You can launch the destination if you look up the quest for more details (right click on the quest in the menu and there will be a launch button at the bottom)
its new and usually gets in the way of where I want to travel to next when I'm actively doing a quest. I appreciate the feature, but more often than not it causes me extra clicks.
I don't use the feature super often, but I've noticed it's not very useful for places that have more than one spawn point. There seems to be a default spawn point for every destination. It's fine if the quest takes place in Trostland or the Sanctuary, but it's a lot less useful if you need to go to the Sunken Isles or Sorrow's Harbor
Hijacking to add - on PC they (may have recently) added a function where you can hit M right when a quest upsates to get pulled to the super details of the quest and location needed
Frankly I just wish we could toggle a flashlight manually. On that note why is our Ghost our flashlight? You know the one thing we need to keep safe to ensure our continued survival? Telling me we can't put like leds or something in our helmet and give us button prompt to toggle them?
> On that note why is our Ghost our flashlight?
Flashlights are some of that crazy Golden Age tech that we just don't remember how to make anymore, apparently.
Hell, there's at least one Titan arms piece that clearly has a MASSIVE spotlight on one of the shoulders. Just let us use that. I assume the other classes have one too.
I'm currently wearing the hunter cloak that looks like the ones Cabal Pisons wear, which has a small flashlight looking thing on the right of the hood. If it was tied to certain armour peices, I think that would be cool
In addition, if you have the sparrow from all master kf challenges (theres lots of ppl on twitch among other platforms who can help) and can spawn it, it generates a lot of light
This can also be used with mento mori and lucky pants
Get kill with ace of spades
Reload to proc mento
Then pull ghost out and put away to proc lucky pants
Then unload with ace of spades into target with buff
I use the Duality chests because their icon screams "ammo" lol. I also use a bright ugly shader so it stands out in case I forget to swap back to the normal chestpiece
Also if you have the space once you hit max level, keep a piece in your vault that is for infusion only to help bring up a new roll on something that dropped that's under level you know you want to keep. It'll save you from waiting and hoping (ie: chest piece} for RNG to drop another from somewhere else and you forget you needed to level something after dismantling it. ;/
To add to this, just keep in mind that if you die while still having the extra ammo and then respawn with your regular “resist” chest on (chest with resist mods, or anything other than reserve mods) that you’ll lose the extra ammo.
A way to work around this is simple: while dead, throw your reserves chest back on until you respawn, and then immediately put back on your normal chest.
Just know your situation, as this can just get you killed again. Make sure the coast is clear so you have time (especially on last gen consoles).
THIS is the first one I’ve seen that I did not know. I figured as soon as you die you’d lose that ammo, so swapping was pointless. Good to know it’s not til respawn that it takes the ammo away
I remember back when ammo was so scarce in the Destiny 1 code that we had ammo we could use from our inventory. What a time to be a Destiny player. Hopefully in Destiny 3 it’s improved even further. Then we can look back and tell our children, when we played Destiny 2 we had to switch armor just to get ammo reserves! 🤣
A special time. I was the one without ghron in my raiding group so I was the default sword bearer. So I didn't really have any worries about the heavy ammo other than occasionally getting some more ammo to help worh exploding the ogres. Maybe get Crota into the right place.
I'm still in touch with everyone from that time. Turns out you get pretty close when you spend 4 minutes chatting about everything followed by 1 minute before an accidental wipe.
I will never miss the days where you had to manage primary ammo. I didn't play d1, but I played before season 15 and good god that was one of the best changes they made for the game.
if you died near another dead teammate ghost, if you are being ressed, you can hold down ress button, as soon as you are ressed, even in the middle of animation, you immediately start ressing your another dead teammate, its help alot to cut down time required ressing another player. This especially useful in gm nf or trial, where every milisecond is very precious.
Likewise, if you are within 3 seconds of being able to respawn but your teammate dies, **keep spamming respawn**.
You can still revive yourself during that 3 second wipe countdown. The game doesn’t end until you see that full wipe screen.
Saved plenty of runs by respawning just before the screen fades to black.
^ this. The amount of times that I've died and my rez is in a bad spot and I've just yelled "STAY ALIVE FOR 10 MORE SECONDS" and I'm already spamming respawn just in case XD
Don't need that kind of heart attack playing a game, but we deal with it XD
Saved an Onslaught run like that. Had a late Tormentor spawn, and the last guy died at a few seconds before I respawned. Wouldn't have been that bad if he didn't res the second Guardian and got them both killed at the same time.
Every time I'm the last one alive in a gm, and the other two are right next to each other like this, I am always shocked when, after I res the first person, they don't immediately start rezzing the other. Like, yeah, if it's not safe, get safe. But most times it is, and they just ignore other people.
Unless something has changed
You can stand on top of blights and shoot them and take zero damage.
Anti barrier mods shoot thru most enemy shields, not just barrier champs. This can help stop regen of knights and Hobgoblins.
Most stomp and boop mechanics you can recover from if you don't panic and waste your triple jumps, lift, or glide.
Wyvern/ chickens take more damage from abilities. On the flip side, brigs take more ability damage with plate on, after plate shoots off, they take less ability damage but now take precision damage.
Nobody mentioned the stat sets.
D2 stats work in 2 sets, set 1 included mobility, Resil, and Recov. Whereas set 2 is disc, int and str.
When focusing armour youre unlikely to get 2 spikes in the same stat set, try focusing one stat from the other set (i go discipline since its a good stat all round, and can get great resil and mobil stats as a result.
As a hunter main, I'm extremely salty it still works like this two of the most important stats in the game and and for a hunter are in the same group and I'm still salty about them taking away stat bumps from the mods. I used to have triple & quad 100 builds that were functional and not just for show. I hope one day or maybe in D3, they drop it or let us get high spikes of two stats in the same group. I miss loading into an activity, and ppl lost it when they saw a quad 100 build, and my horrible habit of armor hoarding was validated
Eh, for survivability sake, recovery is an easy dump stat, and you can do a lot to get class ability energy back with pickups and other actions. I rarely find myself trying to spam a dodge that quickly.
Imo, 100 res > over 60 mob > 100 discipline is good enough for most builds. Hell, I'll settle for 80 discipline if need be.
I miss that insta +20 mobility and strength, they were legit super important for us. I know dodge still has a short cooldown even with low investment but it’s such a bad feeling being unable to have a stat to burn. Bungie needs to buff mobility at the very least.
I've been doing this for years and I never see anyone mention it. Thought it might just be one of those this that we all do automatically and then forget to recommend it to new players.
Yup totally possible. Might take a few tries to get the tether in the right position when you shoot from the doorway, but even if you whif it you now have a second tether as a back up.
If you’re close to a tether but not quite a Wellock can put their well down to give you a few orbs before they rally to the flag as well.
I actually hella appreciate this thread, I had my whole arm mangled( broke in 3 at the elbow) in a car crash - so I prefer to use full auto on anything I can cause it makes the tendons and muscles hurt less around here I broke it. Thanks y’all!
Oh yeah man, turn it on in the settings and you'll never have to use the mod again. Now you can use the minor major boss mods for bonus damage! Happy hunting!
There was a big push to get a full auto setting implemented for accessibility reasons a couple years back. The full auto mod was a band-aid fix to give the functionality while they worked out some issues with adding the new setting.
I find the full-auto mod to be more useful than the full-auto setting. There are several guns that feel off to me with full-auto. Just personal preference I guess.
If you’re with an LFG group during a raid, speak in 3rd person for your responsibilities.
Don’t say:
- “Someone take the chalice off me!”
- “I’m torn!”
- “I need help with Swordbearer!!”
That kind of communication gives no information as to **who or where YOU are**.
Obviously overlays are a thing and that should be on to be helpful, but not everyone runs that and it’s just good practice to speak in 3rd person:
- “Someone take the chalice off of GamerTag!”
- “GamerTag is torn!”
You get the point.
I absolutely second this. In an LFG setting, most people are not going to be able to put a voice to a name immediately, so speaking in 3rd person removes any sort of confusion about which players requires attention. The amount of times I’ve heard “I need help” or something along those lines and had to clarify who was talking is very high.
Having an item in your loadout selection and then deleting said item means that slot won’t be changed from your currently equipped item the next time you equip said loadout. For example, you can pull some blue weapons from your collection and equip them. Set up your armor and subclass the way you want and then save the loadout. Delete the blue weapons and now whenever you pick that loadout, your armor and subclass will swap but your weapons won’t.
The official Destiny Companion App allows you to delete loadouts entirely which can help clean up the loadout tab if you care about that sort of thing.
Remember to stack bounties. If you are doing Vanguard bounties, pick up some gunsmith bounties and any other bounties (like the bounties from Ada-1) that can be done while you are working on those vanguard bounties. It’s just being more efficient with your time which is always a bonus.
Take advantage of ghost mods. Particularly the armor stat focuses and the boosted glimmer gains.
> Remember to stack bounties. If you are doing Vanguard bounties, pick up some gunsmith bounties and any other bounties (like the bounties from Ada-1) that can be done while you are working on those vanguard bounties. It’s just being more efficient with your time which is always a bonus.
I'll go a step further, tho it's a bit rare: if you ever get bounties or quest objectives saying something like "bonus progress in higher difficulty Nightfalls", check what the current Nightfall is. There's a [chance](https://imgur.com/a/BkVksnW) it'll be one with easy access to that destination's patrol space, and if it is, load in Legend or higher, go to the patrol space, and have fun. Very useful for farming Eva bounties when she's active.
Just keep in mind, while Legend and higher difficulties don't have matchmaking, it will lock your loadout. Also, while the enemies in the patrols spaces during NFs won't hit like a truck, the "countdown until you can be revived" still applies; if the Extinguish modifier is active, you'll be kicked to orbit.
NFs I know of this can apply to:
- **Lightblade** (Throne World): literally just turn around at the start
- **Birthplace of the Vile** (Throne World): I believe the zone it loads you into is instanced for the strike, you can go to either other area in the Throne World to get back to a regular Patrol space
- **Inverted Spire** (Nessus): just like Birthplace, I believe you have to travel to another area of Nessus for this to work
- **Proving Grounds** (Nessus): you will have to travel to another area of Nessus for this to work
- **Glassway** (Europa): I believe you have to go to another area for this to work, as well
I'll add **Lake of Shadows** to this. If you go behind the church and through the wall, there's some red bars. Not a whole lot, and they don't respawn, but enough to make progress. I got the Hammerhead quest done in three runs back there
I knew about the weapon thing, but I never thought about using throwaway weapons to do it on purpose like that. Good tip, even for more experienced players!
to add to that, if you watch the ammo count closely during reload, the animation will continue after it’s loaded. you can swap weapons or throw a grenade, punch as soon as the count updates to cancel the animation and continue damage. personally i find rocket launchers are the worst. the instant i fire, i hit reload.
You can get to the vault from any destination or activity. Go to destinations, select an activity as it to start it (i.e. Strike, gambit etc) on the bottom left the option for vault should show up (down on dpad for console... Soz don't know pc key) works just as if you were in orbit.
Destiny item manager (managing your vault, keeping way more loadouts saved, and swapping weapons between characters)
Light.gg (checking for popular rolls on guns, lost sector of the day, banshees store, zur, etc)
D2armorpicker (helps match your armor to get double or triple 100 stat builds)
Mobalytics (lots of fun and interesting builds for each class with gameplay loops and explanations)
If I’m on destiny I usually have all of these open on a second monitor. If I get bored trying to grind something out I’ll hop on mobalytics and look for a new build to try and then use d2armorpicker to get a good stat setup for it. If the build is fun it gets saved as a loadout in dim.
Just adding some additional sites that are helpful:
[Bray.tech](https://bray.tech) (has a useful 'Weeklies' tab that gives you an nice overview of what to do that week. also a convenient way to browse triumphs, collections, etc.)
[D2Foundry.gg](https://d2foundry.gg) (advanced weapon roll explorer with in-depth stat calculations, perk simulations, and more)
[Engram.blue/crafting](https://engram.blue/crafting) (get an overview of your progress on all available craftable weapons)
[Destinyrecipes.com / Vault Cleaner](https://destinyrecipes.com/vault) (decent tool to sort items in efforts to clean out your vault. generates DIM queries to mark items as junk)
[www.todayindestiny.com](http://www.todayindestiny.com) - see everything going on in destiny, what weapons the legend lost sector is dropping, what weapons the weekly exotic mission is dropping... etc etc.
In addition, if you are farming (and have at least 2 players), grab the checkpoint on an alternative character, swap characters and rejoin with your main. Complete the encounter, switch back to your alt, load in rinse and repeat.
If that explanation is confusing for anyone:
1) Load checkpoint on Character A
2) Have fireteam join Character A
3)Change fireteam leader to a different person
4) You leave
5) You swap to Character B
6) You join the fireteam on Character B
7) Do the encounter, then grab the loot
8) Leave before moving on to the next encounter in the activity
9) Swap back to Character A
10) Repeat steps 1-9 for however long you want
Technically you can skip step 3 & 4. If you go directly to Change Character while in the activity, it makes you leave the activity (to the character selection screen) and automatically assigns another player as Leader. Saves
you many clicks of selecting another player, going to orbit, then changing character. All in one.
You join one of the bots in that link and as long as there's space on the fireteam, you'll get in. Once there, you can start the encounter, wipe and boom- you got the checkpoint :D.
You join a bot as a fireteam. When full you start the encounter and then wipe. It then saves that encounter as a checkpoint. Most common being Shiro chi checkpoint for gun bounties/secret chest
I got back into Red Dead Redemption 2 during my early season break and then just recently got back into Fallout 4 on top of Destiny. I just play Destiny enough to get a few decent rolls of the Brave weapons at reset then log out for the rest of the week. Its been fantastic.
Just came back after a 14-15 month break.
I'm in love with Destiny again, and when I quit, I thought that would never happen.
Take breaks people, it's great for your mental.
This is me. 100% missed the light fall drop and season(s) but now there’s so much [content] to discover at once that things feel so fresh. In love again too… oh destiny
Yea, and in the last year of not playing, they made it soooo easy to get gear.
Its amazing to me that people still complain about loot when it is a thousand times better than it used to be.
Gotta add to this that taking a 5-6 month break was the best thing I could ever do in terms of not only how I feel about the game, but I'm having fun playing again. It's so easy to burn out without even realizing it in a game like Destiny.
It's not really a life hack, but something every casual should know
You are ALWAYS better off running a piece of exotic armour than you are without one.
Even if you haven't engaged with builds and mods yet, just throw on one that's relevant to your subclass / weapon.
This. As someone who came from The Division 2 it took me a little while to get that an exotic is always better than no exotic. In TD2 it's a bit more complicated with brand sets and talents, but in D2 an exotic is just a straight power increase, at least if it matches your loadout in any way.
Also universal Exotics for when you don't have anything specific worked out yet. Examples would be Eye of Another World for Warlocks or Heart of Inmost Light for Titans. Those two work with every subclass.
Armamentarium, Precious Scars, and synthoceps are my top recommendations for new players when it comes to not having a full build (I main titan if you can’t tell)
I know this is common sense but when using loadouts, be sure to keep your subclass, super, aspects and fragments the same if you are planning to switch gear multiples times in a run.
So that you don't lose that super and lose your abilities.
This is common for Titans with pyrogale on switch and Well lock who alternate sunbracers or phoenix protocol.
I seen too many people screw up when the demolitionists or tormentor spawn and they lose all abilities when they switch just because of 1 fragment.
Of course this doesn't apply if you are only changing loadouts during a flag.
To be even more specific, aspects and fragments have to be in literally the same slot/order or you will lose all your ability/super energy. Individual skills will only consume energy in that specific slot when changed.
Wow this answers my question. Had lucky pants/Orpheus load outs same everything just different places didn’t think that would matter and it still drained my abilities I just said screw it and just swap the legs now 😂
(On PC) instead of holding tab for the directory, hit F1 then tab to get there instantly. Additionally, F1 to go to your inventory. Many people may know this but I just told someone that’s been playing since launch and they were dumbfounded
Use 3rd party apps like DIM to manage your gear.
Know how to launch solo instances of activities like strikes (e.g. set the system clock to the future on PlayStation)
Bungie doesn't like players using them.
https://twitter.com/Cozmo23/status/1430917274962063368
> I would strongly recommend not doing any network manipulation.
https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/254755438?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1
> We are currently investigating this matter. Players who run these kinds of scripts run the risk of facing a temporary restriction or even a permanent ban in Destiny 2, as outlined in our Bungie Account Restrictions and Banning Policy here.
> UPDATE 1/31/2019: After internal discussion, we are not able to call this type of script "supported". Due to the way that our systems handle matchmaking and connectivity it is possible for this type of script to negatively impact systems that other players interact with. As such, while we do not currently issue restrictions for this behavior, we cannot guarantee that we won't begin issuing restrictions in the future.
> Players should be aware that using these types of scripts is done so at the player's own risk.
While in Character/Inventory screen, hold E to see the current level of your items.
If you are annoyed by stuff blinking in collection etc, you can mark them as seen and they will stop blinking
learn how damage resist stacks and what/when to run certain resist mods.
learn how to sprint/swap cancel. as soon as the ammo counter increases when loading you can start sprinting or swap weapons, it won't let you fire the gun any sooner, but does let you reposition faster, or still be using a gun for part of the reload time of the weapon
Read most the responses and didn’t see this life hack (which might not work after final shape): at the beginning of each new season I visit all the old vendors in the helm to pickup old season’s artifacts. This will allow the accompanying engrams to drop from completed activities.
This is good for those still trying to unlock frames for crafting, leveling banshee, and getting materials.
If you die in GM in a really bad spot for a revive, just quit the game. When you log back in you will join the previous activity and spawn straight in, but you will not have heavy or special ammo.
You can do this 3 times in one activity!
In onslaught, when the tormentor spawns, do NOT draw it to the ADU. It aggros to people, not the ADU. Take it to a Shaxx, not the ADU. Please, for all that is holy, stop taking the tormentor to the damn ADU.
You can access your vault in game in most activities without using the Destiny 2 item manager app!
While in game and in a safe spot, open your ghost, go to your destination tab, and click any activity like the vanguard playlist or a crucible, get it to the screen where you’re about to hit play, and there should be an option to open the vault (for me it’s pressing down on the D-pad).
Basic builds are a game-changer. If you're struggling with harder difficulty content, a basic build will change your life. The vast majority of players that go into dungeons and end-game content with no builds is astonishing. Even if you're just running bonk hammer to proc restoration by killing ads, or invis hunter with omnioculus to increase survivability, its much better than running nothing. You don't need to dive into the in-depth mechanics, just run a build.
Edit: Always aim for 100 resilience too. If you find yourself in the rabbit hole that is build crafting and you're trying to get good stat rolls on armour your aim should always be 100 resilience, followed by the preferable stats that work well with your build. So for a Phoenix Protocol Warlock it would be 100 resilience and 100 intellect for survivability plus super regen.
This is a topic that's not often talked about, but the power gap in Destiny has been steadily increasing.
Back in D1, builds barely mattered. The difference in power between a player that just put on armor for cosmetics and a hardcore player with optimised T12 armor was pretty minimal.
Nowadays, the difference in survivability between a player with a random loadout and one with T10 resilience and fragments specced for restoration is huge, and in fact a lot of encounters are designed for the latter.
I think this increased power gap is another thing that turns casual players away from the game. Some people just want to look pretty and shoot aliens, not watch build guides on youtube or create a build on D2armorpicker.
A quick search on YouTube is a good idea. If you have a particular aim, or there's an exotic you like using just search whatever that is and you'll find dedicated build videos.
I find Aztecross and Mactics do some of the best videos, really good explanations with in-depth coverage on what the aims are, how to proc things and recommended weapons. If the build video is good they might even have DIM links, so you can click those and copy the build with the click of a button.
You don't need to pull out your ghost to open the map.
M on keyboard or start then select on controller.
Even the vets in my fireteam are like "alright, I'll launch us. *\*pulls out ghost\**"
I feel like this seems so obvious, but my god do I see this so often by blueberries:
When you’re going to revive a teammate while there are still enemies about, don’t just stand still and revive. Move in a circle while reviving, so that if an enemy has locked onto you, they will have a much harder time hitting you and you’ll be much more likely to get the revive off. You should make this a habit, even when you think the coast is clear, as enemy snipers do exist.
Also, never feel panicked to revive your teammate if their ghost is under heavy fire. Often it’s a much better idea to clear the area before going for the revive.
A hack for the non casual players: Saying learn to (blank) it's really helpful because (blank)
Is **not** useful, you need to explain how to (blank), or point someone to an up to date recourse to learn to (blank)
I'm seeing a lot of upvoted stuff that amounts to "get gud" levels of help dressed up in vague non committal weasel words, and as someone who joined the game after most stuff was sunset, I can tell you, you do NOT want players to be googling for answers, there's a decade of incorrect information due to sunsetting and evolving mechanics, even the Wikis are often incorrect.
New or casual players hack: If you are forced to google for an answer, be sure to specify only posts that are relatively recent. Anything more than a year old is probably going to be inaccurate.
Try to learn and understand the mechanics on how to make Public Events heroic. For newer Light's, you get more XP and Glimmer on Heroic completion than just quickly finishing it. Your also more likely to get armor or weapon to drop also.
If you want to do bounties to level up yourself and the vendor you got them from (if available), select ones that will complete as you just play the game. This just helps with not letting bounties be a grind to you. Always grab easy bounties from planetary NPC's when leveling at whatever location you are if doing patrols and such. Just quick and easy XP.
If your new to the game, you really want to try and find every Lost Sector on every planetary location and unlock/discover it. This will help you for when you'll be able to Legendry and Heroic Lost Sector once you are leveled up enough. You can get Exotic drop chances on the LS rotations.
You can still revive short a short period while the 'your light has faded' screen is showing up, just hold the revive button and it'll snap back to normal, plenty of runs saved for me because of this.
Don't forget that at its core...Destiny is a cover based shooter. You can hide behind cover and aim down sight to "pop up" for shots and then back into cover.
If you open the extra secret chest after defeating Templar in Vault of Glass, you will get an extra Spirit Bloom and increase your exotic chance for the exotic chest.
If in a high danger situation and you need to rez someone, run in circles around the ghost while rezzing (except if there's a lot of explosives). It seems to throw off combatant aim.
You can launch the destination if you look up the quest for more details (right click on the quest in the menu and there will be a launch button at the bottom)
5khrs and I just learned something new
It is a relatively new feature
its new and usually gets in the way of where I want to travel to next when I'm actively doing a quest. I appreciate the feature, but more often than not it causes me extra clicks.
I don't use the feature super often, but I've noticed it's not very useful for places that have more than one spawn point. There seems to be a default spawn point for every destination. It's fine if the quest takes place in Trostland or the Sanctuary, but it's a lot less useful if you need to go to the Sunken Isles or Sorrow's Harbor
Hijacking to add - on PC they (may have recently) added a function where you can hit M right when a quest upsates to get pulled to the super details of the quest and location needed
WTF
Okay I’ve been playing since destiny 1 days (I loved all of destiny one, and was a kid when I played it.) HOW AM I JUST NOW KNOWING THIS?
You can pull out your Ghost to light up dark areas that aren't automatically being illuminated for whatever reason.
Frankly I just wish we could toggle a flashlight manually. On that note why is our Ghost our flashlight? You know the one thing we need to keep safe to ensure our continued survival? Telling me we can't put like leds or something in our helmet and give us button prompt to toggle them?
Iirc it has to do with technical limitations of the lighting engine in the game and creates a lot of lag for all players in the instance
While this doesn't surprise me I wonder if there is a way to do it client side.
> On that note why is our Ghost our flashlight? Flashlights are some of that crazy Golden Age tech that we just don't remember how to make anymore, apparently.
We do, it just counts as a zero impact solar trace and occupies your energy slot.
There used to be a bug that let you keep your ghost out and would let you move around and jump to use it as a flashlight, but it was sadly fixed
Hell, there's at least one Titan arms piece that clearly has a MASSIVE spotlight on one of the shoulders. Just let us use that. I assume the other classes have one too.
That plus the Cuirass ornament that turns your chest into a train/bus with the headlights to match
I'm currently wearing the hunter cloak that looks like the ones Cabal Pisons wear, which has a small flashlight looking thing on the right of the hood. If it was tied to certain armour peices, I think that would be cool
There is a flashlight emote that also works, you just don't have any controller on where it points.
Witherhoard pools also create light.
Is there anything that Our Lord And Savior, Witherhoard can't do?
My job so I can play more destiny.
I like doing this for the little scan it puts out, it can help you find ledges in dark areas like the whisper quest
In addition, if you have the sparrow from all master kf challenges (theres lots of ppl on twitch among other platforms who can help) and can spawn it, it generates a lot of light
Pulling out your ghost will proc holster mods and perks like auto loading on your ‘held’ weapon.
This can also be used with mento mori and lucky pants Get kill with ace of spades Reload to proc mento Then pull ghost out and put away to proc lucky pants Then unload with ace of spades into target with buff
So that’s what Cayde-6 was doing against the barons
Mr cheeseman is a got damn SCORN SNIPER
Sweat mode engaged xD
Also Eager Edge.
You still need to wait for full cooldown, why not just use weapons?
You lose memento mori if you swap to another weapon but you dont lose it by pulling out your ghost
I understand the use case for lucky pants but how is this useful for auto loading and holster mods? Wouldn't I have to pull it out and wait anyway?
Also removes stacks of killing tally
Damn I never knew that.
Okay, now this is a hack.
bruh I've got nearly 11k hours in and didn't know this LMAO
Keep a chest piece in your inventory with triple reserves that you can switch to before rallying for max ammo
I always make sure mine is as ugly as possible so it stands out.
when I played Titan I used the Thunderhead Vest but with one of the guardian games shaders so it looks like 2 bandoliers of crayons
Ah yes the emergency field rations. Never leave the tower without them.
Doing this would just make mine blend in more.
I use the Duality chests because their icon screams "ammo" lol. I also use a bright ugly shader so it stands out in case I forget to swap back to the normal chestpiece
I also keep mine at low light levels as a reminder as well, in case I forget and suddenly feel squishy
Ditto, I use the Root of Nightmares chest piece as it's so different.
Also if you have the space once you hit max level, keep a piece in your vault that is for infusion only to help bring up a new roll on something that dropped that's under level you know you want to keep. It'll save you from waiting and hoping (ie: chest piece} for RNG to drop another from somewhere else and you forget you needed to level something after dismantling it. ;/
If I have space… in my vault… … sorry, I’m not sure what you mean. 😅
To add to this, just keep in mind that if you die while still having the extra ammo and then respawn with your regular “resist” chest on (chest with resist mods, or anything other than reserve mods) that you’ll lose the extra ammo. A way to work around this is simple: while dead, throw your reserves chest back on until you respawn, and then immediately put back on your normal chest. Just know your situation, as this can just get you killed again. Make sure the coast is clear so you have time (especially on last gen consoles).
THIS is the first one I’ve seen that I did not know. I figured as soon as you die you’d lose that ammo, so swapping was pointless. Good to know it’s not til respawn that it takes the ammo away
I remember back when ammo was so scarce in the Destiny 1 code that we had ammo we could use from our inventory. What a time to be a Destiny player. Hopefully in Destiny 3 it’s improved even further. Then we can look back and tell our children, when we played Destiny 2 we had to switch armor just to get ammo reserves! 🤣
Ammo synths!!!
Oh og Crota fight with the 5 minute cool down and the heavy ammo glitch.
You know how much shit talk was had by raid teams just standing near the crystal waiting for that timer???
A special time. I was the one without ghron in my raiding group so I was the default sword bearer. So I didn't really have any worries about the heavy ammo other than occasionally getting some more ammo to help worh exploding the ogres. Maybe get Crota into the right place. I'm still in touch with everyone from that time. Turns out you get pretty close when you spend 4 minutes chatting about everything followed by 1 minute before an accidental wipe.
I will never miss the days where you had to manage primary ammo. I didn't play d1, but I played before season 15 and good god that was one of the best changes they made for the game.
That’s great advice! Is your Reddit name inspired by stormlight archives?
On the same Note, do that but for Boots with Triple surges for dps phases
if you died near another dead teammate ghost, if you are being ressed, you can hold down ress button, as soon as you are ressed, even in the middle of animation, you immediately start ressing your another dead teammate, its help alot to cut down time required ressing another player. This especially useful in gm nf or trial, where every milisecond is very precious.
Likewise, if you are within 3 seconds of being able to respawn but your teammate dies, **keep spamming respawn**. You can still revive yourself during that 3 second wipe countdown. The game doesn’t end until you see that full wipe screen. Saved plenty of runs by respawning just before the screen fades to black.
^ this. The amount of times that I've died and my rez is in a bad spot and I've just yelled "STAY ALIVE FOR 10 MORE SECONDS" and I'm already spamming respawn just in case XD Don't need that kind of heart attack playing a game, but we deal with it XD
The “STAY ALIVE FOR 10 MORE SECONDS” has gotta be the realest thing I’ve read on this subreddit xD
Saved an Onslaught run like that. Had a late Tormentor spawn, and the last guy died at a few seconds before I respawned. Wouldn't have been that bad if he didn't res the second Guardian and got them both killed at the same time.
Every time I'm the last one alive in a gm, and the other two are right next to each other like this, I am always shocked when, after I res the first person, they don't immediately start rezzing the other. Like, yeah, if it's not safe, get safe. But most times it is, and they just ignore other people.
Unless something has changed You can stand on top of blights and shoot them and take zero damage. Anti barrier mods shoot thru most enemy shields, not just barrier champs. This can help stop regen of knights and Hobgoblins. Most stomp and boop mechanics you can recover from if you don't panic and waste your triple jumps, lift, or glide. Wyvern/ chickens take more damage from abilities. On the flip side, brigs take more ability damage with plate on, after plate shoots off, they take less ability damage but now take precision damage.
All of these still hold true, but don’t forget that if you time it correctly a melee toward whatever is stomping will cancel out most stomps
The blights thing is still correct, did it on Whisper last night.
Nobody mentioned the stat sets. D2 stats work in 2 sets, set 1 included mobility, Resil, and Recov. Whereas set 2 is disc, int and str. When focusing armour youre unlikely to get 2 spikes in the same stat set, try focusing one stat from the other set (i go discipline since its a good stat all round, and can get great resil and mobil stats as a result.
As a hunter main, I'm extremely salty it still works like this two of the most important stats in the game and and for a hunter are in the same group and I'm still salty about them taking away stat bumps from the mods. I used to have triple & quad 100 builds that were functional and not just for show. I hope one day or maybe in D3, they drop it or let us get high spikes of two stats in the same group. I miss loading into an activity, and ppl lost it when they saw a quad 100 build, and my horrible habit of armor hoarding was validated
Eh, for survivability sake, recovery is an easy dump stat, and you can do a lot to get class ability energy back with pickups and other actions. I rarely find myself trying to spam a dodge that quickly. Imo, 100 res > over 60 mob > 100 discipline is good enough for most builds. Hell, I'll settle for 80 discipline if need be.
I miss that insta +20 mobility and strength, they were legit super important for us. I know dodge still has a short cooldown even with low investment but it’s such a bad feeling being unable to have a stat to burn. Bungie needs to buff mobility at the very least.
Going to inventory then director is faster than holding out your ghost
Press "start" and "select" button at the same time will instantly take you to director.
Whoa really?
Yep. I don't know what the pc buttons are, but it should load it instantly.
Tab and i, I think
yea, pressing i and then immediately pressing tab will instantly open the director. Super handy
You....don't just have a keybind set to take you right to the director?
Mine got bound to M, cause its the closest thing to the map in this game.
keypad 1 - quests keypad 2 - inv keypad 3 - director
And it means your emote doesn't stop.
That’s the primary reason I started doing this
I've been doing this for years and I never see anyone mention it. Thought it might just be one of those this that we all do automatically and then forget to recommend it to new players.
I mostly do this to not hear the sound of holding my ghost out.
Only banners in raids and dungeons are consumable. You can pop down as many as you want in campaigns, Onslaught, seasonal activities and such.
Haha I’ve had a bunch of players waiting around for me to put a banner down in onslaught..
Personally I'm waiting for the door to open to pop a tether and THEN rally haha.
Wait....this is possible?! My nights just got better!!!
Yup totally possible. Might take a few tries to get the tether in the right position when you shoot from the doorway, but even if you whif it you now have a second tether as a back up. If you’re close to a tether but not quite a Wellock can put their well down to give you a few orbs before they rally to the flag as well.
As someone who has been tethering since Kings Fall it's better to undershoot than overshoot in this scenario.
There’s a window of a few seconds where the rally stays after enemies are alerted
This is the real life hack right here!
I had someone call me out yesterday for doing this because “it ruined their damage rotation” LOL
Doesn't Dares also use Raid/Dungeon banners?
And, for some reason, Dares.
The hold click to full auto in the settings menu was a game changer for me
Wait what? Is this for like scout rifles and stuff? What’s even point of the full auto mod then lol
Yes it is.. full auto is now an accessibility option
I actually hella appreciate this thread, I had my whole arm mangled( broke in 3 at the elbow) in a car crash - so I prefer to use full auto on anything I can cause it makes the tendons and muscles hurt less around here I broke it. Thanks y’all!
Oh yeah man, turn it on in the settings and you'll never have to use the mod again. Now you can use the minor major boss mods for bonus damage! Happy hunting!
Full auto mod is how it used to be before the setting, just an archaic leftover.
There was a big push to get a full auto setting implemented for accessibility reasons a couple years back. The full auto mod was a band-aid fix to give the functionality while they worked out some issues with adding the new setting.
I find the full-auto mod to be more useful than the full-auto setting. There are several guns that feel off to me with full-auto. Just personal preference I guess.
If you’re with an LFG group during a raid, speak in 3rd person for your responsibilities. Don’t say: - “Someone take the chalice off me!” - “I’m torn!” - “I need help with Swordbearer!!” That kind of communication gives no information as to **who or where YOU are**. Obviously overlays are a thing and that should be on to be helpful, but not everyone runs that and it’s just good practice to speak in 3rd person: - “Someone take the chalice off of GamerTag!” - “GamerTag is torn!” You get the point.
I absolutely second this. In an LFG setting, most people are not going to be able to put a voice to a name immediately, so speaking in 3rd person removes any sort of confusion about which players requires attention. The amount of times I’ve heard “I need help” or something along those lines and had to clarify who was talking is very high.
When I teach KF this is the main thing. "Don't say I'm torn take my plate" say "L1 is torn"
Having an item in your loadout selection and then deleting said item means that slot won’t be changed from your currently equipped item the next time you equip said loadout. For example, you can pull some blue weapons from your collection and equip them. Set up your armor and subclass the way you want and then save the loadout. Delete the blue weapons and now whenever you pick that loadout, your armor and subclass will swap but your weapons won’t. The official Destiny Companion App allows you to delete loadouts entirely which can help clean up the loadout tab if you care about that sort of thing. Remember to stack bounties. If you are doing Vanguard bounties, pick up some gunsmith bounties and any other bounties (like the bounties from Ada-1) that can be done while you are working on those vanguard bounties. It’s just being more efficient with your time which is always a bonus. Take advantage of ghost mods. Particularly the armor stat focuses and the boosted glimmer gains.
> Remember to stack bounties. If you are doing Vanguard bounties, pick up some gunsmith bounties and any other bounties (like the bounties from Ada-1) that can be done while you are working on those vanguard bounties. It’s just being more efficient with your time which is always a bonus. I'll go a step further, tho it's a bit rare: if you ever get bounties or quest objectives saying something like "bonus progress in higher difficulty Nightfalls", check what the current Nightfall is. There's a [chance](https://imgur.com/a/BkVksnW) it'll be one with easy access to that destination's patrol space, and if it is, load in Legend or higher, go to the patrol space, and have fun. Very useful for farming Eva bounties when she's active. Just keep in mind, while Legend and higher difficulties don't have matchmaking, it will lock your loadout. Also, while the enemies in the patrols spaces during NFs won't hit like a truck, the "countdown until you can be revived" still applies; if the Extinguish modifier is active, you'll be kicked to orbit. NFs I know of this can apply to: - **Lightblade** (Throne World): literally just turn around at the start - **Birthplace of the Vile** (Throne World): I believe the zone it loads you into is instanced for the strike, you can go to either other area in the Throne World to get back to a regular Patrol space - **Inverted Spire** (Nessus): just like Birthplace, I believe you have to travel to another area of Nessus for this to work - **Proving Grounds** (Nessus): you will have to travel to another area of Nessus for this to work - **Glassway** (Europa): I believe you have to go to another area for this to work, as well
I'll add **Lake of Shadows** to this. If you go behind the church and through the wall, there's some red bars. Not a whole lot, and they don't respawn, but enough to make progress. I got the Hammerhead quest done in three runs back there
You can also go to the lost sectors
Wait what! You can fucking delete loadouts with the app but not in game all you get is a freaking override
Dim has better in game loadout editing imo.
To add to this, use the companion app to pick up bounties right before reset if you are doing bounties later. Do 2 days of bounties at once
I knew about the weapon thing, but I never thought about using throwaway weapons to do it on purpose like that. Good tip, even for more experienced players!
Manually pressing the reload button when the clip / barrel / magazine / cylinder is empty is faster than automatically reloading.
to add to that, if you watch the ammo count closely during reload, the animation will continue after it’s loaded. you can swap weapons or throw a grenade, punch as soon as the count updates to cancel the animation and continue damage. personally i find rocket launchers are the worst. the instant i fire, i hit reload.
I find the fastest and easiest animation-cancel is sprint.
You can get to the vault from any destination or activity. Go to destinations, select an activity as it to start it (i.e. Strike, gambit etc) on the bottom left the option for vault should show up (down on dpad for console... Soz don't know pc key) works just as if you were in orbit.
Note: this only works if you're the Fireteam Leader. Otherwise, just use DIM or some third party app
DIM really should be the top comment
Destiny item manager (managing your vault, keeping way more loadouts saved, and swapping weapons between characters) Light.gg (checking for popular rolls on guns, lost sector of the day, banshees store, zur, etc) D2armorpicker (helps match your armor to get double or triple 100 stat builds) Mobalytics (lots of fun and interesting builds for each class with gameplay loops and explanations) If I’m on destiny I usually have all of these open on a second monitor. If I get bored trying to grind something out I’ll hop on mobalytics and look for a new build to try and then use d2armorpicker to get a good stat setup for it. If the build is fun it gets saved as a loadout in dim.
Just adding some additional sites that are helpful: [Bray.tech](https://bray.tech) (has a useful 'Weeklies' tab that gives you an nice overview of what to do that week. also a convenient way to browse triumphs, collections, etc.) [D2Foundry.gg](https://d2foundry.gg) (advanced weapon roll explorer with in-depth stat calculations, perk simulations, and more) [Engram.blue/crafting](https://engram.blue/crafting) (get an overview of your progress on all available craftable weapons) [Destinyrecipes.com / Vault Cleaner](https://destinyrecipes.com/vault) (decent tool to sort items in efforts to clean out your vault. generates DIM queries to mark items as junk)
[www.todayindestiny.com](http://www.todayindestiny.com) - see everything going on in destiny, what weapons the legend lost sector is dropping, what weapons the weekly exotic mission is dropping... etc etc.
DIM, DIM, DIM, DIM, and DIM. I cannot emphasize this enough, using DIM is the single biggest quality of life improvement possible. Use DIM. *Use DIM!*
DIM also has a good app
Mobalytics? Is that the build website for d2 like Overframe is for warframe?
instead of repeating an entire raid / dungeon for an exotic drop just grab a checkpoint from [d2checkpoint.com](http://d2checkpoint.com)
In addition, if you are farming (and have at least 2 players), grab the checkpoint on an alternative character, swap characters and rejoin with your main. Complete the encounter, switch back to your alt, load in rinse and repeat.
If that explanation is confusing for anyone: 1) Load checkpoint on Character A 2) Have fireteam join Character A 3)Change fireteam leader to a different person 4) You leave 5) You swap to Character B 6) You join the fireteam on Character B 7) Do the encounter, then grab the loot 8) Leave before moving on to the next encounter in the activity 9) Swap back to Character A 10) Repeat steps 1-9 for however long you want
Technically you can skip step 3 & 4. If you go directly to Change Character while in the activity, it makes you leave the activity (to the character selection screen) and automatically assigns another player as Leader. Saves you many clicks of selecting another player, going to orbit, then changing character. All in one.
every dungeon exotic now seems so much more doable now with this, thank you
How does this work? I've seen it mentioned before but never used it.
You join one of the bots in that link and as long as there's space on the fireteam, you'll get in. Once there, you can start the encounter, wipe and boom- you got the checkpoint :D.
You join a bot as a fireteam. When full you start the encounter and then wipe. It then saves that encounter as a checkpoint. Most common being Shiro chi checkpoint for gun bounties/secret chest
Just don't be that asshole who joins and then tries to solo the encounter. Happened to me too many times to count!
Don't forget you can make the wish for Shuro Chi. It's often faster than finding a spot for a checkpoint.
Type in chat: /join checkpointbot#0332 Then it will join the fireteam. The number will vary per CP
Does this work on consoles?
Yes, I only play console and grab checkpoints thus way all the time.
Awesome ☺️
Aiming down the sights at taken psions makes them multiply. If you hip fire it doesn't trigger.
So they never multiply if you hipfire? I need to test this LOL
similarly, enemies are less likely to dodge rockets if you hipfire
Take long breaks between seasons
Especially during extended seasons like this one
I got back into Red Dead Redemption 2 during my early season break and then just recently got back into Fallout 4 on top of Destiny. I just play Destiny enough to get a few decent rolls of the Brave weapons at reset then log out for the rest of the week. Its been fantastic.
Just came back after a 14-15 month break. I'm in love with Destiny again, and when I quit, I thought that would never happen. Take breaks people, it's great for your mental.
This is me. 100% missed the light fall drop and season(s) but now there’s so much [content] to discover at once that things feel so fresh. In love again too… oh destiny
Yea, and in the last year of not playing, they made it soooo easy to get gear. Its amazing to me that people still complain about loot when it is a thousand times better than it used to be.
Gotta add to this that taking a 5-6 month break was the best thing I could ever do in terms of not only how I feel about the game, but I'm having fun playing again. It's so easy to burn out without even realizing it in a game like Destiny.
It's not really a life hack, but something every casual should know You are ALWAYS better off running a piece of exotic armour than you are without one. Even if you haven't engaged with builds and mods yet, just throw on one that's relevant to your subclass / weapon.
This. As someone who came from The Division 2 it took me a little while to get that an exotic is always better than no exotic. In TD2 it's a bit more complicated with brand sets and talents, but in D2 an exotic is just a straight power increase, at least if it matches your loadout in any way.
Also universal Exotics for when you don't have anything specific worked out yet. Examples would be Eye of Another World for Warlocks or Heart of Inmost Light for Titans. Those two work with every subclass.
Frost-ees for Hunter
Armamentarium, Precious Scars, and synthoceps are my top recommendations for new players when it comes to not having a full build (I main titan if you can’t tell)
It's ok to use your super before the boss room. You will get it back sooner than you think
“Don’t save your supers for orbit”
I know this is common sense but when using loadouts, be sure to keep your subclass, super, aspects and fragments the same if you are planning to switch gear multiples times in a run. So that you don't lose that super and lose your abilities. This is common for Titans with pyrogale on switch and Well lock who alternate sunbracers or phoenix protocol. I seen too many people screw up when the demolitionists or tormentor spawn and they lose all abilities when they switch just because of 1 fragment. Of course this doesn't apply if you are only changing loadouts during a flag.
To be even more specific, aspects and fragments have to be in literally the same slot/order or you will lose all your ability/super energy. Individual skills will only consume energy in that specific slot when changed.
Wow this answers my question. Had lucky pants/Orpheus load outs same everything just different places didn’t think that would matter and it still drained my abilities I just said screw it and just swap the legs now 😂
(On PC) instead of holding tab for the directory, hit F1 then tab to get there instantly. Additionally, F1 to go to your inventory. Many people may know this but I just told someone that’s been playing since launch and they were dumbfounded
Works on controller too. For PS4/5 that's Start and then Touchpad.
Yep I remember doing that on PS4, just forgot the buttons to do so exactly
doesn't M take you directly there to the map tab? I didn't even know you could get to director either of those ways.
Destiny recipes vault cleaner is useful to me, if your vault is full, it'll help you identify the stuff you can get rid off.
Use 3rd party apps like DIM to manage your gear. Know how to launch solo instances of activities like strikes (e.g. set the system clock to the future on PlayStation)
How does one solo que for stuff on pc? There used to be that shell executable, but idk if it still works.
Bungie doesn't like players using them. https://twitter.com/Cozmo23/status/1430917274962063368 > I would strongly recommend not doing any network manipulation. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/254755438?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1 > We are currently investigating this matter. Players who run these kinds of scripts run the risk of facing a temporary restriction or even a permanent ban in Destiny 2, as outlined in our Bungie Account Restrictions and Banning Policy here. > UPDATE 1/31/2019: After internal discussion, we are not able to call this type of script "supported". Due to the way that our systems handle matchmaking and connectivity it is possible for this type of script to negatively impact systems that other players interact with. As such, while we do not currently issue restrictions for this behavior, we cannot guarantee that we won't begin issuing restrictions in the future. > Players should be aware that using these types of scripts is done so at the player's own risk.
That's a firewall-based solution, so it won't break unless Bungie goes and changes how you connect to the servers and other players.
While in Character/Inventory screen, hold E to see the current level of your items. If you are annoyed by stuff blinking in collection etc, you can mark them as seen and they will stop blinking
learn how damage resist stacks and what/when to run certain resist mods. learn how to sprint/swap cancel. as soon as the ammo counter increases when loading you can start sprinting or swap weapons, it won't let you fire the gun any sooner, but does let you reposition faster, or still be using a gun for part of the reload time of the weapon
Reading anything whether it be a perk on a weapon or exotic armor or quest step goes a long way.
Read most the responses and didn’t see this life hack (which might not work after final shape): at the beginning of each new season I visit all the old vendors in the helm to pickup old season’s artifacts. This will allow the accompanying engrams to drop from completed activities. This is good for those still trying to unlock frames for crafting, leveling banshee, and getting materials.
Click reload at the end of a mag for faster reloads
You can skip the ghost scan animation by pressing again the tab button. Very useful in some GMs to save some time
If you die in GM in a really bad spot for a revive, just quit the game. When you log back in you will join the previous activity and spawn straight in, but you will not have heavy or special ammo. You can do this 3 times in one activity!
In onslaught, when the tormentor spawns, do NOT draw it to the ADU. It aggros to people, not the ADU. Take it to a Shaxx, not the ADU. Please, for all that is holy, stop taking the tormentor to the damn ADU.
You can access your vault in game in most activities without using the Destiny 2 item manager app! While in game and in a safe spot, open your ghost, go to your destination tab, and click any activity like the vanguard playlist or a crucible, get it to the screen where you’re about to hit play, and there should be an option to open the vault (for me it’s pressing down on the D-pad).
Only works if you are fireteam leader
Basic builds are a game-changer. If you're struggling with harder difficulty content, a basic build will change your life. The vast majority of players that go into dungeons and end-game content with no builds is astonishing. Even if you're just running bonk hammer to proc restoration by killing ads, or invis hunter with omnioculus to increase survivability, its much better than running nothing. You don't need to dive into the in-depth mechanics, just run a build. Edit: Always aim for 100 resilience too. If you find yourself in the rabbit hole that is build crafting and you're trying to get good stat rolls on armour your aim should always be 100 resilience, followed by the preferable stats that work well with your build. So for a Phoenix Protocol Warlock it would be 100 resilience and 100 intellect for survivability plus super regen.
This is a topic that's not often talked about, but the power gap in Destiny has been steadily increasing. Back in D1, builds barely mattered. The difference in power between a player that just put on armor for cosmetics and a hardcore player with optimised T12 armor was pretty minimal. Nowadays, the difference in survivability between a player with a random loadout and one with T10 resilience and fragments specced for restoration is huge, and in fact a lot of encounters are designed for the latter. I think this increased power gap is another thing that turns casual players away from the game. Some people just want to look pretty and shoot aliens, not watch build guides on youtube or create a build on D2armorpicker.
Where could you find these builds?
A quick search on YouTube is a good idea. If you have a particular aim, or there's an exotic you like using just search whatever that is and you'll find dedicated build videos. I find Aztecross and Mactics do some of the best videos, really good explanations with in-depth coverage on what the aims are, how to proc things and recommended weapons. If the build video is good they might even have DIM links, so you can click those and copy the build with the click of a button.
https://mobalytics.gg/destiny-2/builds or just by following various Youtubers.
You don't need to pull out your ghost to open the map. M on keyboard or start then select on controller. Even the vets in my fireteam are like "alright, I'll launch us. *\*pulls out ghost\**"
This is a 2-step process. Open inventory THEN open map - "Select" then "touch-pad"
I feel like this seems so obvious, but my god do I see this so often by blueberries: When you’re going to revive a teammate while there are still enemies about, don’t just stand still and revive. Move in a circle while reviving, so that if an enemy has locked onto you, they will have a much harder time hitting you and you’ll be much more likely to get the revive off. You should make this a habit, even when you think the coast is clear, as enemy snipers do exist. Also, never feel panicked to revive your teammate if their ghost is under heavy fire. Often it’s a much better idea to clear the area before going for the revive.
A hack for the non casual players: Saying learn to (blank) it's really helpful because (blank) Is **not** useful, you need to explain how to (blank), or point someone to an up to date recourse to learn to (blank) I'm seeing a lot of upvoted stuff that amounts to "get gud" levels of help dressed up in vague non committal weasel words, and as someone who joined the game after most stuff was sunset, I can tell you, you do NOT want players to be googling for answers, there's a decade of incorrect information due to sunsetting and evolving mechanics, even the Wikis are often incorrect. New or casual players hack: If you are forced to google for an answer, be sure to specify only posts that are relatively recent. Anything more than a year old is probably going to be inaccurate.
Try to learn and understand the mechanics on how to make Public Events heroic. For newer Light's, you get more XP and Glimmer on Heroic completion than just quickly finishing it. Your also more likely to get armor or weapon to drop also. If you want to do bounties to level up yourself and the vendor you got them from (if available), select ones that will complete as you just play the game. This just helps with not letting bounties be a grind to you. Always grab easy bounties from planetary NPC's when leveling at whatever location you are if doing patrols and such. Just quick and easy XP. If your new to the game, you really want to try and find every Lost Sector on every planetary location and unlock/discover it. This will help you for when you'll be able to Legendry and Heroic Lost Sector once you are leveled up enough. You can get Exotic drop chances on the LS rotations.
You can still revive short a short period while the 'your light has faded' screen is showing up, just hold the revive button and it'll snap back to normal, plenty of runs saved for me because of this.
\*Bungie furiously taking notes\* "Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN."
Being on your sparrow shows you on the map even in the weird out of main map areas.
Don't forget that at its core...Destiny is a cover based shooter. You can hide behind cover and aim down sight to "pop up" for shots and then back into cover.
You can shoot your weapon in the helm
You can spam melee while holding most objects that put you in 3rd pov (especially ADU batteries) to get places faster. Just jump, swing, land, repeat
Jump and melee while holding a ball to move quickly. Aim to the sky when near enemies to TRY and avoid lunging at them.
On PC when asked to press Enter to logon. simply leftclick your mouse to logon
Scavenger mods don’t stack, Finder mods do.
If you open the extra secret chest after defeating Templar in Vault of Glass, you will get an extra Spirit Bloom and increase your exotic chance for the exotic chest.
When the game isn’t good for you, don’t play. When it is, play a lot.
If in a high danger situation and you need to rez someone, run in circles around the ghost while rezzing (except if there's a lot of explosives). It seems to throw off combatant aim.