Bungie has revealed that it plans to shakeup 3v3 Crucible battles in Destiny for the shared-world shooter’s next update.
Writing in its latest update, Destiny’s Senior Designer Derek Carroll revealed that tweaks will be made to Special Ammo for matche such as Skirmish, Trials of Osiris, and more.
“After the update, players will start certain matches without Special Ammo. Once the match has begun, those green Special crates will behave in the same ways you’re used to (although you may be looking for them a bit more).
“The PvP team wanted to increase the use of Primary weapons, especially at match-start. Sniper rifles and shotguns, in particular, inspire great happiness or sadness depending on which end of the weapon you find yourself. We wanted to somewhat delay that gratification (and sadification).”
Elsewhere, Bungie’s Paul Lewellen confirmed that the studio is clamping down on poor connections with the new Damage Referee feature.
“The connection bars we show in-game are designed to give you a moment-to-moment idea of how good or bad each player’s connection is to all other players in the game (not to our servers). There are many factors that go into determining your color on the coded scale.
“Even if your own connection is the best it can be, terrible performance elsewhere on the Internet can still compromise your experience. When you see a red or yellow bar next to somebody’s name, it indicates problems with their average connection to other players (and usually to you, too).
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