These are troubled times for Destiny 2 fans, as the popular weapon perk Eager edge has been nerfed without warning. Before the announced change, players used this perk to improve movement substantially. Although some players hated this, Bungie let the perk exist for months before pulling the plug.
The change came with the6.2.0.7 hotfix, where the most crucial thing Bungie explained in one sentence: “Fixed an issue where Eager Edge could be used multiple times in a single activation.” Of course, when the nerf strikes, it’s much more than one thing. Sometimes, there is a good reason to change things, like with theerror code WEASEL. But this is something different.
Most of the time, the idea is to stop players from exploiting the perk in a way that wasn’t planned. As this is a very important nerf, players were outraged that they were not warned. So, logically, Twitter was where they lashed out their anger, so the senior manager at Bungie had to step up.
Re: Enhanced Eager Edge - Team was finding numerous issues where the perk could be used to skip encounters, break mechanics, and generally cause issues with the game.Have a couple notes from my perspective on where we’d like to improve moving forward:
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Eager edge nerf had terrible timing as it came after the accidental ban issue. Just days before, Bungie accidentally banned many Destiny 2 players due to “human error.” As it turned out, the new cheat detection system decided to end some honest players' accounts. There’s a hope that Bungie has something special prepared for the Destiny 2 community. At least to unban players fast.
Human error on a new cheat detection caused some incorrect bans to occur this week. We’ve turned the new detection off while we investigate the error and process the related unbans. All preexisting anti-cheat systems are still in effect.More details to come in this week’s TWAB.
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