I'm primarily a PVE player and I personally love the firefly perk for PVE. I feel like it is one of the most fun and effective perks you can have on a weapon, especially a primary weapon. I virtually never unequipped Fatebringer in year 1 because the synergy of outlaw and firefly both occurring on a precision kill was glorious.
Shortly after update 2.0 released way back in September 2015, reports started surfacing of Destiny crashing due to firefly explosions. Months later, a game update was supposed to fix the issue, but the issue can still occur. To Bungie's credit, that update did lower the frequency at which the issue would cause the game to crash, but it did not resolve the issue permanently. Here we sit now, over 10 months after 2.0, and firefly can still crash Destiny. Another game update has come and gone, and the issue is still not fixed. Bungie posted a help article on the issue in January 2016 acknowledging the issue, and their recommendation was to not use guns that cause the crash until Bungie fixes the issue. So when is Bungie going to fix the issue so I can use firefly again without worry? Not only that, but boycotting firefly still can't keep you 100% safe, as a teammate using firefly can crash YOUR game if he gets firefly explosions to occur near your character. Just seven days ago, I crashed two teammates using my Hung Jury in the middle of Golgoroth challenge, forcing us to wipe and restart the encounter.
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I don't have this issue, but my buddy does. On a particular Vanity handcannon with firefly. Yet everything else with FF is fine. Weird bug.
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I've used my hung jury with FF for hours without switching to any other weapon, and have never had it crash once. I hope it doesn't happen.
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My godroll Imago ( Fatebringer Perks) is still in my vault. It bothers me so much because its my fav PVE weapon. And i just cant use it....... i get a crash everytime i use it. Also the Vendor Hung Jury ( Before April update) is unusable now . And that shit is going on for Months now......... i dunno what bungie is doing in their studios
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Are you on legacy? Ive never heard of this before.
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This has been unresolved for so long at this point it feels as if it will never be fixed. My suggestion is to not purchase any further dlc until things like this are patched.
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Don't worry, Bungie will patch it by the time Year 4 comes around. However, if this bug had something to do with silver then it would be immediately patched. I mean, we all remember how quickly they fixed the SRL book bug right?
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Bump I thought I was the only one with this problem.
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I find there's telltale signs when the perk is about to crash the game. When firefly procs, but stutters a but, stop using Firefly until at least you hit a new load instance. Also, personal note, seems to happen to me with increased frequency on the moon. Anyone else have a weird issue like that?
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I've heard a lot about this but have never had it happen personally. I've been playing since day one and have used many fund with firefly. So I'm just wondering does this bug only effect certain players or is it all around and I've just gotten lucky. I mean I have a lot of guns with fire fly that I use regularly so I'm just curious if I should be worried?
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Fix firefly, fix new monarchy faction ship, shader, loot bugs, fix vanguard infinite boot loop. You guys know if firefly glitch caused the enemy to be one shot, and dropped loot. It would be fixed within an hour or two? I popped 3 of coin and went to venus. Killed a gatekeeper with the firefly, game glitched and filled my mailbox full of yellow ingrams.......... that is a total lie. However if it worked, bungie would have the firefly fixed before I could post this.
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We need to be more vocal about this. This is a game-breaking bug. See my duplicate thread here: [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/209818810?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1[/url] If we can get these posts trending maybe Bungie will acknowledge this and possibly even fix it (I know, it's crazy that we have to beg them to fix a bug which totally crashes the game).
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Edited by Maestro25: 7/27/2016 12:29:21 PMI have a Cocytus with Life Support, Hand-Laid Stock, and Firefly that I am terrified to use. lol thanks Bungie Edit: lol "refrain from using the weapon until it is addressed in a future update". Seven months later...
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Edited by sharkhunter81: 7/27/2016 7:40:43 PMIt's happened to me with my imago and vanity (twice). All of them have happened in the last 2-3 months and I've used FF perk since launch. I don't know why it's been happening so frequently to me. The firefly procs and then I hear a grinding in the speakers, like a digital overload, which I guess is what it is. I too thought it only happened to other people but it's becoming more common for me when I play. It always gives me a tiny signal before hand, like the sound will start to get grindy when it procs, but it won't result in a freeze. Last time it happened I kept playing and a few more kills later, boom, I'm out.
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You are mistaken. Firefly will not crash your game. Firefly + LiTC proc will. It is completely safe to use firefly.
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I am not discrediting you by any means because I've never seen it happen nor has it ever happened to me. I use Hung Jury almost all the time in PvE with Firefly and it's never seized my game. Atleast I've never made the connection and watch, now that I've made this comment, it's going to happen to me all the time.....
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I've had many weapons with this perk, but Treads Upon Stars is the only one that has caused my system to seize. When you land consecutive precision kills, the explosions keeping occurring on all previous kills until the streak ends...
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I do not understand why things like this are still a problem with year 3 on the way...
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We are also not getting a replacement to the Queens wrath event they promised a month after launch so basically 2 years ago
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Stop whatever you are doing and preorder RoI right now! No one cares you can't use firefly like you should be able to. Preorder! That'll teach them to fix their game right?
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Never crashed my game before
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I keep reading about firefly crashing people's games. I use firefly religiously in PvE, but I've never had this issue.
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I've never had Firefly crash my Legacy console. Does not compute the explosions.
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Edited by Lord Yoink N Bag: 7/27/2016 12:08:22 PMI've never had this issue. My friend would crash his game sometimes with his The Vanity(I think that's right FWC HC from vendor). But he dismantled it and never had a problem with any other weapons with the perk. My other friend uses his Hung Jury all day. No problems there. Try another gun with firefly see if that works. My favorite is my Hand of Judgment, a scout with explosive rounds and firefly! Boom!
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I basically stopped using guns with firefly in pve altogether.