The shared-world shooter Destiny announces significant changes with Patch 1.1.2 in the Weekly Update. They aim to simplify certain strikes, fix bugs in raids, and introduce a kind of “player rating player” system.
The Weekly Update from Bungie arrived late on Thursday night – due to the time change. By the way, Xur will also be delayed by the time change and will arrive this Friday, April 3rd, at 11:00 AM.
Bungie is still in the phase of introducing changes for the next Patch 1.1.2, which is scheduled for April: It will bring a larger vault and changes to sound and graphics settings. Today it was clarified what else it will change.
What Bungie wants to change in the raids
They want to eliminate bugs in the raids “The Glass Chamber” and “Crota’s End“. The focus is primarily on gameplay issues with Atheon and Crota, the two final bosses.
No details are revealed yet, but they say players can read about it in the future patch notes. Those should be expected soon.
What Bungie wants to change in the strikes
The changes planned for the strikes in Destiny focus on the fact that some are completed much less frequently than others because they are longer, tougher, and harder. Two offenders have been identified: the strike with “Valus Ta’aurc”, the Cerberus Vae III strike. If it is completed at all, it takes an average of 27 minutes. The second one that stands out is the PlayStation-exclusive strike “Dust Palace” with 23 minutes.
Both strikes are to be shortened and simplified. This will involve weakening some of the elevated enemies. Additionally, Valus Ta’aurc will lose 15% of his health points. The group of final bosses in the Dust Palace will have 15% less shields.
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Another problem they want to address is the so-called “toxic behavior.” This refers to player behavior in the gaming industry that harms other players and annoys them persistently. The biggest evil in Destiny are players who join a strike and then simply go afk or pretend to, to let themselves be carried while others do the work.
Some of these players have already been excluded from matchmaking, that is, group search. They will continue to do so and will resort to even harsher measures.
Innocent players should not be afraid: it can happen, of course, if the pizza delivery person rings the doorbell during the final boss, that one has to go afk. No one needs to worry about that; this is about repeated and intentional behavior. However, the Weekly Update also prominently highlights particularly helpful members of the community.
To ensure Bungie quickly knows who behaves negatively or positively, they will give players the opportunity to praise or reprimand teammates at the end of an activity. Here, specific things like “inactivity” or “leaving the game” can also be addressed.
However, they will never act solely based on these reports, they write.
Next week, one probably cannot expect the patch yet. They want to present in the next Weekly Update how they intend to regulate ammunition in the crucible.
However, one can expect the appearance of Xur. Remember: He will arrive at the Tower on Friday, April 3rd, at 11:00 AM. We are in daylight saving time, even if it doesn’t look like it outside. Here is our article about Xur on April 3rd.
