Destiny 2 Full Patch Notes – Faction Rallies, Emote Changes, Stability, And More

Destiny 2 may be out now for all platforms but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still a few bugs here and there – which is normal for online games. Still – for active Guardians looking to gain the highest power level and partake in post-campaign events, it’s good to know what’s new and what little glitches have been taken care of. Bungie has released their full patch notes of issues that have been pushed into oblivion as well as some fun goodies for players to look forward to like Faction Rallies!

Emotes, Faction Rallies, Crucible changes and more – here is everything new and changed with the latest Hotfix from Bungie for Destiny 2:

Destiny 2 Hotfix Notes:

General

• Fixed an issue with collision detection on the Bureaucratic Walk Emote
• Fixed an issue causing players to encounter empty public spaces too often in free roam
• Fixed an issue causing players to be kicked to Orbit

Faction Rallies

• Strikes now reward Faction Tokens at a range of 5 to 9 Faction Tokens per completion (up from 3 to 7) 
• Nightfall now rewards 10 to 18 Faction Tokens on first completion per character 
• Completing Heroic Public Events now rewards 5 Faction Tokens (down from 8)
• Destroying enemy resources no longer rewards Faction Tokens
• Opening Lost Sector chests now rewards 3 Faction Tokens for each fireteam member

Cont’d

Crucible

• Updated Mercy Rule settings to allow Mercy to activate slightly later in the match, allowing a wider range of scores to trigger it

Clash

• Reduced score limit to 50 (was 75)

Control

• Reduced score limit to 90 (was 100)
• Reduced influence that enemy-controlled zones exert over the spawning system

Survival

• Reduced round time limit to 2 mins (down from 3) 
• Reduced life count to 6 (down from 8)

Supremacy

• Increased score-to-win to 70 (up from 50)
• We now grant one point for defeating an enemy Guardian
• Adjusted the influence enemy crests have on the spawning system

Companion

Android

• Improved performance across the app and particularly on the Gear and Progress sections
• Improved screen state preservation after rotation
• Added the ability to look up Clans by name (exact matches only)
• Added suggested Clans to the ‘Browse Clans’ screen

iOS

• Added suggested Clans to the ‘Browse Clans’ screen

  PC Version

• Fixed an issue where Clan rosters were not showing properly
• Fixed an issue causing gradual performance degradation over time

Destiny 2 is out now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.