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Kinderguardian question about exotics.

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Hi all! I've recently returned to Destiny after a very brief stint with it at launch and so far I'm enjoying it a ton.

So on to the question. I bought 3 legacy engrams from Xûr this past weekend and unlocked 130 damage weapons. I'm level 40 so as you can imagine I have a ton of stronger more reliable weapons. So after doing some research I learned about the exotics blueprint kiosk.

So my question is. Do I need the weapon in addition to the 150 legendary marks to unlock the y2 variant? Or do I just need the marks? Should the weaker variants be dismantled for exotic shard?

Thanks in advanced!

Optional question. Does the game continue to be heavily team oriented? I usually play alone because I don't have anybody to play with usually. Will I be able to get by?

Posted Jan 17, 2016, 6:54 PM UTC

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adeese•

You don't need to keep the year 1 version of the weapon to get the year 2 version. As soon as you decrypted the legacy engram, the game took note that you've had that item, and will let you buy the year 2 version from the kiosk. In fact, I'd recommend dismantling it as soon as you can for the exotic shard.

As for being team oriented, yes it is very much so for end game stuff. You can do some things on your own (daily heroic story, match making for the heroic strikes), there is no match making for the nightfall or the raid (which are two primary ways of upgrading your gear).

Assuming you can grind through it, the Iron Banner rank 5 package will give you an item at 310+ light. Also once you are rank 5, the end of game rewards can be 300+ light. That's only once per month though.

Excluding raid gear, you'll top out somewhere around 295 - 300 light probably.

If you need people to play with, I'd recommend checking out The 100. When you sign up, you enter your level, your age, your platform, and when you typically play. The site adds you to a group of up to 100 people that play around the same time you do. This worked great for me - I signed up last spring, and I've been playing with the same group of guys since then.

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Nician•

Yes, to get the y2 version when you have the y1 version takes 150 marks to unlock the y2 blueprint.

The legacy exotic engram only gives y1 exotics. Mostly of interest to collectors of y1 gear. You are probably better off using those strange coins to purchase 3oC and taking a chance on RNG for a y2 directly. You will usually get a better LL for the weapon and on average you get one exotic per five 3oC.

Be sure to always have an IX bonus active on your character in case you run into an ultra. They don't have time expiration so it's ok to pop a 3oC whenever you see it's gone (happens when you defeated an ultra)

Plenty to do solo, but check r/fireteams to get a group to do raids and activities that benefit from larger groups. Other LFG sites may have a UI more to your liking.

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jpdalola•

You can shard the low light weapon and then buy the higher tier one. Sadly, the game is COMPLETELY team oriented. Once you get to 290-300, you won't be able to advance without friends. I use lfg websites that I can't post the name of or you can go to the recruitment side of reddit. Good luck, guardian! ajdnc

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TipCleMurican•

Already great answers to your questions here but I will add that, since you are already a user of reddit, you may find that r/fireteams is a great way of finding a fireteams for different endgame activities.

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Codzombies900701•

In regards to team stuff, if youre on ps4 check out the destiny raid and pvp community...always people looking for groups on there. And r/fireteams

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