Is there anyone here that hasn't played the TTK yet that wants to be my referral?

I have not played (as I do not have) the Taken King. If what I am reading is correct - I am technically a Referee since I am new when it comes to playing Destiny: The Taken King.

But.

I am not putting my money down for anything Bungie in-till Destiny 2 & I am not askin' my folks to put down cash for it either. I presume that by the time Destiny 2 becomes a thing this program will be gone or simply moot. So.

Sorry all.

What's your definition of "affect gameplay?"

My definition? Hadn't really thought about it. I assumed we all understood what that meant.

Sparrows, swords and a quest are all things that you use in the game that are not just cosmetic - although the Sparrow could be just a re-skin of an existing one so in that case it would not count. But the quest and the weapons do count as something that is "used" for playing the game, things that "affect" gameplay.

From what I've read everything you earn is purely cosmetic. The swords are just the swords from TTK reskinned, and the Sparrow only has 160 speed and no unique perks. I have no idea what the quest is, but I doubt it's actually new content.

I watched a vid the other day where someone went into detail about the quest chain. It was essentially:

1) Complete a story mission with your buddy. Get first RAF reward.
2) Complete ## crucible matches with your buddy. Get next reward.
3) Complete heroic strike with your buddy. Get next reward.
...
#) Collect all rewards

No new content, just running a KinderGuardian through a day in the life of a Destiny addict.

-Disciple

Edit: Thought I was going to be too lazy to track down the video, but it turns out I'd rather be doing anything but working at the moment.

What's your definition of "affect gameplay?"

My definition? Hadn't really thought about it. I assumed we all understood what that meant.

Sparrows, swords and a quest are all things that you use in the game that are not just cosmetic - although the Sparrow could be just a re-skin of an existing one so in that case it would not count. But the quest and the weapons do count as something that is "used" for playing the game, things that "affect" gameplay.

From what I've read everything you earn is purely cosmetic. The swords are just the swords from TTK reskinned, and the Sparrow only has 160 speed and no unique perks. I have no idea what the quest is, but I doubt it's actually new content.

What's your definition of "affect gameplay?"

My definition? Hadn't really thought about it. I assumed we all understood what that meant.

Sparrows, swords and a quest are all things that you use in the game that are not just cosmetic - although the Sparrow could be just a re-skin of an existing one so in that case it would not count. But the quest and the weapons do count as something that is "used" for playing the game, things that "affect" gameplay.

The weapon is a reskin, too, from what I read. Also, there's no quest as far as I can tell.

What's your definition of "affect gameplay?"

My definition? Hadn't really thought about it. I assumed we all understood what that meant.

Sparrows, swords and a quest are all things that you use in the game that are not just cosmetic - although the Sparrow could be just a re-skin of an existing one so in that case it would not count. But the quest and the weapons do count as something that is "used" for playing the game, things that "affect" gameplay.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3u0wk7/creating_a_new_profile_and_gamegold_sharing_on/

Did the legendary edition of TTK come with a disc, or a digital download code? If it came on a disc, then maybe you could get a used copy and pass it around.

Disciple the social butterfly here! He has a FRIEND IRL.

I know, right? I'm really branching out here :p

Do you think he wouldn't like TTK either? The story might be world's better for him. Did he like the game in its fundamentals?

I definitely think he'd like it, but as a Halo/Bungie fan, he was expecting a LOT more from the original story and seemed to take it as a personal insult that the pile of hot garbage that we got last year was ever allowed to see the light of day. At one point he actually compared giving Destiny another chance to "going back to an abusive boyfriend." At that point, any logical argument was completely off the table.

-Disciple

After we accept both the requests, we should be able to start playing destiny to meet the requirements. We'll have to do everything twice, but the "spark of light" should get the dummies up to level 25 immediately.

Think that'll work?

I like the sound of that.

• create new account
  
• get a few of friends to carry you through Crota's end/VoG to get a few starting guns/armor.
  
• start the questline

I'm still holding out hope that this works so I don't have to try to convince my one IRL friend to give the game another try after the huge disappointment that was Y1 Destiny's story.

Disciple the social butterfly here! He has a FRIEND IRL.

Do you think he wouldn't like TTK either? The story might be world's better for him. Did he like the game in its fundamentals?

Create new account on home XBox. Gold Sharing should allow this account to play online. As this is my home XBox, the digital copy of Destiny/TTK is unlocked for this new account to play.

My friend does the same thing, creating a "new" player on his XBox.

The "new" players log into destiny and create a character. They log into bungie.net to make sure they have a linked profile there.

I send a RAF request to my friend's dummy account, and he sends a request to my dummy account.

After we accept both the requests, we should be able to start playing destiny to meet the requirements. We'll have to do everything twice, but the "spark of light" should get the dummies up to level 25 immediately.

Think that'll work?

I linked up with my daughter, who hadn't tried the game at all yet, and got her through the intro mission and the first few TTK missions last night. My Refer-a-Friend page is still telling me "Your friend has yet to purchase and play Destiny: The Taken King." I assume that if she was ineligible because we're technically playing the same copy of TTK that the referral page would say that.

Well, he's definitely not playing the same copy as me, and it still says that.

I'm still holding out hope that this works so I don't have to try to convince my one IRL friend to give the game another try after the huge disappointment that was Y1 Destiny's story.

I'm already getting awkward questions: "Do these missions get more complicated than 'kill these repeatedly spawning guys while the ghost scans something for 5 minutes'?". Not quite sure how to answer...

I've managed to link with one of my friends that just started playing Sunday, although it still says he hasn't played the game yet. I'll update as we figure it out.

I linked up with my daughter, who hadn't tried the game at all yet, and got her through the intro mission and the first few TTK missions last night. My Refer-a-Friend page is still telling me "Your friend has yet to purchase and play Destiny: The Taken King." I assume that if she was ineligible because we're technically playing the same copy of TTK that the referral page would say that.

I'm still holding out hope that this works so I don't have to try to convince my one IRL friend to give the game another try after the huge disappointment that was Y1 Destiny's story.

-Disciple