In the MMO shooter Destiny , the level system will be adjusted with the expansion “The Taken King”. What level will veterans start at?
Currently, there is unrest among Destiny players. Because Destiny will change the level system. So far, players level up to level 20 through experience points, after which they must improve their four equipped armor pieces to reach level 34.
With “The Taken King”, players will only be able to level up through experience points. The players’ fear: “Then I’ll drop down to level 20!”
That’s not the case.
Players will be set to the level that corresponds to the light level they achieved with their Guardian. That means: If someone currently has a Guardian at light level 34, they will start at light level 34. However, if a Guardian has been at 34 but has sent the armor to a second character and is now down to level 20, they should also start at level 34 with this Guardian.
@Timmah_Kutz @FatherofCrotax @DestinyNews_net No. It will take into account your highest level achieved.
— Eric Osborne (@UrkMcGurk) August 8, 2015
And what does the level boost do
With the “Level Boost” for The Taken King, which we recently reported on, players will be able to increase the level of ONE Guardian to a value that allows them to start with the new game content.
The exact level is not yet known. However, players should not have to engage in Year 1 content anymore, but can start directly with Year 2 content. This is intended for both newcomers and players who want to create a second or third character but don’t want to start all over again.
Light will be a type of gear score, a number that tells you how strong you are
The “light” will not completely disappear from Destiny, but it will become the new “gear score”, an indicator of how strong your equipment is. This was explained by Community Manager DeeJ to the US site IGN. To do this, the values of weapons, armor, and other items will be totaled. With The Taken King, ghost shells and class items will also have values in Destiny.
This way, players can be informed: You are at level 40 and have this gear, these or those activities are suitable for you. Currently, the “light level” affects the damage of players. It can be assumed that the new “light value” will not do that, but will really just be an abstract value to tell players how strong they are; it itself will have no influence on the game. However, confirmation from Bungie is still pending for this assumption.
That’s why Destiny needs this “gear score” with the adjustment
Mein MMO believes: To explain the idea behind such a “gear score”: The height of the light is essentially the number that differentiates fresh level 40s from “experienced level 40s” who have already had the opportunity to collect equipment.
So far, Bungie had to assume that even players who had “long been in the game” had not necessarily reached level 34, as they were not playing in groups and thus lacked raid gear (base game), the upgrade materials (Darkness Awaits), or etheric light (House of Wolves). Because level 34 could only be reached through certain activities that required a fixed group – at least at the beginning of each section. So the level served as a sign of how well-equipped a Guardian was.
With the changes, it addresses the idea that every player will eventually reach level 40. Thus, the level no longer has the exact distinction it had in the first year. Therefore, a new distinction is needed: “This is for advanced players who have already collected strong items,” “This is for players who are just relatively new to level 40.”
Never again: Forever 29
As an example: Very soon – with such a system – everyone will be at level 40. Even Guardians who are currently not at level 34 but at level 32 because they lack etheric light. Because simply playing, regardless of the content, gives experience points. Currently, level 32 Guardians will be recommended the Prison of Elders at level 32.
With “The Taken King”, all Guardians will be level 40, so a new way must be found to tell players: “This is suitable for you. For the other, you should first get stronger.” For this, there is the new “light” as a gear score.
This is the same system that MMORPGs like World of Warcraft use. One says: 100 is the current maximum level. Anyone who has progressed through the story will reach this. And those who continue to play will gradually find better items. And with the next major content patch, we will not increase the level cap, but rather introduce better items that allow players to “get stronger” and thus achieve a higher gear score.
In relation to Destiny, this could mean that in Year 2 of Destiny, players will remain at level 40. And Bungie will introduce “stronger items” with the upcoming DLCs to increase the gear score. This is currently pure speculation, but these changes would pave the way for it.
