Bungie has revealed some new info regarding upcoming changes to certain Exotics in Destiny 2.
Weapons
Bungie identified several weapon types to apply an amplification effect to, with a specific set of exotic guns getting a boost to their fundamentals perks.
Hardlight and Dead Messenger
Borealis, Hardlight, and Dead Messenger, each of which features the capability to switch between different types of lighting effects, will each receive improved handling, range, stability, and aim assist statistics when one type of effect is activated.
Borealis
Borealis, a weapon that also falls into that type of exotic weapon, will be given a significant buff that will make it stronger. When enemy shields are broken, it will allow you to use up your reserve ammunition and give you additional shots.
Jade Rabbit
One of the most popular scout rifles, Jade Rabbit, is receiving a major overhaul. Bungie says that hitting three critical shots will return a round to its magazine and increase the damage from the next hit. Players will be able to use multiple enhancements at once.
While the Exotics get some nice buffs, there are also some nerfs coming for other weapons. One controversial weapon that will be seeing some of its powers dialed back is the Divinity tracer rifle. It will now have a Weaken debuff effect of 15%, down from 30%.
With the release of Update 1.0.1, Witherhoard has become one of the most popular grenades due to its ability to deliver high damage quickly. For PvE, the Taken Portal Area of Effects will be reduced from 7.5 seconds down to 4.5 seconds when used.
Gjallarhorn’s, the most powerful rockets in Destiny 2, are being adjusted so they’re less damaging than their primary fire.
Forerunner, a weapon that fires projectiles at enemies using special ammunition, will have its damage scale down from 40 to 37, but critical damage will drop from 72 to 67.
With the new Arbalest, it will no longer be inferior to its primary competitor, Lorentz Driver, in terms of body destruction.
For the remainder of the Exotic arsenal (the 20 or so least popular guns), Bungie outlined these changes based on the 20 or so most unpopular guns in their data:
- No Time to Explain: Full Auto Trigger System perk replaced with Feeding Frenzy
- Traveler’s Chosen: Catalyst perk replaced with Surplus (it still has Osmosis)
- Vigilance Wing: Catalyst perk replaced with Ensemble
- Dead Man’s Tale: Increased body shot damage from 46 to 54, reduced critical damage from 81 to 80
- DARCI: Now applies Jolt when damaging targets affected by Personal Assistant, increased Airborne Effectiveness stat
- Wish-Ender: Increased bonus vs. Witherhoard-blighted targets from 10% to 25%
- Whisper of the Worm: Increased base airborne effectiveness to 80.
- The Prospector: Added Chain Reaction to the intrinsic perk.
- The Fourth Horseman: Decreased recoil by 50%.
- Merciless: Decreased charge time on hits perk now has a five-second timer, timer resets with each hit
- Rat King: The radius required to activate its perk increased from 15m to 20m.
- Legend of Acrius: Removed movement penalties.
- Bastion: Reduced spread angle by 6%.
- Quicksilver Storm: Increased PvP maximum grenade damage from 80 to 120, increased explosion radius, switched rocket damage from Arc to Kinetic
- Coldheart: Reduced cooldown on Ionic Trace generation, stability and reload speed when at maximum damage will max out, picking up an Ionic Trace now reduces the time it takes to get to max damage
- Grand Overture: Increased missile damage by 50%.
- Xenophanes: Now deals roughly half of its damage as impact damage and the rest as detonation damage. Overall damage increased by 5%
Fans can expect some new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla cosmetic items to enter the Eververse Store Inventory on December 6.
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