With Solstice of Heroes just around the corner, there will be a new update in Destiny 2. It’s been a while since Bungie made a comment on when they will be nerfing Lord of Wolves (an exotic shotgun from Destiny 1), now; they’ve released more details on when this nerf will actually going to happen in Destiny 2.
This Tuesday on July 30, 2019, Bungie will be releasing the Update 2.5.2 on every platform (PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC) that’ll kick off Solstice of Heroes event as well. Below you can read the patch notes released in TWAB.
Lord of Wolves Nerf and Other Patch Notes
As mentioned above, Destiny 2 Update 2.5.2 will be released next week, kicking off Solstice of Heroes and bringing some balance to Lord of Wolves. There will also be a few more changes and fixes within the update that have been highly requested by the community. Here’s a quick preview of what’s to come:
- Lord of Wolves
- Reducing the amount of ammo Shotgun scavenger perks can give to Lord of Wolves when in the Release the Wolves state
- Decreasing the effective range on Lord of Wolves
- This decrease is more aggressive when in the Release the Wolves state
- Tribute Hall
- Tribute Hall Triumphs for “The Emperor’s Gladiator” and “Scoundrel in Uniform” will no longer require a full set of Leviathan gear equipped to progress
- Players will earn more points based on the number of gear pieces worn, similar to other Triumphs
- Iron Banner
- Iron Banner quest objective values will been adjusted for future events
- Reducing grenade kills required by 50%, and ally grenade kills will be worth as much as your own
- Reducing Sword kills required by 25%, and ally sword kills will be worth as much as your own
- Menagerie/Chalice
- Heroic Menagerie will drop a Sword for first time completion (100%)
- Subsequent completions will have a moderate chance to drop a sword (25%)
- General
- Fixing an issue where completion notifications did not appear after completing bounties
- This will also fix an issue where players would sometimes not spawn during a Crucible match
There will be additional bug fixes and general updates, so stay tuned to @BungieHelp for patch notes when the download becomes available next Tuesday.