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]