The Stats of Destiny Explained

Video from DattoDoesDestiny For those of you who are into theory crafting, this video is for you (site mentioned in video: [url=http://forums.starsideelite.com/destiny-theory-crafting/]LINK[/url]) There are four main stats in the game (Strength, Discipline, Intellect, and Light). There is a cap on the benefit from stat points. For strength, discipline, and intellect the cap is ~171 points at level 20 (at light level 29 the cap is ~272 points). We currently don't know if there is a cap for the effectiveness of light points. [b]Strength:[/b] Reduces the cooldown of your melee ability. [b]Discipline:[/b] Reduces the cooldown of your grenade ability. [b]Intellect:[/b] Reduces the cooldown of your super ability. [b]Light:[/b] Increases the character's level. It takes an average of ~13 light points to increase a character's level by 1. We do not have any specific information on how the effectiveness of light changes with character level; the only information we have is that at level 20 (the level cap in Destiny), 119 points of light will raise the character level to 29. With no points in Strength and Discipline the cooldown of the melee and grenade abilities is 1 minute. At the stat cap (~171 points at level 20) the cooldown is reduced to only a 20 second cooldown (this means, on average, it takes 4.275 stat points to reduce the cooldown by 1 second).