Smooth, like butter. You guys make that look so. freakin. easy.

Keep in mind you're not seeing the 4+ hours over two nights (on Crota alone) of failure. We had a handful of runs where we got him to a hit or two left. In any case - most of those 4+ hours looked a lot like this except with one or two very minor screw-ups that led to a team wipe.

Crota warped up and killed a mess of us at the end.

That last hotfix changed the scripting so that the sword-bearer waits until you run out of the hallway before spawning. Now the encounter "clock" that governs when stuff spawns or Crota moves doesn't start until you leave. This gave us a chance to heal, use synths, etc. before we ran out.

I appreciate that I have a consistent marker for starting my timer now. I hit "start" when the Swordbearer's door opens and everything is very predictable.

As for the swordbearer himself, we had more than a couple runs where he wouldn't co-operate and I had to jump down and lure him towards us. We got lucky with this run.

I figured as much. It certainly helps with timing to have him drop the sword right next to the pedestal. I'm looking forward to trying this strategy with the Xbox crew.

Smooth, like butter. You guys make that look so. freakin. easy.

I'm sort of surprised how quickly the Swordbearer went down. If you chill out in the side rooms while Crota's on the right/left, does the Swordbearer always stick next to the Chalice pedestal, or was that lucky?

That last hotfix changed the scripting so that the sword-bearer waits until you run out of the hallway before spawning. Now the encounter "clock" that governs when stuff spawns or Crota moves doesn't start until you leave. This gave us a chance to heal, use synths, etc. before we ran out.

As for the swordbearer himself, we had more than a couple runs where he wouldn't co-operate and I had to jump down and lure him towards us. We got lucky with this run.

I'm sort of surprised how quickly the Swordbearer went down. If you chill out in the side rooms while Crota's on the right/left, does the Swordbearer always stick next to the Chalice pedestal, or was that lucky?

I often question my own sanity and attention span when watching my gameplay videos...
Those minutes were tense. I'm not sure that kind of prolonged anxiety is healthy, but boy was it worth it... Normal Crota Flawless Raider looks more and more viable after this run...

CC

The Hand Cannon:

Pulse Rifle:

By the way, you missed me running the sword on normal mode last night. It went surprisingly well, except when Crota walked off his platform and chased me down into the corner under the boomers, then proceeded to chase the rest of the group all the way around the back to the deathsinger's room.

Oh Crota, you so silly :)

Pretty sure I nearly wiped us twice here- I need to figure out a better escape strategy after the first sword.