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Patch Note Preview: 2.8.1.1.



This Wednesday, April 29, we’re planning to release Destiny

2 Hotfix 2.8.1.1. This patch will have fixes for bugs that have popped recently,

and also has a quick tuning pass for a weapon that’s been shining a little too

bright in the Crucible since Season of the Worthy began. 

Hard Light, a name that may either strike fear or pure joy

in your heart, will be the subject of today’s article. Here are some notes from

the team on how this weapon will be tuned come tomorrow morning:

Dev Team: Hard Light has been at the forefront due to a combination

of recent adjustments to improve its usability and the adjustments to Auto

Rifles that came with patch 2.8.0.

Most of the adjustments coming on Wednesday

are to address its usage for mouse and keyboard users since the ability to

precisely aim regardless of range allows you to use the weapon at longer

distances, on top of being able to use ricochets more effectively.

Although weapons like the Fighting

Lion can also do what Hard Light does for indirect fire, they are generally

less effective during a direct confrontation. Hard Light boasts a lot of great

stats, and its impact grows with more players using it – eventually no cover is

safe. As such, we’re reducing some of the aspects that allow for indirect fire

and unexpected lethality in odd scenarios, while still retaining some of the

bonuses to keep the flavor.

• Hard Light
  
  • • Hard Light’s damage falloff now floors at 0.7x
      
      (Auto Rifles use 0.5x standard).
      
      
    • Split ricochet bonus damage between PvE and PvP.
      
      • • PvE damage remains at 2.0x damage.
          
          
        • PvP damage is now 1.35x damage.
          
      
      
    • Removed a hidden recoil adjustment that made the
      
      weapon more stable than intended.
      

Stay tuned to Bungie.net for official patch notes, and

@BungieHelp on Twitter for updates on our release timeline.