Things are getting exciting for Bungie tonight at 7 p.m. Destiny 2: The Final Shape is the last expansion to the current saga. Hopefully, at least. But problems are to be expected.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape could be a vital turning point for Bungie after the previous expansion was not really a success and fell far short of expectations. The first problems became apparent just a few days ago after Bungie owner Sony, of all people, leaked the expansion on the streaming service.
And today’s launch of The Final Shape, which is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m., is also expected to be a bit tricky. Experience has shown that there are always error messages, connection problems and queues on launch night, and despite 25 hours of maintenance, there is no reason to doubt that things could be different today.
What’s even more worrying is that Bungie has now published a list of “Knows Issues” itself, giving the impression that The Final Shape isn’t really final yet. There are apparently still problems with mission progress when changing party members, and 3D audio (including Windows Sonic and Dolby Atmos) seem to be completely broken. So we should expect plenty of hotfixes in the coming days. And that doesn’t even begin to count everything that can go wrong with a launch of this magnitude.
Anyway, let’s hope for the best and here is the list of “Knows Issues” so you know what to expect:
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Players progressing through The Final Shape campaign in a fireteam should avoid joining missions in-progress or swapping characters during the campaign to ensure progress is correctly recorded.
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PC players with 3D audio enabled will not get any audio output from the game.
- As a temporary workaround, players with Windows Sonic for Headphones, Dolby Atmos, or any other 3D audio setting enabled in their Windows Spatial Sound settings should switch the setting to Off when playing the game.
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The “Leaving The Final Shape Campaign” pop-up is displaying placeholder art.
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Activating Prismatic Hunter’s Blink Dagger super while mid-Grapple causes the player to fall.
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The Solar Hunter’s “Knock ‘Em Down” aspect does not increase the number of Blade Barrage projectiles.
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The ability description for the Hunter Arc Staff super does not mention that the three-attack combo or ground slam attack applies Blind.
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The description for the Deconstruct perk does not reflect the recent change made in Update 8.0.0.1. Deconstruct now refills ammo from reserves.
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Vestiges won’t auto-convert into a Memory item if another Memory item is in your inventory. Players must obtain another Vestige after the Memory is used for Vestiges to convert into another Memory.
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Some old seasonal currencies and items from Seasons 20-23 will not be automatically removed.
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Khvostov 7G 0X‘s trait “Eyes Up, Guardian” incorrectly states that the ricochet shots deal more damage.
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Players who were tracking Triumphs that were vaulted with the launch of The Final Shape cannot untrack them.
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During The Final Shape campaign, if players do not open the final chest in The Blooming Deep Lost Sector before the cutscene plays, the loot will be lost.
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When Warlocks pick up a Stasis Shard with the Glacial Harvest aspect equippedthey will not be granted healing.
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The Berserker’s Bladefury super does not consistently apply Woven Mail to allies on super cast when combined with Into The Fray aspect.
One week before the release of Destiny 2: The Final Form, here is the launch trailer for the add-on to get you in the mood.