TL;DR:
- This week at Bungie, butt was kicked, names taken, grass made prettier, and players unbanned.
- Ritual, Vanguard, and Crucible - Oh My!
- For Season 16, expected around double the Vanguard rep gain.
- For Season 16, adding a small amount of Trials Rep per match per round won, up to 105 extra per match.
- Oh look, a Trials weapon.
- Gambit likely to change, but due to Gambit changes in Season 16 they want to see how those play out first.
- Feedback heard on activity streaks and the placement of ritual weapons. It’s not meeting their design goals.
- Also, when double loop/rep is occurring in an activity, there will be a modifier on the activity to let you know.
- Vanguard Ops:
- As a reminder, Battlegrounds (from Season 13) will be combined with Strikes to create the Vanguard Ops playlist.
- These Battlegrounds will be the no-champion versions.
- Nightfall:
- Strike-specific modifiers will be removed.
- New style of burn: Acute with 50% incoming damage increase and 25% damage output of the specified element.
- Season Strike modifiers will be moved from Vanguard playlist to Nightfalls.
- For Season 16 these will be themed to the Glaive and Void.
- Rotates weekly and appears on Hero, Legend, and Master Nightfalls.
- Shields will now be indicated in a modifier when Match Game is in effect.
- New Loot Teaser:
- Lost Sector:
- Legend and Master Lost Sectors will be the same location starting in Season 16. Choose difficulty in world. Exotic is the same across difficulty.
- Crucible:
- Longer respawn timer has been reverted.
- HDR Needs Love Too:
- Windows 10 (and up): Windowed HDR support launches with The Witch Queen.
- To use: in-game HDR settings must be enabled and “Use HDR” enabled for the specified display.
- When in windowed HDR, will auto swap between SDR if the window moves to a non-HDR display.
- All players (SDR or HDR) who use OBS’s Window Capture must ensure the “Capture Method” is set to “Windows Graphics Capture” to not record a black screen. (Windows 10 and up only)
- Windows 10 (and up): Windowed Fullscreen should provide the same (or better) performance compared to Exclusive Fullscreen.
- Screenshots will now be supported while in HDR on PC.
- Must use the in-game screenshot feature.
- HDR screenshots will be tone mapped to SDR and saved as lossless PNG files.
- Display Calibration Improvements (All Platforms)
- New Calibration UI
- SDR and HDR calibration settings are now saved per-platform instead of per-account. (Existing settings will be reset)
- SDR brightness settings no longer affect HDR.
- Xbox players will no longer be shown the SDR calibration when HDR is active.
- Windows 10 (and up): Windowed HDR support launches with The Witch Queen.
- We need to talk about Bruno
- Introducing a new addition to the Community Manager team: Bruno
- Twitter: @BrunoLouviers
- Focused on the Southern Europe and Latin America regions.
- Main: Arcstrider Hunter.
- It’s like the Ban Hammer, only NOT - Security Update:
- 68 players were banned for using ProcessHacker (Custom Task Manager basically) since August 2021.
- 61 of those players had no other indicators and have been unbanned.
- Don’t forget to ask “How’s PSR”
- Bungie Names:
- Name changes are targeted to a date close to The Witch Queen’s launch date.
- Claim rewards before February 22:
- Players should claim the following items before The Witch Queen launches on February 22nd, otherwise they will be lost:
- Bungie Rewards
- Season Pass Items
- Shaxx Crucible Rewards
- Drifter Gambit Rewards
- Zavala Vanguard Rewards
- Season Vendor’s Rewards
- Gunsmith Reputation Items
- Seasonal Seals and Rewards
- (TL;DR note: For a reminder of what’s entering the Destiny Content Vault refer to the previous post on it)
- Bungie Names:
- Movie of the Week:
- TL;DR note: Don’t normally include these but this one too cool not to include:
- Author’s Note:
- Less than one month away from the launch of The Witch Queen. (And showing Miss Savathûn who’s boss.)
- For a refresher on what’s coming, check the product page.
- In the meantime, stay fresh and be kind. See you soon!
- “I should go” Hippy
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