Edit: This now has over 500 upvotes and multiple gold and silver awards on Reddit. Bungie, can we get some acknowledgment?
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/j81582/bug_square_and_its_xbox_equivalent_does_not/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I have been trying to get a particular issue noticed by Bungie since update 2.9.0 (the controller remapping update). At first I referred to it as the dismounting sparrow issue but I came to notice it as not just an issue with dismounting sparrows but one that also affects those situations where you scan an out of reach item or area with your ghost. So if I was to summarise the issue, square no longer functions when you have your ghost out.
I have been shot down with my persistence on this matter. People have been telling me to just remap the button or that it is working as intended etc... I am telling you now, this is a bug. Let's recreate it...
This is assuming you have default controls, i.e. no controller remapping and I will be speaking from a PS4 perspective but I have had confirmation that this issue exists across platforms.
Go to any patrol space and jump on your sparrow. While on your sparrow, bring your ghost out as if you were checking bounty progress. Leave the ghost out and and press square to dismount... doesn't work right? but you can simply press x instead... problem solved? No.
Go find a scannable that you can "scan from far away". A good example of this Uldren's ship in the Ma'adim Subterrane Lost Sector in Hellas Basin. When near by, your ghost will bleep as if there is a scannable nearby that you can interact with. When you pull out your ghost and point it at the area there will be a kind of camera-zoom-ui-overlay with a "scan" or "inspect" prompt and yep you guessed it, it does not work.
Now, yes, you can just walk over to the ship and inspect without pulling your ghost first but there are some scannables throughout the world that you can't walk up to. You need the "out of reach" scan function. Yes, you can use X to jump off your sparrow instead but years of muscle memory does not adjust to this well. I've fell off so many cliffs as a result.
I have reported this so many times on the Bungie forums and a couple of times on here but I am getting radio silence. I know it's a small thing but it's still an unacknowledged bug.
These functions all worked prior to 2.9.0
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Still nothing
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Now over 1000 upvotes and several awards on Reddit... still no bungie response. Get it added to the list of known issues!
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Edited by CloudStrife: 10/9/2020 10:19:39 PMNow getting hundreds of upvotes and multiple gold and silver awards on Reddit. Absolutely baffling how this has not been acknowledged. I’ve been reporting it for months.
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2 Repliesbeen having tones of issues with this upon loading into a new area. WE are seeing it more as we all are trying to use sparrows to fly around the mood quickly. every time I get in to a new area on my sparrow it takes forever to allow me to dismount. After that, I can get on and off at will in that area, sparrow up, move to a new location and the same thing happens, takes probably and extra 5-8 seconds to get off the sparrow.
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The Reddit post has comments that confirm that this is a platform-wide issue. It exists and Xbox, PC and PS
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Here is a newer thread I’ve started that is generating newer attention. https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/j81582/bug_square_and_its_xbox_equivalent_does_not/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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Here is proof that this is a thing. Look at all the people affected by it. https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/idxi6c/reminder_that_dismounting_sparrows_without/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf