If True, this is a bad decision (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Saturday, October 18, 2014, 18:49 (3927 days ago) @ Jabberwok

There are indications that the DLC is going to raise the level cap to 32, and getting there will work the same way as getting to 30 now: Raid gear.

I think a better option is to simply have more options for getting to 30, and not raise the cap.

Also if not for the raid, there appears to be very little content. Again, this is not confirmed, but my expectations are low as of now for non-raid content.

It is supposedly 3 story missions, 3 strikes, and a raid.

Leveling up seems entirely pointless to me unless it is tied to new skills, which it doesn't seem to be past level 20. So if they're raising the cap even higher through raid gear, I assume that just means adding numbers to stats without changing the way I play the game at all. Kind of pointless.

Unless the third subclass is unlocked.

That would be exciting. But the way it is set up now, it has nothing to do with the levels. I just switched over from Bladedancer to the other Hunter subclass (Gunslinger?) a couple days ago, and now I have to start from scratch on skills, but I remain level 23 the whole time. Not that I actually want to go back to level 1, but I have no desire to level further. In fact, I'm just assuming that increasing Light levels boosts hit points and damage, for all I know it could do absolutely nothing.

Gunslinger is a lot of fun. I really like the final upgrade that gives you two throwing knives.

As for levels, it's not about hit points at all. It's about returning to an even playing field. When an enemy is higher level than you it will do more damage to you and take less from you depending on how many levels apart you and it are. Once you get equal to an enemy's level you will only do and take 1x damage from it, no matter how much higher your level increases. This lets high level enemies be extra dangerous without making it so you ruin your lower leveled friend's fun by being an unstoppable god who gets all the kills.