Bungie has released Destiny 2 update 7.0.0.5 details released for PS4, PC, PS5, Xbox One, and PC players. According to the official Destiny 2 update 7.0.0.5 patch notes, the latest update adds quality-of-life changes. Apart from this, today’s Destiny 2 patch 6.3.0.9 also includes performance improvements.
Previously, Destiny 2 update 6.3 added a long list of new changes and fixes. Unfortunately, players are still facing issues and bugs. Today’s Destiny 2 version 7.0.0.5 will fix a few of these issues.
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Destiny 2 Patch 7.0.0.5 Notes – March 16, 2023
SEASONAL EXOTIC ACTIVITY
- Animation changes made to the Data Collection boss encounter in The Variable Exotic mission that had the potential to cause issues with photosensitive players.
PLAYER JOURNEY
- Increased drop rate for Exotic armor in Legend and Master Lost Sectors when playing solo.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the “Vex Incursion Countermeasures” weekly bounty from resetting at rest.
- Fixed an issue where players on their alternate characters could not progress the Hall of Heroes intro quest after interacting with the statues early.
- Any players who ran into this issue may now progress normally.
UI/UX
- Made an adjustment to how the Return to Orbit option is triggered after completing a specific Battleground.
- Previous implementation enabled mistakenly skipping end-of-mission cinematics when returning to orbit from the Commendations screen.
GAMEPLAY AND INVESTMENT
ARMOR
- Fixed an issue where some Artifact mods were not properly proccing Anti-Barrier capabilities.
- Hunters: Fixed an issue where Volatile Rounds were not granted by equipping the Gyrfalcon’s Hauberk Exotic chest armor, blocking Void weapons from Anti-Barrier capabilities.
- Armor Scavenger Mod: Fixed an issue where Jötunn would get an unintentional boost in ammo, particularly in PvP, with the Solar Scavenger mod equipped on a player’s chest armor.
- Put. The toaster. Down.
WEAPONS
- Fixed an issue where the Winterbite Exotic Glaive was doing more damage than intended to targets.
- Titans: The bonus to Glaive melee damage granted by Exotic Synthoceps gauntlets has been reduced against both combatants and enemy Guardians.
- Fixed an issue where the Lightfall versions of The Inquisitor and Mindbender’s Ambition Shotguns had the incorrect magazine perks.
- Fixed an issue where Grand Overture’s blinding effect applied to other sources of splash damage.
ABILITIES
- Strand: Increased the internal cooldown of the Thread of Ascent Fragment from two seconds to four seconds.
- Strand: Fixed an issue where after a player grappled to a thrown Tangle, the Berserker’s Into the Fray Aspect would fail to activate on further Tangle detonations.
- Strand: Fixed an issue where the suspending detonation from the Broodweaver’s Mindspun Invocation Aspect was not properly stunning Unstoppable Champions.
- Solar: Fixed an issue where the radiant effect was not increasing the damage of Strand weapons.
- Strand: Fixed an issue where the Thread of Generation Fragment would stop functioning after a Silkstrike Super deactivation when either the Shackle or Threadling Grenade is equipped.
POWER AND PROGRESSION
- Guardian Ranks: To more closely match the goals of Guardian Ranks, we have reduced the required Commendations score to complete objectives across all Guardian Ranks.
- Guardian Ranks: Rank-8 objectives require tier-3 difficulty or higher.
- Fixed an issue where only tier-4 or higher applied towards Rank progression.
- Commendations: Players can no longer offer Commendations to others following a failed mission activity.
GENERAL
- Fixed an issue where Guardians and their weapons were not rendering properly, effectively making them appear as “invisible” when in-game.
- Twitch Gift Sub Bounty reward now correctly appears in the Cryptarch.
Addressed progression issues for certain Triumphs, Seals, and Catalysts.
- The radiant status effect does not buff Strand weapons.
- Volatile rounds from Gyrfalcon’s Hauberk do not give anti-barrier to Void weapons.
- Mindspun Invocation suspend bursts not stunning Unstoppable Champions.
- Veteran players do not receive the correct amount of lore books when they rank up for the first time.
- Countdown and its variants are not added to the weekly Crucible challenge.
- Reservoir Burst explosion with Subsistence can sometimes fail to activate on kill.
- Adept Trials Hand Cannon is getting one round less in the magazine than the non-Adept version.
- The grav-lift on Neomuna is tied to framerate, causing players with higher framerates to die upon landing.
- The “Mark All As Seen” button in Collections is no longer functioning.
- Dimensional Hypotrochoid Grenade Launcher can have a range Masterwork.
- Non-Lightfall quests showing up under “Lightfall” quest category.
- Hunters that die and have Strand reapplied will lose their first Strand Aspect.
- Hunter gauntlets Thunderhead Grips is missing as an ornament for armor synthesis.
- Certain Heavy weapon archetypes are not benefitting from equipping a third reserve mod. Players are no longer able to equip the Unbroken title.
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