The midseason update in Season 20 for Destiny 2 has caused a lot of excitement among the Guardians, but unfortunately not in the hoped-for way. Since its release, many players have been struggling with bizarre bugs that cause literal headaches.
What is happening with Destiny 2 after the update? This Tuesday, Bungie released its big midseason update for Season 20. It included some changes to weapons and abilities as well as bug fixes.
Basically, it is understandable that updates and patches can also introduce new bugs and errors. This is never entirely excluded. However, the current issues in Destiny 2 have surpassed what players can and want to accept.
Paul Tassi from Forbes created a personal bug list after the update, showing that the midseason patch 7.0.5.0 brought more problems than solutions to Destiny 2. The list is long and contains a variety of issues that severely impair the gaming experience. These include, among others:
- Some of the problems reported by players include slowed loading times, sudden crashes followed by unwarranted timeouts, missing weapons, server issues, and problems with the matchmaking system in PvP.
- But that’s not all. A curious sound bug has also sneaked in, which leads to peculiar and excessively loud sounds, especially in connection with the 3D audio settings.
New bug list challenges the longest patch notes
Longer downtime and new errors frustrate the Guardians: Originally, the midseason update was supposed to shift the meta in the game. To make weapons stronger, balance abilities, and optimize PvP. However, this has fallen far into the background.
Especially because the new problems not only affect the gaming experience, but also the community of Destiny 2. Many Guardians were disappointed after the patch and are demanding quick solutions and a smooth gaming experience because the list of errors is long and some of them are serious.
These new errors were introduced by the midseason update:
- Grenade mods seem to no longer work with strand grabbers.
- With the subclass strand, the “thread of generation” appears to be nerfed or broken.
- The mods “Firepower” and possibly “Siphoner” no longer spawn orbs.
- Players can already earn Guardian Games medals even though Guardian Games don’t start until May and are not live yet.
- The Guardian Games statue in the Tower now indicates that the Hunters won last year, not the Warlocks.
- Some Guardian Games triumphs were activated earlier than intended. As a result, the “Titles” tab now blinks as if something were unlocked. These triumphs can be claimed when Guardian Games start in two weeks.
- The once easily accessible laser ball above the entrance has been removed from all difficulty levels in the heist battlegrounds.
- The planned nerf of the IKELOS SMG may not have been implemented.
- The last step of the seasonal quest to collect Amanda Holliday does not allow players to collect the ship because they already received it when resetting their rank in the H.E.L.M. It should drop the ghost there, not the ship, preventing players from completing the quest.
- There were penalties for leaving Crucible or Gambit matches, even though this was not the case.
- Raid loot is not dropping for some encounters but ending up in the post.
- If the mod “Ashes to Attack” and “Packed” are equipped, players only receive super energy from one of the mods. However, this is intentional, as Bungie clarified.
- Resilience does not always work correctly, causing players to withstand less.
- Raid banners can no longer be deployed in certain locations.
- Grenades no longer generate firesprites, which affects solar player builds.
- Radiant weapons no longer stun anti-barrier champions.
- The raid “Kingsfall” crashes or disconnects players repeatedly.
- Golden titles are buggy again after the update and need to be accepted anew.
- Additionally, some players are experiencing extreme audio problems.
Curious audio issues cause annoying noises
This gives you a headache: Specifically, the audio issues have become a topic in the Destiny Reddit and among players. Player Ashen8th reports, for example, that he has never experienced anything like it on the PS5 before and that this new sound bug had made the game completely unplayable for him:
It feels like dozens of sounds are being pressed together violently and shoved through my headset like a cheese grater.
describes Ashen8th the curious audio problems that Destiny 2 is currently facing
Not only does it read unpleasantly. It also sounds that way. Moreover, it seems that not only PS5 players are affected by this bug. Xbox and PC players agree with his statement and report annoying and excessively loud faulty noises, especially when using 3D sound and headphones.
Some users have noted that reducing to 30 FPS has resolved the audio issues. Thus, this bug might also be traced back to the known FPS problems that Destiny 2 has been struggling with for a long time. However, this cannot be confirmed.
This temporarily resolves the sound issue in Destiny 2: Bungie has already provided a short-term solution for the problems with sound in the game. As a workaround, it is recommended to disable 3D audio. This includes:
- Native 3D audio on PS5.
- Atmos/Windows Sonic on PC and Xbox.
Regardless of the reasons behind the increase in bugs and errors, players agree that Bungie needs to act urgently to get the loot shooter back on track. Especially since Lightfall has already not launched with the best experiences.
‘What is going on with Bungie support?’ The developers of Destiny 2 have often proven in the past that they are completely capable of responding to and fixing problems quickly and effectively.
But these new errors have once again led to massive frustrations among players, who are becoming increasingly disgruntled and are wondering what is going on at Bungie.
- Some players speculated that the increasing pressure on Bungie as a developer to deliver ever larger and more complex updates results in a decline in the game’s quality.
- Others argue that Bungie may not have enough resources to handle the growing number of players and their needs.
Bungie has already started addressing the issues: The developer of Destiny 2 is already working to clarify player questions and especially to clear up some uncertainties.
They have already resolved several issues that have arisen since the update, including the unwarranted Crucible and Gambit suspensions.
After that, the Destiny2Team account on Twitter shared further explanations about changes in the game that are not bugs but intentional changes:
- For example, when “Firepower” and “Packed” are equipped, players now spawn only one orb of power, not two, when they kill an enemy with the grapple.
- Progress for weapon crafting now comes from the key chest and not the base chest.
- And grenade kickstart should no longer activate when clinging to a grapple point, thus not consuming grenade energy.
All supplemental info about Bungie’s midseason update can be found on Twitter:
Until everything is resolved, players should exercise a little patience and forward their complaints to Bungie if they have any, to ensure that nothing is overlooked.
What do you think about the issues that the midseason update has caused for Destiny 2? What do you think Bungie should do to fix the bugs in the game and improve the quality of the gaming experience? Feel free to comment and share your thoughts with our readers.
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