![]() When we dived into the Vault of Glass on Saturday, I expected we’d see a raid that hadn’t changed much. If someone got confused, they had a reference point to help them focus up. We didn’t have to worry about communication anymore, just execution. Then I’d tell them B1, B3, W2, B2, W1, W3 so they could shoot the boxes in the middle of the room in a specific order.įor Deep Stone Crypt, building that chart empowered us to finish the encounter much faster. We did the same on the white side with calls like W1 and W4. They’d call B2, B5 (the circles on the side) and I’d go to those numbers on the black side of the basement. We’d keep the chart on our second monitors or phones. ![]() In this scenario, I was the solo basement player - spending my time under the map - and two of my teammates were sending me the information I needed. ![]() I divided the encounter into a black side and a white side. The specifics aren’t important here all you need to know is that five players have to communicate with one player, and then that one player has to communicate to the five. I created it while my team took a five-minute break. This chart is my creation for the first encounter in the Deep Stone Crypt raid from last fall. A speedy chart I created for the first fight in Deep Stone Crypt Image: Ryan Gilliam And that’s been my job for the past two Destiny raid races, Vault of Glass included. The best way to communicate between six people simultaneously is to create a common language. Shouting “the thing to your left” doesn’t usually cut it, especially in a day-one scenario, when Bungie pumps the difficulty up to 11. Players normally need to communicate information about something that only they can see to someone else who has to apply that information. But even though we all knew the fights from the original game, it didn’t stop me and a host of my peers from participating in my favorite Destiny raid-race experience: chart-making.ĭestiny raids are like a cooperative puzzle. ![]() Bungie gave the old raid a new coat of paint, and many teams - including my own - dove in to conquer the challenge within the first 24 hours. Vault of Glass, the original Destiny raid, made its debut in Destiny 2 on Saturday. ![]()
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