In Destiny 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC), the new raid “Garden of Salvation” starts today. After Bungie has already restricted a weapon, now two armor pieces are being removed. In certain combinations, the Titan’s Peregrine Graves and the Hunter’s Sealed Ahamkara Grasps become simply too powerful. Therefore, Bungie will lock 3 Exotics starting this evening for 24 hours.
When does the new raid start? This evening at 7 PM it begins. The raid “Garden of Salvation” opens its gates. The raid is supposed to continue the story of “Shadowkeep”. It goes into the Black Garden, the birthplace of the Vex.
It affects Hunters and Titans in Destiny 2
Which Exotics are being locked? These are two armor pieces:
- the Titan leg armor Peregrine Graves
- and the Hunter gloves Sealed Ahamkara Grasps
Additionally, the weapon Jötunn is locked. That has been known for a while.
These 3 exotic items cannot be used for 24 hours on PS4, Xbox One, and PC with the start of the raid. Players will have to adjust their item setup.
Bungie announced this yesterday evening. Only 22 hours before the raid opens.
The trending DPS exploits of the week are not working
Why are these 3 Exotics locked? Bungie does not comment on this. But it is obvious: All 3 Exotics are components of combos that cause extremely high damage under the right circumstances.
In short: Bungie finds that the 3 Exotics are simply too powerful. They would skew the race for World First in the raid.
This is the exploit with Titans: The Peregrine Graves are actually intended for Titans to launch a shoulder charge while airborne for increased damage. However, there is an exploit circulating.
The Peregrine Graves can be combined with certain shotguns.
This creates a situation where Titans deal extremely high damage in close combat. This build is already known as “New Crazy One Punch Build” online.
This is the exploit with the Hunter: The Ahamkara Grasps are the central component in a similar exploit. The Exotic actually reloads weapons when performing a melee attack.
Players have found a way for this ability to trigger constantly when a specific Hunter grenade that deals damage over time is thrown.
This causes the Hunter’s weapon to reload constantly, and that is extremely powerful.
There are also videos from the usual suspects by now that ensure every glitch in Destiny 2 spreads within hours.
The weapon Jötunn has already been locked. This weapon is also overpowering due to a glitch and deals enormous damage to bosses. We have already reported on this.
Instead of fixing, first lock
What is behind this: All 3 Exotics are currently too strong in the PvE meta because they do not function entirely as intended but become extremely powerful under certain circumstances.
This is the risk when you give players more “build freedom”.
Bungie currently seems to have no time to properly fix these glitches and exploits and is now locking the items for the raid.
