Almost Every Destiny 2 Weapon Subtype Is Getting A Small Overhaul In A Mid-Season Update
Big changes are coming to Destiny 2 in Season 19, as developer Bungie outlined details this week on how destination materials will be scrapped in favor of a more simplified economy before next year's Lightfall expansion launches. On a more granular level, you can also expect plenty of fine-tuning in the weapons department, as just about every type of gun in the game has gone under the microscope to get an overhaul as part of a mid-season update arriving next week.
Some of these changes are small and likely won't be felt in regular PvE content, but for PvP players, they will be more significant. In its weekly blog, Bungie detailed these changes and some of the highlights include increasing the ease of use for high-impact auto rifles, making them feel better to shoot within their optimal ranges, and buffing their stability stats. Precision-frame auto rifles won't change much, but you can expect critical hit damage to increase slightly.
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Bows will see reduced effectiveness for players who use the bow-swap kill strategy in PvP, and pulse Rifles will see adjustments to handling stats, damage fall-off, and slightly increased critical hit damage. High-impact scout rifles will now do reduced body and critical damage, and sidearm auto-aim fall-off distance has been increased by 30% across the board.
For submachine guns, Bungie has made a number of subtle changes to damage fall-off range, increased base damage for precision frame SMGs and reduced base damage for
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