Destiny 2 October 22 patch notes: Vesper’s Host Artifice Armor & The Last Word fixes

Bungie has shared all of the changes made to Destiny 2 with the game’s October 22 8.1.0.2 patch, including adjustments to Vesper’s Host and The Last Word.

Included in the patch are fixes to Vesper’s Host to ensure Artifice Armor now drops from Master Difficulty runs of the Dungeon, as well as the reintroduction of the correct skybox for The Final Shape ending cinematic shown during Excision.

See below for the full list of patch notes.

Destiny 2 October 22 patch notes

Activities

Excision

• Fixed an issue where the incorrect skybox was showing during The Final Shape ending cinematic.

Seasonal

• Fixed an issue where Act I progression would be blocked if the player abandoned the prologue quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Tonic Capsule would soft lock the game when accessed through the Quests menu.
• Fixed an issue where players could get locked out of creating Tonics if the Tonic Brewing Guide went to the Postmaster.
• Fixed an issue where Major Fieldworks did not play their corresponding voiceover.
• Fixed an issue where onscreen tutorials could not be dismissed during Fieldwork missions.

Onslaught: Salvation

• Fixed an issue where only the first player opening the extra chest at the end of wave 50 of Onslaught would earn the reward.

Raid and Dungeons

Vesper’s Host

• Fixed an issue where Master difficulty was not rewarding Artifice Armor.
• Fixed an issue where players could duplicate nuclear cores.

UI/UX

Pathfinder

• Fixed an issue where Pathfinder third completion was not giving rewards.

Gameplay and Investment

Armor

Sanguine Alchemy

• Added adebuff icon so players can identify that they have been marked by an enemy.

Peacekeepers

• Fixed an issue where SMGs could maintain their damage buff indefinitely when swapping between weapons.

Weapons

Heavy Burst Hand Cannons

• Fixed an issue where they were dealing slightly reduced precision damage.

Revision Zero

• Fixed an issue where Revision Zero would lock into sniper mode when using the Heavy Burst origin trait.

The Last Word

• Fixed an issue where The Last Word was doing too much damage against players.
  • Increased damage vs. combatantats has not been readjusted.
    • Enjoy the PvE buff and yeehaw responsibly.
  • Weapon has been reenabled in PvP and Gambit.

Emblems

• Fixed an issue where the Bungie Foundation Through the Storm emblem was missing its title in the Collections screen.

Artifact

• Fixed an issue where the Retinal Burn Artifact perk has the wrong name assigned in the Artifact screen.

Localization

• Fixed an issue with the French translation of the Precision Instrument perk.
• Fixed an issue where text would become truncated for some languages on the Season Content Overview and Offer screen.

Vesper’s Host Artifice Armor

Master difficulty of Vesper’s Host will have the chance to drop Artifice Armor following the October 22 patch. The term refers to armor that has access to an additional mod slot, providing further boosts to core stats such as Resilience, Discipline, and Intellect.

Rather than a buff, this is a feature that had intended to be present as soon as Master difficulty for Vesper’s Host became available but suffered a bug preventing it from dropping. Rather than disable Master entirely, Bungie opted to leave it open for Guardians attempting to unlock the Unleashed title.

The Last Word

After discovering an issue that meant The Last Word was doing more damage than intended in PvP and Gambit, Bungie disabled the Exotic shortly after Revenant was released on October 8. With Tuesday’s patch, the Hand Cannon will be reenabled for all activities, with a twist.

While the issue primarily affected competitive play due to the extremely quick TTK, Last Word’s damage was also increased in PvE. “You all loved the damage so much that we’ve kept it for PvE,” the studio confirmed.

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