[i]I reposted/reworked this since my last thread got completely lost in context. I asked the question poorly, everything went downhill from there. Thank you for your time![/i]
When you're at/above soft cap, and you get an exotic [i]from [b]heroic/public events[/b][/i], will they raise your base light level? Or will they drop at the same power as legendaries? (obviously not including any +5 mods that the drops might have)
I'm trying to raise my BPL a bit more from public events [i]before doing my weeklies[/i].
[spoiler]Before you say [i]"Just do other stuff to raise your light,"[/i] I've gotten to 305 before. I wanna do it differently on PC, because it seems fun. If heroic exotics actually raise light level, then that's how I wanna do it. [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/15631104/Colt_Foti_Five]I've definitely done it the other ways[/url], and I've never really farmed heroics/public events. That's all [/spoiler]
So far 108 heroics completed in the past 20+ hours, all of the exotics obtained there have been the same level as my legendary drop levels. This is counter to what many sources have been saying.
Drops so far:
[spoiler]Partially through the farm I hit BPL 265. Since then, these exotics dropped from heroics:
- The Prospector (265+5)
- The Dragon's Shadow (265+5)
- The Prospector (265+5)
- Sunshot (265+5)[/spoiler]
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Need to +5 mod your legendaries then infuse the exotics into them. It might only be 1 light increase but that's how you do it.
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1 ReplyI've have 3 305s for almost a month now and the trick (just like every other game) is to play alot
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1 ReplyPowerful (luminous) and exotic engrams have a chance to drop at a max of +5 higher than your current highest power level at the time the engram is acquired. This [b]includes[/b] any +5 mods. Like your drops indicate, if you’re 265, the highest you’ll get is 270 from a drop. I don’t recall ever getting an exotic at a total of +10 my current power level.
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Yes, exotic engrams can raise your lightbit it is tricky. For example: My hunter is 303, the exotic engrams decrypt at your lightlevel so - my hunter gets a 303. Now my hunter has a 304 class and 304 gloves, so a 303 Exotic in those slots isn’t going to do jack for me. But - my hunter’s Helm is a lowly 298, if I get a 303 Exotic Helm , use it for infusion or wear it - my new Helm light level will be 303 . And that will catapult my 303 Hunter to 304. You see, you have to be lucky , [b]PAINFULLY PAINFULLY[/b] lucky.
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Edited by CannyJack: 10/27/2017 6:36:32 PMAs far as I know, at the various soft-cap points, you can't advance outside of Luminous Engrams -- random world drops won't do the trick. Edit: except for the circumstance detailed by michaeljacksen, above. In that case, luck can bring you a boost. If you're only 0.1 light away from the next level, I think, is where it becomes Weekly engrams only.
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Edited by Colt .45: 10/27/2017 6:10:21 PMEdit: Moved the drop list into main post