I have been trying to figure this out since the release of the game. So far I have not found anything definitive pointing to either case. I need to know if the game will have a horizontal or vertical gear progression. Right now the highest gear level is Level 30. This cap is achieved from maxing out your light. Horizontal progression means that this gear level cap of 30 will remain the same for all future expansions and added content. You will never get better gear, just different gear. The main other game that uses this progression model is Guilds Wars/Guild Wars 2. Vertical progression means that this gear level cap of 30 will last until the next expansion where you get a higher gear cap because you need better gear to tackle the now harder and new end game raids/content. Games that use this include World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, Wildstar, most other MMOs. So now, seeing the leak of expansion content and the new raids are level 28, I got worried. Will gear cap off at level 30 forever? Games like Guild Wars 2 failed and died/are dying because of this horizontal progression. After you get the best gear, there's no more character progression. MMO's that succeed almost all use a vertical gear progression: higher gear stats when new and harder content are released that require higher stat gear. Which is Destiny?