So if anyone has this on ps4, my gamertag is MelnykMachine on there if you wanna play sometime.
I have a question though. I just got to the end of the story mode yesterday but I'm still at lvl 19. I've been reading things on reddit and it seems kind of complicated to level further after 20. Is this true? Can someone give me the eli5 version of what I can do now besides just pvp? I guess there's strikes eh? How do I get these legendary/exotic weapons? The game doesn't really have much ingame explainations lol.
So once you are level 20 your experience points will no longer go towards raising your level. To increase past 20 you will need to increase your "Light Level." Once you are level 20, armor pieces that are blue or greater should have a certain number of light points on them (similar to having strength or intelligence points.) Equipping these raise your light level while they are equipped. Better armor has more light on it, with exotics always giving the most light. Every time you do a damage resistance upgrade on an armor piece you will also gain more light points for that piece.
As for getting legendary and exotic items, there are a few ways to go about it:
1. Luck: If you play Crucible and the Strike Playlist, chances are you will eventually be rewarded a legendary or exotic item. Eventually. Some people get them relatively often, some don't. I have never gotten one personally, so be warned this method is not guaranteed to work. Still, you have to play these anyways for the other methods.
2. Vanguard and Crucible Marks: When playing Crucible, doing strikes, doing bounties, or doing a variety of other things, you will build up reputation and marks for the crucible and the vanguard armories. Upon hitting rank 2 in either you can use your makes to buy legendary armor from them, and on hitting rank 3 you can buy very expensive legendary weapons. These take a while to get but are a surefire way to get what you want. For example, I wanted the vanguard hand cannon "The Devil You Know." I also wanted the vanguard hunter "Dustwalker" armor. So I focussed on vanguard bounties, strikes, and patrols and saved up enough marks to buy the armor and got my ranking up to 3. Now I have 105 marks and all of my armor, but I'm capped for the week and I need t wait for next week to get the 150 needed for the hand cannon.
3. Xur: Every friday and Saturday Xur, Agent of the Nine, shows up at a random location on the tower. Right now he is down by the vanguard mentors. His face is made of tentacles and he sells Exotic armor and weapons. However, he only accepts strange coins as currency, which can be gained by doing the weekly heroic strike or through engrams at the cryptarch... rarely. You will likely need to save up for a while and be a bit higher level before you can buy anything from him. Also, take note that you can only have 1 exotic weapon and 1 exotic armor piece equipped at any given time, though you can have as many as you want in your inventory.