This week's update for Destiny has been rolled out a day early, bringing with it the expected changes to Crota's End. It also preps the game for the return of tomorrow's Crucible event, the Iron Banner.
Sadly, today marks the end of a popular cheese in which you could exploit the raid boss. Basically you could disconnect mid-fight against Crota and reconnect to find the boss in permanent paralyzed state. You know, because Destiny players always complain about a challenge and then continuously search for exploits every time there's new content. I'm sure the game's players are frantically searching for a new exploit as I type this.
But while much of today's update is focused on Crota's End, the patch notes also include the list of changes for the Iron Banner. The PvP event promises level 32 weapon drops and Legendary gear earned through event standing.
Here are the full patch notes for today's update:
Activity Rewards
- Fixed an issue with Ascendant Materials no longer being a possible reward for Daily gold-tier public events
- In addition to other potential rewards, Weekly Nightfall Strikes can now award 9 or more Strange Coins
PVP
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Added to the rotation for Control, Clash, and Iron Banner* playlists:
- The Anomaly
- Asylum
- The Burning Shrine
- Starts 1AM PST, Tuesday, January 13th
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Playlist weapon drops
- Level 32 Sniper Rifle
- Level 32 Auto Rifle
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Gain event standing to earn Legendary gear
- Level 32 Hand Cannon
- Level 32 Rocket Launcher
- Level 32 Gauntlets
- Level 31 Chest
Weapons
- On the Sniper Rifle, Black Hammer, the Hive Breaker upgrade has been disabled until it is fixed to play nicely with the White Nail upgrade
Raids
- Exotic weapon drops (though still very infrequent) are now Level 32
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Rewards
- Treasure chests now contain Radiant Materials
- The existing Pit treasure chest reward has moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger
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Pit Encounter
- Pillars of Light no longer launch players into the air when they explode
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Bridge Encounter
- Players will now be required to cross the bridge in order to complete the bridge encounter
- Players will now be required to wait for the bridge to be completed prior to crossing with the sword
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Deathsinger Encounter
- Fixed a rare case where the Shriekers would not spawn, preventing players from reaching the Deathsinger
- The Deathsinger now has a chance to drop Exotic weapons and armor, class pieces, and Radiant materials
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Crota Encounter
- Two Swordbearers will no longer spawn at the same time at the outset of the encounter
- Crota will now recover from his kneeling state after a player quits
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to remove the “Presence of Crota” using a Radiance Warlock’s Fireborn ability
- Fixed a bug that made the Oversoul appear destroyed to some players in a Fireteam when it was actually still active
