In Destiny 2 you cannot farm Glimmer as efficiently as you might think. This is because there is a cap on Glimmer farming. Once you reach this maximum, kills no longer yield any Glimmer.
Destiny 2 is unfortunately not as transparent as many Guardians would like. This is mainly an issue when the community discovers secret mechanics that apparently “cheat” players and present them with false information. This was the case a few weeks ago, when XP gains in the game were sometimes displayed much higher than they actually were. This deception went down in the history of Destiny 2 as the great XP disaster.
Now, another “secret mechanic” is causing a stir in the reddit forum, pointed out by the user NoctisNoctua. His tests showed that Guardians are severely restricted when farming Glimmer: If you kill too many enemies, you will not receive any Glimmer for a while.
Glimmer farming has restrictions
The user conducted several tests in the EDZ and on Titan – at locations where plenty of enemies spawn and one can continuously eliminate foes. While his tests are not particularly “scientific”, they provide clear results that other Guardians can confirm.
Once you gain around 400 Glimmer by killing enemies, the Glimmer gain stops. If you continue to eliminate enemies, you will no longer receive any additional Glimmer. Once, the user killed around 60 enemies for minutes after reaching the cap, and did not receive the currency for a single enemy.
If you wait around 20 seconds and then kill an enemy again, you will start to gain Glimmer again. However, it stops at 200 Glimmer; the Glimmer cap is then lower.
This means that if you defeat enemies too quickly in succession, you will no longer receive Glimmer. Therefore, it’s not worth throwing yourself into the fray and going a bit overboard.
The user points out that this is a completely pointless farming cap. As a result, one loses a lot of Glimmer because in strikes or raid activities, you often encounter large groups of enemies. And if one wants to kill enemies for hours to farm Glimmer, then this should be rewarded and not throttled with a cap.
Glimmer farming cap is not new
One or the other Destiny veteran among you might say: “Hmm, this sounds familiar!” And they are right.
Because such a Glimmer farming cap existed in Destiny 1. This restriction was therefore carried over to Destiny 2.
In Destiny 1, Lord Saladin once required Glimmer for his weapons and armor pieces. Guardians then farmed the “Exclusion Zone” mission, which yielded a lot of Glimmer. Bungie reacted and implemented a cap to prevent rapid Glimmer farming.
For some Guardians, this information is therefore not really “new”, but many Guardians, especially PC players, are surely hearing about it for the first time.
Keep in mind that you can also obtain Glimmer not only by killing enemies. You also receive the currency by completing activities and challenges or by dismantling blue items.
You can use Glimmer in the endgame to purchase mods from the weapons master, to apply shaders, or to spend it on treasure maps with Cayde-6.
What do you think about this Glimmer farming cap?
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