Extensive Gameplay Changes and Improvements

Sandbox

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

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

• 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

• 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

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

Clans

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

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

• Added new friend management commands
  • • /addfriend
    • /removefriend
• Added new fireteam management commands
  • • /invite
    • /join

UI

• 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

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

Misc

• 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.

• Fixed an issue where brightness was not adjusting properly for players

• Fixed an issue with missing Transmat FX on Amanda's exchange
• Fixed an issue with erroneous source strings on multiple Dawning and Crimson Days items
• Fixed an issue that caused several shaders to be unavailable for bulk exchange at Rahool
• Fixed an issue where some UI elements would not load properly if interacting with a vendor and launching into character inventory
• Fixed an issue where the Fortunate Projection was causing visual effects issues in third person
• Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "High and Mighty" bounty did not count wanted escapee kills
• Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "I'm Not Sorry, I'm Lost" bounty required too many points for completion
• Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "Through the Crucible" bounty required too few points for completion
• Fixed an issue that caused high amounts of Baboon errors in the Tower