In the MMO shooter Destiny , the new endgame activity “The Prison of Elders” lasted a little over two and a half hours before the first players defeated it.
On Wednesday evening around 7:00 PM, House of Wolves went live. It took a few hours, and the first prominent Destiny players reported “Mission Accomplished.” Someone from Invigorate-Gaming finished around 12:09 and tweeted that, although without video. It’s always a thing. Of course, that didn’t stop Invigorate from letting out a little cheer.
Among the streamers, The HM05 was likely at the forefront, as he had previously delivered special raid performances and worked tirelessly on how to defeat Crota with this or that handicap.
Due to his celebrity status and the video, it was assumed that he and his team were the first to defeat Skolas at level 35 . Among known Destiny players, they were the fastest and allowed themselves to be celebrated as winners for a couple of days. US sites reported on the same evening about the alleged first in the World-First race. 12:18 was given as the time, and a video was provided to prove it.
“We had more than half an hour lead over the next streamers,” it says on reddit. However, it couldn’t be said if someone faster was not streaming.
So, did one of the usual suspects with a large fan base or the ambition to achieve something like this win? No.
The tactic was: Omission
Because the announcement of the winner in the World-First race is now up to Bungie. They have determined the fastest team.
They were neither streamers nor players who had made a name for themselves so far, but they must have planned and executed this very well. At 21:24, the kill had already occurred. That should be according to our time. It would have taken about 2 hours and 20 minutes after the content “House of Wolves” started until the hardest part was already over. Everything must have gone according to plan or even better for the three.
According to Bungie User Research, this team successfully completed the Level 35 Prison of Elders Challenge first: https://t.co/XYTufmB5by
— Bungie (@Bungie) May 22, 2015
Titan Power – once again
At 8:00 PM, the Nightfall was completed, at 8:13 the story was wrapped up quickly, at 8:25 the 28 version of Prison of Elders, at 8:50 the 32 version, then they skipped the 34 version and went straight for the 35 version. Logically: In the 32 version you get an armor core, allowing the players to reach level 33, assuming the upgrade of an exotic. With 32, the 35 boss would not have been feasible: The damage penalty would have been too high.
Apparently, they accomplished this with three Titans. It was already said beforehand that they could prove to be very strong in the Prison of Elders due to their bubble. It seems that this held true. However, due to Bungie’s system, it cannot be determined afterwards which specialization the players had. So it could also have been one or more Punchbros… although the Bubblebro variant is more likely.
Currently, there are no major details or a kill video available. But it seems like an outsider has triumphed or… the Titan power has struck again.
