D1 vet here, been playing since launch. I played TONS of Court of Oryx since, back then anyway, I didn't have a fireteam or group of friends to reliably play with, so Court of Oryx was an entertaining way to do more than just strikes or hours of normal patrol while still occasionally scoring some nice gear.
@disgruntledbob28122 жыл бұрын
Same story here. I’d love comin’ across a random player tryin’ to do court, helpin’ em’ out, shootin’ the shrines together to see if the other had more runes. Sometimes numbers would swell into a whole dance party. Good times
@valeon73032 жыл бұрын
I LOVED the court. Minor mechanics mixed with random players against challenging combatants.
@szxnv2 жыл бұрын
Same here
@casartherandom30102 жыл бұрын
Oryx...The King of Shapes. The First Navigator. The Taken King. Doom of All, and Servant of the Deep.
@trevorromein142 жыл бұрын
Killed permanently by a group of clueless idiots XD
@jessesk8rboi2 жыл бұрын
And my axe!
@Locus-12 жыл бұрын
'Wear his ass like a hat'
@machi70742 жыл бұрын
"My man, Oryx."
@Slop-cute2 жыл бұрын
And defeated by 6 mad dancing Guardians
@bookwormsofconcord2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite things about Destiny is how there's lore behind the mechanics of the gameplay instead of it just being "because video games." ~Cafecito
@beninmalgaard98362 жыл бұрын
I wish we could have more activities such as the Court of Oryx, Archon's Forge, the Blind Well, and the Black Armory Forges. I am a D1 Veteran and played plenty of the Court of Oryx, whether it was to collect grimiore, for the heck of it, or helping others, I enjoyed it. Hence my saying above.
@HunterGunther92 жыл бұрын
Don't forget escalation protocol...ahh, would be interesting to see it with all the 3.0 Subclasses ee have now
@beninmalgaard98362 жыл бұрын
@@HunterGunther9 Of course, silly me. That too.
@TheDuke6592 жыл бұрын
The atmosphere of the Dreadnaught made the Court of Oryx fun. The music was incredible. Good times.
@VistilShaiteth2 жыл бұрын
The Court of Oryx was the thing I did the most, aside from the Siva thing I would run to get my power up. Hearing you describe all of the encounters and being like “yeah, I remember that one” was great
@mr.god.complex2 жыл бұрын
“Laugh and laugh at Thalnok! He is easily deceived. He will never hear this song. Diminished in sense. Small of purpose.”
@pootisspencer54922 жыл бұрын
Lovely bit of lore, this. I really like the concept of a multi-level tithing system for the hive, where the most powerful of them rely on massive amounts of tribute. It makes us being able to kill oryx a lot more reasonable, since we basically destroyed his whole system for gaining power from the ground up and eventually cornered him where he was vulnerable.
@B1ueLantern2 жыл бұрын
In D1, we also had a mission (regicide) where we killed him and he tried to continue living by taking himself. We basically forced his retreat to his ascendant plane and then We knocked out the legs of his power before finally defeating him for good.
@zacphebus42802 жыл бұрын
The Court of Oryx was my Favorite activity. Met so many friends just waiting for a Rune.
@zenkomenhi2 жыл бұрын
I didn't realized that there was a Marathon reference in the Oryx lore. That whole "eat the path" bit sound familiar to anyone else?
@RicochetD202 жыл бұрын
I started hooting and hollering when I recognized it
@Fireheart3182 жыл бұрын
I just realized the true irony in Oryx’s death - He died because he didn’t truly rely on Sword Logic. He relied on others to grow strong, and crumbled after we killed them. He relied on Bomb Logic instead.
@danielhoward97292 жыл бұрын
Like I said before, Oryx deserves more respect than to be treated like fodder. Dude was a KING for a reason.
@oryxthetakenking82752 жыл бұрын
thank you
@mrdeth616942 жыл бұрын
Also D1 vet here. Boy has it been a journey. I have always enjoyed your content and break down of the lore. The complere story of Destiny was a masterpiece.
@ericventurino90112 жыл бұрын
It was definitely a fun switch up from the normal patrol. The dreadnought is still one of my favorite locations to explore the challenge of the court being a strong reason for that
@SPCBRAWLERZ2 жыл бұрын
I do miss the court of Oryx. These bosses were unique and didn't know the bosses backstories until now.
@Shad0w_vt2 жыл бұрын
I started playing during the dark below expansion. But by far i spent the most time in the dreadnought. The court was a blast. Hated when people left though. I did meet a couple long-standing friends while playing in the court.
@brennan70592 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of the destiny 1 videos you released during the taken king. Personal favorite was the arrival of the taken kings but the books of sorrow were superb
@silverspectre5272 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the Court of Oryx a lot, just running into someone doing it and helping out was always fun. My buddies and I always laughed at Thalnok, saying he was "Crota's biggest fan" and was fangirling over him
@pluto31942 жыл бұрын
Thalnok is a Crota simp
@Tyztube212 жыл бұрын
Court of Oryx was fun and challenging. Archon’s Forge was chaotic and wild with bullet hell. Loved both because of their challenges and special loot they dropped on those events.
@ajaxdonqueso95972 жыл бұрын
I came into D1 with The Taken King expansion, and played Court of Oryx for hours. I love the format that it brought, and really miss it. I had a great time with it and Archon's Forge, and was pretty enthused with Blind Well came in as a sort of successor. I miss those days.
@SpaceAgeWolf2 жыл бұрын
I like that Wormfood is an independent thing but also an Easter egg to Marathon.
@dredge18792 жыл бұрын
This video was so cool. I had no idea there was lore behind each of their mechanics. Makes me appreciate court way more now lol. Thx Byf, keep up the amazing work my man!
@shadowcalibur014 Жыл бұрын
I remember spending hours just killing the court just because I could. Those were some good times, even if I'm not a d1 vet. Thanks byf for helping me learn the lore. Your an awesome KZbinr, keep up the amazing work 👍
@ironnickel497_62 жыл бұрын
I honestly loved court of oryx, and even more archon’s forge, great ideas executed very well
@Austin-fl7zr2 жыл бұрын
Taken King was my first introduction to Destiny. By far my favorite expansion since then
@atsukana17042 жыл бұрын
I loved playing in the court despite having zero clue how it worked. It was always a trip seeing what random guy I got this time and had to figure out just how to damage them.
@Dr_Sparks_2 жыл бұрын
The court was a blast. I remember figuring out how to use the court in the first place, the different ways to fight the bosses. The rewards. All of it. Great times
@nicholas196962 жыл бұрын
I had actually started playing near the end of TTK, yet I still found the court to be one of the places I liked to fight. It was a nice alternative to just doing strikes all the time and helped me with learning mechanics to boss fights that had them. Along with learning to what the other guardian's were doing, so I could be an effective fireteam member
@thedavesecurity2 жыл бұрын
I played quite allot of the Court, running the Eris bounties, farming tier 1 runes, running tiers 1s for tier 2s, tier 2s for tier 3s, got pretty adept at soloing it as the instanced match making made the blind well look well designed. it was fun and they are still using the temple it established now though I'm not sure if that is good or bad.
@VVVVIVIVI2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the Court of Oryx. The entire Hall of Souls area is pretty much my memory lane, I used to spend a ton of time there with my old online friends on the Xbox 360. We would just run runes for hours on end and talk about whatever. I'd always have 50+ Reciprocal Runes from playing normally so we could always sit there forever, hahaha. All of the bosses are very fun to fight, especially because you can either melt them with swords or take your time and have a good fight with just your primary and secondary weapons. All of them manage to be completely unique from each other too, and even after figuring out how to fight them they still bring me some joy to beat. Having the ability to do it with other players was always awesome too, especially when randoms came out of nowhere and while you sat there focused on fighting it would feel like nearby guardians were multiplying as more people joined. Yeah, it was definitely my favorite thing to do back then. The Dreadnaught remains my favorite area in all of Destiny, methinks. Even nowadays whenever I decide to do some bounties I default to the Dreadnaught to get them done swiftly. The Hull Breach might as well be my second home. Bungie definitely did an amazing job on it, and the desire to walk around there to reminisce or to just enjoy myself is enough to get me to play again all on its own.
@east2westfan2 жыл бұрын
REALLY love this type of content. Please continue to make it
@richardcombs27342 жыл бұрын
Loving your videos! The last two recordings feel like the treble is turned up higher than previous recordings. I'm not sure about other devices but on my phone this results in a lot of high pitched s sounds and almost whistle sounds. If you could go back to previous settings that would be great.
@durandol2 жыл бұрын
Court of Oryx and Archon's Forge were some of the most fun activities in D1 in my eyes.
@joshuasymons33272 жыл бұрын
Dude, loved this video. It was like an pokedex...but only bug types...evil bug types
@mr.god.complex2 жыл бұрын
Yea Court was absolutely awesome. There’s a reason Bungie kept doing it with Forge and EP and Blind Well and Altars of Sorrow. It gave me an excuse to actually go to the Dreadnaught aside from calcified fragment hunting
@B1ueLantern2 жыл бұрын
Ah so many hours collecting cal fragments or getting planetary mats
@tHeSwAgGeRLeFt2 жыл бұрын
Court of oryx was good - it should definitely come back. I love the lore, keep up the good work. now i know why Oryx really dies - we had killed off all his power reserve and he was left wanting....lol
@tylerlambdin13472 жыл бұрын
I used to enjoy playing court of oryx while waiting for people to play with or just me and a group of friends would grind there for hours to get the special loot. Makes me wanna go back and play it again.
@ShadowWulfGaming2 жыл бұрын
I had fun with the court back in the day when I had a dedicated fireteam It definitely helped with the monotony of patrols and was a good way of scavenging gear
@feralprocessor98535 ай бұрын
Right off the bat, casually fighting a regal giant bat monster in the background while Lore-daddy be Lore-daddy.
@4realm8rusirius2 жыл бұрын
you guys remember the mini crota on the court of oryx
@jackolantern1472 жыл бұрын
Thalnok fanatic of Crota. When we board the Dreadnought for the first time, if you go to the rupture, he will show up. But he's invincible and Cayde tells you to leave.
@midnightmadness63442 жыл бұрын
Court of Oryx and the Forge kinda feel like proto-seasonal activities. They were fun and I’ve got good memories of grinding them with friends, but they were a bit lacking once you figured out all their little gimmicks.
@ERASERD22 жыл бұрын
Mad love Byf! Thanks for the amazing content chap. Everyone watching needs to sub!!
@dreamsparkle422 жыл бұрын
that knights tale ref was perfect
@tank_dempsey Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing thalnok in the intro mission to the dreadnaught and being like “oh wtf CROTA IS BACK??”, I don’t think he was named in the mission, but if he was I didn’t see it. I was too busy running away and only found out later he wasn’t actually Crota
@maracozzzz2 жыл бұрын
D1 vet here, played the D1 demo once upon a time. Got the full game for my PS3 some months before the taken king expansion dropped. Not too long after it did I decided to replace my PS3 with the limited edition D1 PS4 pack that had the game with the taken King expansion and everything before that. I really like finding out that the lore of the court actually was also represented in game as the different encounters mechanics.
@chakatsnowfire8882 жыл бұрын
WOW Byf this gave me chills as for me yes i played this raid in d1 still scary and yeah i played The Court of Oryx with two friends of mine the 3 of us took down each one it was crazy fun
@N8man422 жыл бұрын
D1 vet. I enjoyed Court of Oryx and the Archon’s Forge. I still remember having to crouch walk to both to find an instance with people in them.
@kgaba0112 жыл бұрын
D1 vet here, Didn't do the Raid, but did do the Court. I quite enjoyed the simplicity of the Court: You get a coin, put the coin in one of the thrall statues and face the boss of the week. It was simple but fun. Can't remember if we had to do any rounds before the boss, but that's besides the point. Kinda hope Bungie makes a simple boss rush like the Court or Forge one day.
@gizmod__8812 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the varied mechanics and challenge of the CoO encounters. It was my last calcified fragment as well I'm my search for Touch of Malice. I would love to see Bungie do an arena style event like this in the future and if so, hopefully they can tie it to the lore and story as well or better.
@shaynethegmann2 жыл бұрын
I'm still not 100% convinced oryx is actually dead
@nickthemelon24382 жыл бұрын
A good friend of mine and myself used to hang around the Dreadnaught all the time back when we played D1. He took me to the court and the two of us with the assistance of randoms patrolling the area would bring down all the court had to throw at us. Will always remember the incredibly annoying trio of wizards.
@TailsNight2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved the court. Which was great because I was so hesitant about the Prison of Elders content. However, it was through Crota and Oryx my Destiny Hunter found his purpose. To embody the Sword Logic. I'd wrap myself in worm flesh, Don their chitinous armor. Feeding their deaths to my light, and every death, was my moment to talk to the Void of my light. Crushing worms under boot.
@nairathomsen40392 жыл бұрын
And thusly Oryx spoke: "If life gives you lemons... -First half of the third scroll of the king
@Kat-jy9op2 жыл бұрын
The Court of Oryx “public event” was one of my favorite things to do in D1
@rapscallion97762 жыл бұрын
Fragment 50 is just a massive Marathon reference, down to being Wormfood, dude
@liquidpaper13492 жыл бұрын
His greatest weakness appears to be linear fusion rifles. Who knew.
@freakctc2 жыл бұрын
D1 player here. I started D1 With 'The Taken King' expansion. Court of Oryx was a fun activity, but it seemed to lay somewhere between solo activity and group activity. I could never make any real progress on my own, so i would usually wait until other people would try to run it solo. More often than not, those people wouldn't know the mechanic to win the harder levels, so I never got to progress, either. But if I came across a good group, it was a fun time. Archon's Forge was similar, but kind of in the opposite way. I always tried to run it alone, and people would always show up to 'help'. Prison on Elders was my favorite, and I wish they'd bring back something along the lines of it. Maybe, with peace between humanity, Cabal, and Eliksni, it could be used as an interspecies Cruicible?!? OR even against Lucient Hive?!?
@elitemichael3502 жыл бұрын
D1 Vet. Really miss the court. It’s what got me really into coop activities in Destiny. Hope to see something simple but lore heavy like this again soon. #titansarebest
@alphasierrazulu2 жыл бұрын
I still think Court of Oryx was the best patrol activity in the games. In addition to the tiers of challenge, the fact that the Court was physically located in such a high-traffic area ensured there was almost always a group there.
@KevinRider2 жыл бұрын
Seeing the constants and variables from Court or Oryx in the new patrol activities has been cool. Always loved the concept only problem is trying to do higher level stuff alone
@szxnv2 жыл бұрын
I loved doing this event and making new friends
@ronin93802 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great hard work!
@clarkehughbanks90812 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the dreadnought. I wish I could still explore and battle on Oryx's ship.
@Elessar_862 жыл бұрын
Been with Destiny since Alpha testing of D1, and absolutely loved The Court of Orix. Wish we had more content like that. Blind Well is pretty fun, and is arguably the closest thing we've got, but it's just lacking something that the courts always had.
@winterysaucer74562 жыл бұрын
I was kinda hoping we would have saw a ghost resurrect the king after the raid but that didn’t happen
@Drenosir2 жыл бұрын
the raid had no impact on the story so it would be really hard to make it work out in lore
@jeanerick85832 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear a breakdown like this for the forge.
@zechariahdavid51992 жыл бұрын
it doesn't have unique bosses tho. they're just enhanced enemies
@dudeguyrockfan2 жыл бұрын
D1 vet played both archon forge and court and love it the randos joining and all
@itsuchabeautifulday2 жыл бұрын
Really want a vid about all the names from the king's fall weapons. I can tell they're all named after a dead member of a particular species, like Chelchis for the fallen.
@magji2 жыл бұрын
court was great, I highly enjoyed playing it
@individual70462 жыл бұрын
Court of oryx was pretty good, archons forge not so much. The court of oryx was positioned in a certain spot of the patrol map where it would be the quicker of the two paths to get from the starting area to the third area. As a result even if you stepped into the court of Oryx and it was empty, you only had to wait five minutes at the most for another player to pop in the same area. Archons forge was located in a dead end, similar to that of the blind well. As a result you couldn't wait for players to accidentally wonder in you had to reload the area at least five times to find a group of players. This is similar to what you had to do with the blind well if you walked into and everything was empty, except I'm pretty sure Bungie had something to increase your chances of finding other players with the blind well. Archons Forge did not have this feature. TDLR Archons Forge
@ppokorny992 жыл бұрын
We always crouched up the steps to archons forge. Trying to give more time for matchmaking
@EnDK642 жыл бұрын
Oryx’s fight is really just a big show to prove who is the mightier
@gareththerrien34732 жыл бұрын
When you went to the court and got to pop off with like 5 people it was hype. But I can't see it anymore as I have too many activities to just run around a patrol zone
@kailuun2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the Court of Oryx as it was incredibly challenging but at the same time, quite rewarding.
@TheRealDewser2 жыл бұрын
Court was good stuff, just wander in and see if something was going on and join the fun! I guess Blind Well is sort of like that.
@the13inquisitor592 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Court was great fun, especially when you got a few people in there with you. And you were pretty much always guaranteed to have other people come along and join in.
@SCROTUS2 жыл бұрын
Never could complete a single run of the court. I enjoyed the lore of destiny more than the activities
@Alotofbees2 жыл бұрын
The court was great for the first few weeks, but I never had enough time to farm for antiquated runes
@MrLemmonjames2 жыл бұрын
I remember having to leave and enter the room so many times to get guardians to join the court of oryx
@CaleebicustheGreat2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos byf!
@Venthris2 жыл бұрын
D1 vet here loved the court of Oryx, and what it paved the way for.
@sauceboss94432 жыл бұрын
Look at these unique boss models. Especially the duo knights and THE WIZARD. Modern bungie could never.
@yakumotatsuro48862 жыл бұрын
yes i did play D1 court it always was a battle to get your own ruin in :P
@jonathanmason96972 жыл бұрын
More Dynasty-like content please. It was amazing. D1D1 Warlock here
@grunkbigrock51352 жыл бұрын
God I love oryx lore and loved it in d2 finding the fragments
@reggielacey22352 жыл бұрын
I got a cool video idea. How the player guardian can harness all these light and dark powers simultaneously, even uncover entirely new ones. as usually they only have 1 yes?
@Awoken_Remmuz2 жыл бұрын
Actually being able to wield multiple powers of light isn't that uncommon, most guardians just tends to have a favourite. Zavala for example while mostly known as a void Titan has shown he can wield fist of havoc.
@toucanplay67202 жыл бұрын
Court was one of the best public encounters
@PG-tm9pe2 жыл бұрын
Probably good that it has inspired newer content without outright being replicated. Kind of regret not being there for season of arrivals. I would say it was a defining mark of what made Destiny gameplay
@AikaKitsune2 жыл бұрын
God that art is amazing. Metaworks always killing it
@Xeriark2 жыл бұрын
I feel like we get so much information on the courts and kin of Oryx but we never get to hear about Nokris. Being a necromancer comes with benefits. Perhaps even, ways to subvert his own death
@joshuasell96072 жыл бұрын
I did but I could never make the full gambit because everyone would just summon the lower echelons and never go further up
@sithlord22252 жыл бұрын
I liked playing court, but on my end it was always hard to find people to get it started 🤣 At least it's easier nowadays with things like the Dreaming City and Moon events
@KhorneBlo0dGod2 жыл бұрын
Super excited they brought back King's Fall, but also super bummed that they didn't bring back the court of oryx
@chiquetetdjedi97432 жыл бұрын
Speaking of nostalgia, I genuinely think they should bring SRL racing back.
@masonscruggs12092 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!
@jephwilli19492 жыл бұрын
Oh the poetry of the books of sorrow 🤌🏾
@erouse912 жыл бұрын
Played D1 and court of oryx. Not a vet. Never completed a raid. Favorite fight was the two knights you had to bring together to kill. Felt the most frantic. Either that or the wizard ogre duo. I actually miss the concept of double boss fights like the centurion brother strike. I thought the enemies they would pair up to cover the others weakness while exposing other weaknesses was pretty cool. Too bad we get almost no double boss fights anymore.
@danegerousgaming34472 жыл бұрын
It makes me nervous how many times he says “the final shape”
@lakeshow34532 жыл бұрын
For the record on the seasonal storyline, I think someone takes/ steals the relics. Mainly, I think they'll be of continued use/ relevance, and if we keep them they are likely to sit on the sideline. Whether that use is friendly or hostile is to be seen, but I'm curious to see who takes them and uses that empowerment. For me, the stealer is likely someone with a bit of access, so that eliminates Immaru or calus. The user may be someone else or the same as the thief. Don't have a great theory on who, but I don't see it being Eramis.
@sweatsucks77192 жыл бұрын
3:05 "zonk can get back right ogre" thats the FRONT right, as in R1, as in closest to the rally flag and to the right. When do you enter the back of a room when there's only one entrance, I'm sure there's exceptions but they're EXCEPTIONS.