Destiny 2 gamers obtained an thrilling style of the longer term when the Rite of the Nine occasion, which is ready to go reside on April 1 alongside the Heresy Act 3, went reside at present as a substitute. Whoops.
The untimely rollout was first observed by Destiny Bulletin, which shared the mishap on X:
Rite of the Nine weapons are additionally dropping within the recreation, though the gadgets are untextured placeholder variations. These weapons are reprisals from the three respective dungeons featured within the occasion: Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep. Despite their unfinished look, they’re very a lot usable in-game as of time of writing—however do not anticipate that to final. Clearly, this is not a case of content material launching early as a shock drop, however fairly somebody pushing the go reside button a bit of early.
You can see the unfinished state of the weaponry in these photos:
The occasion was apparently purposeful when it went reside: PC Gamer’s resident Destiny 2 habit-haver Tim Clark stated he was capable of load into the occasion, and capable of choose the upper ‘Contest’ problem stage. Sure sufficient, the enemies have been appropriately beefy.
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That will not be the case by the point you learn this: In a message posted to Bluesky, Bungie stated the rollout was unintentional, and that every one actions and associated rewards can be disabled “as quickly as doable.” It’s not clear whether or not the rewards will really be taken away, or simply locked till the time is correct.
Rite of the Nine guarantees to be a fairly large deal. Dungeons are a number of the hottest PvE actions within the recreation, and refreshing the look and perks on their weapons to carry them as much as present meta ranges can be sufficient of a carrot to carry gamers/degenerates again. Best of all, it is free for everybody: You need not personal any season passes or The Final Shape growth with a view to get in on the motion.
It’s not the largest botch ever, however Bungie has one thing of a historical past of biffin’ it with Destiny 2: Exotic weapons that have been deleting raid bosses in seconds, utilizing fan artwork for an official collectible, by accident altering the names of a “excessive quantity” of gamers, nerfing as a substitute of buffing the drop charge of unique gadgets, the entire “Weightgate” factor, leaking your complete Final Shape growth days earlier than it was speculated to go reside (though that was actually a Sony difficulty)—and that does not even cowl a full yr of toe-stubs. I have never touched Destiny 2 in years however I nonetheless have “fond” recollections of the Prometheus Lens fiasco, and that was all the best way again in 2017.
None of those are deadly wounds individually, nevertheless it simply retains taking place, and brought altogether it makes me marvel, man, you’ve got been operating this recreation for practically eight years—how onerous is it to keep away from tripping over the furnishings? (Pretty onerous, apparently.)
Anyway, Rite of the Nine’s temporary and unanticipated transfer into the sunshine (get it?) can be over quickly, if it is not already, however you will not have to attend too lengthy for it to come back again: It stays set to go reside in full and correct kind on April 1.
