More than 45,500 players have completed the Destiny 2 Contest Mode for Destiny 2’s Root of Nightmares raid, according to the Destiny Raid Report. It’s a staggering number because it’s more than the number of raids completed in competitive mode than in other raid races combined in an FPS game.
For Root of Nightmares, Bungie has extended the challenge mode from the usual 24 hours to 48 hours, giving Destiny 2 players an extra day to complete the raid and potentially allowing players who were unavailable in a day weekdays complete the raid within 24 hours. hours from the original start time. However, this alone does not explain the drastic difference in the number of kills compared to previous raids in FPS games.
The Hard in the Paint Root team completed the Root of Nightmares raid run and defeated Nezarek in approximately two hours and 26 minutes. This is notably different from other World’s First raids, which generally take longer. By comparison, the team that completed Last Wish World’s First Raid Race took 18 hours to complete.
But when it comes to Root of Nightmare, players were quick to figure out the raid mechanic so they could take it down quickly. This would have led to some teams completing it more than 20 times during that 48 hour period.
Many players complain that the raid is exceptionally easy, but it’s worth noting that only about 44% of squads that started in Contest mode were able to complete it in 48 hours. However, this is still significantly more than previous raid races like The Last Wish, which had a sub-0.009% success rate in the first 24 hours of competitive mode. It seems the extended global runtimes of Competitive mode alone can’t explain the differences, as the Destiny 2 Raid Report Twitter account saw 89,984 accounts removed in the first 24 hours compared to Last’s 12. Wish.
Difficulty aside, two factors that could explain the increase in completions are the fact that it’s generally shorter than any previous raid, and it’s designed in a way that allows teams to bypass mechanics. of more complex final battles. Ultimately, it is most likely a combination of all of these factors.
Interestingly, what is considered by far the easiest raid to date, came after discussions about the difficulty of actions in Destiny 2. Even seasoned players have complained that the recently added Nightfall Mars battleground it is extremely difficult, and the updated Lesectors are much more difficult than their predecessors. . Bungie recently implemented difficulty changes in Destiny 2 starting with Lightfall to appease players who complained that the content was too easy.
Despite complaints about Lightfall’s campaign content, Destiny 2 Season 20 ushered in a number of Lightfall Exotic weapons that alleviated some of the complaints players initially had about the latest multiplayer expansion.
Source : PC Gamesn
