-Disciple

Also, I know Cheapley mentioned needing a few more light levels before things kick off on Tuesday and there may be some others that haven't hit the current max yet, so if anyone's interested, we could try to plan a quick raid/nightfall night for Sunday and/or Monday.

I'm currently at 591. I still have both Gambit milestones, both Crucible milestones, the score threshold Nightfall, and raid stuff to do for Powerful drops. I'll be knocking the easy stuff out this weekend and see how close to 600 I can get.

People who signed up for next Friday, clear as much of the weekend as you can, and post your availability on Disciple's event when you can.

He asked for that, but I noticed that few have yet.

I added that this morning and meant to mention it in my earlier post, but completely forgot. I hope it really is a smallish raid and we can knock it out in a day or two, but I would definitely like to have a plan to make as many additional attempts as possible before the reset.

-Disciple

Yeah, didn't mean to be presumptuous about your event, but it seemed worth calling attention to sooner than later.

People who signed up for next Friday, clear as much of the weekend as you can, and post your availability on Disciple's event when you can.

He asked for that, but I noticed that few have yet.

I added that this morning and meant to mention it in my earlier post, but completely forgot. I hope it really is a smallish raid and we can knock it out in a day or two, but I would definitely like to have a plan to make as many additional attempts as possible before the reset.

-Disciple

Speaking for myself and my blind raid team, it did feel a bit of a slog after a while. I'm hoping the next one will be difficult but not so much of wading through a swamp.

By the time we even got to the final section Riven's Heart, I was so worn out.

I definitely want to keep blind raiding, but not at the expense of my mental health. We'll see how the next couple go.

He asked for that, but I noticed that few have yet.

I'm with Kermit, in that, ideally, I'd like to be able to hit it hard for a good weekend. I think Kermit is much more inclined to keep going until he's seen the entire thing blind, but I'm pretty content to give it a really good try and just get as far as we get. Trying to line up schedules beyond that initial push is just too much of a pain.

Not when people have the time. The problem last time was that all six of us rarely had the time. Our first weekend was much, much shorter than I would've preferred. I believe that if we'd had time for extended sessions we would have been done within two resets, max. I never dreamed we'd go seven weeks or whatever it was.

Couldn't have been foreseen, and it was what it was. I had a great time--was definitely one of the best blind raiding experiences I've had (except finding time every week).

I was totally prepared to get zero response to this request. This approach--blasting through new content to jump straight into hardcore grinding--feels like the opposite of the way I thought most everyone preferred to play. If you signed up because this is totally what you're into, then I'm glad to have you on board. If this really isn't the way you like to do things but you signed up anyway, then I hope we can make it fun and it turns out to be worth the effort in the end!

Speaking of "not how we like to play," I've ALWAYS gone through new content solo, in Destiny and every other game I've ever played, but I guess it's time to make an exception. Leveling will be way faster and easier if we do things as a group, so I'm setting up FTB events for Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday so we can team up, knock stuff out and still get a reasonable amount of sleep. The start times are just going to be set for the earliest I'm available, but if you post your preferred start time, we can split teams based on that. We may just end up with an Eastern/Central team and a Mountain/Pacific team :p

Also, I know Cheapley mentioned needing a few more light levels before things kick off on Tuesday and there may be some others that haven't hit the current max yet, so if anyone's interested, we could try to plan a quick raid/nightfall night for Sunday and/or Monday.

-Disciple

I signed up. I'll post the times when I'm available to start closer to then. I might be able to play as early as 6 EST on some nights, but I should be able to be on by 7 most of the time. A few notes:

1) I, too, am accustomed to playing my first play-through solo, and you can count on me to be respectful of that, and try not to interfere with the experience of the content by talking over dialogue, skipping cutscenes (an obscenity!) or being unwilling to explore if we want. This won't be the time for me to ramble on about that jerk who cut me off in traffic on the way home. I'll be there to play Destiny and savor the new.

2) I will have only one character. I don't know how this will affect leveling but I thought I'd mention it.

[*]Don't do any daily challenges after Saturday

What is the exact time after which I should stop doing daily challenges? Reset on Saturday? I'm trying to figure out when I need to complete the weeklies I'm saving for next week by.

Speaking of "not how we like to play," I've ALWAYS gone through new content solo, in Destiny and every other game I've ever played, but I guess it's time to make an exception. Leveling will be way faster and easier if we do things as a group, so I'm setting up FTB events for Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday so we can team up, knock stuff out and still get a reasonable amount of sleep. The start times are just going to be set for the earliest I'm available, but if you post your preferred start time, we can split teams based on that. We may just end up with an Eastern/Central team and a Mountain/Pacific team :p

Also, I know Cheapley mentioned needing a few more light levels before things kick off on Tuesday and there may be some others that haven't hit the current max yet, so if anyone's interested, we could try to plan a quick raid/nightfall night for Sunday and/or Monday.

-Disciple

I am willing to commit to grinding like crazy, sure. But I’m only just at 580, so I’m working from a deficit to start with.

Let me know if you want a hand knocking out any of the milestones this week to bump that up a bit before the reset.

I'll be going hard this weekend, I think. I've knocked out a few yesterday and today. I was higher than I thought. I can just hit 590 right now. I still have all my Gambit and Crucible milestones to do, and a high score Nightfall. And I haven't touched the Dreaming City yet this week. If I get the right drops I can still climb a fair bit.

I'll try to get that Saturday off so we can start earlier than 5pm central.

I guess I would just say that my caveat is that I'll play until the reset the following Tuesday, but then after that, I'm out so I can just enjoy the rest of the content. I think that should be enough if we can get a full weekend in.

Sounds fair. Hopefully this will be doable at whatever power levels we reach by start time.

I'm not opposed to stretching over the reset if we're close. My thoughts were more that I'm not committing to the multi-week ordeal our Last Wish run was. I'm glad we did it and stuck with it--it was fun! We had a good crew that I like playing with. I just will not do a blind raid over that long of a time frame, again, I think. I didn't like having that hanging over my head for that long, especially at the expense of missing out on enjoying other content.

I'm with Kermit, in that, ideally, I'd like to be able to hit it hard for a good weekend. I think Kermit is much more inclined to keep going until he's seen the entire thing blind, but I'm pretty content to give it a really good try and just get as far as we get. Trying to line up schedules beyond that initial push is just too much of a pain.

Speaking for myself and my blind raid team, it did feel a bit of a slog after a while. I'm hoping the next one will be difficult but not so much of wading through a swamp.

I am willing to commit to grinding like crazy, sure. But I’m only just at 580, so I’m working from a deficit to start with.

Let me know if you want a hand knocking out any of the milestones this week to bump that up a bit before the reset.

I'll be going hard this weekend, I think. I've knocked out a few yesterday and today. I was higher than I thought. I can just hit 590 right now. I still have all my Gambit and Crucible milestones to do, and a high score Nightfall. And I haven't touched the Dreaming City yet this week. If I get the right drops I can still climb a fair bit.

I'll try to get that Saturday off so we can start earlier than 5pm central.

I guess I would just say that my caveat is that I'll play until the reset the following Tuesday, but then after that, I'm out so I can just enjoy the rest of the content. I think that should be enough if we can get a full weekend in.

Sounds fair. Hopefully this will be doable at whatever power levels we reach by start time.

I'm not opposed to stretching over the reset if we're close. My thoughts were more that I'm not committing to the multi-week ordeal our Last Wish run was. I'm glad we did it and stuck with it--it was fun! We had a good crew that I like playing with. I just will not do a blind raid over that long of a time frame, again, I think. I didn't like having that hanging over my head for that long, especially at the expense of missing out on enjoying other content.

I'm with Kermit, in that, ideally, I'd like to be able to hit it hard for a good weekend. I think Kermit is much more inclined to keep going until he's seen the entire thing blind, but I'm pretty content to give it a really good try and just get as far as we get. Trying to line up schedules beyond that initial push is just too much of a pain.

Use the Aux tab to change the hard cap.

It made a LOT of difference once I hit 590, since T3 engrams weren't dropping above 600 as the sheet predicted. Also made a lot of difference for my alts.

I am willing to commit to grinding like crazy, sure. But I’m only just at 580, so I’m working from a deficit to start with.

Let me know if you want a hand knocking out any of the milestones this week to bump that up a bit before the reset.

I'll try to get that Saturday off so we can start earlier than 5pm central.

I guess I would just say that my caveat is that I'll play until the reset the following Tuesday, but then after that, I'm out so I can just enjoy the rest of the content. I think that should be enough if we can get a full weekend in.

Sounds fair. Hopefully this will be doable at whatever power levels we reach by start time.

-Disciple

Let's go for World First!

...lol.

Easy peasy :p

But seriously, who doesn't love a good spreadsheet?! :p

-Disciple