In the leadup to the next season ofDestiny 2, developer Bungie has released an all new This Week at Bungie blog post to bring players up to speed with the current plans for how to retool weapons in the game’s future. This includes a major sandbox update in general, as well as some fine tuning ofDestiny 2’s best weapons, with PVP as the major focus and PVE seeing more buffs than nerfs.
These changes are set to be implemented as Season 15 ofDestiny 2begins, meaning that the retooling will appear in the update scheduled to launch next week. Interestingly, this update appears to be looking more at increasing the utility of weapons that have either gone underappreciated or have recently begun to take off, as opposed to nerfing popular weapon options.
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One of the most substantial changes coming toDestiny 2’s metainvolves the primary weapons, or anything that fires using what is currently classified as primary ammo. These weapons will now have infinite ammo, meaning that players won’t have to worry about running out of bullets in the more standard archetypes anymore, and can continue firing without a need to jump out into danger to pick up white ammo drops. This does also affect several perks and exotic weapons in ways that make some irrelevant, such as Drop Mag, which has had its downside of reducing reserve ammo replaced with a reduced magazine capacity.
Additionally, the retooling has made a heavy emphasis on reworking the utility of Fusion Rifles across all subfamilies, addressing previous changes to damage that separated between archetypes and bringing them all in line together. This means that all Fusions Rifles will add a 15% damage bonus to all subfamilies, based on the initial stats before the previous retooling that had started the increase in utility in the first place. Then forDestiny 2’s most popular exotic weapons, several of these special tools have been altered to help them better fit the meta Bungie is trying to build, with weapons like Anarchy losing 30% boss damage, or Fighting Lion’s base reload speed being set to zero.
According to Bungie’s own words as the blog post guides players through these changes, the idea for this retooling is less about nerfing players' favorite weapons and more about lifting up less used options into the top tier. This goes forDestiny 2’s best perksas well, where several are being reworked specifically for the infinite primary ammo and Fusion Rifle and Breech Grenade changes, but others are being left in players hands due to popularity. The full list of changes can be found below.
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