Bungie released what many expect to be the last major patch for Destiny 2 following the launch of Monument of Triumph earlier in June, fixing a bunch of issues with the game including fan-favorite boss glitches. June has been a bittersweet month for Destiny 2 fans, knowing that the final pieces of content for the long-running game have finally arrived, though what Bungie has delivered has proven to be a hit with new and returning players.
Following a delay to the Shadow and Order mid-season update that was supposed to launch in March, most fans probably didn’t expect to see Destiny 2‘s Monument of Triumph update signal the end of the game. While the community had to grapple with a range of emotions knowing the end of the road was now here, Bungie made sure that the final update was going to be a substantial one. Not only did it bring back Pantheon and SRL, but Bungie added in as much future content as it could, even hinting at a storyline that the studio wasn’t able to fully deliver on. With today’s update, substantial updates for Destiny 2 are also likely coming to a close as well.
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In what many expect to be the last major patch for Destiny 2, Bungie has seemingly targeted as many glitches, bugs, and other issues as it could. Over the past couple of weeks, fans have found ways to cheese Destiny 2‘s Raid and Pantheon bosses, specifically Morgeth, Koregos, Argos, and Insurrection Prime. Using a Void Titan, players discovered that by using a crossbow, they could shoot bolts into the core of a Ward of Dawn, then picking it up would cause a strange interaction with enemies, essentially flinging them across the map. Using this method, players could launch many of these bosses off the map, confusing the game into thinking they were defeated and giving players an easy farming method for Spoils of Conquest, Catalysts, and other top tier gear.
As it stands, these glitches have been resolved in Update 9.7.0.2, alongside a ton of other fixes and improvements. Another particularly frustrating bug players were running into was with the Destiny 2 catalysts for One Thousand Voices, Fafnir, and Tarrabah not progressing as expected. Destiny 2‘s Truth exotic rocket launcher was also performing a little too well, so Bungie reduced the maximum amount of ammo from 14 to 10. In addition, the popular artifact glitch that allowed players to stack the same bonus (Pack Tactics or Thunderous Retort) has also been fixed, bringing the community named Stackening to a close.
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While Destiny 2‘s community team, including Dylan Gafner, has indicated that the game may likely receive another update down the road, fans should keep their expectations in check as it’ll be much smaller in size and focus on addressing major game-breaking bugs instead of balancing the game or fixing smaller issues. Essentially, the team will have to decide whether or not something is worth fixing or could potentially break other aspects of the experience, leading to bigger problems. Following this update, if fans come across new bugs or cheese to take advantage of, it very well could stick in the game forever.
While Destiny 2‘s population has rocketed since the Monument of Triumphs update, the renewed community passion seemingly hasn’t been enough to save the game or series. Despite all the Destiny 3 efforts, Sony appears resolute in its decision to end Destiny 2 and not greenlight any more Destiny projects for the time being. Although Destiny 2 will still be available to play, fans may be in for a lengthy wait for anything new from the Destiny franchise.
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Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0.2 Patch Notes
Activities
Ops
- Fixed an issue in Operation: Seraph’s Shield that caused players with uncapped framerate settings to die unexpectedly.
- Fixed an issue in Ketchcrash where the activity could get soft-locked by enemies spawning trapped behind doors.
Raids
Pantheon
- Fixed an issue in the Consecrated Mind encounter where players tethering at outer pylons would gain the Enlightened buff when players at the central pylon completed a tether.
- Fixed an issue where players could skip to the damage phase on Argos by exploiting Joining Allies.
- Fixed teleport points for Calus challenge feat to be less likely to put players into unavoidably fatal locations.
- Fixed an issue where Calus would wipe players due to Phase Race or Fading Light even after they had successfully completed his Last Stand.
General
- Fixed an issue in Salvation’s Edge where items were not granted when purchasing armor from the vendor in Master mode.
- Fixed an issue in Salvation’s Edge where some of the Witness’ animations would not play properly.
- Fixed an issue in Garden of Salvation where Pit of Heresy items were dropping from the final encounter.
- Fixed an issue where the Master modes for Vault of Glass, Crota’s End, and King’s Fall were not appearing in Fireteam Finder.
Dungeons
- Fixed an issue in Duality where craftable weapons were dropping as tiered weapons.
- Fixed an issue in Vesper’s Host where un-tiered items were dropping from the focusing chest.
- Fixed an issue in Sundered Doctrine where un-tiered items were dropping from the focusing chest.
Gameplay and Investment
Armor
- Fixed an issue where Stasis turrets created with the Stasis Shatter Grenade would not inherit the effects of Rime-Coat Raiment.
- Fixed an issue where the Ex Diris & Mothkeeper’s Wraps interaction would only work if you had active moth grenade charge(s) instead of all the time.
- Fixed an issue causing Shinobu’s Vow enhanced skip grenades to not skip off of surfaces when they should.
- Fixed an issue causing the Vesper of Radius Exotic Warlock armor to not blind targets if used on an Arc subclass.
- Fixed an issue causing Shards of Galanor’s new knife explosions to play inconsistently over the network, leading to less damage than intended in some cases.
- Reduced the rate at which the Frostees Exotic generates Frost Armor in PvP.
- Fixed an issue where some Pit of Heresy armor would drop with an Armor 2.0 masterwork, rendering it un-upgradable.
Armor Set Bonuses
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Fixed an issue causing the Pit of Heresy four-piece armor set bonus to loop, instantly igniting targets.
- Additionally reduced the scorch applied by this armor set from 30+10 to 20 +10.
- Fixed an issue where the Moon two-piece set bonus could cause memory issues.
- Fixed an issue where the Exodus Down two-piece set bonus perk, Emergency Electromagnet, would not trigger more than once per life.
- Fixed an issue where Grasp of Avarice’s four-piece set bonus was providing the incorrect orb size which led to it being a Super generating outlier. It is reduced to bring it more in line with other sources.
- Fixed an issue where Grasp of Avarice’s four-piece set bonus was making Tangles deal far more damage than Supers.
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Reduced the ammo progress bonus granted by the King’s Fall 2-piece set bonus.
- The King’s Fall Set Bonus’s 2 piece perk is currently significantly overperforming, making it hard to justify using other set bonuses. We want to keep this effect strong, but we need to reduce its performance to create some space for other choices.
- Decreased the Special ammo progress bonus by 70%.
- Decreased the Heavy ammo progress bonus by 75%.
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Reworked the Pale Heart 2-piece set bonus to provide a static amount of both Light and Dark Transcendence energy each time players gain a stack of Stack ‘Em ‘Up.
- Due to a technical issue, the Pale Heart Set Bonus’s 2 piece perk was not granting an energy gain multiplier to Transcendence as intended.
- On average, this new flat amount will give slightly more energy than the original intended effect.
Weapons
Exotic Weapons
- Fixed an issue where Ergo Sum’s vortex heavy attack cost six ammo instead of four ammo.
- Fixed an issue where Hierarchy of Needs was not gaining Guidance Energy when dealing precision damage to players.
- Fixed an issue where Turncoat could not damage objects, like Gunpowder Gamble, while empowered.
- Fixed an issue where the One Thousand Voices, Fafnir, and Tarrabah catalysts were not progressing.
- Reduced maximum ammo reserves on the Truth Exotic Rocket Launcher from 14 to 10.
General
- Fixed an issue where Crossbow bolts could displace bosses if attached to an object that you can pick up and hold.
- Fixed an issue where the Cynosure Rocket Launcher would not drop with extra traits when getting higher tier versions of the weapon.
- Fixed an issue where the Helmsman Sniper Rifle’s Accelerated Assault didn’t work as expected.
- Fixed an issue where the Europa and Moon Rocket Launchers could drop with Lead from Gold. This was not intended (as the perk is reserved for Special ammo weapons only) and instances have been updated to have Impromptu Ammunition.
- Fixed an issue where the Lingering Dread Grenade Launcher was not benefitting from the Discord perk.
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Fixed an issue where certain Adept weapons could drop from raids that were out of sync with their base versions.
- We’ve updated the Adepts to have the proper intended perks, including those in players’ inventories, to avoid long-run balance implications.
- Fixed an issue where the non-enhanced version of Forge’s Kin was not gaining the increased benefits from multiple Black Armory weapons being equipped.
Abilities
- Fixed an issue where the Hunter’s Lethal Current Aspect could activate multiple times on a single attack, causing one-shots in PvP.
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Fixed an issue where the Hunter’s Void Snare melee did not unlock upon meditation after purchase from Ikora.
- Players who have purchased it but do not see it unlocked should meditate again to resolve the issue.
- Fixed an issue where the Hunter’s Crackshot Aspect would not properly target enemies with the Medusa bane active.
- Fixed an issue where Hunter’s Smoke Bomb was not applying proper Invisibility while on Prismatic.
Artifacts
- Fixed an issue where artifact perks under certain conditions would ignore the “no duplicates” restriction.
- Fixed an issue where the Vile Weave artifact perk on the Tablet of Ruin was not reducing Tangle cooldowns as intended.
- Fixed an issue where the Unto the Breach artifact perk was not providing benefits when the player was on a Prismatic Subclass.
Identity & Expression
- Some Titan Mark armor ornaments were unintentionally dropping from the Warlock Bond Focused Engram. They have been moved to the Titan Mark Focused Engram.
- The Skatepunk Skimmer will now properly appear in Collections.
- Fixed an issue causing the Titan’s Gauntlets of the New Pilgrim Guard to almost completely block visibility in first-person in some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue causing the thumb covering of the Hunter’s Atrament Sleeves to be detached from the armor in some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue causing the Hunter’s Triumphal Anthem Mask to appear dented or warped when equipped.
- Fixed an issue causing the sights on the Beast Magic weapon ornament for Bad Juju to be very difficult to see through.
- Iridescent Engrams can now be exchanged for an Eververse Engram in the Bright Engram Focusing tab of the Eververse.
General
- Updated the Old Lights and Toast to the Monument emblems to their final visuals.
- Fixed an issue with the Conqueror emblem where its name was not being displayed, and it was not properly showing up in Collections.
- Fixed an issue with Solo Ops attunement where attuning would sometimes attune players to the wrong weapon.
- Xûr now has a chance to sell Imperial Decree, Goldtusk, Death’s Razor and Throne-Cleaver, and these weapons now have a chance to drop from Xûr’s Strange Engrams. These weapons are un-tiered, but can have their patterns unlocked for crafting via Deepsight Harmonizers.
- The Pantheon accessory set, which includes the Orbiter Ship, the Far-Traveling Shell, and the Gilded Record Sparrow, will now properly appear in Collections.
- The Motorsport Shell, Extreme G-force Ship, and Aerodynamic Chassis accessories have been added to Special Deliveries as a free-to-claim set for all players to celebrate the return of SRL.
- Fixed a visual issue where the PvP suspension timer message would display an incorrect remaining time.
- Eververse offers will once again appear in the iOS version of the Destiny 2 Companion app.
- Fixed an issue where some items from the Archived Passes for Episodes: Echoes, Revenant, and Heresy did not contribute to the completion counter when acquired.
- Released
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August 28, 2017
- ESRB
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T For TEEN for Blood, Language, and Violence
