Many people want to play Destiny so badly, but have so little time to really delve into the most rewarding activities. I honestly don’t think Destiny is a great fit for the causal player, there are much better choices in my opinion. Destiny tends to suck you in without you realizing it, and not even reward you for your time. But if you insist on playing Destiny causally, this is the way to do it:
- Nightfalls. Go in with a strategy or cheese and get some decent players who communicate or at least know the plan. You can finish a nightfall in 15-25 minutes and the rewards can be epic.
- Pvp Special Events. The rounds are short and the rewards can be high if you’ve gotten some decent gear from those nightfalls. Iron Banner is the most reliable of the two since it’s about gaining reputation over time, not about win-streaks. Osiris may be more demanding, and you may finish a trial passage with less wins than you desired leaving you feeling like that time was spent with less reward, but both offer great gear for purchase, etheric light, and the potential for drops from the matches themselves. Max reward for little time potential right there.
- Queen bounties/Patrol wolf spawns. These can be genuinely fun and have potential for great rewards, especially in skywatch which is the smallest zone, making it easier to find the chest and cheese it multiple times on a single drop. You can also get a public event there. Not always the greatest rewards, but definitely an option, and can lead to a key for the prison of elders, which can lead to this…
- Prison of elders level 28. CAUTION: this is only worth it if you have a KEY! Without that key, the prison of elders on level 28 gets you hardly anything. With it you have a high chance of exotics and purples. Using your key on the highest difficulty grants the best rewards, but again, were talking significant time commitment at that point. However, doing level 28 with a key means a short session with potential for an exotic or purple. Low time, great rewards.
- Spot Check Hard raids w/overpowered characters. CAUTION: yet again this is only worth it under the right conditions. You need a guide through raids, it’s not something you can figure out on your own quickly. Look up strategies and find someone who knows what they’re doing to get you through it. Attempt it only when you have reached higher levels, and do the hard raids when you’re character is at least 1 level overpowered for greater rewards. Even vendor gear gets you to 1 level below max now, so save up some vanguard marks and buy your new gear first. Even then, going through a hard raid takes time, so you may want to just “spot-check” it by looking for someone on the forums who has the checkpoint with the gear you want and simply join on them. (This means looking up loot tables before you go for it). You can also find teammates quickly on the forums, but again none of this equates to “quick”. This is not the best option for time, but it can be rewarding once you get used to doing it quickly or finding a specific items you want and just finding players with those check points to play with.
How’s that for a quick blip of a fling?! Eat it Grind!
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