Bungie is nerfing the fan-most loved Straight Fusion Rifles, drastically shaking up the weighty weapon meta for Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion.
Straight Fusion Rifles have ruled the PvE meta in Destiny 2 for the longest time, yet that could change with the weapon tuning update for the impending Season 20. The strength of Straight Fusion Rifles in the Destiny 2 PvE meta started over a year prior and the landscape hasn’t changed a lot after The Witch Sovereign expansion either, as the equilibrium changes to other archetypes delivered Direct Fusions as the safer choice.
The stagnant meta initially started with the appearance of the Molecule Deconstruction antique mod in the Season of the Lost. Combined with this mod, weighty Straight Fusion Rifles delivered each and every other decision almost obsolete, thanks to the Last Wish-exclusive 1,000 Voices vastly beating other weapons. All through the last four seasons, the weighty weapon meta has stayed unaltered because of legendary Direct Fusion Rifles having a lot higher base harm, being deadly accurate, and having easier accessibility.
In the weapon tuning blog entry, Senior Design Lead Chris Delegate outlines a series of changes accompanying the Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion. Each best-in-slot Legendary Direct Fusion Rifle has gotten a nerf of 15% generally harms bosses and champions. Automatic rifles have gotten buffs across the board, increasing the harm by 10%, and base ammunition reserve by half. Projectile Launchers currently bargain for 20% increased harm against significant targets, and 40% increased harm against minor combatants.
Active weapons have also gotten higher harm multipliers, yet Stasis Motor weapons have lost the harm bonus against unshielded enemies. Other changes incorporate a powerful weapon reticle that indicates the weapon’s compelling reach as well as improvements to Shotgun reticles to display legitimate pellet spread.
Existing outlandish weapons are also being changed, with The Queenbreaker currently firing shots that chain to local enemies and using the Circular segment 3.0 blinding impact. 1,000 Voices currently applies Scorch stacks and instantly triggers start on the off chance that each explosion hits an adversary. Numerous players will be amped up for the returning Political agitation, the notorious Weighty Projectile Launcher that also stagnated the meta for a really long time. Season of the Seraph’s Wendigo GL3 can also possibly turn into a decent decision, so players should cultivate the Master and Grandmaster Dusk missions for god rolls.
While the magazine reserve changes for Automatic rifles are promising, the changes will influence weapons with lower reserves substantially more significantly. It remains to be seen in the event that the impending Lightfall Extraordinary Automatic rifle Deterministic Chaos can turn into a new competitor for the crown of top DPS.
While this equilibrium pass is ensured to get a shift in the meta, players still have no clue about how the new seasonal mods will work with these changes. Lightfall is changing how mods and builds capability as a general rule, and the new weapon perks could change the landscape significantly further. The degree of these changes will be clear once Destiny 2: Lightfall launches.
Destiny 2 is accessible now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with the Lightfall DLC set to release on all platforms on February 28.