Bungie gaf recent al de releasedatum voor de aankomende House of Wolves uitbreiding vrij, welke op 19 mei zal verschijnen. Daarnaast zijn ze momenteel druk met updates voor de game en inmiddels is er weer een nieuwe update verschenen, welke zo rond de 6GB weegt wat best fors is. De update bevat dan ook flink wat verbeteringen waar de laatste maanden om gevraagd is. Dat de studio luistert is duidelijk en dat we even moesten wachten ook, maar ze hebben nu wel veel aangepakt.

De update 1.1.2 zorgt er bijvoorbeeld voor dat je in de Tower meer ruimte in je kluis hebt om items die je wilt overzetten of wilt bewaren op te slaan. Zo kun je nu dus, zoals je hierboven ziet, 36 exemplaren van de Gjallarhorn bewaren of andere wapens natuurlijk. Een zeer welkome verbetering die ook in de toekomst als er meer DLC verschijnt van belang gaat zijn.

Verder is er een aanpassing gedaan voor kleurenblinden, een soort vergrendeling zodat je items niet per ongeluk kan verwijderen en de audio valt nu ook meer aan te passen, zodat de muziek niet teveel overheerst, wat weleens voor kan komen. Ook zijn er nog wat verbeteringen aangebracht bij de wapens en tevens hebben Strikes en Raids de nodige aandacht gekregen.

Uit onderzoek bleek namelijk dat spelers bepaalde Strikes liever niet wilden spelen, omdat ze vervelend waren. Deze Strikes; Cereberus Vae III en Dust Palace, zijn aangepast om ervoor te zorgen dat meer spelers deze ook daadwerkelijk afronden. De Raids Vault of Glass en Crota’s End waren soms tergend door bepaalde bugs en glitches en ook hier is aan gewerkt. De details over de aangepaste Strikes en Raids kun je net als de overige informatie, zoals de balancering van het PvP gedeelte, vinden in de onderstaande patch notes.

Spotlight Improvements & Additions

    • Vault Capacity: increased to 24 Armor Slots, 36 Weapon Slots, and 24 General Slots: Disabled gear comparison in Vault on Xbox 360 & PS3 platforms to account for additional slot memory
    • Colorblind support (deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia): added for highly color-driven gameplay elements: Motion tracker, Loot drops, Shield energy, Item categories
    • Audio Controls now available in the Settings menu: Volume control, Music toggling
    • Item Lock now allows players to prevent gear and weapon items from being accidentally dismantled
    • The purple ball has been reborn in the tower as an interactive sphere with a parallaxed energy core that grows with object velocity and tints based off time of day

Weapons

General

    • Fixed a bug that caused a player to lose ammo when switching weapons while dead
    • Fixed a bug where ammo consumables did not reliably replenish ammo
    • Pocket Infinity behavior is less likely to fail during edge case conditions
    • 4th Horseman weapon stats restored to original intended values

Perks

    • Updated Thorn’s first-person player feedback poison effect
    • White Nail perk no longer triggers on immune targets
    • Defensive Reflex (Don’t Touch Me) perk no longer triggers on throwing knives
    • Performance Bonus ammo on Fusion Rifles reduced to match Shotguns and Sniper Rifles
    • Fixed an issue introduced in 1.1.1 that allowed Ice Breaker to persist ammo after respawn
      World
    • Players can now choose to wear their helmets in social spaces
    • Quest loot pyramid baubles are now easier to spot
    • Added Quest indicator badges to the Tower when a Quest is either completed and ready to turn in
    • Increased Crota’s Bane Reputation rewards on Eris Morn’s bounties
    • Fixed a bug where Major Thralls had two jaws and two left hands
    • Fixed a bug where player’s equipped items did not receive experience from completing missions
    • Fixed a bug where the Black Garden Level 30 Featured Story was incorrectly listed at Level 28
    • Fixed a bug where Heavy Ammo consumables were not available for purchase from Xûr

Strikes

Cereberus Vae III

    • Valus Ta’Aruc’s strength has been reduced by 33%
    • Reduced the number of Major combatants in the Valus Ta’Aurc fight

Dust Palace

    • Dust Palace: Reduced the number of Major combatants in the Psion Flayer fight
    • Dust Palace: Lowered the strength on the Psion Flayers’ shields

Raids

Vault of Glass

    • Vault of Glass will no longer display a highlighted activity notification despite players best efforts to remove it
    • Fixed a bug where splash damage could penetrate the Aegis bubble
    • Shield Relic melee attacks now land Minotaurs more consistently
    • Improved issues associated with walking through the teleport

Crota’s End

    • Crota will now wait until fully standing before a sword attack
    • Fixed a bug where the sword immediately despawned after killing a swordbearer
    • Swords will now last a full 30 seconds after being picked up

PvP

General

    • Greatly reduced the weighting of Blind Watch and Firebase Delphi in Control, Iron Banner, and Inferno Control playlists
    • Fixed a bug where a player that was killed by an enemy could commit suicide and be revived for points
    • Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving points for neutralizing a control zone
    • Fixed a bug where capture points were not properly disabled after the game ends
    • Added incremental revive timers to Skirmish and Salvage: Each time a teammate revives you, it takes longer before you can be revived again (currently +5s each revive)
    • Stopping Power now requires Shotgun kills instead of sprees
    • Target Practice now requires Hand-Cannon kills instead of sprees
    • Electrocutioner now requires Fusion Rifle kills instead of sprees

Maps

    • Anomaly: Added invisible physics over the pool table to keep people from hiding
    • Shores of Time: Added kill volume to the open edge of “A” cave in to keep players from hiding
    • The Burning Shrine: Moved the spawn point to fix camera view

Ammunition

    • Crates are now visible for all players long before they are available to pick up, with a countdown timer added to show when they will arrive
    • Guardians no longer drop Special ammo on death
    • Lowered the amount of Special ammo picked up from crates (from 50% to 25%)
    • Special Ammo crate respawn time raised (from 45 seconds to 120 seconds)
    • Increased drop radius when a friendly picks up a Special crate (from 20 meters to 100 meters)
    • Slightly increased interaction time on Special Ammo crate (from 0.1 seconds to 0.8 seconds)
    • Reduced the number of Special crates on the maps and relocated them (from 6-8 crates to 3-5 crates)
    • Special and Heavy ammo bricks now despawn when a player dies or on a timer (20 seconds for Special, 30 seconds for Heavy)
    • Heavy ammo now lets everyone know which player or Faction picked up ammo
    • Increased warning time on Heavy ammo (from 10 seconds to 15 seconds)

UI

    • New visual treatment to Quest nodes and nodes that involve Quest activities or steps
    • Players can now click the left stick to hide the UI when inspecting items, for screenshotting/sharing purposes
    • Fixed a bug where precision kills did not appear correctly in the PGCR
    • UI flyouts are now easier to navigate (i.e. “Amazon Flyout Menu”)

Audio

    • Fixed an issue where Stealth Vandal audio was being suppressed by gunfire or other loud sounds
      Titan Ward of Dawn now has audio indicators at low energy so players can more easily read when it will time out
    • Players walking into enemy Wards of Dawn now hear a sound when blindness is applied

Companion

    • Fixed issue where Combined Arms Grimoire card was pointing to the wrong unlock conditions
    • Fixed issue where Grimoire cards were awarding the incorrect number of Grimoire points

Technical

  • Fixed a rare soft-lock when a player’s internet connection drops
  • Clarified error that displays when user has insufficient hard drive space
  • Better handling of rest mode/resume on PS4