Destiny 2 Update 2.0.4 Buffs Scout Rifles, Nerfs Sleeper, Patch Notes

Today marks the beginning of the Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost, along with a number of other activities and things to do within the game. While you’re playing through the Shattered Throne or earning double Valor gains in the Iron Banner this week, take some time to enjoy a good number of fixes that came with Destiny 2 update 2.0.4.

Scout Rifles have now been buffed against PvE enemies, after receiving an unintentional nerf when Forsaken first launched. Previous issues with the White Nail perk not activating on Sniper Rifles when a healing rift or Well of Radiance was used have now been resolved, so you can get that sweet Whisper of the Worm DPS while being buffed and protected. Sleeper Simulant has also had its aim assist reduced, so hopefully Gambit will be a little bit more bearable to play against people who insist on only using that weapon.

There are a lot more changes in this update, and you can get a full look at them in the patch notes below.

Destiny 2 Update 2.0.4 Patch Notes

Sandbox

Abilities

Titan

Now Throwing Hammers can be picked only if your own Throwing Hammer ability is not fully charged

Fixed an issue in which Burning Maul’s slam attack was unintentionally triggering melee-based perks

Banner Shield can no longer be overpenetrated by weapons with perks such as Armor-Piercing Rounds

Resupply can now also benefit allies behind obstacles

Hunter

Fixed an issue in which Kill Clip would not trigger if players reloaded their weapon using Marksman’s Dodge while having the Dragon’s Shadow Exotic chest armor equipped

Warlock

Fixed an issue where Healing Rift and Well of Radiance could prevent weapon perks such as White Nail and Magnificent Howl from working properly

Note: This introduced a bug where White Nail may occasionally activate after 2 hits. This will be addressed in a future update.

Fixed an issue where Handheld Supernova could deal damage to allies

Fixed an issue where Handheld Supernova kills would sometime appear as “Killed by the Architects” in the obituary and where the ability was inconsistent in triggering the Dark Matter perk

Players will no longer perform the Atomic Breach melee ability when using the heavy attack of the Escalation Protocol Sword

Fixed an issue in which using the Phoenix Protocol Exotic chest with Well of Radiance could result in weapons not rendering

Casting Chaos Reach with your back up against a wall will no longer block the beam

Fixed an issue in which Chaos Reach was dealing less damage at lower framerates; as a result, players may now notice an increase in total damage output

Armor

Lucky Pants will no longer reload Hand Cannons that are not stowed

Fixed an issue where ammo scavenger perks would give certain weapons less ammo than intended

Prodigal Grasps and Dragonfly Regalia Grasps will no longer block the player’s view when they are using a Bow

Weapons

Increased Scout Rifle damage against combatants

Repositioned the scope on the Fighting Lion’s Lupus Visage ornament for better visibility while players are aiming down sights

Decreased Fighting Lion damage to be brought in line with other breach-load Grenade Launchers

Reduced aim assist on Sleeper Simulant

Buffed aim assist on Linear Fusion Rifles (not including Sleeper Simulant)

Fixed an issue where Dynamic Sway Reduction and Zen Moment perks would not function properly when combined with Lunafaction Boots or Rally Barricade

Fixed an issue where the Taken Spec mod description was displayed twice in weapon tooltips

Fixed an issue where the Between Breaths ornament for Whisper of the Worm would not display properly

The charge bar on compound Bows now fills in two stages to directly reflect the two stages of the drawing animation

Fixed an issue where visual effects on some weapons were sometimes still visible next to a character using Super abilities

Fixed an issue where being shot by an allied Guardian’s Telesto could result in a crash

Fixed an issue where One Thousand Voices would sometimes speak at the volume of One Hundred Thousand Voices

Fixed an issue where Bows were not equipped properly when characters were sprinting

Fixed an issue where the Badlander Shotgun was missing reload audio

Updated the ATC Rex Häkke scope to align with other weapon scopes

Fixed an issue where parts of Borealis did not display the correct element

Fixed excessive perk activation audio for Redrix’s Broadsword when players activated the Desperado perk

Fixed excessive perk audio for Trinity Ghoul’s Lightning Rod perk when the weapon is stowed

Updated the draw animation on Trinity Ghoul

Updated the description of Ionic Return on Borealis to more accurately reflect its bonus damage behavior

Gambit

General

Fixed an issue where Gambit clan engrams were not functioning properly

Fixed an issue where shield walls would not spawn at the beginning of a match

Fixed an issue where matchmaking for Gambit would sometimes take longer than intended, sometimes resulting in players being removed from the match

Gambit Quitter Penalties have been reenabled

Fixed an issue where the invasion portal would sometimes not open throughout the match

Crucible

Iron Banner

Fixed an issue where Iron Engram displayed a higher Power level than intended

Fixed an issue where Iron Banner token rewards from matches were doubled

All Iron Banner bounties will now reward powerful gear

Iron Banner bounty requirements have been reduced:

Lightbearer: Super kills reduced to 20 from 25

Iron in the Blood: Match completions reduced to 15 from 30

Shine On: Orbs generated reduced to 50 from 100

Iron Victory: Match wins reduced to 7 from 10

To Be Precise: Precision kills reduced to 50 from 100

All in a Week’s Work: Kills reduced to 150 from 250

General

Fixed an issue where the kill feed would no longer display under certain circumstances

Capture Zone waypoints no longer pulse when progress state changes or when in a Power Play in Iron Banner

Fixed an issue that prevented audio cues from playing when players are revived in Countdown

Medals

In Breakthrough, fixed an issue where the “Quick Strike” medal could be awarded for a short time after deploying the Breaker

Fixed an issue where the Survival medal “Lone Gun” was firing for all players when winning a round

Corrected an issue where the new “Perimeter Control” medal in Control did not properly replace the deprecated “I Live Here Now” medal

Quests

Updated quest step “The Candidate” in “Forging the Broadsword” to new requirements: “In the Crucible, rapidly defeat opponents in groups of two or more.”

This step will now track individual players defeated in a multikill instead of counting only “Double Play” medals

Before, “Triple Play” rewarded +1 progress for 1 Double Play. Now, “Triple Play” will award +2 progress for “Double Play” and +1 for “Triple Play.”

Items and Economy

General

Fixed an issue where powerful gear could sometimes drop at the same Power level as a character or below

Raised the low end of powerful gear, which slightly increases the average Power upgrade per powerful drop

Edge Transit has some company; added Through Fire and Flood, Zenobia D, and Crooked Fang-4fr to world Legendary pool

Fixed an issue where Prime Engrams were going straight to the postmaster at the end of Crucible matches; they will now show alongside other end-of-match rewards

Fixed an issue where the Cataloguer emblem was repeatedly sent to postmaster for some players

Fixed an issue where Offering to the Oracle was not being properly consumed on use for some players

Fixed an issue where the Last Wish Ghost and Sparrow were not dropping at the intended drop rates

Fixed an issue where some weapons did not dismantle into the proper materials

Triumphs

Removed “Trace Rifle Mastery” Crucible Triumph for players on all platforms

Added Triumphs for completing Exotic badges in Collections

“Trusted Right Hand” Triumph is now possible to complete

It no longer requires more weekly bounties than are available in a week

Triumphs to find all Ascendant chests in the Dreaming City no longer lose progress on the weekly reset if players have completed, but not yet claimed them

Collections

Transmat effects added to Collections, under the Flair category

Transmat effects gained (inventory or postmaster), used, or dismantled after September 4, 2018 will be unlocked in Collections

Transmat effects are unlocked when added to player inventory, NOT when gaining ships that have them pre-socketed

Added event Ghosts to Collections

Added Forsaken emblem variants to Collections

Added missing emblems to Collections

Source updated for the Grenade Launcher Through Fire and Flood: Obtained through Legendary drops and rank-up packages

Bounties

Fixed an issue where bounties could expire in a players Post Master and cause WEASEL errors

Fixed an issue where Korean IGR bounties did not have an Abandon option

Added a recovery state for players who abandoned IGR bounties to acquire a weekly rotating IGR bounty for 250 Glimmer

This recovery state persists until the next weekly reset

Fixed an issue where the Eververse Bounty “Rise to the Challenge” did not have an Abandon option

Players who Abandon “Rise to the Challenge” will be able to recover it from Eververse for 250 Glimmer until the weekly reset.

General

Fixed an issue where boosted players could not receive Destiny 2 achievements for the boosted class

Players will now receive the achievement when unlocking the first node of a new subclass

Fixed an issue where players could not receive credit for the Destiny 2 achievement for completing the weekly Flashpoint

Sturm quest will now increment when picking up Legendary and Exotic engrams

Pinnacle wanted bounties from Spider will now complete for all members of the fireteam

Bakken, the Relentless can now be summoned in the Divalian Mists

Fixed an issue where the Blind Well could become locked if multiple players tried to activate it at once

Heroic completion on the Rift Generator public event now consistently grants the appropriate rewards and properly counts toward Heroic public event completions

Fixed an issue where some players were unable to access the Strike playlist

Fixed an issue where enemies would not spawn during Kalli, the Corrupted raid encounter

Destiny 2 Update 2.0.4 is the first of two big patches this month that will bring some long-requested fixes. The next one is scheduled for October 30, 2018. It’s set to buff sword damage, increase the spawn rate of the Malfeasance boss in Gambit, and fix drops for Exotics and Nightfall exclusive loot, among a few other changes. We’ll have those full update patch notes when they are available.

Starting today, all versions of Destiny 2: Forsaken now include the Curse of Osiris and Warmind expansions, so players no longer need to purchase those in order to play the latest content. If you got Destiny 2 free during September with PlayStation Plus, now’s the time to get your hands on all of the new content.