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Account Bans

• Only about 60 accounts were flagged as false positives, the majority of bans are still legit
• Unbans began within 24 hrs
• Bungie reached out directly to those who appealed
• There are several detections for banning and this involved one specific way

Weapons Team FAQ

• Full auto mod sticking around even when accessibility option goes live
• Full auto perk on exotics will be replaced with something fun, but not overpowering
• Traveler's chosen gets surplus, Vigilance Wing gets ensemble, No Time to Explain gets feeding frenzy, etc
• Divinity debuff being lowered to 15%
• Kinetic weapons being looked at for post-Ligthfall
• Lightfall adept raid weapons will have access to enhanced perks (not via crafting)
• No champion mods being added to old exotic weapons, but new ones will be added
• In season 19, non-raid weapons will start to have old raid perks available
• Outbreak Perfected's recoil is so good because its based on auto rifle recoil, not pulse recoil
• Confirmed that the Xur bug for accuracy Masterwork does not actually do anything
• Stability perks like quick draw DO affect perfect draw on bows
• Bungie plans to add more 3.0 class related perks to weapon pools
• Season 20-21 should see a few more exotics get 3.0 verbs added
• They are looking into what it would take to add a 2nd perk to crafted weapons
• Vender resets for multi weapon perks: the left column maximum perk count increases at first and third resets, and the right column increases at the second and fourth resets
• Weapon perk drop rates are equal across all drop sources
• 26 exotic weapons are getting buffed/debuffed next season: some minor, some major
• D1 content is always rebuilt from scratch when being brought over
• Reprised raids will get their exotic rebuilt, along with the 6 most popular weapons
• If exotic already exists, or there aren't 6 legendaries, more are built (hint for WotM :0 )
• Adagio is 20% on bow/shotty, 30% on everything else
• Zen Moment adds up to 5 stacks that reduce recoil
• Slug Shottys only benefit from accuracy perks in the air
• Enhanced perks should only be 5-10% stronger than the base perk
• One Quiet Moment might get a buff in S19
• Fastest bow possible is 500ms
• Rangefinder aim assist fall off buff being removed mid season
• Fate of All Fools reworked to be 3 crits stores a body shot, that body shot can do crit damage, and you can store up to 3 body shots
• Bungie happy with the sandbox changes made in S17 and S18
• Trace rifles do not have bloom
• Main Ingredient will likely get nerfed before Under Pressure does
• SSMB doesn't really affect balancing because they look at Comp and Trials for that
• Headseaker timer getting buff
• Aggressive Frames do not have High Cal baked in
• Dynamic Sway ramps up per bullet, up to 20 bullets, so high fire weapons get the benefit faster
• Box Breathing increases the precision damage multiplier of the weapon and increases the aim assist falloff distance by 10%

Mid Season Patch

• Stability bump for autos and traces
• Crit buff for adaptive pulse and precision autos
• Reduce pulse range at low to mid stat levels
• Nerfs for Jade Rabbit and No Time to Explain ease of use
• Lord of Wolves continued rework
• Blast radius buff for rockets
• Glaive damage resist nerf
• Sidearm aim assist fall off buff
• Sniper flinch rework
• SMG range tweak
• Outliers for zoom on certain weapons
• Reduced are resistance for Riskrunner in PVP
• Removed shotty randomness
• Improved glaive hit detection
• 20 weapon perk changes
• 20 exotic weapon changes