Bungie responds to fears new Gjallarhorn will dominate Destiny 2 meta again BungieWhile the Gjallarhorn dominated Destiny as one of the most powerful Exotics in the early years, Bungie is well aware of concerns it\u2019ll dominate The Witch Queen era upon its return. Here\u2019s how the devs are planning to balance the immensely popular Rocket Launcher. In the first few years of Destiny, a select few guns sent shivers down the spines of even the most accomplished Guardians. From the rare Vex Mythoclast drop to the all but essential Icebreaker, various Exotics stood out as must-haves. Though none were quite as elusive as the Gjallarhorn. The extraordinarily powerful Rocket Launcher was unlike anything else in the game, dealing more damage than any counterpart due to its tracking Wolfpack Rounds. In certain cases, if your team didn\u2019t have a \u2018Gally,\u2019 you had little hope of clearing various endgame encounters. After a four-year absence, the infamous Exotic is finally making its return as part of Bungie\u2019s 30th Anniversary Pack. But rest assured, the developers are already taking extra precautions when it comes to balancing the almighty Gjallarhorn. \u201cWe\u2019re always concerned when we bring something over from D1 to D2,\u201d Game Director Joe Blackburn explained to PCGamer. On one hand, devs have to meet expectations and \u201clive up to the hype.\u201d On the other, they also can\u2019t reintroduce the Gjallarhorn in a way that\u2019s deemed \u201cunderpowered or the opposite\u201d. Bungie wants to avoid a situation where the Gally returns, \u201cmelts everything in the game for one week,\u201d then has to be reeled back. Fortunately, the team is already \u201ccheesily confident\u201d with where the classic Exotic currently sits in early playtests. \u201cI think we hit a pretty good place way back when Rise of Iron came out and Gjallarhorn first returned,\u201d Blackburn said. \u201cThis needs to be the weapon for anyone that\u2019s excited about trying Destiny, that you can tell them: \u2018put Gjallarhorn in your heavy slot. It\u2019s going to be good.\u2019\u201d From annihilating raid bosses to ripping apart Trials teams, the Exotic Launcher was known was its outrageous power in Destiny 1. Considerable nerfs took effect in Year 3, and that version appears to be what fans can expect upon its return this December. Destiny 2\u2019s game director concluded with: \u201cI\u2019m confident that we\u2019re going to hit that and I\u2019m confident that we have some delights in there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bungie responds to fears new Gjallarhorn will dominate Destiny 2 meta again BungieWhile the Gjallarhorn dominated Destiny as one of the most powerful Exotics in the early years, Bungie is well aware of concerns it\u2019ll dominate The Witch Queen era upon its return. Here\u2019s how the devs are planning to balance the immensely popular Rocket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}