Edit: I decrypted another exotic engram and got a higher light level. I then decrypted more exotic engrams and raised my light level from 392 to 393. I guess my experience was a one-off thing. I will try it again today and update here if something goes wrong.
Original Post: I decrypted an exotic primary engram and it came up 391 light level. My character is 392 and my equipped primary is also at 392. Does this mean I cannot level my character by decrypting exotic engrams after hitting 390? If so, it negates me farming exotics (one a day on average).
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Edited by THE_COD4_MONSTER: 10/24/2016 4:58:09 PMBungie fix this please. I'm not the only one experiencing this. Check the rest of the forums! Look at my Hunter: I'm 392 light. I just decrypted three exotic armor engrams (gauntlets, chest, and boots). They all decrypted at 391😡😡😡. Wtf is the point in grinding to get exotics in order to strategically decrypt them when the -blam!-ing leveling system pulls this crap. Bout done now until the iron banner runs again. All that time spent using three of coins for nothing. I won't play for a while. *HOTFIX NEEDED*
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Edited by bemo: 10/25/2016 11:28:36 AMSome guy fell the need to put a huge spoiler below, look out. [b][/b] [b][/b] [b][/b]
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You should try and get to 397, and then rely on exotic engrams.
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You may be being held back by your artifact or ghost shell.
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You only use them to even out. They will stick around your light level but if you have a low piece of gear it will shoot up
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When you hit this road block farm archons forge and use skeleton keys. once u move past 392 it gets better
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It becomes very difficult to make progress when you are at this level. I am currently stuck at 392. I decrypted engrams until all the gear was at about the same level, leaving me with no options. Worse yet, skeleton keys have not been dropping at all. During the past couple days I grinded SIVA strikes for about 5 hours and did not receive any keys. The situation is so discouraging that it is influencing me to play less.
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Yeah its ebb and flow. I will get two in a row that decode to at or below what I had then two that decode higher. It (at or lower than) can come at the most brutal of times, like when you need ONE POINT for your next light level. Its just RNGs way of letting us know who runs Barter Town.
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Don't decrypt stuff at or above your light level, decrypt stuff that's lower. I did archons forge first to get higher ghosts, artifacts and marks then brought up my armor and weapons then went back to forge and repeated until I hit 400.
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Is it the racing book? No , they don't give a -blam!-!
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Same last night only at current light rewards
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Maybe it was a one off. I haven't decrypted any exotic engrams that were below my current light. Quite a few have been the same light though. The last one I decrypted was a 398 Heavy and my light level was 396.
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I have gotten lvl 400 out of exotic engrams at 398 its smart loot and it doesnt always give you higher
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No. It means your other gear is shit and you need to upgrade and break the barrier before they will decrypt higher.