Destiny's Next Update Will Address Weapon Balance

The developer of Destiny, Bungie, has promised that it is working hard on a sandbox update that will rebalance weapons in the game, but didn't reveal when it's going to arrive.

Almost four months have passed since the release of Destiny's Rise of Iron expansion and although there have been live events since then to keep fans entertained, Destiny hasn't received an update for weapon balance since September 2016. It was that weapon balance update, which nerfed sniper rifles and created a resurgence of shotgun play, that has now become the source of frustration for longtime players.

It's unknown how big of a change is in the works, but some sort of overhaul to Destiny's weapon landscape is on the horizon. In its weekly blog, Bungie said today that the developer is currently working on a future update that will "refine" weapon balance.

Bungie says it has been working on that update for some time, even before last month when Bungie said that it was aware of the growing dominance of shotguns in PvP. Bungie Community Manager, DeeJ, repeated that same message saying that the team is looking for more ways than just nerfing shotguns.

Even though DeeJ reported that a weapon balance update is in the works, he gave no date as to when players should expect it, saying "The exact release date is to-be-determined. The full notes on fixes and changes are to-be-revealed." However, the update should be available to players before the promised content update coming this year, which many fans are theorizing will be a spring update, much like 2016's April Update.

On whatever is Bungie working, they may need to release it faster. With no new content, many have turned their focus to criticizing the PvP meta and its lack of change. Check out a Crucible match these days, and players are sure to face a lot of Clever Dragons, Grasp of Maloks, and Matador 64s. Weapon diversity has started to stagnate as players have polarized to the most effective weapons.


Destiny: Rise of Iron is currently available on PS4 and Xbox One.