Airborne effectiveness is a new stat in Destiny 2 that improves the elements of airborne gunplay. That said, some Exotic armor pieces that should provide buffs to airborne effectiveness did not work as intended. Thus, the developers launched Hotfix 4.1.0.4 to resolve the issue.
The Exotic armor pieces in question are the Sealed Ahamkara Grasps, Wings of Sacred Dawn, Lion Rampant, Peacekeepers, and Peregrine Greaves. Wings of Sacred Dawn and the Peregrine Greaves deserve a special mention because these Exotics provide +50 and +20 airborne effectiveness to all weapons, respectively, when equipped.
Hotfix 4.1.0.4 for Destiny 2 also fixes the issue where Hammer Strike was not receiving the intended damage bonus from Roaring Flames. For those who don’t know, Roaring Flames was buffed in a previous update, but some things were not included in the original patch notes. This particular Solar ability received the following changes as well:
- Roaring Flames now grants a 20% bonus damage on powered melee abilities per stack.
- Roaring Flames will grant a 10% bonus damage per stack if Synthoceps, Peregrine Greaves, Wormgod Caress or the One-Two Punch weapon perk are active.
Patch Notes
- The Last Wish
- Fixed an issue where mods were not dropping
- Duality
- Fixed an issue where the damage phase lasted for an unintended duration in the Sorrow Bearer encounter
- Fixed an issue where the Sorrow Bearer encounter could auto-complete after the first bell teleport
- Fixed an issue where Skyburner’s Oath and the Explosive Payload perk could bypass the bosses’ shields in Duality’s Vault encounter
- Fixed an issue where players could break immune shields in Vault of Glass, Garden of Salvation, and Vow of the Disciple by applying Scorch to enemies
- Fixed an issue where players could hide out of bounds in the Crucible map, Disjunction
- Iron Banner:
- Fixed an issue where the Heavy as Death emblem was not contributing towards the reputation rank boost when equipped
- Fixed an issue where the fifth step of the Forging Iron Quest would not progress if the equipped Iron Banner armor also had Iron Banner ornaments applied
- Fixed an issue where the daily challenges rank boost increments were not unlocked account-wide
- Rift:
- Fixed an issue where dunking the Spark with no time left on the round timer could trigger an infinite transmat loop
- Fixed an issue where the Spark would disappear for the remainder of the match if the player that picks it up dies at the same time
The full list of changes for Hotfix 4.1.0.4 can be found on the official website.
Destiny 2 is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
