So,
I hit level 32 last night, and I guess I'm off to upgrade my armor and ascend it or some such to hit level 34. I was stuck at 24 and lost interest in the valley between end game content and story progression.
I've never raided, and I don't do a lot of pvp, but my wife it out of town for 10 days. So, I'm gonna give it a whirl.
What end game content should I be running? What am I supposed to do? Are there certain armor/weapon combos I need? How do I get them?
Should I switch subclasses and max the other one out? Never bothered much with that before.
I've never messed with a faction, should I rank up my factions? Do they sell decent gear?
Basically I want to have some fun and get to a point where I can be useful when Taken King comes out.
Others have replied, but if you don't do PvP - and I don't - the endgame content is currently:
Weekly Heroic strikes
Weekly Nightfall strikes
Vault of Glass (raid)
Crota's End (raid)
Prison of Elders challenge arenas (levels 32/34/35)
(This list will get a
major reboot in two months.)
The first has matchmaking, but the rest do not. Any time you feel up to doing anything, just post and we'll help form groups to run with you, or pop by and see what folks are grouping up to do and hop in. I haven't run many raids since House of Wolves came out, but would like to do so again (and could tonight).
Do level up your subclasses, as they all have their uses. The Bladedancer Hunter is probably the most valuable / flexible in terms of endgame content, but they all can serve a valuable role, be augmented in interesting ways with some of the new gear, and are simply fun to play.
You'll need to play PvP to buy anything from the factions. It sucks, but if you don't do PvP then you are limited to the Vanguard gear. It's decent but is something I hope gets addressed with Taken King.
Prison of Elders is your primary path to 34, with etheric light drops from Nightfalls being another, but as those are random PoE is the dedicated path for PvE players. Level 32 for armor cores, and level 34/35 for etheric light to ascend legendary weapons and armor (which is silly, it should also drop in 32). Lots of good stuff to try out.