Esoterickk | All "Encore Concerto" Secrets in Week 2 (Exotic Catalyst, NES008 & Secret Chests) [Destiny 2] @Esoterickk | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - All Exotic Mission Secrets in Week 2 / All 5 Encore Exotic Secret Chests (Week 2) - Choir of One Exotic Catalyst, NES008 Specimen Location, Intrinsic Upgrade Perk & Hidden Chests Guide / All Currently Available Hidden Chests in Encore Exotic Mission Week Two. Just a quick video showing the five locations of the hidden chests in the exotic mission this week, along with the NES008 specimen. Details below.
00:00 - Secret Chest "Nexus Access" (Week 1 Chest, Needed to Access All Other Chests)
01:12 - Secret Chest "Hexahedron Hunt", NES008 Specimen & Exotic Choir of One Intrinsic Upgrade (NEW Week 2 Chest)
04:54 - Secret Chest "Vector Extension" (Week 1 Chest)
06:15 - Secret Chest "Signal Seeker" & Exotic Catalyst Banshee Quest Completion (NEW Week 2 Chest)
10:20 - Secret Chest "Gatekeeping" (Week 1 Chest)
This guide contains all of the secrets available in the mission so far. I've put the week 2 chests up first in each of their locations, but after that I've also included the week 1 chests for anybody who may have missed them last week. I've also included timestamps that will allow you to skip to anything you may or may not need.
Make sure that you've completed NES007 (last week's specimen quest). I also believe these need to be done in "Encore: Concerto" to get the week 2 chests, which is the version of the mission available this week when progressing the seasonal questline.
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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Destiny 2 The Final Shape - All Exotic Mission Secrets in Week 2 / All 5 Encore Exotic Secret Chests (Week 2) - Choir of One Exotic Catalyst, NES008 Specimen Location, Intrinsic Upgrade Perk & Hidden Chests Guide / All Currently Available Hidden Chests in Encore Exotic Mission Week Two. Just a quick video showing the five locations of the hidden chests in the exotic mission this week, along with the NES008 specimen. Details below.
00:00 - Secret Chest "Nexus Access" (Week 1 Chest, Needed to Access All Other Chests)
01:12 - Secret Chest "Hexahedron Hunt", NES008 Specimen & Exotic Choir of One Intrinsic Upgrade (NEW Week 2 Chest)
04:54 - Secret Chest "Vector Extension" (Week 1 Chest)
06:15 - Secret Chest "Signal Seeker" & Exotic Catalyst Banshee Quest Completion (NEW Week 2 Chest)
10:20 - Secret Chest "Gatekeeping" (Week 1 Chest)
This guide contains all of the secrets available in the mission so far. I've put the week 2 chests up first in each of their locations, but after that I've also included the week 1 chests for anybody who may have missed them last week. I've also included timestamps that will allow you to skip to anything you may or may not need.
Make sure that you've completed NES007 (last week's specimen quest). I also believe these need to be done in "Encore: Concerto" to get the week 2 chests, which is the version of the mission available this week when progressing the seasonal questline.
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![All Encore Concerto Secrets in Week 2 (Exotic Catalyst, NES008 & Secret Chests) [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VqRi3BNyJWo/hqdefault.jpg "All Encore Concerto Secrets in Week 2 (Exotic Catalyst, NES008 & Secret Chests) [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - All Exotic Mission Secrets in Week 2 / All 5 Encore Exotic Secret Chests (Week 2) - Choir of One Exotic Catalyst, NES008 Specimen Location, Intrinsic Upgrade Perk & Hidden Chests Guide / All Currently Available Hidden Chests in Encore Exotic Mission Week Two. Just a quick video showing the five locations of the hidden chests in the exotic mission this week, along with the NES008 specimen. Details below.
00:00 - Secret Chest Nexus Access (Week 1 Chest, Needed to Access All Other Chests)
01:12 - Secret Chest Hexahedron Hunt, NES008 Specimen & Exotic Choir of One Intrinsic Upgrade (NEW Week 2 Chest)
04:54 - Secret Chest Vector Extension (Week 1 Chest)
06:15 - Secret Chest Signal Seeker & Exotic Catalyst Banshee Quest Completion (NEW Week 2 Chest)
10:20 - Secret Chest Gatekeeping (Week 1 Chest)
This guide contains all of the secrets available in the mission so far. Ive put the week 2 chests up first in each of their locations, but after that Ive also included the week 1 chests for anybody who may have missed them last week. Ive also included timestamps that will allow you to skip to anything you may or may not need.
Make sure that youve completed NES007 (last weeks specimen quest). I also believe these need to be done in Encore: Concerto to get the week 2 chests, which is the version of the mission available this week when progressing the seasonal questline.
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Solo Flawless Shattered Throne Dungeon in The Final Shape (w/ Bastion) [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W06LMd-EeZ8/hqdefault.jpg "Solo Flawless Shattered Throne Dungeon in The Final Shape (w/ Bastion) [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - Solo Flawless Shattered Throne Dungeon on a Warlock w/ Bastion Easy Strategy / Solo Flawless Shattered Throne Dungeon in The Final Shape Episode 1 Echoes / Updated Shattered Throne Guide The Final Shape. Just a quick video showing a Solo Flawless Shattered Throne Dungeon being cleared using a Warlock in Episode 1 Act 1 Echoes. Details below.
00:00 - Loadout
00:23 - Entrance Encounter
05:24 - The Descent
10:57 - Keeper of Petitions / Vorgeth
17:00 - Dul Incaru (Final Boss Fight)
As Ive mentioned on the last few videos, Im just posting the weekly focused dungeons for the moment to keep some Destiny content on the channel while I finish up my Elden Ring DLC playthrough. Theres only 1 more boss to go there, which Ill have done after the weekend. The recently focused dungeons are obviously very easy nowadays, but because I havent been playing, these wont be the most efficient clears, nor the most varied, and theres probably numerous different builds and setups that are better suited. For this run I just wanted to use something a little different in Bastion.
After next week when I have more time for Destiny again, Ill post a lot more content, along with swapping out to other classes, different builds and setups. For now Ive been sticking with the one build as many have noticed, as its all Ive been able to have time to set up for during this period of time. But once things settled down itll be back to business as usual, with a lot more regular D2 content and more solo runs.
DIM loadouts:
https://dim.gg/d5gpbrq/TFS-SoloShatteredWarlock-Roaming
https://dim.gg/d5gpbrq/TFS-SoloShatteredWarlock-Roaming
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Solo Flawless Expert The Whisper Exotic Mission in The Final Shape [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wzpyu8dcu0s/hqdefault.jpg "Solo Flawless Expert The Whisper Exotic Mission in The Final Shape [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - Solo Flawless Expert The Whisper Exotic Mission on a Titan / Solo Flawless The Whisper Mission in Episode Echoes / Updated The Whisper Exotic Guide Episode 1. Just a quick video showing a Solo Flawless The Whisper Mission being cleared using a Titan. Details below.
As Ive mentioned on the last few similar videos, the purpose of these is to show a simple and relaxed clear of the mission in The Final Shape sandbox. Theres numerous ways to do this faster, and lots of skips you could do to cut the time down drastically. But if youre somebody whos looking to do that, chances are you arent going to need a video for this. My goal here is to show one loadout that will work for the entire run, without the need for any swaps, skips, or any of that. And this one achieves that goal very nicely.
Outside of running repeat dungeons, solo GMs, exotic missions, and eventually redoing some solo raid encounters, Im not too sure what I want to be posting for the rest of this episode. Ill still continue with the usual, but if people have any other suggestions as to something that would fit with the channel, Im happy to hear them. Itd obviously have to still fit in with the solo and non-commentary goals of the channel. Speedruns I know are popular for views, but its something Ive always found to be very boring to run (not to discredit anyone who does enjoy them, theyve just never been enjoyable to me). But other than that, Im open to suggestions. I will also be posting some other games again in the next few months, namely Black Myth Wukong and the final Remnant 2 DLC.
DIM loadouts:
https://dim.gg/kvp3aha/SoloFlawlessWhisper-TFS
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Solo Flawless Expert Vox Obscura in The Final Shape [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X1Ea4uYmmls/hqdefault.jpg "Solo Flawless Expert Vox Obscura in The Final Shape [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - Solo Flawless Expert Vox Obscura on a Warlock Easy Strategy / Solo Flawless Expert Vox Obscura in The Final Shape Episode 1 Echoes / Updated Vox Obscura Guide The Final Shape. Just a quick video showing a Solo Flawless Expert Vox Obscura being cleared using a Warlock in Episode 1 Act 2 Echoes. Details below.
Probably one of the easiest exotic missions in the rotator, as you can see. Ive done every other mission so far, so may as well do this one too. Build is pretty fun, maybe not the absolute best, but it does decently well. I was experimenting with Heat Rises over Touch of Flame, although it didnt really make too much of a difference.
DIM loadouts:
https://dim.gg/ud46edi/TFS-VoxObscuraWarlock
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Episode Echoes - Act 3 Week 2 Full Story (All Quests & Dialogue) [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X1iM7lV8Y5s/hqdefault.jpg "Episode Echoes - Act 3 Week 2 Full Story (All Quests & Dialogue) [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - Episode 1 Echoes, Act 3, Week 2 - All Cutscenes, Cinematics, Quests & Dialogue. Just a quick compilation video showing all the story from the second week of the third act in new episode titled Echoes. Details and timestamps below.
00:00 - Saint-14 Holoprojector Dialogue
01:29 - Perdition Exo Data
02:12 - Consciousness Driver in Bray Exoscience
03:09 - Encore Concerto Dialogue
10:28 - Osiris Holoprojector Dialogue
12:39 - Osiris / Maya Radio Dialogue
14:55 - Specimen ID NES008 Quest
Destiny 2 Story Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWOYpP6sq1Fu9GC9ovigGYg7LbMnILK4p
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Solo Flawless Warlords Ruin Dungeon in The Final Shape (Prismatic Hunter) [Destiny 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X3Tec-dJ9Yw/hqdefault.jpg "Solo Flawless Warlords Ruin Dungeon in The Final Shape (Prismatic Hunter) [Destiny 2]
Destiny 2 The Final Shape - Solo Flawless Warlords Ruin Dungeon on a Hunter Easy Strategy / Solo Flawless Warlords Ruin Dungeon in The Final Shape Episode 1 Echoes / Updated Warlords Ruin Guide The Final Shape. Just a quick video showing a Solo Flawless Warlords Ruin Dungeon being cleared using a Hunter in Episode 1 Act 2 Echoes. Details below.
00:00 - Loadout & Entrance Encounter
01:43 - Rathil, First Broken Knight of Fikrul Boss Fight
06:39 - Imprisoned / Escape Prison Cell
10:33 - Locus of Wailing Grief Boss Fight
27:53 - Traversal
33:39 - Hefnds Vengeance, Blighted Chimaera Final Boss Fight
Another simple loadout to use to get these dungeons done, without using a whole bunch of different setups or swaps, other than surges pre-DPS. So when I was going in, I had 3 different loadouts in mind. First was the typical Still Hunt build, but the flinch from the first and second boss make it annoying to reliably hit those, and the nerf arrived earlier than expected.
Second was Dragons Breath with a Solar Sniper, making use of the artifact mods for more ignitions. Again, flinch is an issue, but then you also run into problems with prismatic uptime during longer DPS phases (like the Ogre boss), as youre only dealing light damage in that scenario. So needing something to fill in both the darkness damage, and being non-reliant on crits, the Rocket Sidearm became the best choice. Both from ease of use, and being able to deal somewhat decent damage while filling up the darkness bar. This also lets you run an Incandescent secondary weapon, which lets you have an option to proc Stylish from ranged.
So overall the build is decent, fairly reliable, and easy to use. As always, theres better options you could go for to speed things up, especially on the first and final boss. But Im trying to keep up with simple and effective builds for these dungeon runs, that dont make use of the exotic class items. While the exotic class items are great, chasing a 1 in 64 roll to make a build work is just not viable for the majority of players. Even for me, in over 30 drops I havent seen a single class item with Synthoceps on any class, let alone anything remotely worth using. Yet Ive already had multiple duplicates. Hopefully theyll take the feedback on and allow for more sources of drops.
As a final note, I hope we never see this totem mechanic in the game ever again.
DIM loadouts:
https://dim.gg/2a6urbi/WarlordsTFS-HunterRoaming
https://dim.gg/2bdbtaq/WarlordsTFS-HunterDPS
PC setup:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL, Corsair AX1600i, MSI PG Z790 Carbon Wifi, i9-13900k, Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24G, 64GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-6400 CL32, 5x Arctic P14 PWM, 2x Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD 2TB, 8TB Samsung 870 QVO SSD
Keybindings, settings and setup can be seen here: https://youtu.be/y_h29mOSiqQ
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![Solo Gilded Conqueror (Season 24) - All 9 Grandmaster Nightfalls Solo [Episode Echoes]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XCbKIn5pm0M/hqdefault.jpg "Solo Gilded Conqueror (Season 24) - All 9 Grandmaster Nightfalls Solo [Episode Echoes]
Destiny 2 Episode Echoes - Solo Gilded Conqueror (Season 24 / Episode 1) - All 9 Grandmaster Nightfalls Solo During Episode Echoes / Solo Grandmaster Nightfall Completion Compilation / Grandmaster Solo Max Difficulty / Grandmaster Destiny Nightfalls Solo / Grandmaster Solo Platinum Ranks / Solo Gilded Conqueror Title. Just a compilation video of solo completions of all 9 of the Grandmaster Nightfall The Ordeals being done at during Season 24, Episode Echoes. Details, timestamps and links below.
00:00 - Solo Grandmaster The Glassway: https://youtu.be/W Is8eApDE
42:26 - Solo Grandmaster Warden of Nothing: https://youtu.be/M3jAprkvX60
1:05:37 - Solo Grandmaster The Disgraced: https://youtu.be/g4mycKTx3tE
1:26:19 - Solo Grandmaster Fallen S.A.B.E.R.: https://youtu.be/inl24rSaR4M
1:43:21 - Solo Grandmaster Liminality: https://youtu.be/s9JICY9FShA
2:14:44 - Solo Grandmaster Exodus Crash: https://youtu.be/ZqPNGbF-fMs
2:27:57 - Solo Grandmaster Heist Battleground Europa: https://youtu.be/A6zVQDM0EaQ
3:10:15 - Solo Grandmaster The Insight Terminus: https://youtu.be/d70ABN5jay8
3:25:17 - Solo Grandmaster The Devils Lair: https://youtu.be/15XiWD1paOI
As per usual, these compilations are generally the only place where I put my thoughts on the game and GMs as a whole.
First, the customisable difficulty that was previewed as part of their communications earlier this week are a welcomed changed. Depending on how theyre implemented, it could be a nice way to increase the challenge, provided theyre rewarding. I hope that being able to set the highest handicap and difficulty provides a truly challenging experience, and isnt overly focused on hitting a certain score threshold via medals to achieve the rewards. If its implemented correctly, it could be a great change for the game - both by keeping it challenging for those who really want it, but keeping it accessible to all for those who dont want the max modifiers.
That aside, for the current state of GMs, I feel like theyre absolutely terrible. Never in the history of D2 have they been easier, nor have they felt so stale to me. While I know people werent fond of the initial set of GMs, either due to being one hit and the more passive play, but I personally do miss when GMs were can this even be done solo?, instead of how many minutes can this be done solo?. Its pretty evident as a problem when the fastest solo GM runs are now significantly faster than a lot of the prior group runs over time.
Theres multiple reasons for this, but a large part being the massive amount of power creep. Melee builds, particularly Titan Consecration spam, has completely trivialised and dominated the GM scene. Theres absolutely no competition once you have the Syntho + Inmost Light class item (something which I havent seen in over 60 looted class items, in fact Ive only had one single Syntho roll, with Eternal Warrior). And while its still viable without, the difference between the two is very noticeable. Melee builds have always been present and viable in prior seasons, but nothing to the extent we see now. Furthermore, allowing us to get to -20 instead of -25 makes them even easier and more reliable to survive. It also completely removes any separation between Master and GM, which is kind of baffling.
The single biggest issue Ive had with this season is timegating the GMs to be per act. The 3 GM rotation over each 6 week period just feels horrible. While I get they want to keep everything self contained to the act, doing the same nightfall again after 2-3 weeks kills any replayability and motivation. The previous system allowed a 5-6 week gap before they repeated, so when they came back around it felt a little more fresh. But the new system, its just bad. Theres absolutely no benefit to it, and I cannot think of a single positive, nor anybody who would want such a change.
Lastly, the GM selector node needs to be on earlier, without being on a knockout system, and certainly not bugged and not appearing if youre someone like me who claimed the triumphs along the way.
Anyway, thats about all I could say without further repeating myself. I try to avoid being negative, but this season has been incredibly unsatisfying from a GM perspective, so hopefully in Frontiers they become better with positive changes.
The runs here were nothing too special, and Ive been mostly doing these between playing other games. As mentioned above they could be done significantly faster with the meta Titan build, or any sort of time investment. I dont enjoy speedruns personally, and even if I did, RNG is against me for getting the proper class item, which has probably soured me on wanting to do anything with Consecration builds. Regardless, its another season done solo.
Solo Gilded Conqueror Compilations / All Solo Grandmaster Nightfalls: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWOYpP6sq1FseXW1ngV0MkXulxWH7gB3H")
