Bungie Acknowledges Feedback on Destiny 2's Exotic Glaives

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While Destiny 2's latest major expansion pack, Witch Queen, has introduced more than its fair share of novelties to the game, one of its headlining features was an all-new weapon class: the Glaives. With two Legendary Glaives and three class-specific Exotic Glaives, there's a reasonable amount of variety present already, but the major issue is that Exotics are rather underwhelming in practice.

Destiny 2's community figured out the Exotic Glaives' weaknesses almost as soon as the weapons were made available, and though each comes with its own class-specific gimmick, none of the three — except for the Warlock's healing turret, perhaps — are currently viable in endgame-tier content. Bungie has now chimed in on the matter, however.

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The notion that Destiny 2's Exotic Glaives are not worth grinding has become pervasive in the game's community, even though most of the game's new Witch Queen content has been praised in comparison. According to dmg04, one of Bungie's community managers, the developers are well aware of this fact. «Things can take a bit of time to tune,» he said in regard to the lack of any immediate buffs or patches, but he also promised that the team will be letting the community know as soon as they have a concrete plan to make Exotic Glaives worth using.

While some players have already killed Rhulk with Glaives only, that doesn't mean the weapon class is up to spec when compared with the rest of Destiny 2's considerable library of armaments. As is, Glaives can be powerful when paired with specific Seasonal Mods, but they're still plagued with non-functional Perks and, in the case of Exotic Glaives, what some players consider to be gimmicks. According