Destiny 2 Dev Tracker

This week at Bungie, TR3-VR was waiting for you.

What was once [Redacted] is now live. Some of our favorite moments in the studio happen when players uncover the secrets in Destiny, whether it’s a new dungeon in the Dreaming City or something much more sinister, hiding within eyeshot of the Traveler. With the release of Zero Hour, we got to enjoy that all over again, right alongside many of you. The team who brought this experience to life has a short message for you:

Dev Team: Experiences like these are a salute to our inquisitive, skilled, and close-knit Destiny player community. We couldn’t make these without the right audience to discover and enjoy them. Thanks for being awesome, and don’t forget TR3-VR is waiting for you down there.

It’s time for your weekly dose of Bungie Blog content. We’ve got some information on the upcoming season and your final chance to take on the Iron ... Read more

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Hunter

• Spectral Blades
• Out-of-stealth damage reduction decreased from 60% to 52%
• In-stealth damage reduction decreased from 62% to 54.4%
• Super duration out of stealth with no attacking decreased from 17.5 to 14.5 seconds
• Super duration in stealth with no attacking decreased from 26.6 to 23.5 seconds
• Light melee cost increased by 50%
• Arcstrider
• Fixed an issue in which Combination Blow was unintentionally magnifying damage of the Arc Staff Super

Warlock

• Voidwalker
• Fixed an issue where Warlocks were unable to Blink after going through a teleportation portal
• Stormcaller
• Fixed an issue where Chaos Reach would not deal damage to enemies affected by other status effects (such as Thorn's Soul Devourer or Hunter Tethers)

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This week at Bungie, the Revelry is coming to a close.

We are deep into the third and final week of our spring celebration. You have until the weekly reset on May 7 to partake in Eva’s tonic and enjoy the festivities while they last. After that, Arbalest will be available as an Exotic drop. If you were a player who didn’t enjoy the extra abilities in Competitive, you can celebrate the return to order on May 7. 

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Rerun

Earlier this week, we took a stroll into the depths of the Shattered Throne. A few representatives from the teams who helped build the mysterious dungeon offered some developer commentary on their motivations and design philosophies.
Did you miss it?
You missed it, didn’t you?
It’s OK, we saved it for you… this time. You can watch the entire Shattered Throne Ride Along here.
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This week at Bungie, Saladin joins the Revelry. 

The Power-enabled combat of Iron Banner is live, and Guardians are mixing things up a bit. Wolf’s Favors, Iron Burdens, and the Reveler’s Tonic have all combined for a lively event. Whether you’re skipping grenades or hunting Iron Banner rewards, this is a week to break the rules and experiment with your loadouts. Double Valor is currently available, with Triple Valor beginning tomorrow at 10 AM PDT.
Last week, we covered some sandbox Super tuning on its way in Destiny 2 Update 2.2.2, pla... Read more

This week at Bungie, the Revelry has begun.

Everyone’s favorite space grandma has returned to the Tower, and the Revelry is in full swing. Pick up your Reveler's Tonic, then set out to the Verdant Fore

st and beyond. Arbalest, our first Kinetic Linear Fusion Rifle, is now available to be earned by all players of Destiny 2. You can get the full details on the event in our ... Read more

General

• Fixed an issue where Wavesplitter was being rewarded from Xûr on unintended platforms
• The weapon will persist in inventory, and become available to equip in September 2019
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players could re-acquire pinnacle weapons from vendors at no cost
• Players should be able to acquire pinnacle weapons beginning at 2:00pm Pacific after taking the patch
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players could have the Sentry perk “Umbral Strike” even when not having the proper amount of Sentry armor equipped
• Sentry perks will be re-enabled at 2:00pm Pacific

This week at Bungie, something funny happened on the way to Arc Week.

On Tuesday, the celebration of Arc energy began. A sandbox update refreshed Arc subclasses that launched with Destiny 2. Vendors in the Tower invited you to take the changes for a spin through various bounties. The Lost Cryptarch quest has returned for Guardians looking for a direct path to the Thunderlord, which will be available through April 23. If you solved the mystery of the Lost Cryptarch during Festival of the Lost, you too can visit Old Russia again—and be sure to check around the frozen wastes outside the Wall. You may find a few scannables hidden among the rubble.
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“Spring is in the air, Guardians! It’s time to kick up your heels, celebrate, and break a few rules! The people of the City love this time of year, and I wanted to share their joy with you, my good friends. Come to the Tower. Smell the flowers. And revel in all we have together.”—Eva Levante



The Revelry is a new event available to all Destiny 2 players that celebrates the joy of Spring. The Tower is overflowing with colorful arrangements, and Eva Levante has a new activity for you to enjoy with new rewards to claim. But that's just the beginning—the celebration spans across the solar system, offering ways for your character to feel more powerful in every activity Destiny 2 has to offer. 

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Striker—Code of the Juggernaut

• Frontal Assault:
• Buff duration increased from 10 to 16 seconds 
• Buff timer is now displayed on the HUD 
• Buff now increases weapon damage
• 25% in PvE
• 20% in PvP
• Knockout:
• Buff duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
• Buff is no longer disabled after a melee attack
• In addition to breaking a shield, buff now triggers once you deal 60% damage to a target
• Any damage dealt after 60% refreshes the timer
• Increased bonus melee damage from 25% to 60%
• Reversal:
• Removed the small health bump on melee kill; from 20 health to 0.
• This ability immediately starts health and shield regeneration.

General bug fix

• Fixed an...

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This week at Bungie, we’re getting ready for some high voltage.  
A storm is brewing. Next week, we’ll kick off what we’ve been calling Arc Week. Our goal for this happening has been to take the element that makes our sandbox crackle and put it under the microscope. The most noticeable update is that we improved many Arc subclass paths from the time before Forsaken. The week will also feature Arc Singe and Arc Bounties to synergize with your updated abilities. To provide a proving grounds for all this new energy, Mayhem will be available in the Crucible to let you experiment with your enhanced Arc abilities using shockingly short cooldowns. 
Arc Week will also feature one of the most powerful Arc weapons ever created, the Thunderlord Exotic Machine Gun. If you weren’t able to complete the quest to obtain Thunderlord last year, you will have from April 9 to April 23 to revisit the Cosmodrome and add it your collection. 

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This week at Bungie, Lord Saladin is watching you.

The Iron Banner rages on. Once again, players are invited to test their mettle in Crucible combat—with Power enabled. The Iron Burden and Wolf’s Favor are new features we’ve added to mix things up, and rewards have been refreshed to offer two updated weapons and the new Iron Symmachy armor set for each class.
If you haven’t jumped in just yet, Iron Banner bounties have been updated with new objectives, and each bounty will grant a powerful reward. Some quest steps for Thorn and the Recluse also progress faster in the Iron Banner, so if you’re on the hunt for these rewards, now’s the time to grind them out!
Today, we’re focusing on change. Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1 is on approach, and we have another round of server-side changes coming to Gambit and Gambit Prime Matchmaking to tune your experience.

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Refreshing

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This week at Bungie, the Drifter keeps drifting.

We are now in our third week of Season of the Drifter and there’s a lot going on. All three tiers of the Reckoning are live. The Thorn quest is available for those who are brave enough to wield a dark weapon. Gambit Prime is on Legion’s Folly for the first time this week, and it will migrate to Emerald Coast next week. 


If you’re looking for lore, Invitations of the Nine started last Friday, and it continues for many weeks to come. Complete the first invitation to discover the backstory of the Drifter and his ties to the mysterious Nine. Everyone who accepted the first invitation last Friday will have a new experience this week. If you missed it last week, don’t worry. You can pick it up this Friday. There won’t be a cutscene every week, but that definitely wasn’t the last one you’ll see... Read more

Director Challenge Rewards

• Players should now have higher-Powered rewards, through 690 Power, from daily and weekly Director challenges
• Once reaching 690 Power, these rewards will continue to give minor Power increases (usually +1 Power compared to a player's average Power)

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Quests and Bounties

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to access the Allegiance quest if their Pursuits inventory was full
• Decreased requirements to complete the weekly Collector bounty for Gambit Prime
• This bounty should now align with requirements for other weekly bounties

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Reckoning

• Removed the Glass Modifier from Daily Reckoning Modifier rotation
• This has been replaced with the Prism Modifier

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Triumphs

• Fixed an issue where the Dark Age Arsenal T...

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This week at Bungie, we restored the Thorn in your side.

If you can remember your first revive in Old Russia, other memories of Thorn may plague your nightmares from time to time. This week, those same nightmares returned in full force. If you’re a Guardian who’s new around these parts, get ready to feel the sting.

A villain's weapon returns tomorrow.

Will you dare wield Thorn, the legendary Weapon of Sorrow? pic.twitter.com/jvhqaKNxus
— Destiny The Game (@DestinyTheGame) March 11, 2019

Owners of the Annual Pass can begin the journey to acquire this weapon by sifting through the ashes of the EDZ. Earn a weapon fit for a villain, and unleash chaos among your foes. To celebrate, we’re also adding new ... Read more

General

• Fixed an issue where weekly bounties were resetting on Sundays instead of the weekly reset on Tuesdays
• Fixed an issue where the Triumph “The Best Offense,” which awards Oxygen SR3, wasn't counting the correct number of Orbs of Light generated in strike activities
• Updated Season 6 information page to properly show Power Surge bounty requirements

Gambit

• Fixed an issue where the pursuits for Malfeasance and Breakneck were not progressing as expected in Gambit and Gambit Prime
• Fixed an issue where various Gambit quests and Bounties were not progressing properly
• Fixed an issue where Gambit activities may mistakenly report that players’ motes are lost when they defeat an enemy invader
• Fixed an issue where the “Well Well Well” Medal in Gambit activities would not have a name when it appeared on screen
• Removed Taken Hobgoblin Primeval from Gambit Prime to prevent an issue...

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As a follow-up to reports of powerful rewards dropping at lower Power than expected, we wanted to catch you up on the current topics we’re investigating and also give you insights on our overall goals for Seasonal endgame progression.

There are two issues we've been tracking:

• Reports of powerful sources granting +0 rewards
• Current investigations point toward this being from daily bounties being carried over from last Season and being used to progress weekly bounties
• We will continue looking into this issue in case there are other example of +0 drops
• Director Challenges are dropping lower Power drops than expected
• We expected players to hit the minimum-reward Power bumps at ~690 Power, but they've been hitting it at 650 instead
• We have a fix ready for this issue, and we're working to ship this Hotfix 2.2.0.2 sometime after we ship next week’s update

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This week at Bungie, we launched Season of the Drifter.

The Drifter has moved down to the annex. His new operation is online and ready for players. Gambit was just the beginning. Gambit Prime is the new hotness.


Winning a match of Gambit Prime is just the start of your new journey to max Power. For Annual Pass owners, the Reckoning is the featured PvE activity for this season. To reach your full potential as a Gambit Prime teammate, follow the loop between the two challenges. Take your Gambit Prime rewards and four-person fireteam into the Reckoning to earn new armor that will unlock powerful new perks, making you even more deadly when you return to Gambit Prime. Here is a taste of what the Reckoning has to offer.

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Top Tier

Tier 1 of the Reckoning was your first step. From here, the challenges and the rewards escalate! Tier 2 goes live tomorrow and ups the difficulty, adding additional ... Read more

Tower

• The Tower Annex Landing Zone is now available to all players
• The Drifter has relocated to the Annex in the Tower

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Clans

• Daily clan bounties have been removed
• Once again, clan XP in Season 6 can be earned simply by completing activities
• Clan weekly bounties have been renamed to "Hawthorne's Bounties" to differentiate them from the raid challenges that are also in Hawthorne's inventory
• These Hawthorne Bounties are organized into 3 fixed categories: PvE, PvP, and raid
• Raid challenge bounties will continue to be available on Hawthorne for the Last Wish and Scourge of the Past raids
• Some new clan perks have been added for Season 6, and some old clan perks have returned
• Level 2 Perk: Increased public event rewards
• Level 3 Perk: Completing a weekly Hawthorne bounty awards mod components
• Level 4 Perk: Completing a clan vendo...

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Dawdling outside the entrance to a Gensym lab, the man tucked a green coin into a pocket of his newly-acquired duster, and then checked to make sure his Obsidian Mind was sealed shut. He fiddled with the clasps of the helmet as a technician carrying a clipboard hurried up to the door. She stepped inside, and he followed on her heels. The doors almost caught him as they slid shut, and the tech noticed, turning around to take stock of him.
“How you livin’?” The man said in a deep, modulated voice as he shouldered past her.
“Creep,” the tech muttered, and walked the other way.
The man stopped to check a listing of room schedules on a monitor at the front desk, then continued down the hall into the darkness of Lab 3.
Inside, the Praxic Warlock Aunor stood under a constellation of holographic projections anchored in the air around her.

She saw the man out of the corner of her eye, and nodded her head slightly.
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Ikora Rey stepped into Lab 3, followed by Ophiuchus. “If that idiot thinks we don’t recognize him—”
“It would be easy to empty a shotgun in his back and wait for his Ghost to show up,” Aunor interrupted. “It must be close by.” She stared hard at an image of Cayde’s final moments.
“We’ve been through this, Aunor,” Ikora said, looking purposefully at Aunor instead of the array of displays and screens. “The Vanguard needs him. How many times have you checked this data?”
“Seventeen. In my off-hours. I needed to know if I could trust the Guardian that let Cayde die.”
Ikora was silent for a moment, then she said, quietly, “Not ‘the’ Guardian. Guardians plural. Zavala and I are just as—”
“Culpable, yes. You didn’t let me finish. We lost Cayde on a random Tuesday. And you all just took that Guardian’s word for it? One who’s had less than a decade of service?” Aunor turned, bathed in the layered light of the holograms. Arc energy hummed in ... Read more