With new world-first teams and the end of contest mode, Destiny 2: Lightfall’s Route of Nightmare raid has seen more day one clears than any other raid in Destiny’s entire history combined. rice field.A total of 354,388 players participated in the new raid, according to Destiny Raid Reportand of all those users, 89,984 players completed high-level PvE activity in the first 24 hours.
Root of Nightmares has more day one clears than VotD, DSC, GoS, CoS, SotP, LW, SoS, EoW, Lev, WotM, KF, CE and VoG combined. pic.twitter.com/btk1PfQKEz
— Destiny Raid Report (@RaidReport) March 13, 2023
This is significantly higher than the numbers posted in last year’s Witch Queen raid “Oath of Disciple”. It’s a challenging game, and Root of Nightmares was no exception. Like several raids before it, Contest Mode rules added limited power levels, prohibited the use of certain Exotics, and added more difficulty to the event. Still, the team was able to complete the raid and acquire new gear, such as Exotic his shotgun, which can fire both Stasis and Solar rounds.
By contrast, the lowest numbers on the list came from the Forsaken raid Last Wish, which only 12 players completed within the first 24 hours.
The Route of Nightmare Contest Mode duration is 48 hours, which is double the first weekend of a regular raid. In these extra hours, the total number of accounts attempting the raid reached 445,866, of which 197,762 succeeded in defeating his Nezarec, achieving a staggering success rate of 44.355%. This raid had some devious mysteries and gameplay mechanics, but each encounter leaned towards a more rapid puzzle-solving flow and final boss encounter, which was a bullet sponge endurance test. It wasn’t. Why are so many teams able to complete the Lightfall Raid?
The first team to conquer the Route of Nightmares, Hard in the Paint (HITP) won some great gear from Bungie, not just bragging rights, but an actual championship belt. HITP he won in 2 hours and 24 minutes. Root of Nightmare jacket If they want to spend $150.
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