Some Destiny Exotic Weapons Are Getting Buffs Soon

Thorn and Bad Juju are getting improvements

By Andrei Dobra on September 29th, 2014 23:36 GMT 

 

Bungie has confirmed that it's going to implement a series of buffs to certain exotic-level weapons from its recently launched Destiny first-person shooter, including the likes of Thorn and Bad Juju, so that they feel much more powerful.

Destiny appeared earlier this month and delivered a pretty good first-person shooter experience that took advantage of the multiplayer-only nature to deliver constantly evolving gameplay that reacted to how players behaved and what they felt needed improving.

Seeing as how the game's reception wasn't as impressive as Bungie had hoped, the studio pledged to keep listening to fans to improve the game via updates, hotfixes, and much more.

After detailing its promise and saying just what it hopes to improve in terms of general gameplay, the studio has now confirmed on its website what it wants to tweak in regards to the exotic weapons in the online experience.

Exotic-level guns need to feel overpowered but not unbalanced

First up, Bungie emphasizes its design philosophy when it comes to the weapons that are at exotic rarity level, saying that they need to feel overpowered but not unabalanced, for better or worse, and that most of them certainly meet that criteria after falling into the hands of players from around the world.

"Exotic Weapons are designed to look, feel and sound overpowered, but to not actually break the game. We hope these weapons challenge the way players think about their loadouts and expect their idiosyncrasies to sometimes be a little frustrating. We find ourselves wanting to collect them all and hope players feel the same way," the studio reveals.

Some weapons need improvements, however

Unfortunately, there are a few exotic-level guns that are falling short of meeting the requirements for their rarity class, so some buffs will be applied to the likes of Thorn or Bad Juju, meaning players shouldn't salvage them for raw materials just yet.

"Not all our Exotic Weapons currently live up to this promise. In particular those weapons received from completing exotic bounties including Thorn and Bad Juju have disappointed many of us who have gone through the great effort to obtain them because, despite looking and sounding amazing, they feel underpowered. We're here to offer some advice: don't shard those guns. Their time will come."

Bungie has declined to say just when the buffs will appear for Destiny's exotic weapons, and seeing as how it has bigger things to worry about, it might not happen anytime soon.

Expect to hear much more about Destiny's upcoming updates, patches, and hotfixes soon enough.