Destiny 2’s latest content update, the Season of Dawn, launched last week, bringing a new wave of gear and activities for players to earn and grind for in Bungie’s free-to-play loot shooter. While reception to the new Sundial activity and the ongoing storyline has been positive so far, the update hasn’t gone smoothly for everyone due to an unusually high number of bugs, and a particularly nasty issue has prevented some players from getting the Python shotgun, one of the marquee ritual weapons added in Season 9.
The quests to earn ritual weapons in Destiny 2 are usually pretty straightforward, with players typically being tasked with completing a set of objectives in one of the MMO’s game modes with a specific weapon type to earn a special masterworked weapon, often with a unique or otherwise impressive set of perks. Since Destiny 2’s third season, a trio of these quests have been included among the new content for players to take advantage of.
The Python, a shotgun that Guardians can earn by playing Gambit, Destiny 2’s hybrid PvP/PvE game mode, is no exception to the regular setup, requiring 500 shotgun kills, 150 close range shotgun kills and to obtain the Heroic Infamy rank to complete its quest.
Fans reported in a thread on Destiny 2’s official subreddit that they’d lost progress on the weapon quest for the Python by resetting their Infamy rank before completing the required shotgun kills in Gambit, forcing them to grind back up to Heroic before being able to obtain the gun again. Bungie community manager dmg04 took note of the issue in the Reddit thread. The issue will likely be resolved in an upcoming patch or hotfix, but until then, players in pursuit of the Python should hold off on doing an Infamy reset until they’ve completed the other requirements.
Destiny 2 has had a fair share of issues in the time since the Shadowkeep expansion launched in October. Some of the most recent problems have included a bug preventing players from using the Sundial Obelisk in the EDZ, as well as the latest of several bugs associated with the Telesto fusion rifle. With the FPS only recently becoming an independently developed project by the studio without input from Activision, Bungie’s had its hands full with keeping the game running right and adding new content for players to enjoy. The development team’s newfound transparency with players has still put D2 in a good place as a whole going into 2020, even if it’s had some growing pains along the way.
Destiny 2 and the Shadowkeep expansion are out now for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia.
Source: r/destinythegame on Reddit
