Destiny 2’s Bungie 30th Anniversary event will buff certain Exotics

Destiny 2’s Bungie 30th Anniversary celebration is less than a month away, and Bungie is sharing patch note details. Bungie will also be introducing new dungeons, activities and weapons as well as other exciting surprises for players. Some fan favorite Exotics will also see significant improvements.

Bungie has tired out some fans with a host of nerfs over the years, but Bungie’s latest blog post is mostly buffs. Exotics such as Whisper of the Worm or Sleeper Simulant are the most prominent changes. Sleeper gets the smaller buff, with a 6% increase in damage (alongside a 10% Linear Fusion Rifle injury increase) as well an extra shot within the magazine.

Whispering of the Worm was the original go-to weapon to deal damage in almost every fight. Now, it is getting significant overhaul. In addition to a 10% damage increase, the Whispered Breathing damage increase offered by the weapon’s Catalyst now activates 0.9 seconds faster — which is a much bigger deal than it seems. Hitting three successive headshots in a row will also refill the magazine by only using two shots from reserves — meaning you get one free bullet for being accurate.

You will also find many other Exotic items on the blog:

• Leviathan’s Breath Catalyst will also give the Archer’s Tempo perk
• Malfeasance’s explosions will do 50% more damage
• DARCI can do 20% more damage than the personal assistant perk and will also be reliable.
• Cryosthesia 77K will get a complete rework and no longer drain players’ magazines
• Suros Regime’s Dual Mode Receiver version gets increased range and zoom
• Arbalest has an intrinsic anti-barrier.
• Fighting Lions will be able to recharge much quicker after a hit is successful
• Dead Man’s Tale will see some recoil adjustments for controller users

While that’s all great news for Destiny fans, Bungie will also give out a few slight nerfs. Vex Mythoclast is getting its PvP wings clipped a little — mostly around it’s aim assist. Heir Apparent’s Catalyst is getting a bug fix, which should rein in its defensive capabilities. Lorentz Driver will no longer give bonus ability energy, and Traveler’s Chosen will offer reduced ability energy regeneration in PvP — Bungie community manager, dmg04, clarified on TwitterThis is preempting an opportunity regen change that will come later.

Bungie has also made significant modifications to the weapon archetypes. Pellet shotguns, on the other hand, will take 10% less damage from PvE while slug guns will suffer 10%. Caster swords use 10% less ammunition for heavy attacks, and bows deal 10% more damage to weak enemies. Sidearms, Fusion Rifles, and Sidearms also have an unresolved bug fixed that will make them hitcan better. As we discussed with Sleeper Simulant all Linear Fusion Rifles are now capable of dealing 10% more damage. You will also find some mod and perk adjustments.

Final words: The studio spoke of some future developments. Witch Queenexpansion. Bungie wants to shift Catalysts from Power generation or pure Orb, and it will be able to do so in February 2022. There will also be a reason to use two weapons of the same element and stat type in Witch Queen, although Bungie isn’t telling why yet. To make primary weapon Exotics more effective, they will get a tuning pass.

Apart from the changes specifically teased to the expansion, these will all be available alongside the Bungie 30th anniversary event Dec. 7.