Who won the Vow of the Disciple Raid World First Race in Destiny 2?

The World First Race for the new Vow of the Disciple Raid in Destiny 2 is about to begin. As is tradition, we will be giving a live update of the action here as we attempt to stay up to date with who is in the lead. Things can get hectic and more than likely will, but we will do what we can to watch 20 streams at once and keep you all informed.

Remember, things will start pretty slow, and everyone will be in the same spot for a while, but after a couple of hours, it always gets extremely interesting.

Who won the World First Race?

• 17:21 PT – Bungie is on the case now.
• 17:18 PT – So, it really looks like Saltagreppo, Moople, Kyros, Cruz, Quazz, and Slap have done it, but Bungie will need to confirm this, not me.
• 17:15 PT – They gotta get to Orbit, fast. From what I can tell, Salt and crew are World First, but something might have slipped past me. It isn’t easy to keep up with this stuff. The final phase was clinical by Salt and the team.
• 17:14 PT – They cracked it. Holy smokes.
• 17:13 PT – Salt and team head into the final phase with a full understanding of the Last Stand mechanic and their best DPS phase fresh in their memory. This could very well be it. The boss is burning now.
• 17:08 PT – And JUST as I say that Salt’s group absolutely nails a damage phase of Rockets and Snipers and have set themselves up for a potential win in the next phase IF they can get through the Last Stand.
• 17:06 PT – They are burning the last of the health bar, but they just can’t get through the Last Stand mechanic fast enough. That was so close—terrible feeling for ExBlack’s team to have the finish right there. Datto and Salt are now in a position for a potential steal, but they haven’t had the impressive damage that ExBlack’s group has been mustering.
• 17:04 PT – And they have just gone into the damage phase now. If they keep their cool, this is almost certainly theirs for the taking.
• 17:02 PT – ExBlack’s team is getting close to a win. Impressive damage was done in the first two phases. They definitley have the damage to get it done in the next one IF they can survive. The way the wipes have done, they are out on their own, so it’s a low-pressure situation, if they are even aware of what others teams are doing.
• 16:58 PT – And Salt’s team runs out of revives with just a little bit of boss health left. They definitely have the damage doown, they just need to try and shave off the number of deaths.
• 16:56 PT – Datto’s team just wiped after a good DPS phase, Salt’s team is painfully close to making it happen righ tnow.
• 16:48 PT – As more teams will stack up on the boss, it becomes obvious that the issue is trying to do enough damage within the available DPS phases. Teams feeling like they need to stay in the mix doing damage until the very last second is causing deaths, and costing them revives. The first team to solve this issue is gonna be very close to taking it home.
• 16:45 PT – Gladd’s team has made it to the final boss now.
• 16:21 PT – ExBlack and Saltagreppo’s teams are going neck and neck for damage, getting down to about a third, and falling at the same hurdles. This could be a very close race.
• 16:01 PT – ExBlack’s team has Rhulk below half health.
• 15:52 PT – Out of all the teams at Rhulk, ExBlack’s seems to be the one that can get to the damage phase with the most consistancy, but when they get there it’s tough. Rhulk is not like any other Destiny Raid boss. He is extremely active, attack and moving all the time, hunting the players down in a small area. It’s actually incredibly interesting and a breath of fresh air in the design of these encounters.
• 15:16 PT – The boss section contenders seem to be ExBlack, Twicemas, Datto, Slayerage, and Saltagreppo. So far, ExBlack and Twicemas are getting to the second stage of the boss fight, but it’s pretty much a slaughter when they do.
• 15:07 PT – ExBlack is getting closer and closer with the team. The Raid may be overly reliant on symbol memory and matching, but the design of Rhulk is great on a lot of levels.
• 14:48 PT – More info from Bunige. They are continuing to work on the server issues. No statement about how they feel this has impacted the race.
• 14:46 PT – Unless I am crazy, we haven’t actually seen a damage phase on Rhulk yet, which is interesting to say the least.
• 14:40 PT – Datto on the way to final boss, joining Twicemas and ExBlack. Seems like it would be Datto’s luck to somehow pull the win on a event that so many people are unhappy with.
• 14:35 PT – ExBlack has muted comms, apprently they think they have figured something out that they want to keep to themselves for now.
• 14:14 PT – Twicemas is onto the final boss, Rhulk.
• 13:54 PT – I think ExBlack is still the last group on the final boss. It’s a mixture of multistreams, Twitter hastags and Reddit threads to keep up with this stuff, and sadly it’s all being diluted by the error code and connection issues.
• 13:46 PT – ExBlack is on the final boss.
• 13:25 PT – Saltagreppo’s team seems pretty neck and neck with ExBlack on the second last (I believe) encounter. Twicemas is also on the same encounter. (Thanks, Reddit!)
• 12:42 PT – ExBlack is past the Caretaker encouter. Staying up to date on this Raid is actually super tough with the disconnects players are experiencing.
• 12:07 PT – Slayerage and team are past the first encounter now. Epicdan22 and Ninjy’s team are also reportedly past the encounter.
• 12:01 PT – Bungie have advised that error codes are on the rise, and server instability is also an issue. If you do not own a Season or Expansion then it looks like you might have issues getting on while they prioritize paying customers to try and salvage something in this World First race.
• 11:58 PT – Datto’s team has passed the Obelisk.
• 11:53 PT – From what we can tell, the furthest anyone has gotten is the Obelisk encounter, with nobody making it past that yet.
• 11:13 PT – Still no further updates from Bungie, but that makes sense as they are likely checking a lot of data right now.
• 10:47 PT – Bungie are investigating all the error codes.
• 10:30 PT- Random team continue to get kicked or dropped. It is surprising that Bungie has not done a full reset at this point.
• 10:20 PT – Teams are continuing to get kicked with Anteater messages. This is really not a very good start to the proceedings, and any results might already be considered scuffed by the community.
• 10:13 PT – Some folks are getting hit with Guitar error messages. This isn’t promising.
• 10:06 PT – All the teams are currently making their way through the start of the raid, which is playing out like a game of payload.
• 10:00 PT – And people are just starting to load in now. Things seem a little slow probably due to the crowds.

Raid start times

The Vow of the Disciple Raid will begin at 10 am PT on March 5. That means 1 pm ET/6 pm UTC/7 pm CET for people in other time zones.

Contest Mode details

The first 24 hours of the Vow of the Disciple Raid will be in Context mode for the World First race. This means all players will be on a pretty equal footing, and it will boil down to in-game skill and puzzle-solving, not just grinding to be the strongest at start time.

Contest Mode will cap all players at 20 Power below each encounter of the raid for the full 24 hours of the race. 

•  Artifact power is enabled, but only provides benefit to players up to the cap of 1530 power for contest mode.
• You’ll want to reach 1530 Power by Saturday to have a fighting chance in each encounter. 
• Some gear items will be disabled in the raid for the duration of contest mode due to general issues that could provide gameplay benefits. While these items may be used in other activities, perks and functionality on the following items will be nullified within the Vow of the Disciple Raid, with additional negative impacts to power levels if equipped: 
  • Weapons 
    • IKELOS_SMG_V1.0.2 Legendary SMG 
    • Imperial Needle Legendary Bow 
    • Grand Overture Exotic Machine Gun 
    • Wardcliff Coil Exotic Rocket Launcher 
  • Armor & Mods 
    • Wormgod Caress Titan Exotic Gauntlets 
    • Peregrine Greaves Titan Exotic Legs
    • Suppressing Glaive Artifact Armor Mod
  • Note: Additional items may be disabled if issues are found prior to the start of the race. Stay tuned to @BungieHelp for the final list to be published on Saturday morning.

Completion Rules

• The first team to complete all encounters, loot the final chest, and return to orbit will earn the title of World First. 
  • Note: The six fireteam members present upon the completion of the final encounter will be declared the winners and be awarded raid World First title belts, any member of the fireteam who leaves during earlier encounter completions will not qualify.
• Winners will be announced via @DestinyTheGame after a validation process