Welcome to a non detailed, lazily written, hopefully fun guide to ultimately going for 300+ light and your first Oryx Kill. [b]Happy Notes[/b] - This guide applies to anyone! - You can get blue drops with 300 light!! - If you have no friends, there is hope! - Never raided before? No Problem! - Follow my advice, You will be legend! [b]Story Time[/b] Hmm.. Wait.. Is this thing on? ..Testing.. Hello Guys, it is 6am, My son is knocked out on my chest, I'm wide awake, sitting in the dark, and I would love to make a simple guide on ultimately going for an Oryx kill. And while we are at it, let's get you 300+ light! My father plays destiny. He is 46, and has an account on both Xbox One and PS4. Yes he plays a lot of destiny. Surprisingly, not as much as I do. Although I feel my father and I are world's apart being that he solely plays on PS4 now and I'm on the Xbox One, that doesn't stop me from walking into the next room and checking on his progress! Yes, I live with my parents, and have a baby boy. Let's get back to the story. My father tends to walk into the room I'm staying in to see what progress I've made myself. A few days ago, while checking on his progress. I found him in a poorly lit, quiet, cold living room scrolling on his smart phone in hopes to find someone to help him out with a particular story mission that he was having difficulty completing. I felt horrible. I love my father, and I wish I could throw a million old men at him that play destiny and share his gaming passion, that would be mature and respectful. I wish trolls and negativity never existed so my father wouldn't have to put up with all the mess it brings and always have fun when he's not working. But it's a messy world we live in, and we can't shelter our loved ones forever! He is also dying to raid and he has no hope in ever getting the raid done or experiencing it for that matter. I'm calling this guide simple because, I'm going to write it out so my father can follow it simply. I'm calling it lazily written and non detailed because I'm literally laying on the floor, with my son on top of me, with access to only one of my hands. I'm going off my memory banks from the good ol' noggin. I'm not opening up any other pages to look up info on anything. So, without further ado. Let's Go! [b]Enough About You! Where Do I Start? [/b] Okay, Okay... Are you level 40 yet? Let's go get that. - If you're a brand new player, and want to reach 40 asap, and do not have access to that light crystal thingy that boosts you to level 25 and only care about reaching level 40 asap and killing oryx. Finish the story asap. [b]Do All Of Your Bounties Possible[/b] - Once done with the story, if you're not 40 yet, crucible the rest or tackle the new quests! It's not hard to reach 40. It's fairly quick. I bet most, if not all of you reading this is probably level 40 already. Bare with me, just wrote all that previous stuff to make this seem informative and to look like I know what I'm talking about. [b]I'm level 40[/b] This is where the non detailed part comes in. I think... -At level 40, you should be doing your quests. Upon completing a handful of quests, you will notice you have received a few peices of gear with a light level of 300 if not more. That's great, now you have some peices that are already averaged at 300. -You will constantly receive gear as both drops and your engram decryptions with a light level ranging from 5% below your light level, and above your light level. This percentage is not the exact amount I'm sure, but the idea is there. So for example, if you have a light level of 250, your blue drops can be a 240 light level peice of gear, or a 260 light level peice of gear. - Legendary gear and exotic gear are the only gear that can be infused for a higher light level. Either keep infusing your way to 300 light for your legendary/exotic setup. Or just keep equipping the higher blues to save you a large chunk of legendary marks. - [b]Always have your light level as high as possible.[/b] When decrypting your engrams, or when killing a monster. That gear obtained will be based off your current light level. So always be as high as possible for better gear. -Save as much legendary marks as possible. If throughout your journey, you have yet to get an above average legendary/Exotic "Sniper", and "LMG". Then that is what we need to buy with our marks. If you haven't choose a faction yet, I strongly suggest doing so. There are some awesome Lmg's and Snipers to be sold from there. Especially "The New Monarchy". The Sniper rifle and Lmg will Get you through all obstacles for this raid including bosses. If you need a good primary, choose what feels best for you, but there is a handcannon that already has the perk of dealing extra damage to "The Taken". It's The Imago. It's a great primary to get rid of ads throughout the raid. My father and I both received one from crucible. I'd suggest farming there. -Be sure to keep any gear that allows you to have more ammunition for your sniper/Lmg, along with gear that allows you to reload these weapons faster. DPS(Damage Per Second), is the keyword for this raid. Everything must die fast. -See what Xur has on weekends, that can help you with what we are looking for here. [b]I'm 300 now! Or 290 at least[/b] -Keep grinding for the bare minimum of 295 please to easily find great teams. But im here to tell you that you can reach 300 light level without any raid gear by simply, playing the game. - Have your best Primary, Sniper, Lmg at this point, with no knowledge of raiding, while sitting at level 300 light at this point to be ready for the rest of this guide. Pt 2 here, https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/156736017