Destiny 2 will go down for maintenance and deployment of hotfix 6.2.5.3 – Patch Notes

Amie GammonsNovember 8, 2022Last Updated: November 8, 2022

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Destiny 2 servers will go down for weekly maintenance and deployment of hotfix 6.2.5.3. As per Bungie’s notes, players will be removed from the game and won’t be able to log in before the maintenance completes. The installation of the update is supposed to conclude at 10 AM PST, with the login feature available 1 hour prior.

Destiny 2 6.2.5.3 Patch Notes

As per the official notes by Bungie, this is what’s been revealed so far. The patch notes for this update will be posted after the server maintenance is finished. Once that happens, we’ll update the contents below.

GAMEPLAY AND INVESTMENT

ARMOR

- Fixed an issue were certain shaders applied textures incorrectly to some pieces of the Festival of the Lost mech-themed armor ornaments.

WEAPON BALANCE

Linear Fusion Rifles

- General

- - - Increased the flinch received from player damage.

- - - - Flinch magnitude from players has been increased to 4x that of Sniper Rifles to make up for the lower zoom and higher aim assist.

- - - Increased the flinch settle time by 60%.

- - - - This change is the same as the one recently applied to Sniper Rifles.

- - - Significantly reduced the flinch received from non-player combatants damage by 80%.

- Arbalest and Lorentz Driver

- - - Reduced the aim assist cones by 35%.

GENERAL

- Fixed an issue where the Intended Authority Seasonal Challenge showed inaccurate rewards.

- - - The Psychic Warfare emblem was the right reward and it’s now stated as such.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

8:00 AM PST	-8 UTC	Destiny 2 will undergo maintenance. Sign-on and game integration features will be unavailable on web, mobile, 3rd-party apps, and the Bungie Store. Players who observe issues should report to the #Help forum
8:45 AM PST	-8 UTC	Destiny 2 will be brought offline for expected maintenance. Players will be removed from activities and won’t be able to log back in until 9 AM PST. Ongoing Destiny maintenance is expected to conclude at 10 AM PST.
9:00 AM PST	-8 UTC	Hotfix 6.2.5.3 will be available across all platforms and regions. Players will be able to log back into Destiny 2. Players logging into the game may be placed in a queue and may experience sign-on issues as background maintenance is still ongoing.
10:00 AM PST	-8 UTC	Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude. Console players who encounter issues updating to 6.2.5.3 should restart their console and try downloading the update. Players who observe issues should report to the #Help forum.