Every weapon buff and nerf in Destiny 2 Into the Light

Destiny 2 Into the Light update will also see several balancing changes, so here are all the buffs and nerfs coming to the game with the free update. 

Into the Light is a free update that’ll add plenty to Destiny 2, from returning fan-favorite weapons to brand-new modes. As with any other big update, it’ll also bring a slew of buffs and nerfs.

Ahead of the release, Bungie has shared some of these changes, so here are all the balancing changes coming to Destiny 2 with the Into the Light update.

All weapon changes in Destiny 2 Into the Light

Here are all the buffs and nerfs coming to Destiny 2 with Into the Light update, as shared by Bungie in their April 4 TWID blog post.

General Weapon changes

• Grenade Launchers (Breech-Loaded)
  • Increased impact damage by 40%.
  • Reduced disorienting grenade radii (both damage and disorienting) by 15%.
• Lightweight Bows 
  • Increased lightweight Bow base damage by 6%. (Le Monarque and Wish-Ender are not affected by this change).
• Auto Rifles – Precision (450 RPM)
  • Reduced base damage by 5%.
• Hand Cannon
  • Precision Hand Cannons:
    • Increased base damage by 6%.
  • Adaptive Hand Cannons:
    • Increased body shot damage by 1%.
    • Increased critical hit damage by 4%.
• Pulse Rifle
  • Rapid-Fire:
    • Increased body shot damage by 3.5%.
    • Increased critical hit damage by 1%.
  • Lightweight:
    • Increased body shot damage by 6%.
    • Increased critical hit damage by 3%.
  • Adaptive:
    • Increased body shot damage by 5%.
    • Increased critical hit damage by 2%.
• Scout Rifle (Rapid-Fire)
  • Increased base damage by 2%.
• Shotgun (Precision)
  • Corrected a rounding issue that was causing Precision Shotguns to require one extra pellet to kill max-resilience Guardians.

Exotic weapon changes

• Whisper of the Worm: Increased total ammunition from 18 to 24 (before reserves mods).
• One Thousand Voices: Increased total ammunition from 7 to 11 (before reserves mods).
• Quicksilver Storm:
  • Increased shots to trigger rockets by 50%.
  • Reduced grenade area-of-effect damage vs. combatants by 37.5%.
• The Last Word: Increased base damage by 6%.
• Forerunner: Increased base damage by 6%.

Perks

• Master of Arms: Reduced the damage bonus from 20% to 15%.
• Magnificent Howl on Luna’s Howl: The number of Precision final blows before reloading affects the total rounds granted with increased range and damage. Precision final blows while Magnificent Howl is active extend the effect for additional rounds.
• Micro-Missile:
  • Redesigned this perk to be a weapon intrinsic and rebuilt it to do less direct damage vs. players, while giving it dramatically more self-physics impulse.
  • Retuned its PvE damage to be competitive with other Breech-Loaded Grenade Launchers.
  • Granted it a slightly increased reload speed.
• Permeability:
  • Fixed an issue where this perk was causing The Slammer Sword to get stuck on the Strand damage type.

Crucible-only changes

• Reduced flinch taken by all Primary weapons by 15%.
• Increased Precision damage by 11% to address this.
• Reduced base damage by 5%.
• Corrected some weapons getting incorrect ammo amounts from the meter rewards and crates.

That’s everything about the weapon changes coming to Destiny 2 with the upcoming free update. For more on the game, check out:

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