Bungie Temporarily Disables Crafted Weapons in Destiny 2 Due to Exploit Allowing Overpowered Traits

Bungie is temporarily disabling crafted weapons in Destiny 2 due to an exploit allowing players to give legendary guns exotic traits.
A server-side update rolling out in the next 24 hours will prevent players from equipping crafted weapons.
Players can still craft weapons during this time, but won't be able to equip new crafted weapons until the issue is fixed.
Bungie says crafted weapons will be re-enabled "soon after" disabling them, but no specific timeline given.
Exploiting the issue won't lead to bans, but using external tools/scripts is still bannable. Bungie aims to reset exploited weapons to default state.

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Posted 9/17/2023, 8:20:48 PM

Bungie Temporarily Disables Crafted Weapons in Destiny 2 Due to Exploit Allowing Overpowered Traits

Bungie is temporarily disabling crafted weapons in Destiny 2 due to an exploit allowing players to give legendary guns exotic traits.
A server-side update rolling out in the next 24 hours will prevent players from equipping crafted weapons.
Players can still craft weapons during this time, but won't be able to equip new crafted weapons until the issue is fixed.
Bungie says crafted weapons will be re-enabled "soon after" disabling them, but no specific timeline given.
Exploiting the issue won't lead to bans, but using external tools/scripts is still bannable. Bungie aims to reset exploited weapons to default state.

techradar.com

Relevant topic timeline:

9/15/2023

Spend Your Destiny 2 Legendary Shards Now - They're Being Removed Soon

9/16/2023

Destiny 2 Players Discover Glitch to Merge Weapons into Insane Hybrids, But Fun May Be Short-Lived

9/15/2023

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Exploit Lets Players Create Overpowered Guns

9/18/2023

Bungie Opts for Slow Fix to Destiny 2 Weapon Perk Exploit, Players Embrace Chaos in the Meantime

Destiny 2 players are praising Bungie for allowing the game-breaking crafted weapons bug to continue, giving players the opportunity to revel in the chaos before fixing it.

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Destiny 2 Brought to Its Knees by Ongoing DDoS Attacks Right Before Weekly Reset