Weapons in Destiny currently only go up to a damage value of 331. Due to a bug, legendary weapons that can rise up to 365 are already in the game.
Guardians on Reddit initially thought it was a bad joke or a skilled Photoshop, when the image of a 365 Pulse Rifle “Time on Target” first appeared. But there seems to be some truth to it.
Another player then posted a picture of a weapon from his little brother, which was also a 365 Fusion Rifle of the Vanguard, called “Plug One.1”
And the potentially most powerful weapon in Destiny has … a level 7 Guardian
The mystery behind these weapons seems to be clarified. It appears that these weapons are created as follows:
- Guardian X has a trial version of Destiny (which only goes to level 7).
- Guardian X had this trial version before Christmas.
- All players received a Christmas gift from Destiny, which included legendary Vanguard weapons, including Guardian X.
- However, Guardian X did not open the gift (like any reasonable person), but only now after the last hotfix.
- Guardian X now goes to the Postmaster and boom, random legendary Vanguard weapon with maximum damage of 365 as a level 7 Guardian.
It is likely that this will be fixed soon. In any case, very few players are likely to be affected, and it is also unknown whether this weapon will remain upon switching to the full version. (Before that, it doesn’t do anything anyway). At the moment it is also unclear whether this worked on all systems or only with players who were in Destiny’s demo on the Xbox 360.
There is currently no official statement or response from Bungie.
Not the first oddity with the demo version and Postmaster in Destiny
Bungie has already encountered a similar problem twice in Destiny. On one occasion, the “Wrap of the Pit“, even before it was in the game, was already available for some mini-guardians in the trial version to find. This drove the “big” Guardians nearly to madness back then.
And recently there was a strange occurrence after a hotfix: If players had previously received packages for completing public events that were stored at the Postmaster, they suddenly gave glimmer materials. But only those specific packages.
The number “365” as the new base damage of weapons likely indicates that the next DLC “House of Wolves” will increase the maximum damage value significantly. A preview of which weapons and armor will be added with “House of Wolves”, you can find here.
