Starting Destiny: Should I start with the original or the Taken King?
My friend and I are about to start playing Destiny. What are the differences between buying the original one or the expansion straight away?
Is the Taken King meant for high level players who want extra content or does it have something for new starters as well?
Best Answer
I'm not sure if you can even buy just Destiny anymore. I'm not sure about PlayStation, but on Xbox you can only buy the Legendary edition - the base game isn't available separately. Amazon only has the base game in stock for PS4.
Regardless, I'd recommend buying the Legendary Edition if you're just starting out. This gets you the base game plus all DLC released to date for much cheaper than buying them individually. There isn't much to do once you've reached the level cap if you don't have The Taken King as well.
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Is the Taken king worth it?
In many ways, The Taken King is the game Destiny should have been from the start and makes it worth investing time in again. Skeptics may be hesitant to give Bungie's massive shooter another chance, but as the following ten reasons show, Destiny: The Taken King is the real deal and absolutely worth your time and money.Is Destiny: The Taken King the full game?
The Legendary Edition features the complete Destiny experience including The Taken King, the next evolution in the Destiny universe, Destiny, Expansion I: The Dark Below and Expansion II: House of Wolves.Does Destiny: The Taken King have a campaign?
The Taken King Campaign is the first major story arc of the expansion by the same name and revolves around fighting through taken and hive territory to find and destroy the physical version of Oryx, the Taken King and stop the creation of more Taken.How long is Destiny: The Taken King?
Type:Single-PlayerPolledAverageMain Story379h 23mMain + Extras2037h 18mCompletionists3200h 01mAll PlayStyles6028h 13m10 Reasons To Start Playing Destiny's New Taken King Expansion
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I recently bought a PS4 and Destiny and the physical copy of Destiny (purchased at Walmart) was just the base game. I had to purchase the Taken King on PSN. I would recommend going to the Taken King straightaway. You can do the year one content first. Frankly, there's not a lot of it and it's not that great compared to the newer stuff. With your purchase of The Taken King you'll get an item that will bring 1 character to level 25 (high enough to start TTK content) and a set of level 25 gear.
As far as difficulty, most of the TTK content (story quests and strikes) aren't significantly harder than the old stuff, other than higher level gear. The main "hard" content are the raids, and those will require some learning.
One thing to note is that the item that levels you up does not level your sub-class, so you'll still need to learn your skills at the same rate.
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