News - Destiny 2 Update 1.1.4

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Destiny 2 Update 1.1.4



Strikes

• Nightfall strike unique rewards
  
  
• • Possible rewards include Legendary weapons and Exotic accessories
    
    
  • Drop rates increase in likelihood based on score thresholds
    
  
  
• Strike repetition reduction 
  
  
• • Players will no longer see the same strikes back-to-back in strike playlists
    
  
  
• Challenge Card
  
  
• • Increased the Power handicap maximum from 40 to 45
    
  
  
• Fixed an issue where “Tree of Probabilities” wouldn’t end immediately after Valus Thuun’s death if he was killed very quickly
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players could respawn below the boss fight of “A Garden World”
  
  
• Fixed an issue where vehicles were not rewarding points when destroyed
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Orbs granted points in public areas
  

Other

• Exotic repetition reduction
  
  
• • Protections were put in place that prevent back-to-back duplicate Exotics from Exotic Engrams
    
  
  
• Fixed an issue where some emblems were not displaying what statistic they track
  
  
• Prometheus Lens correctly appears in the Exotic weapon collection for players who acquired the item from Xûr without owning Curse of Osiris
  
  
• Reduced interaction time for patrol beacons and activity totems from 3 seconds to 1 second
  
  
• Fixed an issue where applying or previewing a shader on an item would return players to the top page of the shader inventory
  

Sandbox

Weapons

Abilities

• Increased Super regeneration rates from 6:40 minutes to 5:00 minutes 
  
  
• The output of every increment of the Mobility stat, from 2 – 10, has been increased allowing for a significant boost in player speed
  
  
• Vanishing Step (invisibility upon dodging) and Vanish in Smoke (Smoke Bomb invisibility) 
  
  
• • Dodging remains unchanged and still breaks both aim assist and projectile tracking for the duration of the actual dodge
    
    
  • The invisibility granted by Vanishing Step no longer breaks aim assist or projectile tracking in PvP (unchanged in PvE)
    
    
  • Increased the duration of invisibility granted by Vanishing Step by 1 second
    
    
  • Increased the duration of Smoke Bomb invisibility by 1 second
    
  
  
• Increased the movement speed of “melee Supers” (Fist of Havoc, Sentinel Shield, and Arc Staff) 
  
  
• • While these Supers are active, sprint speed is automatically set to the fastest possible sprint speed (no additional perks needed)
    
    
  • Characters automatically sprint when you request forward movement
    
    
  • Increased movement acceleration to reach max speed almost instantly 
    

Titan 

• Increased the distance the player travels with an untargeted airborne shoulder charge attack (Shield Bash, Seismic Strike, and Hammer Strike) back to 4.5 m
  
  
• Lift 
  
  
• • Strafe Lift 
    
    
  • • Increased top speed of Strafe Lift
      
    
    
  • Catapult Lift 
    
    
  • • Increased the initial horizontal acceleration gained from activating Catapult Lift
      
      
    • Increased the amount of time Catapult Lift can be active to allow for more control
      

Hunter 

• Arc Staff 
  
  
• • Increased the speed of the Arc Staff dodge animation
    
    
  • Increased the speed of all Arc Staff attack animations
    
    
  • For Arc Staff Super cast animation and all Arc Staff melee attacks, reduced the amount of time you’re locked in animations before you can move or attack
    
    
  • Increased the AoE range of all Arc Staff attacks 
    

Warlock 

• Glide 
  
  
• • Overall 
    
    
  • • Increased the initial extension of vertical speed gained from activating Glide to allow for quick, on-demand bursts of speed
      
    
    
  • Strafe Glide 
    
    
  • • Increased the top speed of Strafe Glide
      
      
    • Greatly increased the horizontal acceleration of Strafe Glide to allow for more in-air maneuverability
      
      
    • Increased Strafe Glide’s max height to match the other vertical movements
      
    
    
  • Burst Glide 
    
    
  • • Greatly increased the top speed of Burst Glide (higher than Strafe Glide’s top speed)
      
    
    
  • Balanced Glide 
    
    
  • • Recalibrated Balanced Glide to gain some of the added speed of Burst Glide and some of the added horizontal acceleration of Strafe Glide. 
      
      
    • Design Note: Our intent is for Balanced Glide to have some of the properties of both Burst and Strafe Glide without being as potent as either version.
      
  
  
• Dawnblade 
  
  
• • Decreased the cost of throwing sword projectiles with the Daybreak Super, allowing for one additional throw
    
    
  • Increased the Super duration extension gained from the Everlasting Flames perk (~+20%)
    
    
  • The buff granted by the Swift Strike melee ability now removes all in-air accuracy penalties while active
    
    
  • Decreased the Icarus Dash cooldown from 10 seconds to 6 seconds
    
    
  • Increased the grenade and melee energy that Heat Rises gives you per kill from 10% to 16%
    
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players could throw infinite numbers of Nova Bombs in Mayhem
  

Mods

• Mods that affect ability regen rates (i.e., for grenades, melee, and class abilities) now have increased output (16.667% per mod). They still cap at 3 mods (50% regen rate).
  

Crucible

• Weekly Featured Playlist (Rumble, Mayhem, Iron Banner)
  
  
• • Each week we will rotate among Rumble, Mayhem, and Iron Banner playlists in the Crucible
    
  
  
• Crucible repetition reduction
  
  
• • Enabled repeat map protection for Quickplay, Competitive, and Iron Banner playlists
    
  
  
• Quitter penalties
  
  
• • Incomplete matches in Competitive Crucible playlists will now result in a warning or temporary (30 minute) suspension from Competitive and Osiris Competitive playlists
    
  
  
• Added invisible physics and kill volumes to keep players inside the intended playable area on a number of maps.
  
  
• Iron Banner 
  
  
• • Now features 6v6
    
    
  • Time limit is 12 minutes
    
    
  • Score limit is 125 points
    
    
  • Respawn time is 7 seconds
    
    
  • All Control Zones start off neutral
    
    
  • Additional Guardians (max of 3) in a zone increases capture speed
    
    
  • Emperor’s Respite has been removed from the Iron Banner Control playlist
    
    
  • Power ammo
    
    
  • • Recurring side crate respawn times reduced from 90 seconds to 45 seconds
      
      
    • Initial side crate respawn times reduced from 90 seconds to 30 seconds
      
  
  
• Crucible gameplay/ammo improvements
  
  
• • Quickplay (Clash, Control, Supremacy) match length has been extended to 10 minutes, with score limits adjusted accordingly
    
  
  
• All modes
  
  
• • Increased assist and kill credit time from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds
    
    
  • Increased Super energy granted to players for both kills and assists
    
    
  • Players who are defeated while carrying Power ammo will lose all of their Power ammo and drop 50% of it on the ground as a brick
    
    
  • • This brick is visible to all players, and anyone can pick it up
      
      
    • The brick expires after 30 seconds
      
      
    • The brick requires a full .25-second interaction instead of a passive walkover
      
      
    • This interaction can be interrupted if the player takes damage
      

Quickplay

• All modes
  
  
• • Match length has been extended to 10 minutes, with score limits adjusted accordingly
    
    
  • Respawn time for all Quickplay game modes has gone down from 5 seconds to 2 seconds
    
    
  • Recurring side crate respawn times reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
    
    
  • Neutral crates for Clash/Supremacy are unchanged
    
    
  • The player Super display has been removed from the HUD
    
    
  • • Players can still access this information in the death screen and while in Nav Mode (when their Ghost is out)
      
      
    • The player Super display remains unchanged in Competitive
      
  
  
• Control
  
  
• • Reduced initial side crate Power ammo respawn times from 90 seconds to 30 seconds
    
    
  • Changed the amounts of Super energy players get for capturing zones 
    
    
  • • Players on the capturing team get slightly less than before
      
      
    • Players participating in the capture itself get 2x that amount
      
  
  
• Clash/Supremacy
  
  
• • Initial side crate Power ammo respawn times reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
    

Competitive (Includes Trials of the Nine)

• All modes
  
  
• • Tracker is now turned off
    
    
  • Design Note: This is to enable more flanking and expression of individual power.
    
  
  
• Survival
  
  
• • Reduced recurring neutral crate respawn times from 75 seconds to 45 seconds
    
    
  • Reduced respawn time to 7 seconds
    
  
  
• Countdown
  
  
• • Reduced recurring side crate respawn times from 60 seconds to 45 seconds
    
    
  • Lowered revive lockout time from 20 seconds to 7 seconds
    
    
  • Players no longer lose revive tokens on death
    

Crucible Power Ammo Crates

• Rockets
  
  
• • Now: 1 rocket
    
    
  • Was: 2 rockets
    
  
  
• Drum-Fed Grenade Launchers
  
  
• • Stays at 4 grenades
    
  
  
• Single-Shot Grenade Launchers
  
  
• • Now: 6 grenades (may be capped by weapon inventory size)
    
    
  • Was: 4 grenades
    
  
  
• Sniper Rifles
  
  
• • Now: 6 shots 
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 6 
    
  
  
• Shotguns
  
  
• • Now: 5 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 4
    
  
  
• Slug Shotguns
  
  
• • Now: 6 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 4
    
  
  
• Fusion Rifles
  
  
• • Now: 5 bursts
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 4–5 shots based on mag size
    
  
  
• Wardcliff Coil
  
  
• • Stays at 1 volley
    
  
  
• Swords
  
  
• • Now: 6 swings
    
    
  • Was: 30% of total Energy, capped at 9 swings
    
  
  
• Linear Fusion Rifles
  
  
• • Now: 4 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 6 
    
  
  
• The Prospector
  
  
• • Now: 8 grenades
    
    
  • Was: 4 grenades
    
  
  
• Legend of Acrius
  
  
• • Now: 4 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 4
    
  
  
• Tractor Cannon
  
  
• • Now: 6 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 4
    
  
  
• The Colony
  
  
• • Stays at 4 shots
    
  
  
• D.A.R.C.I.
  
  
• • Now: 8 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 6
    
  
  
• Borealis
  
  
• • Now: 8 shots
    
    
  • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 6