Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-25548717-20150118113509

I thought I'd mention something that I've noticed with the rewards process that may not be obvious to everyone...

Starting with bounties, which you can accept and "cash in" from the bounty tracker, at the stand just above the entrance to the location of the three Vanguard leaders. You can accept, complete and return bounties, usually getting rewarded in i.e. Vanguard reputation points. However, if you "pool up" your completed bounties, and then go and cash them all in at once, you seem to get "extra" rewards, typically in the form of incremental upgrades to one or more weapons.

Next, the bounties available from the Cryptarchs and Master Rahul... There is no special advantage to pooling up a large collection of decoherent engrams before taking them back to him for processing, but each time you click through one of the "levels" associated with decrypting engrams, you should get a delivery at the PostMaster, typically of up to 4 items, 2 of which will also be new decoherent engrams. I'm now up to Level 28 with Master Rahul, and each new level brings me a stack of new toys. I probably get as much legendary gear from him as anywhere else...

Lastly, the Vanguard Marks and Vanguard levels. One of the recent changes to the game now includes the need to get "Vanguard Reputation", which you earn each time you click over from one Vanguard Level to another. If you want to buy your weapons from the Quartermaster, and want Legendary gear, you are going to need these - one per item... So: what's the best way to earn them? My technique is to watch the Bounties like a hawk. I will *always* grab the "Complete 6 Patrol Missions" items, because not only do you earn Marks per mission [10 for a regular mission and 25 for an assassination] but when you complete all 6, you can cash in the completion for another reward back at the Tower [typically 50-100 Marks extra]... I'm guessing this is also true for Crucible Marks...

It's still a desperately slow slog, especially if like me, you're not willing to play the Crucible matches because you don't enjoy them... but a little careful thought can streamline progress and help you achieve the gear and upgrades you're looking for...

Hope this proves useful! 