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What is the "sandbox"?
"The Sandbox" of Bungie
In the particular case of Bungie, "The Sandbox" refers to all the things with what a player can directly interact, for instance in Destiny. That is also what Jon Weisnewski, ...
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How do Destiny 2 shaders work differently from Destiny 1 shaders?
You described the differences pretty well.
In Destiny 1, shaders were normal items - they were not consumable. There was only one shader slot, and it applied to all your armor (weapons were not ...
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Which destiny game to buy?
There is only one Destiny "game" at the moment.
The difference is that you can either buy just the base game, or you can buy the legendary edition/Taken King edition, which also includes all 3 DLCs.
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What is the Gunsmith reputation for?
The gunsmith has his only weekly event called Armsday which allows players to order from a selection of 6 legendary weapons of random type and manufacturer. The ordered weapon is delivered to you via ...
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How do collections work?
Shaders, Emblems, Ships, Sparrows, Emotes and Exotics can all be collected.
Those you already had prior to the Taken King patch will be added to your collection automatically and newly acquired items ...
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How does Three of Coins work?
Bungie did not give much information about Three of Coins, besides a paragraph in the Bungie Weekly Update on 9/17/15:
Xûr will also sell a new consumable, the Three of Coins, which gives bosses a ...
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How do I get The Last Word?
The only guaranteed method of receiving a specific exotic is to craft it using exotic blueprints. In this case, you'd need the year 1 version of The Last Word to craft the year 2 version.
Don't ...
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How do you earn legendary marks?
Legendary marks can be earned in a variety of ways.
Daily Story will reward 15 per account per day. Light level 240 recommended.
Daily Crucible Playlist will reward 15 per account per day.
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How do I get Keys and where are the corresponding Chests?
There are 9 keys in total, which open 9 different chests. There are 4 other special chests which can be opened via other means, but I won't go into those here.
All chests are located on the ...
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When does the giant door behind the bounty tracker open?
It opens for events - typical the Iron Banner and the short-lived Queen's Bounty event in Year 1. Iron Banner will be starting up again on October 13th. It's possible there will be new special events ...
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How do I use Quiver?
As of right now, the Quiver perk is nonfunctional.
There is/was an exploit running rampant during last weeks Iron Banner event where clever use of the in-game menu could lead to near infinite number ...
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What are the known (possible) sources for Three of Coins?
Three of Coins can be acquired from the nightfall rewards. The patch from 20 october 2015 shows that the amount of coins that can drop has been increased, so naturally they drop there. They can't drop ...
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How to get Thorn?
For starters - there is no year 2 version of Thorn.
With the removal of exotic bounties, there are no ways to specifically target Thorn. However, you can run year 1 content (raids like Vault of Glass ...
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If I've deleted destiny do I keep my characters?
Yes, you do keep your characters as they are saved on Bungie's servers. You only keep some settings, cache and updates on your device.
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Can year 1 gear be upgraded to the same values as Taken King gear?
No
Equipment obtained in Year 1 will never be upgradeable beyond Year 1 maximums. The best you can hope for is that you might find a Year 2 version somewhere along the way.
Bungie did make Year 2 ...
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How do I increase Crota's Bane with The Taken King?
Crota's Bane reputation can be earned in five main ways in The Taken King.
Completing encounters in Crota's End and King's Fall grants reputation.
While Eris herself does not offer bounties, she ...
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What is the best way to get an Exotic or Legendary Engram in Destiny Crucible?
The easiest way to get Exotic engrams from Crucible (and from PvE) is to pop a Three of Coins. This will give you a buff that gives you a vastly increased chance of getting an Exotic the next time ...
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Why am I getting Legendary items with a very lower defense?
The only source 3 Light level gear is the gear you get from Spectral packages. As of the release of Rise of Iron, the only way to obtain a Spectral package is by completing the Level 41 Prison of ...
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Destiny disk deeply scratched - can I fix the disk or otherwise recover my progress?
The beauty of modern game systems (and many, many other applications) is that your saved games do not depend on the CD-ROM (which stands for 'Compact Disc - Read Only Memory') for storage. Read only ...
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How does Infusing work?
Summarizing data gleaned so far:
1. How much of an increase in Attack/Defense does Infusing grant?
Approximately 80% of the difference between the values of the gear that is used. (See answer to #...
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Obsolete Material
Yes.
They can be exchanged for reputation with one of the tower factions (New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, or Future War Cult), or exchanged at a 1:1 ratio for new armor materials in the tower. All armor (...
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Wormsinger/Wormfeeder Runes & related Keys - can you have more than one at a time?
Wormfeeder Runes only drop from the ultra Ogre that spawns after someone has used a Wormsinger rune. You can only have one of these at a time.
Based on personal experience, the named keys also ...
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What's the fastest and most effective way to filter or squelch unwanted items in Destiny
I recently did the "light level climb" after returning to Destiny for The Taken King. I'll give you my rundown on what to keep and what to shard:
Keep whatever has the highest light level in each ...
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What is the "sandbox"?
A sandbox is a style of game in which minimal character limitations are placed on the gamer, allowing the gamer to roam and change a virtual world at will. In contrast to a progression-style game, a ...
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Can I still get Black Spindle?
Yes, just load the mission on heroic from the director and follow the usual steps from when it was daily only.
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Why was Uldren Sov in the Prison of Elders?
Uldren Sov was indeed imprisoned there.
Following the events of The Taken King, everyone thought both Uldren and Mara Sov were dead. However, Uldren somehow survived, and ended up shipwrecked on Mars.
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At what rep level can I get a faction quest in Destiny?
According to this post on the bungie forums. You need to be level 25, and you must have the faction shader/emblem/class item equipped.
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What's the maximum possible Attack/Defense/Light level for Year 2 with TTK?
The light "level" of your character is an average of your gear's light.
For this reason, at level 34 when everyone only had 170 gear the "cap" was 170. Now, for the same reason, the cap of gear's ...
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Why isn't the crucible showing up?
Check your Xboxlive membership status, and confirm whether you have a Silver or Gold account.
Although Crucible becomes accessible when you reach level 5, Strikes, Raids, and PVP are only available ...
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