Future 2 and developer Bungie don’t have the perfect fame with the MMO’s neighborhood proper now, and that sentiment continues to pop up even in smaller methods. That rings true for this yr’s Dawning occasion, too, because it appears Future’s snowball characteristic stays damaged.

Extra particularly, particular throwable snowballs are a singular characteristic of Future 2‘s seasonal Dawning celebrations. Solely showing for a restricted time, snowballs have a complete collection of upgrades devoted to them as a part of the Dawning development system, as they permit gamers to take down enemies and apply crowd management through Stasis results. Additional, snowballs additionally boost the common gameplay loop, as they seem in Patrol Zones and playlist actions whereas the Dawning is lively.

It ought to come as no shock, then, that gamers will not be pleased with the truth that all 5 of the pertinent Dawning snowball upgrades have been damaged from the very begin of the occasion till its finale.

Fixing Future 2’s weirdly damaged Dawning snowballs

Future 2 gamers reported that the sport’s Dawning snowball upgrades had been virtually ineffective firstly of this yr’s vacation occasion. The apparent expectation was, naturally, that Bungie would get round to sorting this problem out earlier than the occasion wrapped up, however that ship has now formally sailed. Certainly, with 2023’s Dawning now having come and gone, we are able to say that a complete third of Future 2‘s distinctive occasion upgrades didn’t operate for its total length.

In fact, there was nonetheless advantage in finishing the Dawning upgrades and the entire occasion’s connected quest traces, as gamers may rating a bunch of themed cosmetics and diverse loot drops. Nonetheless, it’s not stunning to see that many are sad with how Bungie’s dealt with the difficulty.

In and of itself, this wouldn’t be an enormous drawback, essentially, if Bungie wasn’t already going by a tough time with Future 2 in a broader sense. Following a collection of layoffs and a pushback of the corporate’s flagship DLC, in addition to a basic lack of belief in Bungie, the sport, the creatives supporting it, and the neighborhood are in an unsightly spot.