Destiny 2 - MMOFPS-ARPG - PC/PS4/XB1 - Oct 24th/Sept 6th. - by EvaUnit02
EvaUnit02 on 10/9/2018 at 18:55
Quote Posted by Malf
And did you really just refer to yourself in the third person?
It was a typo.
Thirith on 14/9/2018 at 09:24
Malf, do you have any tips on pre-endgame progression? Does it make most sense to go through the story missions and then revisit places, or can you basically do whatever you want whenever you want it without any negative effects? (Talking of which, I did my first Crucible game last night and got my below-level-10 ass well and truly kicked. I don't think I'll be going back there any time soon.)
Malf on 14/9/2018 at 10:36
The biggest tip I can give is play with others. It really makes a difference on levelling speed, and simply having someone to chat with helps things go faster. However, you'll also probably pay less attention to the story that way, which while it's pap, is at least nicely delivered by strong voice acting.
Also, once you've finished the main story quest line on a planet, make sure to do all of the adventures before proceeding to the next story mission. These are marked on the map by orange shield icons with swords in them:
Inline Image:
https://image.ibb.co/juLrC9/Destiny_2_EDZ_Adventure.jpgThey frequently have more interesting stories than the main quest, and help flesh out the world and characters.
The maximum level for the base game is 20; with Curse of Osiris and Warmind it's 30; and with Forsaken, it's 50.
I don't know what the maximum light level is for just the base game, but with the first two expansions, it's 400. However, through normal play, you'll find your gear topping out at 345, what's commonly referred to as the "soft cap". To go further, you need to do activities that reward "Powerful Engrams", which will gradually take you to 380, after which the last 20 light levels can only be gotten through raiding.
With Forsaken, the soft cap raises to 500. That's pretty easy to attain. There's then a Powerful Engram grind until 540 I think? That's where I am at the moment. I'm getting Powerful Engrams drop in the 533 range at the moment, with my overall light level sitting at around 522-526 (an average of the light level on all of my gear).
There's a more detailed description of the Forsaken levelling process in this (
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/9e2l75/the_power_leveling_system_has_been_changed/?utm_source=reddit-android) Reddit thread.
The new raid's going live tonight, and the RPS clan have got enough interested people that we're going to be attempting it with two full groups of six people at around 8:30PM this evening.
I'm equal parts excited and suspicious. It'll be great trying to work out the mechanics of this new raid, but I'm also aware that some of the existing raid content features abstract and obscure game concepts with few to no hints as to what you're supposed to do, so attempting new raid content for the first time could be an exercise in frustration.
Thirith on 14/9/2018 at 10:42
Cheers, those help a lot. I'll see that I can team up with others, though I don't voice chat on PS4 (it's in the living room, and while I play my wife's usually doing something in the same room).
Bucky Seifert on 8/10/2018 at 23:13
Anyone got Destiny 2 on PC? I'm mostly play solo but I'd be down to do a strike sometime with fellow TTLGers.
Tomi on 9/10/2018 at 16:02
I've got a Battle.net key that I wouldn't mind gifting to someone who wants to try this game. :)
EvaUnit02 on 14/12/2019 at 19:10
Shadowkeep has a virtually non-existent plot and is boring. Much of the campaign is gated behind stereotypical "fetch me a bunch of animal pelts" MMO menial tasks.
For whatever reason if you own both it and Forsaken you can't do the older content first. God forbid people wanting to do the most well regarded story content in the game first, eh?
I recently finished replaying Halo: Reach through the recent PC port and its leagues better than whatever was on offer with Shadowkeep. Bungie is truly a shadow of its former self.