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Bungie previews next week’s Destiny update 1.2.0.1

Yesterday, Bungie finally rolled out update 1.2.0 for Destiny — one of two planned patches that'll prepare the game for the arrival of House of Wolves next week. While yesterday's update is "the one to pre-load House of Wolves," update 1.2.0.1 is "the one with House of Wolves."

Giving us a preview of next week's update — scheduled to arrive on May 19th — Bungie promises update 1.2.0.1 will deliver "some new investment and upgrade paths."

The highlights include a number of changes to Destiny's PvP, including new Daily Reward packages for completing the first game in the Daily Featured Crucible playlist; the addition of Passage Coins to reward streams; increased Crucible Mark and Reputation; and lots of Iron Banner adjustments.

Check out the list of changes coming to Destiny next week:

PVP

General
  • Added a new Daily Reward package upon completion of the first game in the Daily Featured Crucible playlist
  • Added Passage Coins to reward streams across all playlists, including the Daily reward package
  • Increased Crucible Mark drop rate across all playlists by 100%
  • Increased Crucible Reputation earnings across all playlists by 100%
  • Increased Rare Weapons and Gear drop chance for completing games across all playlists by 100%
  • Added Legendary Weapon drops into the Crucible reward stream across all playlists
  • Added Dark Below maps into all Crucible playlists for all players to enjoy (Pantheon, The Cauldron, Skyshock)
Iron Banner
  • Adjusted the power curve for Iron Banner playlists to accommodate the competitive range of power in House of Wolves
  • Across one Iron Banner event, players competing in Iron Banner with more than one character on the same account will receive a reputation boost for the lower-ranked characters to reach parity with the higher-ranked character more quickly
  • Six additional Iron Banner bounties have been added to the bounty rotation
  • Removed an errant buff from Iron Banner Control playlist
  • Etheric Light will now be available at Ranks 3 and 5 in Iron Banner
Tower
  • The Cryptarch will no longer convert newly acquired Legendary Engrams to Shards (possibilities include gear/weapons or exotics)
  • Daily Heroics will produce Motes of Light in lieu of Shards
  • Ascending: Year 1 Legendary and Exotic gear can be upgraded to the highest power levels available in Year 1
User Interface
  • The Control UI above the mini scoreboard has been fixed & returned to the players HUD
Technical
  • Added a new “Connection Recovery” System
    • Specific player networking problems will now be fixed instead of kicking affected players to orbit
    • This will be enabled first for Trials of Osiris and rolled out to other activities over time

[Bungie]

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