In the latest “This-Week-at-Destiny,” Destiny 2 shared some changes. These include a PvP nerf that could not only affect PvP players but also significantly impact the PvE experience, as some players fear. The community is in an uproar, and discussions about the upcoming changes are ongoing. MeinMMO tells you why.
What controversial nerf is it about? In Season 22, the big midseason patch 7.2.5 is coming soon, and that’s why Bungie has already shared the first changes with players in the last “This-Week-at-Destiny” blog post.
Apart from a few changes to weapon balance and the exotic “Antaeus Ward,” Bungie will also nerf the Hunter exotic “Ahamkara’s Spine” as follows:
- The bonus health of the Light-sensor mine grenade is reduced from 100 to 70, and the bonus of 50% damage resistance is completely removed.
- Grenade energy is now provided only on ability kills instead of damage through abilities.
With this, they want to adjust the entire bonus grenade energy of “Ahamkara’s Spine” better to other exotics in the game with a focus on solar abilities, such as Athrys’ Embrace or Caliban’s Hand.
For some players, the PvP nerf is perfectly fine. However, the nerf for the exotic also affects PvE, which, in the opinion of players, simply shouldn’t be the case.
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“Bungie should feel guilty when they do this”
These are the concerns of the PvE players: In fact, there has long been a meta-separation between the sandboxes of PvE and PvP in Destiny 2. Bungie has also already balanced some exotics separately for PvE and PvP.
A PvP nerf therefore had no impact on PvE, and that was a good thing.
In this specific case, however, that seems to no longer be the case, and the Guardians do not like it at all. One of the biggest concerns for PvE players is the potential deterioration of the PvE experience due to the PvP nerf. Accordingly, they voiced their frustrations on Reddit.
The player neutral_B comments:
[“Ahamkara’s Spine”] needed a nerf for the PvP mode. But instead, Bungie ruined it for PvE and made it even worse for PvP, yet still playable. If this had only been a PvP nerf, I would say that this is on the right track, but destroying it for PvE is unnecessary.
writes neutral_B via Reddit
Many players also argue that the two game modes have different requirements and dynamics and should therefore continue to be treated differently.
Furthermore, the community points out that almost all complaints about this specialized exotic come from PvP and that Bungie did not address even the biggest complaints in the planned adjustments. Namely, the damage and blast radius of the exotic. After all, it is precisely the blast radius that makes the exotic used.
- The light sensor mine caused 14% increased blast damage and increased the blast radius to 14 meters, often resulting in enemies being killed outright or left with very little health.
- Additionally, players using “Ahamkara’s Spine” were rewarded with far too much energy, regardless of whether they secured a kill or not.
This way, they quickly had their next light sensor mine and could set up ambushes for the next enemy.
Here blueberriesGG shows you what Bungie will change in midseason patch 7.2.5:
Players also pointed out that Bungie’s comparison with the two other solar exotics as an explanation for the adjustment was unconvincing. After all, the solar aspect of the Hunter “Cut Them Down” would anyway provide full melee restitution.
And so the player TheWanBeltran summarizes: “They could have reduced ability regeneration in PvP by the grenade health. They didn’t have to ruin its only use in PvE.[…]“
When will the nerf be implemented? Update 7.2.5 is expected to come into play in the middle of Season 22. It could therefore come into effect as early as October 17, 2023. New, lower costs for exotic focusing at Master Rahool will also be introduced at that time.
The midseason patch will then clearly show how significant the impacts in the game will actually be and whether the players’ fears will indeed come true.
What do you think about Bungie’s decision to nerf the Hunter exotic “Ahamkara’s Spine” in Destiny 2 for both PvP and PvE? Do you think this was necessary for both modes, or does it unnecessarily affect the PvE experience? Feel free to share your opinion directly in the comments and discuss with other players.
In the PvP of the loot shooter, there is currently already a rough wind because players hate one thing even more than nerfs: Destiny 2 players are now receiving hate messages when using a weapon type: “Honor was never and will never be there”
