But, only if you want it to
Were you one of the many Destiny players taking advantage of exploits to run Crota’s End over and over before Bungie inevitably intervened? If so, it’s time to atone for those sins and actually earn your stripes.
On January 21, Crota’s End will be updated with a hard mode (and a boost to the enemy difficulty, pushing it to 33). As implied by the name, both Crota and the other enemies will be significantly more difficult. No cheesing this one — it’s going to take hard work, lots of skill, and a reliable team. Of course, this is all optional; the regular difficulty Crota is still available too.
The good news is that a spike in challenge doesn’t go unrewarded. Crota’s End’s hard mode has a wealth of new primary weapons, an upgrade for Eidolon Ally, and the Bane of the Dark Gods ship that can be earned (all pictured below).
Predictably, Bungie won’t give away the keys to success for besting the raid, but the developer hints that “If you’ve experienced hard mode in Vault of Glass, you have some clues for how we can scale up a raid. Prepare to take better care of your teammates. You’ll have fewer options for healing yourself, and each other.”
Bungie Weekly Update – 01/15/2015 [Bungie]
