A Reddit user recently uncovered a bug that can halt the progress for ritual weapon quests in Destiny 2. These quests take a long time to complete as it is, but with this bug, the road to weapons like the new Python shotgun is longer than it should be.

Python is the new Ritual weapon for the Destiny 2 Gambit mode. Like many of the weapon quests in the game, the road to Python takes a lot of work and emphasis on using shotguns, but the bug makes players stop progressing in the questline altogether.

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Players looking to make progress on their quest to get the new Python shotgun will have an issue if they load into a Gambit game in progress. Using a shotgun and going for any of the quest steps does not seem to count. The only way to get proper progress for the quest is to make sure that the Gambit game starts from the beginning.

In a follow-up to a post about the buy on Reddit, Bungie Community Manager Cozmo has said that he will pass along the info to the dev team and they will investigate. It's unclear why this Destiny 2 bug is happening, but oftentimes these persist for a while.

Currently, the best option for players loading into a game in progress is to switch to their normal Gambit loadouts and hope the next game they load into will start from the beginning. Quitting a game in progress can hit players with a warning and too many departures will result in a temporary (eventually it will be permanent) ban from Gambit.

Ritual weapons are the answer to the issues that arose from Pinnacle weapons but are different in terms of power and use. Instead of having uniques perks to make the weapons powerhouses everywhere in the game they have set perk rolls that mesh well together and benefit the activities the weapons were earned in. However, they are very time-consuming quests, so it's disappointing to see this bug impact progress.

Destiny 2 is now available for PS4, Xbox, PC, and Stadia

Source: Reddit

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