The most frustrating part was when we would get to disabling the last mine on wave 3 and then get one shot killed. I can't count the times where I would be killed with one shot from a boomer or have a thrall one hit me. I swear we were dealing with some strange lag at parts.

When Vortech, Cyber and I ran that section, we split up. From the entrance, Vortech went far left, Cyber and I went far right. There is very little cover on the right, but you have decent line of sight on 2 of the Hive spawn doors. So Cyber and I would nail the thrall as they ran out of their doorways, and Thunderlord the boomers and wizard as they entered.

If the mines on the right or left side spawned, we were already in position to deal with them. When the one in the middle spawned, I rotated left from my position (back towards the main entrance) until I was directly under the center mine. I then jumped up on to the platform, hugging the large pillar for cover. None of the adds in the room even spotted me, so I was able to defuse it relatively safely.

We were doing something similar. I would go far right and take out the thralls as they entered. I'd shoot a gjallahorn round followed by an arc sniper at the wizards and either snipe or use fatebringer on the knights. For the most part I was able to protect myself. I'll probably give it a go this weekend again. Putting two on the right side could be a good method to try out.

What was your group make up? We had two hunters and one titan.

3 Defenders.

The 1 advantage to having 2 people on the right side is that you stand a better chance of killing the boomers and wizard before they can make their way fully into position. Once they enter "full attack mode", they're way more dangerous because you have so little cover on that side.

What was your group make up? We had two hunters and one titan.

TDT
Three Defender Titans.

Tomorrow for sure. My lady has been sick and needs a date night.

I'll be free almost all day tomorrow. Gotta get that ToO chest. Want to hunt me some Skolas.

I'll probably give it a go this weekend again.

I'd be interested in trying it out with you, I've heard some rumors that while you can't get more cores/etheric light on subsequent runs on the same character, you can get exotic bounties, and I want that queenbreaker's bow.

The most frustrating part was when we would get to disabling the last mine on wave 3 and then get one shot killed. I can't count the times where I would be killed with one shot from a boomer or have a thrall one hit me. I swear we were dealing with some strange lag at parts.

When Vortech, Cyber and I ran that section, we split up. From the entrance, Vortech went far left, Cyber and I went far right. There is very little cover on the right, but you have decent line of sight on 2 of the Hive spawn doors. So Cyber and I would nail the thrall as they ran out of their doorways, and Thunderlord the boomers and wizard as they entered.

If the mines on the right or left side spawned, we were already in position to deal with them. When the one in the middle spawned, I rotated left from my position (back towards the main entrance) until I was directly under the center mine. I then jumped up on to the platform, hugging the large pillar for cover. None of the adds in the room even spotted me, so I was able to defuse it relatively safely.

We were doing something similar. I would go far right and take out the thralls as they entered. I'd shoot a gjallahorn round followed by an arc sniper at the wizards and either snipe or use fatebringer on the knights. For the most part I was able to protect myself. I'll probably give it a go this weekend again. Putting two on the right side could be a good method to try out.

What was your group make up? We had two hunters and one titan.

While it was very difficult, we never felt like any of the objectives were completely out of reach, but we did have to adjust our strategies multiple times.

And I think it's cool that everything we see is changing on Tuesday. Strategies and tactics that we've developed this week may not pay off next week.

I'm looking forward to taking down Skolas, too. :)

Adding to the mess is that enemies will sometimes spawn right smack in the middle of the arena. During a round against the Fallen, I took position on top of a large platform near the center. Not perfectly safe, but some decent cover and sightlines. Just as I though "let's see if I can make this work", a captain, 2 dregs and a servitor spawned directly on top of me.

don't forget the time the game decided that I could not use my cover anymore and just warped me to the middle of the room. :/

Yeah, that was a good time ;)

The most frustrating part was when we would get to disabling the last mine on wave 3 and then get one shot killed. I can't count the times where I would be killed with one shot from a boomer or have a thrall one hit me. I swear we were dealing with some strange lag at parts.

When Vortech, Cyber and I ran that section, we split up. From the entrance, Vortech went far left, Cyber and I went far right. There is very little cover on the right, but you have decent line of sight on 2 of the Hive spawn doors. So Cyber and I would nail the thrall as they ran out of their doorways, and Thunderlord the boomers and wizard as they entered.

If the mines on the right or left side spawned, we were already in position to deal with them. When the one in the middle spawned, I rotated left from my position (back towards the main entrance) until I was directly under the center mine. I then jumped up on to the platform, hugging the large pillar for cover. None of the adds in the room even spotted me, so I was able to defuse it relatively safely.

I like it better than the slightly elongated strike that is Crotas End.

I LOVE Crota's End, except for the final battle on hard mode (normal is fine). Everyone has their moments in the spotlight, everyone has a job to do. You feel like a real team.

Prison of Elders feels like COD multiplayer to me: A bunch of people playing by themselves who happen to be on the same team.

And remember that neither are actually free.

Chickens and I were running this with my friend last night and we got stuck here. no matter what we did we would always get taken out by that stinking wizard or boomer knight.

I think it took us half of the total run time (read: one hour). Chaos and I ended up both going full ninja-bladedancer on the middle, and even then, one of us usually died in process.