It appears that the Destiny community complaints were justified—Bungie says they have discovered a bug that affects how Legendary gear drops in the Crucible, including in Iron Banner. So while the bug affects Crucible drops across all modes, it wasn’t until Iron Banner that they finally sought to see if there was an issue.
Design Lead Lars Bakken says that the issue will be fixed by the time the next Iron Banner rolls around next month.
That fix will come with patch 2.0.2, scheduled for release in November, at some point before Thanksgiving. Bungie also revealed that other parts of the Crucible experience aren’t quite working as intended, which will also be fixed in the patch.
One of those issues has to do with Crucible Bounties. Senior Designer Andrew Weldon says multiple Bounties will be getting a tweak in 2.0.2 to make them a little easier to complete:
Another headache for Guardians has been the Crucible Quest that players pick up at the beginning of The Taken King, which unlocks Weekly Crucible Bounties (that lead to higher-tier, Nightfall-level rewards). What was meant to be a quest to introduce PvP modes to those who rarely wander into the Crucible, in practice became a tedious campaign through the Crucible. In Patch 2.0.2, Bungie will be making the Questline shorter, allowing for easier and more flexible ways to progress through and wrap up the beast of a Quest.
While it’s a bit disappointing to know that Legendary rewards in the Crucible are bugged (now all those Legendary drops for last place players make sense!) and won’t be fixed until next month, at least the issue has been identified and will be patched. Also, with end-of-match drops being the primary source of rewards in Trials of Osiris, it will be interesting to see how things work when Trials of Osiris returns next Friday, October 30.
Did you get any good Iron Banner drops, or were you a victim of this Destiny bug?
Source: Bungie
