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Hit light 271 last night. Did the nightfall with two Americans after doing 5 strikes in a row with them. The heroic playlist is the way to go to get gear, I ended up with 4 legendary engrams and about 20 blue engrams just from those 5 strikes. You can start doing them from light level 250 up, but you need a full team.
 
Shirou said:
Awesome, well thanks for the feedback, also heard the story is worth playing now, so guess it's best to go through it from the beginning now.
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I think this is probably the more fun way to go about this (or at least for me it is):

1. Boost a class to 25 .
2. Do the first TTK story mission which is at lvl 25 and get a good idea what cutscenes/story are like in TTK
3. Get the lvl 25 subclass mission right afterwards <------ this will unlock the new 3rd subclass
4. Load up a ton of bounties at the Tower

5. Pick the subclass you want to level, you should now have 3 to choose from , you have to level each individually and they only level if you "fit" them on your character slot, so being able to pick the one you actualyl want to play here is pretty useful methinks...
6. Go back to Earth and start the vanilla story campaign and get XP. Remember even if the mission itself is lvl 4, the gear drops and xp are YOUR LEVEL. It is up to you whether you want to throw in the 2 expansions' missions in the mix while doing this or first do the vanilla -> dark below -> wolves -> TTK ....all the vanilla/db/wolves missions will be unlocked for you at lvl 25 regardless of whether you follow the campaign in sequence.

I chose to follow the missions as the dude in Tower gives them to me (you see the purple triangle over the mission when you pick a destination).

7. Profit?


I did this with my Warlock (i previously played a Titan) , unlocked the StormCaller subclass first and started the vanilla campaign. I went from lvl 25 --> 33 only doing the vanilla Earth campaign + midway on the Moon campaign . It also goes pretty fast and i pick up tons of gear/engrams/xp while doing so .... definitely not grindy. By the looks of things i will be lvl 40 before i even continue with the TTK campaign!
 
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diabolus said:
I think this is probably the more fun way to go about this (or at least for me it is):

1. Boost a class to 25 .
2. Do the first TTK story mission which is at lvl 25 and get a good idea what cutscenes/story are like in TTK
3. Get the lvl 25 subclass mission right after doing #2 <------ this will unlock the new 3rd subclass
4. Load up a ton of bounties at the Tower
5. Pick the subclass you want to level, you should now have 3 to choose from , you have to level each individually and they only level if you "fit" them on your character slot.
6. Go back to Earth and start the vanilla story campaign and get XP. Remember even if the mission itself is lvl 4, the gear drops and xp are YOUR LEVEL. It is up to you whether you want to throw in the 2 expansions' missions in the mix while doing this or first do the vanilla -> dark below -> wolves -> TTK ....all the missions will be unlocked for you at lvl 25.

I chose to follow the missions as the dude in Tower gives them to me (you see the purple triangle over the mission when you pick a destination).

7. Profit?


I did this with my Warlock (i previously played a Titan) , unlocked the StormCaller subclass first and started the vanilla campaign. I went from lvl 25 --> 33 only doing the vanilla Earth campaign + midway on the Moon campaign . It also goes pretty fast and i pick up tons of gear/engrams/xp while doing so .... definitely not grindy. By the looks of things i will be lvl 40 before i even continue with the TTK campaign!
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Yeah this is also not a bad idea. But the vanilla story will suffer a bit since you will be way op. But that is also fun sometimes.
 
diabolus said:
I think this is probably the more fun way to go about this (or at least for me it is):

1. Boost a class to 25 .
2. Do the first TTK story mission which is at lvl 25 and get a good idea what cutscenes/story are like in TTK
3. Get the lvl 25 subclass mission right afterwards <------ this will unlock the new 3rd subclass
4. Load up a ton of bounties at the Tower
5. Pick the subclass you want to level, you should now have 3 to choose from , you have to level each individually and they only level if you "fit" them on your character slot, so being able to pick the one you actualyl want to play here is pretty useful methinks...
6. Go back to Earth and start the vanilla story campaign and get XP. Remember even if the mission itself is lvl 4, the gear drops and xp are YOUR LEVEL. It is up to you whether you want to throw in the 2 expansions' missions in the mix while doing this or first do the vanilla -> dark below -> wolves -> TTK ....all the missions will be unlocked for you at lvl 25.

I chose to follow the missions as the dude in Tower gives them to me (you see the purple triangle over the mission when you pick a destination).

7. Profit?


I did this with my Warlock (i previously played a Titan) , unlocked the StormCaller subclass first and started the vanilla campaign. I went from lvl 25 --> 33 only doing the vanilla Earth campaign + midway on the Moon campaign . It also goes pretty fast and i pick up tons of gear/engrams/xp while doing so .... definitely not grindy. By the looks of things i will be lvl 40 before i even continue with the TTK campaign!
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Great feedback, thanks for this :) i might just do the same.
 
Talentloos said:
Yeah this is also not a bad idea. But the vanilla story will suffer a bit since you will be way op. But that is also fun sometimes.
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Yea, i initially thought so too, but then i remembered the vanilla story is almost non existent to begin with, especially on Earth+Moon. The TTK lvl 25 opening mission got more going in the 1 mission alone than the entire vanilla campaign had.... I mean , i played through Earth+Moon last night, i realized i still don't know wtf is going on during those missions...compare this to the TTK opening mission..i knew exactly what is going on there...you don't even need a backstory.

Plus, since in the patrols/open world the taken are now popping up (previously this were the wolves) . If you did the opening lvl 25 TTK mission you now at least KNOW who these weird portal-ghost like things are that pops out of portals in the middle of your patrol missions.....

It also looks like , unlike the wolves, the taken are at least now the same level as the area you are in (on earth anyway) , so you CAN actually engage them while still leveling. The wolve packs and their placement were just stupid, there was like a lvl 34 mini-boss standing permanently in a lvl 5 area on the Cosmodrome that would one-shot noobs all the time (because everyone has to move past that point). I saw last night that queen is no longer there, i hope it is permanent, because it annoyed the living crap out of me to charge through there avoiding a one-shot death there.
 
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diabolus said:
Yea, i initially thought so too, but then i remembered the vanilla story is almost non existent to begin with, especially on Earth+Moon. The TTK lvl 25 opening mission got more going in the 1 mission alone than the entire vanilla campaign had.... I mean , i played through Earth+Moon last night, i realized i still don't know wtf is going on during those missions...compare this to the TTK opening mission..i knew exactly what is going on there...you don't even need a backstory.

Plus, since in the patrols/open world the taken are now popping up (previously this were the wolves) . If you did the opening lvl 25 TTK mission you now at least KNOW who these weird portal-ghost like things are that pops out of portals in the middle of your patrol missions.....

It also looks like , unlike the wolves, the taken are at least now the same level as the area you are in (on earth anyway) , so you CAN actually engage them while still leveling. The wolve packs and their placement were just stupid, there was like a lvl 34 mini-boss standing permanently in a lvl 5 area on the Cosmodrome that would one-shot noobs all the time (because everyone has to move past that point). I saw last night that queen is no longer there, i hope it is permanent, because it annoyed the living crap out of me to charge through there avoiding a one-shot death there.
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Yeah i hated those wolves. I wasnt really talking about story. Just meant you have to do level 2 story missions while being level 25, so they are not as intense as when you play them normally. But also as i said, its fun just blazing through as well
 
Talentloos said:
Yeah i hated those wolves. I wasnt really talking about story. Just meant you have to do level 2 story missions while being level 25, so they are not as intense as when you play them normally. But also as i said, its fun just blazing through as well
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True, i agree, it is definitely easier, but certainly not impossible to die. Some of those sniper type mobs can still easily take me down even if they are lvl 6 .


On an additional note, the other reason i like the boost and then leveling from there, you can't really enjoy crucible (the arena/pvp type of stuff) as a lowbie. Even though i think they make everyone the same level, i was definitely not enjoying crucible as a lvl 10 player in the past...surely the fact that your gear+guns+subclass skills are far more advanced at lvl 25+ means you should be better than a lowbie in crucible. An i think Crucible is nice distraction to do inbetween missions/patrols to shake the routine a little.
 
diabolus said:
True, i agree, it is definitely easier, but certainly not impossible to die. Some of those sniper type mobs can still easily take me down even if they are lvl 6 .


On an additional note, the other reason i like the boost and then leveling from there, you can't really enjoy crucible (the arena/pvp type of stuff) as a lowbie. Even though i think they make everyone lvl 20, i was definitely not enjoying crucible as a lvl 10 player...surely the fact that your gear+guns+subclass skills are far more advanced at lvl 25+ means you should be better than a lowbie in crucible.
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True.
 
Finally got TTK yesterday after a mess up from Takealot,should have gotten it Tuesday.
Lvl 36 now,racking up bounties to hand them all in once I consume a focus light,this will boost my XP gained.

Its gonna be an all nighter tonight,cant wait.
 
KofDelight said:
Finally got TTK yesterday after a mess up from Takealot,should have gotten it Tuesday.
Lvl 36 now,racking up bounties to hand them all in once I consume a focus light,this will boost my XP gained.

Its gonna be an all nighter tonight,cant wait.
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awesome dewd... just a pity you're the only one (in our community) playing it on Xbone. I hope you've got friends you can play with?
 
BeoTeK said:
awesome dewd... just a pity you're the only one (in our community) playing it on Xbone. I hope you've got friends you can play with?
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Actually there are tons of people that I've met online that I jam with,some are international(USA,Australia,UK,Russia).
They are quite helpful in strikes and raids.

I mostly play online with my cuz and friend then we just add people to our freinds list that we see in the Tower/Reef.
In most cases I get random invites to join someones game,I've also joined a Facebook XB1 Destiny page,so people post help on stuff and if you want you can join their game.


This one guy from the USA,him and me did Crota on hard by ourselves,it was so quick and easy,he knew all the cheeses.

I have friends who want me to get a PS4 to play with them,lmao.But I dont have that kind of money,I was lucky enough to win the XB1.
 
I'm on Xbox One, and everytime i'm in the tower there's a ton of players with the "[somenameZA]" or "[someveryafrikaansnameZA], which is normally south africans. So i think there's plenty going on the Xbone .

Anyway, i also noticed they updated patrol missions, there's now these "mystery" mission chains where you kinda don't immediately know what you should be doing, it is revealed as you go along. Makes things alot more interesting. Must say, Taken King is a serious total game revamp, definitely worth playing through this game now.

I'm still stuck between finding the right class, now it is even worse . I got me a Warlock + Titan in the mid-30s . I really can't decide between a pretty overpowered Sol's hammer throwing (from my Titan) or the more satisfying electric-sith-lord crazy-storm from my Warlock. I use to love my Striker Titan for jumping into masses of enemies and just exploding, now my Warlock is doing even better job at this....


And i guess for those still on the fence:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/weekly-recap-destiny-taken-king-breaks-records-kon/1100-6430720/
Destiny: The Taken King Breaks PlayStation Download Records: The DLC's $40 price tag apparently didn't turn too many people away, as the game got off to a blazing hot start. What's more, the game set a new record for both total number of players and peak online simultaneous users, outpacing the original Destiny day-one launch on September 9, 2014.
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MalicE said:
I'm in 2 minds....

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It is a lot of work to get the Touch of Malice, but for you [MENTION=5134]MalicE[/MENTION] it should be a must have. I haven't tried the raid yet, waiting for others to get to 290 light then we will give it a bash.

Armsday today, can't wait for my exotic sword alloys. And my exotic weapon bounty from the Gunsmith when I hit rank 3.
 
Another quick tip. If you check on the solar system menu - the director - there was another node that opened up to the left of the daily crucible playlist. You can earn 30 more legendary marks from this list, and the only thing required is you need to win to get 10 marks a win, capped at 3 wins. Nice little way to farm extra marks.
 
Spartan said:
It is a lot of work to get the Touch of Malice, but for you [MENTION=5134]MalicE[/MENTION] it should be a must have. I haven't tried the raid yet, waiting for others to get to 290 light then we will give it a bash.

Armsday today, can't wait for my exotic sword alloys. And my exotic weapon bounty from the Gunsmith when I hit rank 3.
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yeah all that effort for a scout rifle that tries to kill you... pass
 
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