New Destiny 2 Legendary Weapon Buffs Coming in Witch Queen
It appears the universe of Destiny is about to undergo a seismic shift when Destiny 2's next expansion, The Witch Queen, drops on February 22. Aside from massive story implications, Bungie has been teasing some massive shifts in the game's economies and weapon systems, most notably with the introduction of weapon crafting. The latter two are the primary focus of Bungie's latest This Week at Bungie post, which outlines the weapon buffs and changes players will experience with the expansion's release.
The Witch Queen, as mentioned, is the latest, large-scale expansion to Destiny 2, which will pit players against the Hive god of cunning, Savathun. Players must venture into Savathun's throne world to learn how she stole the Light and what they must do to take it back with an array of new weapons and refreshed abilities. Standing between guardians and Savathun is her Light-powered Hive, the Lucent Brood, which will turn guardians' powers against them in an effort to protect the Hive god.
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Guardians will need plenty of weapons to take down Savathun, which was the focus of Bungie's latest TWAB post previewing the weapon changes coming with The Witch Queen. High-impact fusion rifles are the first up, which Bungie says have been «hurting» since the season 15 fusion rework. To address this, high-impact fusions' damage per bolt is getting a bump from 62 to 64, alongside a PvE damage bonus bump from 15 to 20 percent.
Next up is a nerf to breach grenade launchers, specifically to blinding and concussion grenades, both of which will have damage reduced by 25 percent.
Rocket launchers follow as Bungie tries to create a more meaningful difference between the archetype's different subclasses. To
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