Destiny 2 weapon swap fix is more frustrating than impactful

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May 11 – Updated with comment from Bungie.

A Destiny 2 weapon swap fix designed to prevent players from leveraging an exploit that allowed them to use a Destiny 2 slug shotgun glitch to deal massive damage has outraged some Guardians, despite its minimal impact on the majority of the FPS game‘s playerbase.

Yesterday, the Bungie team rolled out Destiny 2 Hotfix 7.0.5.3, which notes under the heading “Gameplay and Investment” that the team has “Fixed an issue where swapping from a slug shotgun to another shotgun could allow massive damage output.”

“There is now a two-second window where a weapon cannot be fired after swapping to it from the inventory screen,” the post continues.

While two seconds doesn’t seem like an extreme amount of time to wait for a weapon swap upon changing a weapon in the player inventory menu, it is still notable during gameplay. The fix caused an uproar among some Guardians, particularly as it applies to all weapon swaps, not just slug shotguns. This means it also applies to Destiny 2 Loadouts swaps as players must wait two seconds after swapping their Loadouts to fire any weapons. Further, it applies to the Destiny 2 Hunter Solar Golden Gun, which, despite being a Super ability, is technically a gun.

Speedrunners and players who had mastered the art of rapidly swapping weapons in higher-tier activities seem particularly concerned, as slower weapon swaps could cost them valuable time and damage per second even if they weren’t leveraging the exploit for these activities.

However, the fix itself is unlikely to impact the vast majority of players, as it will only impact Guardians who play with enough skill to where a two-second weapon swap timer could seriously impact their gameplay. Many players