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[ComputerMKII]

Update:

That's kind of a dangerous thread to go in for organizing a crota's end team if you want to go in blind, when unmarked spoilers are allowed in there.

OK, so all spoilers as to what happens during the Raid should be hidden behind spoiler tags until after the weekend. the next reset, on tuesday!

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Here's a thread for all Guardians who wish to do the raid from the Dark Below expansion.

This raid takes place on the Moon and will have guardians fight the Hive in the Hellmouth, all the way to the legendary Hive god Crota. It will be available on December 9 and all players with at least a LV 30 character can be a fireteam leader for the raid.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KfmM-tZS4o

Personally, I'd like to join up with fellow gaffers and do it as soon as possible so we can be the world's first to finish the Raid, so I think a dedicated thread would be more appropriate for organizing that.

 

[ComputerMKII]

My group, so far:

CROTAS END FIRST TIME RAID AT LAUNCH - 4AM EST TUESDAY DECEMBER 9TH

I got next Tuesday and Wednesday off work!!! Woohoo! That means an early bedtime Monday night and an early rise for the launch of The Dark Below.

So, lets get some experienced Level 30 Only raiders with all 3 weapon slots with a mix of solar and arc weapons!

I have a Level 30 Titan, Warlock and Hunter, with many max leveled arc/solar weapons such as Vision of Confluence, Patience and Time, Hezen Vengeance, IceBreaker and many more!

PS4: Cosmos_Man

1. Byron Bluth - PSN: Cosmos_Man - Level 30 Titan, Warlock and Hunter
2. ComputerMkII - PSN: ComputerMkII - Level 30 Titan
3. Auto_aim1 - PSN: Kartik21 - Level 30 Titan, Warlock and Hunter
4. R0ckman - PSN: arekkusu77 - Level 30 Hunter
5. Dhruv_hanom - PSN: Dhruv_Hanom - Level 30 Titan
6. hydruxxo - PSN: hydruxxo - Level 30 Hunter

Alt(s):
1. toastyToast
2. a_javierp
3. Owlowiscious - Pikapuff

I will send a group PSN message to everyone soon! No other alts will be accepted.

hydruxxo I am down for another one after this one! Gotta get all 3 classes I have through it!

Is everyone still available?

 

[raindoc]

So what gear has everyone been putting together for this?
Since the VoG drops a shitload of weapons dealing solar damage and two of the most popular exotics, IB and G'horn, also set their victims on fire I'm confident most teams got those Wizards covered - but what about Knights?
I got a choice of three maxed out fusion rifles dealing arc damage (Light/Beware, 77 Wizard, Perun's Fire), heavies are Thunderlord and a homing-missile launcher (Admonisher III).
I also got a fully unlocked Arc-sniper, will take it + materials with me, just in case.

I'll start with my Sunsinger, using the Mythoclast as primary along with Light/Beware and the Admonisher, IB and G'horn in the pocket.

 

[ComputerMKII]

So what gear has everyone been putting together for this?
Since the VoG drops a shitload of weapons dealing solar damage and two of the most popular exotics, IB and G'horn, also set their victims on fire I'm confident most teams got those Wizards covered - but what about Knights?
I got a choice of three maxed out fusion rifles dealing arc damage (Light/Beware, 77 Wizard, Perun's Fire), heavies are Thunderlord and a homing-missile launcher (Admonisher III).
I also got a fully unlocked Arc-sniper, will take it + materials with me, just in case.

I'll start with my Sunsinger, using the Mythoclast as primary along with Light/Beware and the Admonisher, IB and G'horn in the pocket.

I'll be using my main PvE loadout: Vision of Confluence, Ice Breaker and Hezen Vengeance. I'll switch to Fatebringer in case of Knights. I wish I could use my Vex Mythoclast but it's far from maxed.

 

[oO Arekkz Oo]

Figured this might help some people who are preparing for tomorrow's DLC drop - here's a video on everything you should be doing to get ready for The Dark Below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAIThkw2cng

 

[noomi]

See you all in the AM tomorrow Pretty excited about this one.

 

[Ryuuga]

One thing I hope they change is that they'll have 30+ items at lower rarity tiers starting from white. So that it'll be exciting to get ANY drop in the newer areas, but I doubt that will be the case because of dumdum loot design and lack of gear.

 

[MastorofPuppetz]

Screw that haters I love destiny and cannot wait for this.

 

[Rubenov]

Dang, I thought I was supposed to be in that group? :/

 

[Deku Tree]

I am excited for this expansion!!!

 

[kgb_abc]

I will be getting on 2mrw around 9am EST. I'd like to knock out the nightfall, weekly and then I will be getting a team together for the raid. Anyone who would like to join, add me...

PSN - kgb_psu

 

[gdt]

I have a loose group ready to go but I'd like to do the story missions and strikes first.

Took the day off, can't wait!

 

[ComputerMKII]

Dang, I thought I was supposed to be in that group? :/

I think we did have a group ready but Byron Bluth was willing to start even earlier so I couldn't resist :/

 

[MastorofPuppetz]

I have done the first raid 10 + times, normal and hard, send me a friend request if you are up for some raiding, nightfall. Mastorofpuppetz on PS4. Have a warlock 29 (Only need leg raid gear for 30), and warlock.

 

[Dhuie]

Does the DLC drop at Midnight or with the weekly re-set ?

 

[Deku Tree]

Does the DLC drop at Midnight or with the weekly re-set ?

Reset 4am est

 

[Zakalwe]

I have the day off tomorrow. I'm looking for a raid group to run the new raid blind when it becomes available.

Level 30 Titan. tonnes of 300 weapons. Guardian Lord. Very raid experienced. Etc...

Psn: astropoff

 

[silver.tongue]

Very excited for this.

I'm going first as my trusty Lv30 Sunsinger Warlock (230 hours of game).

Vision of Confluence/Vex/Fatebringer as Primary.
LightBeware/Ice Breaker as Secondary.
Steel Oracle/G-Horn/Thunderlord as Heavy.

Leave Crota to ME!

 

[Dhuie]

Reset 4am est

Cheers.

 

[Sheppard]

I will be getting on 2mrw around 9am EST. I'd like to knock out the nightfall, weekly and then I will be getting a team together for the raid. Anyone who would like to join, add me...

PSN - kgb_psu

Count me in for that.

PSN: Branaghs

 

[Kosma]

What is Crota?

 

[GlamFM]

I feel pretty well equipped for this DLC.

VOC will probably be my primary.

My IceBreaker and my Gjallarhorn should also be really useful.

My goal is to get to level 31 by friday when the new Raid is playable.

EDIT:

Turns out the Raid is playable tomorrow - HOLY SHIT!

 

[gdt]

What is Crota?

The God/leader of The Hive. Lots of missions about him on the moon. Presumably the final boss in the new raid.

 

[ComputerMKII]

What is Crota?

The final boss of the new raid

Also http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Crota

 

[Midas]

Repost;

We are a "team" of two who most likely need a team of four for tomorrow. We want to play the raid as soon as it's open on PS4. 10 am CET. Nordic people would be best, but anyone in Europe will do. A bit sketchy this, but it's nice to see if anyone is interested.

We've run VoG lots of times and are patient with wipes.There will probably be a few.

 

[GlamFM]

Repost;

We are a "team" of two who most likely need a team of four for tomorrow. We want to play the raid as soon as it's open on PS4. 10 am CET. Nordic people would be best, but anyone in Europe will do. A bit sketchy this, but it's nice to see if anyone is interested.

We've run VoG lots of times and are patient with wipes.There will probably be a few.

Wait what!? I thought the Raid would open on Friday - no?

 

[gdt]

Wait what!? I thought the Raid would open on Friday - no?

No. Tomorrow 4am est.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

I would love to join

Spoiler

(or start)

a blind Crota Raid tomorrow, anytime after 9 PM EST.

PS4
PSN: Cybrwzrd
30 Hunter

 

[Rixa]

Its going to be so fun to go blindly. I got good team of 6 that all are 30 level. Even if there is revive option, we are expecting many party wipes.

And uh yeah I hate dark / black places in games where you cant see a shit (I hate VoG maze too). Still its going to be fun, good team + everyone has a mic = awesome laughs to party wipes.

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Here's the 10 AM EST group:

Macello - Titan - 30
gdt5016
Messiek
Rubenov25
Noomi85 - Hunter - 30
coyquettish

I took out Computer because he is going with the 4 am group.

I will bring my level 30 Titan with maxed Timepiece, VoC, Icebreaker, P&T, Plan C, and arc Joldur's Hammer. Might max my arc Zombie Apocalypse too. Also you never know if they're going to alter any Ogre's and throw void shields on them.

 

[noomi]

Cool,

I'll bring a Fatebringer, VoC, Icebreaker, and possibly some other arc/solar weapons just in case

 

[Darryl M R]

Looking for a group tomorrow. level 30 Hunter. PSN: Darryl_M_R

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

For people that are busy

Spoiler

I normally roll with my raid group at 4 am EST for 3x hard, weekly and nightfall

Looking for a group in EST for the afternoon Wednesday or Thursday. 3 level 30s, maxed out weapons everywhere! But no ghorn

 

[Drubbed]

day off and ready for a 9am start.

Lets dooooooo this!

 

[ToyMachine228]

My North American Xbox One clan (Progenitor) is looking to recruit some more players for raiding in The Dark Below. We ran 2-3 Vault of Glass groups at our peak but as with many Destiny clans, some of our members have branched out into other games. Many will be coming back for The Dark Below, but I'd definitely like to add a few more players to ensure we can reliably run several raid groups week in and week out. We're pretty laid back and like to have fun and bust on each other while raiding. We generally start raids around 8:30 EST.

If you have any questions about Progenitor, our schedule or who we are, feel free to shoot me a PM on GAF or on Bungie.net. Here is a link to our clan page;

http://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Xbox/174077

 

[DJ Lushious]

Level 30 Titan (PS4), maxed out Vex, plenty of raid experience. I should be free as soon as the raid goes live tomorrow. I'd love to run it with some GAFfers. Anyone else running a group, besides the two full ones already posted?

 

[BannedEpisode]

Kudos to you folks that enjoy figuring out raids.

Bleh

 

[LordofPwn]

cross post from the community thread

LOOKING FOR A BLIND CROTA'S END RAID GROUP FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 9TH @3:30PM PST / 11:30PM GMT ON PS4

Because some of us have to work I'd like to get a group together for doing this after i get home from work tomorrow. it's a perfect timeslot for other's in the midwest and even those on the east coast that would like to do some of the story missions before hand.

Anyways let's fill it up!

1. LordofPwn - lvl 30 Sunsinger (G-Horn, IB, FB, Vex, etc.)
2. DairyZeus - lvl 30 Defender (Hawk, IB, ThunderLord, Vex, etc)
3. rodiard - rNilla
4. The Mango Sentinel - EyelessOrphan
5. DarrylMR - Darryl_M_R - lvl 30 Hunter
6. Zocano - lvl 30 Warlock

Alt 1. babyghost853
Alt 2. OPEN
Alt 3. OPEN

Estimated runtime of 4 Hours

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Here's the 10 AM EST group:

Macello - Titan - 30
gdt5016
Messiek
Rubenov25
Noomi85 - Hunter - 30
coyquettish

I took out Computer because he is going with the 4 am group.

I will bring my level 30 Titan with maxed Timepiece, VoC, Icebreaker, P&T, Plan C, and arc Joldur's Hammer. Might max my arc Zombie Apocalypse too. Also you never know if they're going to alter any Ogre's and throw void shields on them.

Grimlock33 is the first alt.
Druvh is second.
Astropoff is a possible.

 

[Darryl M R]

cross post from the community thread

LOOKING FOR A BLIND CROTA'S END RAID GROUP FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 9TH @3:30PM PST / 11:30PM GMT ON PS4

Because some of us have to work I'd like to get a group together for doing this after i get home from work tomorrow. it's a perfect timeslot for other's in the midwest and even those on the east coast that would like to do some of the story missions before hand.

Anyways let's fill it up!

1. LordofPwn - lvl 30 Sunsinger (G-Horn, IB, FB, Vex, etc.)
2. DairyZeus - lvl 30 Defender (Hawk, IB, ThunderLord, Vex, etc)
3. OPEN
4. OPEN
5. OPEN
6. OPEN

Alt 1. OPEN
Alt 2. OPEN
Alt 3. OPEN

Estimated runtime of 4 Hours

I'm down for this. Level 30 Hunter PSN: Darryl_M_R (VOC, IB, Vex, FB, raid machine gun, etc)

 

[RobotsAnger]

The missions/bounties/story is supposed to build-up to the raid as it's finale. Interesting that everyone is going raid first.

 

[gdt]

The missions/bounties/story is supposed to build-up to the raid as it's finale. Interesting that everyone is going raid first.

Not me. Ill definitely bang out the missions and strikes first. Hopefully some gaffers tag along.

 

[Nori Chan]

Figured this might help some people who are preparing for tomorrow's DLC drop - here's a video on everything you should be doing to get ready for The Dark Below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAIThkw2cng

Good video. I'm also finishing all the bounties from the weekend and wait till I get some raid gear, weapons, or anything else to level them up quickly.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Everyone who's doing the raid tomorrow, get enough sleep, prepare a few snacks, keep your PS4 in Rest Mode just in case any updates go live overnight, and don't forget to charge your controllers and headsets!

 

[lazybones18]

Hoping to get a group ready when the expansion launches tonight. Still need more people

Crota's End Blind Raid (Tuesday at 4am EST) (PS4)

1. Me (Level 30 Hunter) (Lazykarl24)
2. westtrade (Level 30 Titan)
3. DJ Lushious (Level 30 Titan)
4.
5.
6.

Reserves

Let me know if you want in

 

[SlaughterX]

I'm down to partner up with anyone doing it on the Xbox One. Level 30 Hunter CryingFreemanYo

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Everyone who's doing the raid tomorrow, get enough sleep, prepare a few snacks, keep your PS4 in Rest Mode just in case any updates go live overnight, and don't forget to charge your controllers and headsets!

Got two controllers on the cradle! Now I just need to figure out the food situation.

 

[Soulcookies]

I would love to get in on some of this action.

Level 30 Hunter

Primary/Fatebringer | Secondary/Pradeth | Heavy/ Gjallahorn

Level 30 Titan

Primary/VoC | Secondary/IceBreaker | Heavy/ Corrective

PS4: Giggman

 

[DJ Lushious]

Hoping to get a group ready when the expansion launches tonight. Still need more people

Crota's End Blind Raid (Tuesday at 4am EST) (PS4)

1. Me (Level 30 Hunter) (Lazykarl24)
2. westtrade (Level 30 Titan)
3.
4.
5.
6.

Reserves

Let me know if you want in

Count me in. Level 30 Titan, lots of raid experience, maxed Vex and Zombipocalypse (my secondary rotates).

So, 1:00 AM PST is when the raid opens? I was off by an hour.

 

[lazybones18]

Count me in. Level 30 Titan, lots of raid experience, maxed Vex and Zombipocalypse (my secondary rotates).

So, 1:00 AM PST is when the raid opens? I was off by an hour.

correct