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Edited by Calaway049:
1/13/2016 12:54:05 AM
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So I tried the Totems cheese today...
Tried getting in a full raid before work. I had about two and a half hours, and joined a fireteam that was all 317+. Everyone in the group had a working mic, sounded adult, and acted mature. As we started the raid, there was no talk of who's doing this or are we using that strategy. Always a good sign.
We get to totems with minimum effort and zero setbacks. As we get to the totems, it happens. The fireteam leader asks if we know the totems cheese. Everyone says yes, and agrees its faster and easier. I stay silent, unsure of how to react. I've heard of the cheese before, and know how to do it in concept. Before today, I had the same opinion of this cheese as I did the no-knight strat; if it gets the job done, and without too much hassle, I don't care.
However, after a full hour on totems we had no success. Most of the fireteam at this point agreed we should just do the normal strategy, but the fireteam leader was adamant. He claimed if we did the normal strat, we would wipe more and take longer. Considering he was the one that died EVERY TIME, I had enough. For the first time in months, I rage quit a raid. Never again will I suffer through the totems cheese. If you insist on it, I'm just going to grab the cp and leave. The warpriest will NOT deem you worthy.
Tl;Dr Kings Fall totems cheese is for noobs who can't do the easiest reward stage of the raid.
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Edited by MAMGRIZZLY: 1/13/2016 8:09:50 AMFriend showed me this just before Challenge Modes came out. Took forever to explain, then longer to set-up. Tryed it reluctantly, told him it was very easy to do the regular way and that I was concerned for the ability of the group to do the rest of the raid. Everyone insisted. When we finally finished totems, I just had to stop and explain that if they get used to the cheese, they wouldn't be able to do it if it was patched. Explained what happened with Aetheon and the "grenade/push him off cheese" and how it was almost impossible to find a group to complete Hard VoG once Bungie patched it. Same with Crota and the "pull the Ethernet plug cheese." Akso, many groups didn't know how to build the bridge. I know sometimes everybody doesn't have TIME to raid every week, especially on all 3 toons, but we are losing the KNOWLEDGE and CAPABILITY to complete raids without the cheese! p.s. Cheesing the totems doesn't save time. It only helps if you have lower levels you're carrying who are incapable of sniping knights and clearing everything else rushing at you. You can keep them in the middle backed up by 3 others, while your more experienced players can go to totems and take out the knights.
