Review

Because there was no new story mission this past week, the week was focused on Solstice of Heroes with a side of Grandmaster and Master Vault of Glass.

Solstice of Heroes is much improved from last year, with the grind substantially shortened and with many steps involving older content having options (e.g.,Wrathborne hunts or blind well completions).   The EAZ activity has gotten some quality of life enhancements as well, with little “lifts” all around the arena to assist with jumping and, most significantly, chests that stay visible throughout the ‘chest opening’ phase.  I got the armor sets for all three characters done and never felt like it was a chore.  

That said, there is a triumph that requires killing 100 EDZ bosses on “Prism” days.  That is *a lot* of EAZ and it can only be done every fourth day.  That *does* feel like a chore and is not something I am looking forward to completing.

I did one master VoG attempt with the regular Wednesday night team.  We didn’t even get the door open, which was disappointing, but everyone stayed chill which is an excellent sign for working through difficult content.  Hopefully we will all be a little more leveled up this coming week and make better progress.

Fallen S.A.B.R.E. Grandmaster was a fun challenge to get through, once. 

I did not spend as much time in Crucible playing after the sandbox changes as I hoped to, except for struggling through my trials cards.  We had three resets on Titan before getting flawless, got flawless on Hunter on the first try, and had two resets on Warlock before running out of time.  Trials population seems so low that carries are increasingly hard to do and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to keep playing Trials for much longer. So far it does seem that there is more weapon variety in the crucible.

Preview

This week the last of the seasonal weekly challenges are available, and I intend to finish them.  I’m also hoping to get further in Master VoG.  I have 16 bosses killed during prism days; I plan on doing 28 on each of the next three prism days to finish off the triumph.  I also hope to get more time in the crucible.