'Light' screws things up (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 13:18 (3757 days ago) @ RC

TL/DR: Cody was right, the grind sucks.

You're right too: you can't just play and power up as you go along normally, because the resources (Spinmetal, Helium, Spirit Bloom, and Relic Iron) are only obtainable by specifically going and gathering them from sources or chests. You can;t obtain them from kills, or missions.

I think the biggest problem with the light system, which you kind of eluded to, is that it makes the gear semi-permanent. If you get some better piece of gear, it has zero upgrades. So not only do you then have to spend the time to get the materials and exp to fully upgrade it, but when you equip it in order to do so you go down in level!

One level can be the difference between a breezy time, and a difficult time in Destiny depending on the activity.