On Tuesday, October 30, the next patch for Destiny 2 will be released for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The primary goal of the update is to reduce player frustration by making Destiny 2 more generous. The game has been stingy with important resources.
This is the situation: Forsaken has been out for almost two months now, and generally, many Guardians are satisfied with the new Destiny 2. September and October will likely go down in the history of Destiny as a new “golden time”. Players felt similarly comfortable back in September 2015.
Experts like YouTuber Datto even say that Forsaken is better than The Taken King. In general, it is believed that Forsaken has saved Destiny 2 after a weak first year.
However, there is a trend that bothers many: Destiny 2 is extremely stingy. A loot shooter without fresh loot leads to disappointments. In addition, there are many little things that cause frustration. These difficulties have piled up over the past few weeks.
This is special about the update: Since the release of Forsaken, Bungie has addressed many issues but has changed very little in the game.
Many of the changes Bungie announced in recent months are only now actually coming to Destiny 2 next week.
This is actually the first time Bungie can make specific improvements to Forsaken. The patch from two weeks ago did resolve some issues, but it was more about bringing new content. Bungie will tackle many of the “big problems” only on Tuesday.
Destiny 2 – Loot Shooter with Too Little Loot
Three points particularly bother the Guardians:
- Players simply get too few new exotics – Many complain they haven’t seen a new exotic in Forsaken after hundreds of hours
- It is hard to get the coveted exclusive rewards from the Nightfall Strikes – many just have bad luck
- and upgrading particularly good items is made more difficult by the scarcity of Masterwork Cores – players use tricks, but there are few
This is how the update plans to solve these issues on Tuesday evening:
- There should be more sources for Upgrade Cores (the new Masterwork Cores)
- Fewer duplicate exotics will drop. This increases the chance of receiving a new one
- And for Nightfall rewards, there will be a “bad luck protection” that makes it easier for Guardians to obtain coveted items
These additional problems the patch will also aim to solve:
- it should become easier to delete individual shaders (0.25 seconds instead of 1 second)
- the Gunsmith will accept 25 materials at a time instead of just 10
- the Sleeper Simulant will be nerfed (less ammunition per shot)
- damage of swords and fusion rifles will increase in PvE
- the misconduct will improve (explosion damage increases, more damage against Possessed and Intruders)
- the exotic bow Wishender will become stronger (higher base damage)
This is what we expect from the patch: If all these changes come, some of Destiny 2’s main problems should be resolved. However, one criticism remains: Many Guardians criticize that, in general, the loot pool in Destiny 2 is too small. There could still be more types of weapons.
When will the patch be released? The patch is expected on Tuesday evening. Full patch notes are expected around Tuesday at 6 PM, it is said. We will report on MeinMMO about it.
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