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7/2/2015 4:37:46 AM
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Again, the "Packing Heat" trophy/achievement is bugged. Confirmation of an incoming fix would be appreciated.

This is has been posted/tweeted about multiple times at this point, but I think it's worth reminding our Bungie overlords that the "Packing Heat" trophy (I use "trophy" because I can only confirm this for PS4) has become almost entirely unobtainable since the House of Wolves expansion launched. I have yet to see someone from Bungie issue a formal acknowledgment of the issue, and am writing this here in the hopes of getting one. Even a "We're looking into it" would be greatly appreciated. I know, I know -- it's just trophies. But many people like myself picked up Destiny in the first place to tackle its Platinum (which is widely regarded as one of the most formidable on the PS4), so being locked out of it due to an apparent oversight is extremely frustrating. I don't even want to attempt a Flawless Raider run if the platinum is going to be nigh impossible for technical reasons. For the unfamiliar, the "Packing Heat" trophy requires you to "Fully upgrade an Exotic weapon." It should be simple enough, and it was until the HoW update messed with Exotic attack ratings. As of this post, the trophy will not pop unless the game sees you "ascend" an Exotic gun, much like you would with any Legendary. The problem is that, right now, only one Exotic weapon gives you the "Ascend" option at all. That gun is the Vex Mythoclast, which is only obtainable as a relatively rare drop after beating Atheon in the Vault of Glass on hard mode. If you fully upgrade a Thorn, or SUROS Regime, or The Last Word, or anything else, the trophy will not unlock, even though you are technically upgrading it as far as it can possibly go, because there is no "Ascend" option for the game to recognize. So the trophy has basically become "Get a Vex Mythoclast," which I'm guessing is not an underhanded way to keep people running VoG. You basically have three shots at having a chance at getting the trophy every week -- and that's if you've bothered to level up three classes -- and if you miss out, you're waiting until Tuesday just to spin the RNG wheel again. Again, making something that should be simple extremely annoying. Not a good look. Apologies for the long, repetitive post, but I want to lay this all out there as clearly as possible. It's possible that TTK and its presumed weapon upgrades will fix this on its own, but I haven't seen anyone from Bungie mention anything about the issue in general. Let's change that.
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  • I want to add my voice to this as well. Being someone who started playing after House of Wolves was released, it really looks like I am barred from earning this trophy unless I luck out and get a Vex Mythoclast from Vault of Glass. While we are on the subject of glitched trophies, I also want to comment on Triple Play, as I'm sure many players take issue with it as well. If the intention was for it to be a rapid triple kill of all three classes, then the description should reflect that. If the description is accurate, then the parameters for people earning it are not and should be fixed. These two trophies are prime examples of how Achievements and Trophies should NOT work. By all means, give us a challenge for earning that Platinum, but something being extremely luck-based (whether by fault of a glitch or by intent) really leaves a sour note on a game for those of us who want to go after that Platinum. All in all, it would be nice for Bungie to just take a minute and recognize these issues.

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  • I just got a Vex Mythoclast from the VOG raid and it was the first time I did it on hard too XD!

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    • got no response on twitter or here everyone is posting this but they just dont care only thing they care about is people buying their overpriced dlc and that's why they are twisting our arm into it by increased difficulty on nightfall and daily/weekly heroics being dlc material most of the time they are now one of my "favorites" along with EA

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    • I had this same problem before HoW came out. Had super good advice fully upgraded about 3 weeks before the expansion, but the trophy never unlocked. Ascended it afterwards and then I did get the trophy.

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    • I could ascend other old exotics.

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    • Has anyone else had a problem unlocking the trophy where you complete a strike consisting of clanmates. This has never unlocked after completing probably 100 strikes with people in my clan.

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    • Run the vault and Crotas End. Exotics dropped from those activities are still 331.

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      • Edited by MonzaHD: 7/2/2015 10:12:37 AM
        I have the platinum myself, yes its hard as nails to get, so i feel your pain bro, this needs to be fix asap, on the subject of trophys, i think its lazy TDB an HOW dont have any trophys, its the only dlc i can think of on ps4 that dont come with extra trophys

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      • I got it on 360 by ascending ghorn.

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