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Right I am still new to this game, so can someone please explain something. The level system seems a bit wierd...?

For example, I started a new Warlock and at lvl 4 I was doing the patrol missions, which I love. The first quest I got it sent me to an area full of lvl 9 and 10s who were red to me and killed me easily. How is that level 4?

Also, why is it I often see high level players wandering around low level areas?

Loving the game though. Cheers.
 
djcj said:
What is the best weapon damage to have? I've had a few drops that give me a weapon I already have, the only difference is one does arc damage, one does void damage, another does kinetic etc. Which weapon should I keep? Arc, void, kinetic or the other one I forgotten?
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Basically, your primary weapon will always be Kinetic. It's only your special and heavy weapons that have an element. As for which one to keep? Keep them all if you have the vault space for them. You never know when each one might come in handy for the weekly heroic/nightfall strikes.

As for the raid, keep hold of void damage weapons.
 
bdipauly said:
Right I am still new to this game, so can someone please explain something. The level system seems a bit wierd...?

For example, I started a new Warlock and at lvl 4 I was doing the patrol missions, which I love. The first quest I got it sent me to an area full of lvl 9 and 10s who were red to me and killed me easily. How is that level 4?

Also, why is it I often see high level players wandering around low level areas?

Loving the game though. Cheers.
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Yeah scouting patrols will do that on occasion. I have one that sent me to outside the Vault of Glass which not surprisingly resulted in a couple of deaths before I abandoned it.

When you set a patrol as your destination you're basically just going into the open world, the level guidance doesn't make much sense to me either. That's why you see high level players wandering around, if they want to patrol earth to do bounties etc then they'll be in the same area as you. They may also be running through the area on the way to a Strike or Story mission.

Have you entered any public events yet? You'll be glad of the high levels being around when they start :)
 
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djcj said:
What is the best weapon damage to have? I've had a few drops that give me a weapon I already have, the only difference is one does arc damage, one does void damage, another does kinetic etc. Which weapon should I keep? Arc, void, kinetic or the other one I forgotten?
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There isn't a best, you should keep all of them. The elemental damages (void, arc or solar) is matched the enemy shields by colour i.e. If an enemy has a blue shield you want an arc damage gun (also blue) which will take down their shield quickly. Other guns will take down their shields it just takes longer. I believe once their shield is down or if fighting enemies without a shield the elemental damage isn't important it is then based purely on their attack/impact stats.

I try to keep a shotgun or sniper of each elemental type and when I come across a shielded enemy, take their shield down with the correct weapon and then switch to my primary auto rifle to kill them.
 
bdipauly said:
Right I am still new to this game, so can someone please explain something. The level system seems a bit wierd...?

For example, I started a new Warlock and at lvl 4 I was doing the patrol missions, which I love. The first quest I got it sent me to an area full of lvl 9 and 10s who were red to me and killed me easily. How is that level 4?

Also, why is it I often see high level players wandering around low level areas?

Loving the game though. Cheers.
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You'll see a lot of high level players in the Old Russia patrol as that is where one of the most popular grinding spots is :D
 
Robi said:
Rabbit did clear up most of the loot - 2 legendaries and 1 exotic?!

Good work guys!
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Just the one exotic(Patience and Time), before that I got a whole load of ascendant energy which I was moaning about as I need shards much more than energy. The sniper is actually really good and the passives work together well as if you need to keep your scope up to stealth, you will lose radar functionality, except you wont as its other skill allows radar in scoped mode. I guess its more suited to PvP than anything else, i just hope you lose the red laser dot when the scope is up but that's probably wishful thinking. Not to boast but with the 3 exotic bounties I've now completed and the 2 random exotic drops I really have my work cut out for my levelling them all, I've only levelled one so far and that was hard work.

Got the exotic bounty for the thorn finished last night. As I was a complete and utter numpty I had to do the whole thing twice, I assumed the weekly lv26 strike would be sufficient to complete the bounty, I was wrong :p. I spent over 20 minutes waiting for the Xzor to appear after the third dropship had already left, I got tired of waiting for just decided to finish off the boss. I had promised myself that I would have the thorn before I went to bed so I then proceeded to do the correct strike(the one that appears on the lobby map when you have the bounty) which was slightly harder, so I wiped a few times. Oh well...got there in the end I guess, probably would have made it easier on myself if i had a group.
 
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Completed single player, and at Level 18 (and a half). Got one more Venus strike left.

I presume I should then go do the strikes on the planet next to the Crucible now? Or should I level to 20 first through farming?
 
In your inventory there's a section for Ghosts (aka Peter Dinklage). Has anyone found any other Ghosts besides the standard one (not counting Dead Ghosts of course)?

I know Bungie spent a lot of money getting Dinklage to voice the Ghost, but I can't warm to him the same way I did with Corthana on Halo. I hope in time we get to choose a different voice.
 
londonbairn said:
Completed single player, and at Level 18 (and a half). Got one more Venus strike left.

I presume I should then go do the strikes on the planet next to the Crucible now? Or should I level to 20 first through farming?
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The new bounties come up at 10am, they are probably the fastest way to level assuming you can get some good ones. If you haven't experienced he strikes yet, i would say do that but if not i would just work through the bounties. By the time you complete them you should be lv20.

scorza said:
In your inventory there's a section for Ghosts (aka Peter Dinklage). Has anyone found any other Ghosts besides the standard one (not counting Dead Ghosts of course)?

I know Bungie spent a lot of money getting Dinklage to voice the Ghost, but I can't warm to him the same way I did with Corthana on Halo. I hope in time we get to choose a different voice.
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I have seen players with legendary ghosts but i assume its just a skin and the voice remains the same. Putting a different voice in would be a lot of work.
 
NeoReloaded said:
Is it true the raid resets today so us from last night will have to start again on Thursday when we hit it next?
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Yup

Somebody mentioned this might happen in the raid last night:

The door that was previously shut above where the vanguard armour vendors hang out is now open. There is also an extra set of bounties giving rep for 'Queens Favor', there is a vendor in this new area that sells items for rep, but there are only blue quality weapons and cosmetic items for sale
 
ps3ud0 said:
Ta dude - nice tip. Did you get that bounty just from handing in bounties? I assume you get a choice between fusion rifle, machine gun and scout rifle IIRC.

One of my 3 fusion rifles is still an uncommon so it does sound lucky to get them to drop.

ps3ud0 :cool:
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I think the bounty drop is completely random, as are the 3 you get the choose from. I got offered the pulse rifle and the machine gun as my other 2.

UberGinge said:
Tried the Nightfall strike last night. Party of a level 27, 26 and 25. We got utterly destroyed at the first wave.

Maybe I should wait until I get slightly better gear..
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The nightfall with Phogoth was super tough! We did it last night with 27/26/26. You have to take your time and work with the different damage types. We had a full mix of fusion rifles to take off shields and then whichever damage was boosted to clear up the kills.

Communication to team shoot enemies is important too. Final boss, you pretty much have to use the room glitch at the start. If a team of 3 actually went into that final room and cleared it...Holy hell, fair play.
 
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LackyT said:
I think the bounty drop is completely random, as are the 3 you get the choose from. I got offered the pulse rifle and the machine gun as my other 2.
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IME getting three exotics bounties, the same three choices have shown up. Sure its the same for others too.

Thorn, Invective and Bad Juju appear to be one set of bounties

If anyone wants to do the Nightfall (never tried it) Id be interested...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
This is so slow trying to get vanguard rep. I only have 550 and I have been grinding it for ages. I have 120 marks but my rep is still level 0.
 
Anyone else hope that eventually you can access all the tower stuff from orbit or a menu rather than loading doen there between missions for the sake of checking an engram?

I think diablo spoilt me on loot system and checking items on the spot but then again it took diablo 1-2 years to improve to where it is now!
 
Anyone else hope that eventually you can access all the tower stuff from orbit or a menu rather than loading doen there between missions for the sake of checking an engram?

I think diablo spoilt me on loot system and checking items on the spot but then again it took diablo 1-2 years to improve to where it is now!
 
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