Destiny 2's Khvostov 7G-0X quickly became one of the most beloved weapons in The Final Shape—and perhaps a little too beloved in PvP. Bungie is watering down the weapon's ricochet in the Crucible but leaving it largely unchanged in PvE, the studio confirmed today.
Wow… Destiny 2 just got hit with MAJOR nerfs that shocked players…
Bungie has revealed upcoming nerfs to the Khvostov 7G-0X, Red Death Reformed, and Speaker's Sight, which have been suppressive in Destiny 2's PvP realm. Each of these can be particularly tough to fight on their own, but the Khvostov was arguably the deadliest.
The elusive Khvostov 7G-0X uses powerful ricochets that deal extra damage to enemies, and it was easy to charge them up in the Crucible. The steady recoil didn’t hurt the case, either. This automatic rifle accounted for 24 percent of all Trials of Osiris kills this past weekend, according to DestinyTrialsReport.
The Khvostov 7G-0X nerf hits both its ricochet and recoil. The Exotic's comfortable recoil was due to a bug, so Bungie is fixing it. As a compromise, the studio is nearly doubling the weapon's stability, giving it "some (but not all) of that stable feel back" without making it overly oppressive.
