Destiny 2’s 9.7.0.3 patch tidies up Crucible, raids, and a few nasty bugs

Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0.3 is a cleanup patch, but it still reaches a lot of the game. Bungie raised reputation gains for Vanguard and Crucible Ops completions, fixed a handful of Crucible problems, and reopened Meltdown after patching several out-of-bounds exploits.

The update also touches raids, dungeons, exotic missions, armor focusing, currencies, and artifacts. Some of the more eye-catching fixes hit Pantheon, where Divinity no longer lets players cheese Insurrection Prime, while the elevators in Deep Stone Crypt and Operation: Seraph’s Shield stop behaving like a trapdoor to nowhere.

Patch Notes for Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0.3

Activities 

General

• Increased reputation gain from Vanguard and Crucible Ops activity completions.

Crucible

General

• Fixed an issue where players suspended from Crucible playlists would see an incorrect suspension timer.
  • Suspension timers should now conform to a player’s local spacetime.

Maps

• Fixed several out of bounds exploits in Meltdown.
  • The map has been reenabled in all Crucible playlists.

Trials of Osiris

• Fixed an issue where the new Ghost shells Cursed Eternal Shell and Pharaonic Shroud Shell were not obtainable by all players from the Trials flawless chest.

Raids and Dungeons

Pantheon

• Fixed an issue where players could use Divinity to deal damage to Insurrection Prime outside of the standard damage phase.
  • Developers Note: As a result of this fix, Divinity and any damage applied to its cage will not deal damage to Insurrection Prime at any point in the encounter. Our condolences to every player that now needs to learn the encounter mechanics.
• Re-enabled the “remote” tether functionality in Consecrated Mind.
  • Developers Note: we’ve reverted a fix to the Consecrated Mind boss encounter in Pantheon that we made in Update 9.7.0.2 which made the fight significantly more difficult. Please turn on your Guardian Bluetooth devices during your next attempt.

Duality

• Fixed an issue where the Master version of Duality was not correctly available.

Deep Stone Crypt

• Fixed an issue where the elevators would often kill players taking them.

Exotic Missions

Operation: Seraph’s Shield 

• Fixed an issue where the elevators would often kill players taking them.
  • Wait a minute, we’ve heard this one before!

Gameplay and Investment

Armor

General

• Fixed an issue where wearing the Titan Flamecaller Gauntlets ornament could obscure the screen while aiming bows.
• Fixed an issue with the Warlock’s Lightguard Robes that blocked visibility in first-person.

Focusing

• Fixed an issue where players could not focus the Trials New Demotic armor set if they hadn’t acquired it in past seasons.
• Fixed an issue where players could not focus the Iron Banner Iron Panoply armor set if they hadn’t acquired it in past seasons

Weapons

Focusing

• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to focus the Backfang Glaive at the Drifter.

Abilities

Hunter

Nightstalker

• Fixed an issue where Phantom Surge would fail to hit or trigger perks on targets that were weakened or tethered while Stylish Executioner was active.

Titan

Sentinel

• Fixed an issue where some projectiles and abilities could pass through Ward of Dawn in PvP.
  • Welcome back to the thunderdome.

Currencies

• Fixed an issue that prevented new Chronolog earnings on accounts that retained vaulted Chronologs from Ash & Iron.
  • Accounts impacted by this issue will be issued compensation soon.
  • Players who were impacted by this issue can claim the Chronologs in their Vault to add to their overall total now.

Artifacts

• Fixed an issue where the Pack Tactics artifact perk was causing performance issues during extended play sessions.

General

• The Sunflower Vintage shader from the Monument of Triumph will now be usable after purchase.
• Fixed an issue on Bungie.net where Sparrow Racing matches were not appearing correctly in a player’s Game History.
• Fixed an issue where some currencies could not be claimed from the Seasonal Archive if players were currently holding above the old material caps.

Source: Bungie