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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.

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Chief1690

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So after hitting 20 what's the best way to get your light up?

I've seen people with like 3-4 exotics, is that just from strikes and what not?

You can get exotics from bounties, pvp, and Xur who uses strange coins as his currency and only appears in the tower at certain times. The best way to get your light up is farm for blue engrams or run the strike playlist as it gives you upgraded gear.
 
So are exotic engrams, if they even exist, the same as legendary ones? Where you get screwed 99% of the time?

Mid way through level 24 and all I've gotten was 4 legendary engrams and they all ended up as blues. Better not be the same with Exotic.
 

RedAssedApe

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also rewards after pvp matches are random. so even if you are bad you can get lucky and get a good reward while the mvps get jack lmao
 

diablos991

Can’t stump the diablos
So are exotic engrams, if they even exist, the same as legendary ones? Where you get screwed 99% of the time?

Mid way through level 24 and all I've gotten was 4 legendary engrams and they all ended up as blues. Better not be the same with Exotic.

Exotic engrams are guaranteed to give an exotic.
These things come from the weekend vendor for 23 motes of light.

The problem is the exotic can be for any class. So you might not be able to use it.
 

Experien

Member
So after reading this thread a bit I'm guessing it's pretty useless doing anything but story missions until you're at least level 20, right?

Just do a few quick bounties and you level up like crazy. I do not believe there is any incentive to doing the Story outside of pretending there is a story. I don't think finishing the story opens anything else up (I could be wrong). I beat it and just got a gun and thought...is that it?
 
ehhh I've leveled up quite a bit while being awful.

Ditto.

I'm actually quite enamored with how easy and forthcoming leveling is. Well, was. Now that I'm post-20…

oPkanKC.gif
 

Reedirect

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Level 21, doing Strikes like crazy, but not a single Legendary item for me yet. I guess this is the part when I start to hate this game.
 

Seil

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So are exotic engrams, if they even exist, the same as legendary ones? Where you get screwed 99% of the time?

Mid way through level 24 and all I've gotten was 4 legendary engrams and they all ended up as blues. Better not be the same with Exotic.

I've only had one exotic engram which i bought from xur. Lucked out and got an exotic for my class. I think it's still luck based, but hey you have the legendary option as the first below on them if so =p
 

Pastry

Banned
So my exotic sniper rifle doesn't allow me to pick up ammo. It regenerates on it's own with a max ammo of 6, all in one clip.
 

Cuphead

Banned
Ditto.

I'm actually quite enamored with how easy and forthcoming leveling is. Well, was. Now that I'm post-20…

oPkanKC.gif

I wish there was something else that gave me a sense of progression in crucible after i reached my marks besides play-time.

Now I just feel like I should be waiting for Tuesday to play any more.
 

Chief1690

Banned
Level 21, doing Strikes like crazy, but not a single Legendary item for me yet. I guess this is the part when I start to hate this game.

You're better off framing for engrams, leveling up your cryptarch or getting crucible marks and reputation for whatever faction you're in to get legendaries rather than trying to get them through strikes. Strikes mostly give you blue shit. I learned that the hard way.
 

THEaaron

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Had my first afk guy in a playlist Strike. Pathetic creature only ran from zone to zone and crouched in a corner till the waves were over.
 
Sweet lord, they really butter you up with that pre-20 levelling pace. Post-20, it's a whole different story.

And now that I've exhausted most all of the original content, I'm not sure how much the allure of better loot will keep me engaged.

I'm still liking it though!
 

thundr51

Member
Yeah, although PvP is a great way to level up as well if you're not awful.
I'm awful, I mostly play fighting games and decided to check this out. The only way I can get any kills is either by assists or vehicle kills on Mars maps. Will give it another try tonight.
 
I've only had one exotic engram which i bought from xur. Lucked out and got an exotic for my class. I think it's still luck based, but hey you have the legendary option as the first below on them if so =p

So if I got something outside of my class and put it in the vault, will I be able to use it/access it if I make another character with that class?
 

RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
So my exotic sniper rifle doesn't allow me to pick up ammo. It regenerates on it's own with a max ammo of 6, all in one clip.
Does it have elemental damage? That would be really useful for shielded enemies in difficult strikes. The shields regenerate so fast and sometimes there's no ammo around so you can't do shit to them.
 

Chamber

love on your sleeve
At this point, I don't know why I bother decoding shit. Is it possible to dismantle engrams right off the bat?
 

jay23

Member
So are exotic engrams, if they even exist, the same as legendary ones? Where you get screwed 99% of the time?

Mid way through level 24 and all I've gotten was 4 legendary engrams and they all ended up as blues. Better not be the same with Exotic.

I think you can buy exotic engrams from Xur, but you can still get screwed. I saw someone get an exotic for another class.
 

Seil

Member
WHAT?! No way.

Exotics have three abilities on top of superior stats. And generally unique abilities that would be OP if you had many lol. Do you really want someone on the other team having an uber hand cannon/AR AND a sniper rifle that gives them invisibility when aiming? Plus four armor pieces with three abilities each?
 

RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
I agree it seems kind of silly if your only allowed to equip one exotic armor/weapon, is there a reason why they did this?
Exotics can give you class abilities that usually have to be equipped, without equipping them. You can stack benefits. If you could equip multiple armor exotics, you could basically be running a maxed out class.
 

diablos991

Can’t stump the diablos
At this point, I don't know why I bother decoding shit. Is it possible to dismantle engrams right off the bat?

To raise the cryptarc level.
The higher level he is the better odds of receiving something good.

Mine is lvl 7 and I have been slacking. I have seen lvl 13+ already.
 
Does it have elemental damage? That would be really useful for shielded enemies in difficult strikes. The shields regenerate so fast and sometimes there's no ammo around so you can't do shit to them.

Actually, if you hold any empty weapon out for 30 seconds, you get ammo for it.
 

Croc

Banned
Anyone want to run The Black Garden (lv 20) with me? I have a bounty for beating it on Heroic and also one for 9k experience without dying (already at 3k). Just trying to see if I can take them out both in one go and to make it a bit easier on myself.

Higher levels preferred, just so it'll be even easier (I'm level 24).

I'm CrocomirePrime on PS4, add me if you wanna join!
 
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