Destiny 2’s previously teased 2.1.3 update is now live, introducing a bunch of bug fixes into the game’s architecture. The update also makes it easier for players below 600 power to rapidly climb through power levels. The full patch notes for the 2.1.3 update can be read below.
Destiny 2 Update 2.1.3 Patch Notes
The 2.1.3 update doesn’t add any features into Destiny 2, but it goes a long way towards improving existing features. Specific game elements that the 2.1.3 update improves include activities, Crucible PvP, sandbox design, and more. The known Black Armory issues which Bungie recently mentioned have also been fixed in the update. Jumper 2 online film. If you were struggling with certain problems in the Scourge of the Past raid, they’ve been fixed too. How much is fallout 4 on ps4.
The most exciting change included in the update (at least for some players) is the sub-600 power reward tweaks. With the update installed, players who are below 600 power receive higher-powered rewards when completing Director Challenges. This means that Powerful Gear drops from activities like Strikes and Gambit are even more valuable to sub-600 players. The sub-600 power rewards tweak is likely in response to Black Armory’s high power level requirements.
We’ve laid out the full update 2.1.3 patch notes below, courtesy of Bungie.
Activities
Fixed an issue where the final boss encounter of Scourge of the Past would not end properly.
Corrected animation error on Awoken Corsairs so that they no longer pretend to hold invisible rifles.
Fixed a rare bug in Scourge of the Past where players would not receive a Phase Radiance buff when meleeing a terminal.
Fixed an error on Brakion’s weapon so that he can once again shoot at Guardians.
Players will now spawn insides the arena with the downed ship rather than reusing the previous phase’s spawn points that placed them behind the spawned encounter barrier.
Crucible
Fixed an issue where Heavy Ammo was not spawning appropriately on Convergence
Items & Economy
Players under 600 Power may now receive higher-powered rewards when completing Director Challenges.
Fixed an issue where weapon frames would be removed from inventory in error when completing alternate forges.
Fixed an issue where players were not rewarded properly when completing a forge activity that was joined in progress.
Players may now access forge bounties before completing a forge activity.
Fixing an issue where players were not properly granted the Scourge of the Past Emblem or Triumph for completing the activity within the first 24 hours.
Fixed an issue where submachine guns awarded by research weapon frames were not dropping with the appropriate perks.
Completing and claiming the Dreaming City Triumph “Ascendant Paragon” will always properly grant the Secret Victories Emblem and its Transcendent variant. Players who already claimed this record will have the variant automatically unlocked on reaching orbit.
Removed Season 4 shader Crucible Solemnity as a requirement for the “Forged in Fire” Collections Badge.
Fixed an issue where players weren’t properly being granted Harbinger’s Echo if they destroyed eggs across multiple characters. For affected players, the Sparrow will appear in inventory and be unlocked in Collections upon reaching orbit.
Removed Annual Pass requirement for claiming the “Curator of the Black Armory” Triumph.
Misc
Fixed an issue where the “Envoy While it Lasts” bounty did not display properly for players using Spanish, Russian, or French languages.
Fixed an issue where Season of the Forge shaders were not dismantling quickly.
Sandbox
Pressing reload while charging a fusion rifle will initiate a reload. Previously, pressing reload while charging a fusion rifle did nothing.
Fixed an issue where SUROS Machine Guns (Avalanche) had more recoil than intended.
The story did a good job of ending the first main plot thread. The campaign to conquer the island has been going on since book 1 and really exploded in book 2 and 3. Now this book following our intrepid band as they look for a satisfactory way to end the tale. There is a lot of new plot threads being introduced. Its clear that Olan was hoping to continue this tale past the conclusion that was also clearly needed. This dual purpose doesn't play out cleanly. It works for a while, but then gets a bit bogged down in the minutia. The fact that Olan also clearly doesn't have much knowledge of the kind of warfare he's trying to write about here doesn't help. My immersion was rocked when I realized just how off the descriptions were. But the emotions are there, and the story flows well. Only the weird political and military plot threads really threw me off.
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(Destiny's Crucible #4)
To forge: “Make or shape an object by heating in a fire or furnace and hammering.” —Oxford Dictionary Joseph Colsco has survived what many would not have—cast naked on an alien planet amidst humans speaking an unknown language and with a different culture and history. Now, known to the people of Caedellium as Yozef Kolsko, he has risen out of despair to prominence and find..more
Published November 2nd 2017 (first published January 17th 2017)
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Let's start with the obvious, Olan Thorensen isn't per-se a bad author. For a first go, he shows a lot of promise but the Destiny's Crucible's series starts off as a fun fish-out-of-water, but the first novel spun a lot of time with non-interconnected characters that took until the second book to materialize. Despite its slow burn, Joseph finding his place made for a good hook, Joseph turned from castaway to mad tinkerer. Flaws aside I enjoyed the first book but worried about the direction.. The..more
One more please I generally do not likeread series that go beyond trilogies, they just seem to always wander off. This series is an exception. Yes the series is over, and yes the author stayed true to his characters and completed the story arc began in book one. But darn it, these characters grow on you and I want to read more..about Yozef, Anyar and the future. OT, you write it and I will read it!!
I don't know if I can finish this one. I'm really struggling. The other three books had their faults, but I pushed on through. This one seems to take all those issues and turn them up to 11. So many speeches, so much talking, so many people going on about how awesome the hero is, him reluctantly agreeing that, yeah, he is pretty awesome, cringe-inducing 'Husband, do my hot friend. PLEASE!' scenes (I guess we know what pushes Thorensen's buttons). Will they ever get back to the actual story line?..more
This is just my opinion of course, my rating doesn't necessarily reflect on the quality of the writing. The direction of the series inevitability turned to a military narrative and that changes the dynamics of the series. Earlier novels was predominately about Yosef adapting to a new culture and introducing new ideas. Successive novels introduced more and more battles and much of this book reads reminds me of civil war fiction like Killer Angels. A lot of talk about terrain, names of towns or ar..more
Dec 05, 2018GaiusPrimus rated it really liked it
An expected ending, but the ride to it was really enjoyable.
Feb 07, 2018Christer Dørmænen rated it it was amazing
A satisfying conclusion to the most of the major plot points started in the first book. There is potential for more stories in the world but the current conflict for the island has ended. So one refreshing thing about this books is that it has more than one major battle.. which is a change from previous installments. I think the pov was done much better than in previous books, I think it's written in 3rd person omnipotent but felt much more tight and restrained than previous installments which..more
I enjoyed this series and was really looking forward to this installment. It wraps up the conflict between the Caedelli and the Narthani and caps the story arc of Yosef Kalsco’s integration into, and impact on, Caedelli society. Unfortunately, at almost 700 pages, it takes twice as long to do all that as it needs to. Getting through the first half of the book was particularly frustrating. It was full of needless repetition. A point would be made, it would be discussed thoroughly by several major..more
Nov 27, 2017Jack added it
I've actually always enjoyed this series. It's quite a slow paced book and focuses on several characters which isn't always my cup of tea. However, it's been a really enjoyable read. It reminds of that series where a bunch of Unions soldiers are brought into a land where they fight orcs and help the Russian populace survive. Nevertheless, I was quite happily reading through this book when suddenly out of no where, not really, there's suddenly multiple wife shit going on. So ahhh? What? Although..more
The first half of the book is very slow paced - there are entire chapters that are basically descriptions of landscapes, and new mysteries are mentioned but never really solved - but the action does resolve itself by the end, so hang in there, you're almost done. Without spoiling the book, there is one development in Yozef's life that felt strange and incongruous to me, and felt like it was getting into weird wish-fulfillment territory - but wasn't portrayed too gushingly or positively - but stil..more
I like the series, but it has pacing problems and bad editing. it feels like reading a first draft, with several conversations being repeated word for word. I thought there may have been something wrong with the audio file or I had an extreme case of deja vu one example I could recall is the main character analyzing a potentual battle site and then in both cases he was asked(I can't remember if it was by the same person because I am not good at remembering names), after critiquing the location h..more
A satisfying ending to a great story I was hooked on this story line from the first book and this final book of the series kept me to the end. The characters were well-drawn and more diverse than often seen in sci-fifantasy. The plot was mostly predictable but with enough twists to keep me reading until late at night. Just a few criticisms that by no means should deter someone from enjoying the books: I felt the rapid adoption of Yosef’s 21st century ideas by a relatively backward tribal society..more
A dab of David Weber and Harry Turtledove detected! Very interesting series, it took me about ten days to read all four books in the series, I couldn't put the books down. I detected a strong influence of Weber and Turtledove in this series. The idea of placing an enhanced 21st century human on a class m (star trek referenced world) buck naked with only his wits available to save himself, is quite an imaginative approach to a sci-fi novel. I'll be dampened if it didn't work. Our hero is faced not..more
Read the whole series one after another. If you like books like A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court, or Robinson Crusoe, etc. And you don't mind a great deal of exposition, then I recommend these books. There are tangents of the nature of 'then I did this and so that I could reinvent this' and 'I only had a vague notion so I suggested what I knew and then magically the craftsmen of the era figured it out' which happen enough to be annoying. And there's a bit of older generation language..more
Forged in Fire hits the ground running. Caedellium needs a central command structure and the Narthani must be dealt with. All the character development pays off as Yozef finally comes to realize there’s only one way forward. After everything that’s happened he’s a changed man and his initial reluctance to lead is a mere shadow of its former self. This is a high point and serves as a great way to push the story forward. Many of the other characters have also matured and come to understand what mu..more
This book was a really great end to the main storyline. It definitely left room for possible future stories, although the epilogue did give some details of years into the future, even many years into the future. The details of the future left me thinking that the story was done and that the author just wanted to skip ahead to past the life of the main character as a signal that the story is over. Still, the details of the future were super vague, so more stories could easily be written. I am hop..more
Apr 29, 2018Julie Hart rated it really liked it
A good story that could have been GREAT! I am not the type to knitpick something to death or one that has to speak conversely to popular opinion. My honest feeling regarding the entire series is recognition of a very good author. He managed to make mediocre interesting enough I finished all four books. It was close, I almost stopped at three but I am glad I didn't, I am happier knowing the final thoughts of Yosef Kolsco. My disappointment is strong however. So much so it esclipsed by review of th..more
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Feb 27, 2018Ryan rated it really liked it
I enjoyed this series a lot and this book definitely acts as the climax for the 4 book series. It's not a perfect series and this book has its own problems, but it is still a fun thought experiment of what would happen if you were stranded in an alternate past but with extensive knowledge of modern technology and concepts. This book does great, but once the peak of excitement passed the story becomes kind of aimless and reads like the author said everything he wanted to say and just needs to wrap..more
Best Sci Fi series ive read in years. Think WEB Griffin on a different planet. Very cool concept. Science Fiction but really a story about people. Friends, family and the connections between them. Imagine you have PhD level knowledge of chemistry and other sciences and then you found your self in the 17th century. What would you do? Could you advance civilization? Makes me think about the greatest minds in our history. Was Albert Einstein a Septarsh? Newton? Socrates? Were they put on Earth to a..more
Hoping there's more. Kindle Unlimited -Thank you. Really happy this showed up as a true Kindle Unlimited series so I'd get to read it! I'm with the reviewer(s) that enjoyed the 'slice of life' storylines as much, if not more, than the incredibly well done war themes. Kind of petty, but was glad Ana's immediate kinfolk didn't appear to have been invited to the ending ceremony. So.. I'd like to get to read about the university creation, exchanges with allies, family growth, a deepening of the relati..more
I read these first four books as one book and barely put one down before I picked up the next. here's my review for the series: This series is BRILLIANT!!! I love it! my mind was on overdrive after finishing this series thinking of all the things I would have done in his position. I will be able to spend hours more thinking, and creating my own stories. These are the best types of books, because they stay with you. The book is based on the theory of someone from modern times being transplanted ont..more
A good conclusion of the story arc, leaving space for subsequent stories. Some parts of the world building could have gone better (units of measure, cultural 'parallel evolution' like monotheism, and so on) but overall a good, solid work which is definitely worth reading. Another thing I was pretty miffed with was the fact that the protagonist, which makes a lot of decisions based on Earth's history doesn't seem to think building a serious navy is the logical approach for an island-nation, like..more
Dec 04, 2017Vincent Archer rated it really liked it
The ending of the series, Forged in Fire marks the (current) end of Joseph Kolsko's tribulation against the empire that would enslave his adopted home. There's nothing really surprising about the book; it's the direct continuation of book 3, there are no real new secondary plots coming to muddle things. You get a satisfying resolution, plus enough background material that you could start another series. There's hints of activity from the Watchers, but nothing concrete to set up anything yet. Hope..more
A good ending to the series (hooray!) Book 4 redeemed the series after an extremely slow-paced book 3 (which had me eyeing the exit). The story would definitely have been better served edited down to a trilogy. The author accomplished some great world building in these books, so I'll be interested in seeing what he comes up with next. That said, if he starts another series, I'll be waiting until it's finished, and reading Goodreads reviews before I start. Keeping the story advancing at an intere..more
I want more! Very well written and thought out. I look forward to more of this series. I feel like I know the MC. The reasoning for folks to have more than one wife is well thought out and reasonable. None of that herem crap that is just thoughtless sex where women just throw themselves at the MC for no understandable reason. I can't wait to see what happens next. Fans of Stirling would enjoy this series.
Jan 01, 2019Dorothy Leonor rated it it was amazing
Outstandingly good! Absolutely loved this book. I easily immersed myself into the characters lives. Yosef Kolsco is such an great character, and I absolutely loved the stories told in the pubs. The one with ' that's nice' was hilarious. I do look forward to more books. Incidentally i already read Tales of Anyar the sequel after this one, but I enjoyed all the books so much that I read them all over again.
Long and difficult but ultimately satisfying. I almost gave this one 2 stars, I was having doubts about even finishing it but it seemed to come together at the end and I'd already purchased the 5th book. There's a great story in here but it's buried in excessive exposition, repetition and absurd dialogue. The world he's built thus far is solid enough to hold up the story and by the end I felt like there was hope for the next book. Now I'm off to read it!
Jan 12, 2018Rean Combrinck rated it it was amazing
Great ending to a good series. I enjoyed the conclusions of the threads started earlier and was glad for more action in comparison to the slower pace of the first books. One comment is that the sexual scenes and their explicit descriptions seemed VERY out of place in this entire series. I suppose the author wanted to elaborate on it but I don't see it adding anything, instead it got a bit gritty in details.
3.5/5 stars Overall I did enjoy this series, It was interesting to see our main character grow and change. Although I did definitely enjoy the first 2 books in the series. I didnt like how this series became mostly a military fantasy. I also thought that the there was was way too much telling rather than showing, there were many instances where i was disappointed that a particular event or 'scene' in the book was told to me by the narrator rather than showing me what happened.
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