Summary
This article has SPOILERS for Destiny 2: The Final Shape
A fun glitch occurring inDestiny 2turned one player’s Titan into a powerhouse of the Light that fellow players claim is “lore-accurate.” The glitch occurred in Excision, a pivotal activity found in theDestiny 2: The Final Shapeexpansion.
Despite recent demoralizing news ofmore mass layoffs at developer Bungieand increased uncertainty about the future ofDestiny 2and the studio itself, there’s no denying thatThe Final Shapeexpansion has been a rousing success for the game. Players expected - and received - a powerful send-off to the saga of Light and Darkness, the massive story that has defined the series since its launch in 2014. Over the course ofThe Final Shape’s campaign, players take on the forces of The Witness, preventing it from enacting its grand, apocalyptic plans, defeating it in Excision, the campaign’s last story mission.
It was during this epic finale that player treatyofversailles19 encountered an exhilarating glitch that allowed them to continuously fire off theirDestiny 2Titan Super, devastating fields of enemies. As an epic finale to nearly a decade of narrative, Excision is the kind of mission that includes many ways for players to break free of the constraints of traditionalDestiny 2gameplay balance, but even this sudden burst of power was so overwhelming that fellow players even jokingly called it “lore-accurate.”
Destiny 2 Excision Glitch Gives Titan Unlimited Supers
The glitch encountered by treatyofversailles19 saw them able to continually trigger their Twilight Arsenal Super, carpeting the entire play area with Void-powered battleaxes. They could even trigger Supers so quickly that they were practically hovering over the field launching axes for nearly a full minute uninterrupted. Amused players called the behavior “canonical,” and “lore-accurate,” as the unique mechanics and moments found intheDestiny 2Excision activityseemingly justify a Guardian being able to summon such overwhelming might under the circumstances.
More seriously, while Excision generally allows players to use their Supers more often than usual, the glitch appears to be the result of an unusual interaction between the mission’s unique Super-recharging bonus effects and the nature of “one-off” Supers like the Twilight Arsenal. Other players reported similar effects when using theDestiny 2Hunter Golden Gun Super in Excision.
Other players noted that Excision itself seems to be prone to odd bugs, such as one that forced a player tosolo the final defeat of The Witness. The glitches may be related to the fact that Excision uses an abnormally large fireteam size of twelve Guardians, in the largest activity the game has yet implemented. Such a unique scale can bring with it unique faults, even if those faults can make the mission amusing for some.
