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Favorite Raid in a Multiplayer/MMO game

g23

g23

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Oct 27, 2017
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For me it's gotta be Ulduar.

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The way it builds up from your whole guild assaulting with Steamtanks was just the most epic moment ever for my teenage brain.


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Second place would have to be taking down Atheon in Destiny 1, i remember our group exploiting the glitch that allowed the boss to be pushed off the edge of the environment because we were noobs and had no chance of actually defeating him normally.
 
TheUnseenTheUnheard

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May 25, 2018
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The Vault of Glass was fun for a while. That's one of the few raids I've played so I'd go with that.
 
Rhoman

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Vault of Glass in Destiny 1. It was my first raid of any kind and I really had no idea what I was in for, I remember being disappointed when Chatterwhite was the only thing to drop from Atheon (great shader though!). Second favorite, Garden of Salvation from Destiny 2.
 
Vince-DiCola

Vince-DiCola

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May 22, 2019
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Culloden
King's Fall. Destiny.
No other raid in Destiny or it's sequel has matched the epic scale, every encounter is memorable and enjoyable and the final battle is spectacular.
 
Milennia

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Oct 25, 2017
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Between ulduar/firelands/hellfire citadel for me
mechanics wise its ulduar and HFC (HFC I have better memories around)
firelands for the best final boss in the game
 
lt519

lt519

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Oct 25, 2017
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Destiny 1 Wrath of the Machine was a super fun raid, the mechanics were all pretty nutty. The giant vehicle section was a huge highlight. Overall probably my favorite raid followed by Vault of Glass.

My favorite raid section is still the thrall pit in Crota's End. That was such a riot the first time through.

Vince-DiCola said:
King's Fall. Destiny.
No other raid in Destiny or it's sequel has matched the epic scale, every encounter is memorable and enjoyable and the final battle is spectacular.
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Honestly this raid and the first Destiny 2 raid are among my least favorite. Most sections require all 6 players to be tightly coordinated and when you have some players lagging in skill-level they can be VERY un-fun. The best Destiny raids always allowed for a few people to be dragged along by very good players. When they introduced randomness, i.e. randomly picking a person to be the platformer, it got weird.

I'll give you that when you had 6 really good players clicking it was the best done raid in Destiny so far. But for me that was a rare experience.
 
aerie

aerie

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ulduar was mine too. I'll post some screenshots later, have to dig 'em out.
 
hideousarmor

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May 9, 2019
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Ulduar all the way. Notable mention to karazhan
Felt like one of the few wow raids that succeeded in all departments
  • Fresh encounter design. From vehicle bossfights to changing the difficulty of the boss as you fight them. Throw in there a secret boss... All around incredible
  • Non linear in its level design and giant
  • one of the few wow dungeons that created actual interesting new lore in meaningful ways and added to the already existing one. Keeps being referenced in current wow quests/lore
  • visually unique, great tier designs too
  • YOU FIGHT AN OLD GOD
  • Probably a bunch of other great stuff that im missing. God I miss TBC, Wotlk wow
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Tatsu91

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For me it has to be The Ivalice Raid series from FFXIV the whole thing made me grin ear to ear
 
sredgrin

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The vehicle stuff in Ulduar sucks butts, everything else is pretty good though.

I don't know what I'd pick as number 1, but it's probably something from WoW.

hideousarmor said:
You guys are making me want to go back to wow. How's the current raid experience?
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At this point you're probably better off waiting for the new xpac which is probably this fall or winter. It's had some good fights but it's in the last phase of the current one (final big content patch drops next week) and so isn't an ideal time to drop in.
 

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Plane of Fear, Everquest.

Don't think I've ever been so scared for my digital life in any game since.
 
jimboton

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King's Fall in Destiny. One of those few times where the Destiny franchise almost realized the insane potential it has.
 

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Vault of Glass, Guardians decide their own fate.

Wrath of the Machine had a particularly epic final fight.

King's Fall first time was like breaking through that brink wall and it was awesome.

Last Wish was particularly interesting but I've only been able to do it the "blast the dragon in the mouth" strategy.
 
Jakisthe

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Oct 25, 2017
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Another for Ulduar. It felt like that was the raid team finally deciding to cut loose.
 
Poppy

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honestly when i did ulduar the vehicle section being first made me sort of hate the whole place from the get go

to be honest i havent ever raided with people i like so i kind of dont enjoy raiding lol, it is always just me being silent for hours on end for a chance at loot that i only mildly care about

my favorite raid conceptually has always been aq40 but that is mostly due to the build up and the aesthetics and the bugs and old god stuff before it was (imo) played out

it felt like it was really something that was beyond the scope of my warcraft experience
 
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Vince-DiCola

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May 22, 2019
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lt519 said:
Destiny 1 Wrath of the Machine was a super fun raid, the mechanics were all pretty nutty. The giant vehicle section was a huge highlight. Overall probably my favorite raid followed by Vault of Glass.

My favorite raid section is still the thrall pit in Crota's End. That was such a riot the first time through.



Honestly this raid and the first Destiny 2 raid are among my least favorite. Most sections require all 6 players to be tightly coordinated and when you have some players lagging in skill-level they can be VERY un-fun. The best Destiny raids always allowed for a few people to be dragged along by very good players. When they introduced randomness, i.e. randomly picking a person to be the platformer, it got weird.

I'll give you that when you had 6 really good players clicking it was the best done raid in Destiny so far. But for me that was a rare experience.
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That's honestly why I love it so much.
Every player has to do their part well, I don't enjoy carrying players.
I feel that a raid should be a team experience in which all players contribute to the success of the team.
King's Fall leaves almost no room for weak links.
 
Warukyure

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I loved all the FFXI level 75 dynamics, places like San d'Oria, Windurst, Bastok, Jeuno and Beaucedine. I hated the Outland zones like Valkrum and Buburimu, horrible places.

Does 'Sky' count as a raid?
 
EndlessNever

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Oct 25, 2017
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Last Wish is probably one of the best raids of all time. A personal favourite would be Scourge of the Past as well, it's just very fun to run through.
 
PAFenix

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FF14 Orbonne Monastery from the Ivalice Raid Questline mentioned above.

Current Copied Factory is coming into a close second, especially with that music for the final boss.
 
RedSparrows

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BWL from WoW. Not the best mechanically or anything, but so many strong memories. Approaching it in Classic is exciting.

Genetic Archives from Wildstar. A proper raid. Huge, many fights, good lore, hard trash, so incredible to clear. The combat/class set-up in Wildstar was so fucking fun - even as it used the Holy Trinity (my fav) - it made the whole thing a (tense) blast. So sad that by the time I got a monster PC the game was gone :(
 
The Benz

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Oct 27, 2017
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The Deadmines. Shit, not exactly a raid but I'll never forget how mind blowing it was seeing the ship in there at the end. Still love running through it to this day.
 
Vinx

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Sep 9, 2019
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Ulduar

Going through it was a blast, then there was the Hard Modes.

Didnt get Alone in the Darkness when it was current but trying was extremely frustrating and rewarding.
 
Moara

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Ulduar is one of the most memorable gaming experiences ever for me. Pretty much WoW at its peak. I will never forget getting server first on Yogg-Saron and Algalon. it's still up on youtube somehow



Can't believe this was 10 years ago lol
 
IIFloodyII

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Oct 26, 2017
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King's Fall in Destiny, just loved it, was my first Raid after dropping the game before Vault of Glass released and still my favorite. Just such a great experience all round, lot of fun, some decent loot and great ending to the Oryx story.
 
RedSparrows

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FUCK now I am watching Wildstar videos and getting sad. I really liked the game and it also happened to come out at one of the happiest moments of my life so far, and it died when that happy time also died :*(

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ZangBa

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Oct 25, 2017
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Karazhan is my favorite but Ulduar is a super close second. I like a lot of TBC raids, I didn't really care for anything past Ulduar.
 
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