strikes / public events / daily missions all give vanguard marks. get marks & buy vanguard gear. since the DLC was release I've obtained: all 4 Vanguard armor pieces / Vanguard marks 3 Crucible armor pieces / drops 2 Dead Orbit armor pieces / Crucible marks 2 Iron Banner armor pieces / Glimmer all I do is strikes & crucible. I've completed VoG once. yesterday at level 29. (today I spent 100 vanguard marks on mats. so I could hit level 31) [spoiler]I'm not good at this game.[/spoiler] -- edit: i just looked at your stats... 9 strikes? that's insane. you have no clue what a grind is. I've probably done 9 strikes since the reset. shine brighter, Little Light.