New Destiny patch addresses Nightfall rewards and Oryx Hard Mode
Since the launch of the Taken King, many players have complained about the lessened rewards for one of Destiny’s hardest endgame activities, the Nightfall Strike. But now, with a hot fix, 2.0.1.2, Bungie hopes to change that. With rewards available only once a week, players felt cheated when the activity began giving substantially less appealing gear upon completion.With the same patch that happens to set up the Hard Mode Raid, Bungie has seen to a handful of issues that have plagued the Destiny in the recent months. Check out the full list of changes, including details on the light requirement and rewards for Hard Mode, below.
Since the launch of the Taken King, many players have complained about the lessened rewards for one of Destiny’s hardest endgame activities, the Nightfall Strike. But now, with a hot fix, 2.0.1.2, Bungie hopes to change that. With rewards available only once a week, players felt cheated when the activity began giving substantially less appealing gear upon completion.
With the same patch that happens to set up the Hard Mode Raid, Bungie has seen to a handful of issues that have plagued the Destiny in the recent months. Check out the full list of changes, including details on the light requirement and rewards for Hard Mode, below.
Classes
Nightstalker Hunter
- Temporarily removed the extra shots from Quiver to avoid unlimited Shadowshots
- This is a temporary fix, and the node will be restored in a fixed state in an upcoming patch
Activities
Daily Heroic Story
- Removed deprecated Quest requirements from “Siege of the Warmind”
- Removed deprecated Quest requirements from “The Wakening”
Weekly Nightfall Strike
- Increased the base level of Nightfall Legendary rewards by 10 Attack/Defense
- Increased the chance of Legendary rewards by 10% (from 50% to 60%)
- Increased the number of Strange Coins or Three of Coins awards
- Ghosts have been added to the Legendary reward loot table
- Legendary Engrams no longer drop from Nightfall Strike boss kills
- They will continue to drop their unique Legendary items
- Removed Antiquated Runes from the loot tables
King’s Fall
- King’s Fall Hard Mode will be available at 10AM on 10/23
- Recommended Light is 310
- King’s Fall Hard Mode has the following changes:
- King’s Fall Hard Mode rewards will drop up to 320 Light
- Oryx in Hard Mode will guarantee a Raid item drop each week, without requiring Moldering Shards
- Oryx in Normal mode will still require Moldering Shards
- Moldering Shards can drop in King’s Fall Hard Mode, but only if a character hasn’t cleared King’s Fall Normal for the week
Crucible
Weekly Crucible Bounty
- Increased base level of Weekly Crucible Bounty Legendary rewards by 10 Attack
- Increased number of Strange Coins awarded
- Ghosts have been added to the Legendary reward loot table