In the MMO shooter Destiny , the Playstation-exclusive Strike “Echo Chamber” has now been revealed, along with all Playstation-exclusive weapons and armor.

For Xbox players who are just coming out of the Dust Palace and are looking forward to embracing “Fallen Moon” next week, thinking: “Has this whole exclusive madness finally come to an end?”, should quickly wipe the tears from their friends’ faces – because the “exclusive madness” continues.

While Xbox players now get everything that Playstation players had for a year, even in year 2, the disciples of Sony enjoy a bit more love from Bungie than Xbox players. In a stream on the Playstation channel, community manager DeeJ and Destiny developer James Tsai were recently guests. They presented and showcased everything Playstation-exclusive alongside the Sony host. Previously, they unwrapped the limited Destiny PS4 edition and paid homage to the white idol. This all happened, from our point of view, overnight.

In the stream, you can see the Jade Hare, the new exotic scout rifle. We see the Playstation-exclusive armors and the Strike “Echo Chamber” in full length. This is the new Playstation-exclusive Strike that has already received so much praise.

Since DeeJ is participating, they gave everyone complete 310-light gear. It thus looks a bit like a children’s birthday party and seems like the Destiny developer, a sort of gaming Jesus, could solo and effortlessly play through it with one hand tied behind his back.

What you won’t see here, what Sony is also adding exclusively for Playstation players, is the PS-exclusive Crucible map Sector 618.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , the weapon tests at Banshee-44 start on Wednesday, September 9, at 7:00 PM.

After yesterday’s commotion with the patch and the patch notes that contained so much information, there are five things to follow up on this evening.

The weapon tests at Banshee-44 are starting right now. Bungie announced this on Twitter. The gunsmith Banshee-44 receives a completely new function with 2.0. One can now earn reputation with him by taking on bounties that involve testing weapons. Bungie encourages all Guardians to report to Banshee-44 at the Tower for the weapon tests.

Field testing of new weapons from the Gunsmith begins in one hour. Report to Banshee-44 in the Tower at 10AM Pacific.

— Bungie (@Bungie) September 9, 2015

Those who get along well with him will have the opportunity once a week to choose the right brand among various legendary weapons. Banshee-44 will then deliver at a set time.

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Patrols, No Time to Explain, and the Nightfall Strike

Additionally interesting:

• Bungie points out that the new Patrol missions can be played now, but there is no payout yet.
• Anyone missing the (now legendary) No Time to Explain because they dismantled it can replay the mission in the Garden of Salvation and receive the upgraded version – replaying is possible via the new quest kiosk. Anyone who still had the weapon in their inventory or vault will find the legendary version there now.
• And there’s one more change. Bungie originally announced that there would be no weekly activities such as Nightfall and the heroic Weekly this week. This seems to have changed at the last minute, and they have retracted that. The weekly activities will continue as planned. What is scheduled this week can be read here. Only the daily heroic story is not available.
• Shaxx has some new lines for multi- and multikills, and he is supposed to tease players with Lord Saladin when things aren’t going well.

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If you thirst for more information: Earlier today we introduced 13 new exotic weapons in Destiny.

In the MMO shooter Destiny , some of the new exotic weapons for The Taken King have been revealed with Patch 2.0.

Bad news upfront: Those who are browsing through Destiny’s databases looking for the new exotic weapons won’t find everything.

That’s because Bungie now has a new technique that allows them to hide certain items in the database. Game Director Luke Smith tweeted about this yesterday. Not everything is meant to be spoiled.

Alongside the 2.0 update we’ve also debuted new tech that lets us keep selected items out of the database. Can’t let folks spoil everything

— Luke Smith (@thislukesmith) September 8, 2015

For example, the “Sleeper Simulant” is not yet in the database, nor is it in our list. “Touch of Malice”, another exotic weapon, is also still unknown to us.

We will introduce you to the weapons on the following pages. However, these are likely to be available only from September 15, when “The Taken King” is released.

In the MMO shooter Destiny , a new patch 2.0 will be released this evening. We summarize the patch notes for you in English.

This is what patch 2.0 brings in patch notes. It is a summary. We have highlighted what “new information” there is that at least surprised us.

Level and Light Level

• The level cap increases to 34. Players receive the highest level they can achieve with all their gear in their inventory or vault.
• The level cap will rise to 40 on September 15, if you own “The Taken King”.
• Character level and light level are now two different things.

Light Level

• The light level is calculated from the average attack and defense values of the items.
• Weapons, Ghosts, artifacts, and class items now all count towards light level.

Attack and Defense Values

• The attack value has been changed. What was 365 in year 1 is now 170.
• The defense values are now as high as the attack values.
• The enemies have been adjusted accordingly, so that nothing changes for players despite the lower numbers.

This is the Role of the New Light Level for Damage Dealt and Taken

• Outgoing and incoming damage depend on the new light level system.
• Ability damage and health points come directly from the light value; outgoing weapon damage closely consists of the total light value and the player’s attack value.

Classes

• Intellect, Strength, and Discipline now only affect players at fixed levels, as shown in a tooltip in the character system.
• Generating Orbs of Light at the same time has been limited to 8 if you are wearing corresponding gear.
• A variety of changes have been made to grenades and the Guardian abilities.
• For example, the damage of the Golden Gun of the Gunslinger has been increased from 350 to 360; the Warlock helmet Ram has been reduced in effectiveness; the bubble of the Defender Titan now withstands the shockwave of Fist of Havoc and the wave effect of the Blade Dancer super instead; the ability “Blink” is a bit slower and it is easier to assess where it ends.

Weapons

The changes to weapon balance introduced2 months ago are now active:

For instance, automatic rifles are now 30% stronger in PvE and deal more total damage; while hand cannons have been significantly weakened at long distances.

Rebalancing of Perks

As announced, perks considered “too strong” from year 1 are being revised, and newer perks are being strengthened.

For example, “Hammer Forged” now grants a 50% reduced range bonus, while Roulette gives a 3% reduced damage bonus.

Exotic Weapons

And the announced changesto exotic weapons are also coming, as already indicated.

The Gjallarhorn is expected to deal about 1/3 less damage with its Wolf Pack Rounds, the Icebreaker now takes 7 instead of 5 seconds to generate a round, while the Thorn now deals its poison damage over time; however, other weapons such as the Necrochasm or Hard Light are significantly buffed.

Armor

Shaders now color many exotic armors as well. Additionally, Bungie has buffed “An Unyielding Skullfort”, “Heart of Praxic Fire”, and “Ahamkara’s Spine”.

Activities

• Year 1 activities are now in a new quest system.
• This year 1 quest line can be played without owning “The Taken King”.
• And if you look at the “Quest Collection” in the Tower, you can replay the year 1 quest line to gain experience.
• The Fallen patrols are retreating.

Strikes

• Anyone wanting loot from a final boss must participate in the fight.
• Those who fight multiple strikes in a row without returning to orbit receive a “streak” bonus.
• The burn now deals double damage instead of triple damage, but this only applies to players. Enemies still deal triple damage when an appropriate burn is active.

Prison of Elders and King’s Fall

• In the Prison of Elders, bugs have been fixed, Glimmer loot from the chests has been reduced, and the Elder’s Monogram loot has been removed; the three exotic weapons are now available from a single chest.
• The raid “King’s Fall” opens on 18.9. at 19:00.

Quests

• There is now a dedicated screen for quests in the menu. You can see which quests are active, cancel them, take them up again later, and follow up to four at the same time in the navigation system.
• New quest lines are available for the year 1 subclasses.

Bounties

• The number of bounty slots in Destiny has been increased to 16.
• Unfinished year 1 bounties have been canceled.
• Unfinished EXOTIC year 1 bounties have been completed.
• Bounties can now be completed through the quest system.
• The year 1 bounties from Eris are no longer available. With “The Taken King”, reputation for the faction can still be farmed.

The Tower

• All reputation with vendors carries over from year 1 to year 2.
• There are collections, a kind of showcase for shaders and emblems, for ships and sparrows, and for exotic weapons and armor.
• Vault space now allows for 72 weapons, 72 armors, and 36 general items.
• The bounty vendor Xander-99 has been restocked.
• The gunsmith Banshee-44 will be active starting September 9, where reputation can be earned through weapon field tests.
• The Speaker now sells new ghosts, and year 1 emblems are available from Eva Levant.
• The faction emblems are no longer available for purchase and come from faction packages; the Vanguard emblems are obtained at level 10 and 20 of the respective class quests.
• At Eris Morn, reputation can be earned beyond level 4, either through kills in the Crota raid or through new activities; there are also reputation packages for leveling up.
• Petra Venj will have new bounties with “The Taken King” that will activate once you complete a quest with her.

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Crucible

• For one week, players can now experience the PvP of “The Taken King” early.
• The House of Wolves maps are now open to all Destiny players, including the Playstation-exclusive maps from year 1.
• There is a new mercy rule.
• Chances for legendary loot have been increased.
• There is a series of new medals.
• And numerous changes have been made to the various game modes.

Technical Changes

• Cinematics can now be skipped.
• There is an option to show or hide the helmet.
• And work continues to resolve issues with lagging players in the Crucible.