Got to level 40 in Destiny. Worked my way from 120 Light to 160 Light, and now that I can equip my lvl40 gear, I'm at 224. The guy I play with is at 360+. The cap apparently is now 385, but it appears that the damage gets blunted when he plays in my Fireteam.
I still have NO IDEA what's going on. I like the characters in The Fallen King story; Nathan Fillion as Cayde-6 is pretty neat-o. He plays it like Rick Castle, so that's endearing to me. But that's the only story I have been able to follow. The rest is just the most amazingly vague stuff.
Downloaded the Destiny companion app to see if it helps, but it's disjointed and has no context.
Finding it hard to believe there are a dozen HALO novels, several animated features, and at least one live-action movie, but Destiny has no ancillary media.