I decided to pick up destiny 2 again and play the new Shadowkeep expansion with some friends. All starting at 750 light level. I noticed that I hit a hard soft cap at 900 light and started to get prime engrams that only increase my light by one and I stopped getting progression gear (I am familiar with the light level progression after you hit the soft cap). My other two friends that I played with still kept getting normal progression gear drops all the way until they hit soft cap light level of 950. Is there something wrong with my character?
TLDR: I'm soft cap at 900, my friends are soft cap at 950. Why is my character not soft cap at 950 with everyone else?
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The soft cap is 900 for everyone. At that point only Prime Engrams, pvp rank ups and powerful/pinnacle rewards will be progression gear (and usually only +1/+2) until 950. Shadowkeep added 10 extra levels on top of the 950 "hard cap", only obtainable with pinnacle rewards. So there are two soft caps now.