While stopping short of an actual apology in this week’s Destiny 2 state of the game post, Bungie acknowledged that players have been greatly dissatisfied over the recent event and subsequent stealth XP changes.
“Last weekend, we disabled a scaling mechanism that adjusted XP gains up and down without reflecting those adjustments in the UI,” the studio said. “Our intention was to keep slower-paced activities as rewarding as high intensity grinding without confusing variations in displayed XP values, but the silent nature of the mechanic betrayed the expectation of transparency that you have for Destiny 2.”
The theme of more transparency and communication from the development team ran through the remainder of the post, which also focused on some of the upcoming improvements to the online shooter. These include a new weapons tier, improved vendor rewards, armor ornaments, better rewards for group events, Crucible private matches, making shards useful, and giving players more options to obtain the rewards they desire.
