Although there was already a bit of controversy surrounding the launch of Destiny 2’s Prestige Leviathan Raid, now that we have a World’s First completion fireteam even more has surfaced. Several members of Clan Redeem, who was named World’s First by Bungie for Leviathan on Prestige difficulty, were caught using a power ammo glitch during the final fight with Calus.
While this is unlikely to change the clan’s status as World’s First it does color the achievement in a new light. Even more so considering that Bungie decided to delay the Leviathan Prestige Raid to try and remove a known exploit from the encounter. The developer wasn’t able to remove it in time, however, but did say that the team would be monitoring completions to verify the World’s First team did everything legitimate.
Unfortunately, Clan Redeem did not do everything without using an exploit. As can be seen and heard in the clip below, at least a few members of the team used an exploit with the Wardcliff Coil to acquire additional power ammo.
Since the Wardcliff Coil fires multiple rockets per ammo clip, Destiny 2 players figured out that the game counts 1 “bullet” of Wardcliff Coil ammo as multiple shots for other power ammo types. So switching to Wardcliff Coil, picking up a brick of power ammo, and then switching to another power weapon should deliver close to full ammo for that weapon. It’s an exploit that is known, and not thought too much of given Destiny 2’s inconsistent ammo economy, but in this context is seen differently.
Coincidentally, this is the second time that a World’s First Heroic/Prestige raid competition has been mired in controversy. Last year, Clan Redeem (but with some different fire team members) was running Wrath of the Machine on Heroic hit an anti-cheat section of the raid and had to complete a section all over again. In that case, the team was in the lead, but completed an encounter too fast and ended up finishing in second.
It’s worth pointing out that a World’s First completion of a harder difficulty raid is not seen in the same light as a true World’s First completion. At this point, most hardcore Destiny 2 players know the Leviathan Raid very well, and the changes introduced in the Prestige Difficulty aren’t that significant. Make no mistake, getting through a raid before any other team is still an achievement, but the use of this exploit likely won’t impact much.
Destiny 2 is out now for PS4 and Xbox One. The PC version releases on October 24th.
