Summary
Leading into Trials of Osiris weekend,Destiny 2players discover a way through crafting to apply exotic perks to legendary weapons and Bungie isn’t rushing to fix the issue. Bungie is no stranger to unique bugs infiltratingDestiny 2as the franchise itself has seen plenty over the near 10-year span of the franchise. These have ranged from mostly harmless visual bugs to moregame breaking issues many of which have been caused by Telesto.
One of the more infamous bugs that was intentionally left unchecked was withthe Prometheus Lens exotic trace rifle, which launched with a bug that increased its damage and made it’s time to kill incredibly quick. Because of the issue, Prometheus Lens was used in about 98% of the old Trials of the Nine Crucible matches that weekend and became responsible for around 90% of the total number of kills as well. While the bug was eventually squashed after that chaos filled weekend,Destiny 2seems to be in the midst of another chaotic filled weekend as a new weapon bug gives players more power than Bungie intended.
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Over the past day,Destiny 2players have discovered a glitch when crafting weapons, allowing them to apply any craftable exotic perks to legendary weapons. While plenty of examples have appeared online, YouTuber Destiny Bulletin showed off how this works by applying theScreaming Swarm intrinsic trait from Osteo Strigato the legendary IKELOS_SMG_v1.0.3 while crafting. Currently, the bug only lets players do this to exotics that can be crafted, so the pool of available perks is somewhat limited, though players have already found more than a few interesting weapon builds. In fact, many players in the community have begun to worry what sort of chaos this might unleash inside Trials of Osiris this weekend, especially with the prospect of facing enhanced 1 shot bows with exotic perks now.
Naturally, it wasn’t long before Bungie caught wind of the issue, though they took a surprising stance on the matter. Instead of issuing an emergency hot fix or simply disabling Trials of Osiris, Bungie instead clarified that it was working on a fix and plans to reset these weapons in the future. For now, players were instructed to have fun and that Bungie would only intervene if absolutely necessary such as things going too far off the rails to the point where the health ofDestiny 2would need to be protected.
The fact that Bungie isn’t rushing to correct the bug may have surprised more than a few players considering what sort of chaos it may unleash over the weekend. However, it mirrors a similar, yet less impactful, bug currently happening in the Crucible. After theintroduction of the Multiplex map in Season of the Witch, players discovered that they could summon their sparrow vehicle, something which typically isn’t allowed in the Crucible. While not an intentional addition, Bungie admitted that players were having fun with it, so the bug wouldn’t be fixed right away.
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