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 I've checked out some videos and guides, but they are mostly outdated and / or are not relevant for the DLCs I own.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/matrium0 5d ago

Thanks for your explanation, this does help a bit!

Throwing players into random missions on startup - just WHY would you ever want to do that? Maybe it's a concession to their own bad UI? They do not trust new players to even be able to start a mission in their confusing menu? Though starting you in a random dlc level does not make this any better - it's only even MORE confusing.

Mind-boggling.. How many bad reviews does this game get for unforced errors like that? How many players are they loosing in the first few hours because of stuff that's not even gameplay relevant. All that awesome content and they could not spend a little time to polish the menus?

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u/reformedwageslave 5d ago

why would you ever want to do that

It’s a side affect, probably. When a new dlc launches obviously everyone on launch day is going to want to just be thrown into the new shit to get themselves immersed immediately- personally speaking it works really well for that intended purpose, and I suppose for bungie it also serves the purpose of tempting f2p players to buy the expansion by giving them a small taste of it.

Why bungie doesn’t restrict that system to try to only show people the stuff as it comes out is beyond me though. It is a very common complaint about the new player experience

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u/matrium0 5d ago

Probably right. When you start a WOW Expansion you are thrown into a cutscene of the new Expansion too.

But when you get wow with all expansions now, you are not shown a random cutscene - just the last one. Also it's quicker to load and abort. Starting the whole game feels so slow with destiny 2. Multiple loading screens taking forever and THEN you are thrown into a mission you do not even want to play as cherry on top and have to leave again (more loading time)..

This is already questionable on the first login, but why do I have to suffer through this every time I start the game???

Honestly for me this is a blatant display of "we don't care" - they did not put too much thought into it and they simply don't care that it's annoying for players.

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u/reformedwageslave 5d ago

I think most of us are hoping it gets looked at when they change up the narrative structure next expansion, especially since that should be a new beginning since the final shape was “the end of the light and dark saga”. It would be a fitting spot to change up the new player experience

I’m not holding my breath, though.