A mod from the new seasonal artifact of Season 14 was so broken in Destiny 2 that Bungie quickly disabled it. But what is the exact reason?
What is the reason for the deactivation? As the official Help account of Bungie communicated on Twitter on May 16 via Twitter, the studio has completely deactivated a mod from the new seasonal artifact of Season 14 until further notice. More information is expected to follow.
This is the artifact mod in question: It is the mod Energy Accelerant. This mod causes explosions through the explosion perks Libelle, Chain Reaction, and Firefly to deal more damage.
Mod breaks PvP with Telesto and Symmetry
What exactly was the problem with Energy Accelerant? In short: The mod was buggy and not only affected the 3 intended perks, but also increased the damage of other explosive weapons – such as the infamous exotic fusion rifle Telesto. Due to the mod, Telesto’s bolts dealt around double damage – even in PvP.
But while breaking the game seems to be a tradition with Telesto, other weapons also went crazy due to the mod. With the exotic scout rifle Symmetry, the damage of the tracking projectiles was raised to 100, allowing it to take down an opponent with just 2 shots without even aiming through the scope.
This was not intended by Bungie and was quickly disabled – likely also in light of the Trials of Osiris.
Another possible reason: Some believe that not only the PvP, but also the upcoming Vault of Glass raid including the World-First race starting on May 22 could be another possible reason for the deactivation. If Bungie does not manage to implement a fix by then, a fair competition for the World-First clear may not be guaranteed.
What’s next for the mod? According to Bungie, the mod remains disabled for now until the developers release a hotfix for it. No specific timeline was provided.
Apart from this broken outlier: What do you think of the mods from the new seasonal artifact of Season 14 so far? And about the season in general? Feel free to let us and other readers of MeinMMO know in the comments.
