This Week At Bungie – 10/22/2020

• Aggressive  
• Increased RoF from 110 to 120. 
• Broke out Aggressive Hand Cannons, allowing custom tuning of stats (e.g. damage falloff for 100 range in this subfamily now starts at 32m). 

• Lightweight (folded in to Adaptive) 
• Moved all Lightweight Hand Cannons (150 RoF) to the Adaptive subfamily (140 RoF). 
• This includes Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten. 
• One Exotic Hand Cannon will retain 150 ROF.
• We aren’t going to leave it to speculation.
• It’s beautiful.
• It does solar damage.
• It makes enemies explode.
• It’s Sunshot. 

• Adjusted how aim assist (AA) is affected by Sniper Rifle zoom level. Lower zoom scopes have less AA, higher zoom scopes have more, scopes with around 50 zoom are unchanged. 
• Lowest-zoom scopes have a large reduction in AA cone angle. 
• Highest-zoom scopes have a small increase. 

 

Auto Rifles: In Season of the Worthy, the Adaptive archetype (600 RoF) was given a buff. We’re pulling that back a little to keep it in check with other Auto Rifle archetypes. 

• Adaptive 
• Damage per bullet reduced from 15.75 to 14.25. 
• Note: Prior to Season of the Worthy, damage per bullet was 13.75. 

Scout Rifles: Scouts have a reasonable time to kill (TTK)and can't be adjusted too much without making them dominate the battlefield, so we're making them a little easier to use. 

• Increased how much each point of the AA stat widens the AA cone.
• At maximum, the AA cone is now 15 percent wider. 

Rocket Launchers: These Heavy weapons currently have very low reserves, so we're adjusting that. We expect to take another look at Rocket Launchers in a future Season. 

• Increased reserves by 1 or 2 rockets depending on Inventory stat. 

General: The following is a list of surgical changes for select weapons based on player feedback. Some of these changes apply to weapons that are a little too far ahead of other options while others apply small buffs to increase the weapon's effectiveness. 

• Perks 
• Outlaw - The reload speed increase felt insufficient with certain subfamilies and combinations of rolls (e.g. Aggressive Hand Cannons). 
• Increased reload stat bonus from +50 to +70. 

• Merciless 
• Increased inventory stat from 36 to 55 (this increases reserve ammo). 

• Mountaintop  
• We've had a ton of feedback that Mountaintop feels a bit over the top in Crucible modes. This Pinnacle weapon has had ample time to shine, so we’re taking it down a notch. 
• Specific pain points:  
• A one-shot body shot with infinite range. 
• Quick and easy cleanup of wounded Guardians, even around corners. 
• Deals high splash damage, rewarding players for inaccuracy. 
• Perfect in-air accuracy allows airborne Guardians to rain down death, and there’s not much grounded Guardians can do to respond. 
• Here are the changes intended to address those points: 
• Reduced splash damage by 33 percent, increased impact damage such that total damage is 5 percent lower than before. 
• Reduced projectile velocity multiplier from the Micro-Missile perk from 1.4 to 1.2. (i.e., now 20 percent faster than other breech Grenade Launchers instead of 40 percent). 
• Reduced in-air accuracy. Now has significant projectile error while in-air (around 7 degrees without the Icarus Grip mod, substantially less with). 

• Falling Guillotine 
• Reduced heavy attack damage by ~24 percent to bring in line with other Swords. 
• Note: Falling Guillotine will continue to be slightly above average, just not to the extent that it is now. 

• MIDA Multi-Tool and MIDA Mini-Tool
• MIDA Mini-Tool
• Moved the "Mida Synergy" trait to the intrinsic, similar to how the (Baroque) version works
• Added the following perks:
• Hip-Fire Grip
• Kill Clip
• NOTE: There is an issue with the masterwork on this weapon that prevents it from being upgraded. This will be fixed in a later update.
• NOTE: The Gunsmith will begin selling a version of this weapon on November 10 with no infusion cap.

• Sturm and Drang
• Drang
• Moved the "Together Forever" trait to the intrinsic, similar to how the (Baroque) version works
• Added the following perks:
• Accurized Rounds
• Moving Target
• NOTE: There is an issue with the masterwork on this weapon that prevents it from being upgraded. This will be fixed in a later update.
• NOTE: The Gunsmith will begin selling a version of this weapon on November 10 with no infusion cap.

• Ruinous Effigy
• Transmutation Spheres
• Reduced the damage of the aerial melee attack by 25%
• Significantly reduced the damage of the drain effect on enemy combatants

• Arbalest
• No longer strikes shields multiple times, but its efficacy against shielded targets has been increased.

• Jade Rabbit
• Armor Piercing Rounds swapped to High Caliber Rounds.
• This fixes an issue that could prevent the exotic perk from triggering.

• Here’s how Adept weapons differ from the base weapons: 
• Masterworking an Adept weapon grants additional stats. 
• +10 for the primary stat as usual (the specific Masterwork of the weapon). 
• +3 for all alternate stats. 
• Adept weapons can use either a standard weapon mod or a new Adept weapon mod earned when going Flawless. 
• A unique Adept shader has been made for these weapons. 
• Note: These shaders are not awarded as a consumable when dismantling an Adept weapon. As such, they cannot be applied to other pieces of gear. 

Adept Weapon Mods 

• These mods come in two varieties: 
• Weapon stat boosts, each of which grants +10 to a particular stat in a similar way to Masterwork stats. 
• Example: Adept range (+10 range). 
• Versions of some existing mods granting an improved bonus, but with a downside (base version of the mod explained below). 
• Adept mag (+40 magazine, -20 handling). 
• Backup mag is +30 magazine. 

Acquisition 

To earn Adept weapons and Adept weapon mods, players must complete a Flawless Trials Passage and open the Flawless chest at the Lighthouse. 

• Each week, a different Adept mod can drop from the Flawless chest. 
• Adept weapon mods will be on a weekly rotation, so a given mod may not make its appearance until later in the Season. 
• The mod is unlocked for use on owned Adept weapons when acquired. 
• Adept weapons will be available from the Flawless chest on a bi-weekly basis, alternating with armor drops. 
• The first Adept weapon acquired on a given week is a Pinnacle drop. 
• Adept weapons will be on a set rotation, so players may continue to earn alternate rolls on specific Adept weapons when completing Flawless passages throughout a given weekend. 

• Cryptomnesia Sparrow 
• Ada-1's Lone Wolf Ship 
• Peerless Precision Ghost Shell 
• Flare Gun Emote 

• A Shadow Rises - Shadow  
• Reckoner - Reckoner  
• Black Armory - Blacksmith  
• Destinations - Wayfarer  
• Lore - Chronicler  
• Arrivals – Forerunner  

For more info on Legacy Titles and Seals players should view our Year 4 Triumphs Update Help article.  

KNOWN ISSUES  

While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum: 

• The Convergence ornament for Transversive Steps clips through the front of some Warlock robes. 
• We are investigating an issue where Ashen Wake can cause damage to allies. 
• The Unbridled Enthusiasm exotic emote is not playing audio as intended. 

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.