Some Massive Gameplay Changes Are Coming to Destiny

I fortunately left Destiny's bandwagon months ago. Now I am a better (and richer) person....

I'm glad light levels are over, the fact that your level is based on the chance of getting good armour was sooo annoying.

@arnoldlayne83 Amen to that, love the profile picture by the way

@Anchorsam_9 tnx

Might jump back in. Light levels killed it for me.

I've played Destiny recently, it's still technically a sound game but lacks any depth or immersion, maybe, just maybe this is one of many steps needed into the right direction!

Might jump back in now then... Light levels pissed me off and potentially ruined the game!

Really guys, progression on this is really straight forward already. Beat the story, complete the DLC, do either PVP or Vanguard stuff, get the legendary gear from the vendors and xur for exotics, now you're 30 at least, jump into Crota for 32 level gear - finding people to play is very easy using websites such as Destinylfg.net for example - nightfall strikes as well, Prison of Elders will get you 34 after 2 or 3 weeks, boom, you're 34. and this is not counting on etheric lights from either iron banner or nightfall strikes.

I for one am really disappointed with these news. It is the only viable way to distinguish people you wanted to play the game with and people that don't really know what they're doing and will only have you waste 3 hours trying to complete Skolas for example. Next thing you know you'll be paired off with players with blue gear at max level with no good weapons.

The light levels didn't bother me to be honest, other things about the game did.

I think this just gives Bungie another excuse to make it seem like it's a new content.

The Etheric Light wasn't a good idea imo. Granted most of the weapons from the HoW DLC are not good to begin with but introducing the Etheric Light just made them even more irrelevant.

Also, not sure if its true but a friend of mine told me that the vanilla weapons will be obsolete when TTK comes out.

Oh well, I guess my 350 hours were a waste, let's see what they give me in the update.

They are obviously getting desperate.

I am not sure if this is the biggest news or the fact all your Legendary gear will be useless once TK drops, so say good bye to the likes of Black Hammer, Fatebringer etc. As Bungie will not let us upgrade year 1 weapons/armour, as they want us to have new weapons/armour.

Will some armour still have higher defense ratings though? Seems kinda useles for customization if so.

@banacheck your weapons will still be relevant in pvp.so keep a hand full of your weapons.

On another note ,I really like destiny there are some things wrong with it but it's the kind of game that keeps me coming back . And yes it's cost more money than regular games but this isnt a regular game , it's a mmo and just like a mmo there's large expansion, this is a game that will be going on for a long time and thats the main appeal. Grant it this game isn't for everyone, it's not for those who want to play through and beat somthing in a week nor a month. It's a game about climbing to the top with some effort and being able to show off your achievements to the community and friends. But I pretty surebthis will all fall on deaf ears any ways since im a minority in this room lo.

I think it's a good thing, that the light leveling system is being ditched, i for one know exactly what it's like to play hours on that and see nothing out of it, at least this way i'll always see some progress at the end of the day.

The light level thing will definitely get me back in on Destiny. I loved the gameplay, but grinding for gear with a higher light rating just really made me mad, so I quit. Though there's still obviously going to be a good bit of grinding, at least it won't be for leveling purposes, but mostly if you just want better gear. (Yes, I realize leveling could still be a grind, but it's been made way more tolerable.)

@xX_RiscazZ_Xx I'm glad you wrote that and I agree. Seems a lot of people lambast the game without digging in properly.

I came a little late to destiny, maybe the updates helped the game - but I don't get some of these comments about levelling at all. Are we playing the same game?

But what's wrong with having a maxed blue? I'm keeping my rocket launcher sk/5 forever. Its bad - really bad - and not bad in a good way.

Lol spent all that time for nothing collecting light level armour only to have to disregard it at the end. So all the newbies that come in at this point will have no problem catching up to the vets and eventually pissing them off.