The One About Optimum Strategies for Co-Op Content...

Mitch Connor wrote: »

We absolutely melted him last night - no clue what people were using though.

jonnycivic wrote: »

Poor aksis, what did he ever do on you guys :O

jonnycivic wrote: »

I think when everyone is 385 we all go in and see how quick we can melt him with sleepers :pac:

When carrying parts in the zamboni encounter, you can manually drop them to kill adds

When carrying a part, most people wait until they are required to drop it, which gets them killed sometimes if there are too many adds and they don't have enough support from teamates.
You can just press the switch weapons button (triangle on ps4) to drop a part in that case and kill adds!!!
Another tip for this part is that warlocks with the new exotic boots move very fast when holding a part while crouching. This may also work with keen scout, but i'm not 100% sure on this (perk description reads : "Sprint and Sneak faster..." Sneak = crouch walking).
Edit: Keen scout crouching with a part does indeed seem to make you go faster, just like the warlock boots.

keen scout does indeed work the same way. you can also walk faster without a part than with one and use this to your advantage (walk behind someone carrying a part and push them to almost normal walking speed - very useful for the engine part with time running out)

Also, for those using Raze Lighter, use the heavy sword attack on those carrying the parts. This pushes them quite a bit. If they jump at the same time you use the heavy attack, this propels them.

AbusesToilets wrote: »

Is using swords a viable strategy that groups have been employing?

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Thinking the same too - there are weapons I prefer, but I figure 390+ items won't be too far away, and the scout is probably going to be the best primary for the final fight. It would be between that and the raid auto for ad control during the rest of the raid.

As the title says, if you're having trouble with getting past the Zamboni part on Wrath of the Machine, you can slow down the timer by shooting the core on the siege engine. The core I reference is the part of the engine that glows brightly until it explodes, wiping your Fireteam. It is located if the front middle section of the siege engine, either directly to your right as you're jumping on top of the machine once you shoot the cannons off, or directly to your left as you're walking up the ramp to deliver the parts. I don't have actual statistics on how much the process is slowed, but there is a very noticeable difference on the cadence of the timer. The cadence will speed up as the timer reaches closer to zero. By shooting the core, the cadence will actually remain very nearly the same depending on the "DPS" you put out. For example, if you have only one Guardian firing at the core, the timer won't be slowed by much. But say you have three Guardians shooting the core, the timer will slow down dramatically. That being said, once all Guardians get to the siege engine with the parts, those who are not currently carrying the parts should start firing away at the core. Once the other three become exhausted, have them start shooting at the core while the other Guardians carry the part(s) to their respective places.

Anecdotal confirmation: Next to the core there are two dials similar to the dials that charge up during the first part of Vosiks. When those dials reach full, the Great White Light appears and you wipe. While shooting the core with a shotgun I have seen the dials go backwards.