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Just as they promised, Bungie indeed laid out a rather extensive list of changes coming to Destiny 2 as a result of the growing anger from the fan base. Today's just released blog entry talks about updates coming throughout December, January, and into early 2018.

You're looking at Masterwork weapons that can add stat tracking, provide random but re-rollable stat bonuses, and more. In addition, there will be better vendor rewards including the ability to directly purchase the items you want from them. New armor ornaments will be added in early December. These specific ornaments will be unlocked by completing certain challenges in high-level end-game content.

Other highlights of this blog touch upon private PvP Crucible matches, better rewards for completing Prestige activities, better rewards for things like Strikes, Adventures, and Lost Sectors, better rewards for completing Crucible matches, changes to the Mod economy, reduction of duplicate Exotics, better emote interface, the return of Three of Coins from Xur, the addition of Fated Engrams, and still more changes to the game's still somewhat broken XP system.

And that's not even everything.
Hey everyone,

With Destiny 2’s console and PC launches behind us, we want to take some time to talk with you about Destiny 2 – specifically where it’s at today, and where it’s going. Our team has been reading feedback and working on updates to improve the game. We’ve also been reading some tough criticism about our lack of communication, and we agree we need to be more open.

Going forward, Destiny 2’s post-launch game systems, features, and updates are being designed specifically to focus on and support players who want Destiny to be their hobby – the game they return to, and a game where friendships are made. We want Destiny to be a game that fits into your life, providing you with reasons to log in and play with your friends, clans, and families. We want Destiny to be a world you want to be a part of.

A month ago, we published a list of improvements on the blog. Today, we’re going to revisit that list and update its status, and share some of the work the team is readying for December, January, and beyond.

We know it’s frustrating when there isn’t enough of a dialog with the development team. You have our commitment that we’re going to do a better job going forward.

- Luke Smith & Chris Barrett

Upcoming Updates Overview
We previously published a list of upcoming Destiny 2 improvements we want to deliver. Some of these updates will be introduced on December 5 and December 12. Others will land in the New Year.

• New systems and rewards to give our most engaged players additional, optional pursuits, including:
-- A new Weapon Tier: Masterworks, which will feature stat trackers, random, re-rollable stat bonuses, unique item tooltips, and item details screens (see the December Update Details section below for more info)
-- Improved vendor rewards, adding ways for people to purchase items directly with their Legendary Shards and Tokens (see the December Update Details section below for more info)
-- Adding Armor Ornaments that grant visual permutations of armor as players complete specific Challenges (see the December Update Details section below for more info)

• Better incentives for players who complete challenging Prestige activities
-- We’re targeting a January update to provide better incentives to complete Prestige activities

• Better rewards and replay value for Strikes, Adventures, and Lost Sectors
-- In December, we will be introducing a Heroic Strikes playlist and more generous Strike rewards
-- Rewards for Adventures and Lost Sectors are still on our radar, but will not be delivered for our December updates

• Private matches for the Crucible
-- Still targeting early 2018 and expect to have better insight into exact timing in the New Year
-- We are also moving Ranked PVP to the top of our priority list for next year to support the competitive community

• Crucible tuning like adjusted Supremacy scoring and better spawning rules
-- In December, we will introduce additional updates and bug-fixes intended to improve these areas of the Crucible

• Better incentives for completing Crucible matches (and penalties for quitting competitive games)
-- A "Quitter Penalty" system is currently in development, and you can expect an update on the deployment of this system in the New Year

• Continued improvements to Iron Banner and Faction Rallies, including uniqueness of rewards
-- The next Iron Banner and Faction Rally will introduce improvements in both these areas (see the December Update Details section below for more info)

• Changes to make the mod economy more interesting and impactful
-- The Gunsmith will have some updates to how Mods are acquired (see the December Update Details section below for more info)
-- We are exploring more updates to this system in the New Year

• Ongoing improvements to Exotics, including adjustments to reduce instances of duplication
-- We plan to tune under-performing Exotics and will continue to make targeted updates and improvements
-- Duplication protection will be added for Exotics in the New Year

• New ways to spend surplus currency and materials (looking at you Legendary Shards)
-- Players will be able to spend Tokens and Legendary Shards on Vendor inventory (see the December Update Details section below for more info)
-- Xur will have new items, as well (see the December Update Details section below for more info)

• An emote interface that allows players to equip Salty, Spicy Ramen, Six Shooter, and Flip Out all at the same time
-- Emote interface improvements are still on the list, and you can expect an update on the development of this system in the New Year

We will continue to revisit and update this list in the weeks and months ahead to keep you up to speed on what we’re working on. Below, you’ll find more specific detail about each of the features and updates you can expect to land in December.

The actual details of the coming updates goes into quite a bit more detail on each of the above systems. For the full details, you should head on over to Bungie's website. There is a lot of additional information there.

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