Destiny's Iron Banner event, update 1.2.0.2 live; patch breakdown video inside
Destiny update 1.2.0.2 and the Iron Banner event are both live and below, Arekkz Gaming breaks down what's included in the latest patch.
The update notes are below and the Iron Banner event kicked off around 1pm EDT/6pm UK.
Key Highlights
- The first Wanted Fallen Bounty completed each week is now guaranteed to drop a Treasure Key
- Greatly increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from the small chests at the end of the Prison of Elders
- Increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from Ether Chests
Prison of Elders
- Greatly increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from the small chests
- Class Items will now drop from Level 32, Level 34, and Level 35
- Fixed a bug in which the Ship (Hildian Seeker) did not drop under certain circumstances
- Fixed a bug in which the ‘Elder Cipher’ Bounty could not be acquired if your Bounty inventory was full
- You will need to defeat Skolas again to receive the ‘Elder Cipher’ Bounty
- Damage caused by Qodron’s Gaze is reduced by 25%
- Damage multiplier for the Jailbreaker buff increased by 100%
Trials of Osiris
Fixed an issue in which Trials of Osiris emblems were not sent to the Postmaster if your Emblem inventory was full
Passage Coins can now be dismantled
Weekly Heroics: Fixed an issue where the Weekly Heroic strikes did not award engrams (Note: Tooltip will not display them as rewards)
World
- Increased the drop rate of Treasure Keys from Ether Chests
- Ether Chests may only be looted once per spawn
- Ether Chests will no longer grant ammo consumables when opened
- Ether Chests will now grant a small amount of Queen's Wrath reputation when opened
- Ether Chests now have a chance to drop Tokens of Flight, Identity, and Judgment
Quests
- Petra will no longer display a quest waypoint for players who have not purchased House of Wolves
- Fixed a bug in which players abandoning the ‘Gone to Ground’ quest were still being directed to the Venus Patrol
Bounties: The first Wanted Fallen Bounty completed each week is now guaranteed to drop a Treasure Key
Weapons: Fixed a bug in which the 1.2.0.1 hotfix mistakenly did not contain the 1.1.1 Fusion Rifle balance changes. As a result, players were playing with its pre-1.1.1 weapon balance state. The original fix has been re-applied.
Items
- Tokens of Flight, Identity, and Judgment can now be dismantled to gain +10 House of Judgement reputation each
- Ammo consumables can now stack to 100
The Iron Banner PvP event will include a new set of gear, reputation boosts for lower-ranked Guardian, Etheric Light is available for purchase at Rank 3 and Rank 5, the Gunsmith can reforge weapons and more.
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