Destiny 2 Release Notes (Updated 2.1.0): What's New Before the Black Arsenal

The next piece of downloadable content from Destiny 2, The Black Armory, will still be in a week, but in the meantime we have a major update – patch 2.1.0 – to launch season 5, known as Season. of the forge. It introduces a wide variety of new items, as well as many changes and adjustments detailed in the full release notes.

When you log in for the first time with the update installed, you will probably want to visit Tess at Eververse first. You will be able to see the new luminous engram of the season, the engram engraved, and its contents. This includes beauty products and other exotic items; there is a fiery sparrow, new exotic weapon ornaments and much more to collect. You can see a handful below.

Regarding the release notes, various weapons have been modified. Prometheus Lens gets a bonus of damage, while the Memento Mori bonus of As of Spades has been "reduced to five balls, but can now be refreshed to recharge without having to get rid of all the bonuses of balls" . The machine guns get a slight improvement in accuracy, while the machine guns have a slightly increased range.

Crucible considers the return of Mayhem as a 6v6 playlist, and Lockdown and Showdown are back in a rotating play list. Shaxx has new phone lines that you will come across in a variety of modes. Shaxx also offers new items for direct purchase, as well as new seasonal items and a pinnacle weapons quest. In terms of progression, Valor and Glory now work as Gambit ranks because they are divided into three sub-ranks. Legend, however, is not divided into sub-banks, and you do not have to gain rank in order to increase your value.

Gambit sees its own progress changes, as the rewards should "better match Valor and Glory;" By ranking a subdivision above, you will get guaranteed equipment from legendary Gambit. Gambit bonuses yield twice as many Infamy points as before and should be easier to complete. The catch-up mechanism has also been adjusted so that the leading team has a better chance of keeping it.

The full release notes are available below or on Bungie's website. The developer also revealed new Exotics products with Black Armory downloadable content, as well as a roadmap for Destiny 2 content updates.

Sandbox

supers

• Scope of chaos
  • Fixed a problem due to which several active Chaos Reach beams at the same time caused the merge of their visual effects.
  • Resolution of a problem allowing the Chaos Reach rays to penetrate the Banner Shields.
  • Issue resolved: Chaos Reach did not damage Blight caught.
  • Note: Changes to Chaos Reach will come with Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 04/12/2018.
• Nova Warp
  • Fixed the following problem: Nova Warp sometimes failed during the release.
• Sentinel
  • Fixed the following problem: Sentinel Shields and Banner Shields were losing power when they kept close detonations (including Thundercrash).
• Spectral blades
  • Resetting Super Spectral Blades to Increase the Reliability of PvP Melee Attacks and Boost Super Stealth Capability
• Burning maul
  • Shrinkage of camera shake and screen flash activated to try to mitigate the sensations of motion sickness when using the Burning Maul Super
• Thunderclap
  • Camera adjusted during the flight sequence to mitigate the sensations of motion sickness when using Thundercrash Super

Exotic Armor

• Fixed a problem due to which Ophidian Aspect did not increase melee range on different Warlock-laden melee (Flaming Touch, Bullet Bolt, Entropic Break, Devour and Atomic).
• Solved the following problem: Lunafaction Boots upgrades only lasted 15 seconds in Well of Radiance rather than the entire duration.
• Fixed a problem on Ursa Furiosa so that the super guard gain is more consistent between PvE and PvP

arms

• Law of the guards
  • Benefits replaced by guardian law that did not work properly with the archetype of the weapon
    • Triple Tap replaced by Feeding Frenzy
    • The fourth time, the charm is replaced by a Zen moment
  • The law of the guards now has bullet traps
  • Updated text on the intrinsic benefits of the Guards Act to distinguish it from aggressive explosive handguns
• High impact scout rifles
  • Damage inflicted by high impact scouting rifles was increased by 1.87%
    • Developer's comment: Previously, at VERY high levels of resilience, it was possible to survive three head shots with a high-impact scout rifle. This change will ensure that players of any level of resilience will be defeated by three shots to the head.
  • Note: A patch that will bring back high-impact Scout rifles to 150 rpm is planned for Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 12/4/2018.
• Hunting rifles
  • The Rapid-Fire frame on shotguns now increases the reloading of all shotgun shells when they are empty instead of the first shell.
  • Trench barrel
    • The advantage of Trench Barrel turns off after three shots
    • Trench Barrel's description has been updated to reflect the new behavior and also to correct an error. It indicated increased accuracy instead of increasing the speed of reloading.
• submachine
  • Slight increase in the range of machine guns
• Machine guns
  • Slightly increased precision on machine guns

Exotic weapons

• Lens of Prometheus
  • The damage of the Prometheus lens is increased by 10%
• hard light
  • Fixed a problem that prevented hard light from over-popping a banner shield
• Ace of Spades
  • Memento Mori reduced to five balls, but can now be refreshed when reloading without having to get rid of all the bonuses

General

• Fixed mantle animation for the Queenbreaker
• Issue resolved: Some particle effects appeared in the first-person view when using One Thousand Voices
• Problem solved: Bows sometimes became invisible when they were equipped
• Finishing Blade Barrage animation when the player is holding a bow
• Elimination of a forgotten item on the Borealis sponsorship ornament
• Fixed a problem that delayed the depressing of an arrow when the player was collecting ammo while the bow was both tidy and exhausted.
• Fixed a problem that prevented the head searcher's benefit from running after being activated multiple times without dying
• Issue resolved: The Ikelos Hand Cannon and Shotgun displayed icons depicting Malfeasance and Chaperone in the obituary.
• Polished grenade launcher animations to suppress the reticle curve from top to bottom
• Animations of polished grenade launcher during jumps to prevent actions from blocking the camera in the first person
• Polished sniper rifle and machine gun animations during jumps to prevent actions from blocking the camera in the first person
• Fixed an animation problem when shooting and walking with a machine gun
• The Cannon Tractor sprint animation polished to feel more natural
• Issue resolved: Swords dropped with mods intended for rocket launchers and Rocket Launchers abandoned to mods intended for swords
• Rapid Hit now displays a damping effect during activation
  • Known problem: the accuracy with the sniper rifle will stack the bonus twice; this will be corrected in a later patch
• Oathkeeper Exotic Perk updated to remove the text relating to the arc charge speed.
• Description of the advantage of the inexhaustible blade updated to match the actual behavior: ammunition is returned to each new destruction of electric sword
• Issue resolved: momentum transfer bonus did not work properly

Crucible

modes

• Mayhem will return as a 6v6 rotating playlist with support for scoring for the new Forsaken Supers
• Lockdown and Showdown will be returned as rotating playlists and added to private matches
• Scorched and Team Scorched have been added to games privately
• New Shaxx lines, split between Rumble, Lockdown, Showdown and some special medals
• Simple round modes (Clash, Control, etc.) now end with a "Match Complete" countdown similar to those displayed for rounds in round mode
• Added new Crucible Medals and Triumphs for Forsaken Associate Supers, the Machine Gun Archetype and the Lockdown Game Mode.
• Addition of two new gold medals: good hunting!
• Fixed an issue that prevented the correct follow-up of the "The Cycle" medal
• Iron Banner now awards unique Iron Banner-themed medals with unique sound signals
• Iron Banner Uses New Unique Match Complete Banners

Ranks

• Valor and Glory are now divided into three sub-ranks similar to Gambit
• Valor and Glory did not subdivide the legend rank
• Valor does NOT require players to win at Legend

Shaxx

• Shaxx offers a new rotation of items available for direct purchase.
  • Players need to gain value to collect these items
• A new set of seasonal items has been added to Shaxx's inventory
  • Exclusive items from previous seasons have been removed
• A new pinnacle weapon quest has been added to Shaxx's inventory
  • To allow players to progress on any character, each step has goals for the entire account.
  • This quest requires the achievement of two types of goals: to reach a specific rank and to complete a specific triumph; players can complete these goals in any order
• Previous Pinnacle weapon quests are still available on Shaxx

Gambit

Ranks

• Infamy adjusted grade awards to better match Valor and Glory. Subdivision rankings will still badign legendary Gambit hardware

Awards and Quests

• The Infamy Rank Points Rewards of all Gambit Rewards have been doubled
• Many rewards have had their goals re-tuned to take less time and be easier to complete
• Addition of a new daily premium for the murder of the primitive envoys and insertion in the daily rotation
• Fixed a problem that allowed to advance the evil quest in Crucible modes

NOTE: Once S5 starts and Infamy is reset, you must play a Gambit match before you can redeem rewards. Players who surrender these bonuses after the start of Season of the Forge, but before playing a Gambit match, will not correctly receive bonus points in their Infamy rank.Primordial mechanics

• The catch-up mechanisms have been adjusted so that the management team retains a definite advantage
• The fleeing team will now receive up to one bonus stack from the Primeval Slayer upgrade (previously, it would receive up to three stacks depending on the back of the fleeing team).
• The time before the start of the bonus stack was increased to 22 seconds instead of 22 seconds.
• Primary teams will do less to reduce the number of clashes against highly coordinated teams

matchmaking

• More detailed addressing of error codes that may occur during game play, resulting in potential start penalties

Clans

General

• The Last Wish Raid rewards 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 benefits to pursue

Articles and economy

General

• Fixed a problem due to which the "Rainmaker" consumable did not provide a rain of Glimmer of vanquished foes
• Issue resolved: The benefits of Public Defender Ghost did not apply correctly to public events on Mars, Tangled Shore or Dreaming City.
• Fixed the following issue: Nightfall unique rewards are not reduced to the rate expected for non-Forsaken homeowners
• Fixed a problem that prevented players from earning more than the Prime Attunement buff, which put them in a deficit of new early engrams for a time corresponding to the extra number of engrams received.

triumphs

• Fixed an issue where the title of Triumph "Steadfast" was "Meet Sloane on Titan" (you still have to meet Sloane on Titan).

Collections

• Added missing armor weapons from the second year to the collections (not buyable due to random throws)
• Issue resolved: The BrayTech RWP Mk II Scout Rifle did not count in certain player collections
• The speed of the season 4 not acquired is now hidden

PC

Controls

• Added a new "Take Screenshot" keyboard shortcut (by default, the "Print Screen" key)

Text chat

• Adding new friend management commands
• Adding new fireteam management commands

Note: Fireteam commands can target any player by providing his full BattleTag to the player, allowing players to create firet teams without sending any queries to friends.

IU

General

• Tooltips on adjusted objects to solve a problem where benefits or other information were cut off on the character screen
• Fixed a problem due to which ranking banner for Crucible and Gambit was not correctly displayed on 21: 9 resolutions
• Fixed a problem preventing players from returning to orbit while the results screen was displayed at the end of an activity.

Location

• Traditional Chinese
  • Fixed the following issue: Some parts of the user interface in Traditional Chinese did not load correctly in the game.

Misc

Performance

• Improved activity and load times of destinations on the consoles
  • Note: We are actively studying the loading times to load the player's inventory screen, switch between the tabs of the UI to start the game, log in and select characters. See This Week in Bungie – 11/08/2018 for more details.

HDR

• Issue resolved: The brightness did not adjust properly for the drives.

General

• Fixed a problem with Transmat FX missing on Amanda's swap
• Fixed a problem with wrong source channels on multiple items Dawning and Crimson Days
• Fixed a problem due to which multiple shaders were not available for a bulk exchange at Rahool
• Issue resolved: Some elements of the UI did not load correctly when interacting with a vendor and launching in the character inventory.
• Issue resolved: Fortunate Projection caused visual effects problems in the third person
• Fixed an issue due to which the IGR version of the premium "High and Powerful" did not count the escapees sought
• Issue resolved: The IGR version of the bonus "I'm not sorry, I'm lost" needed too many points to complete.
• Issue resolved: The IGR version of the "Through the Crucible" bonus required too few points to complete.
• Fixed a problem that caused many Baboon errors in the tower