From my reply to a post similar to this some time ago:
You don't know Destiny if...
If you don't know what "just Icebreaker Phogoth from the doorway" means
If you don't know the significance of someone waving on patrol
If you never knew that Sepiks Prime got buffed, Valus "McDF" Ta'aurc was nerfed and the Psion Flayers used to have stronger shields
If you never sniped the Nexus strike from the ledge and turned around every 20secs or so to kill the Minotaur.
If you don't know what using Icebreaker for hvy means
If you've never experienced the long silence that follows the question "who's gonna sword?" It's very similar to the question "who's got gaze?"
If you've never had friends skip a run at Skolas with you because of Lightswitch, or just skip it in general cause it was Skolas
If you've never checked your friendlist status and seen more than a handful on patrol
If you've never been invited on a chest run cause you need mats
If you haven't thought about white nail while running Warpriest, Golgoroth, Vosik or Aksis just once
If you never finally got the crux and were disappointed a short while later after using it
If you haven't help farm Templar for FB
If you never saw posts for "Exotic chest CP open for the next hour"
If you were never absolutely destroyed by the Vex or Suros
If you don't know what "I have to run by the tower and turn in bounties" feels like
If you don't know the pain of only being able to hold 5 bounties
If you don't recall only having 3 crucible and 3 Vanguard bounties to choose from every day
If you never knew reputation circles
If you never visited Shaxx for just crucible mark use
If you haven't wished for more than 20 spots in your vault for wpns/gear
If you don't know what sapphire wire/plasteel plate/hadronic essence is
If you don't know the significance of the bones in the skywatch cave
If you're unsure what a Hand Cannon telemetry is
If you don't know what SGA was best for
If you never went on Venus patrol and switched to your void shotgun, RL or other wpn of choice when seeing the text "The Vex are taking control of a sync plate"
If you didn't know that Bungie buffed shotguns solely for pve cause they were only useful in crucible
If you never wondered what you would need an exotic hvy for and passed on xur that week
If you never decrypted a legendary into a rare
If you never thought of what an exotic engram would look like if they could drop in an encounter
If you never saw a picture of your xmas gift from bungie and contrived the potential for an exotic because of a tear in the wrapping paper
If you're unsure of what a commendation would be used for
If you never used your etheric light for any purpose other than rep gain
If you don't know the real meaning behind "forever 29"
If you only know what a flaming head in the game is by a halloween mask someone wore
If you don't know the link between Game of Thrones and Destiny
If you don't suffer painful auditory memories upon approaching the Temple of Crota
If you never had double fusion kill bounty completions to do
If you never thought the Speaker emblems were special in some way when they weren't
If you never blew up your sparrow cause you just couldn't go fast enough
If you never wondered if we would ever get other ghosts
If you never enjoyed class items for appearance rather than ability to get you to tier 12 or max light
If you never blew yourself up or seen someone else do so while in Kabr's protection
If you don't understand the significance behind the 6th or 7th chest so many claimed to find
If you've never been in a team that didn't know how to construct the bridge but could flawless raid crota
If you never only had 5 actions with your d-pad controls (sitting/standing on same button)
If you never heard the first rendition of the wizard from the moon...before vanilla on this one.
If you never heard the phrase "don't open that chest or it cancels the exotic"
If you didn't farm Queen's bounties for mats...for the 5 mins before they patched it out
If you didn't reset all upgrade nodes on your exotics once and re-lvl them for higher light
If you've never seen a guardian dancing on their sparrow while wandering on patrol
(Edit: it's still possible to do. https://youtu.be/lOHEw5I5FFU )
If you never tried to trick jump across the Hellmouth in your fancy new flame sparrow
If you never had to worry about having enough crucible marks or vanguard marks
If you never had to choose between a faction or the vanguard for rep gains
If you never used Ascendant or Radiant shards for anything other than motes
If you don't know what the great hvy synthesis drought felt like and now never let your stock of hvy fall below 50
If you never wondered how random xur's inventory was after selling Sunbreakers for a couple weeks in a row
If you never marked the passing (yourself or others) of someone wearing Chatterwhite or Glowhoo...Chatter ftw
If you never got into a melee battle with the strongest vandal in the game
If you never saved all your bounties for turn in in the belief that it would up your chances for an exotic bounty (this has actually returned thx to Thorn yr3)
If you never met Petra with her helmet on...in the tower
If you never tried jumping to Eris' ship tethered to the handrail like a dog
If you never knew what Tess did before she was kidnapped, replaced by the bodysnatchers and turned entrepreneur
If you never deleted an exotic and had it be gone forever
If you never saw the purple ball without its inner glow (all hail purple ball)
If you never went sparrow racing to the closest loading zone for key farming (my best was 4 chest openings at Skywatch)
Edit: If you don't understand the consequences of a team wipe in the NF
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I had completely forgotten about the heavy ammo drought...those were the dark days.
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Pride rock was always better against phogoth than the door.
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Lol I called it the "Savior Rock"
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Pride rock was also used as a name for a 'cheese' spot in borderlands two for the raid boss terramorphus.
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I agree. My first solo NF clear was the door though. Started going inside to the rock as I liked it more and didn't take so long...except for Void burn.
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"I'm gonna save my coins for an exotic primary"
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Xur strange coin glitch Beating Atheon with blue weapons Wondering why the 'end story' reward was a blue pulse. Not being able to lock gear Cursing your friend out for killing the knight ruining your dark beyond CP Spending 18 hours in a raid.
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Never once constructed the bridge in Croata. Or even got to the third lamp! And respawed in several times to get the first chest for shards :):):) Ahhhh, the good old days.
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Ah yes, exotic hunting that first door. I was a purely solo player back then. I would go into the raid just for that and finishing the lamps...learned to solo up to Ir Yut that way. It would take me a couple weeks to get enough shards to lvl my gear. Started joining randoms soon after before eventually solo'ing the whole thing. Good times.
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When it was necessary to change characters, return to the tower, swap weapons into the vault, change character, back to the tower, equip vaulted weapons. ''Oh dammit I forgot to transfer my Ice Breaker from my warlock!'' ... rinse and repeat. #vaultproblems #apps #vaultstilltoosmall
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Half hour to switch load-outs to run a raid...yeah that was painful for sure. Small vault and feeling the need to get 2-3 of each weapon to avoid that was bad.
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A trip dnwn memory lane. Thank you.
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You sir just won the forums..
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[quote]You sir just won the forums..[/quote]
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I won't let my heavy get below 200...you can never have too many after that drought
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I don't carry any with me
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That's because you're a cone.
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Drained most of mine into faction rep for light when RoI dropped. Always maintained 200 per character, have to rebuild.
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That was beautiful. How about having to return to the bounty guy in the tower just to turn your bounties in and hoping something gold appears
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They're in there somewhere. Good times.
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-blam!-in skolas...
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With the exception of the Necrochasm disappointment (iv never gotten it.) iv done all of that.
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Eris ship with a rope casually draped over a handrail like it was a balloon that was gonna float away pissed me off every time I saw it.
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I started playing in October 2014. There is much truth to your words. Don't forget crapping your pants at the Chamber of Night boss-the first Ultra you face.
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I wasn't at all ready for that Ogre that first time, you're right.