Destiny 2
Bungie
Get ready for an exciting holiday season, as Destiny 2’s The Dawning event is back! While it may seem like it only has one main gameplay addition, snowballs can be a powerful new weapon in your arsenal. What is better than slowing and freezing enemies with snowballs?
However, if you’ve been playing The Dawning in 2023, you may notice that snowballs kind of…suck now. Even when fully “upgraded,” they are trash, which can make completing various challenges a real pain as a result.
There is hope though! I found this lengthy thread on reddit that suggests none of the snowball upgrades you purchase from Eva are working at all. There seems to be a lot of issues with the upgrades such as snowballs not leaving a Stasis mine on impact and snowballs instantly freezing combatants damaged by them.
- Extended slow doesn’t seem to be working.
- Snowballs absolutely do not leave a Stasis mine on impact
- Shattering frozen combatants may not drop snowballs
- Snowballs instantly freeze combatants damaged by them
Plus, the modifier is supposed to create snowballs on kill, but this only seems to be active in two places, patrol and the Vanguard ops playlist, so it’s pretty restrictive.
This is pretty frustrating as this is the only mechanic of the event. Snowballs are usually pretty fun and useful, but they’re so bad this year that I completely ignore them unless I have to complete specific challenges.
This absolutely seems bugged. At least half those upgrades are absolutely not functioning at all, with the other half being harder to confirm. Given how barebones the event is in the first place, this is pretty unacceptable. Let’s hope Bungie chimes in and recognizes the issue soon.
