Destiny 2

• Both normal and Prestige Nightfall now have scoring
  
• Enemy kills and orb generation will accrue points
• Highest set scores will display on each Nightfall’s respective emblem
• Scores above a target value will enable the Nightfall Aura and a fireteam Vanguard Token bonus
• Total team score will be displayed at the end of the Nightfall in the PGCR

• The Prestige Nightfall challenge card allows players to select modifiers for the Prestige Nightfall that affect gameplay and score multipliers
  
• Players can select active Elemental modifiers to boost outgoing and incoming damage
• Players can opt into using a power handicap that will lower their character power level in the Prestige Nightfall but raise the score multiplier
• Extinguish is always on when applying the Nightfall Challenge Card. If the full fireteam wipes in a respawning restricted area, the fireteam will be returned to orbit
• Cards cannot be modified once the activity has been launched
  
• These cards will drop for DLC owners in the normal or Prestige Nightfall
• The fireteam leader’s card is applied to the entire fireteam when launching the Prestige Nightfall
  

• Crucible Emblems
  
• Victorious Veteran tracks your lifetime Crucible kills and how many of each class you’ve defeated
• Victorious Veteran has six variants: the first three variants are class specific, the last three are unlocked after defeating 1000 of that class in PVP
• This emblem can be purchased from Shaxx after opening 10 faction packages
• Destination Emblems
  
• Lost Sector Emblems have been changed into Destination Emblems that track Lost Sectors Found, Region Chests Opened, and Ghost Scans Discovered
• Note: Mercury only tracks Lost Sectors and Region Chests
• Each Destination Emblem has four variants in addition to the default emblem
• Each variant has a chance to drop from chests in the destination
• For players who did not have the respective Lost Sector emblems, they may purchase the new destination emblems from the respective vendors after opening 10 faction packages
• Nightfall Emblems
  
• New Nightfall Emblems exist for each individual Nightfall strike and track your high score in that strike
• Each Nightfall Emblem has 3 variants in addition to the default emblem, these variants have a chance to drop when you hit a certain score tier and complete the Nightfall

Auras

• Raid Emblem “Glory To The Emperor” tracks total Leviathan clears on Prestige difficulty and unlocks the orange Prestige Raid Aura if you’ve completed a Prestige difficulty raid activity in the last 14 days
  
• Trials Emblem “You Are Worthy” tracks number of flawless tickets and unlocks the blue Trials Aura if you’ve gone flawless in the last 14 days
  
• Nightfall Emblems awarded from completing each Nightfall strike track your high score in the respective Nightfall and unlock an aura if your high score in that strike is higher than a global target score
  

• Opt-in Text Chat for PC is now available in Social Spaces and Public Areas
  
• Fireteam members now appear on Destination Map
• Damage Reduction granted by Armor Masterworks while a Super ability is active has been increased from 3% to 5% per armor piece
  
• Fixed an issue where Ammo Masterworks could decrease the maximum ammo capacity of a weapon
  
• Fixed an issue where some players would have irretrievable items within the Postmaster
  
• The Eater of Worlds Raid Lair will now grant Faction Tokens during Faction Rallies events
  
• The Seeker of Brilliance and Seeker of Opulence perks on the Contender Ghost Shell may now trigger during the Crossing encounter of the Eater of Worlds Raid Lair
  
• Fixed an issue in Trials of the Nine where players could receive erroneous losses if the opposing team left before match start
  
• Fixed an issue where players could encounter BAT errors when joining a Mercury Adventure
  
• Fixed an issue where players were placed facing the wrong direction after dunking an item during public events
  
• Fixed an issue where the Phoenix Dive Warlock Ability could be used to get out of the intended playspace
  
• Helm of Saint-14 no longer affects allies when guarding with the Sentinel Shield Super
  
• The Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Exotic now properly has three stat points
  
• Projectiles from the Colony Exotic Grenade Launcher properly track enemies on PC when frame rate is set higher than 30 FPS
  

• Removed Lost Sector throttles
  
• Players may now only open a Lost Sector Chest once per boss defeated
  

• Legendary Armor now has a chance to drop as a Masterwork
  
• Any non-Masterwork armor may be upgraded to Masterwork for five Masterwork Cores and 20 Legendary Shards
  
• Upgrading to Masterwork may rework the stat of the armor
• Masterwork armor grants 3% damage resistance while players are in a Super state for each Masterwork armor piece equipped
  
• Masterwork armor can have a different stat package (Heavy, Light, or Restorative) from the base armor piece
  
• Players may rework Masterwork armor to randomly assign one of the three base packages to the armor, allowing players to reroll the stat packages on their armor piece by piece
• Reworking Masterwork armor requires one Masterwork Core and 10 Legendary Shards
  
• Like weapons, armor Masterworks have a higher drop rate from Trials of the Nine and raid activities
  

• Benedict 99-40 now has a rotating stock of armor and weapons available each week
  
• To unlock these items for purchase, players must complete the corresponding activity that week
• Raid encounters drop at least one armor or weapon item
  
• Note: The Castellum and Reactor Escape encounters each drop one Legendary engram per week
• Completing a Prestige version of a raid encounter prior to normal difficulty will drop both Prestige and normal rewards while also locking the weekly rewards for each activity
  
• The last encounter of raid activities has a chance to drop a new Exotic Ghost, exclusive to the Leviathan
  
• Raid armor has unique mods that only function within the Leviathan
  
• Raid mods can be swapped at will for the cost of one raid token
• Existing raid armor already held in inventory will automatically have the option to equip mods
• All raid encounters now have a chance to grant an Exotic reward
  

• Prometheus Lens
  
• Flame Refraction perk now generates ammo instead of pulling from reserves
• Increased base damage
• Lucky Pants
  
• Fixed an issue where the Illegally Modded Holster perk could provide infinite ammo
• Ophideans Aspects
• Fixed an issue where the Cobra Totemic perk did not function properly when using weapons with the Quickdraw perk
• I Am Alive
  
• Revised perks on the Eater of Worlds Grenade Launcher to include a second trait perk: Moving Target
• Removed the Augmented Drum and High-Velocity Rounds perks
• Fixed an issue where grenade projectiles could remain indefinitely after being hit by Telesto in the Crucible
  

• Fixed an issue where warp gates did not always function when players were completing Heroic Mercury adventures
  
• Revised the description for the Heroic adventure “De-Powered” modifier to correctly state that grenade damage is decreased when the modifier is active
  
• Revised the description of Heroic Mercury adventures to properly state availability
  
• Players may play up to three Heroic Mercury adventures on a given day
• Each Heroic adventure may be played once per twice-weekly reset
• Heroic adventures are no longer automatically selected at weekly reset
  
• Mercury challenges are now available during adventures
  
• Fixed an issue where new characters created after the release of Curse of Osiris were not receiving the Flashpoint milestone
  
• Fixed an issue where scannables for Faction Rallies were not properly appearing during Faction Rallies events
  
• Trials of the Nine now properly shows requirements when the featured map requires Curse of Osiris ownership
  
• Revised the Lost Sector reward throttle from 10 minutes to 5 minutes
  
• Fixed an issue where players could no longer progress during the final encounter in the Tree of Probabilities Strike

• Fixed an issue where Ikora would display a waypoint in error
  
• Players in social spaces receive a notification when their Postmaster Lost and Found is full
  
• Chest waypoints now properly appear when using Scout Reports on Mercury
  
• Colorblind settings now apply to elements of the Gauntlet encounter of the “Leviathan” raid
  
• Armor offered by Brother Vance now displays mod slots when previewed in the vendor inventory
  
• Fixed an issue where players would see incorrect level-up UI when leveling up alternate characters from levels 21 through 25
  
• Auto Rifles now correctly display perks when players are previewing weapons within the Vault
  
• Adjusted the display order of gear sockets (mods, shaders, etc.) in the Item Details screen to be more consistent
  
• Increased the dismantle timer for Masterwork Cores
  
• Masterwork Weapons and Armor now display a gold border when being viewed in the Postmaster Lost and Found
  
• Crucible players will be properly notified when Power Ammo is acquired from the Cave area of Radiant Cliffs

• Reduced the amount of XP required to earn an Illuminated Engram from 160k to 120k
• The Crossroads emblem correctly displays within Collections for players who have earned the emblem
  
• Character models no longer flinch when spawning in to social spaces with spawn effects equipped
  
• Updated the names of spawn effects to properly reflect their in-game appearance
  
• Gold Spotlight Effect is now the Yellow Spotlight Effect
• Blue Class Sigil Effect is now the Purple Class Sigil Effect
• The New Monarchy helmet ornament icon now displays the correct helmet
  
• The New Monarchy cloak now displays the correct imagery for female Hunters
  
• Fixed an issue where the Future War Cult gauntlets would display floating geometry
• Gunsmith engrams correctly grant weapon foundry shaders once again
  
• Fixed an issue where Three of Coins was not increasing chances for Exotic rewards when players were completing public events on Mercury
  
• Heroic strike completions now have a greater chance of granting Exotic rewards
  
• Fixed an issue where Curse of Osiris strikes were not properly granting Clan engrams when featured as a Nightfall activity
  
• Arcite-99 will now offer Gunsmith Engrams to players who have reached level 20 but have not yet completed the Red War campaign

• Gleaming Boon of the Vanguard price reduced from 350 to 250 Bright Dust
• Gleaming Boon of the Crucible price reduced from 750 to 600 Bright Dust
• Fixed an issue where Challenges were not appearing within Quickplay
• Fixed an issue where Masterwork Cores and Mod Components were not being forwarded to the Postmaster Lost and Found
  
• Fixed an issue where Destiny 2 could crash when players were changing emotes quickly
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not interact with vendors after fast-traveling to a social space
  
• Fixed an issue where the belt on Lucky Raspberry was not properly attached to the character model
  
• Fixed an issue where some Sparrow contrails could obstruct player view
  
• Fixed an issue where the Get Up and Sneaky emotes could not be in the player inventory at the same time
  
• Cayde now properly acknowledges player accomplishments during Mercury Flashpoint weeks when granting the Flashpoint engram, rather than asking the player about the weather on Io
  
• Fixed an issue where Zavala would display the wrong text when granting players rewards from the Heroic Strike milestone
  

• Players who do not own Curse of Osiris now have the ability to earn Season 2 rewards within Faction Rallies and Iron Banner
  

• Brought the Prestige "Leviathan" raid back down to 300 Power, making it accessible to all players, regardless of Curse of Osiris ownership
• Adjusted Prestige difficulty rewards no longer grant guaranteed 330 Power items
• Adjusted the difficulty for the normal Calus encounter

Trials of the Nine

• Players who do not own Curse of Osiris may now access Trials of the Nine when a Destiny 2 launch map is featured

• Modified the achievement "The Prestige" and the associated trophy to remove the Nightfall component
  
• This may now be completed, regardless of Curse of Osiris ownership, by completing the "Leviathan" raid on Prestige difficulty

• Fixed an issue impacting Power level progression from level 289 to 300 for players who do not own Curse of Osiris
  
Fixed an issue that would prompt a Curse of Osiris purchase menu when players were attempting to acquire the Scout Report: Mercury item with insufficient Glimmer

• Fixed an issue where the word "Nightfall" was not prepended to new Curse of Osiris strikes in the Nightfall Director node
  
• Adjusted the functionality of Chest Reward Throttles
  
• Players now receive reduced amounts of loot when opening large numbers of chests in quick succession, rather than nothing at all
• Cayde's Stash chests now grant rewards via the loot stream to prevent items from disappearing into the ground
  
• Fixed an issue where cannons on Mercury were not functioning properly for PC players when they were playing at over 60 fps
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the functionality of HDR settings for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro

• Fixed an issue where players with over 84 emblems were unable to see all emblems they owned within the collection screen
  

• On player inspection, currency display is no longer visible
  
• Vendor waypoints are only highlighted when players have enough tokens to earn a reward
  
• Fixed an issue where some players could not interact with items when they had full inventory
  

• Players can no longer loot Lost Sector chests multiple times in quick succession for Faction Rally tokens (Updated 1/16/18: This applies to all Lost Sector chests)
  
• Fixed an issue where Faction Rally tokens were not being removed at the conclusion of the event for some players
  
• Faction Rally emblems now display the correct pledge tracker stat
  
• Fixed an issue where Faction Rally tokens were being removed from players' inventories when the players were creating a new character
  
• Fixed an issue where some players would not receive a Faction Rally winner discount
  

• Legendary weapons can now drop as Masterworks for characters above Power level 250
  
• Masterworks provide bonus weapon stats and generate Orbs on multikills
  

• Legendary and Exotic Engram drop rates have been adjusted down for Public Events, and up for Strike and Crucible playlist activities
  
• Reduced the chance of a Legendary engram rewarding multiple Legendary items
  

• Xûr now sells a three of coins consumable item that increases the drop chance of Exotics
  
• Xûr now sells the Fated Engram
  

• Fixed an issue where Vesper of Radius, the Helm of Saint-14, Graviton Forfeit, and Gemini Jester were dropping with incorrect class mods
  
• Fixed an issue where the Prometheus Lens Exotic Trace Rifle was outputting too much damage too quickly
  
• Fixed an issue where Exotic weapons from Curse of Osiris were mislabeled within Exotic engrams
  

• Zavala now sells a Fireteam Gift consumable that provides rewards to the user's fireteam on strike completion
  
• Shaxx now sells a Fireteam Gift consumable that provides rewards to all players at the end of a Crucible activity
  
• Tess Everis sells a Fireteam Gift consumable that provides rewards to all players on Strike or Crucible activity completion
  

• Faction vendors now offer legendary gear for direct purchase with Legendary shards and faction tokens
  

• Added invisible physics to keep players from hiding in the Red Bay Box on the Pacifica map
  
• Adjusted Power Ammo locations on the Eternity map
  

• Increased the damage dealt to bosses from Super abilities
  
• Adjusted the output of the Recovery stat so that characters with the lowest Recovery totals will start regenerating slightly faster
  

• Reduced Pulse Grenade damage slightly and toned down the intensity of camera shake and controller rumble associated with each pulse
  
• Reduced the recharge rate of additional grenade charges beyond the first
  
• Normalized the recharge rate of Arcbolt and Firebolt Grenades to match the other grenade archetypes
  
• Increased damage inflicted to combatants by Flashbang Grenade, Magnetic Grenade, Suppressor Grenade, Incendiary Grenade, Fusion Grenade, Skip Grenade, Flux Grenade, Arcbolt Grenade, Swarm Grenade, Tripmine Grenade, Storm Grenade, Firebolt Grenade, Axion Bolt, and Scatter Grenade.
  

• Fixed an issue allowing the Titan’s Rally Barricade ability to generate infinite ammo for certain weapon types
  
• Fixed an issue allowing players to chain Fist of Havoc abilities indefinitely
  
• Decreased the distance traveled in the air with the shoulder charge ability when it is executed without a target
  
• Increased the number of solar hammers that can be thrown during the duration of the Hammer of Sol Super ability
  
• Extended the timer for the Hammer Strike’s weaken debuff by 1 second and corrected an issue that was causing the visual effects not to represent the duration properly
  
• The Sunspot health regeneration buff now lingers for 3 seconds after moving through a Sunspot
  
• Tempered Metal and Sol Invictus no longer trigger off combatant solar shield detonation kills
  

• Arcstrider dodge now briefly breaks tracking
  
• The base duration of Golden Gun is now the same for both paths
  
• Shadowshot now suppresses targets immediately on a direct hit
  
• Shadowshot no longer tethers dropships
  
• Increased the amount of time available to fire arrows while using the Moebius Quiver upgrade of the Shadowshot Super ability
  

• Explosive rounds no longer receive bonus damage from Empowering rift
  
• The Heat Rises perk no longer triggers on destructible objects
• Updated the Devour perk description to correctly indicate that the ability is triggered on kills
• The Nova Bomb created by the Cataclysm upgrade maintains its initial speed for longer before slowing down