You can now tackle the Nightmare Hunt on “Hero” difficulty in Destiny 2. What changes with the new level and is it worth it for you?
What is the Nightmare Hunt? The Nightmare Hunt mode (English: nightmare hunt) is a new PvE activity that you can tackle in a fireteam of three since Shadowkeep. Each week, you can take down 3 different Nightmares and receive Powerful Gear (Level 1) as a reward.
The titular Nightmares are familiar enemies from the Destiny universe. Among them are:
- Crota, known as a raid boss from Destiny 1.
- Taniks, a popular strike boss in Destiny 1.
- Dominus Ghaul, the Cabal warlord whom you face in the original Destiny 2 campaign.
This is new now: Since the weekly reset on October 8th, you can choose between two difficulty levels:
- Master, with a recommended power level of 860 and one negative modifier
- and the new Hero level with a recommended power level of 920 and four negative modifiers.
Under the challenging conditions, you will find various Elemental Burns known from the Nightfall. Your opponents inflict significantly more Solar damage on you, for example.
Other negative modifiers require specific artifact mods from the seasonal artifact. Without these mods, the protected Barrier Champions or the unstoppable champions charging at you are nearly impossible to defeat.
Both variants have matchmaking – you do not need a fixed fireteam.
As an additional reward for the Hero level, you have drop chances for seasonal mods and an increased chance for the Essence of Rage. From this essence, you can craft the shotgun “One Small Step”.
How to convert essences into weapons and armor at the Enchantment Table, you can read here:
Is the heroic difficulty worth it?
This is what the players say: Some Guardians wonder whether the harder “Hero” difficulty even has different rewards compared to the standard “Master” level, where there are Powerful Loot (Level 1) for 3 successful runs. The mission selection does not provide any information about this. The difficulty has, however, increased.
Stonehedgeman 13 writes on reddit: “Why should anyone care? You could just do Master instead of Hero.”
User Almighty_Nothing also notes: “It looks like it doesn’t bring anything. Could it have a higher chance for exotics? But nothing was communicated.”
In the comments, it is pointed out that the Essence of Rage has an increased drop chance.
However, the problem seems to be that the game itself does not show Guardians why they should face the higher levels of the Nightmare Hunt.
With the remaining on October 15th, the next higher level of the Nightmare Hunt is already waiting for the players. This time, the activity will not have matchmaking, but hopefully with additional rewards.
Do you prefer to hunt the Nightmares on Master or Hero? Have you noticed any further differences in loot?
