After Bungie Day allowed both the developers andplayers to celebrate theDestiny 2community, the game’s Season of Arrivals is in full swing. While some players are eagerly diving intothe new content from update 2.9.1,others are revisiting older content before it is migrated to the DestinyContent Vault.
Currently, Bungie has lifted weekly reward limits on five raids, including the popular Leviathan campaign. However, when one player tried to farm the Castellum section of the raid, he found that Bungie did not lift all of the loot restrictions forthis year’s Moments of Triumph event.After he was unable to grind for the Castellum’s Acrius catalyst, SixthDayBrewing took to Twitter to ask the developers if this limit was intentional.
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Destiny 2’s design lead Tom Farnsworth addressed the question on his own Twitter thread, where he expressed his happiness at Bungie’s work and fan reception to the Season of Arrivals updates. When SixthDayBrewing asked if players can farm the Acrius catalyst, Farnsworth confirmed that the catalyst is not obtainable on re-runs.
When another player asked if this restriction applies to every exotic catalyst, Farnsworth confirmed that was the case. Specifically, players can currently grindfor armor, exotics and weapons,but catalysts and secret chests are off limits. However, in his response, the Bungie head confirmed that he and his team “are discussing options” for the future.
In a Reddit compilation of all this information, fans expressed some confusion about the conditions of these limits. One Reddit user, for example, pointed out that a party wasable to earn the Skyburner’s Oath catalyston their third and fourth runs through the Castellum. Others even claimed that they were able to collect the troublesome Acrius catalyst during their own grinds. After scanning the original Twitter thread, one commenter guessed that Farnsworth was referring to the seals that commemorate encounter completions, which would explain why catalysts like Skyburners are still accessible.
Although the restrictions on raid farming might be disappointing to hardcoreDestiny 2players, the limits are understandable. After all, as Farnsworth noted, theDestiny 2team is operating under “extraordinary” conditions, and its releases may not be flawless. Hopefully, Bungie is able to address these limitations for future raids in thelater weeks of Moments of Triumph.
Destiny 2is available now on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
