Bungie has outed lined a series of new Destiny 2 updates for next month, as the developer aims to take its shared-world shooter to the next level.
Writing in an extensive blog post titled ‘The State of Destiny 2,' Bungie confirmed that its MMO-shooter will receive a number of key updates starting with the release of Curse of Osiris on December 5.
Bungie also confirmed that it will make a number of sandbox and balancing changes for Destiny 2. Full details due to be revealed via patch notes alongside the game’s first DLC.
Destiny 2 updates detailed in full
- Armor Ornaments will be added to some existing Armor sets for more visual customization. This does not remove any shaders or mods already applied to the armor.
- Rare quality Mods will dismantle into Gunsmith materials with a chance of also dismantling into Legendary quality Mod Components.
- The Gunsmith will offer a rotating inventory of specific Legendary Mods for direct purchase using Legendary Shards and Mod Components.
- Master Rahool will sell Legendary Engrams at the price of Legendary Shards.
- Numerous changes to the Reputation Token system, including increased amount awarded for Daily Challenges, opening Cayde's Treasure Chests, completing Strikes, and drop rates will be increased for Tokens found on destinations.
- Leviathan Raid Tokens will be redeemed at Benedict, the Tower's raid vendor, immediately upon obtaining the Token instead of requiring a full clear of the raid before unlocking.
The next lineup of Destiny 2 updates will arrive on December 12, and feature the return of the Three of Coins buff, once again sold by Xur.
- Legendary weapons will now have Masterworks versions, offering re-rollable weapon stats, an extra orb-generation perk, and a kill-counter.
- Faction vendors will now offer an inventory of armor and rotating weapons that can be purchased directly using Legendary Shards and Faction Tokens.
- Xur will now offer Fated Engrams and Three of Coins, giving players new paths to collect Exotics.
- A Gift consumable that can be activated during a PvE or PvP activity to get a drop of extra rewards ranging from extra Tokens to Exotic drops.
- Chest and Resource lockouts on destinations will be reduced.
- Vendors will only receive a notification flair on the Director when players have enough resources to actually earn an engram from them.