Emblem for Raid.
A Raid is a six-player cooperative mission. Raids are very difficult and complex, requiring communication and high-level abilities and gear.[1]
Gameplay
Unlike story missions and strikes, raids give players only the bare minimum of guidance and objectives and instead challenge Guardians to figure everything out as they proceed.[2] Because of the necessity of communication and coordination, raids do not support matchmaking.[3]
Raids have two difficulties: Normal and Hard. Normal mode focuses on learning the raid's mechanics, communicating with the team, and strategizing.[2] Hard mode increases the difficulty in several ways, including deadlier enemies, new behaviors for raid mechanics, and a harsher death penalty. Hard mode for a raid can be unlocked after it is first completed on Normal mode.[2]
Raids can be exited and resumed later as long as the fireteam leader is the same player.[4] However, all progress will be lost after the Weekly Reset each Tuesday.[2][5]
Loot
Each Raid has exclusive loot, consisting of one complete set of armor and a class item for each class and one legendary weapon of each type.[2] Some items will only drop on Hard. Raids also have a high likelihood of dropping exotic weapons.
Once a Guardian receives loot for an encounter, that Guardian is locked out from receiving any further loot from that encounter until the Weekly Reset each Tuesday.[2][5] Encounter loot drops have an independent weekly lockout for each difficulty, meaning that the Hard mode drop may be received in a week in which the Normal mode drop has already been received.[5] If a raid is run on Hard in a given week before it is run on Normal, each loot drop will deliver both the Normal and Hard rewards together.[5] Chests found within raids do not have separate lockouts and will only give rewards once per week.
List of Raids
| Name | Source | Normal Enemy Level | Hard Enemy Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vault of Glass | Destiny | 25-28 | 30 |
| Crota's End | The Dark Below | 30-32 | 33 |
| King's Fall | The Taken King | Unknown | Unknown |
Trivia
- Destiny's raids are designed by Luke Smith.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Petit, Carolyn. (2014-04-28) "Discovering Destiny: What Awaits You in Bungie's Upcoming Shooter". GameSpot. Retrieved May 05, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Dague, David. (2014) "Bungie Weekly Update - 08/29/2014". Bungie. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Tassi, Paul. (Jul 31, 2014) "Destiny's End-Game Raids Require Five Other Friends To Play". Forbes. Retrieved Aug 07, 2014.
- ↑ Destiny Dev Team (2014) "Let the Raiding Begin". Bungie. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Bungie.net "Help: I played through the weekly events multiple times and stopped receiving rewards". Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ Osborne, Eric. (2014-04-30) "Forum Thread: New Destiny Gameplay". NeoGAF. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ↑ Dague, David. (2014-02-28) "Bungie Weekly Update - 02/28/2014". Bungie. Retrieved 2014-05-05.