Even on GM difficulty, the only thing to worry about in the strike is the tormentor part since it has massive damage resist (so rockets and grenade launchers on him are a no-no) and its spinning attack has VERY accurate tracking, even when you shoot at it. The boss room and everywhere else is pretty easy as long as you kill the ship turrets/threshers first BEFORE depositing any charges. The modifier is REALLY limiting since you are forced to run an SMG/shotty with your build or else you lose out on optimal damage. I even tried it with Wish Ender and it doesn’t one shot the Barrier champ shields anymore due to the modifier. I went straight in front of the champ one time while its shield is up (so minimal damage falloff) and it only took off a little more than half of it. 🤦🏾‍♂️

It used to be OK. Then Bungie retuned it and now it’s an exercise in misery.

I was trying to do a gm of it the other day, and we wiped because of a glitch in the final part of the boss fight that meant that the charge dissipated as it was put in the hole leading to the charge -holding enemy constantly respawning causing a wipe.

So you can't sneak/speed through most of it? Thought this was a shooter game, not a stealth one. For the gm, honestly oscillation isn't that bad. If light.gg gave (de)buff numbers it might not be so hated considering just about every fireteam I joined/created no one built into it. So I tested it. All data based on using no other buffs or spike grenade type wep perks. Both ends of ×3 are the highest/lowest multiplier of their respective ×2 (SMGs are 3 and 0.65). [u]SMG[/u] ×2: 3>2.85 ×1: 2.85>1 N: 1 -×1: 1>0.9 -×2: 0.9>0.65 [u]Scout & PR[/u] ×2: 4>3.75 ×1: 3.75>1.05 N: 1.05>1 -×1: 1>0.9 -×2: 0.9>0.65 [u]SG (slug only)[/u] ×2: 3>2.975 ×1: 2.975>1 N: 1 -×1: 1>0.935 -×2: 0.935>0.5 [u]BGL (missle tested)[/u] ×2: 3>2.975 ×1: 2.975>1 N: 1 -×1: 1>0.875 -×2: 0.875>0.5 [u]HGL (not waveframe or Anarchy tested)[/u] ×2: 3>2.87 ×1: 2.87>1.15 N: 1.15>1 -×1: 1>0.915 -×2: 0.915>0.5 [u]Other types (presumably)[/u] Primary: 0.65 Special & heavy: 0.5 If players understood the damage numbers, they might be more inclined to play ball with it. Every fireteam I go into I check to see if I'm carrying 2 people wielding both scout and pulse or someone with intelligence. Hosting, I reject so many applicants because of them not understanding how draining it is being with them. Last episode, every GM run usually was full of Polaris Lance and it got boring. My runs with PR+scout teammates add 20min to the run. Don't like change? Tough.