Destiny Update 2.1.1 Today Adds Crimson Days Event, Freelance Playlists & More

Update:

The Destiny update is now available on all platforms, with Bungie revealing the full list of patch notes:

New Event: Crimson Days

Grab a partner to celebrate Crimson Days from February 9th, 10AM PST to February 16th, 1AM PST

Grab Quests

Go talk with Lord Shaxx in the Tower to receive the quest “Crimson Bonds” – Players must be at least Level 40 to be eligible to obtain this quest

Play Crimson Doubles – 2v2 PvP Event Playlist: Crimson Doubles

Requires Pre-made Fireteam of 2

In Crimson Doubles, “Heartbroken” buff is applied to you when your teammate is down that provides maxed stats and faster reload

Weekly Shaxx bounties have been replaced with special Crimson Doubles bounties for the duration of the event

General

Fixed an issue where some emote incidents would appear twice

Fixed a rare issue where the Refer-a-Friend buff was not being properly applied when joining an in-progress activity

Weapons

Fixed an issue where an extra icon on the kiosk was appearing for players who acquired MIDA Multi-Tool exotic weapon for both Year One and Year Two

Fixed an issue with Hakke pulse rifle damage scaling to bring them back in line with other pulse rifles

Armor

Fixed the icon for Titan class item Mark of a Kellslayer

Fixed an issue where the icon for the Hunter artifact Unerring Compass was missing on PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360

Activities

Fixed an issue where the Vienna Singer ship was not dropping at appropriate rates

Nightfall

Reduced the chance for ghost shells to be awarded from completing the weekly in favor of other rewards

Raid: King’s Fall

Fixed an issue that allowed players to become immune to the Totem room damage by using a sword’s block ability

Totems will now kill players under the totem after an extended period of time

Fixed an issue on the aura holder when exiting 3rd person, the camera forward would get reset back facing the direction of the players feet

Fixed an issue where the Ogres would teleport when they had issues path finding around previous dropped bombs

Crucible

General

Bounties have been moved to the top of Shaxx’s vendor screen

Players now start without special ammo in all 3v3 modes

Fixed an issue where the quest step to “Complete a match with 6+ Auto Rifle kills” was not properly registering

The temporary fix applied previously has been removed once again to allow this quest to be turned in properly

Fixed an issue where the text display for Nova Bomb score bonuses was incorrect

Damage Referee has been enabled in the Control playlist for the Crucible

Playlists

New Rotating Playlists

Freelance 3v3 featuring Skirmish, Salvage and Elimination – only accessible by solo players, no fireteams

Freelance 6v6 featuring Control, Clash and Rift – only accessible by solo players, no fireteams

Inferno 3v3 featuring Inferno Skirmish, Inferno Salvage and introducing Inferno Elimination!

Inferno 6v6 featuring Inferno Control and Inferno Clash

Iron Banner

Iron Banner returns on February 23rd, 10AM to February 29th, 1AM PST

Iron Banner armor pieces from Rank 5 packages will now be granted immediately, instead of appearing once you return to Orbit

Increased the base win rep amount by +20% (50 to 60)

Waypoints have been added to Lord Saladin when the Rank 3 and Rank 5 packages are available

Players can no longer recycle into Iron Banner matches after the event has ended

Trials of Osiris

Reduced the postgame wait time by 15 seconds

Adjusted loot tables to make rewards more consistent and less likely to have a non-payout match

Maps

Crossroads

Fixed an issue where some players are able to perch in an advantageous position on a giant tree root

The Timekeeper

Removed dynamic objects and moved overtime objective to help it play better in Elimination

Items

Fixed an issue where Reputation was being awarded when dismantling the Future War cult ship “The Climb” – Access to the ship via the kiosk has been re-enabled

Fixed an issue where the icon on Gunsmith vendor screen to display the correct reputation

Original Story:

Scheduled to go live at 10am PT/1pm ET today, Destiny update 2.1.1 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 will add the Crimson Days event, as well as Freelance playlists, changes to Special Ammo, a Damage Referee, and more.

As Bungie writes on their website, “Pardon our dust! We are pushing a patch live today. Players will be required to log in to Destiny again after returning to the title screen to install the patch. You should not be removed from any activities you are currently in.”

Full patch notes for today’s update will be available shortly after 10am PT, so stay tuned for full details once they’re available.

In their latest Weekly Update, Bungie addressed an issue where some players may need to re-download all updates:

With each update, we encounter reports of players being required to re-download all update content in order to play Destiny once again, or general issues installing the most recent update. We’re aware that some consoles attempt to verify previously installed patches to ensure there are no issues with previously downloaded content. Do not cancel out of this verification, or you will be required to re-download all previous updates.

Please ensure that you have enough memory present on your console to accept the most recent patch. Additional information can be found within this Help Article. Additionally, if your download stalls for an extended amount of time, you may need to cancel your download and update manually.

Will you be participating in the Crimson Days event?

[Source: Bungie (1), (2), (3)]

Essential Reading:

9 Things You May Have Overlooked in Destiny The Taken KIng

9 Things You May Have Overlooked in Destiny: The Taken King

You may not play Destiny a lot. You also may not follow everything online about the game. Fortunately, we're showing you some fundamental things about the game's latest expansion that you may have overlooked to help you get the most out of it.
1) Court of Oryx

In the middle of the Dreadnaught there's a massive platform with a portal on it which can be accessed through patrols. This is the Court of Oryx. Spending time here will drop a ton of engrams and allow you to level up quite rapidly.

Players will use runes to spawn enemies and gain rewards for killing them. Even if you don't have runes of your own, you'll get periodic rewards as others use theirs. A couple of hours here can easily upgrade your light significantly, and it's a lot of fun to grab some friends run the Court.
2) Motes of Light

If you played a lot of Year One Destiny, and had a ton of old materials sitting around (yup, those ascendant and radiant materials), you'll have access to a ton of Motes of Light.

The materials can be turned in to The Speaker in exchange for Motes of Light, and leveling up beyond 40 will get you Motes as well.

What are they good for? Hold square in your menu while over them and you will gain experience for any weapons and armor that need experience. Got a sweet new sniper that you want to max out quickly before you run the raid? Use Motes. It's a little trick that can really save time. You can also use Motes of Light to quickly level up your chosen faction reputation.
3) Three of Coins

When Xur makes his appearance for the weekend, you can check here at PlayStation LifeStyle for his location and inventory. Even if there's nothing for you, it's worth it to pick up a few Three of Coins. He sells five for seven Strange Coins.

Using the Three of Coins increases the drop rate of exotics from Ultras (boss enemies). The buff goes away after each boss, whether an exotic drops or not, but there's good news! It stacks if you don't get an exotic, so chances are increased each time.

If you make sure that you use a Three of Coins anytime you don't have the buff active, regular play will see a number of exotics dropping for you.
4) Class Specific Strike Armor

The Taken King has some unique new strike bosses, and your Guardians can wear armor modeled after each of them. By playing the heroic strike playlist, there's a higher chance that you can get legendary armor pieces for each class that match some of the bosses.

These armor pieces will drop according to your light level though, so if you want them in the endgame, you'll want to run this with a high light level.
5) Regular Bounties

Bounties have gotten much easier to accomplish, both in requirements and with being able to turn them in directly from your menu. Turning in bounties will often get you Motes of Light, Strange Coins, and engrams, so it's well worth picking up each days bounties before you head out to fight the darkness for the day. It's a simple one, but something many Guardians overlook.
6a) Crucible Questline/Weekly Shaxx Bounties

There's a very long and arduous questline that requires a lot of playing in the Crucible. If you're up for it, completing the full line of quests once (which again, can be frustrating and time consuming) will unlock Shaxx's weekly Crucible bounties. These bounties are far easier to complete than some of the requirements for the questline to unlock these. Go through each of these five bounties...
6b) Weekly Shaxx Bounties

...to complete the final Shaxx bounty for the week. Turning this in from your menu will reward you with endgame gear, such as...
6c) Endgame Gear

...this exotic sniper rifle that dropped for me on my first completion of Shaxx's weekly bounties. While this one gun wasn't worth the pain of the entire questline, having these bounties unlocked for endgame rewards each week going forward will definitely be worth the controller crushing madness I endured.
7a) Gunsmith Rank/Test Weapons

If you head over to Banshee-44, the gunsmith, you can pick up some test weapons every week. These weapons will have specific requirements like using it to kill Hive, or getting kills in the Crucible with it. Once you complete the "research," you can dismantle the weapon as the reputation has already been sent to your gunsmith rank. There's a very good reason for ranking him up...
7b) Gunsmith Rank/Class Specific Weapons

As you level up the gunsmith rank, you will unlock small questlines to get class specific legendary and exotic weapons.

You read me right. An auto rifle and shotgun specifically for a Titan. A sniper rifle just for Hunters. These are great weapons with some special perks that make them work great with each class, so they are well worth getting your rank up for.
8) Exotic Gear Questlines

If you see a questline with a yellow background and a sword in the middle, these are the quests you'll need to complete for specific exotics. Rather than having exotics be random drops, Bungie has created an environment where we can work specifically towards certain exotic items.

Keep in mind that these quests aren't the easiest to do (they are exotics after all), and you may want to have some friends willing to help with some of the missions.
9) Infusion

Want to increase your light level, but your highest level weapon is the hand cannon with a massive reload time? Are your exotic items lower than some of your other unused gear? Infusion is the answer!

Any piece of gear with an attack/defense value can be infused. Hit triangle on any item you want to level up and go to where my cursor is in the image. You can then use any higher level gear from that same slot to infuse into the lower level gear, which will raise it's attack/defense value. You no longer need to leave your favorite legendaries and exotics behind when new, more powerful gear comes up. Now you can specifically increase the level of the gear you want to use.