One cave gets patched, another gets found. I think Bungie have finally noticed that something is wrong with the Destiny loot system, rather than the players. Good news! Massive changes are coming next week, the developers say that the latest 1.0.2 patch will bring joyful experiences. Mainly rare and legendary engrams will always decode an item that is either rare or legendary! So no more decoding purple engrams only to get crappy items!
The weekly and daily heroic strike missions will also add rare and legendary loot to the rewards.
The official patch notes are as follows:
The 1.0.2 patch will go live next week, and includes several changes to the Cryptarch and Engram experience. These changes guarantee that Engrams will always decode into items at or above the quality of an engram.
Only Engrams that drop after 1.0.2 are subject to this change.
Cryptarch Changes
Cayde-6 took the Cryptarch aside and showed him a sack of doorknobs. He decoded that mystery pretty quickly.
- Legendary Engrams will always produce Legendary or better quality items, including Materials or Exotics
- Rare Engrams will always produce Rare or better quality items
- Rare engrams will have an increased chance to produce Legendary quality items
Activity Changes
- Daily Heroics, Weekly Heroics, and Vanguard: Tiger Playlist activities will include Rare and Legendary Engrams in addition to their existing rewards
Item Changes
- Ascendant materials have been promoted to Legendary to closer associate them with the gear they are used to upgrade
- Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest—even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already…
So finally, the loot system is getting some much needed fixes!
What do you guys think of the patch? Were you finally sick of finding the latest cave to stand in front of for hours on end?
You can check out the official blog post here.
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