Destiny 2 Lightfall Guardian Ranks test you “as a player and a leader”

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The new Destiny 2 Guardian Ranks system introduced alongside Lightfall is set to give new and veteran Guardians alike more structure in their progression in the Bungie space game. Guardian Ranks are designed to help players work out what they should do next, and range from guidance to help ease newcomers into Destiny 2 through to hardcore endgame challenges for expert players.

“One of the problems if you’re starting or returning to Destiny is that, aside from New Light, there’s no ‘evergreen story’ for you to follow, so a lot of people feel aimless unless something catches their attention,” Destiny 2’s creative director Tyson Green tells us, “or they wind up confused because things get introduced out of order, and we want to fix that.” It’s certainly a common complaint, and Destiny 2 Guardian Ranks is the solution Bungie has come up with to help rectify this.

Accessed under the ‘Journey’ tab in your menu, you’ll now see a curve of numbers indicating your Destiny 2 Guardian Rank ranging from one to eleven. Green calls each rank “a phase in your journey as a Guardian.” The first six of these ranks are pitched primarily towards newer players, and focus on improving your general knowledge and power – these will involve things like visiting each planet, completing patrols and Lost Sectors, and meeting key NPCs.

Once you hit rank 7 and beyond, you’ll start to get into the current content – these levels start out by tasking you with completing the Lightfall campaign, improving your vendor reputation with NPCs on Neomuna, and taking on weekly Lightfall missions, and they will progress through to increasingly challenging content as you climb the ranks. These advanced ranks will reset when new events and seasons arrive, meaning