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9/4/2015 2:22:23 PM
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Max Level and Light Level
Sorry Bungie, I love Destiny and I have been waiting to see if there is something I missed or am not understanding about the new character leveling system, but after three live streams and countless articles and updates about TTK, I have to voice my complaint/frustration/confusion with the new Light and Character Leveling system. The new system, in a word, is stupid. Sorry, I know that is not polite and a juvenile way of wording what I feel, and I am NOT calling the team at Bungie stupid, but my frustration with the system has me making exaggerated statements.
I know that it was hard to figure out how much light would raise your level pre-TTK and grinding for gear to raise your level could be frustrating, but at least you could just look at one number and go "OK, I am level 33, I can do all the events under that without being under leveled." Now, I have no f'ing clue how to figure out if my character is strong enough for game content. I guess I can reach the level cap of 40, but if I don't have on the right light level, I still might be underpowered for content? And I might have a max light level, but not be a high enough character level for things? People complain about the stupidest things, and it results in changes that don't make any sense. (BTW, I never thought having to grind for higher level gear in order to raise your level was stupid. Playing for better gear and weapons in order to take on more difficult enemies is a staple of video games.) I understand people were upset that they had to grind to reach the max level... but that hasn't changed. Who cares if you are level 40, if you still can't do high level content, because your light level is not high enough and you have to grind for light. The problem still exists, nothing has been "solved"! The system has just been made more confusing.
I really do love the game. I have played Destiny more than any other game in my entire 20+ years of life playing video games. It is immensely fun and the people at Bungie should be very proud. Thank you for a great game. I hardly ever visit or post things in forums, but I just felt I had to express my feelings on this issue.
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1 ReplyOK this new light level system will do you more than you think. in vanilla destiny one level difference ment 30% damage difference incoming and outgoing , this new system eliminates that huge difference to a much smaller percentage 4 to 5% is the educated guess now this new system makes use of all the equipment averaged ghost and class item included which means if you are short on one piece of armor or a good weapon then you will be effected less overall . this takes the main focus of armor with light and spreads it out so the system is more forgiving . also from what I have seen let's say you have OK armor and decent light but you just found a gun that you really wish was stronger cause its perfect except its weak then you can feed a few stronger weapons that you do not like to it and bang your weapon is stronger ( I do not know if this is also avalible on armor but god I hope so , it would make this game 1000 times better and make each piece of armor valuable )
