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Destiny’s King’s Fall raid is getting harder challenge modes

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Destiny’s first big raid, The Vault of Glass, was everything that Bungie promised and then some when Destiny first launched. Say what you like about the lukewarm 1.0 version of Destiny, but that Raid was a devious and cunning beast of a mission that required proper teamwork to handle. The follow-up raid, Crota’s End, wasn’t a worthy sequel and instead worked best as a Wednesday night resource and weapons harvest.

And then you have King’s Fall. Arguably Destiny at its very best, this is a raid that will push any team of Guardians to their limits thanks to some cunning traps, obstacles and a boss fight that has you fighting a kaiju-sized Space-Satan. King’s Fall is pretty challenging, although there are plenty of dedicated Destiny fans who can probably walk through it by now, having memorised several patterns. Well get ready, because that raid is going to kick your light level 310 ass all over again.

Next month sees Destiny undergo another big update, with developer Bungie looking to streamlline their MMO shooter even further. Top of the change-list, is a tougher King’s Fall raid that’ll include new challenge modes, because some people get off on pain apparently. “Early in December, one of the King’s Fall bosses will offer their challenge each week,” lead raid designer Gavin Irby wrote in the latest Bungie Weekly Update.

You’ll see which boss when you select the Raid in the Director. It will display next to a skull, just like one of our Nightfall modifiers. They work on both normal and hard mode, and offer rewards to match. Each boss’s challenge requires that you defeat them in a very specific manner.

How, exactly? We’re going to leave that up to you to discover (but apologies in advance to those that run the single-pool strat for Golgoroth). Good luck, Guardians!

That’s a first for Destiny then, as neither the Vault of Glass or Crota’s End have any such challenges. Just ask the people who run them every week. HEYOH! Bungie also teased some big news for next week, using food synonyms that just made me realise that I haven’t had any breakfast yet and a week-old half-slab of Aero doesn’t count:

We know that you’re anxious to see what we have cooking up for December. Although we hope to keep the main course under wraps a little while longer, we’ll have some meaty details ready to go as early as next week.

In other news, I may still be one of the worst Destiny players alive, and am already crying naked and alone in the shower at the thought of the game being even more challenging my stupid thumbs.

Last Updated: November 26, 2015

39 Comments

  1. We found a new nickname for our Gavin…IRBY

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    • Hammersteyn

      November 26, 2015 at 10:33

      Do explain

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      • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

        November 26, 2015 at 10:37

        Read article dammit

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        • Hammersteyn

          November 26, 2015 at 10:38

          I did…

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          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 10:39

            Read it again (or just search the page for Irby)

  2. Hammersteyn

    November 26, 2015 at 10:30

    There are two kinds of Destiny players. Those that are excited by this prospect and those that are playing Fallout 4.

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    • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

      November 26, 2015 at 10:32

      Oh you

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      • Hammersteyn

        November 26, 2015 at 10:33

        The weekly nightfall is still worth playing. finally got proper loot. Plus it didn’t take three days to craft 😛

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        • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

          November 26, 2015 at 10:38

          That reminds me, Rhino is finished building tonight!
          (nice thing is you can sell things back to the sheeple!)

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          • VampyreSquirrel

            November 26, 2015 at 10:44

            Rhino is awesome if you need that extra survivability.

          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 10:46

            AND double XP, will level him chop chop

          • VampyreSquirrel

            November 26, 2015 at 10:49

            I need to take advantage of double XP… got a few things I wanna level.

          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 11:04

            Yeah hit me up and we’ll do some high level farming to level up even faster

          • Sean Carbutt

            November 26, 2015 at 11:26

            Yeah, especially for Nightmare missions. BUT, I have a Saryn build, don’t laugh, that will one hit kill anything up to level 45. Will cost you 3 forma’s though and you will definitely need the rare mods

        • Ir0nseraph

          November 26, 2015 at 11:49

          I might be ready to drop back in and join for a night.

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          • Hammersteyn

            November 26, 2015 at 12:19

            YAS!!!

    • VampyreSquirrel

      November 26, 2015 at 10:42

      I seriously need to find more time to put into Fallout 4!

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      • Hammersteyn

        November 26, 2015 at 10:45

        Ran into a Super Mutant camp that kicked my ass. So I went back with my power armour. Problem solved

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          November 26, 2015 at 10:48

          Hahaha, I hardly use my power armor, but that’ll change soon. I saw a roaming Super Mutant squad (REALLY early in the game) which wiped out a bunch of guys for me.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        November 26, 2015 at 10:45

        But it’s double XP in Warframe. *run*

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        • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

          November 26, 2015 at 10:45

          RHINO!

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          November 26, 2015 at 10:47

          I KNOW!!!

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          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 10:48

            Got my Ember up to max level last night, it was lvl21 when I started, less than an hour later, boom, sorted

          • VampyreSquirrel

            November 26, 2015 at 10:53

            I need to finish forma’ing dread, level dragon ninkana and forma, level Banshee and Mag… so much to do!!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 26, 2015 at 10:55

            I’ve got a whole bunch of primaries I need to level, but I’ll probably put some time into archwing too.

          • VampyreSquirrel

            November 26, 2015 at 10:56

            Oh crap, that’s something I’ve really been neglecting XD

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 26, 2015 at 10:59

            Me too, double XP makes the pain of leveling AW weapons a bit better, which means more time farming parts too.

          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 11:03

            Hmmmm, good point, my AW is pretty basic currently

          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 11:45

            I need a Nikana!

          • VampyreSquirrel

            November 26, 2015 at 12:50

            The dragon version is magical.

        • Sean Carbutt

          November 26, 2015 at 11:22

          Now that’s some good news. I am assuming that it is across all platforms? Time to farm some more cryotic and other goodies.

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 26, 2015 at 11:39

            I think it’s across all platforms.

            I am so sick of cryotic. I farmed around 50k of the stuff during the last double resource w/e for Knux research and Trinity P. Tues night there was a Fomorian alert and you needed cryotic to build the disruptors. If I didn’t still have a few k over I would’ve run away crying.

      • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

        November 26, 2015 at 10:45

        I’m considering putting my foot in the road to get some time off, but I only have an average amount of sick leave left after my accident this year

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          November 26, 2015 at 10:49

          That’s not the ideal way of doing it man, but whatever works for you.

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          • Admiral Chief - World on Fire

            November 26, 2015 at 11:04

            Luckily I’ve taken proper leave this year, where minimal muppets ummm poepolle creatures can reach me

    • Dan Smith

      November 26, 2015 at 19:13

      I’m playing Bloodborne actually…

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      • Hammersteyn

        November 27, 2015 at 08:16

        Just an example.Bloodborne is so good! Finished it earlier this year. Can’t wait for the complete edition.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      November 26, 2015 at 20:11

      Lol! That brought a tear to my eye!

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  3. Dan Smith

    November 26, 2015 at 19:15

    Shame there’s still no matchmaking for the raids nor any point to the house of wolves/dark below legendary rewards past level 20…

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