Destiny 2 March 2024 Update: PvE and PvP Weapon Changes
The upcoming Destiny 2 weapon changes in March 2024 will be huge!
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Guns always need adjustments because the meta should not stay in one place. This is why Bungie constantly changes Weapon Balance, and the Mid-Season Patch is no exception. We’ll try briefly discussing the upcoming changes to help make some Guns more popular. Remember that all these changes will roll out on March 5!
Destiny 2 PvE Weapon Changes in March
First, let’s talk about changes more relevant to PvE than the Crucible, like those that affected Precision and High-Impact Rocket Launchers. Since they had the lowest damage output among all subfamilies, they were hardly used in any content. Update 7.3.5 is ready to fix this, as these archetypes will have their reserve ammo increased by 2, making their total damage on par (or even better) than other Rocket Launchers.
These changes also affected the damage output, as the damage penalty for Precision Archetype is now 5%, and High-Impact had their detonation damage improved while lowering impact damage, making them more effective against groups or moving targets. The most surprising thing is that all these changes also apply to Exotics, namely Deathbringer, Gjallarhorn, and Truth.
Another major change is the Heavy Grenade Launchers buff, which can finally become a worthy competitor to Rocket Launchers. Their main problem was always the reserve ammo, precisely its small amount. This is no longer an issue with the Mid-Season Patch, as all Heavy Grenade Launchers ammo have been increased! Depending on the Archetype, they will receive an additional 6 to 10 rounds.
The team behind these updates also finally made Spike Grenades not a must-have Trait in the 2nd column, as now the difference between GLs with this perk and those without will not be as significant. Additionally, detonation damage was increased by 5%. Developers also did not forget about the Wave Frame Heavy Grenade Launcher, increasing their damage by 20% and wave width by 40%.
Moving on to other, but no less interesting, changes for PvE:
- Caster Swords will be receiving a minor yet pleasant enhancement. They will now have increased heavy attack damage by 16% and reduced heavy attack energy cost from 5 to 4.
- Manticore received a very interesting buff, which now can make it quite relevant for Void Builds. When antigrav thrusters are activated, enemies will hit you less often (similar trait is present in Always on Time Sparrow), and Final Blows and sustained damage will give Void overshield and return ammo to the magazine.
- Ex Diris, a Special GL from the last season, will finally get increased impact damage against PvE enemies by 50%, which means total damage will be improved by ~20%. The Rate of Fire when an Exotic Trait is active will also be raised by 17%.
- Lastly, the Edge of Action bubble is going to receive 85% damage resistance against all combatants (except bosses).
Destiny 2 PvP Weapon Changes in March
Finally, let’s take a look at the Crucible, although not much was touched upon here. Unpleasant changes affected Bows and Sniper Rifles, cutting down their Accuracy, especially at long distances. Lightweight Scout Rifles got a small damage increase of 5%, which means that Guardians can now be killed with 3 critical hits and 1 body hit. A Heavy Burst Hand Cannon bug was fixed, which resulted in them having 25% less aim assist than other Hand Cannons when hip firing or airborne on mouse and keyboard. Exotics also received minor changes:
- Vigilance Wing now has a deterministic recoil pattern (like guns released after Season of the Witch)
- Vex Mythoclast received the same Range as High-Impact Auto Rifles
- After three seconds, Wish-Ender’s True Sight ability to see through walls will now deactivate. To reactivate it, you must fully redraw the Bow.
Destiny 2 Weapon Perk Changes in March
There’s a lot of information about perks in TWID, so we’ll tell you about the most interesting upcoming changes:
- Bait and Switch grants only 30% bonus damage
- Heal Clip grants Cure x2 to the player while still granting Cure x1 to nearby allies
- Trench Barrel can be activated by dealing damage with ranged melee attacks
- Loose Change grants +20 aim assist stat and 20% reduced ADS movement speed penalty
- The reload speed penalty was removed from the Dual Loader
- Hatchling will trigger with either a precision kill or three non-precision kills on every gun
- Target Lock activates later in the magazine for SMGs
- Envious Assassin activation is capped at 100% of magazine size, and the maximum overflow is now three times the magazine size
- Bonus damage against minibosses will be part of Boss Spec
Conclusion to These Weapon Changes in Destiny 2
That’s all you need to know about the March changes, which are not long to wait for. Bungie has also revealed details about ability changes with PvP adjustments, but we decided to dedicat separate articles to them. Bungie has done a tremendous job and will thoroughly shake up the game in the near future. You can share your opinion in the comments!
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