Version/1.2.1

Patch 1.2.1 “The one about Exotic Armor Tuning”
Information
Type	Patch
Version ID	1.2.1
Released	May 29, 2018
External Link	Patch 1.2.1
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Events

Faction Rallies

• Information concerning Faction Rallies will be made available on 5/31 in the “This Week at Bungie” blog article.
  

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Sandbox

'Exotic Armor'Hunter

• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves
  
• While you are critically wounded, swapping to a Sidearm increases its damage (2x in PvE, 1.33x in PvP).

• The Dragon’s Shadow
  
• Dodge reloads all weapons simultaneously.
• Dodging now also grants +5 mobility for the duration of Wraithmetal Mail, in addition to its previous benefits.
• Added a UI indicator for the Wraithmetal Mail buff.

Titan

• Lion Rampant
  
• Hipfiring no longer interrupts Lift. Increased hipfire accuracy while airborne.

• Synthoceps
  
• Now grants a flat melee damage bonus for 8 seconds when you are surrounded by three or more enemies (3x in PvE, 2x in PvP).
• This buff also increases Super damage while active (+50%).

Warlock

• Lunafaction Boots
  
• Now allows your Rift to continuously reload weapons while you or allies stand in it.
• Empowering Rift grants a boost to weapon range and aim assist.

• Sunbracers
  
• Solar melee kills now grant unlimited Solar grenade energy for a short duration.

Weapons

• Legendary
• Shining Sphere
• Replaced Pulse Monitor perk with Quickdraw.
• Exotic
• Skyburner’s Oath
• Fixed an issue that caused this weapon’s sound effects to play too quietly while you are aiming down sights.
• SUROS Regime
• Fixed an issue where players could not reload while ADS.

Perks

• Trench Barrel
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed this perk to activate after making melee attacks on friendly targets.

Exotic Masterworks

• MIDA Multi-Tool
  
• The Masterwork catalyst can now be obtained by the most determined competitors in the Crucible.

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Activities

Crucible

• Crucible Labs
  
• Crucible Labs will allow Guardians to play experimental Crucible content.
• Crucible Labs will become available at a later date. Stay tuned to @Bungie on Twitter for announcements.
• The Crucible Labs playlist will be active periodically for feedback.

• General
  
• Fixed an issue where players would lose Rank Points for leaving a match too soon after the match ends.
• Fixed a memory issue that was causing PC players running at low texture quality to frequently hit BEET or KALE errors while loading into 6v6 Iron Banner.
• Fixed the space flights of 3+ minutes players experienced while loading into 6v6 Iron Banner that were caused when they hit BEET and KALE errors.

Public Events

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from triggering the Heroic “Warsat Down” public event when Shriekers would close too quickly.
  

Strikes

• Removed "Exodus Crash" from Heroic Strike Matchmaking.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could join in-progress and become stuck behind a door in the strike “Exodus Crash.”
  
• Fixed an issue where Heroic strike milestones and quests was not progressing due to Vanguard Boons.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck joining allies repeatedly in the strike “Lake of Shadows.”
  
• Added a score modifier display on the item detail screen for Nightfall Challenge Cards.
• Heroic strikes will now award Escalation Protocol Key Fragments.
• Heroic strikes now have a chance (~25%) to award powerful engrams of up to 360 Power.

Raid

• Fixed an issue where launching a one-use Super just as you catch the “Spire of Stars” relic would not consume Super energy.
  
• Changed the “Spire of Stars” relic’s time-out splash damage to allow damage to targets.
  
• The raid vendor will now have a unique performance after you have completed “Spire of Stars.”
  
• Fixed an issue where Calus’s shield had greater health than intended.
  
• Updated the Guided Game tooltip to correctly reflect the required Power level to launch.
  
• Robes of Sekris (Warlock raid chest armor) will now display hanging cloth correctly.
  
• The cost of “Spire of Stars” rewards from Benedict 99-40 has been increased to 50 tokens.
  
• Benedict 99-40’s reputation engram will no longer grant weapons from Raid Lairs.
  

Warmind Campaign

• Fixed an issue where some enemies were granting higher-than-intended XP from the mission “Pilgrimage.”
  

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Eververse

Prismatic Matrix

• Fixed an issue where players would see a permanent waypoint over Tess when they had a Prismatic Facet in their character inventory.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Prismatic Matrix icon did not have an indicator when new items were available.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Prismatic Matrix icon was not highlighted when players had a Prismatic Facet in their character inventory.
  

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Clans

Rewards

• The Clan XP Milestone now properly grants powerful rewards when it is turned in. 
  
• A few players would receive a Clan Banner very frequently. This should be fixed, and now players can discard any Clan Banners at the Postmaster.
  

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Emotes

General

• Resolved an issue where some players who owned the “Salute” emote were unable to equip it.
  
• The “Awaken the Warmind” emote no longer displays after the emote has been interrupted.
  
• Flavortext now appears on the emote preview.