There is news about the Necrochasm in Destiny, the ultra-rare exotic auto rifle from Crota. It is supposed to be extremely rare, but has nothing to do with any shaders or tricks.

The “Krux of Crota,” which is needed to craft the exotic “Necrochasm” from the legendary auto rifle “Eidolon Ally” is incredibly rare. At least until now. Only one confirmed drop is known.

That’s why there’s an immense amount of attention and numerous mysteries surrounding it. Many doubted the first video and the drop of the Necrochasm because such a rare drop doesn’t fit the previous patterns of Destiny. Leading up to it, there were numerous theories that one had to do something very “special” with Crota, kill all adds repeatedly or defeat him with certain weapons. Some even said it was not a drop at all, but that you had to dismantle something for the Krux of Crota.

Even in our first report, we thought: There must be something behind this. Did he get it on his second kill with a character in the ID – out of the ordinary? Some even suspected he deleted a character and then killed Crota with a new Guardian to get 4 times the chance for loot. But there’s nothing to that.

Just damn rare

Now the YouTubers from ProNDC have sat down again and talked to the only (at least the only known) owner of the Necrochasm to clarify:

• The Krux of Crota was a perfectly normal drop. It was even first noticed in the inventory because many other small items were dropping.
• The Guardian got the Krux of Crota at the same time as the shader Glüü-Hüü. So it doesn’t have to be equipped or anything.
• It was his third kill of Crota that week on the account. But his first with this character. So it was not a “drop out of the ordinary.”
• The specialty of the weapon: It does not need to be leveled up first. The Eidolon Ally simply becomes exotic.

The only really strange thing about it at the moment is that it is so damn rare.

Today the second ID of Crota’s End is open and we’ll see if there’s any change in the drop rate. Whether there’s any hidden trigger for “With each kill the chance increases by x percent”. Many wish for such a trigger, as they consider Destiny’s loot system too arbitrary and indifferent, and would be pleased if performance and effort, not just luck, were in the foreground.

Update 14:30: That seems to be the case. Reports are now increasing, 4 hours after the start of the new ID, that players have received the Crux of Crota and thus the Necrochasm.

PvP gameplay of the Necrochasm in Destiny

In this video from ProNDC, you can see PvP gameplay of the Necrochasm. That shouldn’t blow anyone away. Back then, it was something else with the Vex Mythoclast.

Update 20:00: Here is now a clear video showing exactly how this happens. The “creation” of the Necrochasm, so to speak. In this video, a player upgrades his Eidolon Ally to the Necrochasm on camera and then runs around a bit:

Well, that was quite a mythbusters article. More about Destiny can be found on our Mein-MMO mystery page.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny, there is a very special Nightfall strike during the week of January 27: The Nightfall goes against Omnigul, with all three burns active. But not everyone will be pleased.

The weekly Nightfall strike leads this week into the “Will of Crota.” Only players with the DLC “Darkness Awaits” can partake or be tormented by it.

This week, the extremely rare “Triple-Burn” is active. This means that every elemental weapon, whether Arc, Solar, or Void, deals significantly increased damage. This also applies to enemies.

In the first week after release, the “Will of Crota” was already a Nightfall strike in Destiny. This immediately caused frustration because players without the DLC couldn’t participate in either the Nightfall or the Weekly Heroic that week. By now, the strike has come around for a third time in two months.

The modifiers for the Nightfall this week of January 27.

The modifiers for the Nightfall in Destiny are:

• Nightfall – After a wipe, it goes back to orbit and the strike starts over. This is likely to happen more often this week.
• Epic – This modifier makes enemies tougher, nastier, and meaner. They basically took some evening courses in the “How to Kill Guardians?” school.
• Solar Burn – Solar damage significantly increased. This applies to both Guardians and enemies.
• Arc Burn – Arc damage significantly increased.
• Void Burn – Void damage significantly increased. Yup, this is a so-called Triple-Burn.

The heroic Weekly in Destiny has the modifiers Heroic and Solar Burn active.

The recommended arsenal

The “Triple-Burn” has only appeared once so far. That was in the week starting October 7. This is the exact opposite of the tough “No-Burn” weeks that have happened twice so far.

Loadout tips are difficult this week. Any weapon in Destiny that deals elemental damage is a killer. It is certainly recommended to have an Icebreaker – in the Nightfall, anything with range is already good, although in the special slot, there are many competitors with the LDR 5001, Black Spindle or a well-rolled Efrideet’s Spear.

An elemental machine gun? Thunderlord perhaps, Ir Yût’s Song? Some brutal gear combo. Many will certainly try one of the new elemental primary weapons from Crota for the first time, how about the new auto rifle Abyss Defiant? Or would you rather go for the Fatebringer?

We will see what the Guardians come up with in the videos we post later. We may be even more excited than usual. A triple burn invites creativity; one should definitely be prepared to deal with the respective shields of the enemies.

It is an exceptional situation.

Tips and tricks for the weekly Nightfall strike “Will of Crota”

The Will of Crota is already an unusual, still relatively young strike, where Guardians are refining their tactics. Now with Triple Burn, players will need to be careful as every elemental damage hits really hard.

The general tip that always applies is: Play very cautiously. This week it is probably only possible in a team. The Will of Crota is relatively long, and a mistake at the end could be extremely frustrating.

In any case, no one can complain this week that they are dealing too little damage in Destiny. For some, this will also be a really fun week; it’s at least something different.

Throughout the day, we will search for and post videos with guides, walkthroughs, or just particularly beautiful runs of Guardians in the Nightfall. These can serve as a guide or inspiration for you.

Until we have new videos, you can watch the ones from the last time Omnigul was featured.

If you’ve developed real hatred towards Omnigul and her screams, you will enjoy this video. It shows how many shots from the Gjallarhorn she can endure when Solar Burn is active. Fun fact: Omnigul’s screams do not come from Yoko Ono (as some joke), but from the same professional voice actress who also lent her voice to the insane Eris Morn.

A duo takes on Omnigul in this video. A German-speaking YouTuber explains slowly through the entire strike, step by step, with a “safe spot” for Omnigul … well, more like a suicide spot, but at least it makes it foolproof. The prerequisite for this, however, is that there are at least two players. The loadout is quite solar-heavy with Black Spindle and Gjallarhorn.

And those who really want to go solo will find a guide here with notes on the key scenes (although even the YouTuber calls for backup halfway through). Solo, the Will of Crota, the Nightfall in Destiny, is simply really tricky this week.

And for those who want to really take it on solo, here is a guide with notes on the key scenes (though the YouTuber calls for backup halfway through). Solo, the Will of Crota, the Nightfall in Destiny, is simply really tricky this week.

If you are still looking for people for the Nightfall (or for the raid), we recommend this article, on how to find German-speaking players in Destiny.

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In Destiny, a player has finally found the Crux of Crota and thus the Necrochasm. And the exotic weapon is indeed as special as thought.

It has been a long journey that came to an end on Sunday. For about two months, Guardians have been longing to finally get their hands on the “Necrochasm”, the latest and probably rarest exotic weapon in Destiny. Back then, Bungie had already teased us with a trailer.

The path to the exotic auto rifle Necrochasm is arduous …

To obtain the Necrochasm, Guardians first need the “Mantle of the Pit“, a white auto rifle. It then must be treated with care, players need to ingratiate themselves with Eris Morn and achieve rank 3 there. Then the white auto rifle will become a legendary auto rifle, the Eidolon Ally. Many have made it this far. This was where the road ended for a long time.

Only at Crota himself and in “Hard Mode” should the “Crux of Crota” drop, the crucial part that would turn the Eidolon Ally into the Necrochasm.

The Hard Mode of Crota opened only on Wednesday evening, and within a day more than half a million players jumped into the adventure. Not everyone succeeded in taking down the tyrant in Destiny, but some did. As the fog cleared: disillusionment. None of the Guardians had received the “Crux of Crota” and thus the Necrochasm.

Speculations and rumors

Guardians speculated if there was some trick involved. The prophet (in this case Bungie’s Community Manager) was asked, but after a brief consultation with the developers, he said: Nope, everything is fine. It’s in the loot table. No bug, everything fits. But no one wanted to believe him.

Yesterday, a video circulated on US sites and YouTube that apparently showed a tester who had simply “conjured” the weapon. He certainly hadn’t stepped into the end of Crota, let alone caused it.

German Warlock finds Crux of Crota, German YouTube channel reports first

But today is the day, today the first Necrochasm has actually appeared – or at least the first we know of. And the finder is a German. The YouTube channel ProNDC was alerted by a fan and provided with a screen. They made a video about it, and the Necrochasm went on a world tour. In 4 hours, the video was viewed over 7000 times, English YouTubers replicated it, it landed on Reddit, and now the English-speaking Destiny fan sites are also reporting on it.

First somewhat skeptical, but then increasingly confident, the Guardians accepted: The Necrochasm does exist. It is just damn rare.

It is also not entirely clear whether the German Warlock oSkyallo is the first finder of the Necrochasm, but whatever, he is the first one we know for sure.

These are the features of the Necrochasm

As befits an exotic weapon for which you must defeat the final boss of a raid, the Necrochasm has some unique features:

• It starts fully upgraded: When the Eidolon Ally is upgraded to it, it simply takes on its properties.
• The Necrochasm reaches a maximum damage value of 339 – that’s 8 points more than the “normal cap” of 331, which all other new exotic and legendary weapons reach – except for one special case, the last raid exotic, the Vex Mythoclast. That one also falls outside the damage frame.
• The Guardian oSkyallo did nothing exciting to obtain the weapon. He “only” completed the hard raid 4 times across his 3 characters. The second time, as he told the YouTubers from ProNDC, it is said to have dropped. Currently, it is speculated that the Crux of Crota also drops if the Guardian has already killed Crota (HC) this week, as it is outside the normal loot table. But that is not yet certain.
• It was previously suspected that the Crux of Crota could NOT drop at the same time as the shader Glüh-Hüü, which every Guardian receives on the first kill of Crota in hard mode. Therefore, Guardians probably have to kill Crota at least twice to have a chance at the Crux. Now, however, it’s said by the lucky finders that there is also a chance for the Crux of Crota to drop simultaneously with the shader Glüh-Hüü. In any case, the Crux of Crota seems to have a tiny drop probability. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so much fuss about it. If there are more drops from Tuesday, the 2nd checkpoint, we will know that there is a connection.
• The weapon deals Arc damage.
• When defeating “normal” foes with a headshot (precision shot), they explode like servant burst.

And here is the video with the first gameplay scenes in Destiny for the Necrochasm from the German YouTubers from ProNDC, who – as fate would have it – are also friends of our site:

Update 27.1., 12:00 Uhr: There is now more information about the Necrochasm and the drop of the Crux of Crota: How to get the Crux of Crota and thus the Necrochasm?

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In Destiny, the aim is to learn from the mistakes made in item balance in the DLC “Darkness Awaits.” This is now announced by a post from Raid Lead Designer Luke Smith. In particular, the resetting of an exotic item after upgrading and the legendary vendor items, which were stronger than previous raid gear, have been identified as sources of error.

Clear information is rare at Bungie. Once a week, there is the “Weekly Update,” which often consists of a retrospective and rarely looks concrete into the future. Interviews or clear statements from the responsible developers are almost never seen. They don’t show their cards. However, yesterday was an exception.

Most of the time, the communication from players to Bungie is quite one-sided. Players complain, and the community manager tells them they are being heard and that he will pass their complaints on to the developers. Much more happens, apart from planned announcements, actually not.

Upgrading exotic items will work differently in Destiny

Yesterday there was a rare exception. On Neo-Gaf, a huge English-speaking gaming forum, a Destiny player wrote: “As soon as it becomes clear how to upgrade exotic items in the DLC House of Wolves and how to buy vendor legendaries there, there will be real trouble again.“

This is a frequently expressed concern that boils down to “With the next DLC, everything starts over again! Why should I bother now?” Countless times, this has been read before.

But this time, the complaint brought Bungie’s Lead Raid Designer, Luke Smith, to the forefront: “No, it won’t anger the fans (when we announce it).”

They made two mistakes with Darkness Awaits that they will not repeat:

• disappointed the raiders of the Glass Chamber because vendor items were stronger than the previous raid loot.
• resetting the progress of exotic items when they were upgraded.

Crota’s End was a reaction to complaints about the base game

The philosophy of how to reward players in Destiny has evolved. Bungie’s goal is to reduce the grind aspects of loot, improve the frequency of drops and their stories, and bring players to the fun part with their arsenal faster.

Before “Darkness Awaits,” Bungie was particularly frustrated by complaints that players were stuck at level 29 indefinitely. They wanted to address that.

The aim of the adjustments in “Darkness Awaits” was:

• to increase the drop rates of items in Crota’s End so that frequent players are either at level 32 or just before when the hard mode comes.
• to diversify the gear so that players at level 32 are focused on creating the perfect set with different attributes.

Players should equip found items in Destiny faster

As Smith sees it, this has been fundamentally successful. The drop rate in Crota’s End has markedly improved compared to the Glass Chamber.

However, he sees problems with the “Shard Economy” (the availability of shards). That is an obstacle that stands between guardians and the immediate use of fresh drops.

In this balance, they will now not interfere in “Darkness Awaits” to avoid undermining the achievements of the guardians. In the next DLC “House of Wolves,” this should be different.

They want fewer hurdles between the moment a player finds a new item and the moment they equip it and make it part of their arsenal.

Destiny and the entire industry are still refining the perfect loot system

Mein MMO believes: This item philosophy is a major topic in MMO design, and even though Destiny is seen by many as not an MMO – it has the item design of an MMO and with it the same problems.

World of Warcraft had these hurdles as well that Smith speaks of. Players did not have to level an item, but they had to insert a fresh drop into their “gear,” ensuring that no stats were too high and none too low.

They had to buy gems and socket the item, enchant it, resort to a 3rd-party tool to calculate and readjust the perfect balance of the entire gear. This had built up over the years, becoming increasingly complex until it was almost completely abolished in November. WoW should aim for something similar: A player finds an item, is happy, equips it immediately, and feels stronger.

Find, equip, rejoice

This is a psychologically important feeling that game designers aim for, and Destiny does not evoke. Here, with a new item, the feeling is: Oh dear, now I have to upgrade and level it too. And how long will it last? Starting over in 6 weeks?

A change in the ideal direction occurred a few weeks ago: Thus, the new raid armors were raised to a naked value of 30 light, so that players could equip them immediately upon finding the new raid armor without dropping in light level. Even the upgraded exotic armors and weapons are “naked” stronger than their fully upgraded predecessors.

It seems that Bungie wants to quickly bring all items to a high level and then let players fine-tune the last few percent. The next challenge will probably be whether they take away the fun of the game from players by handing out items “too easily”.

For exactly such things, MMO designers have been thinking for decades, searching for the golden path.

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Only two players have defeated the final boss Crota in Destiny in the 6-player raid Crota’s End. This raid has only been accessible since Wednesday evening.

Not too long ago, we presented videos from the normal raid Crota’s End showcasing damage records and various methods of how Guardians took down Crota while imposing handicaps: only with 5 players, with 4, with 3, with 2, solo, solo with the weakest exotic in the game.

Back then we wrote: It’s about time the hard mode comes, so these players receive a new challenge. How foolish we were!

Instead, the videos and achievements of the Guardians have seemingly set a trend in Destiny, with more and more Guardians trying to set such records as early as possible.

Two Guardians Discover Safe Tactic for Hard Crota

Two players have now managed to achieve what so many six-man teams have failed to do in recent days: They have defeated Crota in hard mode. This took just over 9 minutes, requires perfect timing, and whether it’s intended that the sword bearers can be taken down so easily as shown in the videos remains questionable.

As early as Wednesday evening, a clan came up with a tactic that allowed them to work around most of the “difficulties” that Bungie intended to spice up hard mode.

Now, it seems to be a quite safe tactic that the two Guardians have devised. They are rarely in real danger. The video of the kill shows that a mixture of sheer firepower, good timing, and above all the right strategy were necessary to take down Crota so confidently.

With Gjallarhorn and Patience and Time

The impressive moments always occur when the sword bearer confronts Crota and he is still standing. One needs a lot of trust in their partner and their Gjallarhorn. But it is probably mainly patience and time, not the sniper rifle, but the actual virtues that contribute to this success. Who knows how many times things went wrong before, and how often the flawless ballet we see ended abruptly?

Well, one has some idea. In Destiny, everything is logged, and if we roughly estimate the death statistics of the players, each should be around 250 deaths (and as mentioned, the raid has only been open since Wednesday evening).

The equipment of the Hunter and sword bearer seems to be revolving around Fatebringer,  Black Hammer, and Gjallarhorn. His partner, the Titan, is also essential for the strategy, especially due to the bubble. Furthermore, some syntheses for heavy ammo are necessary.

We have the complete video for you here. The duo has also uploaded strategies for the other encounters in Crota’s End hard mode. Even solo players have managed to reach Crota himself by now. 

What do you think about the hard mode Crota’s End? Are you disappointed that with the right tactic, the perfect talents of the correct classes, and top-notch equipment, it seems to be so easy? After all, this is the first ID in Destiny where hard mode is available. Should future bosses perhaps prove to be a bit tougher, even leaning more towards “unfair”? Or do you find Crota tough enough and these are just exceptional players who have little to do with the day-to-day in Destiny?

All news, guides, videos, and articles about the MMO shooter from Bungie can be found collected, well-tempered, and clearly on our Destiny topic page.

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