Destiny – update 1.0.3 info

New update brings a lot of features which players were demanding for a while.

Highlights include the addition of new shaders as well as the ability to preview shaders. Public events will now occur 10-15 per cent more frequently. Bounty slots have increased from five to 10. And the long awaited Team Chat will be implemented.

Below are full patch notes.

Voice

• Added a new social feature that enables users to access a channel for Team Chat

• Matchmade teammates will now be able to talk to each other in Strikes and team-based Crucible matches

• To learn more about how to toggle between chat channels, click here

Classes

• Fixed an issue in which two players who performed a melee lunge simultaneously would teleport through each other

• Fixed an issue in which Blink Strike damage would be caused by colliding with the Blink Strike, rather than melee impact

• Fixed an issue in which Warlock Bonds dismantled into Titan materials

Weapons

• General

• Reduced camera shake when being hit with explosive rounds

• Perks:

• Clown Cartridge: Replaced Clown Cartridge perk with other perks in shotgun upgrade trees

• Headseeker: Fixed an issue in which the bonus Precision Damage perk did not always get applied

Activities

• Missions

• Buried City: Fixed an exploit in Mars that would clear all enemies from Clovis Bray

• Strikes

• Winter's Run: Fixed an exploit zone in the Aksor boss encounter

• Difficulty will scale less for 3-player Fireteams, making Strikes less deadly for them

• Heroics

• Fixed an issue in which engrams earned during Daily and Weekly Heroic activities were not displayed in the post-game carnage report

Event: Iron Banner

• Players must now be level 20 and above to lead an Iron Banner Fireteam

• Players below Level 20 can only accompany players above Level 20

• Lord Saladin now has 5 reputation ranks (increased from 3)

• New Features Added: Tempered Buff, Reforging

• For more detailed information, click here

Cinematics

• Fixed several issues with the synchronization of cinematic subtitles in various languages

Destinations

• Combatants

• Fixed an issue in which Vex Cyclops and Hive Shrieker health bars would not update properly

• Reduced the number of Stealth Sword Vandals that spawn in the basement of the Terrestrial Complex on lower difficulties

• Events

• Public Events will occur 10-15% more frequently in all public spaces

Vendors

• Increased the number of Bounty slots in the Inventory from 5 to 10

• Added shaders to Eva Levante's stock in the Tower

• Shader preview functionality added to vendor and inventory screens

• Emblems on vendors can now be previewed in the inventory screen

• Marks and Reputation icons and meters were adjusted to better differentiate the two

• Fixed an issue in which Strange Coins and Motes of Light would not route to the Postmaster if your inventory was full

• Fixed an issue in which engrams were not displaying the possible contents in the Cryptarch vendor menu

• Fixed an issue in which players did not receive Bounty or Mission credit when assisting in the killing of a Walker or Vex Cyclops

• Armor Stat upgrade potentials added to item compare on vendor and inventory screens

PVP

• General

• Enabled revive scoring for Skirmish and Salvage

• Fixed an exploit with revive scoring when entering a kill volume and having a teammate revive you for easy points

• Adjusted Join in-Progress settings for all playlists to minimize long periods of unbalanced teams due to players quitting out of matches

• Added new functionality to match pre-formed fireteams against each other

• This will slowly roll out to all playlists over time, but will start with the 3v3 playlists

• In 3v3 games, Fireteams of 2 or more players will match together more frequently

• In 6v6 games, Fireteams of 4 or more players will match together more frequently

Medals

• Won't Be Beat now triggers correctly when a team wins a game after coming back from a 500-point losing deficit

• Mark of the Unbroken no longer requires a minimum player count

• Sum of All Tears no longer requires a minimum player count

• Sum of All Tears should now trigger consistently

Maps

• First Light

• Implemented multiple fixes to stop players from getting into advantageous positions

• Blind Watch

• Addressed some balancing issues for the Control gametype by moving Zones, modifying routes, and adding cover objects

• Adjusted landing and respawn points to accommodate new geometry changes

• Added protection to prevent players from getting on top of a pipe high above the intended playable space

• Firebase Delphi

• Added protections to prevent players from getting outside the intended playable area between Control Zone A and the crane room

• Rusted Lands

• Blocked off the monitors above Control Zone A to prevent players from hiding in them

• Shores of Time

• Added a Vex pillar to prevent players from sniping through the small gap on the ninja platform

• Implemented multiple fixes to stop players from getting into unfairly-advantageous positions

• Exodus Blue

• Multiple fixes implemented to stop players from getting into advantageous positions, especially the giant hose reel near Control Zone A

• Fixed an issue with visibility culling behind Control Zone A

• Twilight Gap

• Adjusted landing points to keep players from fighting too soon in Rumble matches

• Added protections to prevent players from getting into unintended areas, for example, atop the security camera at Control Zone C

• Added geometry to fill in small gaps that let players see out of the world

HUD

• Improved the readability of Grenade and Melee recharge states

• Improved the visibility of objectives in the Motion Tracker

• Improved the visual look of Revive waypoint and Last Man Standing

• Added skull modifier descriptions to the Navigation Mode screen

• Fixed an issue in which the names of downed teammates did not always display on-screen

Orbit

• Destiny version number to added to the Character Login screen

• Added dialog imagery for various events

• Fixed an issue in which new items available from the Special Orders vendor would not show up in the message count in the Director

• Fixed an issue in which a PlayStation Plus dialog was mistakenly shown when selecting a specific PVP activity

• Added countdown timers for weekly/special events

• Fixed various issues with Director animations

• Fixed an issue in which the Player/Inventory screen would sometimes close during certain parts of the spaceflight sequence

• Added the post-game carnage report for the previous games during Matchmaking search

Menus

• General

• Fixed an issue in which cursor speed in 4:3 and PAL was not consistent

• Roster

• Network Connection Quality Indicators now added to the Roster

• New icons added to the scoreboard and roster to indicate voice problems due to connection issues (NAT issues)

• Added support for direct fireteam joins from the roster on the Xbox One

• Inventory

• Updated Spinmetal, Relic Iron, and Helium Filaments icons to better represent in-game visuals

• Fixed and updated several inventory icons

• Fixed and updated several talent tree icons

Audio

• Improved audio cues for sticking others and being stuck with certain Grenades

• Fixed an issue in which an audio cue would not play when completing a Bounty

• Fixed an issue in which "Guardian down!" referenced the wrong gender in French, Spanish, and Portuguese

Technical

• Added the ability for the Bungie DOC to send in-game alerts and messages

• Fixed stability issues across all platforms

• Fixed an issue that would cause a rare crash during space flight into activities

• Improved patch installation process

• Implemented PS3-specific performance optimizations

• Fixed some issues causing beetle and lionfish Kicks to Orbit