The patch 1.0.3 is currently available for download for the MMO shooter Destiny. The update brings fixes, voice chat, shader previews, and more events, but it comes at a price. Depending on the system, the patch size is massive at several gigabytes.
As announced, a relatively large update will be applied today (November 17). However, most of the data size is likely for things that are not yet in the game and will only come in early December with the DLC “The Dark Below“, “Darkness Lurks” – probably, the data miners will go wild in the next few hours, looking through all the stuff.
The new Iron Banner is not yet live. As announced, it is expected to arrive at the end of the week (a few German sites had already mentioned “Monday” or “Tuesday” – it doesn’t look like that).
Update November 18 01:30: Oops, the Iron Banner starts on Tuesday after all. This was announced shortly after midnight our time.
The promised changes to the exotic weapons Vex Mythoclast, Thorn and Bad Juju have NOT yet occurred. There have been no changes to the exotic weapons here, as modifications have been announced for a long time: All three weapons were supposed to be strengthened.
For the moment, sources speak of a size of 2.44 GB for the Playstation 4, for example. On the Xbox 360, Guardians only need to download 1.07 GB. Once the patch is installed, Guardians may need to relog, says a tweet from Bungie. Annoying for Playstation players: From 7 PM, maintenance work will be carried out on the PSN network. These are expected to last until 1 AM. So it could be a Destiny-free evening.
Patch Notes for 1.0.3 are on the way. Stay tuned to the Bungie Blog (or right here) for details on what has changed. This is a big one.
— Bungie (@Bungie) November 17, 2014
Important: Apparently, there is a trick to speed up the download. It is necessary to close Destiny and interrupt the download if it slows down, then restart it: Some on reddit seem to have success with the trick.
Voice chat, new shaders, and the option to preview shaders and emblems before purchasing them
Patch notes are already available, but not in German. Here are the English ones. Highlights include the introduction of a beta version of voice chat for teams formed through matchmaking and the increase of bounty slots from 5 to 10. This was actually supposed to come with the DLC “Darkness Lurks”. In addition, public events will now probably occur 10-15% more frequently. Along with numerous bug fixes and some changes to the interface and menu navigation, there is also the option to preview shaders and emblems before purchasing them (previously, an external site was required) and in the tower, Eva Levante is selling new shaders. Additionally, the “cheese spot” for the high priest Aksor has been removed in the strike “Winter’s Run” and the strikes for 3-player teams have been made easier. They no longer scale as much with multiple players as before. In PvP, the matchmaking has been adjusted so that “premade” teams have to compete against each other more often. Additionally, in matches where a player has dropped out, we will now provide replacements faster.
New shaders added to Eva Levante’s stock in the Tower. And you can now preview them before buying them. Hurrah! pic.twitter.com/rLx0p6S1g4 — Destiny & Halo (@MoreConsole) November 17, 2014
Update: The update is now also available for Xbox One, as there were problems in the meantime. The update also included some “unintentional” nerfs to exotic weapons. These were not intended by Bungie. We will probably deal with this on Tuesday.
If you’re noticing Exotics behaving differently, the changes are unintentional. The Weekly Update will cover incoming Exotic tuning.
— Bungie (@Bungie) November 17, 2014
