Destiny 2 fans blast Bungie’s “terrible buffs” to exotic class item farming

Destiny 2 has had a really rough time as of late. The Final Shape was considered a success in the eyes of players, but since then Bungie has unfortunately experienced mass layoffs and the game is in a perilous state. D2 has seen a significant player drop, and many fans are not happy with its current status. Following the most recent update, Destiny 2 fans are frustrated with Bungie’s “terrible buffs” to exotic class item farming.

As mentioned, Bungie is not in the greatest state right now. The Final Shape was considered excellent by many, but its success hasn’t prevented the studio’s current meltdown. Following news of mass layoffs, reports suggest Bungie has cancelled a Destiny 2 spin-off to focus on their new game, Marathon, and there is the belief that Marathon will be delayed internally again.

While there is anticipation surrounding the rebirth of Marathon, many fans simply want support for Destiny 2 to continue and improve. Bungie did release a new update fairly recently, but one of its buffs has upset the community.

Destiny 2 fans blast Bungie’s buffs for exotic class item farming

In the Destiny 2 update 8.0.5 patch notes, Bungie provided the following buffs to exotic class item farming:

• Adjusted chances for acquiring Exotic class items from chests to be more generous.
  • Increased progression on escalation chest chances.
  • Removed progression on world chest chances.
    • World chests can still drop the item but won’t increase drop chances from future chests.

Unfortunately, despite being presented as buffs, the above changes have been heavily criticized by the community. One Reddit post lambasted Bungie by screaming, “3 Overthrows for 1 Exotic Class Item is absurd,” meanwhile, a new Reddit post says, “Bungie, the ‘buffs’ to exotic class item farming ain’t it. Try again please”.

Bungie, the "buffs" to exotic class item farming ain't it. Try again please.
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In the latter, the OP, thatguyonthecouch, bemoans, “Going from a consistent drop every 15ish minutes to one every 30 – 60 minutes feels terrible. Once again I am left asking myself, did anyone at the studio play test this even one time? How is it possible that this kind of thing gets pushed into the live game?”.

All of the replies unanimously agree with the OP’s sentiment. One reply says, “So dumb. They had a win with the class item then turned it into another bungie is dumb and bad moment”. Another reply says, “Whoever thought this was a good system needs to give their heads a shake”.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely the changes will be reverted. As pointed out by one of the replies, “The goal was never really to make the farm feel better — it was to kill AFK farming. The other stuff is just smoke screen”.

For more Destiny 2, check out our guide to the best Legendary weapons along with the best weapons for PvP.