How easy it is to level up alts?

[GrimSakura]

My main is Hunter but i would like to try out some of the endgame builds for the other 2 classes. How easy it is to just get them to 1594 as my hunter?

[Mez Koo]

The game takes into account the highest power weapons on your other classes so it is much faster than your first class.

For example if you have all 1590 weapons on your first character then on your other characters the game will treat it like you have 1590 power in those 3 slots and so your average level is boosted and you get boosted drops.

[Comissar person[FIN]]

i recomend making all 3 classes so you can claim season pass armors and ornaments too, usually those armors you get from season pass have quite high stat rolls too.

[Mez Koo]

To add to the above, don't claim the season pass armor until you've hit the "soft cap" in power level drops when your average level appears to stop increasing from just drops.

[GrimSakura]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

The game takes into account the highest power weapons on your other classes so it is much faster than your first class.

For example if you have all 1590 weapons on your first character then on your other characters the game will treat it like you have 1590 power in those 3 slots and so your average level is boosted and you get boosted drops.

okay so i just farm armor right?

[GrimSakura]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

To add to the above, don't claim the season pass armor until you've hit the "soft cap" in power level drops when your average level appears to stop increasing from just drops.

the soft cap is 1530?

[Nibbie]

Can confirm what they said, I'll just flesh it out with examples: The power of your equipment drops depends on the average of the highest power piece of equipment for every slot that you could theoretically equip. As long as it exists somewhere on the account so you could use it if you wanted, it counts. Also remember that your listed power includes your artifact power, which doesn't count for drops, but is account wide, so your other characters will benefit from the +14 (I'm guessing) artifact power you have, and contribute to further levels themselves.

Classes can't equip each other's armor so that doesn't count, but you can exchange weapons through the bank, so your first character's weapons count towards your other characters' power, even if you don't equip them. So your new classes will start with 1350 gear, but with weapons slots counting as 1580 weapons (or whatever they actually are), so with three slots counting as 1580 and five at 1350, your starting average power would be about 1436, meaning your first drops would start around that power. After a single armor drop at 1436, your average power would then be about 1446, and as you fill out the rest of your armor, your average will continue to rise rapidly until you get near your weapon level. As you can see, that massively boosts how fast you power up, and you only need a few armor drops to get your power to 1550+.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by GrimSakura:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

To add to the above, don't claim the season pass armor until you've hit the "soft cap" in power level drops when your average level appears to stop increasing from just drops.

the soft cap is 1530?

Normally yes but since you'll be boosted from the higher level weapons you get stuff higher than 1530 on your other classes.

[GrimSakura]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

Can confirm what they said, I'll just flesh it out with examples: The power of your equipment drops depends on the average of the highest power piece of equipment for every slot that you could theoretically equip. As long as it exists somewhere on the account so you could use it if you wanted, it counts. Also remember that your listed power includes your artifact power, which doesn't count for drops, but is account wide, so your other characters will benefit from the +14 (I'm guessing) artifact power you have, and contribute to further levels themselves.

Classes can't equip each other's armor so that doesn't count, but you can exchange weapons through the bank, so your first character's weapons count towards your other characters' power, even if you don't equip them. So your new classes will start with 1350 gear, but with weapons slots counting as 1580 weapons (or whatever they actually are), so with three slots counting as 1580 and five at 1350, your starting average power would be about 1436, meaning your first drops would start around that power. After a single armor drop at 1436, your average power would then be about 1446, and as you fill out the rest of your armor, your average will continue to rise rapidly until you get near your weapon level. As you can see, that massively boosts how fast you power up, and you only need a few armor drops to get your power to 1550+.

Okay yeah i see how it works. I bought some of the exotic gear from Xur and it boosted me up.
The question now is...what is the best activity to get the armor drops?

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Originally posted by GrimSakura:

Originally posted by Nibbie:

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Strikes are the most consistent way of getting weapon and armor drops

They're not going to be high rolls (you want stuff that numbers 60+ in total stats) but they're excellent for just getting a build going

Also you will get random blues and legendaries dropping from open spaces (the patrol zones on each planet)

But if you want something a little more focused Dares of Eternity is great, and if you have all the Witch Queen stuff unlocked (in terms of campaign completion) you can participate in the Wellspring which rotates bosses which each have a certain drop associated with them (they alternate between attack and defense in a four day rotation. Right now it's attack, and the boss drops the Fel Taradiddle, a kinetic bow)

[Nakos]

Originally posted by GrimSakura:

The question now is...what is the best activity to get the armor drops?

Gear drops from any activity.

The Seasonal activity usually has a vendor system where you complete quests and are then able to upgrade drop rates for the specific seasonal activity. So if you want to be really efficient, then do the seasonal activity a lot.

But you can just do anything, whatever you choose to do, you'll get drops, and some of them will be relevant.

In terms of armor, what's important is the stat distribution. Armor can range from the high forties to the high sixties in terms of stats. Light level is relevant for what content you can do, but you can adjust that yourself. Stat counts you can't (mostly), so stats are the most important criteria when evaluating armor drops.

[ralphtobybob]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

The game takes into account the highest power weapons on your other classes so it is much faster than your first class.

For example if you have all 1590 weapons on your first character then on your other characters the game will treat it like you have 1590 power in those 3 slots and so your average level is boosted and you get boosted drops.

I've been playing my Titan for the 1st time this season. Lvl was at about 1560. All of the drops have been at or just slightly higher than that lvl. At about lvl 1570ish, Xur's weapons and armor were at about the same level. I loaded my 1591 Warlock and the weapons were at 1580. I've been using vault weapons at 1580 1581 to upgrade my Titan's weapons.
Armor is mostly dropping at high 1570s although there's been at least one 1580 or 1581 drop for everything but the Titan's mark. Just fired Titan up last Friday. He's at lvl 1591.