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Destiny 2: Forsaken Patch 2.0.0
Destiny 2: Forsaken will officially arrive on PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One next week and Bungie is prepping for the big launch with the unveiling of the day one patch, update 2.0.0 and the Last Wish raid.
Changes by Class
Hunter
- Marksman’s Dodge is now considered a reload; it can interact with Kill Clip, Rat King, etc.
- Exotic armor:
- Celestial Nighthawk
- Will grant 33% of your Super energy back if a target is killed by the Golden Gun shot
- Wormhusk Crown
- Will no longer start regeneration of health and shields
- Instead will grant a larger health and shield bump at the beginning of dodge instead of at the end
Warlock
- Increased Healing Rift effectiveness
- Empowering Rift now increases precision damage (previously, bonus damage was capped at the weapon’s precision damage in PvP)
- Exotic armor:
- Skull of Dire Ahamkara
- Increased Super energy gained from Nova Bomb kills
- Killing higher-ranked enemies will grant more Super energy
- Transversive Steps
- Enhanced mobility
- After you sprint for a short time, your currently equipped weapon will be automatically reloaded
Titan
- Rally Barricade no longer requires players to take cover to reload—it now feeds ammo to your magazine over time
- Exotic armor:
- Helm of Saint-14
- Now grants allies an overshield for a short duration when they’re passing through Ward of Dawn
- Mask of the Quiet One
- Increasing energy gain from incoming damage
- While critically wounded, health will be granted from kills
Grenades
- Axion Bolt
- Increased base damage
- Increased the amount of time it takes for tracking strength to lessen
- Flashbang
- Increased base damage
- Incendiary Grenade
- Increased base damage
- Storm Grenade
- Increased base damage
- Scatter Grenade
- Re-tuned range and falloff ranges for the detonations for more reliable damage
- Magnetic, Fusion, and Flux Grenade
- Increased base damage
- Damage is now the same whether a target has been stuck or simply walked over grenade when detonating
- Magnetic Grenade now detonates a second time only if it’s attached to a target
- The second detonation no longer only occurs on the grenade itself and will now be applied to each individual target hit by the initial detonation
- Skip Grenade
- Increased impact damage of each Skip Drone impact for a higher total potential damage
- Void Wall
- Increased the damage of initial Void Wall wave
Misc QOL
- Swords will have the ability to accept shaders
- Adding a timer to the status effect for Healing Rift, Empowering Rift, and Rally Barricade to communicate the time remaining before they expire
- Wanted escapees from the Prison of Elders will roam the open world
- They will not drop rewards until September 4, 2018
- Increasing the difficulty of Lost Sectors
- Example: EDZ Lost Sectors will become 240 Power
Xûr
- His will is not his own
- Will no longer display a vendor icon on destination maps
- Will no longer be tied to Flashpoints
- He has a clear purpose but cannot explain it—forgive him
- Fated Engrams will grant only pre-Forsaken Exotics
Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0
- 9:30 AM PDT: Players will no longer be able to log into Destiny 2
- 9:45 AM PDT: Destiny 2 will be taken offline for maintenance, and all players will be returned to the title screen
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- At this time, Solstice of Heroes will end, and Moments of Triumph will no longer be available
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- 10 AM PDT: Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0 will begin rolling out across all platforms and regions
- 10 AM–2 PM PDT: Destiny 2 will remain offline for maintenance
- 2 PM PDT: Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude
Update 2.0.0 System Changes
Players should be aware of the following changes to the game experience following Update 2.0.0 on 8/28:
- Year 2 Weapon Slots will be live for all players
- During this transition, weapons that overflow players’ inventories will be sent to the Postmaster
- Year 1 slots equipped with weapons that are moved during this update will remain empty until players equip another weapon
- The following Year 1 Power weapons will become Kinetic in Year 2
- Alone as a God
- Baligant
- The Frigid Jackal
- Hawthorne’s Field-Forged Shotgun
- Perfect Paradox
- Shepherd’s Watch
- Silicon Neuroma
- The following Year 1 Power weapons will have their elemental attribute changed and locked to Solar for Year 2
- IKELOS_SG_V1.0.1
- IKELOS_SR_v1.0.1
- The following Year 1 Exotic Power weapons will remain in the Power slot, as exceptions to Year 2 weapon slot changes
- D.A.R.C.I.
- Legend of Acrius
- Tractor Cannon
- Whisper of the Worm
- All other Year 1 Energy and Power weapons will have their elemental attribute locked for Year 2
- New ammo economy will be live to support Year 2 weapon slots
- Exotic weapons, armor, and emblem collections will become unavailable until 9/4
- Players should grab their desired items before 8/28
- Updated collections will return on 9/4
- Some tooltips may not reflect actual item behavior during the 8/28–9/4 transition, examples include:
- The perk description for Thin the Herd on Fighting Lion will incorrectly list old behavior of dropping Energy ammo
- The perk description for Bring the Heat on Ashen Wake will erroneously list non-existent perk functionality mentioning recharging grenade energy
- The perk description for Triple Tap will incorrectly describe old behavior of pulling ammo from reserves
- Exotic weapons will lose their +5 Power mods in preparation for 9/4
- All remaining Legendary and Exotic gear will lose their +5 Power starting on 9/4
- Year 1 armor mods will be deprecated entirely starting on 9/4
- Nightfalls will not feature strike scoring until 9/4
For the full Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0 patch notes on 8/28, players should keep an eye on our Updates page or follow @Bungie on Twitter for live announcements.Trials of the Nine
Following the weekend of August 24, Trials of the Nine will be on hiatus and the Trophy/Achievement “Lest Ye Be Judged” will not be available to players who have not yet unlocked it.Players who wish to unlock this Trophy/Achievement before Trials of the Nine goes on hiatus will need to win 1 Trials of the Nine match this upcoming weekend of August 24 and meet the Emissary of the Nine at the Third Spire before the start of maintenance on Tuesday 8/28.Solstice Armor
Last week, we confirmed that players will be able to Masterwork their Legendary Solstice Armor (Resplendent) after Solstice of Heroes ends on August 28. This week, we are going over some known issues that players may encounter trying to Masterwork this armor set after Solstice of Heroes ends.
- Players will not be able to complete the Prestige Nightfall objective between 8/28 and 9/4 due to strike scoring being unavailable
- After 9/4, the Heroic Strikes playlist is being retired for a single, adjustable strike hopper. Players will need to complete strikes in this new playlist with at least one clanmate to unlock this Masterwork objective.
- Valor ranks reset at the conclusion of Season 3 on 9/4. If players do not unlock their Masterwork for achieving Legend in their Valor ranking by the end of Season 3, their Valor rank will reset, and they will have to begin anew in Season 4.
- As a reminder, to complete this Masterwork objective, players must max out their Valor ranking with a Valor score of 2,000, then complete one more match.
Players can expect more information about changes leading up to the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken in next week’s Player Support Report.
Console
Microsoft Unveils Xbox Developer Sustainability Toolkit


Xbox has officially unveiled the Xbox Developer Sustainability Toolkit which is aimed to help creators reduce energy consumption and measure carbon emissions during game development processes.
The Xbox Developer Sustainability ToolKit includes resources that include:
- Power Monitor tools
- Certification reports
- Power consumption dashboards
- Best practices
Ubisoft and 343 Industries were named as early users of the Xbox Developer Sustainability ToolKit with 343 Industries able to reduce energy use by 15% without impacting the player experience at all.
Ubisoft and Xbox are co-developing an energy-efficient eco-mode for users.
You can check out the full report right here.
Business
Epic Games Store Hits $820 Million in Player Spending During 2022


Epic Games has officially released financial data related to it’s growing marketplace on PC, showing that $820 million was spent on the Epic Games Store during the 2022 year, and promised support for third-party subscription services and new ‘content hubs’ to help companies promote their titles.
According to the data:
The numbers
- Total users of Epic Games Store PC: 230 million (up 19% year-on-year)
- Epic cross-platform accounts: 732 million
- Daily active users peak: 34.3 million
- Monthly active users: 68 million (up 10%)
- Total spending, incl. Epic’s games: $820 million (down 2%)
- Spending on third-party games: $355 million (up 18%)
- Free games claimed: 700 million
- Number of new PC releases: 626
- Total library of PC games: 1,548 (up 68%)
Epic Games stated on it’s blog that more PC games launched during the 2022 year than in any year prior.
Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto 5, Rocket League, Genshin Impact, and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands were among the most popular titles related to player engagement and player spending, and Epic Games looks to deepen their focus in 2023 as they aim to improve the store launcher’s performance.
Epic Games also aims to add support for subscription services from third-party publishers and live service products by the end of the 2023 year, adding that they are also working on ‘content hubs’ which will be separate from product pages and will enable publishers to “share information with users in a robust editorial format.”
Business
California Judge Dismisses Gamers Lawsuit Filed Against Microsoft


A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that the group of 10 plaintiffs “[lacked] allegations” in their lawsuit filed last year that claimed Microsoft’s ownerships of Activision Blizzard would harm consumers and competition in the video games market, according to a filing shared by Reuters.
While US District Judge Jacqueline Corley dismissed the case, she also gave the plaintiffs 20 days to refine their lawsuit and resubmit it, and the group’s lawyer, Joseph Saveri, said that there are plans to officially submit an amended lawsuit with “additional factual detail” that will address the judge’s concerns.
It marks a victory for Microsoft, but their battles are far from over as they still face a hearing over the Federal Trade Commission’s legal complaint, which is currently slated to take place in August of this year.
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard originally expected the transaction to be complete by June 30, 2023.
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