Bungie has unveiled details on the next patch for its shared-world shooter, Destiny, which includes several tweaks for the Crota’s End Raid.
Based on the Moon, the raid is currently available at level 30, but soon you’ll be able to tackle the mission at level 32—if you’ve got the stones for it, that is. No release date has been set for the new difficultly level, but Bungie said details will drop shortly.
“We’re not going to spoil any hard mode surprises here. You’ll need to learn a new trick or two, but given your past performances, we’re pretty sure plenty of you will find a way to come out on top and earn some shiny new trophies to take with you on your next adventure,” said Bungie.
Elsewhere, the former Halo developer confirmed that Crota’s End has been finished over one million times to date, and that the update will tweak Exotic drops in the Vault of Glass so they are levelled at 32.
It also seems that Bungie is implementing a few changes for those of you who have been using exploits to ‘cheese’ their way through Crota’s End.
See below for the full patch notes.
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Crota’s End – Updates
The existing Pit treasure chest reward moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger. She has a chance to drop Exotic weapons and armor, class pieces, and Radiant materials.
The Pit treasure chest will now contain Radiant Materials.
Pit Encounter
– Removed the physics impulse caused by exploding lanterns.
Bridge Encounter
– Players will now be required to cross the bridge in order to complete the bridge encounter.
– Players will now be required to wait for the bridge to be completed prior to crossing with the sword.
Deathsinger Encounter
– Fixed a rare case where the Shriekers would not spawn, preventing players from reaching the Deathsinger.
Crota Encounter
– Two Swordbearers will no longer spawn at the same time at the outset of the encounter.
– Crota will now recover from his kneeling state after a player quits.
– Fixed a bug that allowed players to remove the “Presence of Crota” using a Radiance Warlock’s Fireborn ability.
– Fixed a bug that made the Oversoul appear destroyed to some players in a Fireteam when it was actually still active.