In the MMO shooter Destiny , the sniper rifle Icebreaker makes a comeback. This surprises Bungie and was not planned.
Two weeks ago, Bungie announced that they would shake up the Crucible. In certain modes, players should start without “special ammunition”. The goal was clear: The Trials of Osiris should no longer be a pure sniper paradise like in the last weeks and months.
At least the first round should take place without special ammunition.
Players bypass ammunition scarcity with Year-1 Icebreaker
But early on, players found a trick to bypass this. They used the Year-1 weapon “Icebreaker.” With the sniper rifle that regenerates its ammunition, sniper shots are possible after just a few seconds. There’s no need to wait for special ammunition. And a Icebreaker round to the head is still deadly. Especially in events like “Crimson Week”, which do not consider Light values, it proves to be absolutely deadly and renders the whole change absurd. Because it can still be “sniped” almost from the start.
Deceptive: Players can regenerate ammunition with the Icebreaker or other weapons and then use it with another sniper rifle. One wonders: If players discovered this possibility just a few minutes after the changes were introduced, what does Bungie think about it?
Icebreaker was not intended
Apparently not much. As PvP guru Jon Weisnewski tweeted on Sunday, it is an “active issue” they are looking into. It was not intended for it to work this way.
@petexnasty hey! It’s an active issue we’re looking into. Definitely not the intended design for ammo economy
— Jon Weisnewski (@sharkeatsman) February 20, 2016
Weisnewski does not mention concrete plans on how they want to change this – but it looks like they are aware of it in Destiny and want to change it.
