

These are enemies with orange bars, aka Majors or Ultras. Here’s the best way to get lots of powerful enemy kills fast & easy, and the best farming locations.įirst, you’ll need to know what a powerful enemy is. One of these objectives is getting powerful enemy kills.


#DESTINY 2 ENEMIES UPDATE#
Conversely, being hundreds of levels below will get you smacked down by the first enemy that sees you, if you're even allowed to get near that activity.Destiny 2‘s Black Armory update is out, kicking off the Season of the Forge, and with it there is now a host of new quest and objectives that will lead to some of the most powerful weapons and equipment in Destiny to-date. So while you could be hundreds of levels above an enemy you aren't going to be unstoppable and kill everything with a single bullet, you'll have an advantage but there's a limit. Damage taken when lower scales quickly until 50 levels below and you are instant killed.Damage taken when higher scales until you take 40.9% less damage.Damage dealt when lower scales down until 50 levels below and then it's 0%.Damage dealt when higher level is based on the weapon not the character.The difference comes from if you have the EXACT SAME weapon but only a lower level on it, only then will THAT weapon's damage change. That 600 level weapon will always do the same damage when above the enemy power level. Basically, if you're in a 500 power level activity, and have a weapon that's 600 then it won't matter what all your other gear is as long as you are above 500. This is slightly different, where before your overall power level affected what happened, damage dealing when higher is only changed by the power level of the actual weapon. Now there is one other scenario, the damage you deal when above the enemy power level. And at 50 power levels below you deal nothing and are instant killed by everything. At 50 power levels above the enemy you are taking 40.9% less damage, at 49 power levels below the enemy you take 150.6% more damage and dealing 43.12% less damage. 1 power level above or below the enemy won't make much difference at all but it does being to scale more and more as you get higher/lower than the enemies. Second is damage, from this video that explains it great detail, when you are the same level as an enemy you are doing what is called "base damage". These could be story missions, heroic missions/strikes/adventures, nightfalls, raids, and now iron banner and trials of the nine. Power level can be quite confusing and when broken down doesn't get much simpler but it all mostly comes down to damage dealt and damage taken but also what you have access to doing.įirst, the simplest thing power level does is cuts off access to higher level activities. Is it really just a gating mechanic to prevent you from doing content unless you've ground long enough, and not just because you do less damage and take more damage? Google searches about "what does power level do" only result in "how to maximize your power level". Things still take 1-2 headshots, and 3-4 body shots to go down with my level 325 gear as they did with my level 100 gear. The basic mobs that you encountered at level 5 take just as many hits to take down at level 5 as they did at level 20 (and I'm only just now starting to play the Osiris, Warmind, and Forsaken). Power level doesn't seem to make any difference at all. But once you're at sufficient level (or power level), everything still takes a "couple of hits" to kill off. Note, I'm not particularly active in Strikes, Crucible or Raids.įrom what I can gather, some creatures take reduced damage from either the difference between your level and them, or your power level and them. I've played this game for about a year now, and basically, I can't tell what the point of powerful gear really is in the game (and by "powerful" I mean the power level of gear).
