You need to beat the reckoning which will then trigger the quest where you make a choice. Good luck getting that done with randoms....
T1 Reckoning? It's so easy. You can solo it. Just shoot things and don't die. If you're a hunter you can solo it easy with Orpheus or Shards, Warlock you can use Phoenix or Skull, Titan I'd use Skullfort with top or middle tree; maybe Ursa Sentinal would be good too.
If nightfalls had match making I'd be all over them. I get it its not realistic to hope people would play the game for fun and just not mid maxing there time that why I said I wish there was a way to make it rewarding to actually play the strike then by passing it. Had a feeling that prime engrams might have done it but guess that doesn't work. Not to even mention all the other loot and mats that just get bypassed. Even the shit purples have a chance to give your cores.
I wouldn't say I prefer a strong hold over a strike, they are both baslicly the same thing. Destiny has way more variety but I've also played them 100s time more then they strong holds in anthem.
From what I understand it was Activision pushing for yearly updates, now that they are on there own who knows really. I would absolutely love a big update, I'll just pass on the season pass next time. End up barely engaging with it and keep doing the stuff I always like anyways.
If you want a NF team, just go on Bungie.net. I understand why they don't have NF MM right now; it's because of the challenge card. It'd be kind of weird to load into an activity and have no idea what modifiers were in effect and then have your loadout locked. As it is, you can either post or join a fireteams on b.net and it'll fill up in less than a minute. You can issue game invites via the website, and nobody every uses their mic for nightfall so you don't have to deal with the either. What most people seem to do is advertise their challenge card and which NF they are running, e.g. 'Tree of Prob - Solar Heavyweight Speedrun' or 100k for score run, etc. Sure, it's not as easy as MM, but it seriously only takes a couple of mins to get a NF group going.
As for speedrunning strikes, well, prime's have a better chancer to drop from higher tier enemies. Strike bosses are the best chance at a prime in a strike, so that's actually even more incentive to speed run the strike. As for mats, well, the best way to get mats from strikes is to speed run, cash in your tokens, and clear out your postmaster. Also generally strikes are a bad method for farming mats; you get more stuff from just doing your weekly raids / blind well / forges / reckoning. In fact, speedrunning is the most fun thing about strikes. Finding a more optimal route or a new skip feels fun to me, and the first thing I look for on the PGCR is my time.
The Crucible requirements for exotic quests are so bad. I hate, hate, hate being forced into Crucible to complete these exotic quests simply because some designer decided it would be fun for people to grind in PvP. Crucible is an unbalanced awful fucking mess and people shouldn't be subjected or forced into that shitshow if they don't want to be. I hate this game design, and it is actively burning me out on what is an otherwise enjoyable experience.
I think the mixing of PVE and PVE is a core part of Destiny, and the game is stronger for it. I've said it before, but when I first started playing Destiny I was trash at PVP and didn't enjoy it that much. I've been good at shooters before - I used to play Quake when I was young, and I was rather good at it - but I hadn't had the time or desire to really focus on a shooter and even get OK at it. It was the Thorn quest in D1 that gave me a PVP goal, and I was terrible. I had that quest in my inventory for weeks before I decided to sit down and actually grind it out. I ended up clearing it in one marathon session of Iron Banner. I think it took me nearly 8hrs.
Now in D2 I basically have a lifetime K/D of just above 1. I'm strictly average at PVP in this game, although I'm probably above the 50th percentile, because most players in most games can't maintain a 1k/d. I actually managed to complete the PVP portion of Last Word on a second character without even trying or noticing.
So the point I'm making, is the game isn't forcing you to do anything. It's giving you a challenge. The question is do you want to rise to that challenge? If you don't think it's worth your time, that's a fair choice, but I think Destiny is at its best when it's asking you try and improve yourself.
So I went into the whisper anomaly...and it was empty. After wandering about and wondering if maybe I was missing something I abandoned. Then I couldn't find the anomaly again.
I'll try again tomorrow.
You'll need another person with you. It's not likely you can complete that mission solo on your first try. Also, you missed the secret exit that takes you into the mission proper.
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