No more cheese
Destiny is still a thing. I’m sorry if you don’t like it being a thing. It will likely still be a thing until past February, when the second expansion is due to come out.
Today, a new hotfix hit the game which has ruffled some feathers. A number of guns (most importantly the Vex Mythoclast, a gun everyone has tried to get as it’s clearly one of the best in the game) have been nerfed in favor of buffing scout rifles (auto-rifles have been nerfed in general too). People are angry because the nerfs are meant to balance PVP, but still directly change how the gun operates in a PVE setting. Instead of carefully changing PVP values, Bungie has opted to nerf the guns entirely.
I’m mixed on it myself, because although the game didn’t need a PVE effectiveness nerf, the weapons are still very viable. Another welcome fix is the end of the “Templar cheese,” where players would just stand on the outside of a map and slowly whittle a Vault of Glass boss down while it couldn’t fire back.
Check out some of the other general fixes below.
General
- Fixed a bug where the Valkyrie-O5X Ship was the same as the Aurora Lance
- Titan
- Unbreakable: Fixed an issue with the perk granting more agility than intended
- Warlock
- Brimstone: Perk can now activate if player is airborne
- General
- Fixed some issues related to quick weapon swapping
- Auto Rifles
- Base Damage decreased by 2%
- Reduced Precision Damage multiplier from 1.50 -> 1.25 (head shot bonus)
- Stability decreased by 4% – 17% (driven by stat value)
- Hand Cannons
- In-air accuracy now increased
- Scout Rifles
- Base damage increased by 6%
- Damage vs. Combatants increased by 6% – 25% (based on tier)
- Improved target acquisition, plus additional recoil tuning.
- Shotguns
- Decreased base damage at maximum range (falloff) by 20%
- Shot Package Perk now has a slightly wider cone of fire
- The Rangefinder and Shot Package perks are now mutually exclusive
- Exotic Weapons
- Vex Mythoclast
- Base Damage decreased by 34%
- Increased Precision Damage multiplier from 1.25 -> 1.50 (headshot bonus)
- Pocket Infinity
- Enhanced Battery Perk has now been replaced with the Speed Reload Perk
- Vex Mythoclast
- Perks
- Metal Detector: Fixed a bug that prevents this perk from actually providing additional ammo
- Lightweight: Fixed a bug that allowed additional agility to apply even when a weapon was stowed
- Strikes
- Engram rewards from strikes now appear in the post-game Activity Summary
- Raid – Vault of Glass
- Templar Encounter
- Kill volume added to sniper platforms to prevent players from sitting on top of them
- Relic is now removed and respawned if the holder leaves the playable area
- Templar Encounter
- The Fallen have also retreated from their hold over the Rocket Yard to discuss a new takeover plan
Published: Oct 14, 2014 12:00 pm