A Destiny 2 Conspiracy Theory Gets To The Heart Of Its Biggest Loot Problem [Update: Bungie’s Investigating]
Destiny 2 players are convinced the game is secretly ripping them off. While on its face an epic space opera about humanity confronting cosmic evil in a post-apocalyptic future, Bungie’s sci-fi shooter is also a Pokémon-style collectathon where instead of cute magical creatures, players capture rare, ornate, and powerful guns. The game’s latest “weightgate” controversy is a strangely compelling conspiracy theory proposing that certain ideal weapon variants are dropping at much lower rates than junk ones, and it’s reigniting old debates about Destiny 2‘s loot system and whether it’s actually fun or not. – Ethan Gach Read More
