Bungie postpones Destiny 2 fixes to "preserve work-life balance" of team Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Bungie postpones Destiny 2 fixes to "preserve work-life balance" of team "We try to be really careful about stuff like that." News by Vikki Blake Contributor Updated on 23 Jun 2019 45 comments Bungie has pushed back plans to nerf Destiny 2's overpowered Lord of Wolves shotgun in order to "preserve work-life balance" for the development team. In an attempt to address prior balancing issues, a tweak to the Lord of Wolves has instead inadvertently made it deadly in competitive PvP multiplayer instead. Acknowledging the issue in a recent Bungie update, creative director Luke Smith admitted "the most recent changes to Lord of Wolves created a monster" and the team is looking to reduce the damage resistance later this year. Right now, however, the issue "didn't rise up to meet the bar of 'this is broken enough to turn it off in all activities'". "Sometimes, Destiny is going to have goofy outliers, or periods of time where something is OP (like the Wolves howling right now in IB on PC)," Smith said. "We don't want these periods to last too long (post-Forsaken launch Voidlocks), but they can be memorable moments. "Internally, we had a bunch of spirited debate this week around whether or not we should just prevent players from equipping Lord of Wolves throughout the game. This is a blunt tool, and basically banning an item from being equipped isn't something we take lightly." As reported by Polygon, Smith said in a GuardianCon 2019 charity stream that instead the studio has opted to fold the fix into its upcoming schedule in order to avoid developers having to put in "super long" hours to fix it now. "We're having the conversation about, 'is it worth doing that or is it better to preserve the work-life balance and ship it later in July?'," Smith said. "To ask a team to do that back-to-back - full disclosure, it's not a thing we want to do. We try to be really careful about stuff like that." In other Destiny news, we found out last week that Destiny 2 Google Stadia players will only be able to play with other Stadia players at launch. Watch on YouTube Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 5 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store