Destiny's difficulty is somewhat flawed. Instead of providing any challenge through clever tactics from enemies it punishes you with lots of insta-kills for actually being involved in combat. Judging by my experience Nightfalls don't really require you to play smart, they require you to stay way back and pick enemies off one by one. Go in, do some damage and quickly get out of the situation, wait for your shields to recharge, repeat. That's how most of my encounters turned out.
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Halo on Legendary was like this. This isn't new.
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Not exactly like this. As far as I can remember Halo's enemies got a bit smarter on higher difficulties (correct me if I'm wrong). But my point is, sure Halo's enemies did more damage but way fewer of them actually had these splash-damage guns that easily kill you if you're distracted for a second.
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I don't think the AI was much different from Heroic. All Legendary was up the enemies' health and increase their damage, which is exactly what Destiny does.
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Nope, the Halo enemies didn't really get smarter, their aim became beyond perfect. On Legendary they never missed. If you played with All Skulls On you had to play completely conscious of where to hide. And they had never ending 'nades.
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Nooooooo wrong wrong :( they definitely did get stronger but the ai in Halo without a doubt got smarter on higher difficulty. Just the way they group together and use cover and stuff really.
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Meh, marginally smarter, I'll grant that. The damn Elites did dive more, which was beyond annoying. The biggest thing though was their aim was perfect.
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I hate insta kill tactics. In my opinion it's just a cheap way to make fake difficulty
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Exactly. Unfortunately this is how difficulty works in Destiny. The latest Nightfall is a perfect example: - Thralls: Instant kill - Wizards: Instant kill - Knights Instant Kill Acolytes (and mostly ogres) are the only units that don't kill you instantly when they get a clear shot on you.
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I could survive a non- names wizard and knights, not insta kill
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yeah but in the nightfall those 4 yellows are deadly , and just cheap, even if you hide inside the room you're probably going to die of splash damage :(
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Lol wizards form of overkill: "I will shower you with arc bolts buahahaha"
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yeah lol the moment they pause they eat my Zombie apocalypse bullet shower though .. fire shield be damned!