Destiny 2and developer Bungie don’t havethe best reputationwith the MMO’s community right now, and that sentiment continues to pop up even in smaller ways. That rings true for this year’s Dawning event, too, as it seems Destiny’s snowball feature remains broken.
More specifically, special throwable snowballs are a unique feature ofDestiny 2‘s seasonal Dawning celebrations. Only appearing for a limited time, snowballs have an entire series of upgrades dedicated to them as part of the Dawning progression system, as they allow players to take down enemies and apply crowd control via Stasis effects. Further, snowballs also spice up the regular gameplay loop, as they appear in Patrol Zones and playlist activities while the Dawning is active.
It should come as no surprise, then, that players are not happy with the fact that all five of the pertinent Dawning snowball upgrades have been brokenfrom the very start of the event until its finale.
Fixing Destiny 2’s weirdly broken Dawning snowballs
Destiny 2players reportedthat the game’s Dawning snowball upgrades were practically ineffective at the start of this year’s holiday event. The obvious expectation was, naturally, that Bungie would get around to sorting this issue out before the event wrapped up, butthat ship has now officially sailed. Indeed, with 2023’s Dawning now having come and gone, we can say that an entire third ofDestiny 2‘s unique event upgrades did not function for its entire duration.
Of course, there was still merit in completing the Dawning upgrades and all of the event’s attached quest lines, as players could score a bunch of themed cosmetics and assorted loot drops. Still, it’s not surprising to see thatmanyareunhappywith how Bungie’s handled the issue.
In and of itself, this wouldn’t be a huge problem, necessarily, if Bungie wasn’t already going through a hard time withDestiny 2in a broader sense. Following aseries of layoffs and a pushback of the company’s flagship DLC, as well as ageneral loss of trust in Bungie, the game, the creatives supporting it, and the community are in an ugly spot.
