Destiny 2is frequently updated with the development team at Bungie constantly tweaking the balance of abilities, gear, and weapons as they roll out new content every season. This means the meta ofDestiny 2is always in flux, with the team having to balance a large variety of primary, special, and heavy weapons.
Players inDestiny 2are able to equip one of each category of weapon, with special and heavy weapons getting less ammo but being considerably more powerful. Balancing all three types of weapons has not always been an easy process for Bungie, especially with the game featuring both PvP andPvE modes that each require their own particular balancing ofDestiny 2’s weapons.
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Recently, Kevin Yanes and Chris Proctor, both developers at Bungie, sat down with the Firing Range Podcast to discuss their thoughts on the current state ofDestiny 2. During the interview, they revealed a number of changes that are in the works. During the podcast, Yanes and Proctor say that the team is generally happy with where primary weapons are at inDestiny 2. However, they did say that the team may consider buffing scout rifles only slightly to ensure that the gun-type does not becometoo oppressive inDestiny 2’s metaas it has in the past.
As for what changes the team is looking to make next, Yanes and Proctor said the team will likely look at special weapons and bringing them down in power. They say that they want to keep getting special weapon ammo a moment of power for players and that most special weapons should be able to kill an enemy guardian in PvP with a single hit, but that enemy guardians should be able to counterplay them. They also said confirmed that the community’s calls for scout rifles, machine guns, andhand cannons to get buffed forDestiny 2’s PvE content have been heard and that a change is coming.
The changes that Proctor and Yanes discuss in the podcast make a lot of sense, and it seems thatDestiny 2players will have a lot of weapon tweaks to look forward to in the future. They also discussed a lot of other aspects of the game, including thedesign goals behindDestiny 2’s Stasis subclasses. It is always nice when developers open themselves up to their community, and Proctor and Yans appearing on the podcast is a great way for them to have done it.
Destiny 2: Beyond Lightis available now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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