Destiny Hot Fix - 01/12/2015

http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Hot-Fix---01122015/en/News/News?aid=12485

The Dark Below infused Destiny with new content, along with some new issues that we have sought to correct. With this update, we’re paying special attention to the Crota’s End Raid - along with weapons, arenas, and rewards for other activities. Iron Banner is also being prepared to return.

Activity Rewards
Fixed an issue with Ascendant Materials no longer being a possible reward for Daily gold-tier public events
In addition to other potential rewards, Weekly Nightfall Strikes can now award 9 or more Strange Coins

PVP Maps

Added to the rotation for Control, Clash, and Iron Banner* playlists: The Anomaly
Asylum
The Burning Shrine

Iron Banner

Starts 1AM PST, Tuesday, January 13th
Playlist weapon drops
Level 32 Sniper Rifle
Level 32 Auto Rifle
Gain event standing to earn Legendary gear
Level 32 Hand Cannon
Level 32 Rocket Launcher
Level 32 Gauntlets
Level 31 Boots

Weapons
On the Sniper Rifle, Black Hammer, the Hive Breaker upgrade has been disabled until it is fixed to play nicely with the White Nail upgrade

Raids

Vault of Glass Exotic weapon drops (though still very infrequent) are now Level 32

Crota’s End

Rewards
Treasure chests now contain Radiant Materials

The existing Pit treasure chest reward has moved to killing Ir Yut, the Deathsinger

Pit Encounter
Pillars of Light no longer launch players into the air when they explode

Bridge Encounter
Players will now be required to cross the bridge in order to complete the bridge encounter

Players will now be required to wait for the bridge to be completed prior to crossing with the sword

Deathsinger Encounter

Fixed a rare case where the Shriekers would not spawn, preventing players from reaching the Deathsinger

The Deathsinger now has a chance to drop Exotic weapons and armor, class pieces, and Radiant materials

Crota Encounter

Two Swordbearers will no longer spawn at the same time at the outset of the encounter

Crota will now recover from his kneeling state after a player quits

Fixed a bug that allowed players to remove the “Presence of Crota” using a Radiance Warlock’s Fireborn ability

Fixed a bug that made the Oversoul appear destroyed to some players in a Fireteam when it was actually still active

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