The Complete Beginner & Returning Player Guide - Destiny 2: The Final Shape

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This is the ULTIMATE Destiny 2 Beginner's guide for anyone who is new to the game, OR returning after a break! We specifically designed this video to be as helpful as possible for newcomers and people who are returning for The Final Shape expansion, so I hope you enjoy and learn some new and exciting things! One of the main reasons we made this video is... Destiny is VERY complex and confusing, and unfortunately the game doesn't tell you how to do a lot of important things. The goal is that this video will help you avoid that confusion. We cover the most important things that the game won't tell you about. I hope you find the video helpful on your journey as a Guardian. Welcome, or welcome back, to Destiny 2!

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• The Entire Story of Destiny Summarized: • The Entire Story of Destiny (Summariz...
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Sections:
0:00 Intro
1:07 The Classes
2:10 The SUBclasses
2:42 The Subclasses: Hunters
4:07 The Subclasses: Titans
5:45 The Subclasses: Warlocks
7:14 Prismatic Subclasses
8:25 Subclass Verbs
8:45 Solar Subclass Verbs
10:29 Void Subclass Verbs
12:25 Arc Subclass Verbs
13:33 Stasis Subclass Verbs
14:45 Strand Subclass Verbs
16:14 Final Thoughts on Subclasses
16:59 The Beginning (Early Gameplay and Order of Things to Do!)
17:51 Guardian Ranks
18:37 The Dreaded Menus (and activity exp
20:19 Pathfinder
21:06 The Map (and lost sectors)
21:26 Public Events
21:51 Quests
22:48 Episodes, Season Pass
23:10 Eververse
23:57 Social
24:14 Fireteam Finder
25:36 Character
26:40 Rarity
27:15 Weapons
30:41 Artifact
31:30 TRANSMOG WOO
32:08 Journey
32:28 Collections
33:54 Clans
34:02 inventory
34:34 Engrams
36:38 Leveling, Materials, Infusion, Campaigns, - How to Increase Power Level (power level guide)
43:32 The Tower, its Vendors, and Key Locations
46:15 Destiny Dictionary (Special Terms)
47:28 Buyer's Guide
48:03 Activities Guide
49:42 Armor Builds
54:50 Loadouts
55:20 CRAFTING
56:45 Champions
58:24 Advice from Veteran Players

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All Comments (21)

@ShadowDestiny2 21 days ago

After this, you'll probably want to catch up on Destiny's complete story. Luckily I have the perfect solution: Here is the Entire Story of Destiny, Summarized as fast as possible: https://youtu.be/2k970tSgnuo
@onthelow415 14 days ago

I just returned last week and THIS is the best video I've seen after hours of research to understand everything. If this doesn't get an award within the community, I'll fight everybody for you
@connorcaba2492 14 days ago

I played Destiny 1 an unhealthy amount. Stopped playing Destiny right at the beginning of D2. I just redownloaded it and have 0 clue what is going on 😂 it’s been many years
@XIx_Rapture_xIX 14 days ago

Community video of the year candidate for sure. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us new and returning players
@Kadez-real-Klips 21 days ago

Hi new player! Just so you know it’s ok to take breaks you won’t miss out on anything crazy.
@TheBot-kr3ui 14 days ago

Genuinely the best guide so far out of many that Ive found that has helped explain so many things to me as a returning veteran. Thank you kind sir
@BPD308 21 days ago

Thanks for making this video. I’ve been off and on with destiny since the beta of D1, with my last break being the longest. This video helped me out a lot
@jhugger9 21 days ago

Thanks for making this video, learned couple of things from it 👍
@camelbro 14 days ago

This is actually one of the best destiny ideos I've ever seen. So informative and concise, I was impressed the whole way through
@warlockholmes 21 days ago

It's sad to me that this really doesn't get explained well, it's sad that you have to hunt down shadow or some other elusive YouTuber to find out the most important and integral parts of the game that are barely explained or you just have ADD, and miss all of the information in the two seconds that it's on the screen and never realize it, until I press a cool button 3 hours later and find out what the game had on the screen for 2 seconds like a whole campaign and a half after it told me
@junomiii 21 days ago

truly man thank you for this youre incredible keep up the good work and love for the destiny community!
@LegoBrandMonkie 14 days ago

Thanks for the vid! Haven't played since Stasis abilities dropped, so this'll help a bunch!
@justblack333 14 days ago

Thanks for this video! Quit for like 4 years bc I was tired of the grind after maxing all 3 classes. The last dlcs have me returning and this helps IMMENSELY! Deserved like and sub.
@jasonflinn493 10 days ago

I have over 3k hours in D2 alone. Getting into destiny is one of the hardest things to recommend friends because of how convoluted and confusing it can be for new players (even with the "new light experience"...). I tend to have to jump in a discord call with them and walk them through everything, which can be a bit annoying for them to be hand held like that so much. THIS VIDEO IS A GODSEND FOR ME. This is literally everything I would want a new player (and newish players reaching endgame for the first time) to know and understand. Done is a very clean, easy to follow way. Liked, Saved, and Subscribed. Will be sharing this to any future friend who shows interest in destiny.
@danielgospodinow 7 days ago

Man, I just recently started playing Destiny 2 (never played Destiny games before) and your video was soooooo helpful. Love the game now.
@dur_ivanov 21 days ago

Wow.... Now this is a wonderful video! Since Destiny 2 came out I have wanted to play it but I didn't have the means, but now I do... And yes, Destiny has many, MANY things that ended up confusing me at first.For example, about the fragments, I really had no idea which ones were good or bad and what benefits they had, And in the same way, someone who had "explained" me ended up confusing me more than I already was. So thank you... For this amazing guide! And likewise all the other videos you've made for the Destiny community! And as apparently I have been called a lot, a blueberry. Ah, And also thanks for the guide on which settings that were activated by default to turn off, it was very useful! Now I'm doing much better than when I started, thank you very much!! Thank you! ♡
@Howtocreatewinningfocalsbeads 13 days ago

Well done man. Thank you for the information.
@Wallabyinertia 14 days ago

My bro and I started playing this 2 days ago and this video is extremely helpful. It is a very overwhelming game to jump into. The combat gameplay seems worth it though
@ikaikatoosmoove2271 12 days ago

Just coming back after putting the game down shortly after d2 launched. Played d1 every day. This video was a lifesaver
@aliferestored 14 days ago

Great video for new players!