#also if any titan super needs changing it's fists of havoc. they simply have no utility or any special use

[thefirstknife]

Following up on the ask about the Titan supers, going for the fantasy expectation question specifically- Titans are, thematically, front-line tacticians. People throw around Spartan, Paladin, Soldier, titles like that. What bungie seems to see them as is a big gorilla, or the Hulk, and I feel that does a disservice to the actual characterization of the class. Even if it does different things in gameplay, debuffing for example, running around punching is creatively boring. I'd like a utility supe

The problem is, how do you translate "front-line tactician" into a playable ability? A tactician is someone who makes plans to execute a strategy. Titans are well known to be able to make plans, both ahead of time and on the go, as well as improvise in the heat of battle, but that is simply incredibly metaphysical to make first person shooter gameplay out of.

As an example, would I like if, as a Titan, I could use destructible environment to quickly create a throwing melee or super? Sure. A game where a piece of concrete can be destroyed and then you can pick it up and use it to throw it at enemies or create a temporary barricade or do whatever else you might come up with to simulate a front-line tactician would be unfathomably cool. And also impossible to do in Destiny as it exists right now.

We can extend that to other classes as well. Warlocks are scholars and students of the arcane space magics and should be able to specialise in specific fields and then weave them as they see fit in millions of different ways, but instead their supers are; throw void orb, throw void orb but it tracks, you are void orb, solar sword on fire, solar sword on fire in the ground, electric fingers, electric beam and stick.

Hunters are supposed to be agile scouts and explorers who trek the wilderness and map the unknown, but I'm forced into known missions with fireteams instead of having an open world to map out alone for others. My supers are gun with three bullets, gun with six bullets, knives, bow with one shot, bow with three shots, knives, spin stick, throw stick and tornado.

There's very obviously a limit to what the class is in lore and setting and what it can be in gameplay. I totally understand the disappointment about the new super being seemingly "the same" as the last one ("element on fists, punch"), but I feel like a lot of the complaints and demands are quite literally impossible and unreasonable. And some of the complaints can be applied to other two classes as well.

I think it's good to tell Bungie that we would like more variety in supers, especially as it pertains to their viability in various content. I would 100% love for an additional super for stasis and strand and for Titans to have more ranged options because in a lot of cases you can't really get close range to enemies. Stomps, pushback, environmental hazards and other issues limit what we can use melee abilities for.

Obviously I've not played the strand stuff so I'm working with what we've been told and shown, but I think it's fairly obvious that strand IS a utility super. It's the most utility since void and overshield; strand not only gives you and your teammates damage reduction, but also controls the battlefield by suspending enemies. Like, by all accounts strand is a utility subclass with a lot of debuffing and buffing options and movement utilities.

I also think it's reductive to say that the new strand super is just "gorilla." It really isn't. I am not aware of gorillas being able to control the battlefield by suspending enemies in the air and locking down a whole section while empowering allies with damage reduction utilities. And being able to control the battlefield and empower your allies while you plan out your attack and dish out damage is, quite literally, a tactician move.

I think both Behemoth and Berserker are much closer to the front-line tactician fantasy since void. If anything is "gorilla" it's Fists of Havoc. A lot of people shit on Behemoth but if you really want utility and being able to perform multiple tasks at once with your super, Behemoth is one of the things to pick. Need to kill enemies? Got it. Need to freeze them while you deal with something else? Got it. Need to block off an area? Got it. Need to create barricades for your team? Got it. Your team needs overshield which you can give them by making stasis shards with your super? Got it. The problems with Behemoth not being used much are with a completely different section of issues, which is activity, encounter and enemy designs.

If Berserker is truly similar in any way, then it's in this this way imo, as it gives you options to use your super in different ways for different purposes depending on what you need. Like a tactician. I think people are way too focused on the idea that you use your fists and not at all focusing on the actual utility and options of the super. Though obviously if someone just isn't vibing with it, it's not something that people can change.

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You May Need A Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down To Read The Huge Destiny 2 2.0 Patch Notes

When I post the Fortnite patch notes we sometimes take a swipe at Destiny 2’s infrequent and rather small patch notes. Clearly they have been reading TSA as the latest patch notes, which take the game to 2.0 ready for the next expansion, Forsaken, and huge. Like, For

Got your mug of tea? Then here we go.

Player Character

General

Subclass screen updated in preparation for Forsaken

Weapons and Armor

Exotic Armor 

Hunter

Orpheus Rig

No longer grants Super energy on bloom and damage sharing

Raised base Super amount that you receive from tethers to create a more consistent and less exponential experience

Super energy given is scaled up when more powerful enemies are tethered

When used with Moebius Quiver, grants additional tether shots

Does not grant ability energy on tethering targets

Celestial Nighthawk

Now grants 33% of your Super energy back if the target is killed by the shot

Wormhusk Crown

No longer starts regeneration of health and shields

Instead grants a larger health and shield bump at the beginning of dodge instead of at the end

Knucklehead Radar

Enhanced radar resolution while crouching

Lucky Pants

Extended duration of Illegally Modded Holster

Shinobu’s Vow

Skip grenade returns some energy when it damages an enemy

Warlock

The Stag

Rift dropped from death now has standard rift duration

Eye of Another World

Ability recharge bonus increased

Nezarac’s Sin

Increased duration of Abyssal Extractors

Rapid kills extend the duration up to 20 seconds

Skull of Dire Ahamkara

Increased Super energy gained from Nova Bomb kills

Killing higher-ranked enemies now rewards more Super energy

Transversive Steps

Enhanced mobility

After sprinting for a short time, your currently equipped weapon is automatically reloaded

Winter’s Guile

Tuned damage and duration per stack to be more consistent

Titan

Mk. 44 Stand Asides

Overshield granted by sprinting appears faster

Hallowfire Heart

Base cooldown reduction when Super is uncharged in addition to CDR when charged

Helm of Saint-14

Grants allies an overshield for a short duration when passing through Ward of Dawn

Mask of the Quiet One

Increased energy gain from incoming damage

While critically wounded, health is granted from kills

Crest of Alpha Lupi

Healing pulse is more effective

Peacekeepers

Increased movement speed when wielding an SMG

Wormgod’s Caress

Tuned damage and duration per stack to be more consistent

Weapons

Developer Insight: With Forsaken, we’ve made a major change to the systems—the freedom to slot powerful weapons in either the Kinetic slot or Energy slot. This fundamental change necessitated a fresh look at a player’s damage output in both PvE and PvP.

Primary ammo weapons and Special ammo weapons may exist in either the Kinetic or Energy slot.

Heavy ammo weapons can exist only in the Power slot.

Ammo type and damage type are now fixed attributes of a specific weapon.

Ammo distribution models updated entirely to support weapon slot changes.

Energy weapons no longer deal bonus damage to active enemy Supers.

Ammo Economy

Primary Ammo Weapons

Hand Cannons

Scout Rifles

Auto Rifles

Pulse Rifles

Sidearms

Submachine Guns

Special Ammo Weapons

Fusion Rifles

Shotguns

Sniper Rifles

Trace Rifles

Single Shot Grenade Launchers

Heavy Ammo Weapons

Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers

Rocket launchers

Linear Fusion Rifles

Swords

The following Year 1 weapons have moved to the Kinetic slot

Baligant

Shepherd’s Watch

Hawthorne’s Field-Forged Shotgun

Alone as a God

Perfect Paradox

The Frigid Jackal

Silicon Neuroma

The following Year 1 weapons are now locked to Solar damage

IKELOS_SR_v1.0.1

IKELOS_SG_V1.0.1

The following Exotic weapons did not change slot and still use Heavy ammo

Tractor Cannon

The Legend of Acrius

D.A.R.C.I.

Whisper of the Worm

Developer Insight: The tuning of Destiny weapons and abilities is inexorably tied to the systems that we build upon. Ultimately our goal is to still provide gameplay challenge despite a global increase in player damage output due to the new systems introduced. To properly support the higher uptime of Shotguns, Snipers, and Fusions, the following changes were made to all weapons in the game.

Primary Ammo Weapons

Increased precision damage output of Primary ammo weapons

Increased in-air accuracy

Decreased body shot damage in PvE

Decreased Auto Rifle damage required to stagger enemies to compensate for reduced body damage

Special Ammo Weapons

Reduced damage output of Special ammo weapons

Increased damage of Trace Rifles

Trace Rifles now disintegrate defeated enemies

Heavy Ammo Weapons

Grenade Launchers:

Increased damage and blast radius

Linear Fusion Rifle

Increased damage

Reduced time to charge and fire

Reduced aim assist

Swords

Increased ammo

Increased damage mitigation when guarding

Exotics

Sleeper Simulant

Fixed issue where charge time was not displayed properly on weapon

Magazine size increased

Reduced base damage

Borealis

Bonus damage after breaking a shield increased on precision hit

Still grants bonus damage on body shots

Prometheus Lens

No longer generates Special ammo on kill

Tractor Cannon

Repulsor Force’s Weaken effect now also increases non void damage by 33%, but no longer stacks with other weaken effects. (Shadowshot,Hammer Strike, etc).

Perks

Explosive Payload

Reduced bonus damage output

Ambitious Assassin

Increased time allotted between kills to earn bonus ammunition

Backup Plan

Decreased amount of time weapon must be stowed for perk to become available

Box Breathing

Reduced time required for perk to activate

Reduced precision bonus

Perk now resets after firing

High-Impact Reserves

Damage bonus granted earlier in magazine

Grave Robber

Now reloads your entire magazine

Primary ammo is granted directly to magazine

Heavy and Special ammo is transferred from reserves to magazine

Field Prep

Increased inventory reserves

Increased stow, ready, and reload speed when crouched

Auto-Loading Holster

Reduced time required for perk to activate when weapon is stowed.

Opening Shot

Increased falloff range (weapon does more damage at longer ranges)

Triple Tap

Grants ammo directly to the magazine; no longer pulls from reserves.

Mods

Starting with 2.0.0.1 (9/4/2018), Year 1 mods can no longer be inserted into gear or weapons. You will no longer be able to insert any mods into Year 1 gear or change the elemental damage type come next week.

Misc

Fixed an issue where Rocket Launcher stability stat was not working as intended

Fixed an issue where the Impact Casing perk on Grenade Launchers did not function

Swords now have the ability to accept shaders

Abilities

  General

Visual layout of perks has changed in subclass paths

Increased base Guardian melee damage

It now takes two melee hits to defeat an enemy Guardian in PvP

Increased the base damage of Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, and Shield Bash

Adjusted active Super bonus damage resistance values

Added a timer to the status effect for Healing Rift, Empowering Rift, and Rally Barricade to communicate the time remaining before they expire

Grenades

Axion Bolt

Increased base damage

Increased the amount of time it takes for the tracking strength to lower

Flashbang

Increased base damage

Incendiary Grenade

Increased base damage

Storm Grenade

Increased base damage

Scatter Grenade

Re-tuned range and falloff ranges for the detonations for more reliable damage

Magnetic, Fusion, and Flux Grenade

Increased base damage

Damage is now the same whether a target has been stuck or simply walked over grenade when detonating

Magnetic Grenade now detonates a second time only if it’s attached to a target

The second detonation no longer only occurs on the grenade itself and will now be applied to each individual target hit by the initial detonation

Skip Grenade

Increased impact damage of each Skip Drone impact for a higher total potential damage

Voidwall

Increased the damage of initial Void Wall wave

Hunter

General

Marksman’s Dodge is now considered a reload; it can interact with Kill Clip, Rat King, etc.

Gunslinger

Practice Makes Perfect perk now grants Super energy on throwing knife kills

Increased the duration of all versions of Golden Gun

Nightstalker

Once activated, the Shadowshot tether will find enemy targets more reliably within its search radius

Titan

General

Rally Barricade no longer requires players to take cover to reload—it now feeds ammo to your magazine over time

Striker

With Terminal Velocity enabled, the opening Fists of Havoc slam no longer leaves a lingering damage area

Lowered the health threshold for triggering Knockout so that it triggers sooner, to keep up with the PvP lethality changes

Increased the lunge range of the Fists of Havoc melee attack

Sunbreaker

Sol Invictus will now trigger on burn kills

Sentinel

Increased Ward of Dawn health significantly

Increased the amount of health provided by the Ward of Dawn overshield

Sentinel Shield Super

Increased Shield Throw projectile speed

Shield Throw no longer loses damage after bouncing or ricocheting off targets

Faster attack animations for grounded melee attacks

Increased Sentinel Super damage in PvE

Warlock

General

Increased Healing Rift effectiveness

Empowering Rift now increases precision damage (previously, bonus damage was capped at the weapon’s precision damage in PvP)

Stormcaller

Increased the PvP damage of Stormtrance

Increased Arc Soul’s projectile speed

Dawnblade

Increased Dawnblade projectile speed and base tracking strength

Voidwalker

Significantly reduced the length of time that Blink disables your radar and HUD

Chaos Accelerant no longer costs Super energy to use

Increased the damage bonus granted by Chaos Accelerant for each Voidwalker grenade

PvE

Daily Heroic Story Playlist

Year 1 meditations have been retired and replaced with a Heroic Story playlist

These will share modifiers with Heroic adventures and strikes

Forsaken campaign missions will be featured at 500 Power, while Year 1 campaign missions will be featured at 200 Power

Destinations

Wanted escapees from the Prison of Elders now roam the open world

They will not drop rewards until September 4, 2018

Increased the difficulty of Lost Sectors

Example: EDZ Lost Sectors are now 240 Power

Adventures

Replayable adventures have been removed from destination vendors

Heroic adventures have been added to all destinations

Destinations without Heroic adventures before Forsaken will have them available during their Flashpoint weeks

A random Heroic adventure will be available each day

Mercury and Mars Heroic adventures are unchanged

Heroic adventures will share similar modifiers with daily Heroics and strikes

Strikes

Vanguard Strikes

Heroic Strike playlists have been retired for all players and replaced with a single content-appropriate playlist:

Legacy

Strikes playlist matches the legacy playlist that is currently available in Year 1

Recommended Power 200

Will have modifiers

Forsaken

Strike playlist has three difficulties to select from:

Recommended Power 300 (not available when your level is 40 Power higher)

Recommended Power 400 (not available when your level is 40 Power higher)

Recommended Power 500 (always available)

Will have modifiers

Nightfall

Retired Prestige difficulty

Increased base difficulty for Nightfall activities

Players can choose one of three Nightfall strikes each week

Players may select only the strikes for which they own the appropriate expansions

Legacy players will still be able to enable modifiers via the Challenge Card, but scoring will be disabled in the 270 Power Nightfall

Raids

  Developer Insight: Our goal with the changes was to provide players with an opportunity for heroic moments where they can carry the fireteam to victory at the end of the encounter. Players are still incentivized to resurrect their teammates as quickly as possible but brings back the chance for one player to bring down the boss while everyone else is dead.

  Revive Mechanics

A fireteam has a total of 2:30 seconds to revive fallen team mates during a given Raid encounter

This time is only refreshed if a fireteam wipes

If a player is not revived within the time remaining, the fireteam is wiped to “Shared Fate”

Each player has one token that they may use to revive a player

Multiple players being dead does not increase the speed of the timer

General

Escapees from the Prison of Elders now appear in strikes, Lost Sectors, and public areas

Crucible

General

New ammo model for maps to accommodate weapon slots

Items & Economy

General

Collections (emblems and Exotics) that are found in the vault will be unavailable during the week of August 28–September 4, but they will return with 2.0.0.1 in the upcoming Collections tab

Exotics will now always drop at or above your Guardian’s Power level

Year 1 challenges will no longer grant destination materials or tokens

Destination materials can be earned via bounties, available from their respective destination vendors

Anything that previously granted destination tokens or Rare materials will grant Common destination materials moving forward

Destination tokens and Rare destination materials are no longer granted, but they can still be redeemed for reputation if you have them in your inventory

Xûr

His will is not his own

No longer displays a vendor icon on destination maps

No longer tied to Flashpoints

He has a clear purpose but cannot explain it—forgive him

Fated Engrams grant only pre-Forsaken Exotics

Tower

Increased vault size to 500 slots

Players can now dismantle shaders in stacks of five in Master Rahool’s vendor screen

Cayde-6

Cayde-6 has left the Tower to investigate disturbances in the Reef

Removed Treasure Maps and Scout Reports

Technical

Localization

Added Korean language support to consoles

User Interface

Updated title screen to reflect Forsaken launch

Director

The Director screen has been updated to reconfigure the way challenges, milestones, Flashpoints, and quests are presented:

Challenges

The Year 1 challenge system has been removed and converted into bounties, which will be available through their respective destination and activity vendors on September 4

Bounties are displayed in the Pursuits bucket of the inventory screen

In Year 2 (Forsaken), “challenges” now refer to the bonuses that grant rewards on a daily or weekly basis

These can be seen in the Director via new indicators on a playlist or destination when available

Milestones

The milestone tray will now be limited to showing specific quests and quest steps

One-time completion objectives, such as campaign missions, subclass missions, and strikes introductions will remain as milestones

Players who do not have any active milestones will not see a milestones blade being displayed

Many Year 1 milestones have been converted into challenges

These challenges will continue to grant powerful rewards

Weekly and daily milestones

Previous weekly and daily milestones, such as strike completion and Crucible, will now appear as weekly or daily challenges on their associated playlists

Flashpoints

The Flashpoint milestone will now appear as a challenge visible on its respective destination vendor

Flashpoint progress has been expanded to include Lost Sectors and Heroic adventures

Exotic quests

Exotic quests are now displayed in the Inventory tab under the Pursuits bucket

They can be recovered at the quests’ associated vendor if abandoned

Exotic quests now correctly use Exotic coloring in the UI

Icons for Exotic quests are now appropriately represented with Exotic rarity

World quests

World quests are now displayed in the Inventory tab under the Pursuits bucket

Updated the Director with a new theme and layout to better represent destinations for Year 2

Presell is in the Reef location

The “Leviathan” raid and raid lairs have been moved to Nessus

Character Screen

Weapon slots

Weapon tooltips now display ammo types

White ammo icon – “Primary”

Green ammo icon – “Special”

Purple ammo icon – “Heavy”

The HUD will show a color based on the associated ammo type next to each weapon on the weapon tray

Subclass screen

The path name is now being displayed along the bottom of the character art

Collections

Collections are not available until September 4

Triumphs

Triumphs are not available until September 4

Gear tooltips

Perks are displayed by name only on tooltips for Ghost Shells, weapons, and armor

Exotic perks will display a short description

General

Adjusted contrast and saturation to match Forsaken theme, throughout Destiny 2

Players may adjust their brightness manually through the Settings menu

And breathe!

Source: Bungie

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