Bungie can't catch a W: Rather than buffing the drop rate of Destiny 2's most-wanted exotic items, the latest patch nerfed it into dust

It turns out that if you fire a bunch of your QA staff, the game you're making will tend to run into quality issues. I'm not saying the problems with Destiny 2's latest patch are a direct result of last week's drastic headcount reduction at Bungie, but it can hardly help.

Yesterday's weekly reset also saw the rollout of update 8.0.5, which included a swath of fixes and balance changes. The most anticipated of these was a buff to the drop rate of Prismatic exotic class items. Per the patch notes: 

The wording above is quite messy. The actual change, which was announced in a This Week at Bungie post on July 25, makes it clear that the buff applies to chests found in the Overthrow activity. It read:

The feedback started rolling in fast yesterday, and it was not good. On r/DestinyTheGame there were multiple threads complaining that, far from being buffed, the drop rate was now worse. «Way to go Bungie,» wrote the author of the most upvoted post. Players reported it taking five or more full runs before they found an exotic class item, whereas in my pre-patch experience—and I've grinded a lot of Overthrow—it would normally take two to three runs before one popped.

Obviously, variance and bad luck could have been a factor behind those threads, even if the volume of replies agreeing with the problem suggested not. But any doubt was removed today with a post from the Bungie Team account on X confirming that, yup, there's been a goof.

We've identified an issue impacting Exotic Class Item drop rates.At this time, Tier 4 Overthrow Chests are not contributing to increased drop chances, nor can Exotic Class Items be awarded through them.August 7, 2024

So, not only are the final Overthrow chests not contributing to the 'pity timer' before you receive an exotic class item, the exotic class items can in fact no longer drop from those chests at all. It's quite a boo-boo, given how desirable these are, with the chase to acquire the perfect combo of perks for your playstyle being one