I share the sentiment (Destiny)

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Sunday, October 26, 2014, 19:58 (3920 days ago) @ bluerunner

Is there any reason to work so hard on hitting 30 besides the raid on hard mode? My hunter is level 29 with fully upgraded non-raid armor and I haven't had any problems playing everything else. Plus I like the look of the armor I have a lot more than the raid armor. Plus the raid armor I've gotten so far didn't have the stats or perks I wanted. I really haven't understood the drive to be 30. Is there more to it than hard mode raid?

I don't imagine so.

Sure, ideally if your enemies are lvl 30, you'd want to be 30(+) to take them on, but being a 29 is just as fine, especially since it adds a *slight* challenge to your battles.

The skilled player shouldn't have much of an issue being -1, maybe even -2 to the enemies lvl, at the understanding that it may take you an extra shot to down an enemy, which leads into how much more important it is that your weapons are fully upgraded, as opposed to your armor.

That's been my experience thus far.

It's akin to being a glass canon: You can deal lots of damage, but you can't take much, so play conservatively and you'll be OK.

-This isn't directed at anyone in particular on these forums- But I think the whole "I need to get to 30" mentality is similar in some ways to how people felt they "needed" to get to level 50 in Halo 2\3.