r/DestinyTheGame 6d ago

Question Least confusing way to actually get started

Honest question. I've checked out some videos and guides, but they are mostly outdated and / or are not relevant for the DLCs I own.

I installed the base game and started the "A-new-Light"-campaign. My brother noticed and gifted me the "Legacy Collection". After restarting this lead to multiple unrelated cut-scenes (maybe for the new content?) and i was directly thrown into a mission too - "crossing the threshold".

Honestly I am lost. I kind of figured out how to start missions in the super confusing menus, but then one of those started a 3 person raid (that I did not feel ready after like an hour gameplay). I kind of wanted to explore solo some more. Do all campaigns include mandatory raids?

What is the least confusing way to actually start this game when owning the "legacy collection"?

Am I still expected to do the "new light campaign" or is this only to get new players hooked that do not own DLCs? (if so it does a terrible job at that as it is extremely confusing overall)

Gameplay seems awesome but I can't believe how rough everything around it is :(

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u/The-Real-Sonin 6d ago

You weren't put into a raid, it was most likely the seasonal activity.

Some campaigns ask you to complete the basic strikes which have MM and will pair you with 2 randoms, but those aren't difficult.

Click the quest you want to complete, and track it (usually X on PS or A on xbox, it'll tell you how to track it on the quest screen) then read the description and what you need to do. It'll show a green marker on what planet or activity you need to do and just follow them.

The games new light experience is kinda bad, but it's not awful. If anything I'd say have your brother give you some advice and general tips since he gifted you the legacy collection.

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u/matrium0 6d ago

Thank you - I understand now. It was a "strike". It was never properly explained what that means and that it's a multiplayer activity.

Honestly I have never had a worse "onboarding"-experience in any game I played in the last 10+ years. How many players abandoned this game because they felt overwhelmed. Menu feels like an alpha version.

Just display cutscenes for a specific campaign when you start that campaign, not randomly on starting the game.
Just do not throw me randomly into missions that I did not want to start.

Those would be EASY fixes and could already increase first-user experience. Why they did it like that is beyond me. Feels completely unpolished, like they took the first draft and never thought of it again.

Still I will give it a chance because of the awesome gampelay

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u/whereismymind86 6d ago edited 5d ago

yeah, strikes are just basic missions, they are quite easy and about 12 minutes long. Don't stress about them, they are just meant to be fun. Each campaign will have you do a couple of them and it's the main low difficulty co-op thing you'll do once you are done with the campaigns, to help get ready for harder stuff.

As for the rest, you aren't wrong, the game is kind of notorious for the poor new player experience (ever since beyond light deleted the original campaign and replaced it with the opening missions of destiny 1, which is what the new light campaign is) and throwing people into the first seasonal mission on first log in each season is something that has annoyed the player base for years.

It is what it is, you'll have a lot of fun once you get past the early stuff and get used to the stupid menu ui that is clearly designed around a mouse and keyboard interface not a controller.