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Destiny 2 quest for Felwinter’s Lie is fixed, and an easy way to get a great PvP shotgunSome new story too
Some new story too
After a bumpy journey with daft amounts of grind and a halting bug,Destiny 2’s latest quest, The Lie, can be completed. That’s the one where our not-so-benevolent AI overlord, Rasputin, wanted us to grindSeraphTowers and shotgun kills. The final step brings a new bit of story, which is quite nice, and a new shotgun you really might want if you play PvP. Aggressive-type shotguns are superhot at the moment, and Bungie are here offering everyone an easy (albeit grindy) way to get a guaranteed good one, Felwinter’s Lie.
I won’t talk much about the story stuff because it’s nice to see for yourself. I’m sure you can find videos on YouTube if you wanna watch. I will say I’m disappointed that we’re continuing to ignore the impending extinction event of a miles-long spaceship crashing into Earth, and with just over a fortnight left in the season to resolve this. But it’s a nice little storybit in itself, sure.
Felwinter’s Lie, that I will talk about. It’s a Legendary solar shotgun of the Aggressive frame variety, and comes as a fixed roll with a choice of great perks. Two Aggressives are the hot PvP shotguns this season, Astral Horizon and Mindbender’s Ambition, but you’ll likely need to win a lot in Trials Of Osiris or grind a lot of Nightfalls to get a great one. Felwinter’s Lie comes fixed with Full Choke, Accurized Rounds, a Range Masterwork, a choice of Slideshot or Quickdraw, and a choice of Opening Shot or Vorpal Weapon. Very nice. It also has a unique trait, Shot Package, which gives its spread a fairly consistent pattern. You can quibble a bit over potential and perk preferences, but it’s undeniably a fantastic PvP shotgun - and easy for anyone to get.
I hope Bungie consider putting top-tier weapons behind quests like this more. With their plans toput limits on how long most weapons can be upgraded to the Power cap, they need to be more generous in handing out the good stuff. The current grind cannot continue if weapons will be on a timer to become less useful. I’m also in favour of meta-defining weapon types being easier for anyone to get. I am cautiously hopeful about ‘sunsetting’ giving Bungie more space to create powerful and interesting weapons knowing they can’t cause permanent problems. Just please,don’t destroy Titan.
Do note that Power level doesn’t matter in a lot of Destiny. Felwinter’s Lie will keep being great for regular PvP until weapon balance shifts. After a year its Power cap might start to drag you down in Iron Banner or Trials, but that means nothing in plain old Crucible.
Help keep track of future plans, I was recently pointed tothe Destiny roadmap on Blueberries.gg, which keeps track of Bungie’s statements and puts them into a calendar. That’s dead useful.
Oh! Be careful not to accidentally dismantle Felwinter’s Lie.Bungie warnthat you can’t currently pull a new one from Collections, which will be fixed in a future update.
Here’s noted theorycrafter “Fallout” with some Felwinter’s Lie analysis and action:
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