Hello world! I am a proud member of DoD Beyond (ps3 clan) and am here to share some info that I wish I had when I first started playing. This is a copy / pasta of a thread I made for our clan's forum. Many of you already know some / most /all /more then this. If you have updates or revisions, or simply more info to add, please post it and I will give you full credit in the post. Without further ado. [b]Good Resources[/b] [url]http://destinylfg.net/[/url] - Good way to find groups. [url]http://destinypublicevents.com/[/url] Good way to find upcoming Public Events [url]http://destinytracker.com/[/url] Good way to get more details on another player (or yourself) [url]http://planetdestiny.com/[/url] Great source of info, gear reviews and has a full Database to look up items [b]Different Kinds of Currencies[/b] [u]Glimmer[/u] - Capped at 25,000. This is used to buy perks on gear and ammo synthesis from the Gunsmith. Well, mainly. [u]Vanguard Marks[/u] - You get these for completing Public Events and from Strike Playlists. Used to buy Weapons and Armor from the Vanguard Vendors. You can get 100 per week and hold 200 max at any one time. [u]Crucible Marks[/u] - You get these from the Crucible only. Used to buy weapons and armor from the Faction and Crucible Vendors. You can get 100 per week and hold 200 max at any one time. [u]Motes of Light[/u] - You get these from engrams and from "leveling up" after you hit rank 20. Used to buy vanity items from the Speaker, and is used in some Exotic Bounties. [u]Strange Coins[/u] - Used to buy Exotic pieces from Xur. [u]Commendations[/u] - Used to buy Expansion 1 Weapons, Chest and Helmets from the vendors. Obtained from rank 3 and up gift baskets. [b]How Do I Get Legendary Armor[/b] You can get Legendary Armor from Engrams, Rank up gift baskets, Crucible and Strikes, Chests and the Raids. [u]Blue Engrams[/u]: These will give you Legendary gear very rarely (3% or less chance). This can be Launch or Expansion 1 gear. [u]Purple Engrams[/u]: These will give you Legendary gear, or Assendant Shards/Energy. This can be Launch or Expansion 1 gear. [u]Rank up gift baskets[/u]: In my experience you get a Legendary piece of gear about 40% of the time from the respective Vendor's stock, perks will be random. This will be Expansion 1 gear. [u]Crucible and Strikes[/u]: Upon completion of a Roc Strike (level 26) or any Crucible match, you have a slight chance of a Legendary or better piece of gear. This will be Launch or Expansion 1 gear. [u]Chests[/u]: Very rarely will you receive a Legendary piece of gear from a non-Raid chest. Can be Launch or Expansion 1 gear. [u]Raids[/u]: Vault of Glass encounters will give you Launch gear, Crota's End will give you Expansion 1 gear. [b]The Difference Between Launch and Expansion 1 Gear[/b] Look in the upper right hand corner of the icon for that piece of gear, do you see a little Roman Numeral ( I )? If so it is Expansion 1, which has higher damage (weapon) or higher Light level (armor). All vendors currently sell Expansion 1 gear exclusively. (Besides the Speaker, who sells only vanity items) [b]How Exotics Work, and What They Are[/b] You are allowed to equip only 1 Exotic Armor piece and 1 Exotic Weapon at any time. Dismantling an Exotic piece (weapon or armor) will give you an Exotic Shard. You need 1 Exotic Shard to max any Exotic. You can buy Exotic Shards from Xur each weekend for 7 Strange Coins. [b]New Vendor Armor[/b] The new vendor armor will take you up to level 31. [u]Vendor Boots[/u]: 75 Marks [u]Vendor Gloves[/u]: 75 Marks [u]Vendor Chest[/u]: 75 Marks + 1 Commendation [u]Vendor Helmet[/u]: 120 Marks + 1 Commendation [b]How to get Commendations[/b] You will get 1 Commendation with the rank up gift basket upon reaching rank 3 with the respective faction. [u]Vanguard faction[/u] will give you Vanguard Commendations. [u]Crucible faction[/u] will give you Crucible Commendations. [u]Dead Orbit, Future War Cult and New Monarchy[/u] will give you Crucible Commendations commonly. You will occasionally not receive one. (unknown if this is a bug) [b]How to Upgrade Gear[/b] To reach max you need upgrade materials. The last 3 Increase Damage / Armor perks on all Legendary gear need Either Ascendant Energy (weapons) or Shards (armor). Expansion 1 Raid Armor requires Radiant Materials, which only come from Crota's End Raid encounters + Chests, or from dismantling Raid Armor or Weapons. [b]How to Get Upgrade Materials[/b] Ascendant mats can be found in Legendary Engrams, Rank up gift baskets, Chests, Raids, Public Events or from deconstructing Legendary gear. [u]Legendary Engrams[/u]: 2-3 Mats [u]Rank up gift baskets[/u]: 2-3 Mats [u]Chests[/u]: 2-3 Mats (usually only in Raids, otherwise very rare) [u]Raids[/u]: 2-3 Mats per encounter [u]Public Events[/u]: Chance of 1 Mat upon completing a Public Event with 3 gold stars. [u]Deconstructing Legendary Gear[/u]: 2-3 (OR) 5-6 To get the maximum amount of mats from deconstructing weapons, get the max amount of exp possible on the weapon, When you unlock the last perk (note you do not have to buy any perks, just unlock them) you will get 5-6 Energy instead of 2-3 Energy from deconstructing it. [b]How Many Upgrade Mats Do You Need[/b] [u]To upgrade a Launch Legendary [/u]you need 18 Ascendant Mats [u]To upgrade an Expansion 1 Legendary[/u] you need 18 Ascendant Mats [u]To upgrade an Expansion 1 Raid piece[/u] you need 21 Radiant Mats [b]How Much Light to Level[/b] You need exactly 12 Light for each level past 20. [u]Level 30[/u] - 120 Light [u]Level 31[/u] - 132 Light [u]Level 32[/u] - 144 Light [b]What is X Armor's Light Level[/b] [u]Launch Legendary[/u] - 27 Light [u]Launch Exotic[/u] - 30 Light [u]Launch Raid Armor[/u] - 30 Light [u]Expansion 1 Legendary[/u] - 33 Light [u]Expansion 1 Exotic[/u] - 36 Light [u]Expansion 1 Raid Armor[/u] - 36 Light [b]How Do I Reach X Level[/b] Just add up the light level. For each level above 20 you need 12 Light. For quick reference: [u]To reach level 29 you need[/u]: 4x Launch Legendary Armor [u]To reach level 30 you need[/u]: 3x Launch Raid Armor and 1 Launch Exotic (or) 4x Launch Raid Armor [u]To reach level 31 you need[/u]: 4x Expansion 1 Legendary Armor [u]To reach level 32 you need[/u]: 3x Expansion 1 Raid Armor and 1 Expansion 1 exotic (or) 4x Launch Raid Armor [b]How Levels Affect Damage[/b] http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2h9t6b/this_is_how_light_levels_affect_your_gameplay_and/ This is ONLY PvE. The Crucible is normalized, which means that higher levels mean pretty much nothing. [b]How to Farm Glimmer[/b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHfwukdc14 You must do this on Heroic for the yellow health bar Legionairs to appear. You must use Network Keys (Cabal Glimmer Consumable). You can also kill the first drop ship of spawns. Doing this I net about 3k Glimmer per 10 minutes or roughly 18k Glimmer per hour, plus glimmer drops. [b]How to Reset Heroic Story Missions[/b] Select the Story Mission you want by hitting the SQUARE button, then when selecting the Difficulty, hit the SQUARE button AGAIN. A pop up box will ask if you want to restart the mission. [b]How to Open the Vault of Glass Solo - Any Class[/b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVkb2Y8yXr4 This can be used to get some free Ascendants each week. [b]Crotas End - 1st Chest Solo - Any Class[/b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TojU28CHoFg You will most likely NOT get this chest the first time. There are something like 10 different rooms that the chest could be in, which one it is in is random. Each time you wipe the chest jumps to another room. It may take 3 tries, it may take 30. Pray to RNGeebus. [b]Crotas End - Thall Abyss (Darkness) Solo - Any Class[/b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKqOQNpTww You can use a Sniper Rifle to kill the Knight. And use a Sniper Rifle to kill the Ogre. *Edit* Wow, I actually managed to hit the 10,000 character max. The rest will be in a reply *Edit #2* My PSN is kklathan8613 (I am on PS3 only ATM). If you have further questions I am always happy to answer them.