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    Destiny

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Sep 09, 2014

    Shoot your way across the solar system to level up and collect new loot in this multiplayer-focused first-person shooter from Bungie and Activision.

    Upgrading equipment raises its light value?

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    I've been sitting on full legendary armor with 18 light for a while now wondering how much grinding it would take to get me past an apparent roadblock at level 25. I had been neglecting to purchase the upgrades for the armor because I didn't want to gather the materials, when I finally did start upgrading them I freaked out when I noticed my level rising. Am I crazy? I didn't see this noted anywhere, obviously I should have been upgrading my gear, but I was really confused when my progression halted completely right before I was raid worthy. If I keep on with this I'll probably be 27 in a few hours.

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    Yep, light goes up when you upgrade defense.

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    @alucitary: Light level is based on Defense thresholds. So, when you upgrade defense on a piece of equipment the light quantity on it will go up because the defense is higher. So if you really want to reach max level best start saving those ascendant shards.

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    Do you mean you haven't upgraded them at all? Or just not used Ascendant Shards? In full Legendary gear you should be 27 if you have upgraded everything without using Ascendant Shards. At least on both of my characters I am?

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    #5  Edited By Ares42

    Yep, this is what most people haven't realized about the grind in this game yet. It's not about getting the awesome piece of loot, it's just about getting any legendary in the slot so you can upgrade it to improve your light value (which eventually requires a bunch more legendaries in the grinder for materials). It takes 22-24 legendaries to fully upgrade your four pieces, which should leaves you at level 28 in legendaries or 29 with an exotic (and evidently 30 if you have raid legendaries).

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    @ares42: Ya, knowing this the end game seems much more reasonable.

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