As with every major expansion, Guardians can look forward to many buffs and nerfs affecting their Exo armor in Destiny 2 “The Final Shape.” This time, 19 pieces are affected, but fans are more interested in an upcoming change.
What did Bungie announce? Bungie has provided a major developer look into armor tuning for “The Final Shape” in their latest TWiD, revealing what’s happening to 19 Exo armors from Destiny 2. Some have been buffed while others have been nerfed.
In keeping with this, Bungie had to adjust Exos so that they no longer refer to a specific focus, but to the associated element. This is important because the new and mixable class “Prismatic” will be released with the release of the DLC.
The best change, however, which is even being celebrated in the community, is a small change in exotic armor upgrades. A small spoiler: they are becoming more powerful and more worthwhile.
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What buffs and nerfs are there? Bungie has taken a close look at 19 Exo armors and adjusted them. Some of them were far too dominant and needed to be made worse, and others were far too weak and needed to be improved. We have put all the changes in German in our gray box that you can open:
All Exo Armor Adjustments (Overview)
HUNTER
Triton’s vice
Glaive projectile finishers now always cause an explosion that matches the glaive’s damage type, even if the glaive does not match the equipped focus.
Triton’s Vice’s surround effect while wielding a glaive now lasts for five seconds after you are no longer surrounded.
Shadow of the Dragon
Updated to now activate its effects when you use Binding Impact or the new Arc aspect Ascension, allowing for more buildcrafting combinations.
Enemy Finder
Now grants the bonus damage it deals against a target to weapons
the damage type corresponds to the damage type of the ability that dealt damage to the target, instead of always matching your equipped focus
The sixth coyote
You now create spheres of light after dodging
Renewal handles
When you or your allies enter your Dawnfield Grenade Field, they gain a stack of Frost Armor.
Approximately every 0.9 seconds you will receive an additional stack of Frost Armor, which will reset your timer.
Star Devourer Scales
Increased number of Orbs of Power required for maximum benefits from 4 to 6.
When using Golden Cannon, the Super Energy gained per Sphere of Power is now only increased by 0.5% instead of 2%.
TITANIUM
Ursa Furiosa
Now grants increased movement speed while using the Unbreakable shield.
Also grants super energy when the Unbreakable Shield is used. The amount of this energy depends on the damage absorbed by the shield.
Eternal Warrior
No longer requires Arc Focus for Arc Final Strikes to grant its increasing Arc weapon damage bonus
Healing Armor
You now create spheres of light through grenade death blows
Khepri’s Horn
Solar explosion damage in PvE increased by 100%.
Solar Blast now scorches every time it hits a target instead of just once.
Khepri’s Horn now benefits from Embers of Eruption and Embers of Ash (+30 Scorch in PvE and +15 Scorch in PvP).
Heart of the Innermost Light
You will only see a summary icon for the exotic effect to keep the overview
Synthoceps
The amount of time Biotic Enhancements lasts after you are no longer surrounded has been reduced from 8 seconds to 5 seconds. This duration is now displayed with a timer for the buff.
Splitting pen
The explosions now require line of sight to damage enemies, and the knockback strength of these explosions has been reduced, more reliably knocking enemies vertically away.
WARLOCK
Cloak of Battle Harmony
Now grants Super Energy between +1.5% and +4.5%, depending on the type of target defeated.
The 2 second cooldown for activating the perk has been removed.
Icicle Wrathweaver
When you activate your Rift, you and nearby allies gain maximum Frost Armor stacks when Frost Pulse is equipped.
When you activate your Winter’s Wrath shatter attack, nearby allies gain maximum Frost Armor stacks. When your Winter’s Wrath ends, you gain maximum Frost Armor stacks.
Secant filaments
In addition to the previous effects, now resets the duration of an existing player character’s Devour buff to 11 seconds when entering it
Brow of Truth
Now requires finishing blows with a weapon whose damage type matches that of your grenade, so the damage type no longer has to match your equipped focus
Sun Bracers
Increased Solar Grenade duration reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds.
Increased grenade recharge rate reduced so that only a maximum of 4 grenades are possible instead of 5 while the effect is active.
Cenotaph Mask
When multiple players use the Cenotaph Mask against a single enemy target, its effect will no longer trigger.
Cenotaph’s visual targeting marker is now hidden from the wearer of Exotic Armor and is only visible to the wearer’s allies.
What are Guardians looking forward to? In fact, the nerfs and buffs don’t look that promising. Players on Reddit note that there are no major meta changes with “The Final Shape” and only the buffs for the Mantle of Battle Harmony, Ursa Furiosa and Khepri’s Horn actually turn out to be good. (via reddit.com)
Despite the sobering list that Bungie revealed, there is one announcement that many are excited about and that is the refinement of Exo armor, which can be further improved after its masterpiece. (via reddit.com)
According to Bungie, it will be possible to convert a Masterwork Exo Armor into an Ornate Exo Armor using an Exotic Code and 10,000 Glimmer. This will allow players to finally refine their builds with their Exo Armors and push up to three or more character stats to 100 points.
The only problem players see, however, is obtaining them. These codes are rare and although many are stuck with 5 copies, it is difficult to get them as a newbie. Fans are therefore hoping that Xur will be the one who can make these codes available in larger quantities.
What are Ornate Armors?
Ornate armor is special armor with an additional mod slot in its socket. This slot can hold a mod that increases your character stats by 3 additional points. The mod is energy-free and thus increases your stats additionally. This can be useful if you need a few points in your build to perfect it.
That was the most important information regarding the Exo armor and its changes in “The Final Shape”. Are you excited about the story that will finally come to an end with the release? Let us know your opinion in the comments! You can find out how you should prepare for the DLC here: 7 things in Destiny 2 that you should do before the release of “The Final Shape”
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