Iron Banner, Menagerie, tributes fixed
Welp, the lads finally did it. Over a month ago Bungie explained, as they often do, that they wouldn’t get around to nerfing a specific meta-dominant weapon (the Lord of Wolves shotgun) until later in the summer. That time is now.
The nerf headlines update 2.5.2, which reduces the efficacy of the Shotgun Scavenger perk on the gun and decreased its range. A number of other exotic bugs (mostly armor) were also fixed. In terms of other housekeeping a bunch of modes and mechanics were tweaked, most notably tributes.Destiny 2players have been speaking out against several triumphs (in-game achievements of a sort), and now the requirements for The Emperor’s Gladiator and The Scoundrel in Uniform have been relaxed (no need for a full Leviathan gear set).
The Iron Banner objectives are also a hell of a lot easier to hit in a few cases, with a 50% reduction in grenade kill requirements (with ally kills counting as a full kill), and sword requirements reduced by 25% (with the same ally buff). The Heroic Menagerie (the newest big mode inDestiny 2) will now drop a sword 100% of the time on your first run, which is a mechanic I hope spills over into the rest ofDestinygoing forward.
So yeah! It’s mostly cleanup as Bungie prepares for the upcomingShadowkeepexpansion in September.
Update 2.5.2[Bungie.net]
Iron Banner
Iron Banner pursuit objective values have been adjusted
Fixed an issue where players were unable to equip Season 3 Iron Banner ornaments on their Season 7 armor
The Wolf’s Favor will no longer drop from daily and weekly Iron Banner challenges
Fixed an issue where the Triumph “Efrideet’s Gift” was not unlocking for players who earned enough Iron Banner rank-up packages during Season 7
Menagerie / Chalice
Heroic Menagerie now drops a Sword for first-time completion (100%)
Fixed an issue where the Triumph “Drink Deep” would not unlock for some players who claimed the Masterwork slot on the Chalice of Opulence
Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in the Season of Opulence intro quest by unlocking the first rune slot on the Chalice before completing the Lost Sector The Conflux and being on the correct quest step
Imperials and runes can no longer be earned by idling through matches of Crucible and Gambit
