'Destiny' Patch 1.2.0 News: Update Currently Rolling Out Ahead of House of Wolves DLC
The highly-anticipated Patch 1.2.0 update for Bungie's hit massive multiplayer FPS game, "Destiny," has finally arrived and it brought along with it a host of improvements that will further "impact the player experience."
The patch, which came this week ahead of the "House of Wolves" expansion pack, is expected to enhance gameplay aspects as well as offer upgrade abilities to characters.
A full detail of the notes for Patch 1.2.0 was posted by Destiny Dev Team through the official Destiny Update website.
Weapons
- Fixed an issue in which Vex Mythoclast was not respawning with primary ammunition
- Fixed an issue with the Hive Disruptor perk, which now appears in the Black Hammer perk set again
- Fixed an issue in which the Phantom Gift and White Nail perks would become interrupted when non-precision damage occurred from other perks
- Bonus damage from other perks (e.g., Explosive Rounds, Hive Disruptor) no longer interrupts the count
- Three precision hits within the time window will trigger the intended refund bonus
- Fixed an issue in which the Hive Disruptor perk did not work correctly with sustained damage events (auto rifles, pulse, etc.)
- Oracle Disruptor perk now triggers more often
- Hive Disruptor perk now triggers more often, but does less damage per event
PVP
- Salvage: Moved the first Relic to more consistently appear in a centralized position on the map
- Fixed an issue that caused players to wait an excessively long time to respawn
User Interface
- Vendor Interaction Panel has been updated to support Quest chains
- Vendor Interaction Panel now has better animations and fewer popping issues
- Number of buffs that can be displayed on the Character screen has been increased
- Inventory item stacks that have reached their highest possible count will now display gold numbers along with an alert in the tooltip that maximum quantities have been acquired
Audio
- Added improved feedback for players who take damage from energy weapons
Companion
- Fixed an issue in which the Mercury Grimoire card was not being awarded
- Retroactively awarded the Mercury Grimoire card to players who have found the "Mercury Memory Fragment" Dead Ghost
- Vendor items, damage types, and perks will now be visible on Bungie.net and the Mobile App
Technical
- Addressed a crash on Xbox One that was induced when too many explosions/projectiles were generated
- Fixed an issue that affected the network quality user interface
- Indicators will no longer display persistently bad ("red") quality after a user's connection recovers from a temporary quality issue
- The quality indicators should now always correctly reflect a user's live connection quality
Meanwhile, there are changes which won't be taking effect until House of Wolves will be launched this May 19.
Among the mentioned pending updates points out to the enhancements of the PVP mode, the Iron Banner, Towers, User Interface, and other Technical issues like the "Connection Recovery" system.
Stay tuned for more updates.
