In the January 16th Destiny 2 patch, Bungie fixed the Wish-Ender bug that allowed it to do more damage than intended. But players have found a new way to break it after the patch. The new way to break Wish-Ender may be worse (or better) than before, depending on who one asks.
Prior to the Destiny 2 patch, Wish-Ender was a wish granted to many who felt it did too little damage. The exotic bow has a perk called Broadhead, which deals damage both when an arrow enters and exits its target. The perk was bugged and allowed the bow to pump out an insane three to four times the normal damage of the bow. Before this bug surfaced, players largely used the bow for curse breaking and nothing else. With the bug, it became the go-to weapon for decimating Primevals in Gambit. While even Destiny 2 players who enjoyed it will likely admit that the Wish-Ender bug caused it to do too much damage, many asked Bungie to leave it in place because it made the weapon more useful in normal circumstances.
The January 16 Destiny 2 reset killed the dream of a buffed Wish-Ender – for a moment, GameSpot reports. Then players found a new way to break it. “Fixed an issue where Wish-Ender’s Broadhead perk was dealing more damage than intended,” the patch notes say. While that bug was fixed, Destiny 2 players discovered a new one that gives the bow a massive buff in certain situations - even larger than before. Instead of doing three to four times its normal damage, it now does up to 12 or 16 times its normal damage with the right setup. You can see an example in the YouTube video below:
Destiny 2 players quickly did some post-patch testing and learned that if they fire the bow through penetrable objects - environmental objects that bullets and arrows can pass through and show the effects of the shots - Wish-Ender produces quite a bit of damage. Some players have reported that this bug sometimes works with certain emotes, but it is much harder to reproduce than by using environmental objects. This includes some pillars, certain foliage, and numerous other world objects. This new Destiny 2 Wish-Ender bug doesn’t work with player models, nor does it work with any Destiny 2 subclass’ ability-produced objects like Hunters’ tethers or Titans’ bubbles.
The Destiny 2 Wish-Ender bug fix has changed the weapon in ways that will no longer be a nuisance during Gambit matches, but some boss rooms have abusable objects so players will likely figure out on which ones they can use the bow. The popularity of both Wish-Ender damage bugs shows that Bungie should consider buffing the damage to make it more usable. However, these bugs allow the bow to output far more damage than it should be able to. Ultimately, Wish-Ender will be fixed – but what’s next for Destiny 2? Will Bungie ever legitimately increase the damage enough to make it something players will consider using under normal circumstances?
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Destiny 2 is available now on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
Source: GameSpot
