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Next Destiny Update Makes Toughest Strike Easier

Added: 03.04.2015 14:36 | 7 views | 0 comments


"The Cerberus Vae III Strike is arguably the longest and hardest Strike in the game. It has one the lowest completion rates of any of the Strikes," he said. "Even when players complete it successfully, it takes longer than almost any other Strike activity at 27 minutes on Normal difficulty. When it's appeared as the Nightfall, it's actually had the lowest completion rate of any Strike activity in the game. The Dust Palace Strike isn't quite as hard, but it still takes longer to complete successfully than the average Strike at 23 minutes on Normal difficulty."

As a result of this feedback, Destiny production engineer Brenton Woodrow explained that the Cerberus Vae III Strike will become easier once the new patch is applied. This will be done by reducing strength and health for major enemies, among other things.

"Our goal was to ease the difficulty for the least-completed Strikes. In order to do this, we focused on the final boss encounters, which were fairly lengthy on higher tiers," Woodrow said. "We addressed this by reducing the strength for several of the major combatants. We also felt that the bosses themselves could use some tweaking. We reduced Valus Ta'Aurc's health by a third and reduced the Psion Flayers' shields by about 15 percent. We locked these changes after several playtests with the designers and feel that they bring these encounters in line with the rest of the Strikes."

Bungie has not announced a release date for Destiny's 1.1.2 patch.

What do you make of all the changes Bungie is making to Destiny? Let us know in the comments below!

From: www.gamespot.com

Bungie Banning "Toxic" Destiny Players

Added: 03.04.2015 13:05 | 6 views | 0 comments


"In Destiny's community, the efforts of a dedicated player can have a huge impact on the experience of hundreds or thousands of other players," Hopson said. "Most of the time, this is awesome. When someone is willing to put in the time as a Raid sherpa, a clan leader, or a forum moderator, we all benefit and Destiny comes a little bit closer to its potential as a shared world."

However, Hopson added that there are players who "put in that same level of monomaniacal effort into being jerks." Bungie has long been aware of the negative power of players who sit idle in Destiny Strikes or PvP, but is now taking steps to eradicate the worst offenders.

"It's become clear that a small number of the worst idlers are responsible for damaging the experiences of thousands of other players," he said. "One player not contributing in an activity might seem like a small thing, but it can make a Weekly Heroic Strike unbeatable or make a Crucible match unwinnable. Those little bits of damage to the experiences other players adds up over time."

However, Bungie said if these Destiny players don't shape up, the developer won't be afraid to wield the banhammer. "If the affected players keep up this behavior after the restrictions lapse, we will apply stronger and (eventually) permanent restrictions on their accounts," Hopson explained.

This new policy probably doesn't apply to you, Hopson clarified. Putting down the controller to answer the the phone or get to the door to pay the pizza delivery person won't lead to a ban. Only the people who have "really gone out of their way to repeatedly cheat their teammates" will feel the force of Bungie's banhammer, the developer explained.

As always, Destiny players can utilize the game's reporting system to inform Bungie of bad eggs.

From: www.gamespot.com


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