Fun detected! The latest in a long line of Bungie blunders thatDestiny 2players discovered and then took advantage of has been taken away swiftly.
For those new toDestiny,there has been a very storied history of Bungie “oopsies” that players used to quickly or efficiently farm loot, going back to the legendary loot cave in the earliest versions ofDestiny 1.
With each expansion, the power grind begins anew, and players all rush to level up the fastest way they can. The newly-releasedThe Edge of Fateexpansion is no different. This latest DLC’s “exploit” casualty is the Encore exotic mission, which players were speed-running to completion in 20 minutes or less, grabbing five or more powerful gear drops to power-level.
According to Bungie, the mission was a bit too rewarding, as players were using the new Grappler modifier to launch themselves quickly through the mission to speed run it, gaining hundreds of levels of power quicker than the developer hoped for or anticipated.
A new change in the DLC made these exotic missions grindable and not just gated to once per week, so players saw the opportunity and ran with it. And so Bungie disabled Encore as an available mission and also removed Grappler as a modifier, leaving players extra shocked.
The Grappler modifier is especially fun. It replaces the player’s grenade with a Strand ability that basically lets you swing around like Spider-Man, quickly traversing the environment and passing up some enemies to fight. It’s basically built for speedrunning, but notthatfast, apparently.
As you can imagine, theplayer response to the newsis not great. The nerfs came after two full days of grinding for many players, who have pushed their power into the 400s (finishing the campaign will have you right around 100). Others who haven’t been able to grind the mission as much or at all have been left in the lurch.
“If this was implemented very early on it would be ok but doing it two days after the community found out about it feels kinda unfair for those who didn’t get to partake as they are now hundreds of power levels behind those who did,”said YouTuber Mactics. “Kinda feels bad for them.”
The desire to grind has been accentuated this time around asDestiny 2now has a new tiered gear system, and players don’t even get the opportunity to grab the best possible loot until they are at higher power level thresholds.
Bungie first posted the news about the nerfs last night, and said it “will provide additional details when available,” leaving most players to hope the change could be reverted to bring the fun back.
