Destiny 2 Hotfix Nerfs Renewal Grasps, Skip Grenades, Bastion Void Aspect, and More

Bungie has a fair number of balance changes coming to Destiny 2 in Season 17, including some needed buffs to Glaives. Before that, it’s released hotfix 4.0.1.1 and nerfed Renewal Grasps. The Hunter Exotic will now increase the base cooldown for Duskfield Grenades from 62 seconds to 152 seconds. Enemy players within the grenade’s area of effect also now suffer 20 percent reduced damage instead of 50 percent (which is unchanged for PvE).

The Titan Void Aspect “Offensive Bulwark” now provides 60 percent bonus grenade energy regen in PvP. The base cooldown of Titan Barricade with “Bastion” is also now 82 seconds instead of 523 seconds. Skip Grenades have also had their impact damage reduced from 8 to 4 while the tracking strength decreases after one second (falling to 50 percent strength after three seconds).

Axion Bolt’s base cooldown is now 152 seconds instead of 91 seconds while Whisper of Chains will provide 15 percent (down from 25 percent) bonus damage resistance against players when standing near a Stasis crystal. The latter remains unchanged for PvE. Check out the full hotfix notes below for more details.

Destiny 2 Hotfix 4.0.1.1

Activities

• Fixed an issue where killing a Hive Ghost was granting more than one revive token in activities.
• Fixed an issue where Grandmaster The Lightblade and Birthplace of the Vile were not contributing to the Total Conquest Triumph.

PvP

• Fixed an issue allowing players to exit the play area on Eternity.

Gambit

• Fixed an issue where killing the Envoys would not drop the Primeval’s shield.
• Fixed an issue where the Primeval would not appear after banking 100 Motes.

Gameplay and Investment

Armor

Synthoceps

• Fixed an issue where the Biotic Enhancements perk prevented shattering an encased player with an uncharged melee.

Renewal Grasps

• While equipped, Renewal Grasps now increases the base cooldown of the Duskfield Grenade from 62s to 152s.
• The outgoing damage penalty applied to players affected by a Renewal Grasps’ Duskfield Grenade has been reduced from 50% to 20%. Damage unchanged vs. PvE targets.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where The Summoner Auto Rifle on Saint-14’s rank reputation rewards is missing a Masterwork.

Abilities

• The Offensive Bulwark Void Aspect now grants 60% less bonus grenade energy regeneration in PvP game modes.
• Titan Barricade’s base cooldown when the Bastion Void Aspect is equipped is now 82s, up from 53s. This matches the recharge rate of Warlock Rift.
• Skip Grenade impact damage reduced from 8 to 4. Skip Grenade tracking strength now begins to decrease after 1s, down to 50% strength after 3s .
• Axion Bolt base cooldown increased from 91s to 152s.
• Whisper of Chains now provides 15% bonus damage resistance against players when near a Stasis crystal, down from 25%.  Unchanged vs. PvE targets.

General

• Stability and crash fixes.
• Fixed a memory leak contributing to crashes and instability.
• Reduced the text chat spam throttle to allow for more messages to be sent by a player before receiving the “You’re sending messages too quickly!” message.