Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
These patch notes are almost certainly due for a little more analysis but at this present moment a few things are clear to me:
1. We were overpowered and this helps us be less overpowered. The existing exotics are the perfect example of power creep trivializing too much content, this is a good course to correct that.
2. There are better solutions to these problems, but probably not within the already existing systems that are too deeply rooted to be changed in a single patch.
3. These patch notes talked about almost exclusively "negative" changes. Bungie is giving us the bad news first so we can get our grievances aired and be unambiguously excited for good to come.
Overall these patch notes are without a doubt a good change for the game. We have gotten used to being overpowered so it might not be a comfortable change on the spot, but that remains to be seen. Before anyone gets out pitchforks and torches, we will need to see how this balance plays out in action.
Watch at twitch.tv/slayerage to have this conversation (with me, anyway) live.
These patch notes are almost certainly due for a little more analysis but at this present moment a few things are clear to me:
1. We were overpowered and this helps us be less overpowered. The existing exotics are the perfect example of power creep trivializing too much content, this is a good course to correct that.
2. There are better solutions to these problems, but probably not within the already existing systems that are too deeply rooted to be changed in a single patch.
3. These patch notes talked about almost exclusively "negative" changes. Bungie is giving us the bad news first so we can get our grievances aired and be unambiguously excited for good to come.
Overall these patch notes are without a doubt a good change for the game. We have gotten used to being overpowered so it might not be a comfortable change on the spot, but that remains to be seen. Before anyone gets out pitchforks and torches, we will need to see how this balance plays out in action.
Watch at twitch.tv/slayerage to have this conversation (with me, anyway) live.
