In Destiny 2, Bungie finally fixed the exotic bow Wish-ender in a patch on Thursday. However, clever players immediately found a new way to deal 12 times the damage with the bow.
What’s wrong with the bow? Normally, the exotic bow “Wunschender” in Destiny 2 doesn’t play a significant role. But since December, the bow suddenly killed many things in Destiny 2 with one shot. The bow was “buggy” after a patch in December.
Here was the error:
- the perk “Broadband Head” is supposed to deal double damage to enemies upon entry and exit
- due to the bug, the perk was dealing four to five times the damage to targets
The bug was active in Destiny 2 for about a month, then it was supposed to be fixed on last Tuesday with a patch, but the patch was delayed until Thursday. The hotfix 7.2.0.2 was the first new update in Destiny 2 for the year 2020.
Players wished the bow would remain so buggy
Here was the problem: Many players liked the bug. Wish-ender became truly playable and useful only through the bug. Bow fans saw it critically that the “bug” has now been patched.
However, the community manager said: The bow will be repaired, but we will pass on the feedback that bows in Destiny 2 should deal more damage.
Here is the new exploit: Immediately after the hotfix, players found a new way to use the bow to deal excessive damage. Now Wish-ender even deals up to 12 times or 16 times damage, instead of the previous 4 times.
However, the bug is relatively complicated. The bug is position-dependent; allegedly, emotes also play a role.
The new bug is therefore more powerful but also harder to use. Players are already joking that Wish-ender would be the worthy successor to Telesto: The weapon has earned a reputation as “the thing that regularly breaks Destiny.”
The bug is already shown in some YouTube videos, and large US sites (via polygon) are also reporting on it. One can assume that Bungie is aware of the bug. If they saw a need for action, that the bug overly distorts Destiny 2, Bungie would likely disable the exotic, just like they recently did with the exotic armor piece Winterlist.
