I feel your pain, I was stuck on level 24 for nearly 2 weeks & I almost canned the game. I made the mistake of building up rep on the Vanguard, Crucible & FWC fractions at the same time by swapping between the three, when I should have ploughed all my efforts into one, so I changed it and concentrated on just the Vanguard up to rank 2 for legendary armour & then on to rank 3 for legendary weapons. I would second pretty much what SilverSurfer has said below, however to be clear on one point though on crucible, vanguard and all the other fractions (FWC, Dead Orbit etc) legendary armour can be purchased at "rank 2" & legendary weapons at "rank 3". I would concentrate on whatever fraction (vanguard, crucible or fwc) you have the most rep on already so it's the quicker route to rank 2 then carry on to rank 3 with that same fraction. crucible marks earned in the crucible will either go to your crucible rep or other fraction depending on whether you are wearing their cloak or not. Vanguard marks from strikes, again will go to vanguard rep or to a fraction if you are wearing their cloak I would team up with some other guys on here at a similar level to you, hopefully some guys reading your post might be interested or put a shout out on the forum asking for Level 25 guys. You could also ask some higher level guys if they can carry you though some harder missions, within reason though Other than that keep grinding away fella, it will all come good in the end.