There are many things that Bungie is still working on after the release of Destiny 2’s Season of the Splicer, from a Sleeper Stimulant that didn’t get its promised buff to Pinnacle rewards not dropping in the Presage seasonal mission (which should be fixed by next week’s patch). One thing that Bungie forgot to tell us about in the Season of the Splicer patch notes was how Seasonal Challenges had their XP rewards corrected.
Players certainly noticed last week when they weren’t getting the tidal wave of XP that Season 13’s Challenges provided. It turns out that’s because Season of the Chosen’s Challenges were bugged.
“There was a bug last Season where players who had earned XP bonuses from Season 12’s Season Pass did not have these bonuses reset at the start of Season 13,” Bungie explains in a blog post today. “This carry-over resulted in Season 13 Challenges paying out much greater XP than intended.”
Rather than correct the bug midway through Season of the Chosen, Bungie opted to keep it in so that everyone could benefit regardless of when they completed their Seasonal Challenges. However, they corrected the bug at the start of Season of the Splicer and forgot to tell players in the official patch notes.
This resulted in some confusion as players found out they weren’t getting Season Pass ranks as quickly as last season. There was also confusion surrounding the new verbiage being used to describe Seasonal Challenge XP rewards as “Extra Large XP.”
According to the post, “Extra Large XP” is equal to one-half of a Season Pass rank. So 2X Extra Large XP is a full rank, 4X is two ranks, and so on.
Bungie plans to clarify the experience gains awarded by bounties, weekly bounties, quests, and Seasonal Challenges in a future blog post.
In the meantime, next week brings the official Destiny 2 crossplay beta after last week’s unofficial crossplay preview. Players will be able to select the new Crossplay Beta Vanguard Strikes playlist starting May 25 and running to May 27. Complete three Strikes to earn a special emblem.
