Destiny 2 Season 15 Will Nerf Anarchy And Xenophage, Buff Some Other Exotics Alex Newhouse Destiny 2's upcoming Season 15 is ushering in a bunch of big changes to gameplay, including an array of balance updates to its weapons. Alongside these tweaks, Bungie is rolling out overhauls to a handful of Exotics--including nerfs to a couple of fan favorites. The biggest nerf is coming to the Anarchy grenade launcher, a weapon that's been a permanent part of many players' raid loadouts. While Bungie wants to keep the gun powerful, the studio has tweaked it so that it can't be as good for both boss damage and clearing minor enemies. Total ammunition is being dropped from 26 to 16 shots, while its boss damage is getting cut by 30%. The Anarchy Exotic Grenade Launcher. Anarchy's not the only raid favorite to get a bit of a nerf. Bungie's also rolling out changes to tone down Xenophage, the extremely popular Exotic machine gun. However, these tweaks are in response to Bungie's planned buff to all machine guns, and they are designed to keep Xenophage close to its current effectiveness. Xenophage's rate of fire will be cut from 120 rounds-per-minute to 90 RPM, and it won't receive as much of the machine gun buff as other machine guns. Bungie states that its damage-per-second will be lower, but its burst and sustained damage will be improved. Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/3suUGrg

Destiny 2's upcoming Season 15 is ushering in a bunch of big changes to gameplay, including an array of balance updates to its weapons. Alongside these tweaks, Bungie is rolling out overhauls to a handful of Exotics--including nerfs to a couple of fan favorites.

The biggest nerf is coming to the Anarchy grenade launcher, a weapon that's been a permanent part of many players' raid loadouts. While Bungie wants to keep the gun powerful, the studio has tweaked it so that it can't be as good for both boss damage and clearing minor enemies. Total ammunition is being dropped from 26 to 16 shots, while its boss damage is getting cut by 30%.

The Anarchy Exotic Grenade Launcher.

Anarchy's not the only raid favorite to get a bit of a nerf. Bungie's also rolling out changes to tone down Xenophage, the extremely popular Exotic machine gun. However, these tweaks are in response to Bungie's planned buff to all machine guns, and they are designed to keep Xenophage close to its current effectiveness. Xenophage's rate of fire will be cut from 120 rounds-per-minute to 90 RPM, and it won't receive as much of the machine gun buff as other machine guns. Bungie states that its damage-per-second will be lower, but its burst and sustained damage will be improved.

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