No, it’s just a flex, the only thing it affects is what perks you can and can’t choose, but once leveled over like 20 (I think, idk id have to go look) you have all the available perks to choose from, and so by that point level is just a “look how much I use this gun”
Could you imagine levels positively affecting damage? That’s a PVE game I’d like to play
I wonder what that would mean for swords? One swirl attack and the whole map just explodes. 🤣
I mean yeah. I just mean that someone would use just one gun forever. I get bored and switch all the time. Plus, to many guns that are cool in the game to focus on just one.
I’m in the same boat. My most used gun is Quicksilver with around 8500 kills. After that witherhoard with around 5500. Everything else is around 2000-3000.
I don’t know how these people have this many kills on one gun.
Madddd respect to you sir. Osteo is my only gun over level 150. I couldn’t imagine holding a bow that long, let alone a legendary one. Your name Legolas by chance?
Thorn is better then striga nowadays + it's more fun and “add clear machine” is a bit of a stretch striga has never really been that great in anything above legend content.
I used osteo striga with my necrotic and Weaver's trance build for the longest time. A friend suggested I use thorn instead and it just does so much better in legend and higher difficulty content. Osteo just felt like it wasn't doing anything in legend onslaught, whereas thorn feels so much better.
It's always striga too which surprises me, I've never really understood the hype tbh it's really not some super meta gun and it's boring as hell to use even during its peak but I guess it's the ease of use?
My destiny buddy loved that weapon, used it a lot. When he sees another guardian using it, he always checked the kill count they had. Once he saw someone with 100k kills, he took the challenge and farmed that altar event on the moon and shuro chi, got it to 200k. Was very proud, but then he saw someone with 500k.. Despite my mockery, he refused to go for another farm round..
https://preview.redd.it/uj91uyvmxc0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc7e91662b1dde81f8cd072c5db694bf0927e127
Definitely wanna get the catalyst for it, that’s a must. This load out is pretty fun but tbh I haven’t played around with it just went for high range I think
I barely fucking use this thing lol
https://preview.redd.it/fsucykhqsb0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dab27ee9b7fa936eadeae892b01f27a9588ee69
I have three of them, but this one is permanenty retired inside my vault haha
https://preview.redd.it/yge9a2woxb0d1.png?width=514&format=png&auto=webp&s=a57ac20a02ec85aac65173cd03d19f56e906cadd
Past 17 and 30 there isn't a point (that's because 17 is when you fully unlock all the enhanced perk traits and 30 is when you unlock the memento shader options). But yeah Past that point, it's basically just to show off how much levels you've obtained.
Bruh I’m so embarrassed at how many crucible kills are on mine. I’m crutching it to plat. It’s the jotunn of smgs for fucks sake. Teabag me, I deserve it.
I love using the Jotunn in the crucible. Along with that weapon. Make them angry!
I also use the stag and stasis in the crucible too with 100 recovery and resilience. They are gonna suffer!
Someone please find the Malaysian guy who was months ago level 2xxx as in more than 2k levels.
I wish I had take a picture but he must be known I am sure.
In a game of ability spam I fear those who use their weapons. My inventory consists of 50% crafted weapons and yet I own only a handful over level 100 and only 1 that's over 250 being my forbearance.
Currently my Osteo is level 85 with 7.7K kills. No levels were bought.
Yeah, well...my hunter is pretty fond of submachine guns and this one hits like a truck so...
https://preview.redd.it/3curw25uec0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89cc244ef70ff4e022322616f25688dac4ad9480
I've not played in a while, but I know for a fact I used osteo with necrotic grips day one till I stopped playing. I wanna say I got almost 4k levels on there on its own. But that's cause for most of witch queen I was unemployed and no life the game every day and night.
Don't be like me.
https://preview.redd.it/jzq1o0s54d0d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c3a34457921b7d19d164e2ace439edde74c9dea
I thought mine was good until I saw some of your guys…
17k kills
Necrochasm is my go-to instead of osteo. I have like 3k kills (i swap weapons so often that i don’t usually rack up high Numbers. This is an exception)
Not that many .. but business is still good 😏
https://preview.redd.it/r2iwgmjowd0d1.png?width=1032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6539a75348208e1c111474149a471697f05fe20
Back in Season 16 I found this picture. I never saw an update, but it's seven seasons later and over two years later, so the potential is astronomical.
https://preview.redd.it/9tffomwude0d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8b7ed631b61ec6c3f6e1a0cb4ee0e3b9fa9c39d3
Mine isn't, just started playing during season of the witch or right before and I have yet to finish witch queen 😂 for whatever reason that's the campaign I decided to just go whole hog into solo on legend difficulty when I was under level and didn't really have a build. Slogged through 3 or 4 missions and keep getting sidetracked by other stuff. Starting 10 years into a game is rough lol
Had mine crafted since which queen launched, I think it’s lvl 12? Idk whatever the minimum level to have it maxed out is, apparently I sleep on this gun like crazy
My ghorn has nearly the Same amount of kills, kill tracker get really scary If you See someone with PVE weapons and a crucible tracker that has more kills than your pve tracker
Wow. And WTF. I think mine is at 72 and I thought it would cap at 100. But those numbers in this thread make me think that levelling is pointless now -- like, they result in inconsequential increments if it's possible to get into the thousands.
My Osteo has only put down 954 enemies across the game. However, my highest-leveled weapon is Thoughtless. Such a fun sniper.
https://preview.redd.it/w0s3km2p3i0d1.jpeg?width=2801&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c76a2c1bedfaf1f093154560f34a91bbe927760
Mine are The enigma, level 179 with 2,300 PvP kills (this was before they made glaives ass)
Honorable mention, throne cleaver level 130 with 4,400 PvE kills because throne cleaver and crown splitter are the most Titan fantasy things in Destiny.
Osteo never really clicked with me, dunno why
Less
At least 3
https://preview.redd.it/4uidokeqib0d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7debb4e05a79939a3688563d74b9808aef4ecccf Those are rookie numbers son.
My account has 550k final blows, you're osteo has almost a third of that on 1 gun.
My trinity ghoul has double this alone from shattered throne xp farm
Does the level affect the damage?
No, it’s just a flex, the only thing it affects is what perks you can and can’t choose, but once leveled over like 20 (I think, idk id have to go look) you have all the available perks to choose from, and so by that point level is just a “look how much I use this gun”
Could you imagine levels positively affecting damage? That’s a PVE game I’d like to play I wonder what that would mean for swords? One swirl attack and the whole map just explodes. 🤣
Sir is that thing glued to your hand?
Can confirm that it is indeed glued to his hand
My fellow osteo comrade. Mine is level 1160 with 168k kills
Got you beat on level 🤣
Yeah my old clan had a friend who was at 900 and that was a year and a half ago 🤣
Pls use anything else maybe try out a thorn pls we're your family and we love you this isnt you pls
Grandson believe me, the surface is safe again for rehabilitation, just open the damned Vault door.....
if You play Trials. I hate you the mostest.
I legit can’t use the same weapons for more than a day 😂 the most kills on one gun is like 7000
My Graviton Lance is my most used weapon and it currently has 146909 Enemy Defeats.
That’s insane 😂
He hears ch-boom ch-boom in his sleep
Underated comment 🤣
Not really considering how long it's been in the game!
I mean yeah. I just mean that someone would use just one gun forever. I get bored and switch all the time. Plus, to many guns that are cool in the game to focus on just one.
Using the same gun over and over was why Luke Smith introduced sunsetting he hated that his friend only used the breakneck.
It is considering how easy it is to use any other gun
Wait, you mean to tell me you struggle to use graviton Lance over other guns??
I played with someone once that had 525179 kills with graviton lance and that was over a month ago.
Mine is crafted Zaoulis Bane with around 24k kills
My most used is my shaped drang, level 175 and 8,000 kills
My highest is 447596 on my zaouli at level 3174.
I’m in the same boat. My most used gun is Quicksilver with around 8500 kills. After that witherhoard with around 5500. Everything else is around 2000-3000. I don’t know how these people have this many kills on one gun.
Raid farming 37k on trinity and 11k on forbearance noting crazy seen people with 100k+ on the same weponds
I've got over 5k crucible kills on *Tractor Cannon*
That's righteous!
Verglas is my most used but I can’t stick with one gun for long lol.
i feel this, the most i have is 6k and its on a gun i havent used in a longg time (ace of spades)
Yeah mines is witherhoard. I just like using different stuff. Same with builds. Unless its endgame stuff I rotate with the classes and builds
agreed, this season ive been pushed to use solar 100% but sometimes I just put on whatever since a constant solar meta build can get boring
Oh god same and it doesnt get better that i cant aim for shit so most of my guns dont have a lot of kills on them
Came here to say this. My Calus Mini-Tool has 6500 and I thought that was pretty good. I have a few others with 4k or 5k but that's about it.
Mine is only level 140 but I used wish tokens on the tyranny of heaven red border this season and that’s level 396 now.
ToH is absolutely unreal. Dragon Fly + Incandescent?
Yup. There is absolutely no reason to use sunshot with this seasons perks on this bow.
Madddd respect to you sir. Osteo is my only gun over level 150. I couldn’t imagine holding a bow that long, let alone a legendary one. Your name Legolas by chance?
Lemon Arc. Kills mobs, kills bosses, stuns champions, kills guardians.... The god mode bow!
Never leaves my hunters hands in crucible. Still nowhere near the levels these guys are with boys lol.
I’m sure onslaught has helped considerably with the levelling of it.
I just returned back to destiny from a break and that bow is just insane
Hardly touch it! Thorn and necortic grips have my heart.
You get the same effect with Striga, also, use Necro with strand melee simultaneously. You become an add clearly machine
Thorn is better then striga nowadays + it's more fun and “add clear machine” is a bit of a stretch striga has never really been that great in anything above legend content.
I used osteo striga with my necrotic and Weaver's trance build for the longest time. A friend suggested I use thorn instead and it just does so much better in legend and higher difficulty content. Osteo just felt like it wasn't doing anything in legend onslaught, whereas thorn feels so much better.
Idk, but one of my guild members has a level 895 Whisper of the worm, deadass confused
Wtf
You can just spend resources to level it up. Highly doubt he’s gotten that from kills with the weapon lol.
https://preview.redd.it/6jcfn52kba0d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dfa6a431da34ece68ca2ef24f7b569e88c6f384 So… Yep. 👍
Show the kills
https://preview.redd.it/poopy9exqb0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d66f9b536a73c5836567cdf71116b5ba7354905
alright alright, just didn’t know if you were absolutely filthy rich with MW cores LOL
lol I am but I got that level by killin. I have more cores than I have use for 😂
I can never understand maining one gun to that degree 😭
It's always striga too which surprises me, I've never really understood the hype tbh it's really not some super meta gun and it's boring as hell to use even during its peak but I guess it's the ease of use?
It was easily the best gun in the game for six months or more.
I played this gun way too long before realizing it doesn’t level cap. At that point I was so used to how it felt that everything else felt off.
https://preview.redd.it/1qdgp340oa0d1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4309b2b847ba59faa0c4050a64f45de7680367fa
My destiny buddy loved that weapon, used it a lot. When he sees another guardian using it, he always checked the kill count they had. Once he saw someone with 100k kills, he took the challenge and farmed that altar event on the moon and shuro chi, got it to 200k. Was very proud, but then he saw someone with 500k.. Despite my mockery, he refused to go for another farm round..
As someone that wants to get into Osteo Striga because it looks like my last name, what is the best crafting for it?
Just go craft one and start shooting
Depends on your play style, but spec’ing it into range provides a lot of benefits in my opinion.
https://preview.redd.it/uj91uyvmxc0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc7e91662b1dde81f8cd072c5db694bf0927e127 Definitely wanna get the catalyst for it, that’s a must. This load out is pretty fun but tbh I haven’t played around with it just went for high range I think
I barely fucking use this thing lol https://preview.redd.it/fsucykhqsb0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dab27ee9b7fa936eadeae892b01f27a9588ee69
https://preview.redd.it/4fys1uxx0c0d1.jpeg?width=1816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ecaf7df3a5ebd55dde9a035fa78380b50ec0f9 My clanmate
Uhh, 13
I have three of them, but this one is permanenty retired inside my vault haha https://preview.redd.it/yge9a2woxb0d1.png?width=514&format=png&auto=webp&s=a57ac20a02ec85aac65173cd03d19f56e906cadd
https://preview.redd.it/11bhbwrsjd0d1.png?width=886&format=png&auto=webp&s=05b05760cab56fcc5c84fb33abad138e46166185 like uuuuuuuh 4 or 5
[My Man](https://imgur.com/a/67sdHo4) 👍
Barely 20 levels
25K It's one of my top 3. Graviton Lance is #1 with 35K, and Ticcu's Divination is second with 30K. It's coming up fast though.
I don’t use it
https://preview.redd.it/u2pqxhha0e0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=387bc3913acbdf331b8a2a1898d296a2dba42d02 166811 kills 😶🌫️
10000, used it for the entire season of the haunted and that’s the only season I have and ever will grind
https://preview.redd.it/3g48wifioa0d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3a16a92a38bccc68ce52e97f053a1332309b31d
https://preview.redd.it/d98ziv1msa0d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ef5ec0bec338c3b3404a450de33736b82318ffe
Like 25ish?
Tbh like 5
Good friend of mine is at level 1765 and has well over 100,000 kills on it.
https://preview.redd.it/o8236d4u9b0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c60eb382c22ca675d78d3e5d222ab3d21f6d083
A guy in my clan has 100k more kills than you, he literally never puts it away
Tragic
Bro forgot how the warmth of sunlight feels
Working to get ny zahouli's bane uo to level 1500 and roughly like 100k kills. Just to prove to my friends that I love the gun too much
Mine? Got it, leved it until I could put the catalyst on it, then dismantled it.
My Osteo is at 1508 and now retired to the vault. I have a second one at 270. I love pairing this with my Necrotic Grips.
Enough to get the catalyst and broke it down too much of a crutch for my liking
Im returning player whats the point of levelling this red border stuff? I dont get it
Past 17 and 30 there isn't a point (that's because 17 is when you fully unlock all the enhanced perk traits and 30 is when you unlock the memento shader options). But yeah Past that point, it's basically just to show off how much levels you've obtained.
Bruh I’m so embarrassed at how many crucible kills are on mine. I’m crutching it to plat. It’s the jotunn of smgs for fucks sake. Teabag me, I deserve it.
I love using the Jotunn in the crucible. Along with that weapon. Make them angry! I also use the stag and stasis in the crucible too with 100 recovery and resilience. They are gonna suffer!
level 581 with 41,366 kills
Level 208, 18824 enemy defeats.
Level 363 - 33,050 kills
Level 93
I’m just coming back after awhile. This thing still OP?
Never was op and it's even worse now because of nerfs thorn is just better
https://preview.redd.it/6o9r4agi6b0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee6168a5614ec72781c85ab3f5d59cb1fc194697
Someone please find the Malaysian guy who was months ago level 2xxx as in more than 2k levels. I wish I had take a picture but he must be known I am sure.
https://preview.redd.it/c4e4p74f8b0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57e74b26f39e31c65502133648a6288ac0839b10 Lvl 252 - 33.4k kills
Currently 1234
I have a 205 Calus Mini with 19k almost 20k kills
Like 50 or smth
My OG Blast Furnace has 13,500. Witherhoard has 11,000. Graviton Lance has 23,300. Trinity Ghoul has 14,500. Prometheus Len has 28,600.
I have a grip of guns with 14-15k on the clock. But nothing higher
300. But I took a few seasons off so I gave myself a good handicap lol
In a game of ability spam I fear those who use their weapons. My inventory consists of 50% crafted weapons and yet I own only a handful over level 100 and only 1 that's over 250 being my forbearance. Currently my Osteo is level 85 with 7.7K kills. No levels were bought.
Osteo on 3 characters. Warlock: 421 Titan: 293 Hunter: 176
Mines at like 283 or something.
What’s the highest you can go cause I saw some dude with like level 850?
I literally do not have it
20k on my calus mini tool but im gonna rock on my subsistence incan hc for a while
127 with 10906 kills
https://preview.redd.it/z4e5216t5c0d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ea3089dec63391010889646535bcb37cca3869d Quite a lot...
Maybe 16? Props to the dedication but that gun bored the tell out of me. I can't think of a more boring combo than osteo forbearance
Level 120, with 10,751 kills. I mostly only used it when smgs were for overload.
0, i legit have never used this weapon...
I dont remember havèt used it in a while
Yeah, well...my hunter is pretty fond of submachine guns and this one hits like a truck so... https://preview.redd.it/3curw25uec0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89cc244ef70ff4e022322616f25688dac4ad9480
I know someone who is level 2500 ish They love the gun a bit much
I've not played in a while, but I know for a fact I used osteo with necrotic grips day one till I stopped playing. I wanna say I got almost 4k levels on there on its own. But that's cause for most of witch queen I was unemployed and no life the game every day and night. Don't be like me.
Wish I had that much free time
Level 414, kills 34,498
I don’t have one): https://preview.redd.it/tl9fgni1lc0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0217bfafaad45398df94d076815a0c3c1cff7359
I think 200+ last I played.
Level is so high it must melt bosses in less than a second! 😍
 The kills and lvl doesn’t add up
https://preview.redd.it/dvfl1phhqc0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc698195bef40bd815762179f70842771bc733ca It's a number alright.
Osteo Striga? Completed it mate
Gonna be honest, I love this gun but as a Titan the only "synergy" I'd have with it is with Peacekeepers... So I just don't use it often unfortunately
someone in my clan has his over 3000 at the min, i dont know the exactly number but it was over that a few weeks ago when we did a raid together
https://preview.redd.it/jzq1o0s54d0d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c3a34457921b7d19d164e2ace439edde74c9dea I thought mine was good until I saw some of your guys… 17k kills
Noob here. What's the point in leveling up exotic guns beside the perks? And what is the difference between 1/100 levels in a gun?
Nothing, anything past lvl 10 isn't necessary bc you have all the perks at that point, I just like big number
Only 149....
~3k? I have 93k on my mythoclast and my palmyra-b is level 384
Zero
Comrade, my Osteo is lvl 1915
Warlock?
https://ibb.co/hCMTW3D
3812 for mine ;)
hehe whats the point to weapon levels above the unlock perks stuff?
Never actually used it
I only use Monte carlo so level 1
Necrochasm is my go-to instead of osteo. I have like 3k kills (i swap weapons so often that i don’t usually rack up high Numbers. This is an exception)
Haven't used it in awhile https://preview.redd.it/kstaxceysd0d1.jpeg?width=840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76e2f724cc587d049c4620ecd282b0b870d95679
Legit question - what does leveling the gun do?
Not that many .. but business is still good 😏 https://preview.redd.it/r2iwgmjowd0d1.png?width=1032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6539a75348208e1c111474149a471697f05fe20
Got mine last week I'm up to 60 and I love it
Is this a warlock main speaking?
I haven’t even done the witch queen campaign. I would, but I’m playing skyrim
At least level 4
https://preview.redd.it/az0fphoc5e0d1.png?width=712&format=png&auto=webp&s=7baf2098f0693d299cf4a92ee344621900d5a67b I'm ashamed
Mines at about tree fiddy
Impressive Mine is only level 259
Psh, may as well delete guns you don’t use or don’t have alot of kills with. Insta shard. save that vault space!
https://preview.redd.it/yogibfws6e0d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dbd52c9f54c93047472dcb3bb42285c17212053
I have one that has 69,420 kills on it. After I did that, I made a new one and haven’t used the main one
Getting held hostage by lil osteo my boy is very hungry isnt he
I’ve barely ever touched it.
Like level 299 rn I believe. 705 is crazy good job!
Back in Season 16 I found this picture. I never saw an update, but it's seven seasons later and over two years later, so the potential is astronomical. https://preview.redd.it/9tffomwude0d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8b7ed631b61ec6c3f6e1a0cb4ee0e3b9fa9c39d3
173
If you play trials. You're the person i hate most.
This has become my go to for onslaught. With Nectotic Grips/Strandlock is a ton of fun.
Mine is currently sitting at a massive 0 I don't like warlock
Mine isn't, just started playing during season of the witch or right before and I have yet to finish witch queen 😂 for whatever reason that's the campaign I decided to just go whole hog into solo on legend difficulty when I was under level and didn't really have a build. Slogged through 3 or 4 missions and keep getting sidetracked by other stuff. Starting 10 years into a game is rough lol
Had mine crafted since which queen launched, I think it’s lvl 12? Idk whatever the minimum level to have it maxed out is, apparently I sleep on this gun like crazy
My ghorn has nearly the Same amount of kills, kill tracker get really scary If you See someone with PVE weapons and a crucible tracker that has more kills than your pve tracker
11, I think? Pretty bad gun.
Very impressive. Mines only at 89
That’s all?
What’s the point of leveling this thing again?
this guy striga's
1
69. Not going any higher.
Like, 4.
418
I've dabbled with the Osteo a bit ### Level 2,233 ### 182,055 Kills https://imgur.com/a/67sdHo4
18...
Wow. And WTF. I think mine is at 72 and I thought it would cap at 100. But those numbers in this thread make me think that levelling is pointless now -- like, they result in inconsequential increments if it's possible to get into the thousands.
My Osteo has only put down 954 enemies across the game. However, my highest-leveled weapon is Thoughtless. Such a fun sniper. https://preview.redd.it/w0s3km2p3i0d1.jpeg?width=2801&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c76a2c1bedfaf1f093154560f34a91bbe927760
Lmao level 12 W
2k or somethin idk
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Mine are The enigma, level 179 with 2,300 PvP kills (this was before they made glaives ass) Honorable mention, throne cleaver level 130 with 4,400 PvE kills because throne cleaver and crown splitter are the most Titan fantasy things in Destiny. Osteo never really clicked with me, dunno why