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Underused Exotics Getting Makeover In Destiny 2
In response to community frustrations, Bungie has upped the detail and frequency of communication on the team's plans, and this latest weekly update is more evidence of that.
Bungie's most recent blog post addresses the changes coming to exotic weapons – the most powerful tier of weapons available in the game. Senior designer Jon Weisnewski explains how his sandbox team wants to make these valuable weapons more fun to use alongside increasing the balance between weapons overall. Weisnewski's main example is an underused exotic pulse rifle called Graviton Lance. This is a weapon with a cool look and concept, but it’s not that great to use in play, and he goes on to describe the ways that it will become more powerful, from reducing the recoil burst and adding some aim assist.
He also notes that some exotics aren’t currently being addressed, either because they like their current balance or other upcoming general tuning passes should help to address their issues. Those exotic weapons not currently targeted for a dedicated balance and update pass are Merciless, Telesto, Wardcliff Coil, MIDA Multi-Tool, Colony, Legend of Acrius, and Vigilance Wing.
"Dialing in the right amount of power, testing in all activities with all types of load outs, finding the bugs, fixing the bugs, updating the perk description text to reflect new behavior, and then handing that off to localization for translation – it’s a ton of work, but we’re up to it," Weisnewski says.
Lastly, the post also announces that the Faction Rallies event is coming back next week on the 20th. Several new weapons are part of the reward packages for the event. As a bonus, the winning faction next week will have a special pulse rifle unique to their faction that they’ll put on sale.
You can read the full blog post here.
Our Take
Time will tell how these changes pan out, but I like how Bungie has increased its communication and are trying to rectify the problem areas. Destiny 2 has had its share of struggles, but the team isn't giving up. Hopefully, the game keeps getting better. At the very least, the Faction Rallies event should give players something to shoot for. After all, several new weapons are part of the reward packages.
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