The next hotfix for Destiny has been announced. It is intended to strengthen the raid boss Atheon and give the previously best weapon in the game, the Vex Mythoclast, more firepower in PvE.
The next hotfix aims to make Atheon the strongest boss in Destiny and the Vex Mythoclast the best PvE weapon in Destiny.
Atheon will be more stable, fights will be random
The weekly update was released yesterday at midnight and announced the next hotfix. The boss Atheon from the raid “The Glass Knob” will become a bit tougher. At the moment, the supposed hardest boss in the current content of Destiny suffers from glitchitis, being vulnerable to exploits. It is not intended for a final boss to be thrown off a cliff, resulting in an “instant kill.” In the past, “one-man kill videos” caused a stir when Atheon was pushed out of his position while being pelted with grenades. (Note: We intentionally do not include a video here and we have not reported on the exploit so far because that is really … stupid).
But that’s not all, even if you want to defeat him “legitimately”, it will now be more challenging. Because he will no longer only displace the three players farthest away through time, but will select three at random. Until now, it was customary for raid teams to separate into a “home team” that stands close to Atheon and an “away team” that stands further back. This allowed players to prepare for their tasks and essentially specialize. Atheon is supposed to be the climax of “The Glass Knob” and demand everything players have learned by then.
Here are the Atheon changes from the weekly update:
Atheon
Next week’s hotfix is going to contain some fixes to the Atheon encounter.
- We’ve added “baby bumpers” to areas where players could knock Atheon out of the environment.
- Knocking a boss off a ledge is a bug. We will seek to address bugs like these as quickly as possible.
The encounter goal for Atheon is to act as a climax and the culmination of learning for a given raid group. Part of that is making sure that each player in your group can perform every job as required. A change will take effect next week which fixes a bug with Atheon’s target selection. When using its Timestream ability, Atheon will select 3 players at random, instead of choosing the three players furthest from it.
The Vex Mythoclast should become stronger in PvE again
The Vex Mythoclast only drops from Atheon in hard mode, making it currently the hardest weapon to obtain in Destiny, and should therefore pack a punch. The first version of the Vex Mythoclast did this too well, players ran rampant in the crucible with it. Because the weapon is a fusion rifle but counts as a “primary weapon,” it bypasses some in-game rules, giving too much of an advantage.
Now Bungie has gone overboard with the nerf and wants to backtrack. The Vex should be strong in PvE, as strong as intended.
Here are the changes to the Vex:
How we are moving forward:
- We are adjusting the base damage on Mythoclast. We are going to find a value that works for both PVP and PVE.
- In addition, we intend to raise Mythoclast’s attack value above and beyond the other exotics. Attack value dictates how much damage players deal to combatants and Mythoclast attack value being raised will make it more effective in PVE.
> The hotfix is expected to arrive “very soon,” likely on Tuesday like the last ones.
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