Shortly after the season start in Destiny 2, Guardians can no longer use some options in the game. Bungie had to disable the Solar fragment “Ember of Benevolence” due to issues, as well as the seasonal champion mod “Piercing Sidearm” a little later. MeinMMO will tell you why and how long you need to do without them.
As Bungie Help announced on May 26, just 2 days after the start of the new “Season of the Haunted”, the developer had to disable one of the new Solar 3.0 fragments first. Shortly after, a crucial mod from the seasonal artifact was affected.
The deactivations specifically involve:
- the new Solar 3.0 fragment “Ember of Benevolence” (deutsch: Glut des Wohlwollens)
- It causes the application of “Restoration”, “Healing” or “Radiant” on allies to grant enhanced grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration for a short time.
- As well as the champion mod “Piercing Sidearm” (deutsch: Durchschlagende Pistole)
- It ensures that sidearms receive shield-piercing rounds against Anti-Barrier champions.
Update, May 30/ 4:00 PM:
Other seasonal artifact mods also seem to be malfunctioning: Currently, players report on reddit issues in combination with the seasonal artifact mod “Solar Fulmination” (deutsch: Explosive Solar Bedrohung/ Cost: 3 energy).
- The 3-class artifact mod causes ignitions to deal increased damage within a larger radius.
What exactly was the problem with mods and the fragment? The Solar 3.0 fragment “Ember of Benevolence” has led to performance issues within the game and did not work as intended with other sources.
The champion mod “Piercing Sidearm”, on the other hand, caused chaos in PvP. As soon as Guardians equipped the seasonal champion mod for their sidearm, it became so incredibly strong in the Crucible that it could not only penetrate Titan barricades or the Titan bubble.
Some sidearm shots even went through walls when players suspected enemies behind them. Basically, as a Guardian, you were not truly safe from this.
And with the artifact mod “Solar Fulmination”, it appears that ignitions spread to your Guardian without the listed benefits. The thread creator jokes about the effects of the artifact mod:
[…] combine the mod with the other seasonal mod “Rays of Precision” and watch how quickly you die “Radiant”! […]
writes Lobodoot via reddit
How long will mods and skills remain disabled? At least for the new Solar 3.0 fragment “Ember of Benevolence”, Bungie has already indicated a specific date for the fix. This is supposed to be implemented on June 7th, thus fixing the problem.
For the artifact mod “Piercing Sidearm”, however, no specific date is known yet. Bungie is currently investigating the issue. Since this is one of the important and also necessary champion mods against Anti-Barrier champions, players hope that this bug can be fixed by Bungie sooner rather than later and not have to do without it for too long.
As for the seasonal artifact mod “Solar Fulmination”, the developer has not commented on it yet. This effect was only known today. We will update this article as soon as more information is released.
Have you noticed and maybe taken advantage of the mega-artifact boost for the sidearm in PvP? Or did you miss it? Despite the two deactivations: Tell us and other MeinMMO readers in the comments what you think of the new Solar 3.0 abilities and seasonal mods from the Harvester artifact from Season 17 so far?
