Spent over 7 hours in two seperate days working towards beating nightfall. Finally beat it!! Me and my buds cheesed right on through, seeing how I'm level 26.. anyways, we finally downed Valus! I was stoked! Annnnnd then i got six ascendant energies... needless to say, i now need to purchase a new controller, but that serves me well for getting carried.
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Though Nightfall has the potential for some really awesome loot, it's not often you will get an exotic out of it. I do the nightfall three times a week on three characters and every now and then I get something cool but more likely than not it's something I don't need or already have. The real reward is the 25% boost to reputation and experience earned. This is invaluable for leveling gear and weapons and boosting faction rank if you need it.