In Destiny, the weekly Nightfall strike for the week starting on 2nd December takes place in the Nexus on Venus and finally has the long-awaited Solar Burn active.
The Nightfall in Destiny takes place in the last week before the expansion “Darkness Awaits” in the Nexus and finally has the Solar Burn involved. Guardians have been waiting for this since the “Icebreaker” was available for purchase at Xur nearly two months ago. The weekly Nightfall strike in Destiny is important because a successful completion grants a 24.5% bonus on all experience and reputation points earned.
Additionally, it is the most exciting thing to do outside of raids in Destiny. Many players are looking forward to finally showing off their arsenal here. Particularly exciting: Just yesterday, many exotic weapons were re-balanced. It will be interesting to see how they perform.
Solar Burn – the modifiers in the Nightfall strike in Destiny on 2nd December
There are five modifiers every week that vary the same strike, even if it has been done multiple times before. These are for this week:
- Nightfall – after a wipe, the entire fireteam ends up back in orbit and has to start over
- Epic – this makes the Nightfall at level 28 considerably harder than the heroic strike at level 28
- Lightswitch – here, the lights go out quickly, enemies cause significantly increased melee damage
- Angry – the enemies are relentless and unforgiving, and even high damage won’t stop them from wanting to harm the Guardians
- Solar Burn – many have been waiting for this, solar weapons (anything that looks like fire) do triple damage, but this also applies to the enemies
Arsenal – What weapon would you like? Trio Infernal, please
For this week, a weapon setup like this is recommended:
- Primary weapon: The legendary scout rifle Vision of Confluence. Deals solar damage, hits hard during Solar Burn, has range.
- Special weapon: Icebreaker, an exotic sniper rifle, which is already amazing even without Burn. This week, it should really shine. Many Guardians have a rather strange but very passionate love affair with this rifle.
- Heavy weapon: Hezen Vengeance, a rocket launcher with solar damage, completes the Trio Infernal.
Alternatives: The freshly buffed Vex Mythoclast also wants to be used again, it deals more damage now, but its magazine is significantly smaller. And if someone has Gjallarhorn, then someone has Gjallarhorn. It’s not without reason that this thing is at the top of the polls.
Tips and Tricks?
As always, the goal is to avoid getting hit and if you do: Get into cover and regenerate. It’s also advisable to have enough ammunition with you. Although there’s no Juggler active, it never hurts to be prepared.
The Nexus strike on Venus presents a real challenge with Sekiron, the final boss. However, even massive solar damage won’t be much help against it.
In the coming hours, we will compile some videos and clips from particularly educational or exciting Nightfall runs, which you can learn from. Remember: For several weeks it has become harder for solo players to successfully complete the Nightfall strike, while it has become easier for fireteams.
With a mix of patience and superior firepower, this hunter is taking on the Nightfall, almost spending half of the video for a safe method to face the boss Sekiron:
http://youtu.be/S8G5le2-RO4
Much faster, riskier, and more aggressively, this fireteam of three guardians plays. They can also go on the offensive when they know: There’s someone to revive them if things go wrong:
http://youtu.be/3ogT8KNRveM
This guardian is taking on the boss Sekiron from a cheese spot, but be careful: You might get unwanted visitors up there.
http://youtu.be/rzuJB03YGgw
