TL;DR:
- This week at Bungie, we’re sweeping up some blues.
- 5 TWABs until The Witch Queen (Including this one!)
- This TWAB: Power, Blue drops, Gunsmith rep, Exotic sources, and more.
- Future TWABs: Vanguard rep, Gambit reworks, weapon crafting, and Void 3.0.
- New Twitter Trailer:
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— Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) January 17, 2022
- The Power is Yours:
- As a reminder, here are some definitions:
- Floor - lowest Power possible for a piece of gear.
- Soft cap - where general drops no longer upgrade Power.
- Power cap - where Powerful drops no longer upgrade Power.
- Hard cap - Max possible Power for gear (excluding Artifact Power)
- Starting on February 22nd 2022, these will be the new caps:
- Power Floor will be raised to 1350.
- This means all players will be able to start The Witch Queen campaign as soon as they log in.
- Soft cap will be 1500.
- Power cap will be 1550.
- Hard cap will be 1560.
- Power Floor will be raised to 1350.
- Keep an eye out for the gold challenge icon for good sources of Powerful and Pinnacle drops.
- As a reminder, here are some definitions:
- Designing an economy is “easy,” right?
- no, anyway…
- Starting in The Witch Queen, blue (Rare) rewards will stop dropping from playlist activities once players reach the Soft cap.
- Instead players will have a slight increase in Legendary rewards or a small amount of Legendary Shards.
- Blue armor and weapons will continue to drop from enemies and chests.
- Gunsmith reputation overhaul:
- Players will earn Gunsmith rep by dismantling Legendary/Exotic weapons or completing Gunsmith bounties.
- This means that Gunsmith materials and Weapon Telemetries will be removed from inventories once The Witch Queen launches.
- SPEND THEM OR LOSE THEM
- Mod components are also being removed, all mods will cost 10,000 Glimmer instead.
- Mods sold per day by both Banshee-44 and Ada-1 will increase from 2 to 4 mods.
- Master Rahool will take over the duty of selling Enhancement Prisms and Ascendent Shards.
- He will also be able to decrypt Umbral Engrams. (Not focus, just decrypt)
- Hawkmoon and Dead Man’s Tale:
- The quests for the random rolls of these Exotics are getting vaulted when The Witch Queen launches.
- So players can still obtain rolls of these Exotics, they will show up in Xur’s inventory.
- Unobtainable Exotic Catalysts:
- These Exotic Catalysts will drop from Playlist activities starting in The Witch Queen:
- Hawkmoon
- Dead Man’s Tale
- Ager’s Scepter
- Outbreak Perfected
- Whisper of the Worm
- The Fourth Horseman
- These Exotic Catalysts will drop from Playlist activities starting in The Witch Queen:
- Save the (RAID) Date
- March 5th, 2022 at 10:00 AM Pacific
- Reload, Reload (Support Section)
- Hotfix 3.4.0.3 was released, fixes these issues:
- Ornaments can now be equipped on the Wish-Ender Exotic Bow.
- In the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, players will no longer be trapped outside the encounter if they are dead outside the crystal tunnel when the encounter begins.
- In the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, the damage phase with the Ogre boss will now consistently start after depositing enough cursed engrams.
- We have reverted colorblind settings made in Hotfix 3.4.0.2 and will be looking into making updates to colorblind settings in a future update.
- (Relevant) Known Issues:
- When first spawning into an area or activity, Hand Cannons sometimes don’t have ammo.
- The Dares of Eternity’s game streak now gives a maximum of 125 points per completion.
- Hotfix 3.4.0.3 was released, fixes these issues:
- A Quick Clarification Before We Go:
- There was some confusion on bounties surviving the Season change, here’s the details.
- Iron Banner bounties will not be removed at the end of the Season.
- Reward Power levels will be capped to 1350 and give no bonus Power.
- Will be deleted at the end of Season 16, as Lord Saladin will get a rep overhaul.
- Last Iron Banner will be the last week of Season of the Lost btw.
- Bounties related to Season 12, 13, 14, or 15 content will be deleted at the end of the Season.
- Bounties from the Tangled Shore will be deleted at the end of the Season.
- Some daily bounties from general activities or destinations may be removed if the bounty’s objective or reward is changed.
- Ex. A handful of Drifter and Gunsmith bounties are being looked at.
- Also Gambit rework confirmed for Season 16, stay tuned.
- Ex. A handful of Drifter and Gunsmith bounties are being looked at.
- Rule of thumb: If you do not want to lose your rewards, turn in your bounties!
- Author’s Note:
- Next week, Hippy will get her second TWAB!
- Cheers, dmg04
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