In the latest Bungie weekly update, it has been confirmed that the Vault of Glass AKA the first raid we will have access to will require you to be a level 25. Also, the raid itself will NOT unlock until September 16th, a week from the game’s launch date.
“The Vault of Glass can be broken into beginning on September 16th, assuming you’ve achieved level 25. This allows all of our players a week to dive into the world, start to make their Guardians and prepare for what lies behind a giant door on Venus.”
No, level 20 is the highest level you can get until you find/equip armor that has a stat called Light. You need that Light to rank up past 20. It’s odd but if you google info about it a few sites fully explain it.
I think it’s perfectly fine so people actually play the story and unlock stuff and fully upgrade their characters so they can complete the raids instead of bringing their team down…