News - Destiny 2 Update – 2/27/2018

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Destiny 2 Update – 2/27/2018





Destiny Update 1.1.3 – The one about Nightfall Strike Scoring.

Nightfall Strike Scoring

• Both normal and Prestige Nightfall now have scoring
  
  
• • Enemy kills and orb generation will accrue points
    
    
  • Highest set scores will display on each Nightfall’s respective emblem
    
    
  • Scores above a target value will enable the Nightfall Aura and a fireteam Vanguard Token bonus
    
    
  • Total team score will be displayed at the end of the Nightfall in the PGCR
    

Nightfall Challenge Cards

• The Prestige Nightfall challenge card allows players to select modifiers for the Prestige Nightfall that affect gameplay and score multipliers
  
  
• • Players can select active Elemental modifiers to boost outgoing and incoming damage
    
    
  • Players can opt into using a power handicap that will lower their character power level in the Prestige Nightfall but raise the score multiplier
    
    
  • Extinguish is always on when applying the Nightfall Challenge Card. If the full fireteam wipes in a respawning restricted area, the fireteam will be returned to orbit
    
  
  
• Cards cannot be modified once the activity has been launched
  
  
• These cards will drop for DLC owners in the normal or Prestige Nightfall
  
  
• The fireteam leader’s card is applied to the entire fireteam when launching the Prestige Nightfall
  

Emblem Variants

• Crucible Emblems
  
  
• • Victorious Veteran tracks your lifetime Crucible kills and how many of each class you’ve defeated
    
    
  • Victorious Veteran has six variants: the first three variants are class specific, the last three are unlocked after defeating 1000 of that class in PVP
    
    
  • This emblem can be purchased from Shaxx after opening 10 faction packages
    
  
  
• Destination Emblems
  
  
• • Lost Sector Emblems have been changed into Destination Emblems that track Lost Sectors Found, Region Chests Opened, and Ghost Scans Discovered
    
    
  • • Note: Mercury only tracks Lost Sectors and Region Chests
      
    
    
  • Each Destination Emblem has four variants in addition to the default emblem
    
    
  • Each variant has a chance to drop from chests in the destination
    
    
  • For players who did not have the respective Lost Sector emblems, they may purchase the new destination emblems from the respective vendors after opening 10 faction packages
    
  
  
• Nightfall Emblems
  
  
• • New Nightfall Emblems exist for each individual Nightfall strike and track your high score in that strike
    
    
  • Each Nightfall Emblem has 3 variants in addition to the default emblem, these variants have a chance to drop when you hit a certain score tier and complete the Nightfall
    

Auras

• Raid Emblem “Glory To The Emperor” tracks total Leviathan clears on Prestige difficulty and unlocks the orange Prestige Raid Aura if you’ve completed a Prestige difficulty raid activity in the last 14 days
  
  
• Trials Emblem “You Are Worthy”  tracks number of flawless tickets and unlocks the blue Trials Aura if you’ve gone flawless in the last 14 days
  
  
• Nightfall Emblems awarded from completing each Nightfall strike track your high score in the respective Nightfall and unlock an aura if your high score in that strike is higher than a global target score
  

General

• Opt-in Text Chat for PC is now available in Social Spaces and Public Areas
  
  
• Fireteam members now appear on Destination Map
  
  
• Damage Reduction granted by Armor Masterworks while a Super ability is active has been increased from 3% to 5% per armor piece
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Ammo Masterworks could decrease the maximum ammo capacity of a weapon
  
  
• Fixed an issue where some players would have irretrievable items within the Postmaster
  
  
• The Eater of Worlds Raid Lair will now grant Faction Tokens during Faction Rallies events
  
  
• The Seeker of Brilliance and Seeker of Opulence perks on the Contender Ghost Shell may now trigger during the Crossing encounter of the Eater of Worlds Raid Lair
  
  
• Fixed an issue in Trials of the Nine where players could receive erroneous losses if the opposing team left before match start
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players could encounter BAT errors when joining a Mercury Adventure
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players were placed facing the wrong direction after dunking an item during public events
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the Phoenix Dive Warlock Ability could be used to get out of the intended playspace
  
  
• Helm of Saint-14 no longer affects allies when guarding with the Sentinel Shield Super
  
  
• The Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Exotic now properly has three stat points
  
  
• Projectiles from the Colony Exotic Grenade Launcher properly track enemies on PC when frame rate is set higher than 30 FPS