20 Things All Returning Players MUST Do! (Destiny 2)

[@ShadowDestiny3]

next up, go watch "the struggles of being a solo player in destiny 2": kzbin.info/www/bejne/f17cnJKweKmHg5I

[@TheTrippyCh0ng]

suure they dont vault content anymore they're gonna shut the servers down LOL

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

The best decision Bungie has made for the new player experience is making both the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light campaigns free along with the Stasis subclass. My biggest criticism as a veteran was always the lack of free campaigns for newbies to get into for better guidance through the game. Both of those campaigns are pretty good starting points to introduce new lights to the Light vs Dark saga.

[@ShadowDestiny3]

That’s true, I forgot to mention how stasis was going free! Thanks for the comment

[@jasontaylor6412]

Isn't just until June 4th so anyone who hops on after that gotta pay up

[@Bekfst]

Yeah don’t get it fucked up you’re gonna lose access to it

[@gabewhite6943]

⁠@@Bekfstbud you could have seen that THE GUY WHO POSTED THIS ACCURATE AS SHIT DETAILED VIDEO agreed with op. Anyways op is right don’t get it fucked up

[@Bekfst]

@@gabewhite6943 yeah ik ik I just didn’t want anyone thinking bungie are ethical developers

[@RedBaronisa]

I just came back to destiny 2 a few weeks ago and this video is blowing my mind. I hadnt even seen half of this yet

[@wicdgenius2k871]

Same. Day 1 player coming off a 3yr break. I'm 4 days in now. I'm really enjoying it

[@ryze9153]

​@@wicdgenius2k871this game has been butchered.

[@wicdgenius2k871]

@ryze9153 yea I've stopped playing already lol I'm playing Helldivers until Monster Hunter comes out

[@ryze9153]

@@wicdgenius2k871 heh

[@ChalkanCheese]

Exactly right. I left after a 2 year hiatus because of CV and sunsetting. I returned 2 weeks ago and find 90% of my time spent looking to see what to do next ( in as clise to a chronological order as possible ) and clearing my inventory / vault ( while keeping my "sunset" items. I wish there was better continuity for returning players. The cutscenes started automatically when I logged in, it was overwhelming and put me in a story I wasn't prepared for ( it also didn't make alot of sense from where I left).

[@garyclint9335]

I stopped right after Witch Queen and returned this week. I’m really enjoying it so far, but it is overwhelming

[@ravenRedwake]

Yeah sounds like bungle fucked it up again as ever.

[@SenseiWolfe]

Went thru the same thing after they sunset. Took off for a few years. Came back and all my weapons I masterworked were now basically useless smh. All my favorite locations and activities and missions and raids gone

[@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

I quit when it was revealed that Cayde would be dying. Never looked back. Coming back because I heard Cayde is either back or coming back. Super confused about a lot of stuff.

[@stefanjackson1127]

Agree with the cutscene thing. It doesn't feel like there's continuity and any real flow or direction when returning

[@JayS1998]

This video was super helpful, bought the legacy bundle a little over a week ago as i havent been on in nearly 5 years and ive been loving the grind again. This video helped with a lot of things ive been stuck with or confused about!

[@harveygardner6916]

Yep…coming back from 2017 and all I can say is OMG I AM CONFUSED 😂

[@kdburner7356]

It’s so overwhelming lol, I came back after years away around witch queen and chucked it shortly after. The witch queen free campaign was an amazing experience though, it’s just too overwhelming, especially without any friends to walk you through it I always find myself missing the game, but in reality it’ll never live up to the glory days of destiny 1 lol

[@patozarantonello8572]

​@@kdburner7356facts lol ,they killed destiny 1 for the sake of getting more money , destiny 1 was a full game and in destiny 2 is just a demo game that gets getting milked by 20 dolars dlcs , 90 % of the content in destiny 2 when it came out was pay to play 🥰

[@kdburner7356]

@@patozarantonello8572 20 dollar DLCs, I wish😂 They’re around $75AUD on release them drop to around $40AUD where I am. That’s basically the cost of a brand new game

[@setitoff84]

Me too...from 2017...and a Werk ago i started again...i have so many questions 😅

[@bladeaddison3189]

Been away for 4 years…crazy how different it is.

[@lemons2513]

Left d2 like 2-3 years ago, just got the DLC with the annual pass on CDkeys for 75. Honestly I miss this game, it’s pretty good, for what they give u the price tag actually makes sense. Paying 70 for a recycled cod would be an example of actual greed. D2 has good graphics, powers, mechanics, story etc, well worth it

[@patozarantonello8572]

You still have some dlc left to pay 🥰

[@lemons2513]

@@patozarantonello8572 yeah I got the rest for like $16 total lol it was like 3 dollars for witch queen 3 for anniversary bundle, and 9 for lightfall

[@ryze9153]

Hope you got a good wallet for all that DLC

[@lemons2513]

If ur broke just say that (I bought the expensive version and still quit after season 1.5 💀) lowkey a dead game lmao BO6 zombies and poe2 shitting on d2 rn

[@Dubaroo99]

I just returned since 2017. Last thing i remember was seeing the awoken place and meeting veriks for the first time. I randomly saw i video of destiny 2 and since i got a pc i just tranfered all my stuff from my old xbox account and man its funny to see all the old stuff i had on that account. Braught back memories. But ive been playing it and its been pretty fun. Free to play was just whim of seeing what's up, and now im back into it. Still haven't decided if i wanted to fork over the clams for everything.

[@ironwolfthegamer7800]

They have to add back in Red War and Forsaken, lets those of us who never experienced it experience it ourselves

[@rym6829]

Man I remember when I first played Destiny 1 I was skipping school and walking back home to play it xD. Now im coming back to D2 feels so weird.

[@gurrenlagann9414]

My biggest Problem as a Returning player (stopped before Forsaken) is that all of the content is available at the beginning. It´s totally overwhelming to know where you want/have to start. Also I miss the Year one content totally, would’ve loved to replay Warmind DLC etc. I even created a new character for that just to find out that it´s gone 😂😢

[@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

Yeah I stopped right before Forsaken and oddly enough they removed it so I cant even pick up where I left off. Pretty disappointing.

[@joemiles8805]

I have been looking for a video like this for 2 years

[@dunsparce4prez560]

I hadn’t played since Shadowkeep was new, came back last week. It’s not that bad guys. That Quest tab is your friend

[@FraggedyAnne]

Earned a new subscriber! I have been playing since D1 but took a break for a couple years and came back for Final Shape recently. This video helped a lot and I am pleased to say I am actually enjoying the game more than previously!

[@CyMillion]

I left D2 at the beginning of WQ and came back in week 14 of season of the wish. New for me was the whole Mod System change with like Champ mods being active automatically and the surge mods on the boots. It took me like 5 weeks to deal more dps by applying them lmfao. Love your content

[@kizer_and_sky]

He great video! I’m one of those returning players and wow… I’m in-love with this game again. So many changes and the games lore is pretty rad.

[@gm3896]

STILL NO SPARROW RACING!!!!! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A SEQUEL AND TAKE A WHOLE FEATURE AWAY!?

[@mitchconner2021]

Sparrow Racing is gone because Jason Jones kept getting beat so he told them to take it out of the game.

[@SquashGuy02134]

The only thing i miss is warmind cells. God i loved warmind cells. I made so many. Rip to my crumbled mods. Other than that it's been pretty great as a returning player. I had to stop around season 15 because of life reasons, but im glad to be back. This video was helpful

[@JohnRobert-xp3ni]

I'm a simple man, Shadow drops a new video and I watch it

[@KellySavalas]

What a great video finally someone who hit the right note thanks for this clip I'm a solo player and I look for players to play with. I suffered a head trauma back in 2019. I get fed up of all the team based events and there isn't much for solo players If you ever fancy running a duo I'm happy to run a few with you the campaigns piss me off as I am a solo player Great video keep up the good work Steve

[@xXserkXx]

Hey thanks for your work I am Comming back from forsaken 😅and this is the best guide I’ve found so far ❤

[@ShadowDestiny3]

Welcome back!

[@DiegoMalo88]

I'm coming back from Witch Queen and damn, lots of changes. Great video.

[@StuHub]

I haven't played since Witch Queen, which isn't that long ago and man they've changed and added so much, I was so lost, thanks for the video brother

[@WolborGaming]

Great video and well explained! Returning player having only played up to forsaken. This helps MASSIVELY!

[@OU773HGaming]

I came back after a few years and he's not lying. Some of my favorite planets are just gone. Just imagine a guardian doing the John Travolta Pulp Fiction meme 😂😂😂

[@PinoyMagicianVlogz]

Haven’t played destiny 2 in about 2-3ish years. Just downloaded it and the remaining expansions. Looking forward to jumping back in! Sucks there’s all this bad press going around about destiny 2. I feel like I’m coming back at a bad time.

[@PinoyMagicianVlogz]

@ well if you need someone to play with hit me up haha

[@Sng_katla]

Ahh yes destiny step 1 open game step 2 open wallet

[@shipsey2]

I just coming back stop playing when they vaulted all the early content I come back and I'm like do I buy stuff yet or play for a bit idk😍🤣

[@spaceghostmiid]

@@shipsey2buy the legacy collection, it’s a good way to see if you’ll like the final shape. odds are if you don’t like the witch queen campaign you won’t like the final shape. i personally bought all the dlc i missed when i bought the final shape because i’ve been a destiny player for 8 years and felt like i had to catch up

[@michaelwright956]

I haven’t played since they sunset weapons. I’m coming back now and needed to know what I needed to buy to get the full experience moving forward.

[@lifeiswack2033]

watching this video made me realise i haven’t played D2 in almost 4 years, that’s crazy. went from playing D1 from day one for 4k hours and pre ordering D2 and burning a lil over 1.5k hours to never playing it again. p insane, gotta play again

[@bentinbama1]

Started playing destiny again about a month ago and i have to say im having a ton of fun. Tfs looks interrsting and fun as well. The recent nerfs that came out today was a bit of a disappointment but build crafting is more fun now than i can ever remember it being.

[@ShadowDestiny3]

awesome! Yeah build crafting has gotten so much better over the years, it used to basically not even exist in year 1!

[@bentinbama1]

@@ShadowDestiny3 agreed

[@brooksl15]

Looking to get back in. Great job covering all the new aspects of the game.

[@Sheikah_Architect]

8:14 pretty sure you need Lightfall DLC to go to level seven because it says completing the campaign is necessary

[@WinterLgndWolf]

Yep it's there's a pay wall

[@Blishui]

7 isnt needed for any activities, but yes, you do need to get lightfall to go higher, however it really shouldnt matter, only thing you lose is a few loadout slots which is kinda irrelevant

[@flyingsplice]

...dunno if y'all are Sony people but witch Queen and light fall are free on psn right now

[@electriclott]

Been gone for over 2 years. I may come back after the final shape goes on sale.

[@user-kk9el4kt4r]

I just came back from a long break too. The game is so much fun now. I couldn't stop playing the campaign when I got on

[@AshleyRobinson-os1xb]

1 major thing is don't spoil surprises, play through the game and don't look up everything online

[@radagast7200]

I played all of Bungies Halos and put a thousand hours in D1. I couldnt get into D2, just time dedication wise... but finally took the dive.

[@flyingsplice]

it is indeed unrecognizable from when i stopped playing. pretty wild considering its a game i dumped 2000 hours into

[@jayfluencegaming]

Needed this so bad, there’s so much to catch up on

[@MrCaboose83]

Exactly what I needed! Thank you for all the useful info. I havent played since 2015 lol. Quite overwhelming 😂

[@mike_silva3136]

It comes out with the final shape without the final shape might be good to include that

[@lukeae100]

just figured out this week you can manually upgrade your ghost and armor pieces with glimmer to give them extra perks

[@LegalSenpai]

This video may be the best explained video to any new and returning player. It is very well done. Kudos! The questions I have remaining are what are ways to determine if a weapon is a "godroll," and is there any reason to use seasonal weapons and armor over previous stuff?

[@hazeysr]

Seasonal weapons usually have an Origin perk built into them which is directly affected by Mods in the seasonal artifact, an example of this is Radiolaria Transposer, there are mods within the seasonal artifact that affect this origin perk. Granted the main use for them is fighting vex, which is the focus of the seasonal activty, so if you're not farming the seasonal activity it's not needed to primarily use those. They can still be strong however

[@LegalSenpai]

@@hazeysr Excellent thank you for your response!

[@hazeysr]

@@LegalSenpai to further expand seasonal armour usually just boosts your ability to gain reputation quicker with the associated vendor, beyond that it holds no special value over other armour. Raid armour still usually provides the best stat boosts compared to normal legendary gear, and a god roll can usually be determined by looking it up, or by using DIM where weapons with desired rolls with show a thumbs up displaying that it’s considered a good roll by the community, hope this helps

[@LegalSenpai]

@@hazeysr It does! Thank you! I just need to be more comfortable, and faster, at using DIM or seeing weapon rolls now since I can tell something doesn't feel right with my setup.

[@hazeysr]

@@LegalSenpai To be honest, god roll is subjective to the activity you're doing, just work with what feels right in your build and you should be good to go, I try not to narrow down on specifics unless it's for a particular activity! God rolls I feel only matter in the high end content such as nightfalls/raids or even PVP, beyond that if you're just doing every day content I wouldn't worry about it too much! Best of luck guardian!

[@carlosalfredito]

Great vid bro thanks for the tips ❤️❤️

[@king_cris0192]

Crazy hot Nessus is the only planet not needed this whole time but still remained and now they wanna use it again

[@NoahScarborough-g9g]

finally shows up on camera and bro is dapper af

[@UBIQUITAR]

Don't forget to check the individual prices of the packs not in a legacy bundle. I saved about 30 bucks buying separately

[@themanunleashed]

6:56 I bought the warmind expansion in bundle with curse of Osiris. But I never played the warmind because I stopped playing before the warmind came out. I heard it wasn't worth it, but still wanted my money's worth.

[@madjidbenzema]

Hiii veteran day 1 player here that stopped after Shadowkeep, I'm considering coming back to Destiny or starting Warframe. What should I do?

[@alzon2296]

what a great video havent played for 2 years

[@AnthonyChilisGMMP]

I legit haven’t played in 2 years, but I want to make a come back. Is this video up to date?

[@themanunleashed]

6:21 not all weapons are obtainable. My favorites are like Uriel's gift and the weapons from the nine are. Just make sure you can get them again in collections before dismantling them.

[@ten_martinnn8281]

I downloaded the game 2 days ago and I'm completely immersed in it, as a new player I haven't spent any money yet, but I'm stuck at rank 4 in guardian because I need an expansion for those quests, so my question is which expansion to buy, because in I don't know that at all

[@hazeysr]

My tip would be to not focus on guardian rank, you will be massively paywalled at multiple steps. Guardian ranks are just a number to show off your mastery of the game. Mastery equates to completion of all aspects of the game, this includes things in multiple DLC's. I own everything except The Final shape and I cannot go past Rank 6 as Rank 7 requires TFS completion. So unless you're willing to just buy everything, focusing on guardian rank is the wrong way to play the game.

[@ten_martinnn8281]

@@hazeysr thanks for respond

[@ten_martinnn8281]

@@hazeysr my power score is 1955, some tips how to increase it effectively and quickly

[@hazeysr]

@@ten_martinnn8281 You are past the soft cap of 1940, you need to focus on Powerful reward activities, look on the director for the glowing yellow stars that indicate they will give you powerful rewards. Complete these activities as much as possible to keep getting new pieces of gear that will increase you up to 1990. Remember to always infuse higher level items into your current items and not just dismantle them if you don't intend to use them. A good example I can give you is completing multiple waves in onslaught(in the vanguard playlist) can reward you with powerful gear.

[@johnnysix4530]

Making a comeback today, wish me kuck

[@Joel-dp8zq]

very helpful thank you

[@RealEyesRealizeRealLiez]

Actual tips thank you. Other videos be like tip 1 "have fun" like what. And then list all their pet peeves. Like bro we just trying to understand the game and level up we don't need gaslit

[@vincelupo8419]

I hope/expect that eventually they might release some sort of "all light relit" version of the game that lets you go back and play ALL the campaigns, raids and dungeons again. Could be a 200 to 300 gig download I guess but if they're smart they'll let you install the parts you want. I wouldn't want to be charged for that as I bought all that content through the years. But if they charged $10 for something to go along with it I'd do that. And I know that means it would be $30 minimum because all dlc for this game always costs 3 x more than I expect.

[@zxwhitesmokexz4974]

So seasons are completely done with after this season? I wasn’t sure if the final shape would still be the same model until after its conclusion and then it would go to episodes that’s interesting to hear hope it works better than the seasonal model

[@ShadowDestiny3]

Correct

[@shuana5350]

This is very helpful! Thank youuu!

[@ShadowDestiny3]

Np

[@KinesisXBL]

Mindbender's Ambition with quickdraw slideshot. Never getting that one back am I.

[@mortalt666]

Well after listening to the whole video, it seems the game is now playable solo, without required team voice chat, to a reasonable power level (not the max 2000, but it seems you can reach the power cap solo. Leaves the problem, do you have to farm forever and daily ? or can you play "when you want" ? with enough rewards

[@narutostarfox44]

Such an informative video ❤🎉

[@brokechef1606]

I just bought the final shape and created a new account on my PS5. How do I go about unlocking all the supers? Are there specific missions I need to do?

[@Mike_W78]

Just came back and the removal of all the old gathering crap is nice. Sold it all and made almost 1 million. Was nice so I could buy all the stuff for the subclasses.

[@GhxstyyReddumBlocks]

Just returned.. so worth it.

[@catsinspace1375]

I'd rather wait for destiny 3 at this point

[@paulharrison4704]

You’ll be waiting forever lol there won’t be destiny 3

[@youngsam8159]

That's like waiting for GTA 6 bro it's not happening

[@slatt0016]

@@youngsam8159you realize that’s happening right?

[@raoiii8352]

Unfortunately the project that was responsible for early development of D3 has been cancelled, there’ll be no D3 at least not anytime soon

[@Ryu_6x24]

I played destiny one and 2 on beta and play the game to forsaken but when it became free I stop played it since they removed red war and forsaken but since they released destiny legacy pack 2024 and final shape I bought them all and final shape anual pass I’m happy I waited for this since now I have a lot content to play

[@depicdit4288]

Yeah I played everything up to dreaming city and then coming back kinda sucks I feel lost in the sauce

[@mortalt666]

can you enjoy this game solo now ? being able to do matchmaking for raids, and not being limited to strikes and campaign, solo,would be nice

[@JonathanPerez-o3m]

Thanks got some work to do 😅

[@Bobsters1995]

I haven't played since Eater of Worlds. Let me tell you the absolute shock coming back to seeing my whole inventory saying, "this item is deprecated safe to delete" 😂

[@JAK_Manufacuring]

Thx bro and I subbed to all 3 of it chanel's and u make destiny fun again

[@ShadowDestiny3]

I appreciate that

[@JAK_Manufacuring]

@@ShadowDestiny3 yw

[@ModeKaioken]

I am not sold on this new path finder system tbh. I think there is something to be said for pick up quests from an npc over just navigating a system found in the game menu. I kind of like to half role play, not actual role play but imagine I am my character exploring the world and I honestly have no desire to even open the path finder menu where I actually didn't mind juggling grabbing 2 days of bounties to do at once. Its immersion breaking I guess I am saying for me anyway.

[@rodolphesimon295]

Hey, you said to buy the last extension first then the old one. But if i want to anderstand the story is it not better to begin with old one ? I'll play slow (new father here !) if i don't play now the episode/season, did i'll miss them ?

[@corduroytm]

More channels = more videos = life is good

[@christo7111]

Dude I used to play sooo much vanilla d1 to forsaken stooped there i recently came back last week bought all the dlcs cause i wanted to even tho there free so i still can do them later lol, but y are the onslaughts so hard damn ty for the video tho

[@MrArcangel99]

I am a retuning player. How do I get to the pathfinder section. I do not have the final shape yet.

[@DefNotMyBurner]

Pathfinder seems very similar to DbD's Tome System minus the reward being cosmetics

[@crazeeeavery4203]

lol I only came back because Sony gave me the last dlc for free..

[@MrVyse]

The sunsetting old Weapons totally fked me up and forced me to Quit Destiny2 back in the Days, because i grinded for Weeks or even Longer for one Item and then i cant powerlevel it up anymore so i deleted it to make space in my Storage.

[@SquidlyFishBeans]

Bungie: Hey so your 10 year old weapons you can use them now. I know we had no storage for them so you just wiped em but you can use them now!!!

[@dreadqueenmaeve]

How do you unlock pathfinder? My BF just started playing and he doesn’t have access to any pathfinder

[@brysonhultzapple7618]

So ive heard about the stasis aubcalss being free but are the exotics?

[@trucking_gamer]

What's up shadow. I've tried everything but I can't figure out how to do the vendor challenges. Google is no help, or reddit. Any thoughts?

[@roshunepp]

So the expansions they sunset from the game are returning?

[@Lumios107]

As a new player did I mess up big time by not doing the final shape campaign on legendary? I noticed when I finished the game my lvl was like 1940 or 1945 something in there

[@BelleDelphinesBathWater]

But can you put exotic look to legendary gear set?

[@ahsanshahrules]

As of this comment there’s about 9 days left till final shape I will come back to this and update this

[@Lugmarston]

If you a new player it kinda feels like a mobile game trying to get you to buy stuff you can't get past rank 5 without buying dlc

[@leon4429]

"This is getting out of hands. Now there's three of them". Jk, great video as always

[@rubiselmurillo1466]

What are the weapons in the gameplay?

[@Force_RC21]

14 views in 14 mins? He has not fallen off

[@ShadowDestiny3]

crazy I knowwwwwww

[@geddybear9108]

I bought the title Day 1 and ran through all of its content in about 3 weeks and never touched it again. I just reinstalling it yesterday and im so lost, why am i power level 1900? Why are all my guns and armour 1900? Why is my entire inventory safe to delete? Why do i have 4k dust due to all the things i scrapped? Im so confused.

[@nathonmowbray]

So if power orbs are gone why are they still in the tool tip of the new stuff??

[@bigdawg567]

Anybody else come back to playing after 2019 and majority of my items are gone. Weapons and armor. I dont have my kings fall raid gear. Many exotics. All gone?

[@Capta1nAsh]

> “spend money on this pack to get all content” > “sunsetting is no longer a thing” > “forsaken is no longer in the game” > “just watch my video if you wanna know the story” Bruh….. proof read. I’m thinking about playing the game again but haven’t played since Forsaken. This video is just confusing because you contradict yourself many times and I’m only 9 minutes in.

[@theSwift715]

Buy more DLC until you have fun

[@poonjab8078]

I need help beating the last 2 missions in the coop.

[@tanyaerskine7657]

I just came back after being away for five years. Very different game definitely. Sounds like Bungie is handing out a lot of participation trophies, but I get it that they want to create a fun game for people who don't actually have the time to play all day every day. I wish I could do that, but I have a job and family. I always felt that my function in PVP was to help boost everyone else's KD ratio, but what the heck -- I might give Trials a shot now lol.

[@dustinpope1896]

what pistol is he using at the first of the video, roughly the 45 sec mark?

[@MultiTaylor1996]

Man I’m so confused lol last time I played destiny was when you could farm that one spot for exotics when they kept spawning in that hole and you had to hide behind the rock and keep killing them 😂😂

[@jakepfander2490]

Does the thumbnail armor set have a name?

[@YeahRightMCD]

Destiny introducing the new pricing structure: "Put your #$%&ing hands in the sky and tell us where the safe is!"