Bungie is kicking off Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen today with the introduction of a new story, a new PvE mode called Battlegrounds, and a very attractive exotic bow that can track several targets at once. But behind the headlining content is also an accompanying patch that fixes a bunch of bugs and cements some significant balancing changes to weapon archetypes.
You can read the shockingly thorough patch notes on Bungie’s site, but here are some balancing highlights going into Season of the Chosen.
Rocket Launcher
- Increased Rocket Launcher damage by ~30% against Miniboss tier enemies and above.
- Exotic Rocket Launchers have been adjusted individually and are affected by this change to different degrees.
Fusion Rifle
- Increased Fusion Rifle damage falloff start distance, by an increasing amount based on range (6% with 0 range, 16% with 100 range).
- Reduced camera movement from firing a Fusion Rifle by 9.5%.
Breech Grenade Launcher
- Breech Grenade Launcher projectiles will now…
