The event Fanfare Call in Destiny 2 was supposed to significantly increase experience gains. However, players are reporting incorrect displayed EXP and cooldowns. Was the event broken?
Bungie wants to keep players engaged in Destiny 2 with regular events, ensuring they stay interested or at least return to the game more frequently. In recent days, an event in Destiny 2 that doubled experience gains was running, as long as you were playing with at least one clanmate.
This is useful in two ways:
- You can bring another Guardian to the maximum level of 20 faster with a clanmate, or
- You can more easily obtain Bright Engrams, which contain various cosmetic items.
Bungie plans to hold the event in the future, but under different conditions. Next time, clan membership will no longer be necessary.
Guardians are now reporting consistently that the amount of experience points gained does not match the display in the game. Is the entire event ineffective?
The problem with experience points in Destiny 2
We recently reported, that there are generally problems with the display and the actual amount of experience points gained in the game. Many Guardians have now written on Reddit that these issues can be transferred to the Fanfare Call event.
Players specifically criticize:
- Displayed experience gains do not match external sources like the Destiny Item Manager or Destinytracker (it’s significantly lower than what the game suggests)
- There seems to be a cooldown on EXP gains. Those farming public events or other activities for an extended period receive progressively fewer experience points, though this is not visualized in the game
The second aspect also applies to chests and planetary resources. If you collect too many in a short time, you eventually run out. It seems Bungie has applied this system to EXP as well.
A player has published a screenshot on Reddit showing the effect of 15,000 EXP on the progress bar. Buffs like the Fireteam Medallion, “Well Rested,” and the Fanfare Call were active:
As you can see, there’s almost no gain on the progress bar. Although 15,000 EXP is displayed, the bar hardly fills up.
Comparisons with EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 Lootbox Disaster are becoming louder
Why are experience gains displayed incorrectly in the game? Why are the bonuses of the Fanfare Call event seemingly marginal? Some Guardians suspect malice on the part of Bungie / Activision.
They accuse the responsible parties of wanting to force players to invest real money in Bright Engrams due to the low experience gains. Therefore, the Fanfare Call event was completely pointless if the XP gains have cooldowns.
Comparisons with the loot box disaster surrounding EA and Star Wars Battlefront 2 are becoming louder. The Bright Engram system is seen as a similar money grab.
EA made the principle of “loot boxes” a core element in Star Wars Battlefront 2 and after loud protests at least temporarily rolled back – disabling in-game purchases via real money.
Even though Bright Engrams primarily contain cosmetic items, players feel cheated. It’s not so much about the aspect that experience gains are subjected to an invisible cooldown, but that the game presents alternative facts that do not hold up to reality.
Even though this issue has been known for a few weeks now, Bungie has yet to comment on this problem, which further frustrates the player base. It remains to be seen whether the increasing discussions will change Bungie’s communication policy.
Have you noticed any irregularities in experience gains in the past few days as well?
