This was originally posted in reddit by LanAkou. But it is a great starting guide for those who need the info. Some edits have been made to correct info or removed n/a text Guardians add what you can to help out. Lando_75 Ps4 May the light be with you always [WARNING: LARGE TEXT WALL BELOW] [b][u]PVE[/u][/b] Max Light Level is 335 330 is the highest light level of enemies now. Infusion is how we upgrade gear. You sacrifice a high light piece of gear to bring a low light piece of gear to a higher level. Infusion is now 1:1, you get 100% of the power you put into it. Ex. If you have an LDR 5001 sniper with a god roll that is only 295 light. You can take a 335 dreg's promise that you will never use and make it infusion fuel and the sniper will be automatically 335. No calculator needed anymore. King's Fall is the raid. Normal mode will drop UP TO 320 light items. Hard mode will drop UP TO 335 light items. Guaranteed up to 335 artifacts come from the raid challenge mode and tier 3 antiquated runes that YOU start not just participate in. Also a chance to receive up to 335 artifacts from tier 2 stolen runes. Item light level is determined when you pick up the purple engram. [b][u]Always have your highest light level gear equipped when you turn in engrams, receive packages, and pickup decoded activity rewards[/u][/b] Always pickup your packages from npc's. They do not stack and will be overwritten if you level up again. [b][u]BEWARE OF XUR LEGACY ENGRAMS....DON'T BUY THEM! THEY ONLY GIVE YEAR 1 EXOTICS @ YEAR 1 POWER[/u][/b] Only buy those if you are trying to collect items still left behind. Prison of Elders special weapons are not in your blueprints after you discover them. Be careful before you dismantle them. Motes of light and heavy ammo donations are the quickest and most efficient way to level up your faction. Xur and Variks(must have rank) and Eris have the least expensive heavy ammo. You also need ehter seeds or black wax idols to buy from the last 2. You will need 100 or so heavy ammo packs to level up once with your faction. 125 motes = a faction level up Vendor items from level up packages go up to 330 Challenge Mode is a different way to play the raid. Each week, one boss (Warpriest, Golgoroth, or Oryx) will issue a challenge. If you beat that boss a certain way, it will drop [b]UP TO[/b] 335 light level gear dependant upon your light level when you pick up the engrams. Enemies will not scale to rewards. They are still at their previous light levels. (320 ll hard mode) HUDless Mode has finally been implemented! 3 Of Coins are the new way to get Exotics to drop. Use 1 for a low chance to get an exotic after killing an ultra or playing Crucible. Buy them from Xur. Use 1 at a time. If you don't get one pop another after 10-15 min. Black Spindle is a secret exotic, you can only get it on the heroic Lost to Light. No Time To Explain is too. Trigger the quest when Paradox is the daily. Sleeper Simulant as well. Do the quest on the the First Firewall mission . Omnigul was brought up to the heroic playlist. A Taken reskin of the Archon Priest Strike has been brought to year 2 with new strike exclusives! There's also a A New Strike with new strike exclusives. And new Quests and Bounties in the reef! Prison of Elders is back! Regular mode at level 41 and challenge mode at light level 330. Level 41 is matchmade. Challenge Mode is a new point based mode for Prison. You WILL need a fireteam. However, it is soloable. It just takes longer, much like a nightfall. The rewards for achieving the high score (30,000 pts.) And the cumulative score (90,000 pts.) will drop UP TO 335. Sleeper Simulant burns the bosses down really quick for speed runs. Level up packages for Variks go up to 330 Zen Meteor is an exotic sniper for PS4. Sorry Xbox fans. PS4 players will also get an exclusive Quest and Sparrow Almost all Year 1 Exotics have a Year 2 version. Some of these guns, like Dragon's Breath have radically different abilities than their year 1 counterparts. The only guns that do NOT have a year 2 version are: -Necrochasm -Vex Mythoclast -Thorn -Pocket Infinity -IceBreaker -Gjallarhorn Those guns are staying at YEAR 1 for now You can redeem Year 2 exotics from the kiosks in the Vanguard Room if you have the year 1 versions. It will cost you 150 Legendary Marks. Legendary Marks have replaced Vanguard/Crucible Marks. They are capped at 200, but there's no limit to how many you can earn. Some Y1 Legendary weapons are also returning -The Devil You Know -Shadow Price -LDR 5001 -Badger CCL -The Comedian -THE SWARM -Y-09 Longbow Synthesis -Grim Citizen III -Two to the Morgue -Zombie Apocalypse WF47 -The Saterienne Rapier -Lord High Fixer They will drop as possible rewards from Vanguard/Crucible reputation packages. Vendor Gun perk rolls HAVE ROTATED. Hopefully you picked up that sweet Hung Jury roll, or the Antinomy XVI. If not, don't worry! There are still plenty of great guns to pick up. Strikes Specific Loot is a thing. For a full list, Google "strike exclusives destiny". Strike exclusives will drop from all versions of the strike (up to 335) except legacy playlists. Varik's old shaders and ships are still available through House Judgement Rank up packages only Vault Space is up to 3 pages now! A whole new page for everything [b][u]PVP[/u][/b] Nerfs mentioned apply to all gametypes, however most guns are still viable in *PvE** Pulse Rifles were good. Then they got nerfed. Now only PDX 45, Hawksaw, and Grasp of Malok, Variks/Queen's pulses are good. Scout Rifles are good. Hand Cannons are viable with good range perks. The Last Word and Thorn have been nerfed. Hawkmoon is closer to its original Hawkawesomeness. The Last Word is still good but the extra damage on hip fire shots was taken away to avoid 2 shot headshots. Auto Rifles are hit or miss. Doctrine and Arminius got a nerf but are still powerful. Suros and Shadow Price got a buff but are still not as good as year 1. Sniper Rifles got nerfed. More zoom, less stability. Fusion Rifles were buffed. They're pretty nasty now. They truly bridge the gap between snipers and shotguns. Look for stability and range perks. Range makes the bolts travel faster and stability tightens the bolt spread. Special Ammo has changed. You WILL spawn with it, but it will spawn LESS OFTEN and you will LOSE AMMO when switching special weapons. Snipers and shotguns will carry LESS RESERVE AMMO.(pve and pvp) Heavy Ammo will only spawn ONCE PER MATCH at the 5 minute mark. Machine guns will have less.(pve and pvp) Revives are different now. The shield is weaker, it takes longer before you're available to res, you have to be closer, and it'll take longer to actually res you. Mid Impact Snipers are now able to res snipe as a result. [b]Subclasses[/b] Sunbreakers got nerfed. Strikers and Defenders are balanced now (read; better). Stormcallers got nerfed. Sunsingers will basically be the same. Voidwalkers got a buff. Nothing manacles got a buff back almost to their original GjallyGrenade status. Skill Based Matchmaking was put in. It was pretty shit. They changed it to Connection based matchmaking, but it still has elements of Skill Based. They're still fine tuning it. Hit Detection for melees has been addressed. Patches have been implemented and they are still fine tuning Weekly Bounties from Shaxx grant nightfall rewards. (Usually ghost shells and Strange Coins.) Do a quest to unlock them. No Fireteams in Rumble, you have to play solo. Fireteams are still allowed in Mayhem Rumbe which is not always available Fireteams are also allowed in Classic Rumble which is always available Freelance Playlists are for solo players only. You can still use fireteams in other activities. Hic Jacket, the Trials flawless emblem, NO LONGER drops. There is a new emblem for going flawless. [b]Events[/b] Halloween gave out 0 Light Level helmets/masks. No one wears them. They grant -1 vault space each. Sparrow Racing came and went. Not sure if it will be back. Crimson Doubles happened. It went okay [b]Microtransactions[b] Silver is the currency for microtrasnactions Buy emotes from Tess now. Still no word on an emote wheel Buy subclass boosters for 25$. Probably don't though. New sparrows came out. They look cool. Sterling Treasure sold for 200. You can also pick up Sterling Treasure from Shaxx, Variks, and and the postmaster once a week for free. Not to be confused with this Sterling treasure. Chroma makes certain armours and weapons glow. Comes from Sterling Treasure. Along with new armor sets. Nightfall Rewards can be paid content! Dance moves, sparrow horns, and even sparrows. How do I get to LL 335? Legendary Engrams decrypt at up to 310(Usually much lower) Already decrypted rare items can drop up to 320 from challenge of elders. Strike Exclusives drop at up to 335 King's Fall Raid will drop great loot. You can do normal mode at 290+ and hard mode at 305+ Prison of Elders will drop higher level loot, and the challenged mode can drop 335 Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris are PvP endgames that drop up to 335 light stuff Weekly Crucible Bounty can drop up to 335 Nightfalls 330 legendary, 335 exotic max ABOVE ALL ELSE. MAKE SURE YOU LOCK THE GEAR YOU WANT TO KEEP BY PRESSING DOWN THE RIGHT THUMBSTICK. For a comprehensive list of all updates, check out out Bungie's Streams. Otherwise, guns still kill people and aliens are still the bad guys. 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