2020-01-01_PC_Gamer_(US_Edition

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GET STARTED IN DESTINY 2


Power through confounding lore and get grinding, Guardian. By Harry Shepherd


SHOCK
AND AWE

5
Weapons
come in three
classes: Kinetic,
energy, and power.
Use kinetic ammo
on trash mobs,
energy on shielded
enemies, and power
on armored foes to
rip through The
Darkness like a hot
knife through the
proverbial butter.

RARE FINDS


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Loot is central to looter-shooters like
Destiny 2. In Bungie’s MMO, weapons
and armor will drop in common (white),
uncommon (green), rare (blue), legendary
(purple), and exotic (yellow) variants. Oddly,
you’ll find that you see rares most often.
NEW LIGHT
1 Bungie brought down one of the
biggest barriers to entry for Destiny
2 ’s third year: The price. Now you can access
hundreds of hours of interstellar action for
precisely nada. Zoom in on your Sparrow,
and get your feet wet.
YEAR ONE
2 But what do you get? Everything from
the first year of Destiny 2 is yours for
nothing: The base game and first two
expansions. You also have Crucible, Gambit,
Strikes, the Leviathan Raid, and you can
explore every planet.
LORE ENFORCEMENT
3 Destiny 2’s wider narrative can be
confusing, but don’t let that put you
off. All you should know is that your
character, a Guardian, uses a mystical
power drawn from their robotic companion,
their Ghost, to beat back The Darkness.
RED WAR
4
You start the game strong enough to
tackle the main story and the Curse of
Osiris and Warmind DLCs in any order, so
pick whichever you fancy to start your PvE
adventure. Zip through the Cosmodrome
starter level, and go from there.
NEED TO KNOW
DIFFICULTY
Easy
TIME
Ten hours
VITAL LINKS
Lore guide:
bit.ly/2OKQCBc
Best guns:
http://bit.ly/2N3po6w
PvP tips:
http://bit.ly/2qvTxUn
PVP
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Destiny 2 isn’t
all unleashing
space lead into AI
enemies: You can
fight your fellow
Guardians, too. The
Crucible is the
game’s PvP pastime
and Gambit is an
innovative PvPvE
mode. See Shaxx
and The Drifter for
PvP-specific
bounties.
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HOW TO

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