Destiny Update 2.0.0.3

Update 2.0.0.3 officially launched the Destiny expansion The Taken King on September 15, 2015.

The Taken King

 * Oryx and his army has arrived
 * Meet them on Phobos, a moon of Mars
 * Requires The Taken King and a minimum character level of 25

General

 * Max Character Level Cap now increased to 40 (Requires The Taken King)
 * New Vanguard and Crucible bounties are now available at your local Bounty Tracker
 * Year One Moments of Triumph are now locked in history and cannot be progressed
 * VIP 'Founders Fortune' rewards will be distributed in the Tower (Requires The Taken King)
 * "Spark of Light" Level 25 Character Boost consumable is available at the Postmaster (Requires The Taken King)

Classes

 * Subclass quests for new subclasses are now available after the completion of The Coming War story mission (Requires The Taken King)

Patrols

 * Patrols now offer rewards once again

Daily Heroics

 * Required Level: 40
 * Requires The Taken King
 * These missions will include selections from Year One and Year Two

Vanguard Strike Playlists

 * Weekly Heroic Strike has been replaced by the Vanguard Heroic Strike Playlist
 * There are now three Strike playlists:
 * Legacy Strike Playlist
 * Available to all players
 * Contains all Year One Strikes, including original Dust Palace and Undying Mind Strikes
 * Vanguard Strike Playlist
 * Requires The Taken King
 * Contains all new The Taken King Strikes, as well as 3 remixed Year One Strikes (Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III)
 * Vanguard Heroic Strike Playlist:
 * Requires The Taken King
 * Contains all new The Taken King Strikes, as well as 3 remixed Year One Strikes (Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III)
 * Heroic Strikes earn bonus rewards on weekly completion:
 * Legendary Engram (1 time per character)
 * +10 Legendary Marks (3 times per account)
 * Playing multiple Strikes without returning to orbit increases reward chances
 * All The Taken King and Updated Strikes now feature random encounter variation and may contain Taken combatants

Nightfall

 * Required Level: 40
 * Requires The Taken King
 * Wiping in Darkness Zones no longer kicks player to orbit
 * Resurrection timer is now a 30-second cooldown (must be resurrected by teammates)

Crucible

 * Year Two Crucible is now in effect (Requires The Taken King):
 * Rift, Control, Clash, Skirmish, Salvage, Rumble, Elimination are now Year Two core playlists
 * When Trials of Osiris is active, Elimination will only be playable via Trials of Osiris playlist
 * Featured Daily and Weekly activities are now active
 * Year One Core Playlists now contains Classic 6v6, Classic 3v3 and Classic FFA playlists

Cryptarch

 * The Cryptarchs will now exchange Legendary Marks for Legendary Engrams
 * Available engrams will be randomly selected by each Cryptarch every Tuesday
 * Legendary Engrams no longer have a chance to produce simple Materials
 * Rare Armor Engrams have a chance to produce Artifacts instead of Armor

Banshee

 * Starting on Armsday (Wednesday), Banshee-44 will accept Orders for new Foundry Weapons to characters at Gunsmith Rank 1 or higher. Higher Ranks will allow placement of more orders per week

Speaker

 * Legendary Armor has been added to the Speaker's inventory

Shaxx

 * PvP Quests are now provided to players (Required Level: 5)
 * Shaxx now carries a set of Weekly Crucible Bounties, with Nightfall equivalent rewards for completing all five in a week

Arcite

 * Arcite now carries a set of Weekly Crucible Weapon Bounties

Roni 55-30

 * The Vanguard Quartermaster will now exchange old Class Armor Materials for new unified Armor Materials

Queen's Wrath

 * Petra now has new bounties available in the reef upon completing a new quest
 * These bounties will also drop a Treasure Key the first time one is completed each week

Economy

 * Vanguard and Crucible Marks deprecate and are converted to Commendations (at a rate of 50:1)
 * Legendary Loot drop rates have been increased across all activities
 * Legendary Marks are now earnable by completing Daily Story Chapters, Weekly Heroic Strikes, Daily PVP Activities, Weekly PVP Activities and Dismantling Year Two Legendary items
 * Strike rewards now drop from bosses instead of in the PGCR
 * Except for Sepiks Prime, who has been known to cleverly fly above water to deny victorious Guardians their rightfully earned spoils
 * Strikes reward tables now include items for all Armor and Weapon slots

Known Issues

 * Strike Legacy playlists are currently not providing rewards
 * This is known issue and will be hotfixed as soon as possible