We’re in week two of Season of Arrivals, and as has become standard operating procedure for Destiny 2, this week is all about fixing what broke with the new season.
Thankfully, Season of Arrivals seems to have arrived without completely shattering the game as happened with Season of the Worthy, but it’s still got its fair share of problems. The most notorious issue was one that affected the Forges. Players were logging into a Forge activity and then just leaving their computers for hours on end in order to AFK farm Umbral Engrams. Bungie put a stop to that earlier this week with a hotfix that made it so players weren’t immediately dumped into a new Forge activity after completion, while just today they also fixed the bug that would make Umbral Engrams provide a random power boost too.
Players that were reaping the benefits of this AFK farming weren’t exactly happy about that, and they let their frustrations out on Reddit.
But there’s way more than just a bizarre exploit that Bungie needed to patch out. The Season of Arrivals quest “Means to an End” also had its share of glitches that would prevent progress, with Bungie patching an issue that would prevent the quest from proceeding if the player had a full inventory of Umbral Engrams.
Beaver error codes, which have been an absolute scourge for players trying to do any matchmade activity in Destiny 2 since Season of the Worthy, have also been given a “minor fix” that will hopefully cut down on their frequency.
There are a lot more fixes in today’s patch and a lot more fixes coming in a patch on Tuesday, which you can read all about in the latest This Week At Bungie update.
This week’s TWAB also announced some big news for Raid-specific armor. A future update will retroactively update ALL raid armor with the Season of Arrivals watermark, which will allow you to keep infusing their power levels until the Season 14 power cap. This is great news for Raiders who don’t want to see their hard-earned gear rendered useless thanks to sunsetting.
Saving the best for last, Bungie recently hosted their GCX Marathon Charity Stream raising donations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. During the stream, Beyond Light concept art was shown as well as a new Legendary and Exotic weapon. No spoilers for anyone who might remember this weapon from Destiny 1.
Source: Bungie, Twitch, Reddit
