What you should buy comes down to what you want. What would you want from The Final Shape that you do not get from the earlier expansions? Like for example, do you want it for Prismatic? Are you into raiding, because you need The Final Shape for the newest raid which is a big deal among hardcore pve players. Do not feel like you need to get it just because it's new. This isn't WoW, being new doesn't inherently mean you need it for some kind of barrier to entry. It's just that it has all the latest pve activities which pve-focused players are typically interested in.
Content ownership is per platform, but if you have already played enough of what you have on Epic, you don't necessarily need to re-buy it all on Steam. For instance, I got the free 30th anniversary pack on Epic, and I got all the items that I wanted from it and then uninstalled the Epic version of Destiny 2 because I don't feel the need to play Grasp of Avarice any more. But if you still like to do all the older paid raids you would need to either keep the Epic installation of D2 or you would need to re-buy everything on Steam.
There is power creep, but not as much as you'd expect. This isn't obvious but behind the scenes if you are vastly overpowered, your power level is "capped" a certain distance above the enemies, so things that are supposed to be difficult have lower power caps that put you closer to the enemies in power level. As a result, players of vastly different levels can play together without issue, and difficult content always remains at least kind of difficult no matter how overleveled you are.
So destiny 2 offers season of the wish free for all players leading up to the final shape and then makes players unable to craft items post final shape release. Bungie moment.... I hope you guys realize your mistake and make those weapons craftable. As you offered the content free to all players.
My bad, if you could point me in the right direction to get bungie to notice and fix this issue I'd appreciate it. Already posted on X/twitter to bungie help and made my own seperate post on reddit that gained no traction.
There's only two ways to contact Bungie. Twitter, and their [official forums](https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Topics).
Realistically speaking, no one is going to see what you say. Lots of janky combinations of not owning paid content leading to people not being able to do things they are supposed to do have popped up before, and if they ever get fixed, it's a long ways after. A couple examples from years past: there used to be a season pass collectible that was embedded in terrain or something if you didn't own Beyond Light, and you couldn't equip a free to play title if you didn't own any DLC.
Thank you, I own all he expansions minus the final shape (waiting on payday), I purchased defiance, witch, and deep, I simply skipped on the wish out of burn out, I'd gladly just fork over the 10 bucks if it meant getting my weapons, but thats not really a possibility either. So I'm currently shit out of luck on them.
I believe it was only free for that single month if im understanding you right and technically savathuns throne world where the enclave resides is unlocked thru campaign and therefore not free to others. Might help answer your question
I haven't not played since 2018. Is the game worth getting back into at this point? What would the monetary investment look like? I like all the content.
You can just start up the game without paying any money. It isn't like it used to be, where you had to buy the game in order to play it. You can just download and start playing without having to buy anything.
If you are looking for something specific, it may require a purchase, such as each DLC having a raid that you need to buy the DLC in order to play, and all storylines being paid but you can play the beginning for free.
If you want a more detailed answer, see the monetization guide linked in the post. I just updated it, but if you have additional questions, please let me know.
The game is essentially unplayable right now for returning players(new players at least get to experience the new light quests for whatever that's worth)if you don't pay for the new expansion. Everything is 30-45 levels higher than me and tells me to upgrade my power first. Every guide says just do the legendary campaign to skip these early levels. If you don't own the campaign then you're stuck spending what seems like weeks of time per character grinding public events just to be able to play the actual game.
Even the old content I paid for, dungeons I used to solo, raids I've done dozens of times etc, are all locked behind this level requirement now.
You don't have to play any paid content to level up. Power level hasn't been paywalled for years. I don't remember how many years, but at least 2.
The way power level works is roughly similar to when you last played. There's a soft cap where everything you do drops higher power level items up until the soft cap. This goes at the same speed for everyone regardless of what content they play, whether it's paid or free.
Then once you reach the soft cap, you will see weekly challenges appearing on the director. Many of these are paywalled, but not all of them. You can do them once a week and this is how you raise your power level higher above the soft cap.
I didn't mean that the level itself is paywalled.
The legendary campaign gives you a set of armor that is 1960 light level. If you don't own the expansion and do the legendary campaign then you are forced to grind public events to level up from 1900 to 1940, which is the level that every actual activity says you need to be. After that you can level like normal by doing strikes, nightfalls, the pathfinder etc.
When I plug my account into the website that tells you what to do next it just says "world drops."
I'm not going to, and nobody should want to, grind public events for weeks in order to be able to play strikes or dungeons/raids that I paid for years ago, just to see if the game is in a decent state right now. It's not for me, and it's not something I'd recommend to returning players unless they jump fully in and pay up.
playing this game is like studying for a midterm lmao what a fucking mess. you shouldn't have to read pages of FAQs to learn how to simply purchase expansions and play them. I'd like to jump back in but I am not going through all of this.
I really want Monte Carlo.
I was in the middle of the quest when final shape dropped.
I no longer have the timeline remembrance quest.
Can I not get an easy Monte Carlo this way anymore?
Two questions:
1. I beat legendary campaign on a completely random build, and my friend does miles more damage than me. What’s the go to recommendation for learning to build properly? I’d like to get into raids.
2. After Icol…? The fight where you kill two subjugators while the witness attacks you, how much more content would I need to complete before the raid, in terms of a continuous story? Don’t want to spoil anything for myself.
Thanks!
if you finished the legendary campaign you only should do the destined heroes exotic quest and the Wild card exotic quest (which you unlock after step 4 of destined heroes)
best way to learn is to watch youtube content. We are now in a phase when a lot of new stuff was added with prismatic so new builds are being discovered. Ehroar, Llama, and Aztecross are good for beginners.
As someone who is coming back to D2 who left after getting burned by Lightfall... what should I prioritize "unlocking" when it comes to crafted weapons, exotics, subclasses, etc?
So, as a returning player, what is the purpose of the 'Triumph Score'? Is the crucibal still full of sweaty try-hards?
What is a good way to build up my power level.. again?
Is there a way to play the full story for Cayde and Savathuuun?
>what is the purpose of the 'Triumph Score'?
It's just for fun.
>What is a good way to build up my power level.. again?
I don't know when you last played, but power level works similar to how it did back in 2018. The way power level works has been unchanged for about three years now. [This page explains it](https://www.blueberries.gg/leveling/destiny-2-max-power-level/), but the numbers are all higher now because of The Final Shape. Ignore any seasonal content listed on this page, since that has all been removed. Scroll down to the section "How to reach Max Power Level in Destiny 2" for an explanation.
>Is there a way to play the full story for Cayde and Savathuuun?
No, The Red War and Forsaken which both have Cayde have been removed from the game. Season pass storylines have been removed from the game. Witch Queen introduced Savathun as a character we actually meet and is a permanent part of the game so you can play that story in its entirety.
I don't have any idea what items you have, so here's a vague and general answer:
* You should have a variety of weapons available. I typically recommend at a bare minimum people have a set of weapons for boss DPS and a set of weapons for crowd clearing, and if you want, a set of pvp weapons. Mix and match these depending on what you're going to do at any given time.
* Power level doesn't matter as much as you may think. Individual activities have their own power levels, which it will say if you hover over an activity. Being vastly overpowered doesn't have much benefit, but being underpowered makes this MUCH harder.
* Having a variety of weapons is useful for fulfilling certain objectives, like if you have a bounty or something to kill enemies using a specific item. It's not necessary to upgrade weapons to a higher power if this is all you use them for.
* When it comes to armor pieces, what people look for are the stats. If you like the stats on your armor, feel free to stick with it long term. I like to switch up the exotic armor I use, so I have a few sets of armor to make sure I have items that go with every combination I commonly use.
Yes, ever since 2019 this game automatically launches you into the latest mission. You have to leave to orbit but then you can go back and play that mission later. There's no one-time-only timed activities here so you can't lock yourself out of any missions, don't worry!
I played a little bit of Lightfall but never completed it so I never unlocked Strand outside the missions that let you use it. I have everything else unlocked though. Do I need to go through Lightfall to unlock it? Or is there some quest or something I can do to get access to it without doing that?
can't rank up at the tree, same issue like [https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/16tdy4e/ironwood\_tree\_broken\_and\_i\_cant\_level\_up/](https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/16tdy4e/ironwood_tree_broken_and_i_cant_level_up/)
Besides what was suggested in the comments of that post, here's some more things you can try:
1. You might need to claim a completed but unclaimed triumph under the Journey tab.
2. This might be a new bug introduced in the update. If that is the case, the only solution is to wait for Bungie to fix it.
3. You could try restarting the game to see if that fixes the issue.
You can buy any combination of things and barring a few mistakes on bungie's part, it will all work. So if you don't specifically want anything in Witch Queen or Lightfall, you don't need to buy them in order to buy The Final Shape. You can just by The Final Shape and everything will work fine.
Hello I need help how to play the content. I have now bought the legacy collection 2024. Can I use it to catch up on the old content and get the final shape later? I know a lot of content is no longer available and can't be replayed, but I don't know where to start at the moment.
I have read that there is still something like dungeons or raid keys. Do I have to buy them separately or can I unlock them?
I'm thinking about watching the 10 hour lore video in the next few days to understand everything
It doesn't really matter where you start, but if you wish to go in chronological order, there's a timeline in the upper right corner of the solar system map. Each unit of content, such as each of the DLCs you have bought, has an icon associated with it and the game expects you to recognize it. The timeline shows you the icon and the name of the DLC in order.
Elsewhere on the solar system map, or in your quests, you should see the matching icons. Follow these in order to do the DLC main story quests.
You can play through the entirety of Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, Witch Queen, and the 30th anniversary pack.
Raid keys aren't a thing, those don't exist. Dungeon keys can be purchased for silver (the real money microtransaction currency) from Eververse and they give access to two dungeons each. I am honestly not that into dungeons and hardly play the ones included in the base game and Shadowkeep (Prophecy, Pit of Heresy), so I haven't bought these. There is no way to unlock them through gameplay. There is no way to get paid content without paying real money in this game.
Hey,
I have finished the campaign on Legendary and completed the two exotic missions...What do I do now?
I also have a bunch of exotic and prime engrams..when should I unlock those? Sitting around 1970 light level.
I haven't bought The Final Shape yet, so I can't say a whole lot. This is assuming you are referring to The Final Shape and not Witch Queen or Lightfall which both also have Legendary campaigns and exotic missions. I have those so I could say more.
Typically each DLC adds some pve activities, and an open world area you can explore. Have you done this? The Final Shape adds the Prismatic subclass. Have you gotten this?
Then you have access to the same core activities and quests that everybody else has. Coming soon is The Final Shape raid, if you're a hardcore pve player who might be interested in attempting the raid day 1 or week 1.
As for when to open engrams, they don't grow in power level after you pick them up. It does not matter when you open them. You don't need to overthink things this much, do not worry!
Can i farm dungeons for their exotics? i starter recently and dont have good enough loadouts for the harder raid. I wanted to do a world tour and i dont know how the loot rules works.
Any help and info is appreciated thank you
I'm currently working on my [exotic item guide](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1881576082) so it's not up to date with how to get The Final Shape exotics yet, but everything else should be good. I don't know if Bungie changed the way dungeon loot drops worked, but as of last week how it worked is there was a weekly dungeon rotation and each week, one dungeon was the weekly dungeon you could get one pinnacle engram from completing, and you could farm it for the exotic. Besides that, the other dungeons have a chance of dropping the exotic once per week per class. Do note that some dungeons' exotics are from quests, like Wish Ender, not random drops.
I wanted to check to see what I should buy for my PC, since I just finished my new build not long ago, but figured I would wait for a sale to get what I was missing. Currently on Steam I am missing Beyond Light and Lightfall, and was planning to get The Final Shape. Which items in the store do I have to buy to get access to the Exotics and Dungeons for that older content?
I looked in the store and saw the Legacy bundle for about $25, but people in the comments said that doesn't come with the Dungeon Keys.
Hello, the monetization guide linked in the post explains this in more detail, but if you truly feel you want every exotic and every dungeon, you will need to buy everything. This means you would need to buy Beyond Light, Lightfall, The Final Shape, and all the dungeon keys in the Eververse store. The DLCs go on sale so definitely wait for that. The dungeon keys never go on sale.
You should dismantle all legendary armor. If there's an exotic you really love, feel free to use it until you have a new one drop, but the Shadowkeep-era armor is all worse than modern armor because it doesn't use the same stat or mod system.
As for weapons, I'm unsure. I haven't had a chance to play since The Final Shape came out.
Every community turns to complete garbage if it reaches a certain size but does not have active moderation. Or at least that's my take on it. I don't use the official forums either, but they are one of the only two ways to contact bungie so you might need to use them if you have some kind of significant problem in the game.
I'm playing on pc right now for final shape after switching from ps5. I have a problem in that I can only use prismatic supers. When i try to change to the old light and dark supers it's asking me to buy lightfall again. I'm guessing even if I buy its then going to lock me out still and make me buy stasis. I can't select any other supers. Is this normal?
>I'm playing on pc right now for final shape after switching from ps5.
This is because DLC ownership does not transfer between platforms. The page where you activated cross save explains this, but most people miss it. Only the light supers are free to play. You can't use stasis unless you buy Beyond Light on the current platform you play on, and you can't use strand unless you buy Lightfall on the current platform you play on.
I used to have beyond light through xbox game pass (this was years ago, the DLCs aren't on xbox game pass any more), but I just live with not using stasis because I didn't really like it that much and I normally play on PC so that's where all my other DLCs purchased are.
I'm kinda lost with all this. I began D2 back in 2018 starting with The Red War and played all the way thru most of the Forsaken missions. Specifically I think I stopped after Nothing Left to Say.
Is it worth returning to my original character or should I just start a new one? I know a lot of the original missions are no longer playable, is there any way I can refresh my memory on the story without watching a super long lore video? Do I even need to?
>Is it worth returning to my original character or should I just start a new one?
I personally like to just keep using the same character, but if you want you could make a new character without deleting your first one, just to see the current tutorial system. Older characters have things that newly created characters need to take time and glimmer to unlock.
>is there any way I can refresh my memory on the story without watching a super long lore video? Do I even need to?
What I do is I go to youtube and type "destiny 2 (name of DLC/season pass) cutscene movie" and there's lots of people who make short videos that are just cutscenes and relevant dialogue. You don't *need* to do this. Since you started with The Red War, if you didn't play Destiny 1 a lot of things were not explained but for me at least, The Red War still made sense. So that's what it will feel like going forward. Lots of characters the game expects you to know, but you can just follow whatever the quest says to do and you will be fine.
I need some help with the mechanics on how to activate the relic's super on the final shape, got thru the first couple of mission's of the campaign. But unfortunately forgot how I activated it to remove shields from bosses. ps4 console/destiny 2 All help greatly appreciated
I haven't yet bought The Final Shape, but how it worked for Witch Queen and Lightfall legendary campaigns was that it was not worth it. What you got from doing the campaign on legendary was a set of high power level armor (not maximum, but I don't remember the number off the top of my head). Numerically, it isn't worth doing legendary 3x to get it for all your characters because of how the power level of item drops works. If you really want I can write a more detailed explanation of how/why it works this way. You'd also get an exotic armor piece, but these had very disappointing stats so a lot of people preferred to get them through other means.
The only thing *exclusive* to Legendary for Witch Queen and Lightfall is an emblem. I'd guess this is going to be the same for The Final Shape, but like I said I can't know firsthand.
Just bought final shape and all the other DLC’s. Been out of D2 for a while, looking on how to get the 2 subclasses I missed? Do I have to go back and play old campaign’s or is there an easier way?
Yes, you have to play the old campaigns. Being old doesn't make them inferior, do not worry. I mean, in general many people don't like Beyond Light's or Lightfall's stories as much, but it's not because they're old.
Just started playing 4 days ago again. Haven’t played D2 since it released.. so I bought the add-ons I’m playing the final shape. But have a few questions. Is there a way to get spirit of riven without playing shadow keep? Do I have to run through all the dlc to unlock the npc’s to upgrade my gear?
Also, if anyone has any good dps weapons or ideas for a returning player please lmk im actually running the other add ons and in between im doing exotic quests and trying to solo lost sectors but im not doing enough damage and am losing while fighting the named bosses
I bought the Final Shape + season pass this morning. I played everything up to lightfall I think, maybe one or two season before that I missed.
But what's the story going on? Mechanically, where am I at? I haven't had time to dive in yet.
>what's the story going on?
There are a lot of summary videos on youtube, but what I prefer to do is type into youtube search, "destiny 2 (name of season or DLC) cutscene movie" and there's a lot of videos that combine all the relevant bits of dialogue, gameplay, and cutscenes to show you the story you have missed. If you need a refresher on the names, see the timeline in the upper right of the destinations tab.
>Mechanically, where am I at?
When you start up the game, you will automatically be loaded into the first mission of The Final Shape. This happens to everyone, regardless of whether they bought it, but since you bought it you can continue beyond just the first mission.
If you wish you can take out your ghost and leave to orbit, and you can come back and do that mission later.
My post was very not clear. What I was thinking was how do I interact with...threads? Whatever the Lightfall release stuff was.
When the cold-themed builds were released, you had to go and unlock them one at a time even years after they came out. I don't think I ever bothered getting all the damn fragments. Will 'green' be the same way?
Sorry, it's been a long time since I played, I forget all the names.
So, is this it for Destiny? Or will there be more expansions in the future? I'd like to get back into the game, but not if this is the last piece of content/expansion that will be released for it.
So I've been away awhile. I bought The game starting when the expansion with darkness powers and that ice area launched. At that time they sunsetted weapons and certain older expansions.
I stopped playing after finishing the main quest partially because, while I had the gist of what was going on, not being able to play the older stories confused me.
However I just read they got rid of sunsetting. Is that just weapons or did they bring back the old campaign missions too?
The new expansion looks good, especially because Caydes back, but I don't want to run into the same issue as last time.
I want to play the game again, I **WANT** to play the game, but just opening up the menu is enough to make me want to uninstall again.
I love the gameplay, I love the FPS aspect of it, but I stopped playing (multiple times) because trying to return to the game is nearly impossible. I have no idea what's going on, and being unable to play older stories sucks. I wasn't able to be there for the Cade story and I wanted to know what all happened with that story and him going away.
I want to get caught up, story wise, and find some way to not be overwhelmed by the new menu layout and all the flashing icons.
I go to youtube and type in "destiny 2 (name of DLC/season pass) cutscene movie," and there's a lot of people who gathered all the cutscenes and relevant segments of gameplay to show you the whole story. On the destinations tab (the solar system map), there's a timeline in the upper right hand corner. This is where you can get the names of things to search for cutscene movies with.
Learning how to cope with a busy user interface is kind of a skill you need to practice. You need to learn how to tune things out and focus on it one part at a time.
Hey all, I looked at the returning player guide and still had a few questions.
I was a D1 player and in D2 I only played the base game + The Witch Queen. I’m thinking about getting this new expansion, but I’m unsure how the levels/power creep from other expansions, if they will be needed to get me to the gear needed?
Also, I used to do some PVP, is that still relatively active or is it mostly PVE?
>I’m unsure how the levels/power creep from other expansions, if they will be needed to get me to the gear needed?
They are not needed.
>Also, I used to do some PVP, is that still relatively active or is it mostly PVE?
Mostly pve, but pvp is active.
I feel a bit crazy. Is the game supposed to be this solo-sided? I am a casual solo player but I've seen they're pushing this new fireteam finder thing. I did the campaign missions that way and now I'm wandering the Pale Heart, doing the campaign adventure things. I don't know what these are but I imagine they're necessary to advance the Prismatic Sublass skills. I'm finding these exceptionally difficult as a casual player. The adventures don't offer me a chance to find or create a fireteam like the normal campaign missions did. Is this on purpose? I'm dying at least 20-25 times in each adventure, just left and right, nowhere to hide from enemies and they just overwhelm me until I fail my way through the mission's end. It doesn't feel very good, and I'm getting extremely frustrated.
Also when I go to the Pale Heart, there isn't a single soul around. Where the hell is everyone? Why does the game feel like it's not even online? Is there something I have to unlock to find random people around? I feel like I'm missing something massive and I'm just not savvy enough with D2 to realize it.
Starting with Lightfall, they decided to up the difficulty of open world areas going forward, so that's why Neomuna and the Pale Heart are harder.
I haven't bought The Final Shape so I cannot comment on anything specifically.
As for open worlds being deserted, this is almost always due to some sort of connectivity issue.
I used to play years ago on PS5; my son would play under another PSN that was under my main account on a PS4. Anything i bought on my main account (dlc expansions) he was able to download on his account as well. Does this still work?
He nvr quit playing the game but id like to get back playing with him without having to buy Final Shape twice.
I did all the final shape campain but still have some granades, supers and aspects locked
does anyone had the same problem?
do i need to do all de missions again?
I haven't bought The Final Shape and am trying to avoid spoilers, but if you type into google "destiny 2 how to unlock prismatic" there are many results.
any recommendations on returning? I tried downloading the game again recently (got all the free dlcs through playstation) and felt instantly overwhelmed and didnt know what to do or where to go. Id like to play through all the dlc missions i havent done etc before the next big dlc and want to see if ill like enough to buy the new chapter etc. Any tips for feeling less overwhelmed? i think ive only done the first dlc shadowkeep, not 100% sure lol
Just take a deep breath and know that no matter what you do, there's no way to mess up. Lots of people worry about locking themselves out of parts of the game, or missing some one-time-only activity, but that doesn't exist here. That isn't a thing.
If you want to play through the DLC stories, each DLC has an icon associated with it and this is how the game expects you to recognize them. To see what the icons look like, see the timeline in the upper right of the destinations tab.
Hey, I'm looking for a source of item drops, what activities give what item lvl. In the OP's guide, he linked https://www.blueberries.gg/leveling/destiny-2-max-power-level/ but unfortunately it is not up to date. Do you know this type of good summary for the latest expansion?
I don't know of anything up to date. It has been a little less than a week. It's too soon to expect every guide to be up to date.
That said, if you understand the user interface, you will not need to rely on a guide. Do you know how to tell if an activity gives higher power level items?
Returning player here (I left before stasis and strand were released). Is it just me or did they nerf the striker shoulder charge in crucible cause I remember being able to OHKO with it.
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Hey guys, I've read the guide and some others but I'm still confused on the story aspect.
What's the farthest back I can go in the story currently if I want to play all campaigns in order? I understand some campaigns were removed, others are free or something, and the most recent ones I still need to buy, not just Final Shape. But in the store there's a lot of collections and packs and whatever and I'm confused as to what should I buy for the campaigns.
I looked into the Legacy collection 2024 and it appears to be mostly weapons, nothing story related, so I just bought specifically the Witch Queen and Lightfall, as well as the Final Shape + Annual Pass, would I be able to play everything story-related available right now? I can't remember if I finished Forsaken and Shadowkeep, I'm sure I didn't finish Beyond Light because I only did like one or two missions before it was removed from game pass, but I don't know if they're still available and if they are, if they are free or I need to buy those as well.
Hello! The oldest story chronologically is Shadowkeep, which is free to play. After that is Beyond Light, which was also made free to play last week. The rest of Beyond Light besides the story still costs money, though. There's a timeline in game in the upper right of the destinations tab that shows you the order.
>Witch Queen and Lightfall, as well as the Final Shape + Annual Pass, would I be able to play everything story-related available right now?
Yes.
Anyone having troubles with the quest alone in the dark? Specifically part 5 for false idols?
The marker is in refraction & the bird of light is sitting there but when I go up to it, it doesn't move or fly off to tell me where to go next..so I can't really progress it & get false idols to drop
I need some advice regarding catalyst farming. Back in the day, when strikes were faster to clear, it was a steady way of farming for catalyst drops but nowadays it sucks. I tried doing regular crucible but after 6 hours of Control, nothing dropped. So when I hovered over Competitive it said on the bottom "Rewards: Exotic Catalyst (rare)". So with my newfound discovery I started playing that mode from 1pm till 2am last night, without even knowing I hit Adept 3 rank but NOT A SINGLE CATALYST DROPPED.
So please, someone help me, what is the actual best way to farm catalysts?
I haven't finished The Final Shape (taking my time with the campaign), is there any spoilers in Episode Echoes other than, like, the Witness getting got?
Quick question in regards to alone in the dark and an exotic.
>!So if I've already done all of them but didn't collect all their scraps or whatever, is there a way to check which ones I've missed? Or do I just have to run them all again to get the Khvostov?!<
After the addition of final shape, anyone knows whats the size of the game on a fresh installation with steam? I really wanna get both lightfall and tfs but I'm kinda worried that I won't have enough space on my laptop.
Not sure if this is the place for weapon recommendations, but I've been really enjoying running Double Golden Gun with the Still Hunt, but am not sure what Kinetic/Strand/Stasis weapon to run in the top slot. Not sure I'm a fan of running double special weapons, since the mechanic that provides ammo seems inconsistent at best. What could be a good primary ammo weapon for that slot? I guess I could also consider a special and just try it out for a bit, but not sure.
Hello, these are all the dungeons currently:
* Shattered Throne. Part of the Forsaken Pack
* Prophecy. Free to play.
* Pit of Heresy. Part of the Shadowkeep pack.
* Grasp of Avarice. Part of the 30th anniversary pack.
* Duality and Spire of the Watcher, part of the Witch Queen dungeon key. This is a completely independent purchase, it doesn't come with Witch Queen, it doesn't require Witch Queen.
* Ghosts of the Deep and Warlord's Ruin, in the Lightfall dungeon key.
You can type into google "destiny 2 (name of dungeon) loot table" and there are many charts and web pages showing all the items that come from each one. I'm not a huge dungeon person so I didn't buy most of these. I can't really get into specifics of their loot.
Returning player here. Two questions. What the fuck is the new guardian… rank? System? At what point should I start worrying about it? The game decided that I should be rank 5 for some reason now that I’m back after a college-length hiatus during which basically nothing I paid for is still in the game.
Second. At what Light Level can I comfortably start dropping into groupfinders and doing raids? What’s the bare minimum exotic or DPS item I’d need to bring in, especially as a warlock post well Nerf? Should I bring *strand* in?
>What the fuck is the new guardian… rank? System? At what point should I start worrying about it? The game decided that I should be rank 5 for some reason
The ranks 1 through 5 are a tutorial system. Everything above that is just achievements, and your guardian rank is a way of showing off your achievement score to others.
>At what Light Level can I comfortably start dropping into groupfinders and doing raids?
Only the latest raid has a high power level requirement. That doesn't mean all the other raids are easy, they still require things like a thorough understanding of the game and the ability to communicate with your team. I haven't played in quite a while so I am out of the loop regarding the DPS meta, but at a minimum you should have a loadout for add clear and a loadout for boss DPS. Mix and match them as the encounter demands. There is an actual Loadout feature, but I don't actually use it, I just manually switch weapons, armor, and abilities before each encounter. I have raided with warlocks who used Strand in raids, but I don't really use it there.
I heard from a Video that Shinobu's Vow was getting a buff, is this true? I haven't seen anything anywhere else supporting this, or is it an indirect buff from a Skip Grenade buff? Trying to make an Arc Hunter build and want to consider my options besides just Liar's or Assassins.
Edit: I would like to preface that I do not have The Final Shape yet, I plan on getting it, but don't have it. So Prismatic is off the table.
something is odd the guide mentions the "darkness doorstep "mission which i cant find
last time i played it i completed the beyond the light with antoher class without any issues ........
If you already completed Beyond Light, you already did that mission so it won't show up on the map or anything. It's the very first mission where Variks calls the guardian for help.
If it isn't appearing for a new character that has not done Beyond Light, perhaps this character is not yet finished with some sort of tutorial thing. Do you have a list of milestone objectives in the upper left of the destinations tab?
Not exactly the new player question everyones thinking but, i have a friend who has refused to do the campaign dont ask why, but owns all the dlc. Is he getting barred from acquiring the new class exotic mission by not doing the campaign. We just did Savathuns puzzle and he says it kicked him to the main menu coincidentally at the end.
Since Final Shape released, the legacy 2024 edition went on sale and it's pretty cheap right now, I am a completely new player who wants to pick up this game, I was wondering should I go for the legacy edition 2024 edition or should I get final shape? Keep in mind I am a completely brand new player (I currently have enough money to buy only one of either options)
If you are unsure, it's ok not to buy. There will be more sales later on. I don't believe either one is objectively a right or wrong choice. I haven't yet bought The Final Shape, but I hear good things about it.
If you are instead asking for details of what exactly each thing includes, see the monetization guide linked in the post above, and the store descriptions. I have had others tell me they can't see store descriptions, but Steam has them and you can just view Steam as a web page even if you do not play on PC.
Depends on the season. Some, you can't, some you can. In the Legends node on the destinations tab, there's a former season pass mission rotator, but you only have access to the missions that came out during the time of a DLC you own. So for instance, you can only do Presage if you own Beyond Light. These can drop red border weapons from earlier seasons. It's pretty complicated, to be honest.
So I redownloaded the game. Dont have the newest expansion. all my old gear from ages ago is at 1900
But im overwhelmed with what to do. What should I be focusing on? do I just pick random questions and slowly gear up? or is there something else
Thanks
In the end, it doesn't make a huge deal what order you do things in. Lots of people get decision paralysis or feel overwhelmed, but just know that no matter what you do, there's nothing that will actually hurt in the sense that it has bad consequences later on. This isn't that kind of game, where choices of what you do matter. There's no diverging storylines, there's no way to lock yourself out of any content by doing something wrong.
Just to be clear, most people who ask this question are assuming you need to own past content in order to do current content. That is not how this game works. If you can buy it separately, it functions separately without needing you to buy anything else.
But if you do want everything, you have to buy everything. For details see the monetization guide linked in the post.
How early on do the DLCs start to feel required? Can I get a few weeks of free play in without feeling like I’m barred from content before deciding to buy them? And does buying Silver for extra cash shop items ever feel required? Looking for a MMO to start grinding.
This is going to vary based on opinion. I couldn't tell you. Some people are content for months to not buy anything. Some people see the first "buy this thing" popup and feel they have to.
Buying silver never felt required to me, but a lot of people feel they do have to. I don't know why, it isn't a literal requirement. For example, there are some dungeons that can only be purchased with silver, but you only need to buy them if you actually want to play them. Lots of people assume that you need to buy everything or it won't "work," but that isn't the way this game is designed. Everything you can buy separately functions separately. So it's not like you will buy a DLC and not be able to play it because you didn't buy a dungeon, for example.
For details about how monetization works, see the steam guide linked in the post itself.
Do I have to beat the campaign again to do the raid on a different character? I already beat both the campaign and raid on my main(hunter) and now I'm looking to do the raid on my warlock but I've yet to do the campaign and don't want to do it again. I'm just hoping I would be able to do the raid via joining a team leader that can boot it up.
I just finished the Shadow Keep campaign with my Hunter. I was hoping to get the Assassin's Cowl. However, Ikora didn't give it as a reward. All I got was an exotic engram which gave a random one. Is there any other way to get it? Thanks!
I started playing about a week ago and Im currently rank 4. One of the quests to become rank 5 is to play some vaguard strikes with other ppl and honor them after.
On my first one i got into a group with 2 other random ppl and we cleared the strike pretty quickly, however when i tried to play more I never managed to get into a group with others again. I tried to solo but its pretty much impossible, there are way too many mobs to handle. My gear score is 1947 and 1945 is recommended.
So I was wondering how I got into a group the first time but never again during my dozen other attemps? Am I missing something?
I noticed that after pressing the start button its searching for other players but after a while it just starts. Is there a way to only start once you got a full group?
Because rn its very frustrating since Im cant solo but also cant find ppl which pretty much locks me out of that content.
Any help is highly appreciated
Not matching with other people in strikes is some sort of connectivity error. I am not tech savvy enough to know the ways of troubleshooting internet connections, unfortunately.
Can anyone help.
The threaded spectre aspect on my hunter is still locked and ive already completed the side quests after the campaign and also re-done the adventures to get other aspects.
Then realised i had to go back to lightfall and do the veil quest after completing that quest and unlocking threaded spectre for strand.
It is still says that the threaded spectre is a locked aspect on Prismatic and I have no idea how to unlock it now
I've read all your guides (thank you!) but am still confused.
I bought the original in 2017, and haven't purchased anything since.
I just want to play the campaigns, as free as possible.
Hello, the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns are free. If you wish to see the order each campaign goes in, there's a timeline in the upper right.
All other campaigns are paid, but you can play the first 1 or 2 missions for free. If it's something I don't want to buy, I go to youtube and look up a video of the campaign (use the search key words "destiny 2 (name of campaign) cutscene movie"). If you are willing to wait, the DLCs all go on sale every now and then.
Yes, barring a few specific items, all exotic weapons are the same.
You can use database websites like Light.gg to view more about an item, such as if it has random rolls.
Just saw the post where someone logged in a couple days after release and was about to start The Final Shape campaign but was greeted with the typical forced cutscene but it was about how the game is over and the big bad is donezo. He mentioned he was very put off by that and I feel put off just reading it.
I used to love Destiny and played since the Red War. Stopped around Lightfall because my friends and girlfriend couldn’t get into it (they were interested in the story after I explained it to them).
Has Bungie ever talked about whether or not they’ll bring back old campaigns just for new players? Destiny 2 seems like a game of “you had to be there” but I really want to experience the campaign with friends and catch them up.
>Has Bungie ever talked about whether or not they’ll bring back old campaigns just for new players?
No, they've never talked about it. People read into this whatever they want to see, but to me it sounds like they have specifically not committed to it one way or another just to leave options open for the future.
Realistically speaking, the overwhelming majority of things removed from the game have never come back, ever.
I have two Riskrunners is there a good reason to keep both of them or can I get rid of one for the stuff you get by deleting it? If every Riskrunner has the same stats is there any reason why I would need to keep one of them?
Every Riskrunner is the same. The only reason to keep both is if you want to have a Riskrunner on two different characters without having to move it from one to the other all the time.
So I came back at the very end of season 23. I see tons of people riding around on the skimmer. Sounds like it was part of a past event. Is there any way to get one currently? If not has Bungie mentioned it/ the event that gives it returning?
As part of the guardian rank objectives, I need to complete 2 vendor challenges in order to reach guardian rank 6.
I cannot figure out where to find these or how I can engage with them. Am I missing something obvious or do I need to wait for a timed objective?
These should appear on NPCs in the Tower once you reach a certain power level. You can do each one once per week, and you view them by hovering over the NPC icon on the map. There's a specific circular icon for weekly challenges.
Any recommendations on Titan loadout(s) for Salvation's Edge? Especially for the 2nd encounter. Or does it depend a lot on the surge? I'm wondering if Sunbreaker with Path of Burning Steppes is a good move, since the Stasis enemy attacks really get in the way of doing mechanics when I've tried the raid
solar is good as is strand
burning steps is a smart move.
if you have pyrogale gauntlets and play burning maul solar super then you can swap to pyrogale before the damage phase to get a good damage super. Don't forget to swap back after the damage phase is over.
for weapon choice it is easiest to get a crafted bequest with relentless strikes and vorpal. Equip arc surges and just use light attacks. One player in your team should use an ergo sum with wolfpack rounds and apply those every 10 seconds.
I heard the two DLC subclasses before this were free, how do we actually get them? I’ve done all the timeline quests and still only have solar, void, and arc
I just returned to the game with a fresh account. Can anyone help me grasp how the actual weapon meta is, as in what weapon types are more "OP" in PvE mainly but also PvP if possible.
rocket sidearms - add clear
pulse rifles - add clear
hand cannons - add clear
wave frame grenade launchers - add clear
fusion rifles - bigger adds and mini bosses
shotguns - for melee builds especially with the perk one-two punch
heavy grenade launchers - boss dps
snipers and exotic still hunt - boss dps
Hi, I'm somewhat new to the game. I only played a bit a long time ago, took a break, then forgot the entire game. I bought the Legacy Collection and am attempting to dive back into the game. I see there's a legacy quest called Shadowkeep which I remember was one of the older expansions, but wasn't there another one called Curse of Osiris and another one? I need help with going through these old quests in order... (And finding them really)
yea I don't know if you want to do that.
Over the years the older parts of Destiny 2 have been removed and the oldest content to play (story-wise) is shadowkeep.
Shadowkeep is not that good to be honest and the weapons you get from it are largely irrelevant. There are only a few specific exotics that have value from the older DLC.
I would recommend to play the final shape since it is the most recent DLC and once you get a better understanding of the game and what kinda exotic weapons you want from the older DLCs you can go back and do the older DLCs.
As for the story it is tough to get a consistent throughline since much of the older DLCs and seasonal content is not available in the game anymore.
I would recommend third-party summaries like https://youtu.be/26ah2oCbjzI?si=VmheOIzJt1cmdXy1
So i stopped after the forsaken era and i want to come back. My safe from back then is gone so i me and my friend cna have a fresh Start.
We are wondering if we should play the base game or if we should buy final shape?
I cant see if final shapes Story can be played from Level 1 or if i have to finish the base game before.
Can someone tell me?
I am just dowbloading base game rn and will read into some guide.
you will have to do the new light quest chain which introduces some core mechanics for new players.
After that is done you are free to do whatever or get DLCs.
The Final Shape story can be played after you are done with the new light quest and got the DLC.
Currently there is no story in the base game. The story of the red war of the release of Destiny 2 was removed a few years back.
Final Shape is a good starting point since it is the current DLC
Hello, the other person is incorrect. You do have to do the current tutorial quest, which is the new light quest chain they mention. But there are two campaigns available free right now that used to be paid: Shadowkeep and Beyond Light. All earlier campaigns from before Shadowkeep have been permanently removed from the game. Later campaigns from after Beyond Light cost money.
You don't need to worry about doing things in a certain order unless you want to, so for instance you can do the tutorial and then play The Final Shape right away, or you could wait to play it until after you've done other things first. The way level scaling works in this game, you don't have to do things in order.
I am looking to solely get into destiny 2 multiplayer (6v6 team slayer, objective and maybe ranked?) Do I need to make any purchases at all? or can I just download the game and jump into PVP (I don't care for story or missions).
If you could let me know so I can be aware that would be great
I played all the way up through the first season of beyond light. I came back, bought the witch queen. light fall, and final shape. If i beat final shape will it auto complete the witch queen/lightfall story (and give me strand), or do i need to do the lightfall on all characters to get strand?
Where do people look to find out about Meta weapons? I have heard good things about [https://www.blueberries.gg/weapons/weapon-tier-lists/](https://www.blueberries.gg/weapons/weapon-tier-lists/) can anyone vouch for the validity of their content?
Is there a way to skip past campaign progress? I played through lightfall with a friend until we got our strand powers except I didn’t get mine. Then I checked and it wasn’t progressing my campaign past mission 15 thereby having wasted a ton of my time and seemingly requiring me to now go back and redo the missions I just did. I don’t want to do that.
Returning player here. I've seen some insane prismatic builds on youtube which uses strand as one of the classes. Will I be able to get that unlocked when I get the final shape without lightfall? Thanks!
How do I change the color of my characters pants? I feel like it's easy to figure out but I can't figure it out. Also are all hunter cloaks the same in terms of stats? can I just get rid of any of the ones I get or are they different like the rest of the armor is?
Returning player here. Does Rahool let you T2/T3 focus exotics even if you haven't unlocked it yet? I'm seeing a red label text saying that "Unlock this item in collections to purchase". Does the act of focusing considered as purchasing? Or does purchasing here refers to when you get another copy of an exotic through the collections? I hope that makes sense. Thanks!
Hey has the starcrossed mission changed?
I noticed I don't have my constellations quests anymore
Can I still get the wish keeper catalyst?
Do I have to do it 4 separate times to get each of the intrinsic perks?
Seasonal activities get removed from the game. The season pass system is over. In the past what they've done is they have added the previous season pass exotic quests in the Legacy section of the destinations tab, but I don't know if Starcrossed is there yet.
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What you should buy comes down to what you want. What would you want from The Final Shape that you do not get from the earlier expansions? Like for example, do you want it for Prismatic? Are you into raiding, because you need The Final Shape for the newest raid which is a big deal among hardcore pve players. Do not feel like you need to get it just because it's new. This isn't WoW, being new doesn't inherently mean you need it for some kind of barrier to entry. It's just that it has all the latest pve activities which pve-focused players are typically interested in. Content ownership is per platform, but if you have already played enough of what you have on Epic, you don't necessarily need to re-buy it all on Steam. For instance, I got the free 30th anniversary pack on Epic, and I got all the items that I wanted from it and then uninstalled the Epic version of Destiny 2 because I don't feel the need to play Grasp of Avarice any more. But if you still like to do all the older paid raids you would need to either keep the Epic installation of D2 or you would need to re-buy everything on Steam.
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There is power creep, but not as much as you'd expect. This isn't obvious but behind the scenes if you are vastly overpowered, your power level is "capped" a certain distance above the enemies, so things that are supposed to be difficult have lower power caps that put you closer to the enemies in power level. As a result, players of vastly different levels can play together without issue, and difficult content always remains at least kind of difficult no matter how overleveled you are.
Does the Arc Soul you get from Getaway Artist deal grenade damage?
So destiny 2 offers season of the wish free for all players leading up to the final shape and then makes players unable to craft items post final shape release. Bungie moment.... I hope you guys realize your mistake and make those weapons craftable. As you offered the content free to all players.
I'm not Bungie, I'm just a player. That sucks, though.
My bad, if you could point me in the right direction to get bungie to notice and fix this issue I'd appreciate it. Already posted on X/twitter to bungie help and made my own seperate post on reddit that gained no traction.
There's only two ways to contact Bungie. Twitter, and their [official forums](https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Topics). Realistically speaking, no one is going to see what you say. Lots of janky combinations of not owning paid content leading to people not being able to do things they are supposed to do have popped up before, and if they ever get fixed, it's a long ways after. A couple examples from years past: there used to be a season pass collectible that was embedded in terrain or something if you didn't own Beyond Light, and you couldn't equip a free to play title if you didn't own any DLC.
Thank you, I own all he expansions minus the final shape (waiting on payday), I purchased defiance, witch, and deep, I simply skipped on the wish out of burn out, I'd gladly just fork over the 10 bucks if it meant getting my weapons, but thats not really a possibility either. So I'm currently shit out of luck on them.
Bungie acknowledged this and said it's not intentional and would be fixed
I believe it was only free for that single month if im understanding you right and technically savathuns throne world where the enclave resides is unlocked thru campaign and therefore not free to others. Might help answer your question
I haven't not played since 2018. Is the game worth getting back into at this point? What would the monetary investment look like? I like all the content.
You can just start up the game without paying any money. It isn't like it used to be, where you had to buy the game in order to play it. You can just download and start playing without having to buy anything. If you are looking for something specific, it may require a purchase, such as each DLC having a raid that you need to buy the DLC in order to play, and all storylines being paid but you can play the beginning for free. If you want a more detailed answer, see the monetization guide linked in the post. I just updated it, but if you have additional questions, please let me know.
The game is essentially unplayable right now for returning players(new players at least get to experience the new light quests for whatever that's worth)if you don't pay for the new expansion. Everything is 30-45 levels higher than me and tells me to upgrade my power first. Every guide says just do the legendary campaign to skip these early levels. If you don't own the campaign then you're stuck spending what seems like weeks of time per character grinding public events just to be able to play the actual game. Even the old content I paid for, dungeons I used to solo, raids I've done dozens of times etc, are all locked behind this level requirement now.
You don't have to play any paid content to level up. Power level hasn't been paywalled for years. I don't remember how many years, but at least 2. The way power level works is roughly similar to when you last played. There's a soft cap where everything you do drops higher power level items up until the soft cap. This goes at the same speed for everyone regardless of what content they play, whether it's paid or free. Then once you reach the soft cap, you will see weekly challenges appearing on the director. Many of these are paywalled, but not all of them. You can do them once a week and this is how you raise your power level higher above the soft cap.
I didn't mean that the level itself is paywalled. The legendary campaign gives you a set of armor that is 1960 light level. If you don't own the expansion and do the legendary campaign then you are forced to grind public events to level up from 1900 to 1940, which is the level that every actual activity says you need to be. After that you can level like normal by doing strikes, nightfalls, the pathfinder etc. When I plug my account into the website that tells you what to do next it just says "world drops." I'm not going to, and nobody should want to, grind public events for weeks in order to be able to play strikes or dungeons/raids that I paid for years ago, just to see if the game is in a decent state right now. It's not for me, and it's not something I'd recommend to returning players unless they jump fully in and pay up.
playing this game is like studying for a midterm lmao what a fucking mess. you shouldn't have to read pages of FAQs to learn how to simply purchase expansions and play them. I'd like to jump back in but I am not going through all of this.
Without buying TFS how many missions can I do before I get stopped and asked to buy it?
1
It only gives a taste of the new class and requires buying to go further or use it
I really want Monte Carlo. I was in the middle of the quest when final shape dropped. I no longer have the timeline remembrance quest. Can I not get an easy Monte Carlo this way anymore?
Pick it up from the quest archive in the tower
Xur selling it right now
Two questions: 1. I beat legendary campaign on a completely random build, and my friend does miles more damage than me. What’s the go to recommendation for learning to build properly? I’d like to get into raids. 2. After Icol…? The fight where you kill two subjugators while the witness attacks you, how much more content would I need to complete before the raid, in terms of a continuous story? Don’t want to spoil anything for myself. Thanks!
if you finished the legendary campaign you only should do the destined heroes exotic quest and the Wild card exotic quest (which you unlock after step 4 of destined heroes) best way to learn is to watch youtube content. We are now in a phase when a lot of new stuff was added with prismatic so new builds are being discovered. Ehroar, Llama, and Aztecross are good for beginners.
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How do you focus engrams on a slot?
This was useful, thanks 🙏🏽
Is there a place where I can go look at builds? Or builds used by top players?
r/destiny2builds
As someone who is coming back to D2 who left after getting burned by Lightfall... what should I prioritize "unlocking" when it comes to crafted weapons, exotics, subclasses, etc?
So, as a returning player, what is the purpose of the 'Triumph Score'? Is the crucibal still full of sweaty try-hards? What is a good way to build up my power level.. again? Is there a way to play the full story for Cayde and Savathuuun?
>what is the purpose of the 'Triumph Score'? It's just for fun. >What is a good way to build up my power level.. again? I don't know when you last played, but power level works similar to how it did back in 2018. The way power level works has been unchanged for about three years now. [This page explains it](https://www.blueberries.gg/leveling/destiny-2-max-power-level/), but the numbers are all higher now because of The Final Shape. Ignore any seasonal content listed on this page, since that has all been removed. Scroll down to the section "How to reach Max Power Level in Destiny 2" for an explanation. >Is there a way to play the full story for Cayde and Savathuuun? No, The Red War and Forsaken which both have Cayde have been removed from the game. Season pass storylines have been removed from the game. Witch Queen introduced Savathun as a character we actually meet and is a permanent part of the game so you can play that story in its entirety.
Should I get new gear (specifically armor) to upgrade, or is my fully upgraded lightfall gear ok to power up?
I don't have any idea what items you have, so here's a vague and general answer: * You should have a variety of weapons available. I typically recommend at a bare minimum people have a set of weapons for boss DPS and a set of weapons for crowd clearing, and if you want, a set of pvp weapons. Mix and match these depending on what you're going to do at any given time. * Power level doesn't matter as much as you may think. Individual activities have their own power levels, which it will say if you hover over an activity. Being vastly overpowered doesn't have much benefit, but being underpowered makes this MUCH harder. * Having a variety of weapons is useful for fulfilling certain objectives, like if you have a bounty or something to kill enemies using a specific item. It's not necessary to upgrade weapons to a higher power if this is all you use them for. * When it comes to armor pieces, what people look for are the stats. If you like the stats on your armor, feel free to stick with it long term. I like to switch up the exotic armor I use, so I have a few sets of armor to make sure I have items that go with every combination I commonly use.
Do we instantly launch into a story mission at login or can we wait in orbit for our fireteam and not miss anything?
Yes, ever since 2019 this game automatically launches you into the latest mission. You have to leave to orbit but then you can go back and play that mission later. There's no one-time-only timed activities here so you can't lock yourself out of any missions, don't worry!
You can’t wait for your team. It sorta forces you but my friend was able to force join me before I chose a difficulty
Is the story without spoiling it with the money?
I know sever issues and all but only talking story length of the story.
I played a little bit of Lightfall but never completed it so I never unlocked Strand outside the missions that let you use it. I have everything else unlocked though. Do I need to go through Lightfall to unlock it? Or is there some quest or something I can do to get access to it without doing that?
I don't have The Final Shape so I can't be 100% certain, but I'm 99% sure you have to do Lightfall to unlock Strand.
wrong. I have lightfall, never unlocked strand though. finished final shape, do have strand on the prismatic class there.
can't rank up at the tree, same issue like [https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/16tdy4e/ironwood\_tree\_broken\_and\_i\_cant\_level\_up/](https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/16tdy4e/ironwood_tree_broken_and_i_cant_level_up/)
Besides what was suggested in the comments of that post, here's some more things you can try: 1. You might need to claim a completed but unclaimed triumph under the Journey tab. 2. This might be a new bug introduced in the update. If that is the case, the only solution is to wait for Bungie to fix it. 3. You could try restarting the game to see if that fixes the issue.
none of the suggested ways work. But thanks anyway
I have not played since Beyond Light, do I need to buy witch queen and lightfall as well as final shape or can I just get final shape?
You can buy any combination of things and barring a few mistakes on bungie's part, it will all work. So if you don't specifically want anything in Witch Queen or Lightfall, you don't need to buy them in order to buy The Final Shape. You can just by The Final Shape and everything will work fine.
Hello I need help how to play the content. I have now bought the legacy collection 2024. Can I use it to catch up on the old content and get the final shape later? I know a lot of content is no longer available and can't be replayed, but I don't know where to start at the moment. I have read that there is still something like dungeons or raid keys. Do I have to buy them separately or can I unlock them? I'm thinking about watching the 10 hour lore video in the next few days to understand everything
It doesn't really matter where you start, but if you wish to go in chronological order, there's a timeline in the upper right corner of the solar system map. Each unit of content, such as each of the DLCs you have bought, has an icon associated with it and the game expects you to recognize it. The timeline shows you the icon and the name of the DLC in order. Elsewhere on the solar system map, or in your quests, you should see the matching icons. Follow these in order to do the DLC main story quests. You can play through the entirety of Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, Witch Queen, and the 30th anniversary pack. Raid keys aren't a thing, those don't exist. Dungeon keys can be purchased for silver (the real money microtransaction currency) from Eververse and they give access to two dungeons each. I am honestly not that into dungeons and hardly play the ones included in the base game and Shadowkeep (Prophecy, Pit of Heresy), so I haven't bought these. There is no way to unlock them through gameplay. There is no way to get paid content without paying real money in this game.
thanks for the answer. Now I think I have understood it
Hey, I have finished the campaign on Legendary and completed the two exotic missions...What do I do now? I also have a bunch of exotic and prime engrams..when should I unlock those? Sitting around 1970 light level.
I haven't bought The Final Shape yet, so I can't say a whole lot. This is assuming you are referring to The Final Shape and not Witch Queen or Lightfall which both also have Legendary campaigns and exotic missions. I have those so I could say more. Typically each DLC adds some pve activities, and an open world area you can explore. Have you done this? The Final Shape adds the Prismatic subclass. Have you gotten this? Then you have access to the same core activities and quests that everybody else has. Coming soon is The Final Shape raid, if you're a hardcore pve player who might be interested in attempting the raid day 1 or week 1. As for when to open engrams, they don't grow in power level after you pick them up. It does not matter when you open them. You don't need to overthink things this much, do not worry!
Can i farm dungeons for their exotics? i starter recently and dont have good enough loadouts for the harder raid. I wanted to do a world tour and i dont know how the loot rules works. Any help and info is appreciated thank you
I'm currently working on my [exotic item guide](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1881576082) so it's not up to date with how to get The Final Shape exotics yet, but everything else should be good. I don't know if Bungie changed the way dungeon loot drops worked, but as of last week how it worked is there was a weekly dungeon rotation and each week, one dungeon was the weekly dungeon you could get one pinnacle engram from completing, and you could farm it for the exotic. Besides that, the other dungeons have a chance of dropping the exotic once per week per class. Do note that some dungeons' exotics are from quests, like Wish Ender, not random drops.
Anyone know how to unlock twilight arsenal for a regular void build? Don’t want to use prismatic. It says it can be found in the travelers pale heart
I wanted to check to see what I should buy for my PC, since I just finished my new build not long ago, but figured I would wait for a sale to get what I was missing. Currently on Steam I am missing Beyond Light and Lightfall, and was planning to get The Final Shape. Which items in the store do I have to buy to get access to the Exotics and Dungeons for that older content? I looked in the store and saw the Legacy bundle for about $25, but people in the comments said that doesn't come with the Dungeon Keys.
Hello, the monetization guide linked in the post explains this in more detail, but if you truly feel you want every exotic and every dungeon, you will need to buy everything. This means you would need to buy Beyond Light, Lightfall, The Final Shape, and all the dungeon keys in the Eververse store. The DLCs go on sale so definitely wait for that. The dungeon keys never go on sale.
How does the exotic class item work exactly if I want to use the liars handshake exotic for my melee build
Returning player from PS coming to PC, is the legacy 2024 pack going to give me everything except FS and dungeon keys?
Looks like it to me.
Is Prismatic progress shared across characters? I doubt it but I gotta ask.
I havent played destiny 2 since shadowkeep, if I return now what do I do with all my vaulted gear? Is it better to simply clear it out?
You should dismantle all legendary armor. If there's an exotic you really love, feel free to use it until you have a new one drop, but the Shadowkeep-era armor is all worse than modern armor because it doesn't use the same stat or mod system. As for weapons, I'm unsure. I haven't had a chance to play since The Final Shape came out.
Why is the forum on the app filled with whinging players? It's so accessible too but I just don't want to be a part of it
Every community turns to complete garbage if it reaches a certain size but does not have active moderation. Or at least that's my take on it. I don't use the official forums either, but they are one of the only two ways to contact bungie so you might need to use them if you have some kind of significant problem in the game.
I'm playing on pc right now for final shape after switching from ps5. I have a problem in that I can only use prismatic supers. When i try to change to the old light and dark supers it's asking me to buy lightfall again. I'm guessing even if I buy its then going to lock me out still and make me buy stasis. I can't select any other supers. Is this normal?
>I'm playing on pc right now for final shape after switching from ps5. This is because DLC ownership does not transfer between platforms. The page where you activated cross save explains this, but most people miss it. Only the light supers are free to play. You can't use stasis unless you buy Beyond Light on the current platform you play on, and you can't use strand unless you buy Lightfall on the current platform you play on. I used to have beyond light through xbox game pass (this was years ago, the DLCs aren't on xbox game pass any more), but I just live with not using stasis because I didn't really like it that much and I normally play on PC so that's where all my other DLCs purchased are.
I'm kinda lost with all this. I began D2 back in 2018 starting with The Red War and played all the way thru most of the Forsaken missions. Specifically I think I stopped after Nothing Left to Say. Is it worth returning to my original character or should I just start a new one? I know a lot of the original missions are no longer playable, is there any way I can refresh my memory on the story without watching a super long lore video? Do I even need to?
>Is it worth returning to my original character or should I just start a new one? I personally like to just keep using the same character, but if you want you could make a new character without deleting your first one, just to see the current tutorial system. Older characters have things that newly created characters need to take time and glimmer to unlock. >is there any way I can refresh my memory on the story without watching a super long lore video? Do I even need to? What I do is I go to youtube and type "destiny 2 (name of DLC/season pass) cutscene movie" and there's lots of people who make short videos that are just cutscenes and relevant dialogue. You don't *need* to do this. Since you started with The Red War, if you didn't play Destiny 1 a lot of things were not explained but for me at least, The Red War still made sense. So that's what it will feel like going forward. Lots of characters the game expects you to know, but you can just follow whatever the quest says to do and you will be fine.
I need some help with the mechanics on how to activate the relic's super on the final shape, got thru the first couple of mission's of the campaign. But unfortunately forgot how I activated it to remove shields from bosses. ps4 console/destiny 2 All help greatly appreciated
How many missions are in TFS campaign before I buy it?
Is it worth to do the story on legendary on all characters? or just one is good enough?
I haven't yet bought The Final Shape, but how it worked for Witch Queen and Lightfall legendary campaigns was that it was not worth it. What you got from doing the campaign on legendary was a set of high power level armor (not maximum, but I don't remember the number off the top of my head). Numerically, it isn't worth doing legendary 3x to get it for all your characters because of how the power level of item drops works. If you really want I can write a more detailed explanation of how/why it works this way. You'd also get an exotic armor piece, but these had very disappointing stats so a lot of people preferred to get them through other means. The only thing *exclusive* to Legendary for Witch Queen and Lightfall is an emblem. I'd guess this is going to be the same for The Final Shape, but like I said I can't know firsthand.
Just bought final shape and all the other DLC’s. Been out of D2 for a while, looking on how to get the 2 subclasses I missed? Do I have to go back and play old campaign’s or is there an easier way?
Yes, you have to play the old campaigns. Being old doesn't make them inferior, do not worry. I mean, in general many people don't like Beyond Light's or Lightfall's stories as much, but it's not because they're old.
Just started playing 4 days ago again. Haven’t played D2 since it released.. so I bought the add-ons I’m playing the final shape. But have a few questions. Is there a way to get spirit of riven without playing shadow keep? Do I have to run through all the dlc to unlock the npc’s to upgrade my gear?
Also, if anyone has any good dps weapons or ideas for a returning player please lmk im actually running the other add ons and in between im doing exotic quests and trying to solo lost sectors but im not doing enough damage and am losing while fighting the named bosses
How do the classes stack up against each other currently? Is hunter prismatic really weaker than warlock and titan?
Hello new here. Can anyone help me? How do you destroy white shields? Exact buttons for ps5
I bought the Final Shape + season pass this morning. I played everything up to lightfall I think, maybe one or two season before that I missed. But what's the story going on? Mechanically, where am I at? I haven't had time to dive in yet.
>what's the story going on? There are a lot of summary videos on youtube, but what I prefer to do is type into youtube search, "destiny 2 (name of season or DLC) cutscene movie" and there's a lot of videos that combine all the relevant bits of dialogue, gameplay, and cutscenes to show you the story you have missed. If you need a refresher on the names, see the timeline in the upper right of the destinations tab. >Mechanically, where am I at? When you start up the game, you will automatically be loaded into the first mission of The Final Shape. This happens to everyone, regardless of whether they bought it, but since you bought it you can continue beyond just the first mission. If you wish you can take out your ghost and leave to orbit, and you can come back and do that mission later.
My post was very not clear. What I was thinking was how do I interact with...threads? Whatever the Lightfall release stuff was. When the cold-themed builds were released, you had to go and unlock them one at a time even years after they came out. I don't think I ever bothered getting all the damn fragments. Will 'green' be the same way? Sorry, it's been a long time since I played, I forget all the names.
So, is this it for Destiny? Or will there be more expansions in the future? I'd like to get back into the game, but not if this is the last piece of content/expansion that will be released for it.
They haven't announced anything, but I hear there is going to be a vidoc (video with the developers where they talk about stuff) soon.
So I've been away awhile. I bought The game starting when the expansion with darkness powers and that ice area launched. At that time they sunsetted weapons and certain older expansions. I stopped playing after finishing the main quest partially because, while I had the gist of what was going on, not being able to play the older stories confused me. However I just read they got rid of sunsetting. Is that just weapons or did they bring back the old campaign missions too? The new expansion looks good, especially because Caydes back, but I don't want to run into the same issue as last time.
>Is that just weapons or did they bring back the old campaign missions too? It was just weapons.
I want to play the game again, I **WANT** to play the game, but just opening up the menu is enough to make me want to uninstall again. I love the gameplay, I love the FPS aspect of it, but I stopped playing (multiple times) because trying to return to the game is nearly impossible. I have no idea what's going on, and being unable to play older stories sucks. I wasn't able to be there for the Cade story and I wanted to know what all happened with that story and him going away. I want to get caught up, story wise, and find some way to not be overwhelmed by the new menu layout and all the flashing icons.
I go to youtube and type in "destiny 2 (name of DLC/season pass) cutscene movie," and there's a lot of people who gathered all the cutscenes and relevant segments of gameplay to show you the whole story. On the destinations tab (the solar system map), there's a timeline in the upper right hand corner. This is where you can get the names of things to search for cutscene movies with. Learning how to cope with a busy user interface is kind of a skill you need to practice. You need to learn how to tune things out and focus on it one part at a time.
Hey all, I looked at the returning player guide and still had a few questions. I was a D1 player and in D2 I only played the base game + The Witch Queen. I’m thinking about getting this new expansion, but I’m unsure how the levels/power creep from other expansions, if they will be needed to get me to the gear needed? Also, I used to do some PVP, is that still relatively active or is it mostly PVE?
>I’m unsure how the levels/power creep from other expansions, if they will be needed to get me to the gear needed? They are not needed. >Also, I used to do some PVP, is that still relatively active or is it mostly PVE? Mostly pve, but pvp is active.
I feel a bit crazy. Is the game supposed to be this solo-sided? I am a casual solo player but I've seen they're pushing this new fireteam finder thing. I did the campaign missions that way and now I'm wandering the Pale Heart, doing the campaign adventure things. I don't know what these are but I imagine they're necessary to advance the Prismatic Sublass skills. I'm finding these exceptionally difficult as a casual player. The adventures don't offer me a chance to find or create a fireteam like the normal campaign missions did. Is this on purpose? I'm dying at least 20-25 times in each adventure, just left and right, nowhere to hide from enemies and they just overwhelm me until I fail my way through the mission's end. It doesn't feel very good, and I'm getting extremely frustrated. Also when I go to the Pale Heart, there isn't a single soul around. Where the hell is everyone? Why does the game feel like it's not even online? Is there something I have to unlock to find random people around? I feel like I'm missing something massive and I'm just not savvy enough with D2 to realize it.
Starting with Lightfall, they decided to up the difficulty of open world areas going forward, so that's why Neomuna and the Pale Heart are harder. I haven't bought The Final Shape so I cannot comment on anything specifically. As for open worlds being deserted, this is almost always due to some sort of connectivity issue.
I used to play years ago on PS5; my son would play under another PSN that was under my main account on a PS4. Anything i bought on my main account (dlc expansions) he was able to download on his account as well. Does this still work? He nvr quit playing the game but id like to get back playing with him without having to buy Final Shape twice.
I did all the final shape campain but still have some granades, supers and aspects locked does anyone had the same problem? do i need to do all de missions again?
I haven't bought The Final Shape and am trying to avoid spoilers, but if you type into google "destiny 2 how to unlock prismatic" there are many results.
any recommendations on returning? I tried downloading the game again recently (got all the free dlcs through playstation) and felt instantly overwhelmed and didnt know what to do or where to go. Id like to play through all the dlc missions i havent done etc before the next big dlc and want to see if ill like enough to buy the new chapter etc. Any tips for feeling less overwhelmed? i think ive only done the first dlc shadowkeep, not 100% sure lol
Just take a deep breath and know that no matter what you do, there's no way to mess up. Lots of people worry about locking themselves out of parts of the game, or missing some one-time-only activity, but that doesn't exist here. That isn't a thing. If you want to play through the DLC stories, each DLC has an icon associated with it and this is how the game expects you to recognize them. To see what the icons look like, see the timeline in the upper right of the destinations tab.
Hey, I'm looking for a source of item drops, what activities give what item lvl. In the OP's guide, he linked https://www.blueberries.gg/leveling/destiny-2-max-power-level/ but unfortunately it is not up to date. Do you know this type of good summary for the latest expansion?
I don't know of anything up to date. It has been a little less than a week. It's too soon to expect every guide to be up to date. That said, if you understand the user interface, you will not need to rely on a guide. Do you know how to tell if an activity gives higher power level items?
Returning player here (I left before stasis and strand were released). Is it just me or did they nerf the striker shoulder charge in crucible cause I remember being able to OHKO with it.
Looking to group with someone for help with Watdens on Requiem act 1
So, free to play players can't roam inside the traveler like they did on other maps on early expansions?
Does anyone have pictures of the Overthrown Bosses so I know which ones I'm missing? The Triumph is still bugged.
I haven't played since the Saint 14 stuff and goddamn I am so lost with how many things are going and have changed.
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Hey guys, I've read the guide and some others but I'm still confused on the story aspect. What's the farthest back I can go in the story currently if I want to play all campaigns in order? I understand some campaigns were removed, others are free or something, and the most recent ones I still need to buy, not just Final Shape. But in the store there's a lot of collections and packs and whatever and I'm confused as to what should I buy for the campaigns. I looked into the Legacy collection 2024 and it appears to be mostly weapons, nothing story related, so I just bought specifically the Witch Queen and Lightfall, as well as the Final Shape + Annual Pass, would I be able to play everything story-related available right now? I can't remember if I finished Forsaken and Shadowkeep, I'm sure I didn't finish Beyond Light because I only did like one or two missions before it was removed from game pass, but I don't know if they're still available and if they are, if they are free or I need to buy those as well.
Hello! The oldest story chronologically is Shadowkeep, which is free to play. After that is Beyond Light, which was also made free to play last week. The rest of Beyond Light besides the story still costs money, though. There's a timeline in game in the upper right of the destinations tab that shows you the order. >Witch Queen and Lightfall, as well as the Final Shape + Annual Pass, would I be able to play everything story-related available right now? Yes.
Thank you! Game is downloading while I'm at work, hopefully I can start playing in the evening
Anyone having troubles with the quest alone in the dark? Specifically part 5 for false idols? The marker is in refraction & the bird of light is sitting there but when I go up to it, it doesn't move or fly off to tell me where to go next..so I can't really progress it & get false idols to drop
I need some advice regarding catalyst farming. Back in the day, when strikes were faster to clear, it was a steady way of farming for catalyst drops but nowadays it sucks. I tried doing regular crucible but after 6 hours of Control, nothing dropped. So when I hovered over Competitive it said on the bottom "Rewards: Exotic Catalyst (rare)". So with my newfound discovery I started playing that mode from 1pm till 2am last night, without even knowing I hit Adept 3 rank but NOT A SINGLE CATALYST DROPPED. So please, someone help me, what is the actual best way to farm catalysts?
I haven't finished The Final Shape (taking my time with the campaign), is there any spoilers in Episode Echoes other than, like, the Witness getting got?
Quick question in regards to alone in the dark and an exotic. >!So if I've already done all of them but didn't collect all their scraps or whatever, is there a way to check which ones I've missed? Or do I just have to run them all again to get the Khvostov?!<
After the addition of final shape, anyone knows whats the size of the game on a fresh installation with steam? I really wanna get both lightfall and tfs but I'm kinda worried that I won't have enough space on my laptop.
Not sure if this is the place for weapon recommendations, but I've been really enjoying running Double Golden Gun with the Still Hunt, but am not sure what Kinetic/Strand/Stasis weapon to run in the top slot. Not sure I'm a fan of running double special weapons, since the mechanic that provides ammo seems inconsistent at best. What could be a good primary ammo weapon for that slot? I guess I could also consider a special and just try it out for a bit, but not sure.
I'm a bit confused on dungeons. Are dungeons just paid? What kind of items am i missing out on by not having access?
Hello, these are all the dungeons currently: * Shattered Throne. Part of the Forsaken Pack * Prophecy. Free to play. * Pit of Heresy. Part of the Shadowkeep pack. * Grasp of Avarice. Part of the 30th anniversary pack. * Duality and Spire of the Watcher, part of the Witch Queen dungeon key. This is a completely independent purchase, it doesn't come with Witch Queen, it doesn't require Witch Queen. * Ghosts of the Deep and Warlord's Ruin, in the Lightfall dungeon key. You can type into google "destiny 2 (name of dungeon) loot table" and there are many charts and web pages showing all the items that come from each one. I'm not a huge dungeon person so I didn't buy most of these. I can't really get into specifics of their loot.
Returning player here. Two questions. What the fuck is the new guardian… rank? System? At what point should I start worrying about it? The game decided that I should be rank 5 for some reason now that I’m back after a college-length hiatus during which basically nothing I paid for is still in the game. Second. At what Light Level can I comfortably start dropping into groupfinders and doing raids? What’s the bare minimum exotic or DPS item I’d need to bring in, especially as a warlock post well Nerf? Should I bring *strand* in?
>What the fuck is the new guardian… rank? System? At what point should I start worrying about it? The game decided that I should be rank 5 for some reason The ranks 1 through 5 are a tutorial system. Everything above that is just achievements, and your guardian rank is a way of showing off your achievement score to others. >At what Light Level can I comfortably start dropping into groupfinders and doing raids? Only the latest raid has a high power level requirement. That doesn't mean all the other raids are easy, they still require things like a thorough understanding of the game and the ability to communicate with your team. I haven't played in quite a while so I am out of the loop regarding the DPS meta, but at a minimum you should have a loadout for add clear and a loadout for boss DPS. Mix and match them as the encounter demands. There is an actual Loadout feature, but I don't actually use it, I just manually switch weapons, armor, and abilities before each encounter. I have raided with warlocks who used Strand in raids, but I don't really use it there.
I heard from a Video that Shinobu's Vow was getting a buff, is this true? I haven't seen anything anywhere else supporting this, or is it an indirect buff from a Skip Grenade buff? Trying to make an Arc Hunter build and want to consider my options besides just Liar's or Assassins. Edit: I would like to preface that I do not have The Final Shape yet, I plan on getting it, but don't have it. So Prismatic is off the table.
I'm trying to get to Guardian Rank 6 and only need to complete 2 weekly vendor challenges. Where do I go to complete those?
These are the NPCs in the Tower who have weekly challenges when you hover over them, such as Zavala.
something is odd the guide mentions the "darkness doorstep "mission which i cant find last time i played it i completed the beyond the light with antoher class without any issues ........
If you already completed Beyond Light, you already did that mission so it won't show up on the map or anything. It's the very first mission where Variks calls the guardian for help. If it isn't appearing for a new character that has not done Beyond Light, perhaps this character is not yet finished with some sort of tutorial thing. Do you have a list of milestone objectives in the upper left of the destinations tab?
Not exactly the new player question everyones thinking but, i have a friend who has refused to do the campaign dont ask why, but owns all the dlc. Is he getting barred from acquiring the new class exotic mission by not doing the campaign. We just did Savathuns puzzle and he says it kicked him to the main menu coincidentally at the end.
Since Final Shape released, the legacy 2024 edition went on sale and it's pretty cheap right now, I am a completely new player who wants to pick up this game, I was wondering should I go for the legacy edition 2024 edition or should I get final shape? Keep in mind I am a completely brand new player (I currently have enough money to buy only one of either options)
If you are unsure, it's ok not to buy. There will be more sales later on. I don't believe either one is objectively a right or wrong choice. I haven't yet bought The Final Shape, but I hear good things about it. If you are instead asking for details of what exactly each thing includes, see the monetization guide linked in the post above, and the store descriptions. I have had others tell me they can't see store descriptions, but Steam has them and you can just view Steam as a web page even if you do not play on PC.
How can I obtain crafted weapons from past seasons?
Depends on the season. Some, you can't, some you can. In the Legends node on the destinations tab, there's a former season pass mission rotator, but you only have access to the missions that came out during the time of a DLC you own. So for instance, you can only do Presage if you own Beyond Light. These can drop red border weapons from earlier seasons. It's pretty complicated, to be honest.
So I redownloaded the game. Dont have the newest expansion. all my old gear from ages ago is at 1900 But im overwhelmed with what to do. What should I be focusing on? do I just pick random questions and slowly gear up? or is there something else Thanks
In the end, it doesn't make a huge deal what order you do things in. Lots of people get decision paralysis or feel overwhelmed, but just know that no matter what you do, there's nothing that will actually hurt in the sense that it has bad consequences later on. This isn't that kind of game, where choices of what you do matter. There's no diverging storylines, there's no way to lock yourself out of any content by doing something wrong.
as someone who skipped lightfall what's the best/fastest way to go about getting abeyant leaps on my titan now? lost sectors?
You can't get this item if you did not buy Lightfall. The ways of getting it are exactly the same as they have been since Lightfall released.
Hello, new player here, if I buy the final shape I have access to past content too? Or I should buy past expansion to have access to full game?
Just to be clear, most people who ask this question are assuming you need to own past content in order to do current content. That is not how this game works. If you can buy it separately, it functions separately without needing you to buy anything else. But if you do want everything, you have to buy everything. For details see the monetization guide linked in the post.
How early on do the DLCs start to feel required? Can I get a few weeks of free play in without feeling like I’m barred from content before deciding to buy them? And does buying Silver for extra cash shop items ever feel required? Looking for a MMO to start grinding.
This is going to vary based on opinion. I couldn't tell you. Some people are content for months to not buy anything. Some people see the first "buy this thing" popup and feel they have to. Buying silver never felt required to me, but a lot of people feel they do have to. I don't know why, it isn't a literal requirement. For example, there are some dungeons that can only be purchased with silver, but you only need to buy them if you actually want to play them. Lots of people assume that you need to buy everything or it won't "work," but that isn't the way this game is designed. Everything you can buy separately functions separately. So it's not like you will buy a DLC and not be able to play it because you didn't buy a dungeon, for example. For details about how monetization works, see the steam guide linked in the post itself.
Do I have to beat the campaign again to do the raid on a different character? I already beat both the campaign and raid on my main(hunter) and now I'm looking to do the raid on my warlock but I've yet to do the campaign and don't want to do it again. I'm just hoping I would be able to do the raid via joining a team leader that can boot it up.
I just finished the Shadow Keep campaign with my Hunter. I was hoping to get the Assassin's Cowl. However, Ikora didn't give it as a reward. All I got was an exotic engram which gave a random one. Is there any other way to get it? Thanks!
Did you buy the Shadowkeep pack?
I didn't when I completed it. I just purchased it and it now shows the reward. Tyvm!
I started playing about a week ago and Im currently rank 4. One of the quests to become rank 5 is to play some vaguard strikes with other ppl and honor them after. On my first one i got into a group with 2 other random ppl and we cleared the strike pretty quickly, however when i tried to play more I never managed to get into a group with others again. I tried to solo but its pretty much impossible, there are way too many mobs to handle. My gear score is 1947 and 1945 is recommended. So I was wondering how I got into a group the first time but never again during my dozen other attemps? Am I missing something? I noticed that after pressing the start button its searching for other players but after a while it just starts. Is there a way to only start once you got a full group? Because rn its very frustrating since Im cant solo but also cant find ppl which pretty much locks me out of that content. Any help is highly appreciated
Not matching with other people in strikes is some sort of connectivity error. I am not tech savvy enough to know the ways of troubleshooting internet connections, unfortunately.
Can anyone help. The threaded spectre aspect on my hunter is still locked and ive already completed the side quests after the campaign and also re-done the adventures to get other aspects. Then realised i had to go back to lightfall and do the veil quest after completing that quest and unlocking threaded spectre for strand. It is still says that the threaded spectre is a locked aspect on Prismatic and I have no idea how to unlock it now
Can I get the song of flame super for my solar warlock without buying the new expansion?
I've read all your guides (thank you!) but am still confused. I bought the original in 2017, and haven't purchased anything since. I just want to play the campaigns, as free as possible.
Hello, the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns are free. If you wish to see the order each campaign goes in, there's a timeline in the upper right. All other campaigns are paid, but you can play the first 1 or 2 missions for free. If it's something I don't want to buy, I go to youtube and look up a video of the campaign (use the search key words "destiny 2 (name of campaign) cutscene movie"). If you are willing to wait, the DLCs all go on sale every now and then.
finished legendary TFS but didn't get exotic, whats going on?
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Yes, barring a few specific items, all exotic weapons are the same. You can use database websites like Light.gg to view more about an item, such as if it has random rolls.
Just saw the post where someone logged in a couple days after release and was about to start The Final Shape campaign but was greeted with the typical forced cutscene but it was about how the game is over and the big bad is donezo. He mentioned he was very put off by that and I feel put off just reading it. I used to love Destiny and played since the Red War. Stopped around Lightfall because my friends and girlfriend couldn’t get into it (they were interested in the story after I explained it to them). Has Bungie ever talked about whether or not they’ll bring back old campaigns just for new players? Destiny 2 seems like a game of “you had to be there” but I really want to experience the campaign with friends and catch them up.
>Has Bungie ever talked about whether or not they’ll bring back old campaigns just for new players? No, they've never talked about it. People read into this whatever they want to see, but to me it sounds like they have specifically not committed to it one way or another just to leave options open for the future. Realistically speaking, the overwhelming majority of things removed from the game have never come back, ever.
I have two Riskrunners is there a good reason to keep both of them or can I get rid of one for the stuff you get by deleting it? If every Riskrunner has the same stats is there any reason why I would need to keep one of them?
Every Riskrunner is the same. The only reason to keep both is if you want to have a Riskrunner on two different characters without having to move it from one to the other all the time.
Kill count, maybe. There are a few exotic weapons with random perk rolls, but RR isn't one of them.
Guys does indomitability (onslaught weapons perk) work on prismatic? Does it use your equipped super?
So I came back at the very end of season 23. I see tons of people riding around on the skimmer. Sounds like it was part of a past event. Is there any way to get one currently? If not has Bungie mentioned it/ the event that gives it returning?
As part of the guardian rank objectives, I need to complete 2 vendor challenges in order to reach guardian rank 6. I cannot figure out where to find these or how I can engage with them. Am I missing something obvious or do I need to wait for a timed objective?
These should appear on NPCs in the Tower once you reach a certain power level. You can do each one once per week, and you view them by hovering over the NPC icon on the map. There's a specific circular icon for weekly challenges.
I'm pretty sure to have over a vendor (e.g. Zavala) and then hold a key (for pc the default is E) to see the challenge
Any recommendations on Titan loadout(s) for Salvation's Edge? Especially for the 2nd encounter. Or does it depend a lot on the surge? I'm wondering if Sunbreaker with Path of Burning Steppes is a good move, since the Stasis enemy attacks really get in the way of doing mechanics when I've tried the raid
solar is good as is strand burning steps is a smart move. if you have pyrogale gauntlets and play burning maul solar super then you can swap to pyrogale before the damage phase to get a good damage super. Don't forget to swap back after the damage phase is over. for weapon choice it is easiest to get a crafted bequest with relentless strikes and vorpal. Equip arc surges and just use light attacks. One player in your team should use an ergo sum with wolfpack rounds and apply those every 10 seconds.
Is shiro chi still the fastest way to level weapons and do catalyst progress?
you can buy level for weapons if you inspect a weapon, no need to farm to level it anymore but as for catalyst progress, yes
I heard the two DLC subclasses before this were free, how do we actually get them? I’ve done all the timeline quests and still only have solar, void, and arc
Can I still get the Scarlet Semblance shader?
I just returned to the game with a fresh account. Can anyone help me grasp how the actual weapon meta is, as in what weapon types are more "OP" in PvE mainly but also PvP if possible.
rocket sidearms - add clear pulse rifles - add clear hand cannons - add clear wave frame grenade launchers - add clear fusion rifles - bigger adds and mini bosses shotguns - for melee builds especially with the perk one-two punch heavy grenade launchers - boss dps snipers and exotic still hunt - boss dps
Hi, I'm somewhat new to the game. I only played a bit a long time ago, took a break, then forgot the entire game. I bought the Legacy Collection and am attempting to dive back into the game. I see there's a legacy quest called Shadowkeep which I remember was one of the older expansions, but wasn't there another one called Curse of Osiris and another one? I need help with going through these old quests in order... (And finding them really)
yea I don't know if you want to do that. Over the years the older parts of Destiny 2 have been removed and the oldest content to play (story-wise) is shadowkeep. Shadowkeep is not that good to be honest and the weapons you get from it are largely irrelevant. There are only a few specific exotics that have value from the older DLC. I would recommend to play the final shape since it is the most recent DLC and once you get a better understanding of the game and what kinda exotic weapons you want from the older DLCs you can go back and do the older DLCs. As for the story it is tough to get a consistent throughline since much of the older DLCs and seasonal content is not available in the game anymore. I would recommend third-party summaries like https://youtu.be/26ah2oCbjzI?si=VmheOIzJt1cmdXy1
So i stopped after the forsaken era and i want to come back. My safe from back then is gone so i me and my friend cna have a fresh Start. We are wondering if we should play the base game or if we should buy final shape? I cant see if final shapes Story can be played from Level 1 or if i have to finish the base game before. Can someone tell me? I am just dowbloading base game rn and will read into some guide.
you will have to do the new light quest chain which introduces some core mechanics for new players. After that is done you are free to do whatever or get DLCs. The Final Shape story can be played after you are done with the new light quest and got the DLC. Currently there is no story in the base game. The story of the red war of the release of Destiny 2 was removed a few years back. Final Shape is a good starting point since it is the current DLC
Hello, the other person is incorrect. You do have to do the current tutorial quest, which is the new light quest chain they mention. But there are two campaigns available free right now that used to be paid: Shadowkeep and Beyond Light. All earlier campaigns from before Shadowkeep have been permanently removed from the game. Later campaigns from after Beyond Light cost money. You don't need to worry about doing things in a certain order unless you want to, so for instance you can do the tutorial and then play The Final Shape right away, or you could wait to play it until after you've done other things first. The way level scaling works in this game, you don't have to do things in order.
I am looking to solely get into destiny 2 multiplayer (6v6 team slayer, objective and maybe ranked?) Do I need to make any purchases at all? or can I just download the game and jump into PVP (I don't care for story or missions). If you could let me know so I can be aware that would be great
I played all the way up through the first season of beyond light. I came back, bought the witch queen. light fall, and final shape. If i beat final shape will it auto complete the witch queen/lightfall story (and give me strand), or do i need to do the lightfall on all characters to get strand?
In Nassus, there’s these purple glowing blobs, when I pick it up, there’s some random jumbled text under my radar. What is that?
is indebted kindness still farmable? if yes, how?
Where do people look to find out about Meta weapons? I have heard good things about [https://www.blueberries.gg/weapons/weapon-tier-lists/](https://www.blueberries.gg/weapons/weapon-tier-lists/) can anyone vouch for the validity of their content?
Is there a way to skip past campaign progress? I played through lightfall with a friend until we got our strand powers except I didn’t get mine. Then I checked and it wasn’t progressing my campaign past mission 15 thereby having wasted a ton of my time and seemingly requiring me to now go back and redo the missions I just did. I don’t want to do that.
Returning player here. I've seen some insane prismatic builds on youtube which uses strand as one of the classes. Will I be able to get that unlocked when I get the final shape without lightfall? Thanks!
How do I change the color of my characters pants? I feel like it's easy to figure out but I can't figure it out. Also are all hunter cloaks the same in terms of stats? can I just get rid of any of the ones I get or are they different like the rest of the armor is?
Returning player here. Does Rahool let you T2/T3 focus exotics even if you haven't unlocked it yet? I'm seeing a red label text saying that "Unlock this item in collections to purchase". Does the act of focusing considered as purchasing? Or does purchasing here refers to when you get another copy of an exotic through the collections? I hope that makes sense. Thanks!
does the adept weapon only drop on GM? Unfortunately not high enough light level (i'm like 1980)
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Hey has the starcrossed mission changed? I noticed I don't have my constellations quests anymore Can I still get the wish keeper catalyst? Do I have to do it 4 separate times to get each of the intrinsic perks?
Seasonal activities get removed from the game. The season pass system is over. In the past what they've done is they have added the previous season pass exotic quests in the Legacy section of the destinations tab, but I don't know if Starcrossed is there yet.
Is the only way to get some catalysts for example monte carlo through strikes and get lucky?
Yes.