‘We’re going to let this ride’: Bungie is keeping a Destiny 2 bug that makes some weapons available to all classes

Bungie has decided not to fix a new Destiny 2 bug that unlocks certain weapons for all classes.

The Heresy update for Destiny 2 was released earlier this month, and players soon discovered that it introduced a new bug affecting the game’s three Exotic Glaives.

Until the update arrived, the Edge of Intent, Edge of Concurrence and Edge of Action weapons could only be used by Warlocks, Hunters and Titans respectively, but this has now changed.

The bug allows every Exotic Glaive – as well as some of the older class-locked swords in the game – to be used by any class, a discovery that had some players experimenting with new loadout possibilities.

Now Bungie has declared that after team discussions it’s decided that the bug, which wasn’t intentional, won’t be removed and will instead become part of the game.

“On the backend, we shifted to a new way of creating weapons and rewards to help streamline some of the development process,” Bungie explained in its latest blog post. “While moving into this new paradigm, class lockouts for the Exotic Glaives and a handful of Swords were mistakenly removed.

“We’ve been seeing some great celebrations with the removal of these constraints. Our first reactions were focused more towards fixing the issue as we want to retain strong class-based fantasies within Destiny, and the removal of class locks muddies the water a bit. As an example, it’s a bit weird to see a Warlock or a Hunter spawning a mini-bubble or seeing a Titan running like a ninja.

“After some discussions between team members, we’ve arrived at a new decision: we’re going to let this ride. A fun example of a bug becoming a feature.”

Bungie notes that some in-game animations “may look a bit weird” as a result of this, but concedes that it “can create fun opportunities for players to create videos, art, or other based on classes in different stances”.

It also notes that while giving the Glaives to all classes can lead to “some interesting new buildcrafting opportunities”, it’s going to keep an eye on how they’re used, because it still wants the Glaives to “feel most powerful on the class they were originally designed for”.

It’s also using player feedback on the bug to make plans for future animations, to cater for players who are using the newly class-unlocked Quickfang and Goldtusk Swords to play out “fantasies of being a ninja or sword master”.

“Many thanks to all players who have been giving feedback after discovering the issue,” Bungie wrote. “While we won’t always look at weird bugs and decide to support them as a feature, this felt appropriate.”