“Destiny” launched Tuesday for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360. While players have been looking forward to Bungie’s action shooter for months, any new release is usually accompanied by some in-game changes and improvements. The title just became playable early Tuesday morning, but Bungie is already working on a number of improvements.
“Work is already underway on upcoming patches. Some will contain new content, some will contain the next round of improvements, and some will undoubtedly react to issues that you -- the playerbase -- will uncover in the coming weeks,” the “Destiny” development team said on its blog this week.
“With ‘Destiny,’ we couldn't create a world that players want to live in by leveraging our old habits. We want to improve, grow and evolve ‘Destiny’ in the coming weeks, months and -- hopefully -- years,” the studio continued. “Our goal is to constantly improve the Live game. The game we hope is competing for your free time.”
Adjusted the cooldown ranges of armor stats (Intellect, Discipline, Strength).
Agility now has more impact to move speed and acceleration.
Titan
General
Catapult no longer has screen effects
STRIKER
Shoulder Charge now deals Arc damage instead of Kinetic
Lightning Grenade shock damage increased by 66 percent (base 60 to 100)
Amplify Super bonus-on-kill increased from 6 percent to 10 percent
Flashbang no longer disorients ultra combatants
Transfusion now has a 5-second cooldown before it can trigger again
Juggernaut shield is removed after jumping or sprinting for 6.5 seconds
Ward of Dawn now immediately regenerates your health on activation
DEFENDER
Hunter
GUNSLINGER
Golden Gun is now unable to overpenetrate through a Ward of Dawn shield
Incendiary Grenade detonation damage reduced by 18 percent (base 140 to 115)
Chain of Woe now grants an additional 5 percent, 10 percent, 15 percent bonus to reload speed
Gunslinger's Trance buff duration increased from 10 to 15 seconds.
BLADEDANCER
Arcbolt Grenade impact damage reduced by 17 percent (base 120 to 100)
Razor's Edge distance traveled slowed and reduced
Quickdraw now no longer requires a melee hit
Blink now cancels invisibility when used
Warlock
VOIDWALKER
Nova Bomb Vortex duration reduced from 5 to 3.5 seconds.
Nova Bomb Vortex effects now have displays for its victims.
Energy Drain impact damage increased by 10 percent (base 100 to 110)
Soul Rip super bonus on kill increased from 6 percent to 10 percent bonus
Vortex Grenade linger damage reduced by 50 percent (base 15 to 10) per tick
Surge now grants a bonus to reload and weapon-ready speed
Surge now activates when doing damage to an enemy instead of killing blow
Surge agility buff increased by 33 percent (base 10 to 13)
SUNSINGER
Firebolt Grenade impact damage reduced by 20 percent (base 100 to 80)
Flame Shield now activates when doing damage to an enemy instead of killing blow
Flame Shield now provides a small overshield
Solar Grenade linger damage reduced by 50 percent (base 15 to 10) per tick
Weapons
General
Removed weapon speed penalties from extended sprinting
Capped inventory to 999 rounds
Fixed several weapons that would display an incorrect magazine size
Swapping weapons from inventory now only takes 50 percent of the ammo in PvE
Perks
Return to Sender now procs more frequently by 15 percent
Range Finder bonus reduced by 4 percent
High Caliber Rounds damage to combatants increased by 67 percent
Assault Rifles
Reduced the base Damage of all Assault Rifles by 7 percent
Reduced the base Accuracy ranges by [14 percent to 25 percent], modified by weapon stat
Reduced the base Stability ranges by [8 percent to 80 percent], modified by weapon stat
Pulse Rifles
Increased the base Damage per bullet range by [2 percent to 17 percent], modified by weapon stat
Increased the base Stability range by [8 percent to 25 percent], modified by weapon stat
Reduced the base Rate of Fire by [8 percent to 19], modified by weapon stat
Scout Rifles
Reduced the base Damage of all Scout Rifles by 8 percent
Fixed an issue that broke the fx for explosive rounds
Hand Cannons
Increased the base Zoom of all Hand Cannons by 20 percent
Increased the base Damage per bullet range by [4 percent to 15 percent], modified by weapon stat
Increased the base Magazine size range by [8 percent to 20 percent], modified by weapon stat
Reduced the base Accuracy range by [75 percent to 100 percent], modified by weapon stat
Sniper Rifles
Increased the base Stability range by [6 percent to 100 percent], modified by weapon stat
Fusion Rifles
Fusion Rifle charging is now more reliable.
Shotguns
Improved Shotgun damage falloff networking.
Reduced base Damage per bullet range by [2 percent to 5 percent], modified by weapon stat
Reduced base Shotgun range by [1 percent to 7 percent], modified by weapon stat
HMGs
Improved HMG projectile networking.
Vehicles
General
Fixed audio dropouts from vehicles for local player.
Sparrow
Dodging while boosting is now easier to execute.
Cabal Interceptor
Reduced Rocket Rate of Fire from 1 to 1.5666 seconds per shot.
Reduced Rocket damage blast radius from 7 to 6 meters.
Reduced Rocket damage falloff curves so they are less effective at long rangers
Reduced Arming shape from 1 to 0.6 meters.
PVP
General
Crucible Marks drop rate increased from 2 to 3 for wins, 1 to 2 for losses.
Match completion XP and Glimmer awards increased.
Match completion can now award Engrams.
Playlists now unlock sequentially instead of based on character level.
Health numbers are now normalized at a 200 base value (up from 175) to be easier for players to calculate.
Ghost ammo collection disabled in all playlists.
'Crushing' voice-overs now plays properly when the game has 0:30 and 0:10 seconds remaining
Medals
Mark of the Unbroken minimum threshold increased from 7 to 15
Back in Action death streak threshold increased from 3 to 5
Heating Up medal removed to avoid spam and player confusion
Domination now only fires only once per domination zone per player
Domination medal score increased from 40 to 125
Game Types
Salvage
Salvage Zones now do not return to the most recent salvaged relic locations
Fixed a bug with Salvage probe offense points being given out incorrectly
Fixed spawn policy content that caused bad behavior on (PS3 only)
Maps
First Light
Pike spawns reduced from 4 to 3.
Interceptor spawns reduced from 2 to 1.
Interceptor spawn times reduced to 2 minutes.
Interceptor timer now does not start incrementing until after the game has started.
Windmill now pumps approximately 14% less liters of waters per match from 3.5L to 3L.
Rusted Lands
Line-of-sight spawn influencers changed to reduce spawning near enemies.
Level-of-detail volumes adjusted for better performance on slower platforms.
Playable space volumes adjusted to remove exploit zones
Level-of-detail volumes adjusted for better performance on slower platforms.
The Anomaly
Fixed a hole that let players see out of environment in the lower tunnel.
Pike spawns reduced from 4 to 3.
Interceptor spawns reduced from 2 to 1.
Interceptor spawn timers reduced to 2 minutes.
Interceptor timer now does not start incrementing until after the game has started.
Added physics volume to keep players from getting on top of the giant hose reel near Control Zone A
Activities
Missions
Fixed an issue with Ishtar Collective Venus mission to enable the Vex Turret to drop Mind Cores for assisting players, instead of only killing blow players.
Strikes
Strikes now award increasingly more Vanguard Marks at higher levels.
Strikes now award significantly better Gear at lower levels.
Fixed an exploit using Ward of Dawn against Sepiks Prime
Raids
Raid condensed to two difficulty tiers, in order to get straight to the punishment. Levels adjusted.
Flawless Raider achievement cut, then un-cut, then cut, then un-cut, then declared immune to further cutting.
Destinations
World
Patrols award increased Vanguard reputation but no longer award Vanguard Marks.
Patrol VIP objectives brought in-line with other objectives, but still award additional reputation.
Treasure chest glimmer drop rate reduced, but added Materials to loot table.
Treasure chests now have a small chance to award large drops of additional Glimmer, Materials, Engrams, and Consumables.
Fixed various bugs where combatants were spawning in front of players
Fixed bugs where too many combatants were spawning during some instances of the Vex Block event
Combatants
Removed spurious XP bonuses for Fallen Captains, Hive Knights and Wizards, Vex Minotaurs, Cabal Centurions
Stealth Vandals should award XP now.
Acyclic Geometer's name now display properly.
Fixed Hydras to reward the correct loot for Patrol missions on Venus
Spidertank leg health reduced by 16 percent (base 3000 to 2520) per leg.
Vendors
Bounty introduction unlock moved from Level 6 to Level 4.
Bounty Leads will be sent to characters upon reaching various milestones.
Engram and Package tooltips now indicate what they can contain.
Packages earned from Faction reputation rewards now contain Glimmer instead of awarding XP.
Cryptarch reputation requirements to reach Rank 2 increased.
Cryptarch reputation earned from purchasing Engrams are greatly reduced.
Vanguard and Crucible Marks are now accruable beginning at Level 18.
Technical
Fixed an issue with skill distribution that caused convergence to take much too long.
Fixed an issue where players’ skill rating was too often shifting negatively causing less than ideal matches.
