I've been away for 5 months, whats going on? Where do I star

Hey DBO! I need advice!

I last played in the middle of December before I moved continents and had to build up the whole AV/internet infrastructure again and I have no idea whats going on. I never got anywhere in the new raid. The patch notes baffle me. The game baffles me. It still feels great but I have no idea where I should be spending my resources or time.

Should I be leveling and upgrading my release level legendary and exotic weapons and armour? Should I be leveling and upgrading my expansion 1 equivalents? Should I ignore both pending new expansion? Melt them down? Upgrade them somehow? Damn they take a long time to level so I'd hate to be wasting it. Should I be farming rep with the goth girl? Is level 3 rep with the normal factions enough still?

Are strange coins still important? What about rep and marks?

I really don't know where to spend my time. I used to just farm bounties, do the dailies and weeklies and jump in a raid or nightfall when someone on my list needed a +1. Seemed to work ok and was hella fun. Now I feel a bit lost.

I thought I had most of what I wanted out of VoG, but all that stuff is 300 DMG/level 30. Do I need to farm it again to upgrade this stuff or is it all obsolete for PvE now?

Plz hAlp.

Also I need new friends to cavort with 9pm onwards East Coast Australia time.

PSN:Numinar

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Hey DBO! I need advice!

I last played in the middle of December before I moved continents and had to build up the whole AV/internet infrastructure again and I have no idea whats going on. I never got anywhere in the new raid. The patch notes baffle me. The game baffles me. It still feels great but I have no idea where I should be spending my resources or time.

When the HoW drops next week, any Legendary gear/weapon will be able to be Ascended to Raid-tier, so find what you like and level that.

Should I be leveling and upgrading my release level legendary and exotic weapons and armour? Should I be leveling and upgrading my expansion 1 equivalents? Should I ignore both pending new expansion? Melt them down? Upgrade them somehow? Damn they take a long time to level so I'd hate to be wasting it. Should I be farming rep with the goth girl? Is level 3 rep with the normal factions enough still?

See above comment. Anything Legendary will be viable when the next DLC comes out on Monday, it'll just take a bit to earn the resources to level it up.

Are strange coins still important? What about rep and marks?

Reps and Marks will get you new faction gear, a lot of it looks to be very good.
Strange Coins will be useful for Heavy Synths, though Xur will be selling new exotics.

I really don't know where to spend my time. I used to just farm bounties, do the dailies and weeklies and jump in a raid or nightfall when someone on my list needed a +1. Seemed to work ok and was hella fun. Now I feel a bit lost.

It's looking like more and more things have become viable reward sources, so just do what you enjoy doing. :)

I thought I had most of what I wanted out of VoG, but all that stuff is 300 DMG/level 30. Do I need to farm it again to upgrade this stuff or is it all obsolete for PvE now?

It's never been "obsolete", but with the new DLC, you'll be able to bump it to 365 DMG.

Plz hAlp.

Also I need new friends to cavort with 9pm onwards East Coast Australia time.

PSN:Numinar

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Are strange coins still important? What about rep and marks?

Reps and Marks will get you new faction gear, a lot of it looks to be very good.
Strange Coins will be useful for Heavy Synths, though Xur will be selling new exotics.

Yeah, strange coins are still useful. If anything, I'd say they're MORE relevant than when you used to play, since they'll be your best shot at catching up on exotics.

I really don't know where to spend my time. I used to just farm bounties, do the dailies and weeklies and jump in a raid or nightfall when someone on my list needed a +1. Seemed to work ok and was hella fun. Now I feel a bit lost.

It's looking like more and more things have become viable reward sources, so just do what you enjoy doing. :)

That's always been the best advice, really. In terms of progression, right now the thing to do is run the nightfall as soon as possible after the weekly reset (early Tuesday morning) so that you have the XP/rep bonus active for whatever else you do the rest of the week. I assume that'll still be true after HoW drops.

I thought I had most of what I wanted out of VoG, but all that stuff is 300 DMG/level 30. Do I need to farm it again to upgrade this stuff or is it all obsolete for PvE now?

It's never been "obsolete", but with the new DLC, you'll be able to bump it to 365 DMG.

Definitely not obsolete. I don't use my VoG gear a lot at this stage due to the limited attack values, but I still pull out those elemental primary weapons for nightfalls due to the "burn" modifiers. The enormous damage boost from the burn means they're quite capable. Way more so than a 331 weapon with just kinetic damage. Fatebringer with arc burn active is quite a thing to behold.

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I don't know if it existed before you left, but it's on the top right of the forum and it's super useful. There's always loads going on, from Raids, Crucible Nights, Nightfalls and now HoW content too.

Very useful if you're in need of a Fireteam, and of course you can post your own event if you'd prefer.

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