In the MMO shooter Destiny , update 1.2.0. might be coming soon. This was announced in the Weekly Update.
Patch 1.2.0. was supposed to go live last Tuesday, but it got postponed for an “indefinite” time. An error was discovered at the last moment. Some fans and media even feared that this delay could mean that House of Wolves would be postponed. But that seems to have been an exaggeration.
In the Weekly Update, a “new date” for this patch has now been hinted at. That would be today, Friday the 15th, around “evening” our time. Provided everything works out.
A specific timeline will be provided later – along with the patch notes.
It is expected that the 1.2.0. patch will prepare the way for “House of Wolves” make some changes to the Crucible and possibly introduce some kind of “gimmick”. With the preparation patch to Darkness Lurks in December, the blades of Crota were introduced. Bungie is still silent about whether they have planned something similar again.
Nepal aid from Destiny exceeds all expectations
Meanwhile, the “T-shirt, shader, and emblem” campaign for the earthquake victims in Nepal is actually going even better than expected. At Bungie, they are selling special items to alleviate the crisis in the region. 100% of the profits from the sales are donated.
$750,000 has been raised so far. This has exceeded the wildest expectations. Bungie has contributed an additional $50,000. Publisher Activision has also added $50,000 to reach the three-quarter million mark.
Reconnects are set to improve – could prevent frustration
The third important point in the Weekly Update concerns “reconnects”.
Currently, guardians are thrown into orbit when they lose connection to the server. They lose their progress in the activity as a result. This is frustrating and is expected to be mitigated in the future. They plan to introduce “Connection Recovery”: This would keep players in the activity when they log back in.
In House of Wolves, this will be tried first with “Trials of Osiris”. Here, such “orbit landings” would be even more brutal than elsewhere. With these recoveries, there would at least be a chance to spawn back in the Trials instead of in orbit. There are no guarantees with the new system either.
If this turns out to be a viable solution in the “Trials of Osiris”, Bungie plans to expand it to other activities.
By the way: If you didn’t catch the new gameplay trailer for House of Wolves last night, here is the video again:
It looks like Friday evening will be unusually lively in Destiny today. That there is a lot going on in the morning should not be surprising: Because just before patch 1.2.0., Xur will arrive in the Tower on Friday, May 15th, at 11:00 AM. We from mein MMO will be waiting for him and reporting on his offers.
