We figured that it was impossible for any one person to have played more Destiny than our very own Robert Ramsey, who currently has images of his tough looking Titan tattooed to the insides of his eyelids so that they’re never apart. However, it turns out that it’s true, as American gaming god Mark Edward Neace Jr [Great name – Ed] has become the first person to reach Level 30 in Bungie’s sci-fi shooter.
This gives him some extraordinary stats, which you can peruse on his Bungie.net profile through here. According to a report on DestinyDB, the dedicated Exo Hunter has invested 107 hours into the game since it released a couple of weeks ago, with 13 of those hours being spent on the Vault of Glass raid that deployed recently. We’re resisting the temptation to type something incredibly snarky right now.
Impressively, this isn’t Neace’s only character – he also has a couple of Level 20 alter-egos, too. Of course, considering how rare good loot drops are in the title, one could argue that this accolade is down to luck more than anything else. We bet that our very own ShogunRok would have beaten him to the level cap if he could actually, y’know, find some high level gear. How close are you to Level 30? Let us know below.
[source bungie.net, via destinydb.com, eurogamer.net]
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I feel that Bungie has to make killing higher lvl enemies more rewarding. I went to the farming cave today for the first time and was annoyed I spent time doing the strike playlist lol. As per my luck, it sucks. If this was sword art online, I'd be the guy who could open up a heavy weapons shop T_T
I'm about -30 levels away from him, ergo still don't own Destiny.
I'm level 25 , not too bad considering I didn't play a ton the first weekend. I've had more warlock legendary armour and not a whole lot for hunter other than what I've bought. I'm gonna try for level 30 in the next week or so.
@Darthreven7 The best thing about the farming cave isn't hoping for legendary engrams to drop. They do drop there but all mine turned blue or green. It's better for getting blue engrams which drop regularly that you can raise the cryptarchs level with and get rewards for doing it. I got legendary helmet and chest armour from him as rewards. The cave is worth trying a few times at least, it's tedious but no more so that the patrol missions.
I'm close to level 27...right now I'm focused on the requirements for completing the 'Tolands Legacy' exotic bounty...only have 4 of the required 25 completed strikes. I still don't have any legendary gauntlets, still need exotic....anything.
I've not spent much time in the crucible yet so maybe hitting that ( another requirement for Tolands Legacy) will yield some legendary or exotic goodies.
Thanks to the randomness of rewards I'm both very close and far far away from level 30.
Has anyone tried the new Bounties yet? Any good?
I got three new bounties done, they're alright, every time you complete one you get a chance to do a queen's mission, and every time you do it you get legendary gear.
@get2sammyb The bounties themselves aren't much different from others I've done, but there is some variation in them like 'kill 200 fallen with head shots'
The queens missions offer a little variety and from what I've heard they offer more consistent rewards, I don't know if that's true as I've not tried one yet.
@get2sammyb @Munkyknuts I did one last night, same old same old, I think they're for slightly higher skill but the rewards are much the same.
@ivanmata oh right, I noticed I had a queens mission but didn't realise it was linked to completion of bounties
@get2sammyb yea you get legendary gear after finishing the bounties.. I had 4 legendary chest armours in a row. Its a shame the design of the warlock armour is errrr
39 hours in and up to level 25. Got a couple of legendary items so far and I'm working on two exotic weapon bounties, then I'll be set to try the raid and higher level strikes...
Im touching cloth on 28. I will be 30 in no time now tho dismantling these legendary gear for assendant shards to upgrade my gear
Yeah the new bounty system is actually pretty good. You pick up some of the Queen's specific ones, do them, and every time you finish one, a new "kill order" mission is unlocked, and comes with a decent chance of getting a legendary piece of gear at the end. I got a two helmets and two torso pieces.
Not perfect, but the chance of getting something actually worth using makes things far more reasonable.
I like the Queens bounty/ kill missions.. so far 1 helmet, 3 chests and a legendary ship.. but the ship is pretty crappy looking lol :')
Sounds good, I'll try mybluck with one of those missions, I got to ceyptarchs level 8 yesterday and got three cruddy blue engrams, at level 6 I got two legendary pretty sucky
I'm giving a kill order a shot now....might get the legendary gauntlets I need.
I got the shrine of Oryx kill order and it's kicking my arse lol I had trouble with it as a normal story mission without it having modifiers.
Yep....I got the 'Queens guard mask' as a reward....I needed legendary gauntlets not a mask, and it has less light than my current mask. However it's satisfying to actually get a reward and at the worst I can break the new mask down for parts
aahhh man, i need to get destiny, maybe in a week when i get payed, i loved the beta. do you guys have any tips/tricks to getting a good start? do you all play together? i want in!
@Munkyknuts You know an item's light increases as you upgrade it right? Just in case you're scrapping things you could otherwise use!
@ShogunRok lol I know. But the initial light level of the new helmet is lower than the base light level for my equipped one was...so can the new one get to a higher level? I've spent ages hunting materials down to upgrade the one I have.
Maybe he should step outside and get some much needed reality. It far enough having reached the level cap with one character but to have two other characters at level 20 is a bit too much imo. I know people will hate me for saying what I just said but its my opinion. I would also like to know weather he has a girlfriend or a boyfriend. If so I bet they're feeling a little neglected. Every girlfriend I've had has gotten jealous over my games consoles. All I ever got was "I think you love your games consoles more than me" for which I replied, I can play with my PlayStation anytime and it never says it has a headache lol.
@Munkyknuts If the base stat is lower, it probably isn't as good, but if they're both level 20 legendary items they should have the same base stat. Unless you've got an exotic helmet? They're better again.
@ShogunRok hmmm I guess it must have been a level 20 legendary helmet so I guess it's the same. Still a massive pain to have almost finished levelling my current head armour to just start again. I think I'm just getting Destiny fatigue.
I'm at 100 hours. Still can't find a purple helmet though.
Done one Queens bounty so far and received a purple helmet, which I'm sure is ample ammunition for some innuendo-based fun. Was my first bit of Legendary, and I'm level 25 Hunter. Seems like a serious pain getting stuff but the Queen's Wrath has helped.
@hadlee73 now there is a game that deserves a sequel. Loved Kingdoms of Amalur.
i'm a late starter, i only started playing destiny today.
it's a bit embarrassing walking around as a level 7 when everyone else
i've seen is 20 or above, i feel like a leper.
Level 15 😂, cause Destiny is eating up my dayta 😂 the bishes.
i am currently a lvl 29 Warlock, I hit it yesterday. Once you hit lvl 28 and have beaten the raid before it just a matter of luck of the draw and knowing where loot chest are located in the so you can get raid gear.
I'm a sliver under level 27 now that I bought some legendary gauntlets. I'll onto 27 when I upgrade them a bit. I'll get something legendary from the black market vendor at the week end to boost me some more....then I guess I'll be hunting asendent shards after that to keep upgrading armour pieces to get to level 30.
Been stick on Lvl 27 for a while, need those Ascendant Shards
He hasn't played way more than me. he's only got one day of playing on me. I'm at 95 hours. So I can easily catch up in one day. I'm level 28, just need my shards, which I don't feel like farming for atm.I spent last night farming to get from 26-28 which took about 5-6 hours.
Got about 15 different legendary items (not including the ones I dismantled), and 5 exotics.
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