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New experiences and secrets have yet to be discovered, and some are still on the way. Season of the Outlaw has just started. The full calendar for year 2 content can be previewed in the roadmap that was released last week. The dust hasn’t even begun to settle.

The Destiny 2: Forsaken original soundtrack is now available on the Bungie Store, and includes the Curse of Osiris and Warmind soundtracks. All purchases through November 22, 2018, will also include the Pursuit of Dreams emblem.

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Challenges and Resets

With the release of Destiny 2: Forsaken, challenges have become a new avenue for players to acquire powerful rewards. 

There are two types of challenges: daily and weekly. Now, these types behave a bit differently when it comes to resets.

Daily challenges, on the other hand, offer a unique challenge each day, and they reset every four days. Here are some examples:

• 9 AM PDT: Hotfix 2.0.2 will begin rolling out across all platforms and regions
• 10 AM PDT: Online players who have not installed Hotfix 2.0.2 will be removed to the login screen at the next activity completion
• 2 PM PDT: All remaining online players who have not yet installed Hotfix 2.0.2 will be removed to the login screen to install the patch

For Hotfix 2.0.2 patch notes on September 11, players should keep an eye on our Updates page or follow @Bungie on Twitter for live announcements.

Bungie Rewards

Players wishing to participate in the Bungie Rewards program will need to make sure their Bungie.net profiles meet the following requirements:

• Have their Destiny 2 account linked with their Bungie.net profile
• Have a validated email linked to their Bungie.net profile
• Set their notification options to receive news, updates, promotions, and exclusive content by email

For more information on the exclusive rewards to earn and purchase for your moments and triumphs, please see the Bungie Rewards page. Players who are encountering issues with the program should check this help article. 

Forsaken Editions and Incentives

Destiny Player Support is monitoring reports of purchase issues and confusion around the various Forsaken editions, incentives, and other items. Please see below for a brief list of known issues or read our help article here for a more detailed explanation. 

• Standalone Forsaken Expansion: We are working with our platform partners to investigate issues that may be preventing players from purchasing the Destiny 2: Forsaken standalone expansion on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. Please stay tuned to @BungieHelp for more updates as we investigate the issue.
• Digital Deluxe Items: Players will receive the items from the Destiny 2: Forsaken Digital Deluxe Edition after completing the final Forsaken campaign mission and then returning to orbit.
• Cayde’s Exotic Stash: Players who pre-order any edition of Destiny 2: Forsaken from participating retailers will be eligible to receive the Cayde’s Exotic Stash pre-order bonus. These items can be retrieved from Amanda Holliday in the Tower after you complete the final mission of the Forsaken campaign. 
• Forsaken Annual Pass: Players who purchase a Destiny 2: Forsaken edition that includes the Forsaken Annual Pass, or who purchase a standalone Forsaken Annual Pass, will receive 1,000 bonus Silver as part of their purchase. This Silver will be automatically added to their account’s Silver balance the first time they log in after purchasing the Forsaken Annual Pass. Players can see their Silver balance and Eververse purchase history from their Bungie.net profiles. Players who encounter issues with Silver purchases should see the Silver and Eververse Guide for more information.

Destiny 2: Forsaken Known Issues

The Player Support team is monitoring, tracking, and investigating a number of issues reported by players in the #Help forums. Here are some of the issues we are tracking:

• Cayde’s Will Quest: To receive proper Gambit kill credit for the Aces of Spades quest line, players must defeat an invader five times with a Hand Cannon.
• Traveler’s Chosen Sidearm: We are investigating an issue where the Traveler’s Chosen Sidearm cannot be dismantled or stored in the vault. Players are encouraged to not retrieve this weapon, as it will remain in their Kinetic weapon slot until a fix is deployed.
• “Limited Edition” Triumph: We are investigating reports of players being unable to claim the “Limited Edition” Triumph.
• Character Boost – Year 1 Adventures and Triumphs: Players who use the character boost may not be able to access Year 1 adventures and won’t be able to unlock previous campaign Triumphs on that character.

We keep an updated list of issues we are actively tracking in our Forsaken Known Issues Thread. Players who are encountering an issue that has not yet been included in our Known Issues thread should report to the #Help forums with a description of the issue they are encountering, any known repro steps, and any video or picture evidence they may have of the issue.

If you’d like a chance to earn the Lens of Fate emblem, make sure to submit your video to the Creations page on Bungie.net and include #MOTW in your title.

We’re calling it Bungie Rewards. It kicks off today with Destiny 2: Forsaken, and the first offer is something we don’t think you’ll want to miss. Any player who signs up by opting in and verifying their email and completes the Destiny 2: Forsaken campaign by the end of September will receive a free digital download of the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack, 110 minutes of music plus two bonus tracks from the Whisper of the Worm quest that are available only through this offer.

Also available at the Bungie Store, along with a new line of Forsaken themed goodies, is the Special Edition of the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack, which includes the Forsaken Soundtrack, as well as the Curse of Osiris and Warmind Soundtracks, for a total of 190 minutes of music available in multiple audio formats. The Special Edition of the Destiny 2: Forsaken Original Soundtrack also includes a code for the “Songs of the Forsaken” in-game emblem.

• Raised character level cap to 50 for Forsaken owners

• Year 1 Sony exclusive Exotic and legendary rewards are now available for all platforms

• Riskrunner
• Increased inventory size
• Whisper of the Worm
• Replaced Armor Piercing Rounds with Accurized Rounds to prevent accidental perk failures for White Nail

• Year 2 weapons now provide random perks when acquired
• Year 2 Masterwork weapons have revamped system
• Allows players to reach +10 bonus stats
• Year 2 mods are now available
• Can be acquired by dismantling Year 2 weapons
• Can be purchased from the Gunsmith
• Year 1 weapons no longer accept modifications

• Increased the blast radius penalty for Concussion and Blinding Grenades from single shot grenade launchers

• Hunters    
• Golden Gun
• Increased Golden Gun damage against base and elite enemies
• Titan
• Magnetic Grenades
• Grenades should now detonate a second time even if the initial detonation kills the target

• The Vanguard Strike Playlist is now available
• Nightfall strike scoring has been re-enabled
• Base-level strikes are available through destinations
• Year 1 Sony exclusive strikes are now available to all platforms

Exodus Crash

• Analyzing the Fallen device in Prodromus Down
• The objective progress rate increases based on number of Guardians standing near Ghost
• Thaviks encounter
• Decreased thaviks’s teleport frequency
• Was three long teleports and six quick teleports
• Now two long teleports and three quick teleports
• Increased Thaviks’s quick-teleport speed increased
• Reduced enemy waves to match teleport frequency
• Added additional enemies per wave
• Damage to Thaviks is preserved when Thaviks switches weapons

Daily Heroic Story Missions

• Daily Heroic story missions now available

• Fixed an issue that sometimes triggered the Quitter Penalty after completed Competitive Crucible matches
• Starting in Season 4, Iron Banner will be updated to enable Power level advantages, beginning on September 18
• Removed Mayhem temporarily from the weekly featured playlist until a future update
• Trials of the Nine is now on hiatus
• Trials of the Nine reputation tokens cannot be redeemed until the activity returns

• Retribution and Wormhaven are now available on all platforms
• Retribution has been reworked and enlarged to support 6v6 matches

Rumble

• Earning a place in the Top 3 in Rumble will now count as a win
• The correct number of Valor Rank Points will be granted

• Glory
• Retuned Glory Rank Points gained and lost have to reduce the overall climb to higher ranks
• Fixed the weekly award and doubled its gains
• Fixed and returned weekly Glory decay
• Players who competed in Season 3 will earn bonus rank points for completing their first match in Season 4
• Removed loss streaks
• Valor
• Losses in the Competitive playlist no longer reset your Valor win streak
• Game Modes
• Control and Clash modes have been added to the Competitive playlist
• Rewards
• Pinnacle Crucible rewards are now awarded via quests
• These quests will not be removed at the end of the season
• Redrix’s Claymore has been retired in Season 4 as a seasonal reward
• Players who earned Redrix’s Claymore in Season 3 will receive additional bonuses

• Added the option to adjust the respawn timers for Survival
• Score-to-win options have been updated for several modes
• Control
• Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20
• 150 is the new default
• Clash
• Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20
• 100 is the new default
• Supremacy
• Added 25 and 150, removed 10 and 20
• 150 is the new default

• The Gambit playlist is unlocked 
• Requires Forsaken
• Requires completion of mission “Spark”
• Infamy ranks now available

• Zavala
• The Season 4 vendor progression system has been updated with two separate progressions
• Vanguard Rank
• Like in previous seasons, Vanguard rank can be increased by turning in Vanguard tokens to Zavala
• Increasing your Vanguard rank will provide Vanguard engrams, containing new Year 2 weapons and armor with random rolls 
• You can continue to acquire items found in Vanguard engrams beyond the season end boundary
• Seasonal exclusive items that are purchased via Vanguard rank have been moved to their own row for clarity, and will only be attainable until the end of Season 4
• Nightfall Rank
• Increased by attaining score on various Nightfall strikes
• Items are now available for purchase from Zavala by increasing in Nightfall Rank
• Shaxx
• Updated reputation reward packages for Season 4
• Updated bounties for Season 4
• Added pursuits to Shaxx’s inventory
• Added new rewards for Valor ranks
• Gunsmith
• No longer exchanges Year 1 mods; these can be safely dismantled 
• Now sells two mods (one armor, one weapon) a day.
• Gunsmith packages now require 100 Gunsmith Materials
• Updated repuation reward packages for Season 4

• General
• Between levels 20 and 50 challenges provide a source of Legendary items and experience
• When you reach level 50, an entirely new set of challenges activates and the leveling ones are no longer available
• After you reach level 50, these are the main avenue into the powerful rewards that previously lived within milestones
• Level 20 challenges with progression will be converted to a new challenges at level 50
• Daily challenges now available
• Specific challenges offered each day
• Individual daily challenges reset on a four day cadence
• Weekly challenges now available
• Reset each Tuesday

• Increased experience rewards for completing strikes and nightfall
• Reduced experience rewards for completing normal and heroic public events
• Iron Banner, Vanguard, and Crucible tokens earned in Season 3 may be redeemed with their respective vendors in Season 4
• Players are no longer able to delete mods or shaders from an items details screen

• Masterwork reward chances are being reduced in some activities
• Pre-Forsaken raids will still offer a higher chance for Masterwork acquisition, but that chance has been lowered from 50% to 10% to be in line with Masterwork drops in Forsaken
• Year 1 armor will always dismantle to one Masterwork Core
• Year 1 weapons can dismantle to one or two cores, but no longer three

• Activity rewards now respect your Power
• If you complete an activity while severely under-leveled,  rewards will offer a larger Power upgrade
• If you complete an activity while heavily over-leveled,  rewards will be a lower Power level

• Forsaken shaders do not drop in the wild; instead, they come from dismantling gear with that shader applied
• Rare-quality shaders are often applied to drops, but have a low chance of being granted by dismantling
• Legendary-quality shaders appear much less frequently on gear, but have a high chance of being granted by dismantling 
• It no longer costs anything to apply shaders to gear

• Infusion for all pre-Forsaken and Forsaken gear is capped at 600 Power
• Weapon infusion is now slot-based rather than archetype-based
• Example: Any Kinetic weapon can be infused into any other Kinetic weapon, but you can no longer infuse an Energy Hand Cannon into a Kinetic Hand Cannon
• Infusing duplicates of the same item is much less expensive than using two different items

• Reduced drop rates of destination materials from some destination activities

• Includes any weapon, armor piece, Ghost Shell, ship, Sparrow, emblem, or shader players have earned since Warmind’s release on May 8
• Except for Year 2 legendary armor and weapons with random rolls, all items can be reacquired through Collections, for a fee
• The cost to reacquire an item scales based on what the item dismantles into

• Three of Coins have been deprecated
• Converted into “Faded Cards”
• Can be safely discarded for Legendary Shards

• The Prismatic Matrix is now scheduled out for the full season
• The Prismatic Facet (free weekly account roll) is now obtained via a special Tier 1 Eververse bounty, rather than being tied to leveling, which can be acquired for 250 Glimmer and that does not require an Eververse Bounty Note
• This permits players at all levels to obtain their free weekly roll

• Each Seasonal Bright Engram now grants one Bounty Note
• These Bounty Notes can be exchanged for a variety of weekly Eververse Bounties, which come in three tiers:
• Tier 1: Cost = 1 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 20 Bright Dust
• Tier 2: Cost = 3 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 70 Bright Dust
• Tier 3: Cost = 6 Eververse Bounty Note: Rewards 150 Bright Dust
• Players can acquire as many Eververse bounties as they have Bounty Notes
• Eververse bounties expire seven days after acquisition

Bright Dust Dismantle Yields

• Bright Dust, which you gained from dismantling types of Eververse items, is now a fixed amount
• Example: Shaders will always yield 10 Bright Dust

• Reward probabilities are now displayed on bungie.net
• Added new Legendary weapon ornaments to the Bright Engram
• Added new Ghost Projection category to the Bright Engram
• Weapon and armor mods are no longer available in Bright Engrams

Eververse Armor and Perks

• With the addition of random perk rolls on armor, we have made some changes to how perks are applied to Eververse armor
• Eververse armor acquired from non-deterministic sources (i.e., the Bright Engram) will include random perks
• Eververse armor acquired from deterministic sources (i.e., the Prismatic Matrix or Bright Dust storefront) will have fixed perks

• Starting in Forsaken, you will no longer earn Bright Engrams each level until you reach the level cap
• Players progressing through the campaigns will receive an Eververse gift at the end of each campaign once per class with a variety of items and some Bright Engrams included
• This includes players who use a Character Boost
• Once you reach the level cap, Bright Engrams will once again be awarded at the same rate as they are in the current game

• Silver transaction history is now displayed on bungie.net
• Bundles that have not been opened can be refunded for seven days after purchase
• Gleaming Boons of the Vanguard and Crucible have been updated to drop the current season’s items
• To make room for bounties, Bright Dust offerings have been moved to the second page of Eververse

• The Season 3 Clan Staff reward has been granted to all clans who hit max rank this season
• Gambit now offers a clan engram when a fireteam from your clan wins a Gambit match

Season 4 Clan Progression

• Clan experience is now earned by completing clan bounties available from Hawthorne
• When a player reaches level 50, three new clan bounties become available

• Players have the option reconnect to Guided Game activities if they encounter a disconnection from an active Guided Game

• Adjusted ambient audio in the Tower

• Fixed an issue where having a certain number of unique items in the vault was causing items to not load
• Fixed an issue where text would hitch on multiple screens when players are playing on a PlayStation Pro

On September 1, every player of Destiny 2 will be invited to try Gambit before the launch of Forsaken. For 24 hours, fireteams will bank motes in a race to beat their opponents and burn down a Primeval.

We’re also planning to place a few bounties during the Gambit Trial event. If you want a chance to earn the “Sign of Mutual Combat” emblem, stay tuned to @Bungie for future announcements.

• 11 AM–12 PM: Narrative
• 3–4 PM: Crucible
• 4–5 PM: Gambit

Saturday, 9/1

• 11 AM–12 PM: Bungie Diversity Committee
• 1–2 PM: Art and UI
• 2–3 PM: Sandbox
• 3–4 PM: Gameplay and Investment

Each year, we’re humbled and amazed by the talents of our community. If you’ve ever wanted to see hand-crafted exotics or snap a photo with your favorite Destiny 2 character, chances are they’ll be there! For details on location, check out the Destiny Meetup at PAX West group.

• Depending on the severity of infractions, players may receive Crucible restrictions and bans.
• This will remove access to pinnacle Crucible rewards, such as Redrix’s Claymore, Redrix’s Broadsword, and Luna’s Howl, and any pinnacle Crucible rewards released in the future. 
• For the most severe infractions, players may permanently lose access to all Destiny 2 activities, including PvE.

As we begin to apply this moderation, we will be crosschecking matches to ensure the proper levels of punishment are applied.

We’ll continue to apply and revise our detections throughout Season 4 and beyond. 

If you believe you’ve encountered a player who is breaking the terms of service, please see Report Suspected Cheating on help.bungie.net. This page details all available forms of reporting to Bungie for the platform on which you play.

As a final note, thanks to everyone who plays Destiny 2 legitimately. We appreciate the time you invest in our game, and we’re working hard to ensure everyone has a good experience when rightly earning their rewards.

We are planning to deploy a fix that we hope will increase the speed of matchmaking queues. As our investigation continues, please stay tuned to @BungieHelp for updates on our progress.

• 7:00 AM PDT: Players will no longer be able to log in to Destiny 2. Players leaving activities will be returned to the title screen. Hotfix 2.0.0.1 will begin rolling out across all platforms and regions.
• 7:30 AM PDT: Destiny 2 will be taken offline for maintenance, and all remaining players will be returned to the title screen.
• 7:30–10:00 AM PDT: Destiny 2 will remain offline for maintenance.
• 10:00 AM PDT: Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude, and Destiny 2: Forsaken will become available to play on all platforms.

For Hotfix 2.0.0.1 patch notes on September 4, players should keep an eye on our Updates page or follow @Bungie on Twitter for live announcements.

Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0 Known Issues

Over the past few weeks, we have warned players that the weeklong transition between August 28 and September 4 may be a rocky one. In direct response to player reports on our #Help forum, we have listed below some of the known and emergent issues we’ve tracked since the launch of Update 2.0.0. Please be aware that not all of the issues below will be resolved in Hotfix 2.0.0.1.

• We are aware of an issue impacting players’ ability to obtain specific loot from the Nightfall strike “Strange Terrain.” This issue should be resolved on September 4 with Update 2.0.0.1.
• The XP bar is not showing XP gains for players at the level cap. This is a UI issue, and all players will continue to earn XP and Bright Engrams at their expected rates. This issue is expected to be resolved on September 4 with Hotfix 2.0.0.1.
• We are currently investigating an issue that causes the precision multiplier for some weapons with explosive rounds to be incorrectly capped, making them deal less total damage than intended.
• We are investigating reports of issues impacting sandbox gameplay, including Hand Cannon recoil on PC and aiming down sights not cancelling properly.
• Some Year 2 Forsaken weapons and armor may drop prematurely from world loot sources. Items awarded to players early may see minor changes following Hotfix 2.0.0.1 and the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken on September 4.
• Some objectives that require Heroic strikes will not be achievable until Hotfix 2.0.0.1 on September 4.
• Players who still have the “Spicy Ramen” quest will not be able to complete it because the ramen shop is no longer distributing expired coupons.

For the full list of known issues, as well as possible mitigation steps, players should see our Update 2.0.0 Known Issues list.

Gear Infusion and Level Requirements

Once Destiny 2: Forsaken is live on September 4, players may begin increasing their Power and character level beyond their Year 1 limits. As with all increases to player Power in Destiny 2, players should be aware that infusing gear with a requirement above their current character level will make the infusion recipient unavailable for use until the player levels up.

For example:

• A player logs in to Destiny 2: Forsaken on September 4 at character level 30
• The player receives new gear with a level 31 character requirement
• The player infuses the new gear into their favorite Year 1 gear
• This Year 1 gear is no longer available for use, since it has adopted the level 31 character requirement from its infusion material
• The player must then increase their character level to 31 to reequip this gear

Players should pay extra attention to the character level requirements on their gear as they climb to max level in Destiny 2: Forsaken.

Mod Changes for All

As a reminder, mod changes will take full effect on September 4 at the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken. Listed below is the full experience that players will encounter once Hotfix 2.0.0.1 becomes available.

• Year 1 weapons will not accept Year 2 weapon mods
• Elemental attributes on Year 1 weapons will be locked, and you will no longer be able to change them
• Some targeted Year 1 Power weapons have had their elemental attributes changed and locked for Year 2
• Year 1 armor will accept Year 2 armor mods
• Year 1 Gear will not receive randomized perks
• All Year 1 mods will be deprecated at the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken on September 4
• Year 1 mods may safely be dismantled ahead of time in preparation for the Year 2 mod system

Things have been a bit wild this week. Anticipation is reaching a breaking point, and players are getting creative in their excitement. Here’s a sampling of what’s been bubbling to the top of the Creations page.

• Destiny 2 Update 2.0 will bring many changes to the Destiny 2 experience in preparation for Forsaken. Some features may not be fully operational until September 4.
  
• This is the final week of Season 3. Season 4, “Season of the Outlaw,” begins on September 4.

• Subclass screen updated in preparation for Forsaken

• Orpheus Rig
• No longer grants Super energy on bloom and damage sharing
• Raised base Super amount that you receive from tethers to create a more consistent and less exponential experience
• Super energy given is scaled up when more powerful enemies are tethered
• When used with Moebius Quiver, grants additional tether shots
• Does not grant ability energy on tethering targets
• Celestial Nighthawk
• Now grants 33% of your Super energy back if the target is killed by the shot
• Wormhusk Crown
• No longer starts regeneration of health and shields
• Instead grants a larger health and shield bump at the beginning of dodge instead of at the end
• Knucklehead Radar
• Enhanced radar resolution while crouching
• Lucky Pants
• Extended duration of Illegally Modded Holster
• Shinobu’s Vow
• Skip grenade returns some energy when it damages an enemy

Warlock

• The Stag
• Rift dropped from death now has standard rift duration
• Eye of Another World
• Ability recharge bonus increased
• Nezarac’s Sin
• Increased duration of Abyssal Extractors
• Rapid kills extend the duration up to 20 seconds
• Skull of Dire Ahamkara
• Increased Super energy gained from Nova Bomb kills
• Killing higher-ranked enemies now rewards more Super energy
• Transversive Steps
• Enhanced mobility
• After sprinting for a short time, your currently equipped weapon is automatically reloaded
• Winter’s Guile
• Tuned damage and duration per stack to be more consistent

Titan

• Mk. 44 Stand Asides
• Overshield granted by sprinting appears faster
• Hallowfire Heart
• Base cooldown reduction when Super is uncharged in addition to CDR when charged
• Helm of Saint-14
• Grants allies an overshield for a short duration when passing through Ward of Dawn
• Mask of the Quiet One
• Increased energy gain from incoming damage
• While critically wounded, health is granted from kills
• Crest of Alpha Lupi
• Healing pulse is more effective
• Peacekeepers
• Increased movement speed when wielding an SMG
• Wormgod’s Caress
• Tuned damage and duration per stack to be more consistent

• Primary ammo weapons and Special ammo weapons may exist in either the Kinetic or Energy slot.
• Heavy ammo weapons can exist only in the Power slot.
• Ammo type and damage type are now fixed attributes of a specific weapon.
• Ammo distribution models updated entirely to support weapon slot changes.
• Energy weapons no longer deal bonus damage to active enemy Supers.

• Primary Ammo Weapons
• Hand Cannons
• Scout Rifles
• Auto Rifles
• Pulse Rifles
• Sidearms
• Submachine Guns
• Special Ammo Weapons
• Fusion Rifles
• Shotguns
• Sniper Rifles
• Trace Rifles
• Single Shot Grenade Launchers
• Heavy Ammo Weapons
• Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers
• Rocket launchers
• Linear Fusion Rifles
• Swords

• Baligant
• Shepherd’s Watch
• Hawthorne’s Field-Forged Shotgun
• Alone as a God
• Perfect Paradox
• The Frigid Jackal
• Silicon Neuroma

• IKELOS_SR_v1.0.1
• IKELOS_SG_V1.0.1

• Tractor Cannon
• The Legend of Acrius
• D.A.R.C.I.
• Whisper of the Worm

• Increased precision damage output of Primary ammo weapons
• Increased in-air accuracy
• Decreased body shot damage in PvE 
• Decreased Auto Rifle damage required to stagger enemies to compensate for reduced body damage

• Reduced damage output of Special ammo weapons
• Increased damage of Trace Rifles
• Trace Rifles now disintegrate defeated enemies

• Grenade Launchers:
• Increased damage and blast radius
• Linear Fusion Rifle
• Increased damage
• Reduced time to charge and fire
• Reduced aim assist
• Swords
• Increased ammo
• Increased damage mitigation when guarding

• Sleeper Simulant
• Fixed issue where charge time was not displayed properly on weapon
• Magazine size increased
• Reduced base damage
• Borealis
• Bonus damage after breaking a shield increased on precision hit
• Still grants bonus damage on body shots
• Prometheus Lens
• No longer generates Special ammo on kill
• Tractor Cannon
• Repulsor Force’s Weaken effect now also increases non void damage by 33%, but no longer stacks with other weaken effects. (Shadowshot,Hammer Strike, etc).

• Explosive Payload
• Reduced bonus damage output
• Ambitious Assassin
• Increased time allotted between kills to earn bonus ammunition
• Backup Plan
• Decreased amount of time weapon must be stowed for perk to become available
• Box Breathing
• Reduced time required for perk to activate
• Reduced precision bonus
• Perk now resets after firing
• High-Impact Reserves
• Damage bonus granted earlier in magazine
• Grave Robber
• Now reloads your entire magazine
• Primary ammo is granted directly to magazine
• Heavy and Special ammo is transferred from reserves to magazine
• Field Prep
• Increased inventory reserves
• Increased stow, ready, and reload speed when crouched
• Auto-Loading Holster
• Reduced time required for perk to activate when weapon is stowed.
• Opening Shot
• Increased falloff range (weapon does more damage at longer ranges)
• Triple Tap
• Grants ammo directly to the magazine; no longer pulls from reserves.

• Starting with 2.0.0.1 (9/4/2018), Year 1 mods can no longer be inserted into gear or weapons. You will no longer be able to insert any mods into Year 1 gear or change the elemental damage type come next week.

• Fixed an issue where Rocket Launcher stability stat was not working as intended
• Fixed an issue where the Impact Casing perk on Grenade Launchers did not function
• Swords now have the ability to accept shaders

• Visual layout of perks has changed in subclass paths
• Increased base Guardian melee damage
• It now takes two melee hits to defeat an enemy Guardian in PvP
• Increased the base damage of Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, and Shield Bash
• Adjusted active Super bonus damage resistance values
• Added a timer to the status effect for Healing Rift, Empowering Rift, and Rally Barricade to communicate the time remaining before they expire

• Axion Bolt
• Increased base damage
• Increased the amount of time it takes for the tracking strength to lower
• Flashbang
• Increased base damage
• Incendiary Grenade
• Increased base damage
• Storm Grenade
• Increased base damage
• Scatter Grenade
• Re-tuned range and falloff ranges for the detonations for more reliable damage
• Magnetic, Fusion, and Flux Grenade
• Increased base damage
• Damage is now the same whether a target has been stuck or simply walked over grenade when detonating
• Magnetic Grenade now detonates a second time only if it’s attached to a target
• The second detonation no longer only occurs on the grenade itself and will now be applied to each individual target hit by the initial detonation
• Skip Grenade
• Increased impact damage of each Skip Drone impact for a higher total potential damage
• Voidwall
• Increased the damage of initial Void Wall wave

• General
• Marksman’s Dodge is now considered a reload; it can interact with Kill Clip, Rat King, etc.
• Gunslinger
• Practice Makes Perfect perk now grants Super energy on throwing knife kills
• Increased the duration of all versions of Golden Gun
• Nightstalker
• Once activated, the Shadowshot tether will find enemy targets more reliably within its search radius

• General
• Rally Barricade no longer requires players to take cover to reload—it now feeds ammo to your magazine over time
• Striker
• With Terminal Velocity enabled, the opening Fists of Havoc slam no longer leaves a lingering damage area
• Lowered the health threshold for triggering Knockout so that it triggers sooner, to keep up with the PvP lethality changes
• Increased the lunge range of the Fists of Havoc melee attack
• Sunbreaker
• Sol Invictus will now trigger on burn kills
• Sentinel
• Increased Ward of Dawn health significantly
• Increased the amount of health provided by the Ward of Dawn overshield
• Sentinel Shield Super
• Increased Shield Throw projectile speed
• Shield Throw no longer loses damage after bouncing or ricocheting off targets
• Faster attack animations for grounded melee attacks
• Increased Sentinel Super damage in PvE

• General
• Increased Healing Rift effectiveness
• Empowering Rift now increases precision damage (previously, bonus damage was capped at the weapon’s precision damage in PvP)
• Stormcaller
• Increased the PvP damage of Stormtrance
• Increased Arc Soul’s projectile speed
• Dawnblade
• Increased Dawnblade projectile speed and base tracking strength
• Voidwalker
• Significantly reduced the length of time that Blink disables your radar and HUD
• Chaos Accelerant no longer costs Super energy to use
• Increased the damage bonus granted by Chaos Accelerant for each Voidwalker grenade

• Year 1 meditations have been retired and replaced with a Heroic Story playlist
• These will share modifiers with Heroic adventures and strikes
• Forsaken campaign missions will be featured at 500 Power, while Year 1 campaign missions will be featured at 200 Power

• Wanted escapees from the Prison of Elders now roam the open world
• They will not drop rewards until September 4, 2018
• Increased the difficulty of Lost Sectors
• Example: EDZ Lost Sectors are now 240 Power

• Replayable adventures have been removed from destination vendors
• Heroic adventures have been added to all destinations
• Destinations without Heroic adventures before Forsaken will have them available during their Flashpoint weeks
• A random Heroic adventure will be available each day
• Mercury and Mars Heroic adventures are unchanged
• Heroic adventures will share similar modifiers with daily Heroics and strikes

• Vanguard Strikes
• Heroic Strike playlists have been retired for all players and replaced with a single content-appropriate playlist:
• Legacy 
• Strikes playlist matches the legacy playlist that is currently available in Year 1
• Recommended Power 200
• Will have modifiers
• Forsaken
• Strike playlist has three difficulties to select from:
• Recommended Power 300 (not available when your level is 40 Power higher)
• Recommended Power 400 (not available when your level is 40 Power higher)
• Recommended Power 500 (always available)
• Will have modifiers
• Nightfall
• Retired Prestige difficulty
• Increased base difficulty for Nightfall activities
• Players can choose one of three Nightfall strikes each week
• Players may select only the strikes for which they own the appropriate expansions
• Legacy players will still be able to enable modifiers via the Challenge Card, but scoring will be disabled in the 270 Power Nightfall

• A fireteam has a total of 2:30 seconds to revive fallen team mates during a given Raid encounter
• This time is only refreshed if a fireteam wipes
• If a player is not revived within the time remaining, the fireteam is wiped to “Shared Fate”
• Each player has one token that they may use to revive a player
• Multiple players being dead does not increase the speed of the timer

• Escapees from the Prison of Elders now appear in strikes, Lost Sectors, and public areas

• New ammo model for maps to accommodate weapon slots

• Collections (emblems and Exotics) that are found in the vault will be unavailable during the week of August 28–September 4, but they will return with 2.0.0.1 in the upcoming Collections tab 
• Exotics will now always drop at or above your Guardian’s Power level
• Year 1 challenges will no longer grant destination materials or tokens
• Destination materials can be earned via bounties, available from their respective destination vendors
• Anything that previously granted destination tokens or Rare materials will grant Common destination materials moving forward
• Destination tokens and Rare destination materials are no longer granted, but they can still be redeemed for reputation if you have them in your inventory

• His will is not his own
• No longer displays a vendor icon on destination maps
• No longer tied to Flashpoints
• He has a clear purpose but cannot explain it—forgive him
• Fated Engrams grant only pre-Forsaken Exotics

• Increased vault size to 500 slots
• Players can now dismantle shaders in stacks of five in Master Rahool’s vendor screen

• Cayde-6 has left the Tower to investigate disturbances in the Reef
• Removed Treasure Maps and Scout Reports

• Added Korean language support to consoles

• Updated title screen to reflect Forsaken launch

• Challenges
• The Year 1 challenge system has been removed and converted into bounties, which will be available through their respective destination and activity vendors on September 4
• Bounties are displayed in the Pursuits bucket of the inventory screen
• In Year 2 (Forsaken), “challenges” now refer to the bonuses that grant rewards on a daily or weekly basis 
• These can be seen in the Director via new indicators on a playlist or destination when available
• Milestones
• The milestone tray will now be limited to showing specific quests and quest steps
• One-time completion objectives, such as campaign missions, subclass missions, and strikes introductions will remain as milestones
• Players who do not have any active milestones will not see a milestones blade being displayed
• Many Year 1 milestones have been converted into challenges
• These challenges will continue to grant powerful rewards
• Weekly and daily milestones
• Previous weekly and daily milestones, such as strike completion and Crucible, will now appear as weekly or daily challenges on their associated playlists
• Flashpoints
• The Flashpoint milestone will now appear as a challenge visible on its respective destination vendor
• Flashpoint progress has been expanded to include Lost Sectors and Heroic adventures
• Exotic quests
• Exotic quests are now displayed in the Inventory tab under the Pursuits bucket
• They can be recovered at the quests’ associated vendor if abandoned
• Exotic quests now correctly use Exotic coloring in the UI
• Icons for Exotic quests are now appropriately represented with Exotic rarity
• World quests
• World quests are now displayed in the Inventory tab under the Pursuits bucket
• Updated the Director with a new theme and layout to better represent destinations for Year 2
• Presell is in the Reef location
• The “Leviathan” raid and raid lairs have been moved to Nessus

• Weapon slots
• Weapon tooltips now display ammo types
• White ammo icon – “Primary”
• Green ammo icon – “Special”
• Purple ammo icon – “Heavy”
• The HUD will show a color based on the associated ammo type next to each weapon on the weapon tray
• Subclass screen
• The path name is now being displayed along the bottom of the character art
• Collections
• Collections are not available until September 4
• Triumphs
• Triumphs are not available until September 4
• Gear tooltips
• Perks are displayed by name only on tooltips for Ghost Shells, weapons, and armor
• Exotic perks will display a short description

• Adjusted contrast and saturation to match Forsaken theme, throughout Destiny 2
• Players may adjust their brightness manually through the Settings menu

[scrawled on a page torn out of The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey] 

PUBLIC KEY 2-312545-6  EARTH VNGD

FROM: ACT RGNT PETRA VENJ

TO: HUNTER VANGUARD

SUBJECT: BIRDWATCHING

MESSAGE IS:

You miss me already, huh? If you’re looking for another excuse to shirk your Vanguard duties I’ll play along. 

By the way, thought you’d be interested in this report from Paladin Oran:

Free irregular kelvin radiation underneath liminal atmosphere layers in Venusian entryway. Deep interstellar simulation traces reveal elongated sidereal screens. Caldera apertures leave long free radical omissions. Mitigate if lateral lacerations yield neutrons.  

MESSAGE ENDS

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