As ever, Bungie is continuing to tweak Destiny 2 with balancing changes through live updates, but the next one hasn`t garnered much excitement from fans. With the Season of the Drifter coming to a close at the end of the month, Bungie used a blog post to detail its next slate of changes to the game, and they`re all of the `nerf` variety--weakening some of the game`s most-used, best-loved equipment.On its blog, Bungie detailed some of the upcoming changes coming with its next content season, the Season of Opulence, which starts on June 4. The new tweaks focus on ratcheting down the power of several Exotic weapons and pieces of armor. According to the post, through the Season of the Drifter, Bungie saw a lot of Exotics becoming `must-pick` items for various loadouts, and the changes are meant to get other items back into the rotation a bit more. Most of the changes focus on players` Super abilities, which charge up over time but which can be fast-tracked with certain pieces of armor and `Orbs of Light` created by other players.`Primarily, we´re paying attention to pieces of Exotic armor that grant back Super energy,` the post reads. `We felt they are increasingly becoming `must-pick gear choices. Orb generation from teammates is meant to be the best way to accelerate your Super generation. These Exotics are allowing players to bypass this teamwork mechanic by generating a large amount of Super energy without relying on other players´ orbs.`Exotics like the Skull of Dire Ahamkara helmet for Warlocks and the Ursa Furiosa gauntlets for Titans give Super energy back to players when they use their Super abilities, and under the right circumstances, can almost fully fill up a player`s energy bar--which means they can launch several Supers in succession. That`s great if you`re enjoying wrecking a lot of enemies all at once, but apparently, it`s not really what Bungie is going for.Several weapons are also receiving nerfs in the update, most notably the Whisper of the Worm ...
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