Bungie has been rolling out Update 8.5.2.1 for Destiny 2; players can now check out the official patch notes and get an idea regarding the latest version. As the name suggests, the newest patch is not extensive and focuses on boosting the gameplay with a few fixes and improvements. Slide down for the Destiny 2 8.5.2.1 update patch notes.
Patch Notes for the Destiny 2 8.5.2.1 Update
Activities
Crucible
Competitive
- Points Gains/Losses
- Increased the granularity of the performance bonus portion of the Rank rewards.
- This will allow the performance bonus to grant additional positive points more often.
- Increased the maximum amount the performance bonus can grant from +10 to +20.
- Increased the maximum amount the contribution scalar can grant from +50 to +60.
- Increased the granularity of the performance bonus portion of the Rank rewards.
- Matchmaking
- Fixed an issue where smurf protection could be erroneously applied to players who had been highly ranked in previous seasons but placed lower than expected this season.
- This was increasing the effective rank that these players were matching in, leading to the reports of lower ranked players matching against players at higher ranks.
- Fixed an issue where smurf protection could be erroneously applied to players who had been highly ranked in previous seasons but placed lower than expected this season.
Trials of Osiris
- Fixed an issue where the double loot modifier was being applied twice for post-game Adept weapon drops.
Raids and Dungeons
Sundered Doctrine
- Fixed an issue where the final boss could be defeated using pressure doors.
- Pyramid Ships are dangerous places…
- Fixed an issue where alternate characters that completed the quest could not collect the class item.
- Alternate characters with no focus set can collect class item from focus chest.
- Alternate characters with a focus set, will need to set it to the class item to collect from focus chest.
Episode: Heresy
Court of Blades
- Fixed an issue where the Ritual of Greed armament pickups could be acquired by another player who had also purchased the armament.
Gameplay and Investment
Weapons
- Updated Temptation’s Hook to match damage profiles of other modern Caster Frame Swords.
Exotic Weapons
- Slayer’s Fang
- Fixed an issue where Slayer’s Fang would stun Overload Champions but did not stop their constant health regeneration.
- Barrow Dyad
- Fixed an issue where Barrow Dyad couldn’t be crafted if the player had unlocked the fourth intrinsic.
Weapon Perks
- Fixed an issue where weapons with the Subjugation origin trait would not exhaust boss, miniboss, and Champion combatants.
- Fixed an issue where Explosive Payload’s damage was not being scaled correctly by some perks like Magnificent Howl and Master of Arms.
- Fixed an issue where the Legacy Intrinsic Frame precision angle threshold was higher on mouse and keyboard than on controller.
Exotic Armor
- Radiant Dance Machines
- Set up custom tuning for Tommy’s Matchbook, The Last Word, and Dead Man’s Tale so that they do not get any range increase from Radiant Dance Machines but still receive some of the accuracy bonuses.
- Fixed an issue where the precision angle threshold when using Radiant Dance Machines was higher on mouse and keyboard than on controller.
Abilities
- Fixed an issue where players could spawn infinite orbs with no cooldown after using a Relic.
Artifact
- Fixed an issue where the Piercing Sidearms perk granted by Tablet of Ruin wasn’t piercing some types of shields.
General
- “Winged Victory” Holochip has been renamed to “Taking Flight” so as to not be confused with the new ship with the same name.
- Fixed an issue where the Triumphant ornament required Season Pass ownership to purchase.
- Fixed an issue where the “Taking Flight” Holochip’s tooltip would not indicate that it was previously purchased.
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