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r/DestinyTheGame•
timeTo_Kill

There needs to be way to upgrade legendary gear to 30 light.

Like the title says, we are having all sorts of problems because raid gear is better than the rest of the legendary gear in the game. Creating an item that upgraded a piece of gear to be able to get to 30 light would make the end game legendary armor much more interesting. If that was the case I would no longer think of the event armors as completely useless and would try to work towards getting the best bonuses.

I'm thinking an item that Xur sells to ascend a certain type of armor would be pretty great. It would probably sell for about 10 coins or so and cycle type of armor similar to the exotic engram that he sells.

Posted Oct 10, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

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[deleted]•

No.

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Cryphon•

This, for what everyone else is saying. Raid gear is supposed to be better, it's hard to get, it's needed to get max level. If any legendary could be upgraded to have 30 light, there would be no reason for exotics or raid gear.

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timeTo_KillOP•

The reason would be the perks on the armor. Doing this would actually give some purpose to looking at different legendary armor pieces for different situations.

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timeTo_KillOP•

Mind elaborating?

I have no problems with raid gear being better, but I think making raid gear the only viable gear in the game is bland and ruins a lot of the variability in designing a loadout. Personally I think the different tiers of legendary armor should be determined mostly by the perks that they have rather than maximum light level.

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leftnut027•

This would defeat the purpose of Raid gear....being better then the other legendary gear.

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Lexicon929•

Raid gear is suppose to be better and thats why it exists. 1 exotic and maxed out purple gives you level 29, and thats 99.9% fine for everything until a dlc comes out.

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BowlerNona•

There wouldn't be the same sense of accomplishment (luck mainly), if the gear was more easily accessible. Bungie wants people to play the raid; simple as that.

If you're having a hard time getting the raid gear, I'd recommend rolling another character of the same class so that you can run the raid twice, possibly four times (on hard mode), each week.

I got lucky the last time I beat it on hard and got the helmet I needed to roll over to 30.

One thing I truly wish they would do is throw up at least little window congratulating you on hitting the level cap. As it is now, once you hit 30 nothing special happens. You just see the number change. Rather lackluster IMO.

http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/2/4611686018436224955/2305843009221659338#gear

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timeTo_KillOP•

The differences in armor should be in the perks that the armor gives, not the light level of the armor. Raid gear should have significantly better perks to make it a worthwhile drop.

The weapons in Destiny are a good example of this. While all the raid weapons still do the same damage as the non raid legendaries they are sought after because of the amazing perks they have (like void auto rifle). Raid gear shouldn't be a limiting factor on level, just like raid weapons are not a limiting factor on damage.

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