Destiny Update – 12/13/2016 (2.5.0 The one about The Dawning)

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Destiny Update – 12/13/2016 – Destiny Dev Team

2.5.0 The one about The Dawning.

General

• New Quests are available in the Tower from Eva Levante, Amanda Holliday, and Commander Zavala

• A new Record Book is available offering new rewards for the Winter season

• Fixed an issue where some players did not receive the Student of History Trophy/Achievement or Sigil of the Young Wolf Emblem for attuning all of the Rise of Iron Artifacts

• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to complete the Echoes of the Past Quest

Activities

• Sparrow Racing has returned

  • 2 new racetracks have been added to the 2 returning from last year

  • Bounties and Quests are available from Amanda Holliday

    • SRL License Quest progress has been reset and new rewards have been added

    • Circuit racing gear obtained from the SRL License Quest now has Light and can be infused

  • SRL Reputation has been reset to Rank 0

    • Players can obtain an SRL helmet from Amanda Holliday at Rank 3 (1 per character)

    • Players can obtain a Treasures of the Dawning from Amanda Holliday at Rank 5 (1 per character, max 3 per account)

  • SRL Racing Suits earned from SRL matches have Light and can be infused

  • SRL can be launched via the Weekly Featured playlist in the director

  • Crucible bounties and Jolly Holliday Quest can no longer be completed in Sparrow Racing

• Strikes in the SIVA Crisis Playlist, SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlist, and weekly Nightfall now award Medals and feature team scoring!

  • Acquire new Bounties from Zavala and the Bounty Tracker to complete in any Scored Strike

• 3 Strikes have been reprised: The Nexus, Shadow Thief, and Will of Crota

• SIVA Crisis and SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlists now include all platform-available Strikes

• Dead Guardians are now automatically respawned at the end of Strikes

• Fixed an issue with pathfinding that caused enemies to not properly exit their spawn locations

  • This prevents enemies in the Will of Crota Strike from getting stuck in their doorways

• Reduced Burn effects on incoming damage done to Guardians

  • Outgoing damage by Guardians is unchanged

• Fixed an issue in Fallen S.A.B.E.R. where the Ultra Shank teleported after it’s entrance performance

• Fixed an issue where Strike Streak was not applying in the SIVA Crisis Heroic Playlist correctly

• Fixed an issue where the Hoard Chest on Echo Chamber could become stuck behind an invisible barrier

• Increased time for presenting Archon’s Forge offerings to the encounter starting from 5 to 10 seconds

• Iron Lord Bounties requiring Archon’s Forge completions now influence the type of Forge offerings that drop

  • Forge offerings will be more likely to drop with the combatant type to match the Iron Lord bounties in the player’s inventory

• Reduced Shields for Bosses in Perfected Shank offerings

Collections

• The Circuit and Momentum SRL racing gear sets have been added to the Holiday Collection for players who have earned these items

  • Circuit and Momentum Racing gear obtained from the Collection has Light and can be infused

  • Class items have Light and Perks and require Legendary Marks to purchase

• Ghost Ghost and Deviled Ghost have been added to the Holiday Collection for players who have obtained these items

  • Players can pay Legendary Marks to re-purchase these items with random stats and Perks

• Two new Emotes, “Proposal” and “Whoa There”, can now be withdrawn by everyone from the Emote Collection

Vendors

Xûr

• Xûr once again sells Exotic Shards

• Xûr no longer sells Exotic Weapon Ornaments

• Xûr now sells a larger stack of 10 Heavy Ammo synths

Eververse

• Eververse has received a stock of new items

• Treasures of the Dawning are now available and contain new Sparrows, Ornaments, Horns, Armor, and Consumables

• Players can receive one free Treasures of the Dawning each week by completing their first weekly Heroic Strike

• Completing a Dawning set from Treasures of the Dawning on one class will grant the “EV-53 Glimmergold” Sparrow and the “Sunglow” Shader

• Nine new winter Emotes are available for sale for the winter season

• Rise of Iron’s fall Emotes have been added to the direct purchase Emote rotation on Eververse

Silver Dust Store

• A new Silver Dust Store has been added to the Tower. It is a Collection that can be found in the Tower, between Eververse and the Postmaster

  • This Collection sells a selection of past season items for direct purchase for Silver Dust, including Exotic Weapon Ornaments

• The Silver Dust cost to apply Exotic Weapon Ornaments has been removed.

  • Silver Dust has been removed from Radiant Treasures, but still may be obtained by dismantling Exotic Weapon Ornaments

Economy

• The free weekly Radiant Treasure has been moved to the first weekly PVP match completion.

• Characters who are level 40 will now automatically convert Uncommon Engrams(Green) to Weapon and Armor Materials on pickup

• New Bounties are available from Petra to assist players in gaining Queen’s Wrath Reputation

• Class items obtained from Queen’s Wrath packages now correctly display their stats

• Fixed an issue where Year 3 Faction Class Items were not properly contributing to Faction specific Quests

• Players can now purchase Wormspore from the Vanguard Quartermaster

• Brother Vance now offers materials exchange for Passage Coins and Motes of Light

• Skeleton Keys have been adjusted:

  • Skeleton Keys drop rates have been slightly increased in the SIVA Crisis playlist, SIVA Crisis Heroic playlist, and weekly Nightfall

  • Players will now receive a Skeleton Key for their first account Nightfall clear per week

• Subclass Quest class items can now be repurchased from the Speaker once earned

• Legendary Weapons obtained from the Gunsmith’s Rank 2 Quest can now be repurchased from the Gunsmith

Crucible

Maps

• Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in Vex geometry on The Burning Shrine

Gametypes

• Added ability for players to “wave off” heavy ammo if EVERYONE in the match does the ‘Wave’ Emote in the first 30 seconds of a round

• Fixed an issue where the end-of-round countdown could play twice if the round tied in Elimination

• Inferno Rift and Inferno Zone Control modes added to Private Matches

• Supremacy score to win is now 120

• Rumble Supremacy score to win is now 40

• Supremacy Mercy spread is now 20-60, down from 30-90

• Slight reduction of Super energy gain in Supremacy modes

Playlists

• Icarus has been removed from the Rift playlist

Record Book

• Fixed an issue where Supremacy mode variants were not counting towards Record Book completion

Bounties

• Iron Banner Bounty Iron Marathon now correctly awards 10 points for a win instead of 15

• Iron Banner Bounty Iron Support no longer credits you with assists that any nearby player earns

• Fixed an issue where the Highest Score Crucible Bounty did not work in Supremacy

• Lord Shaxx no longer requires players to complete The Mountaintop before offering his Weekly Crucible Bounties

Rewards

• Increased the drop rate for Trials of Osiris vanity items

• Fixed a issue where the Trials of Osiris Shader “The Devoted” was not obtainable

• Increased the drop rate for Iron Banner vanity items and Artifacts

• Completing a Daily Featured Crucible activity now rewards 3 Passage Coins (up from 1)

• Completing a Weekly Featured Crucible activity now rewards 3 Passage Coins (up to 3 times per week)

• Fixed an issue where the Crucible Sparrow S-39 Lightrider was not available through Crucible Reputation Packages

• Added vanity items and Ghost Shells to Crucible PGCR drops:

  • Ghosts: Crimson Shell, Sugary Shell

  • Emblem: Crimson Crest

  • Shaders: Rosebright, Valentine

• Added select Year 2 Crucible Legendary Weapons back to core PGCR drops:

  • Red Spectre

  • NL Shadow 701X

  • The Ash Factory

  • Eyasluna

  • Party Crasher +1

Grimoire

• Fixed an issue where the “Efrideet” Grimoire Card was not awarded upon viewing the Iron Banner Efrideet cinematic

  • If you have already viewed this cinematic, the card will be awarded upon entering orbit

• Fixed an issue where the “Beauty in Destruction” Grimoire Card was not being rewarded for completing the “Beauty in Destruction” questline

  • If you have already obtained the Year 3 Gjallarhorn, the card will be awarded upon entering orbit

• Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards associated with Khvostov Manual Pages were not being awarded, including the final page

  • If you have already completed the “We Found a Rifle” Questline and acquired the Y3 Khvostov, these cards will be awarded upon entering orbit

• Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards for Year 1 Thorn and Year 1 Gjallarhorn were not being awarded when receiving their Year 3 counterparts

• Fixed an issue where Grimoire cards awarded when picking up Dormant SIVA Clusters were awarding Grimoire score for each character who picked them up

  • You will now appropriately only receive Grimoire score credit once per account per card

• Picking up Dormant SIVA Clusters will now appropriately award their corresponding card

  • Cards will be awarded upon entering orbit for Dormant SIVA Clusters that have already been picked up

• Fixed an issue where Grimoire Cards for Crucible maps were not consistently unlocking when players spawned in Private Matches

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