Destiny 2 Ammo and Exotic Weapon Sandbox Changes
The Monument of Triumph update for Destiny 2 is the last. As a result, there is a whole host of sandbox changes coming on June 9th. We have a couple of articles covering all the new sandbox changes. In this article, we will cover the changes coming to the Ammo system and Exotic Weapons. Also, a reminder, all Exotic Weapons will get a catalyst if they do not have one.
Destiny 2: Ammo System Changes
General Changes
- Enemies killed above a pit will no longer spawn an ammo brick
- Will still grant ammo meter progress
Special Ammo Weapons
- Reduced the amount of meter progress Special ammo weapons gain from defeats against minor enemies by 17% at 100 Ammo Gen stat.
Linear Fusion Rifles
- Heavy Ammo Precision LFRs
- Base ammo gained increased from three to five.
- Enhanced ammo gained increased from four to six
- Special Ammo Precision LFRs
- Base ammo gained increased from three to five
- Enhanced ammo gained increased from six to ten
Buried Bloodline
- Fixed a bug that caused Buried Bloodline to gain the correct ammo from an Enhanced ammo brick
Choir of One
- Base ammo gained reduced from 45 to 35
- Enhanced ammo gained reduced from 90 to 70
Rocket Pulse Rifles
- Fixed a bug that caused Rocket Pulses to earn two shots per base brick
- Fixed a bug that caused Psi Aeterna to not gain ammo per brick with Scavenger mods equipped
- Fixed a bug that caused Legendary Rocket Pulses not to split their ammo brick correctly if paired with a second special weapon
Crucible Only
- Reduced points gains from Special ammo, heavy ammo, and super kills by 33%
- Reduced Glaive melee gains by 20%
- Reduced Adaptive Burst LFR ammo gained from crates from five to three
- Increased Rapid Fire LMG max ammo from 45 to 62
- Other LMGs stay at 22
- Reduced Bitter End’s ammo gained to fit the scale.
Destiny 2: Exotic Weapon Changes
Jade Rabbit
- Magazine size increased from 10 to 15
- Shoot to Loot and Firefly replace Zen Moment
- Fate of All Fools
- Max stacks increased to a cap of 15
- Precision kills now add a stack
- Gaining a stack refills the magazine and increases stability
- Reloading does not fully remove stacks.
- Dealing direct body shot damage removes one stack
- Scales the damage of Firefly
- Dealing splash damage will not remove a stack
- Catalyst
- Special reloading will consume all stacks of Fate of All Fools
- Grants a singular Micro Missile round, which deals bonus damage based on the stacks consumed
- Special reloading will consume all stacks of Fate of All Fools
Vex Mythoclast
- Timeless Mythoclast
- A more potent version of Rewind Rounds while in full auto mode
- Temportal Unlimiter
- Precision kills with LFR shots trigger an ignition
- Leaving LFR mode reloads the magazine.
- Visual changes to show LF shots remaining
- Calculated Balance
- Sustained amage can also activate the catalyst
- Added a HUD buff
Touch of Malice
- increased final round bonus damage by 10%
- Special Reload can be faster with reload speed buffs
- Precision Instrument replaces Rapid Hit on the catalyst
- Increased stability and reload speed with each stack of Charged with Blight
The Last Word
- Increased MnK stability by 10%
- Increased MnK hip fire aim assist by 10%
Mida Multi-Tool
- Lowered the PvE combatant kill requirement per modification
- From ten kills (15 with Macro-Tool) to seven kills (10 with Macro-Tool)
- Improved radar resolution from the catalyst remains active for a few seconds after stowing.
- You still need the Multi-Tool in your hands to activate the catalyst.
Heirloom
- Increased charge rate by 20%
- Increased the impact damage of charged shots by 20% in PvE only
- Reduced extra heat generated by charged shots by 7%
- Increased damage vs miniboss and champion targets by 20%
- Increased damage against bosses by 10%
- Incandescent added to the catalyst.
Tarrabah
- Dealing damage to Scorched combatants grants increased Ravenous Beast progress by 33%
- Kill grant 10% increased progress per kill
- Increased armed trap lifetime by 50% (10 to 15 seconds)
- Increased trap damage against combatants by 30%
- Doubled trap detonation damage against combatants
- Impromptu Ammunition replaces Moving Target
Divinity
- Increased Penance damage by 20%
- Reduced time to activate Penance from 4 to 3 seconds
- Reduced shots to activate the cage from 14 to 10
Winterbite
- Reduced projectile self-damage by 60%
Edge of Action, Concurrence, and Intent
- Glaive projectiles grant double progress towards the special shot
Hierarchy of Needs
- Seekers apply Scorch stacks
- Added hidden tracking for seekers that guide them to targets hit by precision damage
- Increased hip fire accuracy added to the catalyst
Sunshot and Graviton Lance
- Explosion damage increased toward nearby enemies, but decreased against enemies further away
Outbreak Perfected
- Reduced bonus damage at maximum stacks from 4.5x to 4.
Arbalest
- Increased champion damage by 33%
Wardcliff Coil
- Fixed a bug where Wardcliff Coil did not grant Bolt Charge if the player was too high off the ground
- Mechanized Autoloader now works when stowing the weapon
- Increased maximum ammo from five to eight
The Lament
- Reverted the previous damage nerf by 70%
- Returned most of the final combo hit damage and self-healing
Truth
- Returns one ammo to reserves and buffs the next magazine when all rounds in a mag hit a target
- Next mag gains increased fire rate, stability, tracking strength, and cluster bombs
Thunderlord
- Reduced ammo refunded by lightning strike from seven to five
Whirling Ovation
- Increased the amount of Anticipation gained per point of damage by ~11%
Prometheus Lens
- Increased scorch stacked applied per trigger
Centrifuse
- Increased the magazine refilled per trigger to 10% from 4%
Slayer’s Fang
- Increased mag size by two
- Increased reserve ammo by ten
- Reloads itself while the buff is active
Xenophage
- Increased reserve ammo by 10
Praxic Blade
- Slightly increased time taken to get ammo refunded when blocking
- Strongholds no longer allow for infinite blocking with Special ammo swords
- Reduced ammo refunded by light attacks
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