In Season 23, another battleground has made it into the Nightfall of Destiny 2, which continues to challenge the Guardians and is considered the toughest PvE endgame challenge in Season 23. However, a clever Guardian has now revealed his secret on how to make the task a piece of cake with an old Exo weapon and perseverance.
This is how nasty the Cosmodrome battleground is: For several seasons now, Bungie has been incorporating the former seasonal activities of the Battlegrounds
into its Nightfall strike. This means that anyone looking to gild the prestigious title “Conqueror” must not only master the regular strikes but also successfully complete the battlegrounds.
In the Season of the Wish, it is primarily the Psi-Ops battleground in the Cosmodrome that really takes its toll on the Guardians.
- A small carry must be completed to end up placing another member of Savathûn’s radiant brood.
- At the beginning, players fight in an open field where not only enemies continuously respawn, but also snipers deliver nasty and mostly deadly headshots.
- On the Grandmaster difficulty, the players also have limited revives, which makes it even more challenging.
All of this, along with the aggressive style and structure of the battlegrounds, makes them a red flag for some players, some of whom believe these activities were never meant to be a top-tier difficulty.
This unusually tough challenge also necessitates thinking about the best strategy, the builds, and the weapons brought along. Just like the Guardian notfreddiegibbs, who mastered the Nightfall of the Cosmodrome thanks to a clever loadout trick.
Reaching the goal with the “Perfect Fifth” trait
This is the crucial loadout trick: The key to the Guardian’s success lies in a thought-out loadout trick that significantly eases the nastiest endgame activity in Season 23.
Their team relies on the tried and true Exo weapon “Polaris Lance”, which has an enormous effect in the current Solar Season 23. In addition, they combine it with a Nightstalker Hunter, who can carry while invisible.
- With the Exo scout rifle “Polaris Lance”, two from the team can stay back and take out the endlessly respawning enemies from a distance.
- They benefit from the Exo perk “Perfect Fifth” which ensures precision hits refill the magazine. After four precision hits, a delayed explosive round is loaded for the next shot.
- Every Solar precision hit also grants them
Radiant
. This means that the Polaris Lance is also effective against Anti-Barrier Champions, because as long as you are radiant, the weapon pierces their shields and stuns them. - A hunter with invisibility “transports” the load at the beginning of the strike piece by piece to the next checkpoint, while being covered by his teammates. He is also crucial for the victory in the boss room.
However, this safety also comes with disadvantages. As notfreddiegibbs notes, it took his team a lot of time to make the mission easier and safer this way.
It took 35 minutes where [our team] literally did nothing else but take headshots at everything that appeared with three Polaris Lances. We may now hold the world record for the most “Perfect Fifth” activations in a Nightfall.
explains notfreddiegibbs via Reddit
Other players report on Reddit that they preferred to use frozen enemies instead of Solar. They played the Grandmaster Nightfall with three Stasis Warlocks, the armor Exo “Osmiomancy Gloves”, and the Nightstalker ice launcher to freeze enemies directly at their spawn and thus create more breathing space.
Are battlegrounds not good strikes? On Reddit, along with the best strategy, it is discussed that the battleground activities are not designed to serve as Grandmaster difficulty. Some would rather have seen new strikes in the rotation instead of recycling, like NightmareDJK.
This Grandmaster needs some adjustments, similar to the old Heist battleground on Mars. You can tell that the activity was not designed to be squeezed into a Grandmaster difficulty. Especially the inside area. Three players peeking through a single tiny door while being constantly spammed by Boomers for 10 minutes is not fun […]
finds the player NightmareDJK
Others, however, see, as with any Grandmaster Nightfall, room for aggressive play even in the Cosmodrome strike. However, the Guardians always want to have it as easy as possible.
- “A good number of players just play the simple and do not engage with the depth of the game at all.” finds the player SJS
Zac-live also agrees and writes:
Yes, the reason why most people do not see this is because aggressive play [in this Grandmaster] is much more of a group effort than a normal Grandmaster strike clear. Playing solo upfront will get you killed in most situations. Playing together upfront allows you to dominate the Grandmaster.
comments Zac-live via Reddit
The discovery of this loadout trick has certainly stirred the Guardian community and shows once again that there is still room for innovative team strategies and unexpected solutions in the world of Destiny 2. Especially in the battlegrounds.
What experiences have you had with the Grandmaster Nightfall in the Cosmodrome, and what was your success strategy? Feel free to share your best tactic in the comments. Or do you belong to the players who also find the current Exo mission too difficult and therefore avoid it? Destiny 2 presents the reward for completing the latest Exo mission in 30 seconds
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