In Destiny 2, the community is constantly looking for new ways to optimally and, above all, quickly master the challenges of the game. A current example of the creativity and determination of players to simplify activities is the revival of the legendary double shotgun DPS glitch, which Bungie had actually already nerfed.
Which glitch is back now? The double shotgun DPS glitch was the dominant method in Destiny 2 two years ago to defeat raid bosses at extraordinary speed.
The idea behind it is simple:
- Players equip two shotguns.
- Then, they fire them in quick succession, allowing them to melt bosses, especially raid bosses, in no time.
This was for a long time the key to efficiently defeating raid bosses in Bungie’s loot shooter until the developer nerfed this method.
However, many Guardians have not forgotten this method and have repeatedly tried to bring it back. In Season 22, the community has succeeded in reviving the glitch. MeinMMO tells you how they did it.
This is Season 22 in Destiny 2:
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This is how the glitch was revived: The return of this weapon glitch has excited the Destiny 2 community. Also, because many players remember the glorious “hotswap” days when they could defeat raid bosses together with their shotguns in record time.
Now you have the opportunity to relive this glorious era or perhaps even experience it for the first time, as long as you don’t get your fingers tangled.
To try this optimally, you should use Strand, the latest ability from the DLC ‘Lightfall’.
Using the DPS option requires skilled use or, to make it easier, the use of the Strand grappling hook as well as an animation cancel technique to enable the fast weapon swap.
- You hold down the charged melee and then switch sequentially between the grapple grenade and the super ability.
- The grenade is not consumed if timed correctly, allowing you to switch with every class essentially forever.
- The swap glitch seems to work with every weapon type in the game. However, slug shotguns are best suited for this.
- Unlike grenade launchers, slug shotguns in the game have good ammo reserves and magazines.
- Unlike fusion rifles, they fire instantly and aim quickly, which a sniper rifle cannot offer.
- And thanks to their precision damage modifier, they also deal better damage than regular shotguns, primarily against anything that has a weakness – basically, every raid boss in Destiny 2.
The result is an impressively fast DPS method that allows players to effortlessly conquer bosses in the game. How quickly this swap happens, you can see in this video by Saltagreppo:
Not everyone can use the glitch: However, there are also critics who find the shotgun glitch too powerful and inaccessible to the point of potentially breaking the game.
- The player BawX! commented under the video by Saltagreppo: “My poor hands will cry, but I want to try it.“
- Ashes humorously writes: “Only those who want it to be nerfed are people who cannot do it. So 99.999999% of the player base.“
- TrueVoltz says: “I love mastering things like this, but it’s just not feasible with the amount of input required on a controller unless you rebound everything.“
What does Bungie say about the reactivation of the glitch? Some players have already tagged Bungie under the video, like xHolidays, who demands: “It’s time to nerf this. Way too strong. Remove this from the game, salt is fun.“
Some players wonder if Bungie will attempt to stop the glitch again or if they will tolerate players’ creative approach this time? It will certainly be crucial to see how much this glitch influences the game’s balancing.
But the Destiny team and the BungieHelp support are still silent on this. If that changes, we will, of course, publish an update in this article.
What do you think about the revival of the “double shotgun” DPS glitch in Destiny 2? Have you had any experiences with it yourself? And how practical do you find the new method? Feel free to comment your opinion and experiences in the comments.
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