Destiny Raid Groups/ General Discussion

[f0rge]

I got Coiled Hiss 1919 from my package. Lots of pulse rifles going around apparently.

[wheelhaus]

Originally Posted by M-17

I'm going to try decode the story line, even though I have been hearing its not the best or very confusing to most. I guess I need to wait until I get the expansions for that.
Anyway, the game really doesn't start till level 20? Damn, looks like I got some work to do. I only played a bit and reached level 3 I believe. So far reading back on this thread it has been helpful, but once you reach 23-25, it no longer has any relevancy to my beginning.

There's plenty to do while leveling up to 20, that's where the bulk of the "story" exists. The rest of the story is in Grimoire cards that you unlock by killing enemies, character upgrades, finding ghosts, etc. Someone's Grimoire score is one way of seeing how much of Destiny someone has experienced). They are snippets of conversations, stories, and all kinds of cool stuff that helps tie the universe together, and they can be read on your acct on bungie.net. There's still huge holes, but a lot of people are afraid Destiny has one of the greatest stories that will never be told. (BTW don't trash your beginner gun, if you did but have a spare character slot, then start a new character and make it to the tower to stash it in the vault. Its grossly underpowered but well balanced; good for Crucible where all weapon damages are equalized (not true in Iron Banner).

Experience/leveling up- Getting to level 20 is all experience based, doing bounties really helps, some bounties are to kill enemies a certain way, some are replaying missions over with harder settings, etc. Good news is it can come pretty quickly. Once you hit 20, experience only gives you motes of light at every 80k rollover (they are a rare currency, similar to strange coins). Weapon upgrades are experience based, and some things give you timed exp boosts (like consumable "telemetry" items that last 30 min, best used right before turning in a bunch of bounties- and the weekly "nightfall" strikes that last until the weekly reset Tues AM).

Leveling past 20-
This is where it gets tricky/grindy, but its where the meat of the game lives. Now you can use legendary and exotic weapons/armor. As you level up beyond 20, you'll unlock new features, such as daily heroic missions (better rewards), weekly strikes and nightfall strikes, strike playlists, and raids. Item and gear drops are RNG (random number generated/random number god), but they're also not. Items that drop will either be lower than what you need, right at your level, or very slightly better than what you have now. So don't expect to see any legendary or exotic stuff until you're around the mid-20 range. Level 20 armor has "light" ratings, and more light means higher levels, so your level progress is mostly based on what gear you find. Legendary and exotic stuff (only one exotic weapon and armor can be used at a time) have much bigger upgrade paths that improves their light level substantially and makes them more worthwhile to hold on to.

Vault of Glass raid gear caps at 30 light (only good to reach level 30), vendors now sell gear with 33 light (gets you to level 31) and Crotas End raid will drop 36 light gear, good for level 32. CE is also the only place that drops Radiant Shards, the material required for upgrading CE 36-light raid gear.

Those numbers might sound confusing, but the cumulative light is what you're looking for. Level 21 requires 21 light total, level 22-30 each requires 11 more. (So as an example, level 25 would require 65 light). Level 21 and 32 require 12 light each, so 32 needs 144 light total. You can equip gear in any combination (exotics are also worth 36 light, but you can only use one at a time). The raid helmets are extra hard to come by, so I usually recommend people buy an exotic helmet first.

Damage/defense-
As you level up, each weapon will do 100% damage to the enemy at/below your level. As you fight enemies higher level than you are, you will do roughly 20-30% less damage per level, until they're 4+ levels over you, where you can't hurt them at all and they can probably one-shot you into oblivion. This is why a level 32 and a level 20 using the same weapon both take exactly as many shots to down a lower level enemy, they're both already doing 100% damage. Defense is the other way around, The higher level you are, the better defense you have regardless of enemy level.

Xur-
He's a vendor that comes to the tower for 48hrs only on weekends (Friday around 2am to Sunday around 2am, depending on your timezone). He sells a limited selection of exotic stuff, and exotic upgrades if you have V1 items.

Factions and rep-
Vanguard is kind of like the government PvE faction, Crucible is the generic PvP faction, and then there's Future War Cult, Dead Orbit, and New Monastery, which are all PvP factions. If you're wearing a faction class item (a hunter cloak, warlock bond, titan mark, etc) then your rep bonuses can go to that faction to level up your rep. If not, they default to Vanguard/Crucible. You can buy items from the faction vendors as you level up with Vanguard/Crucible/Faction "marks" that you earn based on activity, Vanguard marks for PvE, Crucible marks for PvP. Once you hit rep level 3 and beyond with a given vendor, You're awarded a legendary weapon/engram from their pool of items, and a commendation. Commendations are required to purchase certain things.

[Ramster]

Originally Posted by M-17

Sup everyone, I just picked up Destiny since I just got an Xbox One recently so... send a message my way onxbox live if you'd like to add me or vise versa.
Looking forward to this game and picking up Forza Horizon later on.

GAMERTAG: VICTORIOUS17

Since I'm new to this game, are there any helpful tips of do's or don'ts that you learned along the way in Destiny? If so, please share. Thanks.

Added.

GT: Ramster5678

[53Driver]

Originally Posted by f0rge

I got Coiled Hiss 1919 from my package. Lots of pulse rifles going around apparently.

My hunch is the stats show Bungie hardly anyone uses Pulse rifles so that's why their giving them away. I'm starting to think Bungie has a bunch of sadists running the show.

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by 53Driver

My hunch is the stats show Bungie hardly anyone uses Pulse rifles so that's why their giving them away. I'm starting to think Bungie has a bunch of sadists running the show.

Someone I know got a scout rifle.

They definitely keep track of what guns people use. If you look at your stats in the app and drill down to story/strike/raid/patrol it'll tell you your most used gun. Mine is hand cannon for all of them.

So yeah Bungie, thanks for the pulse rifle lol. I should use it just to spite them. Yeah that'll show 'em alright.

[53Driver]

I actually tried mine for about 5 minutes and it actually didn't seem that bad. However, now that I have SUROS and Eidolon Ally I probably won't use it much.

[wheelhaus]

I also got the Another NITC scout rifle. I haven't seem a pulse rifle drop in over a month. Here's hoping that doesn't change...

[malave7567]

My grind this weekend will probably be to get the experience I need on my raid boots to max them out. I have the shards ready, just need the xp for those last two armor levels. Then I will be level 32 finally.

edit: Another NITC is my go-to weapon when running an exotic secondary/heavy. I really like it. I will still use VoC for solar burn or vault of glass, and my exotic primary is a Thorn 2.0 maxed out.

[The_Understated]

Originally Posted by M-17

Sup everyone, I just picked up Destiny since I just got an Xbox One recently so... send a message my way onxbox live if you'd like to add me or vise versa.

Looking forward to this game and picking up Forza Horizon later on.



GAMERTAG: VICTORIOUS17



Since I'm new to this game, are there any helpful tips of do's or don'ts that you learned along the way in Destiny? If so, please share. Thanks.

Added ya!

Anyone else on Xbox One? GT: UndyingSilencer


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[53Driver]

Originally Posted by The_Understated

Added ya!

Anyone else on Xbox One? GT: UndyingSilencer


Sent from my iPhone 6+

Yes, I added you today. My GT=CH53DRIVER

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by wheelhaus

I also got the Another NITC scout rifle. I haven't seem a pulse rifle drop in over a month. Here's hoping that doesn't change...

All I've gotten recently is pulse rifles and about 5 of the triple 000 rocket launcher... Pretty disappointing since I got the same rocket launcher from the special package.

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

All I've gotten recently is pulse rifles and about 5 of the triple 000 rocket launcher... Pretty disappointing since I got the same rocket launcher from the special package.

I've been looking at that launcher, any good? I need more 331dmg heavies so i was thinking of picking it up.

[malave7567]

I have a maxed 000 and I like it. It is my Arc legendary, while Hunger of Crota is my Solar heavy (no ballerhorn here )

[f0rge]

Anyone see the update notes? Lots of Crota cheese fixes. Luckily I already managed to get gauntlets, chest and boots by solo'ing the first 2 parts.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGa...date_01082015/