In the MMO shooter Destiny, a hotfix is being applied today that aims to change the balance of weapons. Additionally, the new loot caves at the Rocketyard will be closed.
A hotfix is announced for today that is intended to correct the imbalance between weapons in the MMO shooter Destiny. The basics of the hotfix have been known for a while. Bungie has already stated that they see automatic rifles as too strong and scout rifles as too weak. Now they reveal how they intend to solve these problems.
Destiny changes the balance of weapons
- Automatic rifles lose 6% of their base damage and now deal 125% instead of 150% damage on precision shots. Additionally, stability is reduced by 4-17%.
- For Hand Cannons, Bungie increases accuracy for “In-Air” shots.
- Scout rifles receive 6% more base damage, and damage against “Combatants” increases by 6-25% depending on tier. Additionally, recoil is reduced.
- Shotguns are no longer so effective at long range. Bungie decreases the damage at max range by 20%. Furthermore, adjustments are made to some perks.
- The Vex Mythoclast, which only drops from Atheon in Hard Mode and caused a stir during short excursions in the Crucible, now deals 34% less base damage. However, the damage bonus for precision hits, such as headshots, is increased from 1.25 to 1.5.
Destiny closes the new loot caves
Additionally, the hotfix will likely close the loot caves at the Rocketyard. New ones have been discovered almost weekly recently, so this may be the end of that. As Bungie reports, the Fallen have retreated to devise a new plan. A similar announcement previously closed the first round of loot caves with a hotfix a few weeks ago. Furthermore, the patch fixes a strategy that likely made the Templar in the raid “The Vault of Glass” too easy.
You can find the full changes in the hotfix notes on bungie.net, currently they are only available in English; we will update the post when the German patch notes are available.
Upcoming videos will trigger nostalgia. Here is the Vex Mythoclast in action:
https://youtu.be/lQeIlojbuz0
And this here was the first known loot cave at the Rocketyard, which was called Loot Cave 2.0; several other spots followed like the Red Loot Box Spot, the Loot Stairs, and recently even a crane:
