Destiny 2 Nerfs 'The Lie' Seraph Tower Quest Step | Game Rant
After very vocal concern from Destiny 2 players, Bungie has reduced the requirements necessary for completing the new “The Lie” weapon quest. Now, the community will not have to complete as many Seraph Tower public events in order to progress the quest from Ana Bray and eventually claim the Felwinter’s Lie shotgun.
When the quest first appeared, the Destiny 2 community was understandably frustrated by Bungie’s decision to focus on Seraph Tower public events. Based on the quest tracker, the community would need to complete 9,000,000 Seraph Tower events in order to finish the quest step. But coming off an event like Guardian Games that was so bounty heavy, and whose reward was very disappointing, players were feeling very fatigued.
Bungie has rolled out two separate nerfs, one for the event and one for Seraph Towers as a whole. The most important change is that Seraph Tower event completion will now count as 5 times the normal completion on weekdays, and 10 times during the weekends.
Considering that the Destiny 2 community couldn’t even crack 100,000 on any of the three destinations (Io, EDZ, or the Moon) and was looking at waiting 50 days or more for the step to finish, this should help speed things along. Whether or not this will be enough to get players reinvested in helping get The Lie quest done quickly is another issue entirely.
In addition to the event change, Bungie also nerfed the champions that spawn during the Seraph Tower events. According to the change notes, the champions will have reduced power level, so they should be easier to kill and prevent from impacting Seraph Tower completion.
Regardless of the timing, the Felwinter’s Lie weapon quest was a bit excessive compared to some of the other community events in Destiny 2. Not to mention many of those events, like the Empyrean Foundation, arrived at times when the Destiny 2 community was still enthusiastic about the game and merely looking for something to do.
In this case, a lot of Destiny 2 players have decided to take a break from the game until next season (at the earliest) and seeing such a grind-y event only convinced them they made the right decision. Some even decided to boycott the quest in the hopes that it would convince Bungie that a change was necessary. To the developer’s credit, they did make a quick change but that doesn’t necessarily mean that players are enjoying or want to participate in the event.
Destiny 2 is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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