Destiny is Not Canon (Destiny)

by Monochron, Tuesday, September 09, 2014, 20:36 (3527 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Okay, I have a story issue / gameplay complaint that I don't want to start a whole new thread for.

What the hell is a Vanguard? And how do I get their "marks"? Is this part of a story I missed?
I'm assuming they are some kind of "reward" you get as their name is similar to "Crucible marks". But the game has made any mention to me at all about what Vanguards or their marks mean.
I keep completing bounties but I can't really figure out what I get for doing so. Am I getting loot / glimmer?
The interface is entirely "click and forget" so I quickly forget whatever it gives me. Is it like that time the Speaker gave me a free "pass" for a gun?
Why would I buy a ship / sparrow?
They all seem to have the same stats and cost butt loads of glimmer. The game hasn't told me anything about them yet and you only ever see your ship in between levels, I must have missed the reason I would want it.

Also just a comment on story progress:
I am currently level 8, having played through all of Old Russia, and a couple missions on the Moon. I haven't not yet gotten any story information that I didn't know going into the game. The fact that Rasputin had control of defenses is sort of interesting, but currently irrelevant. The fact that the hive have a presence on the moon is already known. The Darkness is coming(tm) is old news.
Are you supposed to talk to people between missions or something to get the story? Like, I currently don't care about any of these NPCs (I can't call them characters because I know nothing about them) and I have been playing for hours.

Should I settle myself in for more of the same, with tidbits of uninteresting story given by Dinklebot, or do things change soon?

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Destiny is Not Canon - Cody Miller, 2014-09-09, 12:36
- Let me guess... - The BS Police, 2014-09-09, 13:09
  - Let me guess... - car15, 2014-09-09, 13:12
- Destiny is Not Canon - Monochron, 2014-09-09, 13:40
  - Destiny is Not Canon - Cody Miller, 2014-09-09, 14:38
    - Destiny is Not Canon - The BS Police, 2014-09-09, 15:03
- Awoken Are Not Canon - HavokBlue, 2014-09-09, 13:55
  - Pretty sure Guardians lost their memory upon revival... - Dan de Board, 2014-09-09, 21:38
    - Pretty sure Guardians lost their memory upon revival... - HavokBlue, 2014-09-10, 03:18
      - Because they were driving to get into the colony ships...? - RaichuKFM, 2014-09-10, 08:32
- Destiny is Not Canon - someotherguy, 2014-09-09, 19:05
- Destiny is Not Canon - Leviathan, 2014-09-09, 19:32
  - Destiny is Not Canon - Cody Miller, 2014-09-09, 19:43
    - Day 1 of 3,650, give or take - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-09-09, 20:28
      - Day 1 of 3,650, give or take - Monochron, 2014-09-09, 20:52
      - Day 1 of 3,650, give or take - Cody Miller, 2014-09-09, 21:27
        
        Day 1 of 3,650, give or take - Schedonnardus, 2014-09-10, 06:08
      - One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 09:59
        
        One data point ... - Leviathan, 2014-09-10, 10:05
        
        One data point ... - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 10:13
        
        One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 10:17
        
        One data point ... - Cody Miller, 2014-09-10, 10:20
        
        One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 10:23
        
        Now, hold on - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 12:10
        
        Now, hold on - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 12:24
        
        Now, hold on - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 13:57
        
        Now, hold on - car15, 2014-09-10, 14:12
        
        One data point ... - Cody Miller, 2014-09-10, 10:05
        
        One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 10:15
        
        One data point ... - Cody Miller, 2014-09-10, 10:16
        
        One data point ... - car15, 2014-09-10, 11:10
        
        One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 11:47
        
        One data point ... - car15, 2014-09-10, 11:50
        
        One data point ... - rliebherr, 2014-09-10, 13:02
        
        One data point ... - car15, 2014-09-10, 13:08
        
        One data point ... - rliebherr, 2014-09-10, 13:18
        
        One data point ... - car15, 2014-09-10, 13:19
        
        One data point ... - Kermit, 2014-09-10, 13:43
  - Destiny is Not Canon - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-09, 20:08
    - Destiny is Not Canon - Leviathan, 2014-09-10, 03:49
      - +1 - kidtsunami, 2014-09-10, 04:48
      - Well said. - bluerunner, 2014-09-10, 05:30
    - Sorry, too busy having fun to rebut. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-10, 05:35
- Destiny is Not Canon - konrad, 2014-09-09, 20:13
  - Destiny is Not Canon - Cody Miller, 2014-09-09, 20:15
    - Destiny is Not Canon - stabbim, 2014-09-09, 23:31
- Destiny is Not Canon - Monochron, 2014-09-09, 20:36
  - Destiny is Not Canon - Schedonnardus, 2014-09-10, 06:12
    - Destiny is Not Canon - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 07:35
  - Ships are pretty, Sparrows are faster and do "barrel rolls" - ZackDark, 2014-09-10, 07:16
    - Ships are pretty, Sparrows are faster and do "barrel rolls" - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 07:38
      - Ships are pretty, Sparrows are faster and do "barrel rolls" - ZackDark, 2014-09-10, 13:24
  - more questions - hunt3r, 2014-09-10, 11:37
    - more questions - Monochron, 2014-09-10, 12:18
- Is there a story to be found in Destiny? - hunt3r, 2014-09-10, 11:31

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