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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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