Think im lost

[Sir Seal The Slippery]

Arrived at the tower,got a couple of quests,tried out pvp.
Left with around 10 different quests now and got no idea what im supposed to do first.
Had a bug so i restarted the game.
When i logged in again i got a cutscene where i didnt understand what the heck was even going on.
Something about mars,some glowing orb,a witch and floating ships.
Like,a moment before i just arrived in the city for the first time and now the story makes a massive jump,i feel like i missed out on something.

Could use some guidance,maybe i missed out on some beginner quests,i dont know.
Just trying to make sense of the story.

[Horn]

Welcome to the new Destiny 2 new player experience. I'm sorry, but the developers don't care about new players. Starting to play Destiny 2 now is like starting to watch any TV series, skipping the first two seasons and starting right from the third. The only difference is that those two seasons have been removed from the annals of history. You didn't miss any tutorials. The game just throws you in the middle of the story and expects you to figure it out on your own.

[Nakos]

There are three quests that start automatically. This is normally triggered by you logging in.

The first is New Light: A Guardian Rises! This is the introductory quest that's meant to teach you some of the basics of the game and how the Bounty system works.

The second is the introductory quest for Witch Queen (it features Ikora Ray and Eris Morn on Mars. This is the opening to the current expansion. It's meant to be a teaser for the expansion, and it also introduces the Relic which allows players to craft weapons.

The third is the introductory quest for the current Season (S17 at the time of this writing). This is to introduce the basics for the season and to give you the Seasonal Artifact, which everyone needs.

Yes, they way they're implemented is confusing, but ... things actually were somewhat worse when they didn't launch automatically.

[Sir Seal The Slippery]

Thanks,guess i just stick to new light for now then and shoot stuff *shrugs*

[lich0]

Yeah, ignore the story, that's what I did. Most of it was either removed, or tied to time limited seasons. Just skip the cutscenes and dialogues as it won't make any sense anyway.

If you really want to experience a sort of sci-fi meets fantasy story, then go play Warframe.

[Sir Seal The Slippery]

I did,warframe wasnt really my thing though.
Felt more instanced than destiny and pvp was almost non existant.

[Skurcey]

here s the story (there s still more from last seasons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mbDXvDNqTU&t=9392s

[Shas'Ui Demotana]

If you're interested in knowing what's going on in the storyline, there's a huge archive of pretty much everything related: https://www.ishtar-collective.net/. There are also YouTube channels that tell you everything like a visualized audiobook.

As for "what to do", anything, really. Explore the freeroam maps, find secrets, get cool guns, mess around with loadouts. Nothing forces you to complete quests, and you can do whatever in any order you prefer, at any time, though some of them give you exotic guns or useful gear, so you might wanna look into them.

Personally, I'd suggest you to play the Dares of Eternity gamemode. You can find it in "Eternity" if you look at the destinations screen. A fun way to get accustomed to how the game works. You immediately get into action, and you get some really decent guns for it.

However, if you have The Witch Queen expansion, you'll have to complete its story campaign in order to access certain activities in the throne world.

[Shas'Ui Demotana]

Oh yea, and as for the weird intro stuff you were tossed into.

Every time there's a new campaign or season, the player is put into the related intro mission upon logging in. Right now, the actual new player intro should be where you wake up at the cosmodrome, then there's the Witch Queen intro, which was the Mars & witch thing you were talking about, and then there's the Season of the Haunted intro aboard Leviathan, with all the spooky stuff going on