In Destiny 2, a serious bug caused balance chaos over the weekend, especially during the PvP event “Trials of Osiris”: Bungie initially allowed the chaos to persist but intervened on Saturday evening, September 16.
What caused the chaos? On Saturday, September 16, we reported on MeinMMO about the serious weapon exploit in Destiny 2:
- A weapon exploit emerged in Season 22, which spread from China to the West.
- With the exploit, players could equip “normal” legendary weapons with exotic weapon advantages and weapon frames. Players used the exploit to create weapons that violated every rule in the game and ruined any form of balance.
- The site PC Gamer refers to “Franken guns” and cites examples of these balance-destroying monsters, such as weapons that function like a mix of a machine gun and a grenade launcher.
On MeinMMO, a user talks about weapons that act like a mix of linear fusion rifle and shotgun, with 12 shots per volley. This is a kind of “God mode”.
“Let’s all have some fun”
What was Bungie’s reaction? In an initial response on the night from Friday to Saturday, Bungie stated that they were keeping an eye on whether the situation became “too wild”, then they would intervene.
But for now, the motto was: “Let’s all have fun.” (via twitter)
Players fear rollback – Some don’t want to play for now
How did players react? With certain weapons, during the time the exploit was active, it was possible to activate a kind of “God mode” and master difficult tasks that otherwise couldn’t be accomplished.
While people could take on the most difficult challenges in PvE in this way, the bug in PvP led to ridiculously high KDAs for the players exploiting the situation.
While some apparently had fun with the bug, it didn’t go over well with many players. They felt that a “rollback” was looming, meaning the resetting of all game content to an earlier time.
YouTuber Datto asked: How can this be allowed? He refers to it as “the biggest exploit we’ve ever seen in Destiny”
On MeinMMO, some players announced they would not play anymore for the moment, as they believe their game progress would likely be reset later.
Players stated that fairness in Destiny 2 is now definitively over.
There was a feeling that “the honest player is the fool”; those who don’t exploit the bug miss the chance for loot and achievements they wouldn’t otherwise get.
Bungie pulls the plug on Saturday evening
How did Bungie respond? On Saturday evening at 20:53 our time, Bungie pulled the emergency brake. They stated that while they loved seeing all the “fun clips and jokes” (via twitter), they now needed to prioritize the health of the game.
They announced that in an initial fix, all crafted weapons would become “unequippable”.
In a second fix, they intend to remove the bug from the game.
There will not be a rollback.
What’s behind it: This is a peculiar situation. Normally, players often complain when Bungie fixes things that are “too strong” and post things like: “Fun discovered – fix incoming”. However, this usually concerns small things that make gameplay more comfortable or bring variety. An example of this was the “Sparrow” bug from 10 days ago.
Here, however, the exploit was so severe that many players’ sense of justice demanded a “hard” intervention from Bungie. Yet Bungie acted contrary to this expectation and the players’ experiences by initially allowing everything to continue.
This seemed unpredictable and was consequently not okay.
Many players have a need for their game to be fair so that what they have achieved means something. Such a “chaos day” sows doubts.
