In the new event of Destiny 2, players became rich overnight. Developer Bungie immediately intervened and closed the loophole. Players complain that only bugs that are good for Guardians are fixed quickly.
In Destiny 2, the event “Guardian Games” started on April 20th. But instead of showing which class is the best in the universe, players spent their time at the black market dealer and became rich.
Here’s how players became wealthy: In the competitive events, players must equip a special item for their class; otherwise, points and medals do not count. Thus, the item can be bought very cheaply and infinitely – in case someone accidentally dismantles it, for example.
- If one dismantled the class item, they received resources in return.
- The key point is: The resources obtained this way are worth significantly more than what one has to spend to buy a new class item.
This method enabled players to quickly accumulate Glimmer and legendary shards – both are essentially the currency of Destiny 2. The trick spread like wildfire. Videos quickly emerged, titled something like: “Infinite Legendary Shards, hurry, Bungie will fix this soon!” (via YouTube).
Instead of participating in the Olympic events, the Guardians were at the black market dealer Spider, constantly extracting class items from the collection. They immediately dismantled the items and exchanged the resources very profitably with Spider.
How does Bungie respond? Those who wanted to benefit from the trick are too late. On the night of April 21st, Bungie already fixed the financial loophole. Now you receive nothing when dismantling the item.
Players in Europe hardly benefited from the trick, as they mostly slept peacefully when it became known. The fix lasted no longer than 8 hours – a record. On the Bungie Help account (via Twitter), which provides you with updates on technical issues and patches, there is incidentally no word about the fix – or the loophole.
Although Bungie fixes quickly, there’s trouble
You might think that the Guardians would be proud of their developer. In the collective memory, it has been said for years that Bungie usually takes a long time with fixes and updates.
This is why players are upset: Bungie is accused of applying double standards in their fixes and updates: The fixes that “harm” the players come quickly. Everything else seems to take forever. We often read this in the comments here on MeinMMO:
For game-breaking bugs, they [Bungie] need weeks and months to fix them. But for bugs that save unnecessary and demotivating grinds, it only takes days.
CandyAndeDE via MeinMMO
In other words, if a Guardian can profit from something, the patch is almost here – so if one finds a trick to quickly get cosmetics from the shop or to level up fast, often something like this happens:
- Destiny 2 disables old item because players retrieve too much from the real money shop
- That was quick: Destiny 2 closes a drastic dungeon exploit
- Players farm heavy activity like crazy – now Destiny 2 exchanges them
However, if a problem disturbs the Guardians, they can wait a long time for Bungie to take action, at least that’s the criticism. It can take months before an OP class no longer dominates everything. Or there is a weapon that is so strong that one must choose it (yes, you are meant Felwinter’s Lie) and nothing changes from season to season.
The same should apply to problems. If a triumph is bugged, for which you worked hard, then one should expect long waiting times, say some Guardians. Exceptions confirm the rule here too: Destiny 2 intentionally keeps bugs in the game longer and the Guardians celebrate it.
What do you think – is it good that Bungie reacted quickly here? Or would a lot of Glimmer and shards be just right for you?
However, we must also praise Bungie’s patch policy lately, as they show that they are finally consistently implementing a 7-year-old wish of yours: Since 2014, you wanted Destiny 2 to separate PvE and PvP – now it’s finally happening.
