Bungie Should Make Destiny 2's Latest Glitch Part Of The Story

Destiny 2's new Season of Arrivals has brought a rise in the game's Power cap, kicking off another period in which players are earning new gear to strengthen their characters. Climbing the Power ladder is one of the core elements of Destiny, as is finding any way to shortcut the process through exploits, bugs, and other lucky happenings. Season of Arrivals has a bug like that, but instead of fixing it, which Bungie has already partially dealt with. But instead of hampering players' ability to use the shortcut, the developer should leave it in the game--because it actually has some spooky thematic resonance.

The exploit players are using comes from the newly introduced Umbral Engrams, Arrivals' season-specific gear system. Umbral Engrams drop from all activities in the game right now, and you can use a special machine to "focus" them, allowing you to change your random gear drop into one from a specific category you choose. You can focus Umbral Engrams to become seasonal armor or seasonal weapons, or make them focus on particular stats.

Usually, Umbral Engrams drop at a certain Power level that's in line with your character's other gear. Thanks to a bug, if you focus your engrams to become seasonal armor, they often get a big Power spike. That makes them akin to "Powerful" weekly drops in the world, allowing players to quickly get up to the "soft" Power cap of 1,050. That's almost the highest you can get your gear this season--to get up to 1,060, you need to do "Pinnacle" activities, like Destiny 2's raids and dungeons.

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