In Destiny 2, Guardians have often found one or another unannounced quest. However, the last secret has been quite some time ago. Thus, it was predictable that after Bungie’s cryptic patch notes for Update 6.2.0.8, hope immediately sparked among the Guardians. MeinMMO tells you what was going on.
Puzzle-loving Guardians immediately caught fire when Bungie published the probably most mysterious patch notes for Update 6.2.0.8 on Tuesday, October 11. Those who expected the usual general information and bug fixes for existing issues were disappointed.
Instead, curious Guardians were met with a short and cryptic message that Bungie stated should not be paid further attention to:
This is a test. Please do not pay attention. We are testing a new technology for a different type of hotfix. There are no hidden quests or things that are added or changed. Seriously, believe us. If you want to go looking, feel free. But don’t complain if you find nothing.
was stated in the patch notes for Update 6.2.0.8
The message had the exact opposite effect: However, what Bungie likely wanted to avoid happened, namely that Guardians in the shooter launched a pointless search for nothing.
Nothing helped. The passionate and puzzle-loving Guardians were all the more fired up after this message and absolutely ready to turn over every pixel of the FPS shooter. Especially since “The about nothing” patch still required a download, so something in the game must have changed.
The streamer and PvP ace True Vanguard immediately posted with a hint of irony on Twitter: “I will be the first to find out what a secret quest is.”
Many Guardians looked more closely in the strikes and the open world to see if they could discover new doors or signals. In vain.
The only thing Bungie achieved with this “Here is nothing” message was to hype Guardians unnecessarily and then disappoint them:
- Hyped by cryptic information with the trigger word “hidden quests or things”.
- Disappointed by the fact that there are apparently still no secret things to discover in the game.
Thus, the player Nitrob0nd on Twitter writes a little pleadingly:
You have caused us unimaginable chaos, the search will continue. Is there a single secret in the game that we have overlooked so far? If so, please let the community know so we can find it. We need something to keep us on our toes.
writes Guardian Nitrob0nd via Twitter
Bungie clarifies that it really was nothing: However, curiosity did not wane. Many players and content creators as well as journalists asked Bungie again for more tips or hints. Consequently, Bungie’s community manager dmg04 felt obliged to point out again that there really is nothing. It was really just a test. Nothing more.
As he explained: Since the studio had nothing to announce except “Updated version number to 6.2.0.8”, it was decided “instead of delivering nothing that looks even more suspicious, to have a little fun with the patch notes.”
A change in the update routine: Obviously, Bungie is planning a change in the deployment infrastructure for updates and patch notes. Thus, the update 6.2.0.8 was delivered within the Destiny app on Xbox and not via the standard Microsoft release channel.
The players’ reaction to these funny patch notes from Bungie shows, however, what Destiny 2 is currently most missing: discoverable secrets.
Reactions show what players really want
Hardly anything left to find on your own: The last secret that Guardians could discover was in Season 13 the horror ship Glykon in the mission “Foreboding”. Back then, the mission for the exotic “Tale of a Dead Man” started in a rather boring playlist strike. Suddenly, a door opened that had always been locked until then and led the Guardians on new paths.
Yet, these are the very things that players in Destiny 2 sporadically long for. The unexpected that occasionally breaks them out of the routine of strikes, top loot, and raids to send them on a new, adventurous mission for a while.
- The user Craig sums it up on Twitter when he posts: “I mean, we all love and miss that.”
- Also on reddit, opinions are no different, like that of player TheBeefiestofCakes: “No secrets or interesting puzzles […] no wonder the [players] are starving. The Destiny community loves big puzzles, and we haven’t really gotten a single one.”
At least some Guardians could still find something funny in the situation and made jokes about the nonexistent update info.
- The player FireCloud42 writes: “Did you do something with the Tower? It feels slower again (not too bad, but slower than last week)”
- Spooky Dev Hazel calls out, “Guys, grab your Telestos. Let’s have fun.” Just like the motto, if there’s nothing to report, then let’s find a new bug with the most buggy exotic in Destiny 2.
- The Guardian Higgins82 suggests, “If we take the capital letters [from the English patch notes], we get “TWHTSID.” What, in my opinion, means: “Trials will contain the secret information, Dredgen.” So equip your Dredgen titles and play some PvP this weekend!”
What is your opinion on the information from Bungie? Do you believe the developer that it was just a test? Do you suspect there’s more behind it and participated in the guessing? Or would you have preferred that Bungie fixed annoying bugs with the update instead? Feel free to share your thoughts on the rather unusual patch notes in the comments.
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