Summary
Bungie provides an update to certain exotic gear changes coming in Season 23 after a recentDestiny 2leak revealed details a little earlier than the studio would have liked. Bungie’s popular online shooterDestiny 2continues to evolve thanks to seasonal updates, expansions, as well as numerous patches and other updates. Being a live service title,Bungie uses these updates to ensure thatDestiny 2continues to feel fresh, which has gone a long way to helping the shooter retain its massive player population six years after it originally launched.
As is typical forDestiny 2, each new season comes with a massive update full of tweaks, changes, and balancing for gear and weapons, which is then followed by another major mid-season update with additional improvements. With Season of the Witch slowly approaching its end, Bungie has started to talk a bit aboutwhat’s coming forDestiny 2in Season 23and even a bit further out. Following the recent mid-season update, Bungie accidentally updated the descriptions for a number of exotic gear items like the Shards of Galanor and Karnstein Armlets, giving them added functionality on top of their normal descriptions.
As it turns out, this was indeed an accident as a new post from Bungie on theDestinysubReddit provides a bit of clarity on what happened and what players can expect. First off, the Destiny2Team account wanted to make it clear that the exotic tuning changes are intended to go live starting in Season 23 and what was shown isn’t actually the full list of tweaks. In addition, the description changes are only that, as the exotic items will continue to function as they have been until Season 23 arrives with the actual planned changes. The exceptions here are Young Ahamkara’s Spine and Antaeus Wards, which were altered a bit in therecentDestiny 2midseason update.
Reaction to the post was met with appreciation from many in the community for the studio quickly keeping the community in the loop while others took the opportunity to request or express their opinions on further changes toDestiny 2exotic armor. For now, the leaked information impacted four Hunter exotics: ST0MP-EE5, Shards of Galanor, Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves and Celestial Nighthawk. The only Titan exotic listed was Synthoceps, while the Karnstein Armlets was the only Warlock gear impacted for now. The exotic trait description has been updated with new functionality, even though the gear still functions the same way for now.
In addition to exotic gear changes, Season 23 is also introducing a number of major changes toDestiny 2. Legendary Shards, a staple resource inDestiny 2,is going to be phased out entirely, causing a major shift in the in-game economy as well as how players focus weapons and gear from vendors. One such method will be with Banshee-44, the Tower Gunsmith, who will be offeringDestiny 2players new foundry specific weapons each day. With rotating stock each day, players can focus their engrams at Banshee to obtain specific perk rolls on weapons from Suros, Hakke, Veist, and Omolon.
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