Weekly reset for February 27th - Update 1.1.3 (article)

Happy reset day, Guardians! The Faction Rallies have ended and New Monarchy has claimed the crown for the third straight Rally.

Here are the totals (rounded)

1. New Monarchy - 150,000
2. Dead Orbit -130,000
3. Future War Cult - 128,000

It might be time for Lakshmi-2 and FWC to call an emergency re-branding meeting. Apparently, having the coolest space in the tower isn't enough to rally the troops to their cause.

New Monarchy followers, it's time to claim your reward.

Before we get into your weekly to-do list, let's look at update 1.1.3 which went live today with new features as highlighted in the Development Roadmap graphic below.

Here's the patch notes in their entirety as listed on Bungie.net Destiny Update 1.1.3 - The one about Nightfall Strike Scoring.

Nightfall Strike Scoring

• Both normal and Prestige Nightfall now have scoring

• Enemy kills and orb generation will accrue points

• Highest set scores will display on each Nightfall’s respective emblem
• Scores above a target value will enable the Nightfall Aura and a fireteam Vanguard Token bonus
• Total team score will be displayed at the end of the Nightfall in the PGCR

Nightfall Challenge Cards

• The Prestige Nightfall challenge card allows players to select modifiers for the Prestige Nightfall that affect gameplay and score multipliers

• Players can select active Elemental modifiers to boost outgoing and incoming damage

• Players can opt into using a power handicap that will lower their character power level in the Prestige Nightfall but raise the score multiplier

• Extinguish is always on when applying the Nightfall Challenge Card. If the full fireteam wipes in a respawning restricted area, the fireteam will be returned to orbit

• Cards cannot be modified once the activity has been launched

• These cards will drop for DLC owners in the normal or Prestige Nightfall

• The fireteam leader’s card is applied to the entire fireteam when launching the Prestige Nightfall

Emblem Variants

• Crucible Emblems

• Victorious Veteran tracks your lifetime Crucible kills and how many of each class you’ve defeated

• Victorious Veteran has six variants: the first three variants are class specific, the last three are unlocked after defeating 1000 of that class in PVP

• This emblem can be purchased from Shaxx after opening 10 faction packages

• Destination Emblems

• Lost Sector Emblems have been changed into Destination Emblems that track Lost Sectors Found, Region Chests Opened, and Ghost Scans Discovered

• Note: Mercury only tracks Lost Sectors and Region Chests

• Each Destination Emblem has four variants in addition to the default emblem

• Each variant has a chance to drop from chests in the destination

• For players who did not have the respective Lost Sector emblems, they may purchase the new destination emblems from the respective vendors after opening 10 faction packages

• Nightfall Emblems

• New Nightfall Emblems exist for each individual Nightfall strike and track your high score in that strike

• Each Nightfall Emblem has 3 variants in addition to the default emblem, these variants have a chance to drop when you hit a certain score tier and complete the Nightfall

Auras

• Raid Emblem “Glory To The Emperor” tracks total Leviathan clears on Prestige difficulty and unlocks the orange Prestige Raid Aura if you’ve completed a Prestige difficulty raid activity in the last 14 days

• Trials Emblem “You Are Worthy” tracks number of flawless tickets and unlocks the blue Trials Aura if you’ve gone flawless in the last 14 days

• Nightfall Emblems awarded from completing each Nightfall strike track your high score in the respective Nightfall and unlock an aura if your high score in that strike is higher than a global target score

General

• Opt-in Text Chat for PC is now available in Social Spaces and Public Areas

• Damage Reduction granted by Armor Masterworks while a Super ability is active has been increased from 3% to 5% per armor piece

• Fixed an issue where Ammo Masterworks could decrease the maximum ammo capacity of a weapon

• Fixed an issue where some players would have irretrievable items within the Postmaster

• The Eater of Worlds Raid Lair will now grant Faction Tokens during Faction Rallies events

• The Seeker of Brilliance and Seeker of Opulence perks on the Contender Ghost Shell may now trigger during the Crossing encounter of the Eater of Worlds Raid Lair

• Fixed an issue in Trials of the Nine where players could receive erroneous losses if the opposing team left before match start

• Fixed an issue where players could encounter BAT errors when joining a Mercury Adventure

• Fixed an issue where players were placed facing the wrong direction after dunking an item during public events

• Fixed an issue where the Phoenix Dive Warlock Ability could be used to get out of the intended playspace

• Helm of Saint-14 no longer affects allies when guarding with the Sentinel Shield Super

• The Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Exotic now properly has three stat points

• Projectiles from the Colony Exotic Grenade Launcher properly track enemies on PC when frame rate is set higher than 30 FPS

• Fireteam member's location appears on destination map

Here’s your reset activities for the week of February 27th – March 5th.

Flashpoint: Titan

Travel to Titan to complete Public Events to complete your Flashpoint milestone. Remember to turn your Public Events into Heroic Public Events for a chance at better loot. Once the Flashpoint milestone is complete look for the world boss at the end of the next Heroic Public Event following milestone completion. If you don’t know how to activate Heroic Public Events, read this article by AvgJoe227 Heroic Public Events and How to Start Them

Flashpoint Reward: Powerful Engram

Cayde-6 Treasure Maps: Titan

Be sure to visit the Cayde-6 and purchase the 5 treasure maps (4600 glimmer each) leading to Cayde’s special loot chests before taking off to Titan to complete your Flashpoint milestone.

Call to Arms: Crucible

Win glory by participating in Crucible matches. It typically takes between 5-7 matches to complete the milestone depending on if you are solo queuing or playing with clan mates. Playing crucible matches will earn you progress towards your Call to Arms milestone and your Clan XP milestone at the same time.

Call to Arms Reward: Powerful Engram

NightFall: Tree of Probabilities (Mercury)

Contain a rampant army of Red Legion within the Infinite Forrest

Nightfall Modifiers:

No Modifiers (subject to change)

Nightfall Challenges:

• Unbroken – Complete the Nightfall with fewer than 3 deaths
• Laser Challenge – Take 5 or fewer hits from the lasers in Atlas Grove

Nightfall Reward: Powerful Engram

Raid: Leviathan

Board the Leviathan orbiting Nessus to defeat Calus, the Cabal Emperor. The first encounter this week is The Royal Pools and the Challenge Mode is the Pleasure Gardens.

Raid Challenges:

• The Proving – Complete every trial Calus has set before you
• The Labyrinth – Loot 3 of Calus’s gifts in the underbelly of the Leviathan
• The Pleasure Gardens - Relic holders can only shoot one plant

The Leviathan loot table has been removed since the loot tables have been unified and the loot is no longer tied to specific encounters. Everything available on the table has a chance to drop after each encounter.

Raid Lair: Eater of Worlds

Board the Leviathan orbiting Nessus to tackle the new Raid Lair - a shorter raid encounter.

Raid Lair Challenges

• Clean Sweep - Clear each major encounter
• Moments of Power - Generate orbs multiple times
• The Big Numbers - Get precision kills

Eververse

Just because you're busy fighting doesn't mean you can't look good doing it. Here's your Eververse stock for this week.

Remember all progress on the Leviathan raid is reset as well as raid keys. Clan XP goals are also reset as each player can earn a cap of 5000 XP per character for a powerful engram while total clan XP is capped at 100,000.

Allons-y, Guardians!