Bungie releases new update for Destiny

Destiny

Bungie has started rolling out its first Destiny update of the New Year. The patch seems to be pretty large and contains some much needed bug fixes and removes many of the exploits that came with the The Dark Below Expansion.

Since the launch of the games first major expansion ‘The Dark Below’ back in December, a few players have figured out numerous ways to get around whole sections of the Crota’s End raid. The update has patched the raid so players will not be able to use this exploit anymore. The update also adds Level 32 weapon drops to the Vault of Glass as well as some random bug fixes.

You can check out the full list of patch notes below:

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

Player vs Player

Maps

• Added to the rotation for Control, Clash, and Iron Banner* playlists:
  • The Anomaly
  • Asylum
  • The Burning Shrine

Iron Banner

• Starts 1AM PST, Tuesday, January 13th
• Playlist weapon drops
  • Level 32 Sniper Rifle
  • Level 32 Auto Rifle
• Gain event standing to earn Legendary gear
  • Level 32 Hand Cannon
  • Level 32 Rocket Launcher
  • Level 32 Gauntlets
  • Level 31 Boots

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

Vault of Glass

• Exotic weapon drops (though still very infrequent) are now Level 32

Crota’s End

• Rewards
  • Treasure chests now contain Radiant Materials
  • The existing Pit treasure chest reward has moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger
• Pit Encounter
  • Pillars of Light no longer launch players into the air when they explode
• 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
• 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
• 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