How is free-to-play without any DLC's?

[ClearlyHopeless]

Like the title says, I want to try out this game but I'm curious if the free to play experience is worth hopping into at this point

[Horn]

You have to pay for all the content that matters. The game is not f2p as the marketers say, it's more of a free 2 try. Sure, you can play it, and you can even level up to max level, and you'll even get some endgame content. But forget about the story right away, and you'll run into blockages and dead ends here and there.

[SaIGo]

its just a "trial"

[AllergicToBrainRot]

There is alot to do in "free play" but you will need to own the dlcs to access more content for better rewards.

[trukr]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2691498745

[Y-Dr. Now]

you can play pvp modes

[Tolua]

the game isn't worth a penny. just a waste of ssd-space. f2p is another lie from bungie.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Tolua:

the game isn't worth a penny. just a waste of ssd-space.

I personally disagree with your personal opinion.

Originally posted by Tolua:

f2p is another lie from bungie.

And this is why I made the guide that trukr listed, sure its not a whole free game like warframe but the game is free to download and play with a variety of stuff to do and even as more of a demo you can easily get 50-100 hours out of it for free.

[Rivery Jerald]

Originally posted by FEAR:

There is alot to do in "free play" but you will need to own the dlcs to access more content for better rewards.

"a lot to do in free play" no

[N33MA]

Originally posted by Rivery Jerald:

Originally posted by FEAR:

There is alot to do in "free play" but you will need to own the dlcs to access more content for better rewards.

"a lot to do in free play" no

- All strikes
- Gambit
- PvP (minus trials)
- All Destinations
- Prophecy Dungeon
- Vault of Glass Raid
- King's Fall Raid
- Year 1 exotics
- Dares of Eternity
- All Seasonal Events

There's a good bit

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Rivery Jerald:

Originally posted by FEAR:

There is alot to do in "free play" but you will need to own the dlcs to access more content for better rewards.

"a lot to do in free play" no

Explore every open world patrol location although the content on a location will vary per location but all feature patrols, public events, lost sectors, region chests, and other exploration for free.

Horde mode activities on the Moon, Derelict Leviathan, and the Dreaming City.

Free festival events themed around the time of year: fall, winter, spring, summer.

Full access to the regular match made "core activities" playlists such as strikes (PvE), gambit (PvEvP), and crucible (PvP) game modes although the sweaty weekend only "trials" game mode is pay walled but the iron banner "event" every month is free.

Dares of Eternity, a 6 player match made activity with unique weapons, armor, and an upgrade-able exotic sidearm.

Level the season ranks up for the season rank exotic weapon and cosmetic items.

Complete seasonal or vendor weekly challenges for large amounts of experience for seasonal ranks and bright dust used to unlock cosmetic items.

Rank up vanguard, crucible, or gambit vendors for loot including the seasonal ritual/pinnacle weapon and it's ornaments. Gunsmith vendor rank system coming with Witch Queen.

Complete harder versions of lost sectors and free to play nightfalls for exotic armor.

Spend legendary shards at Xur to get exotic gear each week.

Farm the prophecy dungeon or vault of glass and king's fall raids for their respective unique armor and weapons, in-game coming in 2023.

Weapon Crafting for some new weapons (limited weapon selection for f2p).

Complete transmog bounties to turn armor you've found into universal ornaments to be applied to any other legendary armor.

[Tolua]

wtf are u trying to say, feline?

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Tolua:

wtf are u trying to say, feline?

You can download the game for free and try before you buy and the game is improved each year.

[Frietbal]

The Free To Play part is more something like see if you like the game, play a couple of hours.

It is ok though, it gave me enough info to invest into the WitchQueen DLC. WQ is a big chunk of content that makes the game very playable.

It come so far that you can do almost everything, except some of the weeks you will be annoyed, because the PvE playlist takes place in a DLC area you don't own. Buying Beyond Light and Shadow Moon fixes this.

[Oku]

It's a vertical slice of the game that gives you access to all of the core activities and features that the rest of the game's content builds on, and there's enough there to keep you busy for many hours if you're interested in seeing and doing everything. Ideally when you've finished with the free stuff, it will have informed you on whether or not you want to invest more in to the game.

I always recommend to give it a try for a few hours to see if it's your thing. Worst case, you're out a little bit of time but at least know to not bother with Destiny, best case, you trying it out helped you find your new favorite game that you'll log thousands of hours in to and play every day.

[RamboCat]

the base game is free, the years of DLC aren't which is 90% of the game.

They can't justify selling the base game after they stripped it all out due to being redundant with old systems