Very Confused (Destiny)

by kanbo , Seattle, WA, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 21:52 (3620 days ago) @ cheapLEY

by all appearances, your Light is still what really matters, and your actual level seems less relevant.

I might be mistaken, but I was under the impression that it was the opposite. It sounds to me like your character level governs damage output you do to enemies, and damage taken, as well as barring your entrance to activities and gear and the like. Light, then, is just a progressive indicator of your current stats, and is indicative of your perceived/actual level of power. In the same way that gear rarity usually responds to the effectiveness of weapons/armor, but doesn't necessarily dictate it.

If I'm right, it should work similar to FFXIV's 'Item Levels', at least as far as stats.

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Very Confused - Cody Miller, 2015-08-19, 21:30
- Very Confused - cheapLEY, 2015-08-19, 21:39
  - Very Confused - kanbo, 2015-08-19, 21:52
    - Very Confused - Mad_Stylus, 2015-08-19, 22:01
- I'd just like to see the formulas that govern atk and def - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-08-19, 22:16
- Very Confused - Doooskey, 2015-08-20, 02:02
  - This is silly. They should just remove light. - DreadPirateWes, 2015-08-20, 02:06
    - It now aligns to your usual RPG. - Leviathan, 2015-08-20, 03:13
      - It now aligns to your usual RPG. - narcogen, 2015-08-20, 04:48
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - EffortlessFury, 2015-08-20, 12:06
        
        What about Trials and IB? - bluerunner, 2015-08-20, 12:53
        
        What about Trials and IB? - Xenos, 2015-08-20, 18:59
        
        But we still don't know... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 19:03
        
        But we still don't know... - Xenos, 2015-08-20, 19:05
        
        But we still don't know... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 19:11
        
        But we still don't know... - cheapLEY, 2015-08-20, 20:02
        
        What about Trials and IB? - bluerunner, 2015-08-20, 20:16
        
        What about Trials and IB? - Xenos, 2015-08-20, 20:17
        
        What about Trials and IB? - bluerunner, 2015-08-20, 20:24
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - Cody Miller, 2015-08-20, 13:51
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - Chappy, 2015-08-20, 14:50
        
        I prefer old school RPG, I guess - DreadPirateWes, 2015-08-20, 15:32
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - Leviathan, 2015-08-20, 18:39
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - narcogen, 2015-08-20, 22:22
        
        It now aligns to your usual RPG. - Cody Miller, 2015-08-20, 23:01
    - Things are still a bit foggy, but these changes are good - Doooskey, 2015-08-20, 14:20
  - Very Confused - Xenos, 2015-08-20, 02:32
- Very Confused - marmot 1333, 2015-08-20, 03:33
- Very Confused - dogcow, 2015-08-20, 12:52
  - Very Confused - DreadPirateWes, 2015-08-20, 15:40
  - ^^^ This is very important ^^^ - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 16:15
- Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - dogcow, 2015-08-20, 13:52
  - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - Cody Miller, 2015-08-20, 14:00
    - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - CyberKN, 2015-08-20, 14:06
      - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - Cody Miller, 2015-08-20, 14:11
        
        Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - CyberKN, 2015-08-20, 14:17
    - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - dogcow, 2015-08-20, 14:24
      - I miss Halo. - CyberKN, 2015-08-20, 14:36
        
        It's not like that game series isn't still in development. - Funkmon, 2015-08-20, 15:30
        
        Me too. - BlackstarBSP, 2015-08-20, 15:32
        
        So how exactly do the Halos kill Flood??? ;-) - scarab, 2015-08-20, 16:13
        
        I played Halo 5 yesterday... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 16:20
        
        Whaaat? How'd you do that? - scarab, 2015-08-20, 17:58
        
        Xbox "X15" media event in Toronto - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 18:10
        
        can you talk about it? should I ask on HBO? - scarab, 2015-08-20, 18:17
        
        can you talk about it? should I ask on HBO? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 18:22
        
        did you control any NPCs? switch weapons? - scarab, 2015-08-20, 19:08
        
        did you control any NPCs? switch weapons? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-08-20, 19:48
        
        did you control any NPCs? switch weapons? - Speedracer513, 2015-08-21, 11:23
        
        can you talk about it? should I ask on HBO? - bluerunner, 2015-08-20, 20:27
        
        Excellent! - Kermit, 2015-08-20, 19:18
        
        Music to my ears - kidtsunami, 2015-08-21, 17:02
      - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - Warbow, 2015-08-20, 14:42
        
        Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - dogcow, 2015-08-20, 14:52
  - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - Xenos, 2015-08-20, 14:02
    - Light level and damage clarifications. (?) - dogcow, 2015-08-20, 14:38
- Level = experience, Light = gear. - naturl selexion, 2015-08-20, 19:29

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