Destiny 2 Season 21 Reticle Changes Announced

In an effort to deal with participant suggestions concerning the recreation’s reticle performance, Bungie has announced in Future 2 Season 21 there might be some huge modifications to reticles. The alterations goal particular points raised by gamers, such because the much less obvious info displayed throughout excessive field-of-view (FOV) settings, the problem of monitoring perk states on Unique weapons, and the challenges confronted throughout fight attributable to elusive info.

A central concern for a lot of gamers has been the dynamic between hip-fire reticles and FOV. The 2 reticle components on nearly all of weapons—autoaim and accuracy—are proven as transferring circles and crosshairs. To take care of visibility and keep away from obscuring the motion, these components are restricted in dimension. Nonetheless, this clamping impact can result in points at excessive FOV settings, with components remaining static, regardless of fluctuations in autoaim and accuracy.

To resolve this, Future 2 has reconstructed the reticles for Fusion Rifles, Hand Cannons, Sidearms, and Hint Rifles. These enhancements will make sure the reticles stay dynamic and correct, even at excessive FOV. Shotgun reticles have additionally been adjusted to scale with FOV, offering a extra exact match to the pellet unfold. Different weapon reticles are anticipated to obtain related updates in future releases.

Along with FOV-related modifications, essential points of Fusion Rifles and Swords, reminiscent of cost and guard vitality, have been integrated into the hip-fire reticles. This implementation enhances accessibility, lowering gamers’ reliance on audio and visible cues.

Furthermore, Future 2 has been experimenting with aim-down-sights (ADS) reticles. Not like the hip-fire variants, ADS reticles are custom-built for every weapon, usually neglecting to show autoaim and accuracy info. As a part of this experimental strategy, Shayura’s Wrath will now characteristic an ADS reticle that adjusts to the weapon’s state and likewise modifications coloration when an enemy throughout the weapon’s engagement vary is focused.

The brand new season will even usher in {custom} reticle components for a number of Unique weapons, which is able to show useful details about their perks and states. Weapons to obtain these additions embody Ace of Spades, Lumina, and Traveler’s Chosen, amongst others. Furthermore, Unique weapons reminiscent of Satan’s Damage and Salvation’s Grip, which don’t sometimes have a cost meter, will now characteristic this factor of their reticles.