Destiny 2: Bungie Investigating Low Deepsight Weapon Drop Rate

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Despite the praise Bungie is receiving in the wake of The Witch Queen's release, problems are still cropping up to plague players currently grinding in Destiny 2's newest expansion. One particular point of criticism from players has been the extremely low drop rate for deepsight resonance weapons inside The Witch Queen's newest activity, Wellspring, and how it is halting quest progression. Bungie now appears aware of these complaints and confirms it is currently looking into the low drop rates.

The Witch Queen is the latest expansion for Destiny 2, which sees guardians do battle with the Hive god of cunning, Savathun, and her Lucent Brood which have somehow come into possession of the Light. One of the spaces where players battle these Light-powered Hive is the Wellspring, the new six-player matchmade activity, in the hopes of earning four of the nine new weapons available inside Savathun's Throne World. The weapons are also capable of dropping as deepsight weapons which, in turn, feeds into both quest lines and the new weapon crafting system.

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It is for those reasons players have been voicing their frustration with the Wellspring and its extremely low drop rates when it comes to deepsight weapons. Along with Twitter and Reddit threads, notable Destiny content creators like Datto and Aztecross offered similar critiques about how the low drop rate is hampering both crafting and quest advancement. As mentioned, though, Bungie appears to have heard these complaints and Bungie Community Manager DMG addressed it on Twitter in a response to a tweet from content creator KackisHD.

While this isn't the first time extremely low drop rates have plagued Destiny 2 players, the