Bungie releases the latest update for Destiny 2, addressing a lengthy list of bugs and other issues impacting the game, while also making a handful of adjustments to player abilities and weapon perks like All-Star. While the future of Destiny 2 continues to remain a mystery for players, especially with the Shadow and Order update reportedly being delayed to make way for Marathon, Bungie is keeping the game active with limited-time events for players to take part in.
Arms Week has returned to Destiny 2 for the third time, focusing on Combat Bows in particular. Players will be able to get their hands on previously released bows and two new ones alongside unique mods for a limited time. However, Destiny 2 has also kicked off the Dark Age Hunt community challenge, tasking players to solo the Warlord's Ruin dungeon using only Bows, Glaives, and Swords. Completing the challenge will unlock the unique Fallen Torches emblem. The Arms Week arrival was also met by a brand-new update as well.
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With Update 9.5.5 for Destiny 2, Bungie laid out a lengthy list of changes in its patch notes, fixing a ton of bugs and other issues within the game currently. The Star Wars-inspired Renegades expansion for Destiny 2 was also the target for a variety of fixes, from the odd glitches within the FIre and Ice exotic mission, to some unexpected behaviors present within the Lawless Frontier activity. Players can also now correctly track the Opportunist Triumph, and Invasions should now correctly count as job completions when completing Exotic job contracts.
This update also improves the loot from Destiny 2's controversial Edge of Fate expansion, with gear items earned can now drop above 300 power. Many players commenting on Bungie's patch notes called this out specifically, with some indicating that it's time to head back and grind away, while others continue to lament that other areas of the game could use a similar update as they're currently lacking and falling behind in terms of the loot on offer. If players aren't going to be adequately rewarded for spending their time in a certain activity, the motivation to take part won't be there.
This patch also had an impact on numerous Guardian abilities, as the Titan's Ballistic Slam super granted the player a free Bolt Charge without hitting any enemies. Now, players will have to actually make an impact with enemies in order to trigger this properly. This was a similar issue for Lightning Surge on Warlocks, which has also been fixed. In addition, Lightning Surge grants Amplified when it is cast. Finally, for Warlocks, the Healing/Empowering Rift cast animation can no longer be canceled by emoting or swapping weapons.
As for Hunters, the Nightstalker's Mobius Quiver super will no longer grant a buff if the super is interrupted before it can be cast. Combination Blow was also bugged in PvP, which is fixed now, and the Gunslinger's Gunpowder Gamble will now scale correctly with perks and stats, while also properly counting as grenade damage. Based on how players are specced, this could be a big damage dealer.
The patch also makes a few adjustments to weapon perks, like All-Star, which had an issue where the damage multiplier was being overridden by its PvP multiplier. In PvE, All-Star should now properly give players a 35% multiplicative bonus to weapon damage, while staying at 15% in the Crucible. Adrenaline Junkie will now correctly be activated by Grapple melee and Hellion kills. The Opening Salvo mod also now works with Swords, and Renegade's new blaster weapons have had a bug fixed where high-heat sound effects wouldn't always play as expected.
While the patch seems to make a lot of important fixes, a frustrating bug has been identified by Bungie, which is majorly impacting the current Arms Week event. Vendor Ada-1 isn't accepting Combat Telemetry, the current event's currency. Some players have seemingly identified the issue, however, as the telemetry appears to be flagged as the wrong version, appearing as currency from the previous events, so Ada-1 isn't technically able to "see" it and thus won't accept it. Considering Arms Week events in Destiny 2 only last for 1 week, hopefully Bungie will be able to fix this sooner rather than later.
Destiny 2 Update 9.5.5 Patch Notes
Renegades
- Fixed an issue where Invasions would not count as job completions when completing Exotic Contracts.
- Fixed an issue where the Piker Gang tier 2 contract was granting an additional reward upon completion.
- Fixed an issue where the Out in the Cold mission would not progress if players moved too quickly immediately after loading in.
Lawless Frontier
- Fixed lighting in the invader ready room for Mars invasions to match Venus and Europa invasions.
- Fixed an issue where in-progress Lawless Frontier activities would kick players to orbit if the daily reset occurred mid-run.
- Fixed an issue where cloth physics would not animate properly in Lawless Frontier activities.
- Fixed an issue where the Opportunist Triumph would not progress with some optional objectives.
- Fixed an issue where Ablative Armor health would not display correctly within a Vex Stun Field.
- Fixed an issue where batteries in Venus: Sabotage activities could appear partially within the environment.
Renegade Abilities
- Fixed an issue where the damage number displayed when hitting players with the Imperium Drop Pod was inaccurate.
- The Renegade Ability coin-flip animation can now be interrupted earlier by the coin throw.
- Fixed an issue where Renegade Abilities could stay active during some Supers/states.
Fire and Ice
- Fixed a rare issue where players who disconnected from their first Fire and Ice run during the final boss fight, then rejoined, could not acquire the Praxic Blade.
Portal
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Fixed an issue where weekly Vanguard Alert challenges were resetting after seven days instead of at weekly reset.
- Note: Players that have completed their challenges in the past few days prior to this release may need to wait until the upcoming weekly reset before their challenges reset.
- Fixed a rare issue in the Battleground: Conduit Fireteam Op where Vex goblins could spawn behind a shield, blocking activity progress.
- Fixed an issue in the Arms Dealer Fireteam Op where players who died around the cannons could have their Ghosts placed in an inaccessible spot, preventing revives.
- Fixed an issue where the Dungeon Pinnacle Ops did not display completion time predictions.
- Fixed an issue where the Contest of Elders Pinnacle Op would apply modifiers that were not outlined or selected in rooms.
- Fixed an issue in the K1 Logistics Solo Op where the Hive final boss’ shield could be broken with Sunspots.
- Rotated some Banes in and out of the modifier pool.
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Made adjustments to the Protected Bane.
- Reworked drones to no longer clip through walls or get lost in the environment.
- Reduced drone health.
- Now randomly spawns between 1-3 drones.
- While drones are present, combatants now have high damage resistance instead of immunity.
Raids and Dungeons
- Fixed an issue in The Desert Perpetual epic raid that could cause more than one instance of encounter music to play and overlap.
- Fixed an issue in Vault of Glass raid causing wyverns to de-spawn and preventing completion of the Conflux challenge "Wait for It...,"
- Fixed an issue in the Desert Perpetual raid causing preventing players from loading when joining allies
- In the Equilibrium dungeon, updated The Way Between quest’s Shade of Sere encounter to award loot as expected for players who have previously completed it and are already attuned to a gear piece.
Lost Sectors
- Fixed an issue where launching into the Exodus Garden 2A Expert Lost Sector through the activity flag would result in a black screen.
UI/UX
- The death screen will now appropriately report if a player was killed by the following Renegade Abilities: Vex Deflector, Imperium Drop Pod, Vex Stun Field, Piker Mortar.
- Fixed an issue where Vendor menus would display incorrect pages when swapping between different screens quickly.
Gameplay and Investment
Armor
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Fixed an issue where Tier 4 and Tier 5 armor acquired from vendors could sometimes have incorrect Masterwork costs and available Armor Mod energy.
- Armor may still appear incorrect in some cases when inspected on the vendor before acquisition. All previous and future Tier 4 and Tier 5 armor pieces that have been purchased should now behave as expected.
- Fixed a visual issue where armor cloth would lose movement physics after exiting a sparrow.
Weapons
Exotic Weapons
Praxic Blade
- Fixed an issue where Cormorant Reversal projectiles would sometimes cause health bar rubber-banding when striking difficult combatants.
Alethonym
- Fixed a visual issue where Alethonym’s crystal would flicker.
Weapon perks
All-Star
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Fixed an issue where All-Star was having its damage multiplier against combatants overridden by its damage multiplier against Guardians.
- In PvE, All-Star grants a 35% multiplicative bonus to weapon damage. In PvP, All-Star grants a 15% multiplicative damage bonus.
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Fixed an issue where collecting Special ammo was providing more time to enhanced All-Star than intended.
- Collecting a Special brick grants seven seconds of enhanced All-Star.
Adrenaline Junkie
- Fixed an issue where Grapple Melee and Hellion kills were not activating this perk.
Weapon Mods
- Fixed an issue where the Opening Salvo weapon mod would not activate with Swords.
Weapon fixes
- Fixed an issue where the high-heat beeping audio for Heat frame weapons would sometimes not play as expected.
Abilities
General
Prismatic Transcendence
- Fixed an issue where trying to activate Transcendence on controller would sometimes activate Renegade Abilities instead.
Echo of Domineering
- Fixed an issue where the Echo of Domineering was not increasing the Weapons stat on activation.
Grapple Tangles
- Fixed an issue where Grapple Tangles could be used to unintentionally cancel some ability animations.
- Fixed an issue where instantly canceling a free Grapple from a Grapple Tangle could refund non-Grapple grenade energy.
Titan
Ballistic Slam
- Fixed an issue where Ballistic Slam was giving Bolt Charge on activation without hitting enemies.
Hunter
Moebius Quiver
- Moebius Quiver buff is now removed if Super is interrupted.
Combination Blow
- Fixed an issue where Combination Blow was not working correctly in PvP.
Gunpowder Gamble
- Fixed an issue where shooting Gunpowder Gamble's dynamite to detonate it did not count as Grenade damage and wasn't scaling with perks and stats.
Warlock
Lightning Surge
- Fixed an issue where Lightning Surge was giving Bolt Charge on activation without hitting enemies.
- Fixed an issue where the aspect description did not mention that it applies Amplified on cast.
Healing Rift/Empowering Rift
- Fixed an issue where the cast animation could be cancelled by swapping weapons/emoting.
Seasonal Artifact
- Fixed an issue where the Kinetic Synthesis artifact perk would not grant ammo to New Land Beyond.
- Fixed an issue where New Gear armor was not providing the correct amount of bonus damage resistance.
Power and Progression
- Gear items earned from playing The Edge of Fate can now drop above 300 Power.
Collections
- Fixed an issue where the Psi Aeterna IV Pulse Rifle was sorted in the wrong category.
Orders
- Fixed an issue where players with Returner’s Gifts could become blocked from claiming additional Order rewards.
Player Identity and Expression
- The Collections entry for the Death's Majesty Warlock Set will now point to the Warlock items, rather than the Hunter items.
- The icons for Episode: Revenant's Eververse sets and the Optica Lion helm will again appear in Collections regardless of ownership state.
- Changed the name of the Pied Piper emote released with Edge of Fate to Sweet Serenade to limit confusion with an earlier emote also named Pied Piper.
- The special audio for the Exquisite Weapon helmet will now also be present for all of D.A.R.C.I.'s weapon ornaments.
- Fixed a texture alignment issue with the Malwear Titan ornament set's helm for Body Type 1.
- Fixed an issue where instances of Exotic Armors predating Armor 2.0 would not properly sort their Exotic Ornaments first in the list of choices.
- Fixed an issue where the Pretender’s Grips unique glow when paired with Wormhusk Crown would not work on body type 2 characters.
General
- The Eververse Recommendations tile will again share recommended items, rather than point to the Seasonal tab.
- Fixed a minor misspelling in the Timeline.
- Fixed an issue where the Timeline's Expansion ownership nodes would occasionally not update properly.
- Fixed an issue where duplicates of items would not always appear together in the Vault.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
WHERE TO PLAY
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- Cross Save
- yes
- Expansions
- Destiny 2: Forsaken, Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, Destiny 2: Lightfall
- Franchise
- Destiny
- Number of Players
- 1-6 (Co-Op)
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- no
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- Platform(s)
- PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC, Stadia
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 100+
- X|S Optimized
- YES
- PS Plus Availability
- Essential, Extra, & Premium (The Witch Queen)
