January 30 is going to be a big day for Destiny 2. Alongside bringing back Iron Banner with some much needed changes, the January 30 update will add Masterwork armor and rework how Raid rewards are handled. These updates begin the process of making good on many of the promises Bungie made earlier this month about changes that will be made to Destiny 2 over the course of the next few months.
Masterwork Armor
Masterwork armor is an additional chase for players, and will allow for a deeper customization of stats. All Legendary armor has a chance to drop as a Masterwork. Chances of a drop are higher from endgame activities like Trials of the Nine or the Raid, but any source that drops legendary engrams has the potential to drop Masterworks.
Each Masterwork armor piece will grant a 3% reduction to damage while your Super is active, and that will stack with all five pieces of armor for up to 15% reduction. In addition, Masterwork armor can have their stat package re-rolled, so if you don’t want that hunter gear to focus primarily on mobility, you can re-roll it to try for resilience or recovery. Masterwork armor solves a problem that Destiny 2 has had from the beginning where various armor pieces that may look cool aren’t viable because of their default stat packages. Now any piece of legendary armor can potentially be the exact stat rolls that you want them to be, so Guardians can look cool and be effective at the same time.
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