I wouldn't have been able to play day one because of family plans but after watching a few of the teams on twitch who were struggling, I knew I didn't want to try at all. I'm not much of a raider anyway, but this one definitely doesn't seem like it's for me.
We got through the first three encounters easily - Abyss in three attempts, Bridge in an hour or two, Ir Yût in two hours or so. Then we tried Crota for twelve hours until 8am until it wasn't worth it anymore and we went to sleep.
The worst part? Here's a screenshot from our very first final stand:
That expunge was so important on contest mode, but we just could never keep people alive to utilize it. If we had it, we probably would've beat him on that first final stand.