How to level up past level 25

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I've been playing destiny for a few weeks. It took me 8 or 9 days to get to level 20, and then only a few days to get to level 25, but I've been stuck at level 25 for a week. The only way I can see to reliably level up is to increase my Vanguard rank and buy armor from the Warlock mentor. Trouble is, it's taking a really long time to get to Vanguard rank 2. Except for the occasional bounty I can only seem to earn 10 Vanguard rank points at a time, which means 200 missions to get to rank 2.

Am I missing something, or is it really this tedious to level up in the later stages of the game? Is there any list of armour to favour to level up quicker?

By the way I'm a Warlock Sunsinger, and I'm trying to level up to make the DLC level 26 missions possible.

Best Answer

With the release of The Taken King, light level and character level have been separated and the progression system has been redesigned.

Character level now progresses all the way to 40, rather than stopping at 20. Continuing to level beyond 20 is simple - you gain experience points as normal. The main point of character level is to enable you to equip more powerful gear, which directly influences your light level.

Light is now the average of all your attack/defense values (in the 2.0 update, Attack and Defense values were rebalanced to reflect this). Your light level progresses as you acquire better gear, and is now affected by your weapons as well.

So, how do you obtain stronger gear in The Taken King? There are a few ways:

  • Legendary Marks: these are the most obvious. Legendary Marks replace Crucible and Vanguard marks as the new currency du jour. Many quests reward Vanguard marks, but the primary way to obtain them is the Vanguard Heroic Strike playlist. Your first three strikes on this playlist per week per account award you an additional 10 Legendary Marks. These marks can be used to purchase Vanguard or Crucible gear (which still require reputation, but reputation is easier to acquire in The Taken King) or craft Year 2 Exotics.
  • Strikes: While you're gathering your Legendary Marks in strikes, you have chances to obtain Vanguard gear as normal drops. A new mechanic added in The Taken King is chaining strikes: the longer you stay in a playlist without returning to orbit the better your rewards will be. Presumably this applies to Legendary Marks from the Heroic playlist, but I haven't been able to test that yet.
  • Crucible: The Crucible rewards gear and Legendary Marks as well. Playing each week's featured playlist will earn you Legendary Marks, reputation, and a chance at Crucible gear. Lord Shaxx now offers quests and special bounties as well - completing all of these in a week will reward "nightfall-like rewards".
  • Nightfall and Raiding: These require a pretty good light level already, but have very attractive rewards. Note that neither of these are matchmade: If you don't have friends who are willing to do this, I recommend using a service like destinylfg.com
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