I've pretty much given up on staying current with Destiny 2, in terms of
challenges and activities. I did nothing with Gambit in Season 6, and I don't
get the whole "Indiana Jones" look they've gone to in Season 7. I still haven't
gotten past the beat-the-boss-to-fix-the-Izanagi-part thing from whatever
season that was.
So, what have I been doing, exactly?
I've spent a LOT of time hanging with The Spider. Enough to have figured
out that the key to enhancement core acqusition is buying one every day. It's
the first thing I do, to get it out of my way (assuming I'm playing after
noon).
And to have also figured out the rotation of the various currencies that
may be used to purchase legendary shards — legendary shards are the only
currency accepted for the purchase of enhancement cores.
So what all of this means is that the key to keeping enhancement cores
on hand is in having a steady supply of legendary shards.
This is where "Farmville" comes in. After buying one enhancement core
for the day (at the low, low price of 10 shards), I generally stick around
the Forgotten Shore doing various tasks which complete goals, and
collect a particular currency. The currency is an etheric spiral, and it
resembles an orange plant with carrot sticks or peppers hanging off of it.
Each of these plants collected yields between 1 and 5 units of currency.
So the idea is simple: I "pick as many peppers" (collect as many etheric
spirals) as I can within the week so that I can buy a ridiculous number of
legendary shards to support my one-a-day enhancement core habit.
Patience is important: the price of a core doubles with each purchase.
One may buy a first core each day for 10 shards, but the second will cost
you 20, and a third will cost 40. Even though I may have a giant pile of legendary
shards, the smart money is in "staying the course" and buying only one
core per day. Besides, buying cores from the Spider isn't the only way
one can score them.
I started doing this to get myself to a power level sufficient to beat
that Izanagi thing. That's why completing tasks are so important: their
completion contributes to scoring high-powered, legendary equipment.
And on that Izanagi thing, I've read various boards where people have
posted being stuck; oceans of other players have responded that they thought
beating it was easy, but they had weapons gained from doing the kinds of
activities I just haven't mastered.
I keep working at it.
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