Just today, Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Beyond Light, went live, bringing a whole lot of new content along with some significant changes to the existing ones! The patch notes for the update has now been released.
Here are some of the sandbox changes that have been implemented in the game – Traveler’s Chosen will now have reduced muzzle flash intensity, Increase in Point of the Stag’s Max Power Level to 1310, fixed a bug that prevented some weapons from dealing precision damage to the Divinity cage (e.g., Eriana’s Vow), Anti-barrier rounds can now penetrate Taken Phalanx shields, with Anti-Champion mods being shifted to armor, and Orbs of Light has been changed to Orbs of Power as they can now be consumed by Light and Dark subclasses.
Another notable change is that The Mountaintop, along with some other pinnacle weapons, have now been seriously nerfed into the ground. Essentially, Bungie has probably given up on trying to balance them.
Along with that, new kiosks are also being opened in the Tower, where players can pick up previously discarded quests.
“Here, players might acquire various Exotics and Legendary Pinnacle/Pursuit weapons that were once available through now-retired quests. As many of these Exotics were tied to lengthy quests or difficult objectives, we wanted to make sure their prices reflected those previous efforts. Players will need an amount of Glimmer, destination materials, masterworking materials, and an Exotic Cipher or Ascendant Shard in order to purchase the Exotic or Legendary which they desire.”
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Other than that, the backgrounds and the login screen have gone down a shade of dark. The character creation menu has also received some changes, where the character’s head and hair models will be replaced by “improved versions,” and the gender selection has been replaced by “masculine” and “feminine.”
However, if I’m honest, the sheer number of changes that have arrived through Beyond Light makes it very difficult to cover in a single post.
Regardless, the consistent updates and the continuous work that Bungie puts towards Destiny 2 show how the game can easily survive where other looter-shooters have consistently failed and fallen into the abyss.
You can read the rest of the patch notes here:
| Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs | |
| OS | Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) | Windows® 7 / Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz | Processor Intel® Core™ i5 2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz |
| Memory | 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 or GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7850 | Video NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or GTX 1060 / AMD R9 390 |
| GPU VRam | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Storage | 105 GB available space | 105 GB available space |
About Destiny 2
Destiny 2 is an MMO looter-shooter developed by Bungie and is available on platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia. It will also be released for Playstation 5 and Xbox series X.
Destiny 2 is a delight for all the fanatics of multiplayer, first-person shooting game. From offering melodramatic cut scenes to exotic weapons, Destiny 2 does it all!
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