Last Wish and Garden of Salvation armor acquired prior to Season 12 will not have this dedicated armor socket, but will still be able to use the mods related to that raid in the new Legacy armor mod socket. Starting in Season 12, the Last Wish, Garden of Salvation, and the upcoming Beyond Light raid armors will now drop with a fifth, dedicated armor mod socket that is exclusively for the mods related to that raid. In essence, we are making Enhanced mods cheaper and more accessible, and deprecating the lesser mods. This should also make having two different mods in the same category (say, Hand Cannon Loader and Shotgun Loader) socketed at the same time more appealing than it was previously, where players often needed to double-stack the same mod to feel like they are getting any benefit. So, to resolve both issues, we decided to raise the floor on the effectiveness of all mods to the point where players were more likely to feel their impact,and to deprecate the two tiers of mods. Some mods have moved to different slots to create more competition for mod sockets across armor pieces (for example, the Fast Ready mods have moved to the Arms socket).ĭeveloper Commentary: We consistently see feedback that players often don’t start feeling the impact of mods until they have an Enhanced mod, or two non-Enhanced mods, socketed. As a result, those Enhanced mods have been deprecated, and the base mods’ energy costs have been adjusted upward slightly (but are still lower than the equivalent Enhanced mods). Enhanced Hand Cannon Loader) have had the base mods’ efficacy increased to match that of the Enhanced version of the mod. All mods that have an Enhanced version of that mod (i.e. However, doing so meant that every mod socket would be displaying three times as many mods at a time, which would become cumbersome. As a result of the above change, all Arc Charged with Light mods now activate their second perk if you have any other Arc mod equipped on the same armor piece, OR if you have any other Arc Charged with Light mod socketed in any other armor piece you are wearing.ĭeveloper Commentary: Removing the energy type requirements from weapon-focused mods has been a consistent piece of community feedback since Armor 2.0 launched. Hand Cannon Loader, Fusion Rifle Ammo Finder, etc.) have been changed to be Any Energy Type. All of the weapon-oriented armor mods (i.e. Here, we’re going to dive into a patch note preview of sorts, with snippets of developer commentary from the development team throughout. Some mods will be buffed, while others will be removed all together. In November, some of the mods you commonly use are being tuned. Here is a deep dive from Bungie into the ways you customize your gameplay experience through armor mods.Īrmor mods are used to elevate your reload speeds, ability regen, and more to higher levels. UPDATES & CHANGES COMING TO MOD MODIFICATIONS