The midseason update in Destiny 2 brought not only planned changes to the game. It also included an unintentional blunder from Bungie that provided a glimpse into possible exotic buffs and could mean the return of one of the most popular hunter exotics.
So the unwanted leak was revealed: The Destiny 2 community recently witnessed an unexpected revelation when Bungie accidentally disclosed information about changes to some armor exotics.
What was initially dismissed as a mistake has now turned out to be an unexpected and officially confirmed gift for guardians as well as a promising outlook for the upcoming Season 23.
The involuntary revelation was revealed by Light.gg. The system tracks Bungie’s in-game data via their API and quickly detected the unannounced text adjustments.
Overall, six exotics are affected by the potential changes and buffs, four of which are exclusively for the hunter.
- Thus, for the most agile class, the hunter, the “St4mp-F3R,” the “Galanor Shards,” the “Celestial Nighthawk,” and the “Mechanic Trick Sleeves” are being revised.
- The warlock will see changes to their exotic “Karnstein Armlets.”
- The titan can expect an adjustment to the “Synthoceps.”
MeinMMO provides you with an overview of the unintended leaks in this article and lists the now known changes of the six exotics.
There were also unexpected revelations in Season 22, as you can see in this video:
“Nice and much-needed hunter buffs”
What exactly has leaked? The surprising information has already sparked plenty of discussion within the Destiny 2 community. Guardians are eager to find out how these changes will specifically affect gameplay. So far, everything exists only “on paper” and cannot be tried out in-game yet.
The hunters in Destiny 2 are particularly eager, as both the St4mp-F3R and the “Celestial Nighthawk” helmet will receive “a bit of love” with the changes.
These are the new descriptions of the six exotics:
St4mp-F3R (Hunter)
- Increases sprint speed and slide distance, and also improves jump, directional jump, and triple jump. You take less damage from combatants while in the air.
What will change with this? Important here is the term “combatants.” This would mean that the St4mp Buff only applies to PVE and therefore would not reverse the PVP nerf of this exotic. However, we have to wait and see. The portion of the text that stated you could only utilize enhanced speed, slide distance, and jumping if your dodge energy is full has been removed.
Galanor Shards (Hunter)
- Throwing knife final blows reduce the cooldown of the super. Hits and final blows with Blade Barrage refund super energy after the super ends.
What will change with this? This has already made some players, such as ElizasAdventures, “hella happy”. These changes could lead to more frequent spamming of Blade Barrage, even though the basic recovery of super energy remains at 50%.
Celestial Nighthawk (Hunter)
- Precision final blows reduce the cooldown of the super. Modifies Golden Gun to fire a high-damage single shot. Targets hit by the shot refund super energy and explode.
What will change with this? Instead of melee kills, precise final blows will have to be executed from Season 23 onward to reduce the cooldown of the super. Fans of snipers will be pleased with this. However, it still won’t make this exotic into the ultimate boss killer from the old days. Its super energy recovery is limited as well – currently at 33%.
Mechanic Trick Sleeves (Hunter)
- Increases in-air effectiveness, handling speed, and reload speed of the sidearm. If you are critically wounded and switch to a sidearm, it reloads and deals increased damage. While your effect is active, sidearm final blows reload the weapon and extend the effect’s duration.
What will change with this? Several exotic sidearms could become highly relevant soon. Because, if, for example, the buff timer of the exotic can be renewed indefinitely, then weapon exotics like “Devil’s Ruin,” “The Invader” and “Rat King” would be good options. This would make using this exotic sensible for the first time since the release of Destiny 2.
Synthoceps (Titan)
- You receive increased melee and super damage as well as improved weapon handling and increased reload speed when surrounded.
What will change with this? These changes to the titan exotic were already disclosed by Bungie in the “This Week in Destiny” blog (TWiD) on September 14.
Here it was announced that the additional melee reach was removed and, to compensate for that, weapon handling and reload speed improved when surrounded. Also, part of the nerf to glaive melee damage is being reversed. Hardcore PVE synthos users might be quite satisfied with that.
Karnstein Armlets (Warlock)
- Melee final blows and finishers grant instant healing and restoration for a short time.
What will change with this? Recently, many warlock players have used this exotic in combination with glaives or for solo runs. If it turns out that it can be stacked with restoration starting from Season 23, it will likely see even more use among guardians in the future.
Bungie confirms the exotic leaks and promises more
So Bungie reacted to its own leak: Some players speculated that this information might have been leaked intentionally rather than accidentally, to obtain early feedback on it. Whether this is really the case can only be speculated.
Bungie itself has not commented on this but has confirmed the premature release. This announcement also pointed out that changes may occur during the course of development.
So it was shared via Twitter/X:
Some changes to the exotic armors coming in Season 23 were shown earlier than expected, and we would like to take a moment to clarify a few things:
What has been shown so far is not the full scope of the exotic armor and customization changes coming in the next season. The unintended preview is just a small part of the broader adjustments that are in the works for all classes, and we look forward to sharing them soon. Although the descriptions of some of the exotic armors have been updated, they will continue to function as they did with the 7.2.5 update until the start of Season 23. […]
wrote Bungie via Twitter/X
The Destiny 2 community will thus eagerly await further information and prepare to experience and try out the potential exotic buffs themselves.
What do you think of the involuntary preview of the upcoming exotic adjustments? And which of these do you think has the greatest potential? Feel free to share it with us in the comments.
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