The Ultimate Destiny 2 Exploit Unleashes Game-Changing Power Before Raid Premiere
A game-altering glitch in Destiny 2 poses a serious threat to endgame activities, including the highly anticipated Crota's End raid race Brace yourself for an absurd power surge that could completely disrupt the game's balance
Highlights
Destiny 2's latest glitch allows players to equip the previous season's artifact for a power boost.
Seasonal artifacts in Destiny 2 offer exclusive advantages, augment loadouts, and grant incremental power bonuses in high-level endgame activities like Grandmaster Nightfalls and Master Raids, thus playing a crucial role in the overall gameplay.
Players are concerned about the potential repercussions of the glitch on the upcoming World's First Raid race, as it could possibly create balancing problems that may lead Bungie to take extreme measures in order to uphold fair competition.
Destiny 2 has faced numerous glitches throughout the years, but the current issue surrounding seasonal artifacts granting excessive power bonuses in endgame activities is particularly problematic. Bungie's usual response to bugs and glitches is to deactivate the affected equipment until a fix is implemented. However, the nature of this glitch, with the involvement of Destiny 2's vital seasonal artifacts, makes it challenging to resolve through simple deactivation, especially with an upcoming Raid race.
The seasonal artifacts play a crucial role in Destiny 2's current seasonal model. They directly impact gameplay, providing players with various build crafting options that go beyond the base game's limitations. Each season, new mods are introduced that align with the ongoing narrative themes while offering unique advantages to players. Additionally, the seasonal artifacts are responsible for enhancing certain weapon archetypes with anti-champion capabilities, allowing for greater diversity in loadouts for endgame activities. Most importantly, seasonal artifacts grant players a stacking power bonus, increasing defensive stats and damage output in challenging endgame endeavors like Grandmaster Nightfalls and Master Raids.
The current bug in Destiny 2 allows players to gain a power boost by equipping the previous season's artifact, which is surprising considering the utility and power of the current seasonal artifacts. Cheese Forever, a well-known Destiny 2 YouTuber who specializes in glitches and bugs, has posted a video demonstrating how easy it is to replicate the glitch. In the video, Cheese Forever shows that players only need to obtain the previous season's artifact from the equipment tab and equip it to benefit from its power bonus while still using the mods from the current seasonal artifact.
The glitch manifests as a visual error in the game, displaying the highest power level achieved in the ongoing Season of the Witch. Cheese Forever explains that despite the visual glitch, the bugged artifact actually provides the highest power levels attained in the previous season, as proven by their success in Master Nightfalls. Many players have commented on the video, confirming the legitimacy of the glitch, while others have jokingly suggested that Bungie should disable artifacts altogether.
While some have approached the issue with humor, others have voiced concerns about the potential balance problems caused by this glitch during the upcoming World's First Raid race. In order to achieve the World's First title, players must complete both versions of the entire activity in Destiny 2 Raids, with the Master versions being particularly challenging due to tougher enemies and higher damage output. Given the significance of this community-driven event and the scale of this glitch, players are worried that Bungie might resort to extreme measures to prevent a fate like Nezarec's from befalling Crota.
Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
