanced this week. However, this is not the case in Destiny this week: Only one type of mobs in the Strike, the Psions, deal Arc damage at range; no one else does.
Nevertheless, in Destiny, it is of course a challenge to face enemies whose level is significantly above your own, as a too large level difference significantly reduces damage.
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