Review

This was an “odds and ends” week rather than a week dominated by any one activity.  Raid Team Fabulous (my regular Wednesday night team) went in to Master VoG on Wednesday night and got farther than we had before, stopping at oracles more out of running out of time than a feeling that we couldn’t complete it.  So we are getting there.  I think Master VoG strikes a good balance between difficulty and accessibility. 

I also did the Grandmaster Inverted Spire a few times, as it is not a hugely difficult grandmaster.  I enjoy the challenge of those but am not someone that likes to farm the same activity over and over so 1-3 runs at a time is the sweet spot for me.

The Trials map this week was Javelin-4.  After last week I was not optimistic that it would be a fun time, but it was.  The cards were challenging, of course, and I still personally struggle in trials, but it was a fun time with only one reset over the three characters.  I don’t play golf but I know a lot of people that do and they have described struggling through most of a round but having one or two shots on the day that feel so great that it makes up for it.  That is what Trials is like for me and I had a few good plays and one really good match that made my day.

On Sunday I decided it would be crucible day and played 12 matches of control, all on my hunter, trying Messenger (High-Impact Pulse) and either Compass Rose (Shotgun) or Shayura’s Wrath (Submachinegun) as a loadout.  I had a lot of fun with it, trying to learn and pay attention to things like engagement distances and cover rather than just playing mindlessly.  I think that I will be playing more Crucible in the coming weeks as we wait for the new season.

I also joined a team from Wafflez’s clan doing an Atheon checkpoint for Master VoG. We got the clear so I got the triumph and the ship, but I won’t consider myself to have cleared it until I do a full run through. 

This was the last week of seasonal challenges and I finished them all, including a few last gambit matches that gave me enough wins for gilding Dredgen for the second time.  I also completed the “kill 100 bosses on Prism day” triumph to complete the Solstice triumphs.  That is enough EAZ for me for this year.

Preview

The end-of-season doldrums have begun to set in a bit.  There are not a lot of groups active in the clan for impromptu raids or other things.  And, personally, there are not many PvE activities that hold my interest more than an hour or so, other than raiding.  So the rest of the season may be more crucible-focused for me.

Raid team Fabulous will go in to Master VoG again Wednesday and I’m very confident we can get the conflux triumph done.  Beyond that and doing the Grandmaster I have no plans other than continuing to experiment in crucible.