I guess I need to Raid more... (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, January 03, 2015, 09:22 (3854 days ago) @ Mid7night

Should I be doing more Daily's, or is Raiding really the bread & butter of Shard gathering? I know I can also buy vendor gear and Shard it (which I've done a few times), but even that is painful now that the prices have gone up. Luckily I can at least grab Chest 1 from Crota three times a week, but that doesn't help my Ascendant situation.

Any advice?

Definitely do Vault of Glass if you need ascendant shards. Do Crota if you need radiant shards. Break down any legendary armor you don't want or aren't going to use. Don't waste your marks just to shard gear. You can get the equivalent of 4-5 armor pieces in shards alone by raiding, PLUS any armor you might acquire can be broken down.

Do hard mode, since you get double drops without doing normal first. You will often get 6 at one checkpoint. 10-12 per raid is pretty normal if you get all the chests. I've been running Vault of Glass around 2x per week since it dropped, and now I'm sitting on 401 ascendant shards.