Be sure that you are equipping anything that is a higher level. Even if it is blue or green quality. Once you get to around 390 Start running SRL frequently. Equip or infuse any item that you get that is of a higher level than what you have. Rinse and repeat until 400

Strikes, strikes, strikes. They can get you up to normal raid level. 365 for normal strikes, 385 for heroic strikes. After that you can do a lot.

Either infuse Blue items into your preferred gear or equip them. From strikes alone up untill a certain point you will get 2 blue drops that will be higher light. Strikes usually don't last longer than 12 minutes on average. Use keys on chest that contain the gear you need upgraded.

Strikes. Crucibles. Rep packages.

Do the RoI story missions first. That will unlock several quests that will help plus get you several good items. Should get you closer to 350. Buy a 350 ghost in that time and, once you complete the story, Tyra should give you a quest for an artifact that will be 350. Will also unlock the strike playlists which are the best way to raise light early on. All blues will drop up to at least 365 but are based on your light. In order to optimize, immediately equip any gear that is an upgrade in light. When you are nearing 365, move over to the heroic strike playlist. Blues from the boss will drop up to 385. Again, equip anything that is an improvement. While doing this, be sure to use 3 of coins regularly and save any exotic engrams you get until 385+. Preferably 390+. Also save some skeleton keys. The chests those are used on go up to 400 and are based on your light. One of the easier ways to go up from 390. When you get a stack of 5, throw those in your vault and then keep 5 more on your character. Use one when you reach 5 at that point as there is currently a glitch that will erase them if your inventory gets more than 5. Rank packages from factions also drop up to 390. Once you are 385ish, you can look up how to go from there as it narrows down and becomes a little more specific.

Stay on your hunter. Whenever you get armour for your other characters put it in the vault. Do heroic strikes. Guaranteed up to 385 blues at the end. Don't infuse them wear them. Get carried (if xbox one add me, I'll carry you) through. Go into the archon Forge. When you increase your faction look at what is holding your light back. If you are 340 and have 340+ weapons but only 335 armour pieces, choose the armour. If you choose weapons it will prolly give you weapons equal to (more likely) less than what you already have. Do pvp. You can get up to 400 light weapons from that. SRL same but also up to 400 armour too. The perks may be crap, but wear it don't infuse. You will burn through so much legendary marks infusing at low light levels.

1. Buy a ghost shell in the tower for 75 marks. 2. Do Tyra Karn's quest to get an artifact. Attune it, and equip it. 3. Run normal strikes until you're about 360-365 light. Equip any higher light blue items from strikes (don't infuse anything just yet). 4. Run Archon's Forge until you get some ghost shells and artifacts (this is to make sure your gear isn't holdi g you back). 5. Run heroic strikes until you're about 370 to 385 light. 6. Do Archon's Forge some more. 7. Do heroic strikes until you're about 380 to 385 light. 8. Run Archon's Forge until you get ghosts or artifacts at or above 385. 9. Run heroic strikes until you have all gear at 385. 10. Once you're 385, open faction packages whenever you can. All faction packages will drop rewards up to 390. 11. Start doing Nightfalls, Raid (WotM), Iron Banner, Trials, Shaxx weekly bounty, Zavala's weekly bounties, Crucible (legendary weapons and class items drop up to light 400), etc. 12. Do Archon's Forge whenever your ghost shell and artifact is starting to hold you back. 13. Exotic Engrams is also a good way to increase light (they decrypt up to 400 light). Things worth of notice: All blue rare engrams (non-decrypted) will decrypt up to 365 light. All purple legendary engrams (non-decrypted) will decrypt up to 385 light. Hold on to your Skeleton keys until you're at or above 385, since the strike chests will give gear up to 400 light. Hope this helps, and good luck.

Strikes, archon forge