TL;DR:
- This week at Bungie, Trials is getting revamped!
- Today marks the 7th anniversary of Destiny’s launch!
- In celebration, Bungie has posted some stories and inspiration from launch here.
- Trials of Osiris Returns:
- Tomorrow marks the return of Trials of Osiris for the Season of the Lost.
- As a reminder, these are some of the major changes made to this gamemode:
- More rewards being granted, even just for round wins.
- Complete Reputation overhaul like the core playlist venders.
- Trials engrams have been added.
- Minor changes to the activity rules.
- Cards no longer track losses, only if Flawless.
- You must own the current yearly expansion to play now. (Currently Beyond Light, will switch to Witch Queen on February 22nd.)
- Introducing the new Legendary Stasis Linear Fusion Rifle, Reed’s Regret! (Yes, it can roll Vorpal Weapon)
- In addition, Saint-14 now offers the ability for Guardians to earn additional rolls in weapons they’ve earned, similar to focusing Umbral Engrams.
- TL;DR of the specific patch notes:
- Trials reputation has been rebuilt. (Trials Tokens are retired)
- Reputation per match is based on the round wins on your card.
- Trials passages are account scoped. (All your characters share the passage)
- Passage of Ferocity is now available from the start.
- Passage of Wisdom is no longer available.
- Passage of Wealth now requires seven wins.
- Unlocking a passage now unlocks it for the rest of the Season.
- Replaced the 3/5/7 win challenge with a win rounds challenge.
- A new 7 win challenge will be available.
- Removed weekly bounties.
- Ruleset changes:
- Round time is now 90 sec.
- Each round starts with fresh special ammo.
- Cross Play must be enabled to participate in Trials of Osiris.
- Added Third Person Restricted tooltip and load screen hint to Trials, Elimination, and Showdown.
- The current yearly expansion must be owned to play Trials of Osiris.
- Trials reputation has been rebuilt. (Trials Tokens are retired)
- BattlEye Soft Launch Update:
- Still deep in soft launch window, but wanted to give an update.
- So far, going well.
- So well in fact, they are beginning to roll out automatic bans for some cheats.
- As a reminder, if you encounter cheating, report them!
- Patchy The Pirate (Support Section)
- Hotfix 3.3.0.2:
- Releases on Thursday, September 16th.
- Timeline:
- 9:00 AM: Maintenance begins
- 9:45 AM: Players are removed from activities. Destiny 2 is brought offline.
- 10:00 AM: Hotfix 3.3.0.2 becomes available. Players can log back in.
- 11:00 AM: Maintenance is expected to conclude
- Highlights:
- The barriers around the Scorch Cannons in the Fallen Walker public event will no longer repel players.
- Players will no longer get stuck in the Broodhold strike or Wolfship Turbine lost sector.
- The Warlock’s Nova Warp will Blink if Hold Sprint is active.
- Strike Streaks will no longer be broken.
- The Danger Zone perk now correctly grants more blast radius on Rocket Launchers
- The Sweet Spotter Triumph now correctly progresses when killing Vex Wyverns with precision damage.
- The Dawn Chorus Exotic Warlock helmet correctly extends burn damage on enemies.
- Hotfix 3.3.0.3:
- Will be released on Thursday, September 23rd.
- Players will be removed from activities starting at 5:00 AM that day and will be unable to log in until 10:00 AM.
- (Relevant) Known Issues:
- We are investigating an increase in error code POTATO on PC. Players who have non-English characters as part of their installation folder name may be able to resolve this issue by replacing those characters with English characters.
- The Proving Grounds strike icon doesn’t appear on Nessus until players complete the Legacy: Challenger’s Proving VII quest.
- The Tether Time Nightfall triumph cannot be completed due to Lake of Shadows boss not tethering.
- Settings for voice chat persist between Steam to consoles. Players must log into Steam to turn Voice chat to On or reset their audio to default options.
- Hotfix 3.3.0.2:
- Author’s Note:
- dmg will be getting married in a few days! (TL;DR note: CONGRATS DMG!)
- As a result, dmg will be taking some time off.
- Don’t worry, we will have Cozmo and DPS helping out while dmg’s gone.
- Cheers, dmg04
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