Nov 27, 2018 - Destiny Dev Team

Sandbox

Supers

Chaos Reach



Fixed an issue in which having multiple Chaos Reach beams active at one time caused their visual effects to merge together





Fixed an issue to allow Chaos Reach beams to penetrate friendly Banner Shields





Fixed an issue in which Chaos Reach did not damage Taken Blights





Note: Changes to Chaos Reach Cancellation will come with Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 12/4/2018





Nova Warp



Fixed an issue in which Nova Warp would sometimes fail to detonate on release.





Sentinel



Fixed an issue in which Sentinel Shields and Banner Shields would lose energy when guarding near friendly detonations (most notably Thundercrash)





Spectral Blades



Retuned the Spectral Blades Super to increase the reliability of melee attacks in PvP and to bolster the effectiveness of Super’s stealth capabilities





More information here: This Week at Bungie – 11/08/2018

Burning Maul



Decreased camera shake and screen flash on hit in an attempt to alleviate feelings of motion sickness when using the Burning Maul Super





Thundercrash



Adjusted camera during flight sequence in an attempt to alleviate feelings of motion sickness when using Thundercrash Super





Exotic Armor

Fixed an issue in which Ophidian Aspect was not increasing the melee range on various Warlock charged melees (Igniting Touch, Ball Lightning, Entropic Pull, Devour, and Atomic Breach)



Fixed an issue in which buffs granted by Lunafaction Boots would last for only 15 seconds inside Well of Radiance rather than the entire duration



Fixed an issue on Ursa Furiosa so that Super gain from guarding is more consistent between PvE and PvP







Weapons

Warden’s Law



Replaced perks on Warden's Law that did not function properly with the weapon's archetype





Triple Tap replaced with Feeding Frenzy









Fourth Time's the Charm replaced with Zen Moment





Warden's Law now has bullet contrails





Updated the intrinsic perk text on Warden's Law to distinguish it from Aggressive Burst Sidearms





High-Impact Scout Rifles



High-Impact Scout Rifle damage increased by 1.87%





Dev commentary: Previously it was possible to, at VERY high resilience levels, survive three headshots from a high impact scout rifle. This change will ensure that players at any resilience level will be defeated by three headshots.





Note: A fix that will return High-Impact Scout Rifles to 150 RPM is planned for Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 12/4/2018





Shotguns

Rapid-Fire Frame on Shotguns now increases the reload of all Shotgun shells when empty instead of just the first shell





Trench Barrel





Trench Barrel perk now deactivates after three shots









Trench Barrel description updated to reflect new behavior and also fix an error where it called out increased accuracy instead of increase reload speed





Submachine Guns



Slightly increased range on Submachine Guns





Machine Guns



Slightly increased accuracy on Machine Guns

Fusion Rifles

Slightly increased damage of Rapid Fire Fusions





Dev Commentary: This should result in needing to hit one fewer bolt to defeat Guardians at higher resilience with low charge time Fusion Rifles (6 down from 7)













Exotic Weapons

Prometheus Lens



Prometheus Lens damage increased by 10%





Hard Light



Fixed an issue where Hard Light could overpenetrate an enemy Banner Shield"





Ace of Spades



Memento Mori reduced to five bullets, but can now be refreshed on reload without having to get rid of all the bonus damage bullets





General

Fixed mantle animation for the Queenbreaker



Fixed an issue where some particle effects were appearing in first-person view when using One Thousand Voices



Fixed an issue where Bows would sometimes become invisible when equipped



Polished the Blade Barrage animation for when the player is holding a Bow



Buffed out a missed spot on the Refer-a-Friend Borealis ornament



Fixed an issue that would delay the nocking of an arrow when the player picked up ammo while the Bow was both stowed and out of ammo



Fixed an issue where the Headseeker perk would no longer function after being activated numerous times without dying



Fixed an issue where the Ikelos Hand Cannon and Shotgun where displaying icons for Malfeasance and Chaperone in the obituary



Polished Grenade Launcher strafing animations to remove up and down reticle veering



Polished Grenade Launcher animations while jumping to prevent stocks from blocking the first-person camera



Polished Sniper Rifle and Machine Gun animations while jumping to prevent stocks from blocking the first-person camera



Fixed an animation issue that would occur when firing and walking with a Machine Gun



Polished Tractor Cannon's sprint animation to feel more natural



Fixed an issue where Swords dropped with mods intended for Rocket Launchers, and Rocket Launchers dropped with mods intended for Swords



Rapid Hit now displays a status effect buff on activation



Known issue: Sniper Rifle precision kills will stack the perk twice; this will be fixed in a later patch

Updated Oathkeeper's Exotic perk to remove text for Bow charge speed



Tireless Blade perk description updated to match actual behavior where ammo is returned on every other powered Sword kill



Fixed an issue where the Momentum Transfer perk was not functioning properly





Crucible

Modes

Mayhem will return as a 6v6 rotating playlist with scoring support for new Forsaken Supers



Lockdown and Showdown will return as rotating playlists and have been added to Private Matches



Scorched and Team Scorched have been added to Private Matches



New Shaxx lines, spread between Rumble, Lockdown, Showdown, and a few special medals



Single round modes (Clash, Control, etc.) now end with a "Match Complete" countdown similar to those displayed at round complete in round-based modes



Added new Crucible medals and associated Triumphs for Forsaken Supers, the Machine Gun weapon archetype, and the Lockdown game mode



Added two new gold-tier medals—happy hunting!



Fixed an issue where "The Cycle" medal was not being tracked properly

Iron Banner now awards unique Iron Banner-themed medals with unique audio cues



Iron Banner uses new unique Match Complete banners







Ranks

Valor and Glory are now subdivided into three sub-ranks similar to Gambit



Valor and Glory have NOT subdivided the Legend rank



Valor does NOT require players to win at Legend







Shaxx

Shaxx has a new rotation of items available for direct purchase.



Players must earn Valor to collect these items

A new set of Seasonal Items has been added to Shaxx's inventory



Previous seasons' exclusive items have been removed

A new pinnacle weapon quest has been added to Shaxx's inventory



To allow players to make progress on any character, each step features account-wide objectives





This quest requires two types of objectives to be completed: Reach a specific Rank and complete a specific Triumph; players can complete these objectives in any order

Previous pinnacle weapon quests continue to be available on Shaxx







Gambit

Ranks

Adjusted Infamy rank rewards to better match Valor and Glory. Subdivision rank ups will now always award Gambit Legendary gear





Bounties and Quests

Infamy Rank Point rewards from all Gambit bounties have been doubled



Many bounties have had their objectives retuned to take less time and be easier to complete



Added a new daily bounty for killing Primeval envoys, and slotted it into the daily rotation



Fixed an issue where the Malfeasance quest could be progressed in Crucible modes



NOTE: Once S5 begins and Infamy is reset, you must play one Gambit match before redeeming any bounties. Players who turn in these bounties after Season of the Forge begins, but before playing a Gambit match, will not correctly receive points to their Infamy rank from these bounties.





Primeval Mechanics

Catch-up mechanics have been adjusted to ensure that the leading team retains more of an advantage



The trailing team will now receive a maximum of only one bonus stack of the Primeval Slayer buff (previously, they received up to three stacks depending on how far behind the trailing team was)



The time before the bonus stack kicks in has been increased to 32 seconds, up from 22 seconds



Primevals will hard ping less often, to reduce stunlock against highly coordinated teams





Matchmaking

Further addressing error codes that could occur during matchmaking, leading to potential quitter penalties





Clans

General

Last Wish raid bounties are now available to anyone who has access to the Last Wish raid.



Does not require Clan Rank 4

A new season of progression is available, with new perks to pursue



Fixed an issue where Weekly Raid Challenge Bounties were only available for 24 hours after reset





Items and Economy

General

Fixed an issue where the "Rainmaker" consumable didn’t provide showers of Glimmer from defeated enemies



Fixed an issue where Public Defender Ghost perk wasn't properly applying to public events on Mars, the Tangled Shore, or the Dreaming City



Fixed an issue where Nightfall unique rewards were not dropping at the rate intended for non-Forsaken owners



Fixed an issue where not picking up Prime Engrams could allow players to earn more than the Prime Attunement buff allows for, putting them in a deficit of further Prime Engrams for a time corresponding to the number of extra Prime Engrams received





Triumphs

Fixed an issue where the title of Triumph "Steadfast" was "Meet Sloane on the moon Titan" (you must still meet Sloane on the moon Titan)





Collections

Added missing Year 2 gunsmith weapons to Collections (not purchasable due to random rolls)



Fixed an issue where the BrayTech RWP Mk. II Scout Rifle was not counting towards Collections for some players



Unearned Season 4 gear is now hidden







PC

Controls

Added new "Take Screenshot" keybind (defaults to the "Print Screen" key)



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Text Chat

Added new friend management commands



/addfriend





/removefriend

Added new fireteam management commands



/invite





/join

Note: The fireteam commands can target any player by providing the player's full BattleTag, allowing players to assemble fireteams without sending friend requests.





UI

General

Adjusted item tooltips to fix an issue where perks or other information was cut off on the Character Screen



Fixed an issue where the rank-up banner for Crucible and Gambit was not being appropriately displayed on 21:9 resolutions



Fixed an issue where players were unable to return to orbit while the Results Screen was up at the end of an activity



Localization Traditional Chinese



Fixed an issue where some parts of the Traditional Chinese UI was not loading properly in-game





Misc

Performance

Improved activity and destination load times on consoles

Note: We are actively investigating load times for loading the player inventory screen, switching between UI tabs starting up the game, signing on, and selecting characters. See This Week at Bungie - 11/08/2018 for more details. HDR

Fixed an issue where brightness was not adjusting properly for players





General