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Destiny 2

Destiny Update - 03/28/2017

2.6.0 The one about Age of Triumph.

Raids
  • A Raid playlist is now available featuring one Raid in the director each week
    • Recommended Light level: 390
    • New Weapons, Armor, Armor Ornaments, Ghosts, Sparrows, Shaders and Emblems to discover
    • Players will receive one Age of Triumph Armor Ornament token for successful completion of the featured Raid (once per week per account)
    • All Challenge Modes are enabled on the weekly featured Raid
      • Players will receive one Age of Triumph Armor Ornament token for successful completion of Challenge Modes (once per character, per Challenge Mode, per week)
    • Players will receive a "Knuckles of Eao" by completing a featured Raid's opening encounter (once per week, per account)
      • Use Knuckles of Eao then defeat a Raid boss in the weekly featured playlist to receive extra rewards
      • Knuckles of Eao consumables stack to a maximum of 5
  • Three of Coins should now activate on the following bosses:
    • Templar
    • Atheon
    • Ir-yut
    • Crota
  • Added Challenge Modes to the following Encounters:
    • Atheon
    • Templar
    • Ir-yut
    • Crota
  • Fixed an issue where killing Ir-Yut would not always end the Deathsinger encounter and players would have to deal with infinitely respawning Knights
  • Removed a condition that prevented Fireteams of less than three from progressing past the Gorgons in the Vault of Glass
  • Fixed an issue where one of the door switches in the second Vosik encounter was partially obscured by the wall and difficult to hit with a SIVA Charge

Crucible
Crucible Director
  • Updated core nodes to cycle between available activities on a weekly cadence:
    • Node 1 cycles between Control and Clash
    • Node 2 cycles between Rift and Supremacy
    • Node 3 cycles between Elimination and Trials of Osiris (on weekend only)
    • Node 4 cycles between Skirmish and Salvage
    • Node 5 cycles between Rumble and Rumble Supremacy
  • Weekly Featured Crucible activities consolidated into a single node
    • Weekly Featured activities include Combined Arms, Zone Control, Mayhem Clash, Mayhem Rumble and Doubles
    • Classic playlists have been removed, players who do not own Rise of Iron can now access the Weekly Featured Crucible activity
Crucible Bounties
  • Updated Crucible Daily Bounties to be more inclusive, no longer requiring specific Subclasses or Fireteams
  • Added new Weekly Crucible Weapon Bounties to the Crucible Quartermaster
    • Possible Weapon rewards include items from the Crucible Vendor, Crucible Playlists, Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris
  • Lord Shaxx will now offer his Weekly Bounty for both available 6v6 modes each week
  • Trials of Osiris Bounties have been updated:
    • Existing Bounties will remain in your inventory and can be completed to acquire their respective rewards
    • New versions of the Bounties will now be offered by Brother Vance and can be completed daily when Trials of Osiris is active
    • Armor and Weapon rewards from Bounties updated to include all non-adept Y3 items
Quests
  • Crucible Quest chain from Lord Shaxx has been removed, you can complete the current quest you are on but will not acquire the next quest in the chain
Iron Banner
  • Dusty Iron Engrams updated to decrypt immediately upon purchase
  • Dusty Iron Engrams now have a chance to contain Year 2 Iron Companion Armor
  • Iron Banner match rewards updated to include Year 2 Iron Companion Armor
  • Slightly increased chance for Year 1 and Year 2 armor rewards from Iron Banner matches
  • Support added for Iron Banner Mayhem Clash
  • Some vendor items on Efrideet have had their rolls updated
Trials of Osiris/Elimination
  • Fixed an issue where a player on the surviving team could use Fireborn to cause the round to continue even when all enemies were dead
General
  • Made Special Ammo crates instantly refill your Special Weapon on pickup
  • Disabled Join-in-Progress for Rumble playlists if any player has at least 100 points
Private Matches
  • Removed Power and Vehicle options, added Ammo and Respawn options that vary by mode:
    • Ammunition - Default, No Special, No Heavy, No Ammo Crates
    • Respawns - Teammate Revives, Instant, After 3 Seconds, After 5 Seconds, After 10 Seconds
    • Vehicles are now enabled on maps that support them, except in Inferno modes
    • Round Time options adjusted for Elimination to default to 90 seconds to match the playlist setting
Maps
  • Fixed an issue where players were able to leave the intended playable area on Icarus and Skyline

Patrols
  • Fixed an issue where Plaguelands patrols were not dropping collection items

Grimoire
  • Grimoire card "SRL: Sparrow Racing" can now also be earned from Private Matches using the Sparrow Racing gametype
  • Players who have acquired the Y3 Khvostov will be awarded all Grimoire cards for the Khvostov Manual pages (including pages 1, 15, and 17) upon entering Orbit
  • Players will now be awarded with the Y1 Icebreaker Grimoire card upon acquiring the Y3 Icebreaker. Players who have already acquired the Y3 Icebreaker will receive the card upon entering Orbit

Sandbox
  • Health Regen changes:
    • Changes reverted:
      • Suros Legacy perk
      • No Backup Plans
      • Ward of Dawn cast
      • Apotheosis Veil
      • Embrace the Void
    • Kept the recent changes, but increased the amount of Health/Shield given per kill from 36 to 57:
      • Hungering Blade
      • Transfusion: Cooldown was also removed
      • Cauterize: Cooldown was also removed
      • Red Death perk
      • Lifesteal: Also applies to The Ram
  • Memory of Skorri will now require a kill to start working and will charge Supers for 1 minute, or until the round ends or the player dies
  • Sidearms will no longer allow ammo to stack through death and instead will reset to a single magazine every respawn
  • Added 1 round to Truth’s maximum inventory and increased its reload speed to max
  • Added more flinch to No Land Beyond and widened its potential recoil space — it will recoil the same amount, but not necessarily in the same direction
  • Recovery reduction was removed from the Blink Talent Grid Nodes and the time the player was left HUDless has been lowered
  • Hand Cannon range falloff now starts ~3m earlier
  • Auto Rifles' minimum damage (damage done at maximum range falloff) increased by 7%
  • Kills with Necrochasm no longer require headshots to explode enemies (flying enemies such as Shanks and Wizards do not explode)
  • Increased Recovery given by Astrocyte Verse's Move to Survive perk from +3 to +7
  • Fixed an issue where the Rescue Mag perk would replenish ammunition when taking self-damage
  • Fixed an issue where changes to the Shotgun perk Rangefinder intended with Hotfix 2.5.0.2 did not go into effect
  • Fixed an issue that where changes to Shotgun in-air accuracy did not go into effect

Strikes
  • New Nightfall modifier: Daybreak combines the Epic and Mayhem modifiers every fourth week
  • Nightfall blue flames and Radiant Light Reputation bonus on completion have returned
  • More aggressive idle player detection; now in line with Crucible Activity
  • Fixed an issue in The Nexus where the Aegis would be continuously deleted and respawned
  • Fixed an issue in The Shadow Thief where players would get the "Joining Allies" message while in the playable space during the fight with Taniks

Vendors
  • Increased the reputation awarded by the Gunsmith for completing weapon tests
  • Eris Morn now accepts Moldering Shards and charged Antiquated Runes as donations in exchange for Crota's Bane reputation
  • Adjusted the price of ammo synthesis for purchase from Eris Morn
  • Shiro-4 will now accept Isenfyre Tokens in exchange for 500 Vanguard reputation
  • The Crucible Quartermaster now sells ammo synthesis consumables in exchange for Hadium Flakes
  • Vendor items sold for Legendary Marks have had their light levels increased to 380
  • Vendors selling level 40 Legendary Armor and Weapons now update perks and stats at the weekly reset
    • This includes the following vendors:
      • Vanguard Mentors and Quartermaster
      • Crucible Quartermaster
      • Lord Shaxx
      • Dead Orbit
      • New Monarchy
      • Future War Cult
  • Xûr now sells two new Exotic weapon bundles each week in addition to his regular weekly sale items
    • Each bundle costs 30 Strange Coins and 25 Silver Dust and contains 1 Exotic Weapon and 1 matching Weapon Ornament
  • Two new Emotes are available from the Emote Kiosk: Please and Thanks
  • Adjusted the rarity of certain ships available from Amanda Holliday

Silver Dust Store
  • Many Eververse items available from the Dawning are now available on the Silver Dust Kiosk
  • Sterling and Radiant Treasures have been removed from the Silver Dust Store
  • New Silver Dust Engram items have been added to the Silver Dust Store and their corresponding vendors for a cost of 5 Silver Dust
  • Items obtained from these Engrams dismantle into 1 Silver Dust:
    • Arena Engram - Lord Shaxx - Contains infusible Crucible Armor from Year 1 and 2
    • Exodus Engram - Arach Jalaal - Contains infusible Dead Orbit Armor from Year 1 and 2
    • Warpath Engram - Lakshmi-2 - Contains infusible Future War Cult Armor from Year 1 and 2
    • Unity Engram - Executor Hideo - Contains infusible New Monarchy Armor from Year 1 and 2
    • Triad Engram - Vanguard Mentors - Contains infusible Vanguard Armor from Year 1 and 2
    • Sterling Engram - Silver Dust Store - Contains Spektar Armor from Year 2's Sterling Treasure
    • Icy Engram - Silver Dust Store - Contains Chroma Armor from Treasures of the Dawning
      • Cost is 10 Silver Dust, items dismantle to 5 Silver Dust
  • Players who have previously obtained Dawning and Desolate Armor pieces may purchase these items from the Silver Dust Store

Eververse
  • Treasure of Ages is now available for purchase from Eververse
  • The Treasure of Ages contains existing Eververse items, as well as many new items to collect:
    • Shaders
    • Weapon Ornaments
    • Ships
    • Triumph Armor Set
  • Players can receive up to three free Treasure of Ages per account per week for their first completion of the following activities:
    • Heroic Strike playlist
    • Weekly Crucible playlist
    • Weekly Story playlist

General
  • Fixed an issue impacting some players' ability to join Fireteams over local network connections
  • Fixed an issue preventing dropped Engrams from being sent to the Postmaster if the player disconnects without returning to Orbit
  • Fixed a bug causing equipped Sniper Rifles to occasionally become invisible
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Supers to stay activated longer than intended
  • Twilight Garrison now changes color to match the equipped Shader
  • Skeleton Keys and Siva Fragments may now appear at Postmaster to prevent an issue where these items may have been removed from Character Inventory

Destiny Hotfix - 2/14/17
2.5.0.2 The one about Sandbox tuning.

Crucible
Special Ammo
  • Adjusted Special ammo economy in all gametypes
    • Players start Crucible matches with Special ammo
    • Special ammo is now lost upon death
      • Sidearms are not affected by this change
    • Special ammo crates now appear every 60 seconds (initial spawn and respawn)
    • Special ammo crates are shared with allies within 75m (down from 100m)
    • Special ammo timing in Mayhem is unchanged
Elimination Gametypes
  • Round time limit has been reduced to 90 seconds (down from 2 minutes)
  • Players only start with Special ammo for Round 1 in Elimination gametypes
    • Special ammo timing is 30s initial, then 45s respawns
    • Special ammo is wiped at the beginning of subsequent rounds

Weapons
Hand Cannons
  • Significantly increased initial accuracy (returns to Launch / Year 1)
  • Reduced base range to 35m from 40m
  • Reduced Aim Assist and Magnetism at longer ranges
  • Reduced minimum damage after falloff from 50% to 33%
Auto Rifles
  • Increased Precision Damage modifier to 1.3x (up from 1.25x)
  • Increased base damage of low rate of fire Auto Rifles by 2.5%
  • Increased in air accuracy
Pulse Rifles
  • Reduced rate of fire for very high rate of fire Pulse Rifles by 7.7%
  • Increased rate of fire for low rate of fire Pulse Rifles by 5.3%
  • Reduced Magazine Size of Clever Dragon and Grasp of Malok by 6
  • Reduced the effect of High Caliber Rounds for Pulse Rifles
  • Increased in air accuracy
Scout Rifles
  • Increased in air accuracy
Shotguns
  • Shotguns no longer deal precision damage
    • The Chaperone and Universal Remote are unaffected by this change
    • Note: Universal Remote only deals precision damage when ADS
  • Shotguns now have significantly less magnetism when fired from the hip
  • Shotguns now have significantly less in air accuracy
  • Shotguns no longer have a movement penalty
  • Shotguns now deal 20% more damage to combatants
  • Rangefinder on Shotguns now increases ADS time by 25%
  • Reduced Universal Remote’s Magazine Size to 3 from 5
  • Universal Remote now takes longer to reload

Exotics
Young Wolf’s Howl
  • Reduced "Howling Flames" ammo cost from 10 to 5
Truth
  • Reduced Magazine size from 3 to 1

Classes
General
  • Reduced Health of Guardians with Armor values above 10
  • Increased damage of Flux Grenade, Magnetic Grenade and Shoulder Charge to ensure effectiveness across all Armor values
  • Blink now disables your Radar and HUD for a short time after activation

Hunter
  • Throwing Knife now deals Solar Damage on impact
  • Hungering Blade*
    • Immediately starts Health regen
    • Restores more Health per kill
    • Gives a flat amount of Health/Shield per activation
    • Does not immediately start regenerating Shields
  • Bladedancer’s Quick Draw Perk no longer readies your weapons instantly, but now grants a large increase to weapon handling speed

Warlock
  • Viper Totemic on Ophidian Aspect no longer readies your weapon instantly, but now grants a large increase to weapon handling speed
  • Stormcaller's Thunderstrike melee range reduced to be consistent with other Warlock Subclasses
    • Amplitude will continue to grant small range boost to new base range
  • Landfall now reduces the total time in Stormtrance

Titan
  • Juggernaut is now disabled after being in the air for a short time and cannot be activated while in mid air

General
  • Outbreak Prime no longer triggers The Corruption Spreads by shooting at Ward of Dawn
  • Shinobu’s Vow no longer adds an additional seeker to Skip Grenades
  • Removed intrinsic Perks Kneepads and Icarus on some Talent grids
  • Fixed an issue where High Caliber Rounds were not functioning properly on Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles, Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles
  • *Hungering Blade changes were also inadvertently applied to the following Perks, for more information check this post
    • Transfusion (Striker Titan)
    • Cauterize (Sunbreaker Titan)
    • Lifesteal (Voidwalker Warlock)
    • Red Death Perk
    • Suros Legacy Perk (Suros Regime)
    • No Backup Plans
    • Ward of Dawn cast
    • The Ram
    • Apotheosis Veil
    • Embrace the Void (Voidwalker Warlock)


Destiny Hotfix - 1/17/17
2.5.0.1 The one after The Dawning

Activities
  • Fixed an issue where the items required to complete Plaguelands Patrols were not dropping
Economy
  • Fixed an issue that prevented some players from purchasing SRL Momentum gear from the Holiday Collection
  • Fixed an issue with the Snow Dreg and Felwinter Souvenir consumables not recovering to Postmaster
  • Fixed an issue where not all of Xûr's Curios were being sold, including Three of Coins

Crucible
  • Added invisible physics and kill volumes to stop players from getting out of the intended playable space on:
    • Blind Watch
    • The Burning Shrine
    • Cathedral of Dusk
    • The Cauldron
    • The Drifter
    • The Dungeons
    • Exodus Blue
    • Floating Gardens
    • Frontier
    • Memento
    • Skyline
    • Timekeeper
    • Vertigo

Sandbox
  • Fixed an issue with the recoil stat on Abbadon and Nova Mortis

Destiny Update - 12/13/2016
2.5.0 The one about The Dawning.

General
  • New Quests are available in the Tower from Eva Levante, Amanda Holliday, and Commander Zavala
  • A new Record Book is available offering new rewards for the Winter season
  • Fixed an issue where some players did not receive the Student of History Trophy/Achievement or Sigil of the Young Wolf Emblem for attuning all of the Rise of Iron Artifacts
  • Fixed an issue where some players were unable to complete the Echoes of the Past Quest

Activities
  • Sparrow Racing has returned
    • 2 new racetracks have been added to the 2 returning from last year
    • Bounties and Quests are available from Amanda Holliday
      • SRL License Quest progress has been reset and new rewards have been added
      • Circuit racing gear obtained from the SRL License Quest now has Light and can be infused
    • SRL Reputation has been reset to Rank 0
      • Players can obtain an SRL helmet from Amanda Holliday at Rank 3 (1 per character)
      • Players can obtain a Treasures of the Dawning from Amanda Holliday at Rank 5 (1 per character, max 3 per account)
    • SRL Racing Suits earned from SRL matches have Light and can be infused
    • SRL can be launched via the Weekly Featured playlist in the director
    • Crucible bounties and Jolly Holliday Quest can no longer be completed in Sparrow Racing
  • Strikes in the SIVA Crisis Playlist, SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlist, and weekly Nightfall now award Medals and feature team scoring!
    • Acquire new Bounties from Zavala and the Bounty Tracker to complete in any Scored Strike
  • 3 Strikes have been reprised: The Nexus, Shadow Thief, and Will of Crota
  • SIVA Crisis and SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlists now include all platform-available Strikes
  • Dead Guardians are now automatically respawned at the end of Strikes
  • Fixed an issue with pathfinding that caused enemies to not properly exit their spawn locations
    • This prevents enemies in the Will of Crota Strike from getting stuck in their doorways
  • Reduced Burn effects on incoming damage done to Guardians
    • Outgoing damage by Guardians is unchanged
  • Fixed an issue in Fallen S.A.B.E.R. where the Ultra Shank teleported after its entrance performance
  • Fixed an issue where Strike Streak was not applying in the SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlist correctly
  • Fixed an issue where the Hoard Chest on Echo Chamber could become stuck behind an invisible barrier
  • Increased time for presenting Archon's Forge offerings to the encounter starting from 5 to 10 seconds
  • Iron Lord Bounties requiring Archon’s Forge completions now influence the type of Forge offerings that drop
    • Forge offerings will be more likely to drop with the combatant type to match the Iron Lord bounties in the player’s inventory
  • Reduced Shields for Bosses in Perfected Shank offerings

Collections
  • The Circuit and Momentum SRL racing gear sets have been added to the Holiday Collection for players who have earned these items
    • Circuit and Momentum Racing gear obtained from the Collection has Light and can be infused
    • Class items have Light and Perks and require Legendary Marks to purchase
  • Ghost Ghost and Deviled Ghost have been added to the Holiday Collection for players who have obtained these items
    • Players can pay Legendary Marks to re-purchase these items with random stats and Perks
  • Two new Emotes, "Proposal" and "Whoa There", can now be withdrawn by everyone from the Emote Collection

Vendors

Xûr
  • Xûr once again sells Exotic Shards
  • Xûr no longer sells Exotic Weapon Ornaments
  • Xûr now sells a larger stack of 10 Heavy Ammo synths
Eververse
  • Eververse has received a stock of new items
  • Treasures of the Dawning are now available and contain new Sparrows, Ornaments, Horns, Armor, and Consumables
  • Players can receive one free Treasures of the Dawning each week by completing their first weekly Heroic Strike
  • Completing a Dawning set from Treasures of the Dawning on one class will grant the "EV-53 Glimmergold" Sparrow and the "Sunglow" Shader
  • Nine new winter Emotes are available for sale for the winter season
  • Rise of Iron's fall Emotes have been added to the direct purchase Emote rotation on Eververse
Silver Dust Store
  • A new Silver Dust Store has been added to the Tower. It is a Collection that can be found in the Tower, between Eververse and the Postmaster
    • This Collection sells a selection of past season items for direct purchase for Silver Dust, including Exotic Weapon Ornaments
  • The Silver Dust cost to apply Exotic Weapon Ornaments has been removed.
    • Silver Dust has been removed from Radiant Treasures, but still may be obtained by dismantling Exotic Weapon Ornaments

Economy
  • The free weekly Radiant Treasure has been moved to the first weekly PVP match completion.
  • Characters who are level 40 will now automatically convert Uncommon Engrams(Green) to Weapon and Armor Materials on pickup
  • New Bounties are available from Petra to assist players in gaining Queen's Wrath Reputation
  • Class items obtained from Queen's Wrath packages now correctly display their stats
  • Fixed an issue where Year 3 Faction Class Items were not properly contributing to Faction specific Quests
  • Players can now purchase Wormspore from the Vanguard Quartermaster
  • Brother Vance now offers materials exchange for Passage Coins and Motes of Light
  • Skeleton Keys have been adjusted:
    • Skeleton Keys drop rates have been slightly increased in the SIVA Crisis playlist, SIVA Crisis Heroic playlist, and weekly Nightfall
    • Players will now receive a Skeleton Key for their first account Nightfall clear per week
  • Subclass Quest class items can now be repurchased from the Speaker once earned
  • Legendary Weapons obtained from the Gunsmith's Rank 2 Quest can now be repurchased from the Gunsmith

Crucible
Maps
  • Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in Vex geometry on The Burning Shrine
Gametypes
  • Added ability for players to "wave off" heavy ammo if EVERYONE in the match does the 'Wave' Emote in the first 30 seconds of a round
  • Fixed an issue where the end-of-round countdown could play twice if the round tied in Elimination
  • Inferno Rift and Inferno Zone Control modes added to Private Matches
  • Supremacy score to win is now 120
  • Rumble Supremacy score to win is now 40
  • Supremacy Mercy spread is now 20-60, down from 30-90
  • Slight reduction of Super energy gain in Supremacy modes
Playlists
  • Icarus has been removed from the Rift playlist
Record Book
  • Fixed an issue where Supremacy mode variants were not counting towards Record Book completion
Bounties
  • Iron Banner Bounty Iron Marathon now correctly awards 10 points for a win instead of 15
  • Iron Banner Bounty Iron Support no longer credits you with assists that any nearby player earns
  • Fixed an issue where the Highest Score Crucible Bounty did not work in Supremacy
  • Lord Shaxx no longer requires players to complete The Mountaintop before offering his Weekly Crucible Bounties
Rewards
  • Increased the drop rate for Trials of Osiris vanity items
  • Fixed a issue where the Trials of Osiris Shader “The Devoted” was not obtainable
  • Increased the drop rate for Iron Banner vanity items and Artifacts
  • Completing a Daily Featured Crucible activity now rewards 3 Passage Coins (up from 1)
  • Completing a Weekly Featured Crucible activity now rewards 3 Passage Coins (up to 3 times per week)
  • Fixed an issue where the Crucible Sparrow S-39 Lightrider was not available through Crucible Reputation Packages
  • Added vanity items and Ghost Shells to Crucible PGCR drops:
    • Ghosts: Crimson Shell, Sugary Shell
    • Emblem: Crimson Crest
    • Shaders: Rosebright, Valentine
  • Added select Year 2 Crucible Legendary Weapons back to core PGCR drops:
    • Red Spectre
    • NL Shadow 701X
    • The Ash Factory
    • Eyasluna
    • Party Crasher +1

Grimoire
  • Fixed an issue where the "Efrideet" Grimoire Card was not awarded upon viewing the Iron Banner Efrideet cinematic
    • If you have already viewed this cinematic, the card will be awarded upon entering orbit
  • Fixed an issue where the "Beauty in Destruction" Grimoire Card was not being rewarded for completing the "Beauty in Destruction" questline
    • If you have already obtained the Year 3 Gjallarhorn, the card will be awarded upon entering orbit
  • Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards associated with Khvostov Manual Pages were not being awarded, including the final page
    • If you have already completed the "We Found a Rifle" Questline and acquired the Y3 Khvostov, these cards will be awarded upon entering orbit
  • Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards for Year 1 Thorn and Year 1 Gjallarhorn were not being awarded when receiving their Year 3 counterparts
  • Fixed an issue where Grimoire cards awarded when picking up Dormant SIVA Clusters were awarding Grimoire score for each character who picked them up
    • You will now appropriately only receive Grimoire score credit once per account per card
  • Picking up Dormant SIVA Clusters will now appropriately award their corresponding card
    • Cards will be awarded upon entering orbit for Dormant SIVA Clusters that have already been picked up
  • Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards for Crucible maps were not consistently unlocking when players spawned in Private Matches

Destiny Hotfix - 11/08/16
2.4.1.1 The one about Engrams.

This patch is intended to improve the quality of life in Destiny: Rise of Iron.

Activities
Strikes
  • Fixed an issue where The Taken Archon Priest in the Winter's Run Strike was not dropping Skeleton Keys at the intended rate

Crucible
Maps
  • Fixed an issue where players were able to access the rooftops on Skyline
Items
  • Fixed an issue where Rise of Iron Vanguard and Crucible weapons were not decrypting from Engrams
  • Fixed an issue where Comitatus was continuing to not drop properly from Faction Packages for players who own Kondratyuk's Escape
  • Fixed an issue where Armor decrypted from Dusty Iron Engrams was dismantling into Legendary Marks
    • It will now dismantle into 1 Silver Dust
  • Removed Silver Dust cost to apply Iron Lord, Trials of Osiris, and Heroic Mode Raid Armor Ornaments
  • Players will now earn SIVA Key Fragments at an overall increased rate
    • The first time a Raid boss is killed on Normal difficulty they will drop three SIVA Key Fragments. For the next kill that week, they will drop two, and then one for the third kill that week
    • After the fourth or greater kill, the boss will no longer drop SIVA Key Fragments for the week
    • The same behavior will occur for killing Heroic bosses

Destiny Update - 10/18/16
2.4.1 The one about Economy changes.

Items
General
  • Horn Relays from Sparrow Racing League are no longer used to upgrade Rare Quality Horns
    • These items can be discarded
    • All players will receive 15 Silver Dust as compensation for this change to Horn Relays
  • Fixed an issue where Rare Special Weapon Engrams would sometimes decrypt into Legendary Primary Weapons
  • Gjallar Horn will no longer dismantle into a Horn Relay
  • Fixed an issue where Agonarch Runes were not charging due to the same Taken Major spawning in the Dreadnaught Patrol
  • Fixed an issue where the Consumed Ghost Shell did not properly display its spines
  • Fixed an issue where Comitatus was not dropping properly from Faction Packages for players who own Kondratyuk's Escape
  • Fixed an issue where some players were not receiving SIVA Key Fragments from Raid bosses in Wrath of the Machine
    • 1 SIVA Key Fragment will now drop from Normal Mode bosses
    • 2 SIVA Key Fragments will now drop from Heroic Mode bosses
    • SIVA Key Fragments will drop on each boss kill even if players have already completed the Raid that week
  • Several items from 2015 events have been removed:
    • Flimsy Masks
    • Gifts of the Lost
    • Fruit Motes, Glimmer Chew, Salty Engram, Sour Engram, Sugary Engram, Chocolate Strange Coins, Void Fizz
    • Paper Scraps
    • Crumpled Masks
    • Rare Quality Sparrow Horns
  • Paper Glue from Festival of the Lost 2015 now shards into 1 Silver Dust
Collections
  • A new Holiday Collection is now available to allow you to reclaim your Festival of the Lost Masks
  • The Sparrow Collection will now allow you to reclaim your Legendary Sparrow Horns
  • Crucible Emblems have been split into two new categories: Crucible and Trials of Osiris
  • The Shaders Iris Germanica, Mercurial Dawn, Surfbreaker, Nebula Glow, Sulfur Burnish, and Electric Aquarius can now be used and seen in the Shader Collection by all three Classes
  • Fixed issue in which two instances of Apotheosis Veil Helmet would appear in the Exotic Armor Collection

PVP
  • Inferno Elimination is now available in Private Matches
  • Fixed an issue where Changing Subclasses in Orbit for a PvP activity would reset Melee and Grenade charges
  • Fixed an issue where players were able to get under the stairs on the Drifter map
  • Fixed an issue where the Iron Banner Support Bounty was not awarding 5 points for Allies Defended
  • The Lighthouse on Mercury is now a social space that can accommodate up to 9 players with a Flawless Trials Passage

Vendors
  • Fixed an issue where uncommon Warlock Bonds were being sent to the Postmaster for recovery
Eververse
  • Reputation Boosters can now be purchased for Silver Dust as well as Silver

Economy
  • Fixed an issue where the Trespasser did not require an Exotic Shard to Infuse
  • All changes to increase Light above 385 will take effect upon the release of Heroic Mode for Wrath of the Machine
Activities
  • The SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 365 Light
  • The Heroic SIVA Strike Playlist will now drop rewards up to 385 Light
  • Archon's Forge can now drop rewards up to 385 Light
  • Archon's Forge can now drop Ghosts and Artifacts up to 400 Light
  • Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Strike Hoards will now provide drops up to 400 Light
  • Wrath of the Machine, Trials of Osiris, and Iron Banner will now attempt to reward higher Light items on average
Packages
  • Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction packages will now provide drops up to 390 Light
  • Increased chance of Artifacts from Crota's Bane Reputation Packages
  • Increased chance of Ghosts from New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Reputation Packages
Engrams
  • Rare Engrams will now decrypt up to 365 Light
  • Legendary Engrams will now decrypt up to 385 Light
  • Exotic Engrams will now decrypt up to 400 Light

Weapons
  • Fixed an issue that caused Firefly to activate many, many more times than intended causing a crash

Armor
Exotics
  • The following Exotic Armor no longer require Rise of Iron and can be acquired through Exotic Engrams:
    • Astrocyte Verse (Warlock Helm)
    • Ophidium Aspect (Warlock Gauntlets)
    • Thagomizers (Titan Gauntlets)
  • Adjusted the Rapid Cooldown perk on the Fr0st-EE5 Hunter Exotic Legs to no longer interfere with the base cooldown provided by stats

UI
  • Fixed an issue with the Roster previews for the following Emblems:
    • Memories of Iron
    • Shield of the City
  • Eververse sections for Emotes now displayed as Emotes I and Emotes II
  • Fixed an issue where the Taken War Heroic Strikes Playlist tooltip incorrectly displayed +10 Legendary Marks as a reward
  • Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic Strike node was not updating with the Weekly Reset
  • Fixed an issue where the Heroic SIVA Crisis Playlist was not counting towards the "Take a Strike" Record in the Rise of Iron Record Book

Destiny Update - Festival of the Lost
The one about Festival of the Lost.

Activities
  • Visit Eva Levante in the Tower to Trick or Treat and earn paper Masks
  • Visit Tyra Karn in the Iron Temple to assist with a task
  • Trials of Osiris has become a bit spookier during Festival of the Lost
  • The following sources can yield a unique Festival of the Lost vanity item:
    • Trials of Osiris
    • Crucible Matches
    • Strike Hoards

Social
  • The Tower, Reef, and Iron Temple have been decorated in honor of Festival of the Lost
  • Festive music has been added in social spaces

Eververse
  • Treasures of the Lost is now available and contains new Masks, Bad Juju Ornaments, a Sparrow, Ghost Shells, and Consumables
  • Once Festival of the Lost ends, the Bad Juju Ornaments will be added to Radiant Treasures
  • Last year's Festival exclusive Emotes Monster Dance, Zombie Dance, and Boo, have returned to Eververse
  • Two new limited Emotes are available: Terrify and Howl

Vendors
  • Eva Levante will stop selling Emblems during Festival of the Lost in order to provide players with special Festival items
    • After Festival of the Lost, her normal Emblem inventory will return

Destiny Hotfix - 09/29/16
2.4.0.3 - The one about Strikes.

As a follow up to the launch of Destiny: Rise of Iron, we're making some changes to address issues that have become apparent throughout the first week of gameplay.

Activities
Strikes
  • Fixed an issue where the Abomination Heist Strike was not dropping rewards with the correct Light
  • Fixed an issue where the Winter's Run Strike was not dropping rewards with the correct Light
  • Fixed an issue where the Echo Chamber Strike was appearing in the wrong playlist
  • Omnigul will now drop rewards once during a Strike and will require the Strike to be finished to drop additional rewards
Archon's Forge
  • Quarantine Patrols will now always drop an Archon’s Forge Offering upon killing the Splicer Priest in the second phase of the Activity
  • Archon’s Forge has a higher chance to drop Offerings upon completion

Items
  • Fixed an issue where players who completed the "Beauty in Destruction" Questline did not receive a Gjallarhorn
    • Players can retrieve their Gjallarhorn from the Weapon Blueprint Collection on the Year 1 tab
  • Fixed an issue where Vanguard Reputation Boosters were not working in the SIVA Crisis Strike Playlist

Destiny: Rise of Iron
Destiny: Rise of Iron - The one with Iron Lords.

General
  • Rise of Iron campaign unlocked
  • Requires Destiny: Rise of Iron and minimum Character Level 40
  • Max Light increased to 385
  • New Vanguard & Crucible Bounties are now available
  • Year 2 Moments of Triumph will end at 10:00am PDT on 9/20/16 and cannot be progressed
Activities
Daily Heroics
  • Will now include selections from Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3
  • Increase Light to 350
Vanguard Strike Playlists
  • Vanguard Playlist is now called The Taken War Strike Playlist but is otherwise unchanged
  • The SIVA Crisis Playlist consists of Taken King and Rise of Iron Strikes at 320 Light
  • The Taken War Heroic Strike Playlist is available for players who have not purchased Rise of Iron and is accessible in the Vanguard Strike Playlist page
    • No longer rewards Legendary Marks
  • The SIVA Crisis Heroic Strike Playlist is now available to players who have purchased Rise of Iron
    • This Playlist replaces the Taken War Heroic Playlist in the Vanguard Strike Playlist
    • This Playlist is also the Weekly Heroic Strike featured Playlist
    • Recommended 350 Light
Nightfall
  • Requires Rise of Iron
  • Recommended 360 Light


Economy
Activities
  • Normal Strikes will now grant rewards up to 340 Light
  • Heroic Strikes will now grant rewards up to 365 Light
  • Strike-specific Skeleton Keys now drop in the Nightfall Strike, the SIVA Crisis Heroic, and SIVA Crisis Playlists (Updated 9/22/16)
    • Skeleton Keys allow you to open Strike Hoards to guarantee a Strike-unique reward
    • Skeleton Keys have higher drop rates in the Nightfall Strike and SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlists (Updated 9/22/16)
  • Strike unique rewards will now drop up to 385 Light
  • Nightfall will now reward the player with Ghosts less often so other rewards will drop more often
  • Players can receive one free Radiant Treasure per account through their first Heroic Strike Playlist completion per week
  • Variks will now grant Weapons and Armor for Challenge of the Elders scorecard completions up to 365 Light


Engrams
  • Fixed an issue where, after enough kills were accumulated, players would never see Uncommon item drops again
    • This resulted in players being starved of weapon and armor materials
    • Uncommon drops will be in addition to, not in place of, Rare and Legendary drops
  • Rare and Legendary Engrams will now attempt to give you rewards equal to or higher than your current Light
  • Rare Engrams can now decode up to 340 Light
  • Legendary Engrams can now decode up to 365 Light
    • Legendary Engram Light value will slow from their fast progress at 350, up to 365
    • Within that range, Engrams will grant the player something with higher Light about half the time
  • Exotic Engrams can now decode up to 385 Light


Faction Packages
  • Faction Packages now drop items up to 385 Light
  • Fixed an issue where vanity items (Ships, Sparrows, Shaders) were dropping less frequently than intended
  • Queen’s Wrath faction packages now contain Queen’s Guard armor and Chasing Infinity
  • Previews have been added for the Queen’s Wrath and Crota’s Bane Factions
  • House of Judgment Faction Packages now grant a Weapon each time
    • House of Judgment Class Items now drop in addition to Weapons rather than in place of
  • Dead Orbit, New Monarchy, Future War Cult, Vanguard, and Crucible Packages now allow the player to choose one of three options: Weapons, Armor, or Chroma Armor
    • New Faction Ghosts and Sparrows have been added to these Packages
    • They can be found in all three Package selections (Weapons, Armor, and Chroma Armor)
    • TTK Armor and Weapons have been removed from the Faction Packages and are replaced with new ROI Weapons and Armor
    • The following Weapons will remain in their respective Faction Packages (Crucible and Vanguard):
      • Shadow Price
      • Badger CCL
      • Lord High Fixer
      • Grim Citizen III
      • The Saterienne Rapier
      • The Devil You Know
      • The Swarm
      • Zombie Apocalypse WF47
      • LDR 5001
      • Y-09 Longbow Synthesis
      • Two to the Morgue
      • The Comedian
Armsday/Gunsmith
  • Removed the SUROS TSR-10 Rocket Launcher Test Weapon that required Crucible kills
  • Removed the Häkke Test-A Shotgun Test weapon that required Crucible kills
Vendors
  • Vendor items purchased for Legendary Marks have been increased to 350 Light
  • Xur’s exotics for sale have been increased to 350 Light
  • Xur now sells two Exotic Weapon Ornaments per week for Silver Dust
  • Xur can now carry Legacy Boot Engrams
Items
  • Year 1 Class Items are now available as new Rise of Iron Legendary Class Items. This does not include Year 1 Raid Class items. The new Class Items are found in the following locations:
    • Strike Hoards
    • Crucible End of Match Rewards
    • Legendary Engrams
    • Iron Banner
    • Trials of Osiris
    • Faction Packages
    • Rise of Iron Vendors
  • 22 Exotic Weapon Ornaments have been added
    • Applying an Exotic Weapon Ornament has a cost of the Exotic Weapon Ornament and 1 Silver Dust
  • Players who have obtained Armor Ornaments can apply them to their corresponding Armor set to unlock unique new looks (Edited 9/20/16)
    • Armor Ornaments cost 1-2 Armor Ornament Tokens plus 5 Silver Dust to apply
      • Flawless Vigil Ornaments for Rise of Iron Trials of Osiris Armor can be obtained from Trials of Osiris Flawless Chests, 1 per character per week
      • Perfected Ornaments for Rise of Iron Raid Armor can be obtained from the Wrath of the Machine Heroic Raid challenge modes, 1 per character per week
      • Days of Iron Ornaments for Iron Lord Armor can be obtained from Radiant Treasures. Additionally, players will obtain one Days of Iron Ornament from the Rise of Iron Record Book
  • Record Books now appear in their own section on the character progress UI screen
Eververse
  • Silver Dust is now available
    • Obtained from Radiant Treasures and by sharding Exotic Weapon Ornaments
    • Used to purchase unique Eververse items, purchase Chroma from Eva Levante, purchase Iron Engrams from Lord Saladin, and apply Ornaments to Armor and Weapons
  • New Emotes have been added to the Eververse Store
  • April Update Emotes have been removed from the store and added to the new “Spring 2016 Emotes” bag
  • Radiant Treasures can now be purchased from the Eververse store
    • Radiant Treasures contain Exotic Weapon Ornaments and Vanity Items
  • Reputation Boosters are now available for direct purchase on the store


Crucible
Private Matches
  • Rise of Iron Maps and Modes are now available (Requires Destiny: Rise of Iron)
Playlists
  • Supremacy, Clash, Control, Rift, Skirmish, Rumble are now core Playlists
  • Elimination will be available every day of the week until Trials of Osiris returns on 9/30
  • Rise of Iron Crucible Maps Floating Gardens, Last Exit, Skyline, Icarus (PS Exclusive) added to core playlists with strong weightings to feature them (these will normalize over the course of a few weeks)
  • The Taken King Crucible maps added to Classic playlists (These are now free for anyone who owns the base game)
  • Rotating featured playlists updated to include Rumble Supremacy, Inferno Supremacy, Salvage, and Combined Arms
Rewards
  • Core playlists now reward a new collection of Crucible Legendary Weapons:
    • Hex Caster ARC
    • 77 Wizard
    • Ill Will
    • Unending Deluge III
    • Hopscotch Pilgrim
    • Steel Oracle Z-11
    • Cryptic Dragon
    • Matador 64
    • 20/20 AMR7
  • Classic playlists now reward the Year 2 collection of Crucible Legendary Weapons
    • Red Spectre
    • Eyasluna
    • In Times of Need
    • Split Shifter Pro
    • The Revelator
    • The Ash Factory
    • Party Crasher +1
    • Spare Change.25
    • NL Shadow 701X
  • Crucible Class Items added to the Crucible Legendary loot pool
  • Crucible Legendary drop rates slightly increased
Quests and Bounties
  • New Supremacy Quest is available from Lord Shaxx
  • New Supremacy Bounties are now available when Supremacy is the daily featured playlist
  • Shaxx Weekly Bounty design has changed and now features a single multi-objective Bounty for a specific featured 6v6 mode
  • Daily Crucible Bounty availability updated for Rise of Iron

Destiny Hot Fix - 9/19/16
2.4.0.1 - The one before Rise of Iron.

General
  • Fixed an issue where gear was not showing up properly in Kiosks
  • Fixed an issue where audio could cut out during long sessions
  • Added localization updates for Rise of Iron content

Quests
  • Fixed an issue with quest tracking not functioning properly on Cosmodrome and Mars
  • Fixed an issue with quest tracking not functioning properly for City Tower or City Tower NPCs

Crucible
  • Fixed an issue with the volume of certain Shaxx lines

And as part of a dual deployment...


2.4.0.2 - The one about Film Grain.

General
  • Fixed an issue where Film Grain was inadvertently added
  • Fixed an issue that shortened the revive interaction time and extended revive distance to pre 2.2.0 values

Stay tuned for an additional info article that will detail all changes to the player experience in Rise of Iron.
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