@caleums: All of us are between 315-319 on each character. My highest is my Titan at 2 points away from 319. There are now a lot of things to break that barrier. I'll try to break it down between PvP and PvE.
If you do PvP there are several things to get you there. Do your Shaxx Quest so that you can complete the weekly bounty. That usually takes a few hours a week and can just be done while playing crucible. Now you can burn 3 of Coins every other match or so and have a chance at Exotic drops as you do that, in any game type. The reward is Nightfall tier so a possible drop up to 310. Then do Trials each weekend. Use an LFG site if you can't find a group. Just finishing the bounties will net you 50 marks and likely a 300-310 piece of gear, with a chance of a 310+ Exotic. If you managed to scrape together 5 wins (only 3 wins if they are your first 3 and you buy all 3 boons) you will get a 300-310 Armor piece and 7 wins will net you a 300-310 weapon. If your card is 9-0 you can go to The Lighthouse and you will receive a 310+ Primary weapon. There is also a chance you get an Exotic there as well. Another thing with Trials is that you will get random rewards at the end of matches, sometimes receiving Class items 300-310. Then you have Iron Banner, which starts tomorrow actually. There are packages at Rank 3 and 5. Those packages actually contain really great rewards, usually a Weapon or Armor 300-320 and a Class Item or Ghost 300-320. Games can also drop items up to 310 I think, anything that he sells that week, and what drops depends on your Rank. Basically do the bounties everyday and wait to turn in your Weekly bounties until the weekend, since XP grows as the week goes on.
For PvE, there is actually a lot more. The first being the good old Nightfall. Those rewards are items up to 310. Then, as of today, the last day, you have Sparrow Racing League or SRL. Upon leveling up to Rank 3, sadly if you haven't been playing you won't be able to do just today, you could have gotten up to a 320 Helmet and Class Item. Next you have the Court of Oryx Quest from Eris. Go to the Court of Oryx, participate in a Rank 1 Rune event, and then go back and talk to Eris. She will give you a Quest that requires you to do 6 Rank 1 Reciprocal Runes, 3 Rank 2 Stolen Runes, and 1 Rank 3 Antiquated Rune. Load into the court until you find a large group doing Court or look on LFG for a group wanting to do court. Once you finish she will give you a 300 Legendary Artifact. Another quest, not sure how you obtain it, has you do 5 Strike playlists, 5 Heroic Strikes, and a Nightfall. That reward is a Legendary 300 Shotgun or Fusion (choose the shotgun). Speaking of that, another reward for a random Quest is a Legendary 1000 Yard Stare sniper rifle, keep that, it's pretty good and you may not get a better one, even though it drops at like 220. There are many other special quests that lead to Exotic weapons, but it would take far to long to explain those. Next up is King's Fall. King's Fall is the number 1 way to grind to higher light. There are 5 separate major drop locations, Totems, Warpriest, Golgoroth, Sisters, and Oryx. Normal loot drops between 300-310, and Hard drops between 310-320. Loot drops are as follows, all of these are possibilities, you may get nothing, it's just how it goes. (Hard includes all Normal drops as well if you complete Hard before Normal in that week)
Totems: Ghost, Fusion Rifle or Shotgun (Most likely Ghost)
Warpriest: Sniper Rifle, Machine Gun or Rocket Launcher (Most likely random)
Golgoroth: Boots, Gauntlets, or Chest Armor (Most likely random)
Sisters: Class item or Secondary Weapon (Sniper, Shotgun, or Fusion) (Most likely Class Item)
Oryx: Helmets, Primaries, Secondary's, or Class Item (Most likely Primary)
Keep in mind Warpriest, Golgoroth, and Oryx now each have a challenge, depending on the week. This week, until the end of the day is Warpriest, and tomorrow is Golgoroth. A week from tomorrow is Oryx. Those rewards are a guaranteed 320 Item and a 320 Artifact on Hard and 310's on Normal. So doing Warpriest on Hard tonight could net you 1 320 Machine Gun & Artifact, 1 310 Rocket and Artifact, plus your normal Hard rewards for Warpriest of a 312 Sniper Rifle and a 307 Rocket Launcher. Warpriest Challenge nets you any of the 3 weapons, Golgoroth gives you any of the 3 Armor, and Oryx gives you either a Primary or Helmet. I hope that makes sense.
Also, Xur. He's like Destiny's weekly Santa. Make sure you save up enough Strange Coins each week for him. Like this week he had great stuff all around. All 4 items were some of the best in the game for each character.
Note: I took a second to creep on your character, looks like your basically hitting the wall of max light you will effectively be able to obtain without doing these things I've mentioned. Keep in mind the goal is to obtain Legendary (Purple) and Exotic (Yellow) gear and use those Rares you have to infuse them up to the 290ish mark you are at. Legendary and Exotic gear grant you better stats and perks so you want to use those as much as you have available and use your Rares as food to feed to your better gear to make the light number as high as the blues. Take a look at my Guandians if you need a quick guide on where you want your character to be. Notice how my Armor pieces kind of compliment my playstyle, I prefer to use Sniper Rifles so all of my Gauntlets have Grenade throw and Sniper Reload, and my boots either have Rocket or Machine Gun depending on if I played PvP or PvE last on that character (I have both on all 3 characters). Once you find Lengendary gear that compliments your playstyle and has the desired base Strength, Intellect or Dicipline, then you start infusing that gear up to your highest levels with other gear you obtain. I know this is kind of crazy long, but I hope this helps you out some.
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