There are severe turbulence in Destiny 2 after the recent announcement on Friday. Players are upset about the many nerfs coming with Season 7 on June 4. It seems the good “Go Fast” direction that Destiny 2 has pursued since March 2018 is in danger, leading to talk of a new “Go Slow” era.
Bungie announced: On the night from Thursday to Friday, Bungie announced a series of nerfs that will affect popular exotic items in Destiny 2.
On June 4, the new Season 7 will begin and a new raid will launch. However, a series of nerfs are also coming.
Bungie states that they want to ensure that raids or other endgame content in Destiny 2 remain challenging with these adjustments.
Some of the items are so powerful that they simply overwhelm the challenge. They cannot just keep making gear stronger, hence this step.
455 comments on MeinMMO and a lot of anger
This is the reaction of the Guardians: The reaction of the players of Destiny 2 is overwhelmingly negative.
Alone on MeinMMO, there were 455 comments on this topic and you have to search hard to find someone who shows understanding for the announcement:
- BlackPanther0815 says: Overall, I find the constant up and down nerfing to be too much; trust in the manufacturer is virtually gone, and a great deal of frustration is slowly spreading.
- JoeMido991 says: The Whisper is just really good for the runners and the Titan – see Bergusia Forge or Zero Hour. But instead of adjusting the enemies, they nerf the weapon. The weapon is not the problem, it’s the inability to design the enemies well.
- vvV AmNesiA Vvv says: I find it totally inappropriate. Black Hammer was already heavily nerfed in Destiny 1. Now they are bringing it back in its original state and doing the same nonsense again?
The Destiny 2 subreddit looked immediately after the announcement as Kotaku notes. The topic “Stop with the nerfs” dominated the platform sustainably.
In summary, there are three major reactions:
- You are ruining the game
- You are doing it again
- And you promised not to do exactly this anymore
This is what Guardians hold against Bungie: The criticism from the players particularly echoes statements made by Bungie back in March 2018. At that time, Bungie installed the “Go Fast” update.
Back then, Bungie analyzed that they had taken the balance in the base version of Destiny 2 too seriously and had tried to make all weapons and items equally good. Apparently because they wanted to make Destiny 2 suitable for eSports.
In the process, they apparently lost a lot of the “space magic” and now want to bring it back.
With the “GO Fast” update, it was said that it was okay for some nails to stick out; they didn’t have to be hammered down immediately. If a weapon was too strong, they preferred to try to bring other weapons up to that level.
Subsequently, there have always been “too powerful” weapons, such as Whisper of the Worm or most recently Perfected Outbreak.
With the upcoming nerf, the Guardians believe Bungie is reversing this policy. Therefore, Bungie should name the patch the “Go Slow” update right away.
After Destiny 2 recently seemed to gain many points with the quest for Perfected Outbreak, the mood is now dampened again. Let’s see if that changes with the start of the new raid and the new season on June 4.
