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Beorn — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:04:15 +0000

Thanks for clarifying, Funkmon! I hadn't even tried to hover over the Motes since they didn't do anything before. Dur.

What I hadn’t realized… (reply)

Funkmon — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:22:09 +0000

Some people might be typing confused advice online. You can consume motes to level gear, just go into your menu and press X, OR you can dump them into Dead Orbit. They don't work together.

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

Harmanimus — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 06:39:30 +0000

The follow up posts cover the faction rep, it's with the synth and materials. Wish I could exchange planet materials, though.

I do the leveling by using motes from the inventory, which applies experience to all your equiped gear. I often use them to get the first couple perks/new sight/barrel to try out new guns a little faster.

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narcogen — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 06:21:35 +0000

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Ragashingo — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:26:32 +0000

I leveled up Dead Orbit four or five times yesterday but I don't remember any of my gear leveling up...

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Beorn — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:05:22 +0000

Are you saying that different ways of increasing faction rep have different effects on XP?

I have no idea what I’m saying. Actually, now I’m confused.

The idea that turning in Motes to faction vendors to level equipment is completely new to me. I haven’t been able to sign in and try any of these today, but I thought those “turn-in” options were exclusively for reputation gain. Others have said otherwise, so now I don’t know.

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Claude Errera — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:46:48 +0000

…is that faction Rep also applies XP to gear/weapons. I usually consider those to be separate counters. I thought that these new mechanisms were just for boosting our rank with each faction, so this is huge. Thanks for the heads-up!

Hmm. I'm not 100% sure it does. I turned in a bunch of commendations yesterday, and my gear didn't budge an inch (though my faction rep went up several levels).

Are you saying that different ways of increasing faction rep have different effects on XP?

What I hadn’t realized… (reply)

Beorn — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:20:25 +0000

…is that faction Rep also applies XP to gear/weapons. I usually consider those to be separate counters. I thought that these new mechanisms were just for boosting our rank with each faction, so this is huge. Thanks for the heads-up!

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

marmot 1333 — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:17:01 +0000

I think it's new as of 2.0? You can also donate the ammo consumables and maybe other stuff.

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

Claude Errera — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:06:00 +0000

Motes are way more worth the exchange rate. Especially for leveling factions and speed leveling all your equipment.

You and Funk both said this - can you elaborate? I'm not sure how to use them. Thanks!

Go to speaker -> Exchange materials for Motes

This I knew about.

Go to faction -> Donate Motes for rep

Hmm... I guess I never noticed an option for that. I'll take a look. Thanks!

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

marmot 1333 — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:58:58 +0000

Motes are way more worth the exchange rate. Especially for leveling factions and speed leveling all your equipment.

You and Funk both said this - can you elaborate? I'm not sure how to use them. Thanks!

Go to speaker -> Exchange materials for Motes

Go to faction -> Donate Motes for rep

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

Claude Errera — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:46:59 +0000

Motes are way more worth the exchange rate. Especially for leveling factions and speed leveling all your equipment.

You and Funk both said this - can you elaborate? I'm not sure how to use them. Thanks!

Good call! (reply)

R41 — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:21:08 +0000

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Doesn't it cost glimmer to convert energy? (reply)

bluerunner — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:25:15 +0000

50 to convert, but you get 250 back.

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

Harmanimus — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:23:56 +0000

I do the exchange for motes, too, not for glimmer. I don't cash in glimmer drops with the Cryptarchs unless there is something time sensitive to purchase. I'll just use glimmer consumables while doing patrol missions.

I currently have 35,100 in glimmer drops in my vault.

Motes are way more worth the exchange rate. Especially for leveling factions and speed leveling all your equipment.

Not right now. Turn em into motes for faction packages. (reply)

Funkmon — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:15:29 +0000

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Doesn't it cost glimmer to convert energy? (reply)

kornman00 — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:44:44 +0000

Doesn't it cost glimmer to convert energy material into shards which can then be glimmered as well? Is the exchange rate like going from GBP to USD?

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore? (reply)

bluerunner — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:35:05 +0000

I'm using mine as a savings account. When Iron Banner comes around I'll start turning them in to the Speaker for glimmer to buy armor.

So do i need ascendant/radiant materials anymore?

Schedonnardus — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:29:33 +0000

I've got a ton of them