Dev Insights - Weapons, Artifacts, & Focusing Preview

https://www.bungie.net/News/Article/dev_insights_weapons_artifacts_focusing_preview

Greetings, Guardians. We are here today to share the many balance changes and updates that the Destiny 2 Dev Team has been working on for the Monument of Triumph update, coming June 9. It's a long article, so here's a list of the main topics you'll find in it:

• The new Weapon Tier Upgrading system.

• Tier Upgrading for crafted weapons.

• Buffs to many Exotics, like Anarchy, The Lament, and Vex Mythoclast.

• Including new Catalysts and improvements for previous ones.

• Balance update to most Legendary weapon types, including:

• An overall buff to Primary weapon damage in PvE.

• Targeted buffs to most Special weapons for PvE.

• Many Legendary perk fixes and buffs.

• A preview of the very customizable Artifact 2.0, including:

• New ways to counter Champions.

• Saving your choices in loadouts.

• Updates to vendors, weapon focusing, and gear attunement.