Destiny 2 has a new bug that equally amuses and confuses the community: bosses that suddenly kill themselves. The reason for this is an unusually toxic bug occurring in conjunction with the exotic weapon Osteo Striga.
What bug has been discovered? Normally, bosses in Destiny 2 present a challenge to players and require good strategy and coordination to be defeated. However, recently there has been a new trend in all activities: bosses now die on their own.
The culprit is a now-known toxic bug from Season 20, which occurs in combination with the exotic submachine gun Osteo Striga, the Strang subclass, and the perk “Vorpal Weapon”. It causes the toxic damage-over-time effect to persist nearly indefinitely.
Destiny 2 has never been this toxic
How does the bug occur? In his latest video, YouTuber and Destiny 2 player CheeseForever goes into detail about the effect and shows its deadly impact on various enemies in Destiny 2.
- Equipped with the Osteo Striga, he triggers the perk “Toxic Overload” through precision skills, which releases a burst that also poisons nearby targets
- He then uses his Warlock melee “Arcane Needle”
- Now he just needs to switch to a weapon with the Vorpal perk and occasionally deal damage to maintain the poison ticks
The bug now ensures that the effects continue indefinitely, and the poison tick from the exotic Witch Queen weapon does almost 50% more damage than normal.
This allows players to easily kill the various Destiny bosses, including raid bosses, as seen in the video:
The bug seems to have existed for a while: After the bug became known, some players noted that they had already wondered why some activities in combination with the Osteo Striga were so easy to play since Lightfall. They didn’t want to believe it was a bug in the game and wished it had never come to light.
Basically, you only need to trigger the issue once and you can then cozy up in a corner while the bug does the rest. Specifically, the Warlock’s melee spawns infinite needle projectiles, which in turn infect nearby enemies.
However, the Warlock exotic “Necrotic Grip” works correctly and cannot be combined with the bug to cause even higher damage.
Usable for all classes: However, the bug is not limited to the Warlock. The other classes can also take advantage of it if they use the Grasp melee attack combo of Strang. This should make it clear that it is an extreme gameplay error if players in Destiny 2 are easily completing all activities solo.
Has Bungie commented on this yet? So far, there has been no response from Bungie. It remains to be seen if and how Bungie will respond to this bug. However, there is no doubt that it will happen, and this error will be fixed in the near future. We will update the article with more information as soon as it becomes available.
How about you? Have you noticed and secretly taken advantage of the bug? Or did you not notice it at all? Feel free to leave us a comment, as we are curious about your unique perspective on this toxic error.
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