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Number45

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,038
I picked up Destiny 2 last week and haven't started it yet. Any reason not to play the vanilla game for a while before looking at the expansions?
I would assume you'll need to at least play vanilla to get your guardian to a point that he can take on the DLC. The vanilla campaign's pretty decent anyway, and worth playing in my opinion.
 

Akita One

Member
Oct 30, 2017
4,632
Patch is up, 6.77GB on PC.
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Lukar

Unshakable Resolve - Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 27, 2017
23,427
I picked up Destiny 2 last week and haven't started it yet. Any reason not to play the vanilla game for a while before looking at the expansions?
You have to get through the base game in order to do either of the expansions.

The core game is very fun. Just sit back and enjoy the campaign.
 

Akita One

Member
Oct 30, 2017
4,632
Nah, no need to come back. Other games to play. This is me stating if I keep getting burned as a consumer, I better learn from this and start placing more value on the money I spend.

Game is what it was and currently is. For me, my money goes elsewhere.

I was only referring to people that paid for the game and the 2 DLCs already.
 

Codosbuya

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
2,334
Is there a good guide of what to do after you finish the main campaign? What is the core gameplay loop of the PvE end-game?
 

Lord Brady

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
8,392
12 gig update on PS4 US. 6 gig more than Xbox to account for that exclusive new strike, amirite!?
 

Codosbuya

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
2,334
If you're trying to get to Max PL as soon as you can:

Too much info :D. I have no idea what milestones are or powerful activities. I just hit level 20 last night (I got the game on the Humble Monthly) and I dont even have all the subclasses unlocked. So increasing your Power level prepares you for harder content? Is there a scale of what is the easiest to hardest content you can do on D2?
 

Lord Brady

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
8,392
Too much info :D. I have no idea what milestones are or powerful activities. I just hit level 20 last night (I got the game on the Humble Monthly) and I dont even have all the subclasses unlocked. So increasing your Power level prepares you for harder content? Is there a scale of what is the easiest to hardest content you can do on D2?
As someone who has played since day 1 of D1, my advice is to not look at that. Power leveling feels like a job. Just have fun and know that if you want to level up to the max, you'll eventually need to do some Trials, raids, and Nightfalls. With the right people, those are very fun activities.
 

Sedated

Member
Apr 13, 2018
2,598
I picked up Destiny 2 last week and haven't started it yet. Any reason not to play the vanilla game for a while before looking at the expansions?
No. I'm just playing vanilla version as well and it's a ton of fun. Gonna get the expansions later. When u have the game just play it. The expansion stuff comes in after u finish vanilla so why wait now.
 

kayos90

Community Resettler
Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,703
Why the hell is the update so big? I feel like these patches are so inefficiently large.
 
Jan 29, 2018
9,402
No. I'm just playing vanilla version as well and it's a ton of fun. Gonna get the expansions later. When u have the game just play it. The expansion stuff comes in after u finish vanilla so why wait now.

Awesome. I'm just waiting for when I know I'll have plenty of time to play before redeeming the free 30 days of PS Plus that was in the bix.
 

Shingi_70

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,782
It's nice to feel excited about the game again. I do find it amusing the Destiny 2 dlc cycle is mirroring that of the first game.
 

Kyuuji

The Favonius Fox
Member
Nov 8, 2017
32,302
Is there any way to remotely download it if you bought the Season Pass?
I re-added the Season Pass to my download list on the PSN Store download list (here) but it instantly set to "Playable" despite the PS4 only just having been turned on at home.
 

.exe

Member
Oct 25, 2017
22,258
Booted up Destiny 2 for the hell of it after downloading the patch. I recommend it. The new title screen music is pretty great. Though I gotta say the horn at the start scared me a little bit; did not expect that.
 

TheMan

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,264
Shit, forgot to reinstall and get this patched up last night so I could just jump in tonight after work
 

SmartWaffles

Member
Nov 15, 2017
6,249
Is there any way to remotely download it if you bought the Season Pass?
I re-added the Season Pass to my download list on the PSN Store download list (here) but it instantly set to "Playable" despite the PS4 only just having been turned on at home.
Everything is downloaded via a patch regardless of DLC ownership, all you need to do is making sure your PS4 is set to auto downloading updates, and "purchase" the DLC to unlock the content in the PSN store.
 

Shingi_70

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,782
That's exactly the issue people had with this game.

It definitely my issue with the game, but it also a bit nostalgic. I bought D1 at launch and I didn't become a hardcore player until House of Wolves. The lead up to that pulled me in and got me to try the previous two raids ands endgame content. For me as a D2 player if feels the same way right now. I played at launch and didn't touch CoO outside of the campaign, but I'm super excited for Warmind.


My only real gripe is I wish Escalation Protcool was more Prison of Elders and less Archons Forge/Court of Oryx.
 

WhySoDevious

Member
Oct 31, 2017
8,466
Are they giving out an item to level up your character to max level so that you can start the Warmind campaign?
 

JetBlackPanda

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
4,505
Echo Base
very interested in the narrative experience this time around. without spoilers if someone can post some impressions asap that would be so awesome.
 

LucidMomentum

Member
Nov 18, 2017
3,645
OF COURSE THE PATCH GOES UP ONCE I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR WORK UGH

Gonna have to play it tomorrow since I'm busy tonight. Was hoping to not have to spend the hour or so of free time I have tonight downloading it.
 

Sowrong

Banned
Oct 29, 2017
1,442
I do hope they can somehow salvage this game in year 2. I miss having a game to grind every week for a couple of hours.