Destiny 2's Episode Heresy has done a lot of things right, but players have noticed an odd change that makes the endgame harder.

Following this discovery, another D2 player on Reddit has shared that “The new Taken Phalanx shield AI also affects the first boss of Prophecy”. Per the OP, XxXc00l_dud3XxX, “Taken Phalanxes ...

What makes this change so frustrating is that the Dire Taken Phalanx’s shield is much smaller. This means they don’t block as much, meanwhile, “the basic Taken Phalanx have their normal ...

They fought primarily in a phalanx, a tightly packed shield and spear formation that might be several ranks deep and many soldiers wide. A highly successful 'war machine', the phalanx was used ...