In Destiny 2 an extremely game-changing exploit has emerged that has quickly caught the attention of players. It allows Legendary weapons to be granted exotic perks that significantly increase damage against players, bosses, and champions. This currently turns the entire gameplay upside down and could even mean a rollback.
“We are working on two fixes for this problem. There are no plans for a rollback.
For the first solution, which will be provided within the next 24 hours, we are creating a server-side update that disables the equipment of all crafted weapons. Players will still be able to craft weapons during this time.
The second fix that we are working on and hope to release soon after the first fix will allow crafted weapons to be re-equipped, but the outliers with “illegal” components will be reset to their default state.“
Bungie reported this on Saturday evening via Twitter/X.
This extreme exploit is breaking all the rules: In Season 22, a groundbreaking exploit has emerged, first shared on the Billibili video platform and then by CheeseForever via YouTube. It’s currently throwing everything in Destiny 2’s gameplay into disarray, both in PvE and PvP.
- The latest weapon exploit in Destiny 2 allows players to equip Legendary weapons with exotic weapon benefits and other weapon frames.
- It significantly increases damage against enemies, including bosses and champions, and is currently breaking the game. Weapons can, for example, fire continuously.
- The Legendary bow “Under Your Skin” can receive the exotic perk “Trinary Vision” and deal over 500 headshot damage and over 450 body shot damage.
Many players in PvP are powerless against this one-hit kill. Just like the bosses in PvE, where Guardians with their new “overpowered weapons” are currently dealing millions of damage in raids and melting all opponents in no time like ice in a volcano.
Bug grants Exo-Perks through Crafting Legendary Weapons
This is how the crafting exploit works: The extreme game bug currently only works with craftable exotic weapons, such as the Exo-SMG “Osteo Striga”, the fusion rifle “Dead Messenger”, or the Exo-scout rifle “Tale of a Dead Man”.
- For example, you can select the exotic submachine gun “Osteo Striga” for crafting, and before the game loads this weapon into the enclave, quickly click on another weapon. The game then incorrectly grants the Exo-perk to this Legendary, craftable weapon.
- Various legendary weapon frames can also be used interchangeably, which creates completely crazy results in the form of overpowered weapons.
This has made it possible for players to use the Aggressive frame of the “Ragnhild-D” shotgun for the automatic rifle “Ammit AR2”, which actually has a precision frame. This gives the weapon an abnormal TTK of 0.1 seconds.
Or that the rapid-fire frame of the “Until the Return” shotgun can be used for the linear fusion rifle “Fire and Forget”, which actually has an Aggressive frame.
How crazy this is currently being utilized in the game by the Guardians is shown in a video from Destiny Bulletin.
Here you see the Legendary burst rifle “Hollow Rejection” which was illegally crafted with the Exo-perk “Trinary Vision” from the Exo-grenade launcher “Dead Messenger”. The result is a continuous fire adventure that is currently breaking the game:
Even on Reddit, players are increasingly sharing videos and combinations with Legendary weapons that defeat bosses and players in a short time using their exotic perks in crazy ways.
This has not only extremely influenced the PvE game but also the PvP experience of Destiny 2.
The streamer FalloutPlays is also amused and appalled. He shows in a video via Twitter/X the crazy and bizarre effects on PvP and suspects that Bungie can only fix this through a deactivation of the enclave, the weapon crafting center of the Guardians, or a complete rollback.
“[…] The longer this takes without a rollback, the worse it will get. You can disable crafted weapons, but how do you revert the damage without a rollback?
wrote FalloutPlays on Twitter/X
Bungie is investigating a solution but allows the Trials to continue
What does Bungie say about this? Bungie has already commented on the issue via Twitter/X and reacted quickly. The impact of this exploit is simply beyond belief and ultimately affects the fairness of the entire game.
What is stunning here, however, is that although the exploit makes everything unfair, they currently have no plans to disable the ongoing PvP endgame, the Trials, for this reason. They are currently only planning to reset the weapons built through the exploit.
We are aware of a problem that allows certain weapon perks to be transferred into other legendary weapons, and we are investigating a solution that will lead to these weapons being reset in the future.
Currently, we have no plans to disable Trials of Osiris due to this issue.
Bungie explained about the glitch via Twitter/X
A potential fix may therefore not come into the game until next Tuesday with the regular server downtime.
In the meantime, Bungie wants to keep an eye on things to ensure that it doesn’t get “too wild” in the game. In this regard, the Destiny2 team has supplemented the first announcement with the following message:
We are exploring all possible solutions and monitoring whether things get TOO wild and we may have to take drastic measures to ensure the health of the game. In the meantime, let’s all have some fun! Igneous Hammer will return to the Trials as soon as possible.
wrote Destiny2Team via Twitter/X
Will you get banned for exploiting? As Bungie has also communicated, players who “discover” the glitch will not receive any in-game restrictions or bans. Along with the explicit note that the use of external scripts and network manipulation tools remains punishable.
However, it should be noted that this does not clearly state what happens to players who actively exploit it. It is not clearly explained what measures may be taken against such players.
The use of exploits in video games is usually against the terms of service or the game rules of the respective game and is therefore prohibited.
Nevertheless, the statements from Bungie and this situation are currently not stopping many players from drastically exploiting, as this is nearly a guaranteed way to become flawless in the Trials this weekend, earn an Adept weapon, or complete certain PvE objectives faster.
More and more players are already resorting to fighting fire with fire and simply joining in on the “Laser Tag Weekend 2.0”.
The impact on the game is immense: The exploit makes pretty much everything unfair and distorts the entire competition. Especially for players who want to remain honest and do not want to use the exploit. They currently have no chance to counter attacks honestly in PvP.
In this context, the player AnthonyNixon states: “I won’t even try to join until it’s fixed. I already play enough weekends against cheaters. There’s no need to also play against exploits that feel like cheats.“
MyMMO will keep you updated on what and when Bungie may take further steps and will update this article accordingly.
What do you think about the exploit and Bungie’s reaction? Do you use it yourself or is it a matter of honor for you to refrain from it? And what do you think? Will there perhaps still be a rollback? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Finally, Bungie removed one of the oldest currencies in Destiny 2 because players also regularly profited illegally from glitches here:
