This post is for the enrichment of new Guardians who have just joined our ranks and are in need of sage advice from seasoned players..
After completing the bounties and just before redeeming them with the Bounty Issuer, make sure that the Ability subclass, armor parts (helmet/gauntlets/chest/leg), and/or weapons that you want to upgrade (primary/special/heavy) is enabled. After redeeming the bounties, and exiting the bounty screen, you will notice a decent increase in the gear unlock process (especially if you finish all of the days bounties and cash them in at one time). I would recommend on working one of each selection until you can't upgrade further, then move on to the next item. This way, even if you do not use a particular weapon or armor piece on a regular basis or it is brand new (weak), you can still get it upgraded to the point you want to use it.
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Also learn where you can grind multiple bounties at one time. learn which areas will let you do this. I find it best to do all my bounties not patrol, target or mission based on earth. Steppes, mothyard, Divide, rocket yard. Also learn the lines for all chest drops in the areas you are working on bounties on. If you do it right you can crush all your bounties quickly while making some nice loot. Also remember that greens while annoying to pick up do break down into glimmer and parts. Secondly. Run seeds, idols, or whatever for the area you are grinding on. Best and fastest bounty combo. 200 mites on cosmo, 10 hive from bounty, 10 hive from eris. Time to complete 3-4 minutes. yes Running the crota mission for fist is quick, but your mostly doing just one bounty. On earth you can do 3-5 at one time. Also if youre doing a patrol find friends who have it as well and spread out across three areas. We can do mars in under 10 minutes and thats if there is scan missions.