Bungie delays repair for Future 2’s overpowered crafting glitch

In case you’ve performed Future 2 this weekend, odds are you’ve seen a drastic inflow in Ammit AR-2s that fireplace like a shotgun or raid bosses being melted attributable to overpowered, borderline unlawful weapons. And although the repair for it was slated to launch right this moment, Bungie has prolonged the timeline.

The glitch lets gamers combine a weapon’s perks and frames when crafting, so Bungie had a two-pronged strategy to fixing it. The primary half would prevent players from equipping crafted weapons altogether and was presupposed to launch right this moment. The second half would give attention to eradicating the weapons with “unlawful” elements.

With the deadline for the primary repair quick approaching, nonetheless, Bungie outlined the problem was “complicated” and prolonged the timeline for an answer. The developer didn’t share precisely when the adjustments would go dwell.

The crafting glitch has turn out to be practically ubiquitous in Future 2 since Friday. Exploiting it whereas crafting a weapon can allow you to add perk mixtures that weren’t presupposed to exist—reminiscent of Bait and Swap on a Regnant—and even alter the weapon’s body altogether. You need to use it to make your Ammit AR2 hearth like a shotgun, as an example, with a number of pellets per spherical.

Gamers have been utilizing the exploit to breeze by simpler content material, melting raid and dungeon bosses in lower than one harm part. Whereas this sounds prefer it may doubtlessly jeopardize gamers’ accounts, Bungie reiterated that the ban policy won’t apply restrictions or bans to players who discover exploits. This primarily gave all guardians carte blanche to make use of the glitch at will.

The bug has had a sequence of repercussions. Trials of Osiris, which occurs each week and is taken into account the Pinnacle of aggressive PvP in Future 2, is sprawling with gamers utilizing unlawful weapons, turning it into an arcade-like model of the mode. Raids and dungeons, too, are simpler than ever to perform if in case you have modded weapons.

The Future 2 neighborhood is split in regards to the glitch. Whereas gamers are usually having fun with the mayhem, sects of the player base are upset at how these weapons can devalue some of the hardest achievements in the game. This consists of, as an example, finishing a dungeon solo with out dying or clearing Grandmaster Nightfalls.

Bungie hasn’t but set a timeline for the repair, so gamers who’re questioning how lengthy they’ve till their modded weapons go away should keep up-to-date with the developer’s social channels. The official BungieHelp Twitter account shares service updates, whereas the Destiny 2 dev team’s profile brings in additional perception and different particulars.

Concerning the creator

Pedro Peres

Pedro is Dot Esports’ Lead Future Author. He is been a contract author since 2019, and legend has it you possibly can summon him by pinging an R-301 or inviting him to run a raid in Future 2 (although he most likely has worse RNG luck than the D2 crew mixed). When he is not capturing Dregs, you possibly can see him elevating the lifeless in Diablo IV or getting third-partied in DMZ. Discover his ramblings on his Twitter @ggpedroperes.

Author: Ronnie Neal