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‘Destiny’ 1.2 Update Drops, Preps ‘House Of Wolves’ But Hold On To Legendary Engrams

By Scott Grill
Published on: 03:59 PST, May 15, 2015

Concern that the House of Wolves for Destiny would be delayed can now be laid to rest. Bungie released the 1.2.0 update on Friday to PlayStation and Xbox consoles to prep for the expansion’s release, fix various issues, and add some new features that will be available to everyone whether they’ve purchased the add-on or not.

The immediate impact with the release of the 1.2 update is that players should not exchange any Legendary engrams picked up after this patch with the Cryptarch until after House of Wolves launches on Tuesday. Not all of the Legendary engrams will be recognized by the Cryptarch yet because they are actually gear that is only available after the expansion’s launch.

Once House of Wolves is released, you will be able to exchange Legendary engrams for new gear. Additionally, you should continue to hold on to all Commendations. They can be exchanged with Vanguard, Crucible, and Faction vendors for 250 reputation points since they won’t be needed to purchase weapons anymore.

The good news continues in regards to Faction reward packages and the Cryptarch. The former will no longer produce Shards while the latter will no longer convert Legendary Engrams into Shards either when the 1.2.0.1 update is released. That means the chance to pick up a Legendary item just greatly increased.

The ability to exchange Ascendant and Radiant materials with the Speaker is not live yet either. Exchanging will cost Glimmer and Motes of Light, but it is a godsend for players trying to increase their Light Levels.

So what was corrected? The Mythoclast and Black Hammer both received fixes with this Destiny update while issues with the Hive Disruptor and Oracle Disruptor perks among others were fixed. You can check out the full 1.2 patch notes below along with the 1.2.0.1 notes that will go live on Tuesday, May 19.

1.2.0 Update

Weapons

  • Fixed an issue in which Vex Mythoclast was not respawning with primary ammunition
  • Fixed an issue with the Hive Disruptor perk, which now appears in the Black Hammer perk set again
  • Fixed an issue in which the Phantom Gift and White Nail perks would become interrupted when non-precision damage occurred from other perks
  • Bonus damage from other perks (e.g., Explosive Rounds, Hive Disruptor) no longer interrupts the count
  • Three precision hits within the time window will trigger the intended refund bonus
  • Fixed an issue in which the Hive Disruptor perk did not work correctly with sustained damage events (auto rifles, pulse, etc.)
  • Oracle Disruptor perk now triggers more often
  • Hive Disruptor perk now triggers more often, but does less damage per event

PVP

  • Salvage: Moved the first Relic to more consistently appear in a centralized position on the map
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to wait an excessively long time to respawn

User Interface

  • Vendor Interaction Panel has been updated to support Quest chains
  • Vendor Interaction Panel now has better animations and fewer popping issues
  • Number of buffs that can be displayed on the Character screen has been increased
  • Inventory item stacks that have reached their highest possible count will now display gold numbers along with an alert in the tooltip that maximum quantities have been acquired

Audio

  • Added improved feedback for players who take damage from energy weapons

Companion

  • Fixed an issue in which the Mercury Grimoire card was not being awarded
  • Retroactively awarded the Mercury Grimoire card to players who have found the “Mercury Memory Fragment” Dead Ghost
  • Vendor items, damage types, and perks will now be visible on Bungie.net and the Mobile App

Technical

  • Addressed a crash on Xbox One that was induced when too many explosions/projectiles were generated
  • Fixed an issue that affected the network quality user interface
  • Indicators will no longer display persistently bad (“red”) quality after a user’s connection recovers from a temporary quality issue
  • The quality indicators should now always correctly reflect a user’s live connection quality

*Addendum

  • We have discovered that Legendary Engrams will drop in 1.2.0 that the Cryptarchs will not recognize
  • Hold on to all newly-acquired purple Engrams until May 19th to benefit from their upgraded decryption skillset

[Update: Bungie’s list of updates for 1.2 was initially incorrect and listed changes to Commendations, the Cryptarch, and the Speaker in the Tower that won’t be available until Tuesday. This article has been altered to reflect the corrected list of updates for the 1.2 update and plans for the 1.2.0.1 update.]

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