Destiny 2’s March 2025 Update: Major Fixes and Exciting Changes You Can’t Miss!

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Summary

  • Bungie released a new Destiny 2 update fixing issues and adjusting powerful weapon perks.
  • Crucible changes include adjustments to Competitive points system and Trials of Osiris loot modifier.
  • The update also makes changes to exotic gear like the Radiant Dance Machines, Barrow Dyad, and Slayer’s Fang.

Bungie recently rolled out an update for Destiny 2, addressing problems in various game activities, fine-tuning exotic items such as the Radiant Dance Machines for Hunters, and making minor adjustments to some potent weapon traits. It’s been quite a workload for Bungie lately, with them introducing numerous events into the ongoing Destiny 2 season, like the Moments of Triumph and the latest installment of Guardian Games in 2025.

As more fresh content gets added, Destiny 2 consistently receives regular updates, a downside of shifting to Episodic content being an increase in bugs. Over the span of three episodes, players of Destiny 2 have encountered various problems, ranging from a bug that stopped certain weapon bonuses from appearing to a major glitch that spoiled extended gaming sessions. Although those problems were later resolved, there are still several minor ones lingering, which Bungie is now addressing in this latest update by tackling many of them.

This week’s reset for Destiny 2 brought about not only the weekly refresh but also Bungie’s latest game update. For enthusiasts of Destiny 2‘s Crucible, there are a few key alterations to keep in mind. The Competitive points system has been modified, with performance bonuses becoming positive more frequently. Additionally, matchmaking has received minor adjustments to ensure smurf protection isn’t unintentionally applied to players who were previously high-ranked but now find themselves lower in the current season. Lastly, a bug in Trials of Osiris was addressed where the double loot modifier for post-game Adept weapon drops was incorrectly applying twice.

In the lively debates of Episode Heresy, the intricate leg armor from The Hunter’s Radiant Dance Machines has stirred controversy due to some technical glitches. In a recent update for Destiny 2, an earlier problem was resolved where players unintentionally lost additional dodge charges across various activities. However, this upgrade has eliminated the extra range benefits for specific weapons such as Tommy’s Matchbook, The Last Word, and Dead Man’s Tale. Furthermore, the precision angle on this exotic was previously more advantageous for mouse and keyboard users compared to those using controllers. This disparity has now been rectified in this update.

Among the latest game-related incidents, there’s been a bit of a mishap involving the early release of the Rite of the Nine activity for Destiny 2. Originally planned for Act 3, developer Bungie accidentally launched an incomplete version alongside the update for Act 2. This premature release gave some players a sneak peek into the activity before it was fully prepared. In a rather amusing turn of events, the incomplete activity even dropped weapons that were far from finished – some lacked textures entirely! To make things more intriguing, Bungie admitted that some of these unfinished weapons had unexpected perk combinations.

Destiny 2 Update 8.5.2.1 Patch Notes

Crucible

Competitive

  • Points Gains/Losses
    • Increased the granularity of the performance bonus portion of the Rank rewards.
      • This will allow the performance bonus to grant additional positive points more often.
    • Increased the maximum amount the performance bonus can grant from +10 to +20.
    • Increased the maximum amount the contribution scalar can grant from +50 to +60.
  • Matchmaking
    • Fixed an issue where smurf protection could be erroneously applied to players who had been highly ranked in previous seasons but placed lower than expected this season.
      • This was increasing the effective rank that these players were matching in, leading to the reports of lower ranked players matching against players at higher ranks.

Trials of Osiris

  • Fixed an issue where the double loot modifier was being applied twice for post-game Adept weapon drops.

Raids and Dungeons

Sundered Doctrine

  • Fixed an issue where the final boss could be defeated using pressure doors.
    • Pyramid Ships are dangerous places…
  • Fixed an issue where alternate characters that completed the quest could not collect the class item.
    • Alternate characters with no focus set can collect class item from focus chest.
    • Alternate characters with a focus set, will need to set it to the class item to collect from focus chest.

Episode: Heresy

Court of Blades

  • Fixed an issue where the Ritual of Greed armament pickups could be acquired by another player who had also purchased the armament.

Gameplay and Investment

Weapons

  • Updated Temptation’s Hook to match damage profiles of other modern Caster Frame Swords.

Exotic Weapons

  • Slayer’s Fang
    • Fixed an issue where Slayer’s Fang would stun Overload Champions but did not stop their constant health regeneration.
  • Barrow Dyad
    • Fixed an issue where Barrow Dyad couldn’t be crafted if the player had unlocked the fourth intrinsic.

Weapon Perks

  • Fixed an issue where weapons with the Subjugation origin trait would not exhaust boss, miniboss, and Champion combatants.
  • Fixed an issue where Explosive Payload’s damage was not being scaled correctly by some perks like Magnificent Howl and Master of Arms.
  • Fixed an issue where the Legacy Intrinsic Frame precision angle threshold was higher on mouse and keyboard than on controller.

Exotic Armor

  • Radiant Dance Machines
    • Set up custom tuning for Tommy’s Matchbook, The Last Word, and Dead Man’s Tale so that they do not get any range increase from Radiant Dance Machines but still receive some of the accuracy bonuses.
    • Fixed an issue where the precision angle threshold when using Radiant Dance Machines was higher on mouse and keyboard than on controller.

Abilities

  • Fixed an issue where players could spawn infinite orbs with no cooldown after using a Relic.

Artifact

  • Fixed an issue where the Piercing Sidearms perk granted by Tablet of Ruin wasn’t piercing some types of shields.

General

  • “Winged Victory” Holochip has been renamed to “Taking Flight” so as to not be confused with the new ship with the same name.
  • Fixed an issue where the Triumphant ornament required Season Pass ownership to purchase.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Taking Flight” Holochip’s tooltip would not indicate that it was previously purchased.

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2025-03-19 16:35