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Future 2’s crafted weapon glitch turned the sport into Borderlands


It’s not on daily basis {that a} bug in Future 2 dramatically adjustments your complete panorama of the sport. Certain, we’ve had the API disabled at first of a season leaving us unable to make use of DIM. We’ve even been unable to make use of loadouts to their full impact for the reason that begin of Season 21. However Future 2’s crafted weapon glitch takes the cake. Weapons had been crafted that includes perks and frames that that they had no enterprise utilizing. This turned the sport into some wild, Bungie model of Borderlands, if just for the weekend.

For these getting in control, gamers found a large weapon crafting glitch that enables them to take the perks of 1 weapon kind and place it on one other. The method concerned limiting body charges, choking web bandwidth, and rapidly altering the screens on the weapon crafting station. The tip end result are weapons that play like they’re pulled straight out of Borderlands, a recreation identified for its completely preposterous and outlandish weaponry.

One weapon specifically proved fashionable over the weekend: Ammit AR2. This Auto Rifle was already making waves in PVP earlier than this glitch was found, however as soon as gamers may give it a Shotgun body issues bought foolish. As an alternative of firing one spherical at 450 rounds per minute, it fired a scattershot of rounds on the identical velocity and on the identical bullet dropoff vary. Suffice it to say, the factor was lethal and Crucible and Trials of Osiris rapidly descended into insanity.

Bungie addressed the issue in a few posts on X (previously Twitter) on Friday, noting that the staff is conscious of the issue and might be creating a repair however in the meanwhile “let’s all have some enjoyable!” Gamers took this as a free go to see what different nonsense they may craft.

A Kinetic Grenade Launcher that includes a Wave Body.


A Bow, Scout Rifle, and Linear Fusion Rifle every with a Shotgun Body and Explosive Rounds.


A breach-loaded Grenade Launcher with a Fast Hearth Body.


A Rufus’s Fury with… possibly some Machine Gun Body?


No matter is occurring right here.


These weapons are some out-of-left-field creations that basically break Future 2. Regardless of how damaged these are, and the way unbalanced Crucible is, gamers have expressed pleasure on the sheer insanity of what’s occurring within the recreation. Moments like these rally the group and present that gamers are prepared to attempt one thing fully bonkers if it means a break from the same old and anticipated.

Nonetheless, all good issues should come to an finish, and within the curiosity of the sport’s well being, Bungie has began deploying updates to repair these “unlawful” crafted weapons. To start out with, Bungie will disable particular perks and frames on Legendary and Unique weapons. Following this, an replace will see illegitimate perks get replaced.


The weekend of loopy Borderlands weapons in Future 2 has come to an in depth, however its reminiscence will stay on. As soon as the mud has settled and the staff that spent the weekend fixing this will get some relaxation, maybe Bungie would possibly have a look at why this was such a well-liked weekend and attempt to use it as inspiration for one thing shifting ahead. For now, possibly we will all agree that Cerberus+1 may use some love.

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