Destiny 2 is one of the best first-person shooter games in the market which incorporates role-playing and MMO elements (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) and truly outshines the rest due to its incredible gunplay and mechanics
.Due to the lore – progression, certain parts of the game are constantly removed in order to make place for newer updates.
With the release of Beyond light Mars, Io, Titan, and Mercury were removed from the game and was put in the DCG (Destiny Content Vault) which did not just remove the planets, but important quests like exotic quests and raid weapons were also removed temporarily, even though these weapons and exotics were added back in the game, acquiring them was no longer tied to any quest. This paved the way for Europa which is still present in the game.
Challenges Faced by New Players
With the launch of the Witch queen Expansion, the same process was followed and the reef or the Tangled shore was removed from the game. This isn’t an issue for old players. But it’s a big one for the new players or Blueberries which is what we call beginner guardians. When new players start the game, they do have a short tutorial mission that shows them how to use their abilities and fight, and afterward, you are brought back to the tower and left there without any additional mission objective on screen. Which may look overwhelming and you would have no idea what to do or where to start. Here we will list a few tips that will help you figure things out by yourself a lot easier.
Destiny 2 Tips and Tricks for Beginners
Destiny 2 is not the most perfect game and do lack some feature, and to compensate for that you need to download three third-party apps
- Destiny Item Manager(DIM): Destiny 2 doesn’t have multiple loadouts feature in the game currently, and switching weapons, armors and mods can be tedious. This app does exactly that. It will save your loadouts, and you can change all your equipment with a single click
- Destiny 2 Companion App: Certain activities especially the higher difficulty content require you to have a fireteam which you can assemble by using this app.
- Light.gg: This website contains the entire Destiny 2 database, You can find everything that contains in this game, and is constantly updated
Leveling Up in Destiny 2
Destiny 2 is an RPG game which means your character level is what matters the most and in Destiny, we call it Power level. Every season we have four Seasonal power caps, which are
- Minimum Cap: Till this cap, you can easily get higher-level gear by doing pretty much any activity in-game. Once it reaches the minimum cap, blue or rare gears no longer give you any power boost.
- Soft Cap: Soft cap is the max power level item you can get from worldly dropped legendary gears.
- Powerful cap: You will no longer gain any power level boost once you hit the powerful cap, the only way you can get higher level loot is by completing weekly activities, the rewards will be described as powerful tier 1 to tier 3, more the tier better the power level.
- Pinnacle Cap: This is the highest level gear you can get in a season and will only drop after doing higher difficulty content like nightfalls. Check the director tab and see which activities guarantee a pinnacle drop and do it accordingly.
These are some of the tips you can follow to get a better understanding of Destiny 2 and its mechanics.