Just weeks from Destiny 2's next big update, the community is up in arms about how its weapons are being released: 'It shows they've learned absolutely nothing'
We're less than two weeks away from Destiny 2's Into the Light update, and, for the most part, it looks like an enjoyable diversion—a fine way to keep Guardians busy as they wait for The Final Shape to release on June 4. The new, much requested horde mode should promote some build-crafting in the final months of this extended season. And the returning 'Brave' weapons are, on the whole, looking good—a selection of returning favourites, with refreshed perk pools set to create some meta-defining combinations.
Yes. the mad lads have put Recombination on The Mountaintop. They've given Hammerhead the ability to run Rampage and Killing Tally at the same time. They've even put Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch on meme grenade launcher Edge Transit, meaning players won't have to suffer through Trials of Osiris in order to grind out the current DPS meta king Cataphract. Sure, there's some weirdness in there—I'm not sure why they're reissuing Hung Jury SR4 again, despite its last reissued version still being available for focusing with Zavala—but on the whole this should be an easy dub for a Bungie team in desperate need of one.
But uh oh, here we go again. Instead of celebrating, the community is now angry about one specific aspect of the upcoming release. On the DestinyTheGame subreddit, the discussion thread for the blog post announcing the perks for the reissued weapons has more than twice as many comments as it does upvotes—a telling ratio that suggests things aren't looking good. The reason can be found buried at the bottom of Bungie's post:
«Half of these will be available starting April 9, including The Recluse, Hung Jury SR4, Succession, Edge Transit, Elsie's Rifle and Falling Guillotine. The remainder will unlock one at a time each week through the week of May 21.»
That means of the 12 weapons being reprised as part of Into the Light, only six will be available at launch. The rest are rolling out week-by-week. In other words, they're timegated.
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