Destiny 2 Dev Tracker

Happy Bungie Day, everyone! You know how it’s awkward when it’s your birthday and you are having to open presents while a bunch of people watch you. Then people begin singing... and you just want to escape out of a window? That’s kind of what this is like for us. We wish we were pretentious enough to make up a holiday dedicated to ourselves, but looking back, we ... Read more

Activities  

Crucible 

• Fixed an issue where the cinematic intro on the Radiant Cliffs map, in competitive modes, would show Guardians hovering in the air.  
• Fixed an issue where Glory gain and loss amounts were not properly adjusted based on skill level. 
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Dead Cliffs map from loading correctly in Glory playlists. 
• Reduced damage of Trace Rifles in Momentum Control. 

Expunge 

• Styx 
• Fixed an issue where the Codestrider platform over the boss would fail to have collision in certain circumstances. 
• Tartarus 
• Fixed an issue where a Codestrider platform would fail to have collision in certain circumstances. 
• Fixed an issue where defeating the boss before the second immunity phase would block mission completion. 

Strikes 

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This week at Bungie, we prepare for Solstice of Heroes 2021!
It’s almost time for a celebration. Earlier this week, Guardians pushed back against the Endless Night. Through relentless Overrides and adventures to Expunge the Vex network, Quria was found and deleted. While larger threats to humanity remain, one can take a moment to breathe and rest easy knowing that the people of the Last City are safer. In the wise words of Saint-14, it is time for celebration. Solstice of Heroes is the perfect moment for that.

A big party in the Tower isn’t the only thing that’s going on. Eva Levante returns, bringing new armor for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks to earn. As you upgrade your sets, you’ll once again be able to earn some magnificent white glows to adorn your armor with. If you have a taste for the elements, Eververse will also offer Universal Ornament Bundles for purchase which will shine brightly with glows that reflect your equipped subclass.
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We are back with another Community Focus. This our chance to find outstanding members from our vast community and let them share a little bit about themselves. This week, we invited in someone who’s work you may have seen over the years. They have worked on a wide array of Destiny videos and montages and have created some powerful videos and 3D art. 
Please meet Neenkin.
We’ve heard whispers of your legend from Guardians throughout the community, but would love to hear directly from the source. Tell us a bit about yourself, and how you came to join the Destiny community. 

Neenkin: Hey everyone! I'm Neenkin. I'm a video editor, VFX artist, and 3D artist. I'm primarily self-taught, and have been pursuing creative endeavors for most of my life. I'm obsessed with visual storytelling, and have been working on all sorts of Destiny-related videos and artworks for the past seven years. 

I played th...

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This week at Bungie, it’s getting dark.  

The Endless Night really ramped up this week as the Tower is now in full dark mode. Strange things are afoot as Guardians continue to search for answers by diving even deeper into the Vex Network. Hopefully the source is found soon, as it’s looking pretty problematic right now.  
The bravest and most powerful among you have started to take on the Grandmaster Nightfalls that went live this week with The Glassway. For anyone not aware, Grandmaster Nightfalls are some of the most difficult content to aspire to. If you’ve reached the proper Power but haven’t given it a go yet, Plug One.1 is up for grabs this week, so get in there. Be brave.  

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Shoot For the Moon 

Back in January we announced that four weapons from the Dreaming City and four weapons from the Moon were being reissued with new perk pools but had not brought them all back yet. In our next update, currently scheduled for 7/6, ... Read more

This week at Bungie, we prepare for the return of Grandmaster Nightfalls. 
An Endless Night persists and Guardians continue to infiltrate the Vex network via Overrides and Expunges. Even with each Vex Mind defeated, we’re left with a puzzle that is still missing pieces. This week, many of you have already made a chilling discovery about who is orchestrating this cyber war, planting more seeds to undermine the future of the Last City. If you haven’t played yet this week, we’ll leave the story bits for you to uncover. Some of the most powerful moments in Destiny are that of discovery, so we won’t spoil the fun! 
Outside of your Splicer initiatives, Vault of Glass challenges have begun. Each week, one encounter in the raid will feature a challenge for your fireteam to overcome. If you succeed, you’ll get additional loot as you continue to climb in Pinnacle Power. Some of you may be wondering what you need so much Power for. Well, we have two activities coming onli... Read more

I joined Bungie in 2013, a fair bit before we launched Destiny. I started on the networking team and, as with most new engineers at Bungie, I was tasked with looking at bugs in order to get used to the code base and start learning about our systems. Some networking bugs are very difficult to figure out because you’ll get a symptom on a client that actually starts elsewhere in the Destiny ecosystem. One of my first big Bungie tasks was to try to tackle this problem.

The Problem

Destiny has an extremely complex networking model. At any given time, your Destiny client could be connected to many other clients (consider the Tower), two to four activity hosts, two bubble hosts, and a world server. All these machines (this can end up being over 20 distinct processes) can generate actions that affect any of the other machines, so bugs can happen in very complicated ways! Usually players or testers (or asserts in code) only notice something going w... Read more

This week at Bungie, we’re walking the runway.  
It’s fashion week, and the community is strutting their stuff on social right now. All the best Guardian looks are on display. Swagger, drip, whatever you want to call it – there are some frabjous armor sets out there. Here are a just a few that have caught our eye so far. 

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Bungie is committed to uplifting the voices of its employees who identify as women, to build an equitable work environment where women can thrive, and to advocate for women in the broader game industry. To help achieve these aims, Bungie recently launched a new inclusion club: Women@Bungie. 
The members of Women@Bungie come from across the studio and represent a wide variety of professional and life experiences and includes allies. Members rally around their shared mission, which is to “provide a safe, empowering space to share our common experiences as women, a place to build a network, and give and receive practical and emotional support. We can also be a force for education and change within the company by supporting diversity and inclusion efforts to improve the experience of women as part of the larger company efforts.”  
“I want Bungie to be a place where great talent – no matter who they are, where they are from, or how they identify – can not only come ... Read more

Activities 

Free Roam 

• Added an energy barrier to the Scavenger's Den Lost Sector on EDZ, while on Legend or Master difficulty, to prevent skipping most of the encounters. 
• The Empty Tank Lost Sector on Tangled Shore now rewards the correct Exotic gear, in line with the other Lost Sectors' reward rotation. 

Raids 

• Vault of Glass armor mods now appear in the Collections tab. 
• Fixed an issue where players could kill Atheon by tethering Supplicants as they self-destruct. 
• Fixed an issue where players could kill Atheon in the Future Venus portal before starting the encounter. 
• Fixed an issue where players could break Minotaur shields in the Gatekeeper encounter by using Prometheus Lens. 
• Fixed an issue where Aegis Relic blocking ability was not continuously blocking damage. 

 

Gameplay and Investment 

Armor 

• Path of the Burning Steps ...

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This week at Bungie, Mithrax told the legend of The Saint. 
Over the last few weeks, the Tower has been bathed in darkness due to the Endless Night. Guardians have been exploring the Vex Network in search of solutions to this chilling predicament. With each Override, we’re one step closer to our goals. Expunge. Mithrax has been with us from the start but took a moment this week to share what it’s like as a member of the House of Light. 
If you haven’t seen the cutscene yet, finish your weekly quest to get a good dose of lore. 
Let’s get on with the TWAB, shall we? We have Iron Banner coming back around next week, and the announce of a fresh fashion show. 

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Iron Rising 

Lord Saladin returns next week for a renewed round of Iron Banner. Things might feel a little different, as we released a new round of Stasis tuning earlier this morning. If you’re aiming to get a little higher in the Pinnacle Power band, make sure to compl... Read more

This week at Bungie, we exposed vulnerabilities in the Vex Network. 

It’s been another jam-packed week of Season of the Splicer content. Guardians have infiltrated deeper into the Vex Network through the new Expunge mission and a new Override six-player activity is now available on Tangled Shore. Get in there and help Mithrax stop this endless night! 
Over the weekend, the Vault of Glass raid opened up for the first time in Destiny 2. Fireteams of Guardians have started diving down into its depths, to be greeted with familiar feelings and new twists. Here is a quick teaser if you still haven’t stepped inside yourself. 


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Gameplay and Investment  

Armor 

• Fixed an issue where Recovery-focused Umbral Engrams would sometimes not award armor with a sufficiently high Recovery stat. 
• Fixed issues where some Common, Uncommon, and Rare armors would provide stat bonuses when used as ornaments as a part of Armor Synthesis. 
• Energy Accelerant mod: 
• No longer increases damage against players.  
• No longer increases the base damage of Symmetry, Telesto, Black Talon, and Deathbringer. 
• Telesto has also received another sternly worded lecture. 
• Sundering Blast no longer causes Overload champions to exit their stun state when damaged by the explosion created by the mod. 
• Fixed an issue where Star-Eater Scales was erroneously applying its damage bonus to weapons and grenades instead of only Supers as intended.  
• Increased the maximum number of stacks required for the full d...

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We’ve noticed some confusion around Seasonal Challenge XP payouts this Season and wanted to clear up some miscommunications on our part. 

First, there was a bug last Season where players who had earned XP bonuses from Season 12’s Season Pass did not have these bonuses reset at the start of Season 13. This carry-over resulted in Season 13 Challenges paying out much greater XP than intended. Rather than opt to fix the bug midseason, we decided to leave it in place and let players continue to benefit from it. We mistakenly did not acknowledge this bug during Season 13, and we missed it in the 3.2.0 patch notes for Season 14. 
The change we did call out in the 3.2.0 patch notes was the addition of a new XP payout size for Seasonal Challenges, called “Extra Large XP.” This payout is comparable to the amount of XP needed to earn half a Season Pass rank with a "Well-Rested" XP bonus.  
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This week at Bungie, we crack open the Vault of Glass. 

We’re a little over a week into Season of the Splicer. Things have been a little crazy, so to speak. The Vex have cast the Last City into an endless night, and the Vanguard need your help. We’ve found our first clues on Europa thanks to the aid of Mithrax, but have more networks to crash. Now, Guardians are flying to the Moon for another crack at the code. 
As you take on the Vex and their simulations, fresh loot has been up for grabs. Gridskipper and Chroma Rush have been ripping the Vex to shreds in Override. Lord Saladin has some new tools of destruction for you to earn in the Iron Banner. Hung Jury is up to bat as a Nightfall reward this week, and we’ve already seen numerous Guardians exploding their foes with Firefly rolls. 
It’s been a fun start, but we have more on the way, and it’s almost time to crack open the Vault of Glass. 

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Vault of Glass: Prepare to S...

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Activities  

Free Roam 

• Removed Vex Oracles and a Minotaur which were spawned at the end of the Kingship Dock Lost Sector on Tangled Shore. 

Gameplay and Investment   

Armor 

• Fixed an issue where applying certain shaders to the Hunter Guardian Games ornament would cause it to glow too brightly and dim out other armor items. 
• Dreaming City Reverie Dawn armor now correctly includes the full list of shaders a player has unlocked in its shader socket. 

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where The Last Word ornaments had different recoil behavior than the base version.
  

Abilities 

• Fixed an issue where Bleak Watcher could allow players to continue using Winter's Wrath even after running out of Super energy. 
• Bleak Watcher Aspect has now been reenabled.  

Power and Progression 

• Fixed an issu...

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General

• Fixed an issue that was causing some players to crash when signing in.
• Fixed an issue where some players were able to access Cross Play early.

This week at Bungie, we started splicing.  

Season of the Splicer went live this week. Killer robots channeled their inner Mr. Burns and blotted out the Sun over the Last City. Now, Guardians are strapping on power gloves and teaming up with tech-master Eliksni to fight in the shade. It’s a tale as old as time. 
We had some Honeydew errors early on, but our team of experts buckled down to commune with our servers and fix the issues so you could get back to playing. Our deepest apologies to anyone who had their gameplay delayed. Check out the Player Support Report below for the latest on any ongoing issues we are tracking. 
Despite some hiccups, the Season is in full swing now! Here is a quick look at everything the new Season Pass has to offer. 

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Hack and Slash

This Season has ushered in new additions to your arsenal from Seasonal rewards, post-game Gambit, Crucible, Vanguard drops, and more. We ... Read more

Activities  

General 

• Four Lost Sectors have been added to the daily rotation of Legend or Master difficulty Lost Sectors! 
• Fixed case-by-case issues with unresponsive or clumping combatants across various activities. 
• Fixed an issue that could prevent AI enemies from firing in some 6-player activities when there are a lot of enemies alive in the area. 

Crucible 

• 6v6 Crucible activities have an updated intro experience.  
• You can now cycle through your teammates to view metrics associated with the activity you're entering. 
• Momentum Control and Team Scorched have returned and will be available as part of the weekly playlist rotation. 
• Adjusted The Dead Cliff's spawn points so that players are no longer placed on the edge of the cliff on match start. 
• Fixed defeat audio sound for teammate defeats in private matches and in Showdown. 
• Disa...

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This week at Bungie, Season of the Splicer was revealed! 

If you’re the type of player that wants to go into a fresh Season of Destiny content with no knowledge of what’s to come, hopefully you’ve been living under a rock for the last two days. One of those old-fashioned rocks that don't have internet access. If you haven’t seen the trailer or any news about our upcoming Season, this is your final SPOILER WARNING. 
Alright, still here? Cool. That means you’ve thrown caution to the wind and want to know more about the new Season before it’s out. Before we go on, watch the trailer. Doesn’t matter if you already have. Watch it again. We all need a little more neon in our lives. 


Vex? Endless night? Mithrax? Baby Eliksni? Yeah. This is going to be a wild Season. Things will kick off with a bang, followed by activities, rewards, and more. We shared the Vault of Glass launch date last week, and now you can see everyth... Read more