New Destiny 2 Update Focuses On Strike Scoring, Emblems, Fixes And More

Bungie has launched a brand new patch for Destiny 2 in their continued battle to win back the trust of current gamers and attempt to bring back old gamers who have abandoned the title due to a number of issues.

Check out all the details concerning the new Destiny 2 update below via Bungie:

Nightfall Strike Scoring

• Both normal and Prestige Nightfall now have scoring
• Enemy kills and orb generation will accrue points
• Highest set scores will display on each Nightfall’s respective emblem
• Scores above a target value will enable the Nightfall Aura and a fireteam Vanguard Token bonus
• Total team score will be displayed at the end of the Nightfall in the PGCR

• The Prestige Nightfall challenge card allows players to select modifiers for the Prestige Nightfall that affect gameplay and score multipliers
  • Players can select active Elemental modifiers to boost outgoing and incoming damage
  • Players can opt into using a power handicap that will lower their character power level in the Prestige Nightfall but raise the score multiplier
  • Extinguish is always on when applying the Nightfall Challenge Card. If the full fireteam wipes in a respawning restricted area, the fireteam will be returned to orbit
• Cards cannot be modified once the activity has been launched
• These cards will drop for DLC owners in the normal or Prestige Nightfall
• The fireteam leader’s card is applied to the entire fireteam when launching the Prestige Nightfall

Emblem Variants

• Crucible Emblems
  • Victorious Veteran tracks your lifetime Crucible kills and how many of each class you’ve defeated
  • Victorious Veteran has six variants: the first three variants are class specific, the last three are unlocked after defeating 1000 of that class in PVP
  • This emblem can be purchased from Shaxx after opening 10 faction packages
• Destination Emblems
  • Lost Sector Emblems have been changed into Destination Emblems that track Lost Sectors Found, Region Chests Opened, and Ghost Scans Discovered
  • Note: Mercury only tracks Lost Sectors and Region Chests
  • Each Destination Emblem has four variants in addition to the default emblem
  • Each variant has a chance to drop from chests in the destination
  • For players who did not have the respective Lost Sector emblems, they may purchase the new destination emblems from the respective vendors after opening 10 faction packages
• Nightfall Emblems
  • New Nightfall Emblems exist for each individual Nightfall strike and track your high score in that strike
  • Each Nightfall Emblem has 3 variants in addition to the default emblem, these variants have a chance to drop when you hit a certain score tier and complete the Nightfall

Auras

• Raid Emblem “Glory To The Emperor” tracks total Leviathan clears on Prestige difficulty and unlocks the orange Prestige Raid Aura if you’ve completed a Prestige
• difficulty raid activity in the last 14 days
• Trials Emblem “You Are Worthy” tracks number of flawless tickets and unlocks the blue Trials Aura if you’ve gone flawless in the last 14 days
• Nightfall Emblems awarded from completing each Nightfall strike track your high score in the respective Nightfall and unlock an aura if your high score in that strike is higher than a global target score

General

• Opt-in Text Chat for PC is now available in Social Spaces and Public Areas
• Fireteam members now appear on Destination Map
• Damage Reduction granted by Armor Masterworks while a Super ability is active has been increased from 3% to 5% per armor piece
• Fixed an issue where Ammo Masterworks could decrease the maximum ammo capacity of a weapon
• Fixed an issue where some players would have irretrievable items within the Postmaster
• The Eater of Worlds Raid Lair will now grant Faction Tokens during Faction Rallies events
• The Seeker of Brilliance and Seeker of Opulence perks on the Contender Ghost Shell may now trigger during the Crossing encounter of the Eater of Worlds Raid Lair
• Fixed an issue in Trials of the Nine where players could receive erroneous losses if the opposing team left before match start
• Fixed an issue where players could encounter BAT errors when joining a Mercury Adventure
• Fixed an issue where players were placed facing the wrong direction after dunking an item during public events
• Fixed an issue where the Phoenix Dive Warlock Ability could be used to get out of the intended playspace
• Helm of Saint-14 no longer affects allies when guarding with the Sentinel Shield Super
• The Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Exotic now properly has three stat points
• Projectiles from the Colony Exotic Grenade Launcher properly track enemies on PC when frame rate is set higher than 30 FPS