What you need to know
- Compiling data en masse, Destiny 2 players may have discovered a significant bug that's potentially been influencing perk rolls on weapons for years.
- Using data collected from the API of Bungie's looter shooter, players have put forth the "perk proximity theory" that suggests perks closer together in each weapon's API listing have a higher chance of rolling together in a combo, while perks that are far away from one another are less likely to drop together.
- The catalyst for this potential discovery was a new heavy grenade launcher called VS Chill Inhibitor, with players having an exceptionally difficult time getting the desired meta combo of Envious Arsenal and Bait and Switch. Those two perks are three spaces away from one another in the weapon's API listing, while much more common combos like Envious Arsenal and Explosive Light have perks that are right next to each other.
- Bungie has announced that it's been made aware of the issue, and is using player data as well as internal investigations to try and find "a potential issue within our code for how RNG perks are generated."
