Bungie has announced plans to dumb down the effect of Shotguns in Destiny’s Crucible matches, specifically targeting those who take advantage of the Shot Package perk, allowing Guardians to dispatch enemies in a single blast outside of melee range.
This shouldn’t really come as a surprise, as players have been using Shotguns as a weapon of choice in PvP since day-one, and even after neutralizing some of the weapon’s effectiveness in prior updates, it seems that gamers still aren’t completely satisfied with one how Shotguns are balanced in the shared-world shooter. With update 2.0.1 however, things look set to change.
“The prevalence of Shot Package on almost every long-range Shotgun has effectively redefined the close-quarters combat experience. Going forward, we’ll continue to dial in Shotgun range,” commented Bungie’s Jon Weisnewski
“With the deployment of Update 2.0.1, we will wholesale remove the Shot Package perk from all Shotguns. Any shotgun with Shot Package (depending on the exact weapon) will now have Close and/or Personal, Crowd Control, or Knee Pads. This change has not negatively impacted our PVE playtests.
“With Shot Package on a time-out, we can recalibrate the effective range and research a way to hopefully reintroduce the perk after some time at the work bench.”
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Destiny: The Taken King was unleashed on September 15, and became PlayStation’s biggest downloaded game in terms of day-one sales. The expansion also topped the U.K. All Format Chart upon release, with the majority of sales going to the PS4 version of the shared-world shooter.
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