Be level 30 while the ones you are killing are 26.

Fixed that for ya. But yeah, level difference helps. If you have a class/item perk that can do some sort of shielding or health regen on kill/melee hit, that also helps.

How do you melee kill cursed thralls without dying??

My strategy: 1) Melee Cursed Thrall. 2) Get blown up. 3)Repeat steps 1 & 2 four more times. 4) Collect all of the quest item drops AFTER you're done getting blown up. 5) Profit.

-Disciple

i personally would like to see the VOG difficulty upped with better gear, but i don't think that will happen for awhile. They definitely need to up the exotics from the raid. I'm just as likely to get an exotic from a random crucible drop, there i no reason for the VOG to be dropping outdated exotic gear.

The more I play, the more I'm finding a lot of exotics in general are outdated. The icebreaker was one of the best guns in the game. I got a Legendary sniper from an engram, that ends up doing only slightly less damage, has higher stability, and doesn't take up an exotic slot. Then you have the Black Hammer which pretty much obsoletes Icebreaker anyway.

Change is coming.

i personally would like to see the VOG difficulty upped with better gear, but i don't think that will happen for awhile. They definitely need to up the exotics from the raid. I'm just as likely to get an exotic from a random crucible drop, there i no reason for the VOG to be dropping outdated exotic gear.

I was really counting on using that tactic. How do you melee kill cursed thralls without dying??

Be level 30 while the ones you are killing are 26.

If Bungie would like Raids to remain relevant after new DLC, they should implement another weekly, monthly, or bounty(ies) that involves the raid.

Is the Urn exception confirmed, or are you speculating?

I was really counting on using that tactic. How do you melee kill cursed thralls without dying??

EDIT: By the way, I agree with all of your points. The only consistency in the game is that everything is 'fixed' or designed to maximize time spent in game, not maximize enjoyment, or encourage creative thinking for solutions. Everyhting has one solution and we have to play to that solution.

I'd love any excuse to get back in the Vault. Everyone in my clan has a Mythoclast except me, but 2 of them refuse to replay the Vault because they won't benefit (even though its a great source of shards/energy)

No offense to your entire clan, but what's the point of being in a clan if you don't believe in teamwork?

Will probably take you up on that advice :)

I'd love any excuse to get back in the Vault. Everyone in my clan has a Mythoclast except me, but 2 of them refuse to replay the Vault because they won't benefit (even though its a great source of shards/energy)

Means I'm left with PuGs or nothing. If something gave them a reason to start doing it again I'd be thrilled.

You could always drop a thread here looking for Hard Mode. I think plenty of people here need shards.

Means I'm left with PuGs or nothing. If something gave them a reason to start doing it again I'd be thrilled.

They Probably just dont want everyone getting their Tier 2 raid gear from the VoG. They'll want as many people as possible to experience the new Raid first, then when being 32 is more important (January for the Hard raid) they'll let you earn Tier 2 from the VoG so you get twice as many attempts per week.

I hope.

They might be waiting as well to make it feel like they're adding content later on when everyone has finished hard on the Crota raid and is waiting for House of Wolves. Then they offer a level 32 VoG and announce it like they've just given a new raid (which it could feel like, if there were significant additions).

I hope.

How about a Harder mode on VoG (Level 32)? I'd be fine if the Normal mode on VoG dropped 300 Attack power weapons, but Hard (or Harder) should drop the higher level loot.

This game has so many inconsistencies, which are the result of poorly thought out design. All exotic drops from here on out start at 302 attack… except those in the Vault of Glass. Because that would make getting the new exotics too easy.

Using consumables increases the amount of glimmer you get when you kill enemies… except in the Vault of Glass or a specific section of the Black Garden strike. Because that would make getting glimmer too easy.

The exp you get from bounties is the same as regular exp… except when it comes to the 'Earn 9000 exp without dying' bounty. Bounty exp doesn't count toward this. Because then getting that bounty would be too easy (just turn it in last with a string of others).

The classes special melees count as melee attacks… except the hunter throwing knife. Because then it's be too easy to kill cursed thrall with a melee attack.