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Destiny: Exotic Gear Upgrade Guide

March 28, 2015 by Ryan Parreno

Is it worth upgrading your gear? Find out using this simple guide below.

This is a guide to figuring out if it’s worth your while to upgrade your exotic gear via Xur in Destiny.

We’ll share the explanation below, but for folks who want to get straight to the meat; it’s all in the numbers:

·         3 points INT lowers super cooldown by 1 second.

·         8 points DIS lowers grenade cooldown by 1 second.

·         7 points STR lowers melee cooldown by 1 second.

·         Finally, when you hit max stat 271, you will see no improvement and it is no longer worthwhile.

Bear in mind that your experience may be different. If you need to review how this data was analyzed and decide if it’s applicable to you, read on below.

This is how each stat affects each cooldown timer, based on 0 stat and max stat, respectively:

0 stat –

·         INT: 5:30

·         DIS: 1:00

·         STR: 1:09

 

271 stat –

·         INT: 3:55 (assuming you aren't killing anything or stacking buffs from your gear)

·         DIS: 0:27

·         STR: 0:31

Now, using simple division, you should arrive to this calculation of how many points it takes to lower cooldown per second:

·         INT: 3 points

·         DIS: 8 points

·         STR: 7 points

How does this guide work out for you? Do you think this needs updating or additional factors added in? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.

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