In the MMO shooter Destiny, yesterday’s patch caused difficulties for European players on the Playstation 3 (PS3) and further nerfed the exotic weapon Thorn.
Is the patch also Playstation-exclusive?
The Update 1.0.3. showed yesterday how difficult it is even for a giant like Bungie to juggle across so many platforms. While the patch for the Playstation 4 and Xbox 360 went relatively smoothly, it took until almost midnight our time for the update to go live for the Xbox One.
They criticized: “So, are the patches now also Playstation-exclusive?” PS players already have two exclusive exotic weapons (including the Hawkmoon a top gun) and an exclusive strike. In December, more advantages are to come. Xbox players are understandably not very happy about this.
European PS3 fans of Destiny suffer from connection problems
But it seems the Playstation 3 players have been hit the hardest. At least in Europe, they have “connection problems,” cannot log into Destiny at all, and receive a “Boar” error. Bungie is aware of the difficulties and is working on a solution.
We’re aware that European players on the PS3 are unable to connect to Destiny. We’re collaborating to address the issue.
— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) November 18, 2014
Undocumented change to exotic weapons: Thorn, Icebreaker, Pocket Infinity
Another issue emerged in so-called “hidden changes” in undocumented changes. There was a lot going on yesterday, as it suddenly seemed as if the enemies were significantly stronger, or the player’s weapons were significantly weaker. Many Guardians running around with “The Last Word” (Das letzte Wort), since Friday, suspected it was not as strong as before the patch. However, this turned out to be a false alarm; it remains strong.
However, the poor “Thorn” (Dorn) has been affected. The exotic weapon is already one of the weakest and has needed a buff for a long time. Instead, it was further nerfed. According to reddit, the damage-over-time tick dropped from 7 to 3. In PvP, precision hits now deal only 58 damage instead of 76. However, Bungie stated this was an accident. The “planned” changes to the exotic weapons are supposed to be revealed in a Weekly Update on Thursday night to Friday. The current changes are unintentional; they are currently collecting data to track these changes down.
@DattosDestiny Weird. Certainly not intended. Investigating. — DeeJ (@DeeJ_BNG) November 17, 2014
It seems that nothing serious is happening at the moment except for Thorn. With the sniper rifle Icebreaker, an explosion effect has been added, and the scope of Pocket Infinity has been changed. Those who believe that Pocket Infinity has a low rate of fire should try unequipping and reequipping the weapon.
