Destiny Patch 1.1.1 is live - February 25th

Destiny’s 1.1.1 patch is live and comes with a handful of changes which include improvements to weapons and reputation User Interface, important changes to heroic strike matchmaking and enemies in Crucilble, and much more.

Weapons

For a detailed review of weapon changes, head over to Destiny Weapon Tuning.

• Fixed an issue in which armor with perks that increase ammunition carrying capacity resulted in ammunition loss upon respawn
• Decreased over-penetration value for weapons with armor piercing perks
• Fixed an issue where items from the PS3/360 Destiny demo were using old power values. They have been adjusted to regular levels
• Song of Ir Yut weapon tooltip now advertises the correct magazine size
• Shoot to Loot: Two-second cooldown added to perk to prevent extra ammunition gains while ammunition bricks despawn
• Dark Breaker perk will now correctly damage Hive Shriekers
• Snap Discharge will now increase attack speed as per the description
• Thunderer perk now has priority on the 4th Horseman tooltip
• Full Auto: Fixed issues in which the weapon perk stopped working while the trigger was being held down

• Reduced base damage of Auto Rifles by 2.5%
• Reduced effective range values

• Increased base damage of Pulse Rifles by 9.7%

• Slightly reduced effective range
• Slightly reduced initial accuracy

• Widened blast pattern on a Fusion Rifle burst cone
• Reduced starting ammunition in PVP

• Increased damage against all non-Guardian combatants by 2x (100% increase)
• Reduced high-end range values
• Damage falloff starts sooner
• Reduced starting ammunition in PVP

Activities

• Weekly Heroic Strike now is a matchmade activity
• Strikes will be less likely to repeat in Matchmaking rotations for full Fireteams

PVP

• Players will now unlock all playlists (Control, Clash, Rumble, Skirmish) simultaneously when unlocking the Crucible.
• Added a new notification when Crucible modes unlock
• Crucible maps will be less likely to repeat in Matchmaking rotations for full Fireteams
• Guardians no longer drop heavy ammunition when killed in PvP
• Guardians now drop much less special ammunition when killed in PvP
• Completed matches will now award gear with the proper power level
• Fixed a bug where there was no audio playing for the bullet that kills them

• Iron Banner playlist now contains smaller maps in rotation
• “Focused Aggression” Bounty can now be completed with headshots from Pulse Rifles, Scout Rifles, and Hand Cannons

Items

• Fixed an issue in which Xur did not carry exotic engrams in inventory on certain dates
• Crota’s End completion emblem will now be sent to the Postmaster when player inventory is full
• Ammunition consumables will now work if used when player inventory is full
• Fixed issues that prevented qualifying players who had deleted their characters from claiming the Tumbler Sparrow from Tess Everis in Tower

User Interface

• Character inventory screen now displays faction reputation and weekly mark counters
• Players in public spaces will no longer see voice notifications when a player in a matchmade fireteam enter
• Players will now see improved notifications when teammates join and depart Team and Fireteam chat channels

Grimoire

• Combined Arms Grimoire cards will now unlock when completing a Clash or Control game
• House of Wolves card will now unlock upon the start of Ishtar Collective story mission
• Guardian Abilities card will be granted when a player enters orbit
• Siege Dancers card will be granted upon the start of the Dust Palace Strike
• Completing Crota’s End now adds to the Raid Introduction Grimoire card’s Completed statistic
• Ir Yut grimoire card will now unlock appropriately
• Siege of the Warmind card will now unlock appropriately
• Fixed Grimoire scores for the following cards:
  • Omnigul, Will of Crota
  • Ir Yut, the Deathsinger
  • Crota, Son of Oryx
  • The Wakening
  • The Will of Crota
  • Crotas End
  • Ascendant Sword
  • Pantheon
  • Skyshock
  • The Cauldron
  • Might of Crota
  • Ghost Fragment: Rasputin
  • Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2
  • Ghost Fragment: Hive 4

Technical

• DLC and Patch systems have been improved
• Xbox One upsell from trial version to full version no longer makes you leave the game
• Improved networking resilience to packet reordering
• Networking improvements for certain routers

Edit

• Bug was introduced in 1.1.1 patch that caused the Vex Mythoclast to spawn with less ammo in the magazine and reserves in PvP
  • This weapon was affected by overall Fusion Rifle changes because it is treated as a secondary weapon
  • We intend to correct this issue in a future release