Video Games Destiny Stuff & Tips

I made this thread for anyone who plays Destiny, and is interested in getting better. I'll just be sharing some tips that I've learned while playing. Feel free to discuss how you play the game, or any tips that you might have yourself.

Spoiler: Grimoire

Grimoire Cards
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Grimoire Cards are cards that you can view on bungie.net, (Navigate to the "grimoire" tab, to the left of the screen) They reveal more information about guns, damage types, vehicles, enemies and pretty much everything lore related you would want to know.
Why is this important? Because it can affect gameplay. That's right, you can earn more glimmer with grimoire cards. In order to do this, you need either Ether Seeds(which boost the amount of glimmer you receive from fallen enemies) or another consumable that boosts your glimmer loot count. The amount of glimmer you'll receive will be boosted based on your fallen(or other enemy type) kill rank.

Another way to benefit from grimoire cards is through Patrol. For instance, completing 50 VIP mission on a planet boosts the amount of materials you receive in that area.

Grimoire Score​

Grimoire is character specific, and can be boosted by codes, reviving dead ghosts, or just by killing lots of enemies. Dead Ghost locations for earth can be found in this video, and the rest can be found in PowerPyx's other videos. To boost your grimoire score with codes, just scroll down to the codes section.

Spoiler: Gold Chests

Gold Chests

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There are 5 Gold chests on every planet. Each one gives random loot, including large amounts of glimmer. Collect all 5 on a planet to get an even more cial prize. The special prize is does not factor with level, so I don't advise finding all gold chests when you reach a high level, unless you have OCD and want full completion. Having said this, it is a good idea to grab all the chests on earth before you leave, because you'll be granted with a new, faster sparrow.
Here's a video of all the chests on the moon, by our friend Datto. He has vidoes of where to find the rest of the gold chests as well.

Spoiler: Materials & Farming

Materials & Farming

In this screenshot, you can see a weapon upgrade: "Patience And Time". It costs 500 Glimmer. But not all weapon upgrades cost only glimmer. Some need Weapon Parts, Relic Iron, Helium Filaments.

Heres a few tips on how to acquire certain materials fast.​

• Weapon Parts & Sapphire Wire: Weapon parts acquired when dismantling weapons; sapphire wire with armor. You usually only get about 1 or 2 wire or parts, depending on random chance and the rarity of your weapon. If you want to boost the amount of materials you get when dismantling, I would advise upgrading your armor and weapons. This adds about one material, which isn't much, but compared to the base amount is an extra 33%. If you want to upgrade your weapons quickly, equip them while you turn in your bounties. This way you're equipped weapons will gain xp immediately.
• Helium Filaments: Helium filaments are a material found on the moon. You can either find helium coils on the ground, identified by a glow, or you can get up to two at a time from chests. Normal chests have certain spots they respawn in, spawning in a different one every time. I advise memorizing these spots. Here's a video to help you get started learning the spawn spots. All other planet specific materials are gotten the same way:

Helium Filaments(Moon):

Relic Iron(Mars):

Spirit Bloom(Venus):

Spinmetal(Earth):

Some extra tips:​

• As a warlock, jump twice quickly to go very high, instead of jumping at the height of your first jump, which makes you glide.
• Once a day you can get a reward for completing a Public Event. You can tell a public event is about to happen when the ground shakes and the day turns to night. Beat the public event, return to the tower and speak to the Post Master to get an award -- usually Glimmer and reputation bonuses.
• You can change your weapon loadouts, even in Crucible, at any time, but you will lose half your Special and all of your Heavy Ammo when you do.
  
• Using your special power successfully can generate an Orb Of Light. These are actually used to charge up your special ability, which means your allies will now get theirs much quicker thanks to you using yours. For this reason, you shouldn't hold onto a charged ability, use it often and spread the Orbs of Light around to benefit your entire team.

Codes
Redeem these codes here.
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I made the codes in a small text so they wouldn't take up too much space
Emblems:
1) X4C-FGX-MX3
2) A7L-FYC-44X
3) X9F-GMA-H6D
4) N3L-XN6-PXF
5) 7F9-767-F74
6) FJ9-LAM-67F
7) JD7-4CM-HJG
8) JDT-NLC-JKM
9) JNX-DMH-XLA
10) 7CP-94V-LFP

Shaders:
11) 7MM-VPD-MHP
12) RXC-9XJ-4MH

Grimoire cards:
13) YKA-RJG-MH9
14) 3DA-P4X-F6A
15) MVD-4N3-NKH
16) TCN-HCD-TGY
17) HDX-ALM-V4K
18) 473-MXR-3X9
19) JMR-LFN-4A3
20) HC3-H44-DKC
21) 69P-KRM-JJA
22) 69P-VCH-337
23) 69R-CKD-X7L
24) 69R-DDD-FCP
25) 69R-F99-AXG
26) 69R-VL7-J6A
27) 69X-DJN-74V
28) 6A7-7NP-3X7
29) 6A9-DTG-YGN

Also bungie.net is a good source of getting information. Follow them if you're interested! I'll be adding to this thread sporadically, so watch out for new tips and advice.

Spoiler: Some sources

Source 1
Source 2

Please do not discuss your opinion of the game, I assume that you are viewing this thread because you are interested in receiving tips, boosting your skills, etc. ​

 

AR NOOB
AR's are probably the most powerful gun in the crucible right now, however they are receiving a nerf soon, in stability and damage.
In addition, scout rifles are getting a buff. (I tend to use the scout rifle more often, with a shotgun).
Also, shotguns are getting a nerf on range. Source: bungie.net.

Also another neat a video found, about what setup is optimal for the crucible, for armor, recovery and agility. Turns out the the armor stat only has a very small effect, so I advise upgrading agility and recovery as much as you can, since they both have a greater impact.

 

Yeah, the Vex Mythoclast is a broken gun, hopefully they'll fix that soon.

I don't like using ARs because I feel they take no skill :\
Luckily they're getting nerfed soon.

*Update:
http://www.bungie.net/7_Hotfix---10142014/en/News/News?aid=12283
New Hot Fix 10/14/2014
Summary: Nerfed the Vex Mythoclast, Auto rifles, and shotguns. Buffed scout rifles and hand cannons(to a certain extent), and it states that they are fixing some of the lower end exotics soon.

 

The Dark Below DLC came out recently, got it a couple days ago. It includes 3 new multiplayer maps, a new strike, raid and 3 new story missions.

The story missions are pretty fun. More content than I thought there would be. Although the story and dialogue itself is un-followable. New multiplayer maps are always good. Don't have much else to say about that.
Read more...

If you want a good channel to follow Destiny, and get tips on what exotics to buy, etc. I'd look at DattoDoesDestiny.

If anyone has anything else to say about the new DLC, feel free to share.

 

I personally don't play Destiny anymore, although I do know that exotic bounties are completely random. You have a random chance to receive one whenever you turn in a normal bounty. You can find a list of the six exotic bounties here.