New Destiny 2 change is so broken that even aimbots won’t work

Bungie’s controversial aerial effectiveness changes in Destiny 2 have caused players no end of headaches — including players using aimbot exploits.

Destiny 2’s Season of the Haunted brought in some big changes alongside its new season pass, artifact, and exotic weapons.

Bungie’s loot-shooter is always receiving balancing tweaks, but this season saw a radical overhaul of “airborne effectiveness”, which loosely tallies with how accurate your Guardian is in the air.

What makes it tricky is that airborne effectiveness is a hidden stat, meaning you’ll need to use the likes of Destiny Item Manager to find out what your value from 0 to 100 is. The higher the value, the more accurate you’ll be.

There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, and Bungie’s blog post from May has a handy Q&A section, but Destiny 2 players have been having no end of trouble just getting shots to land since the change.

Destiny 2 airborne effectiveness stat stops players from hitting shots

You can check out a clip showing Gigz and TheLastAJ, two Destiny 2 content creators, showcasing how inconsistent the stat appears to be below:

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As you can see, neither player moves an inch, but while one is in the air, they’re completely unable to secure a headshot. They’re not alone, either, as plenty of players have been experiencing the same thing.

In perhaps one of the more comical turns, though, it appears that even a Destiny 2 aimbot isn’t immune to whiffing sniper shots once the player leaves the ground.

The player shown in the clip, who streams as MiffysWorld, is shown using the aimbot in a private match, only for the crosshair to go over an opponent, and fail to hit them before landing.

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Miffysworld then turns once landed, and despite being low on health, kills the opponent with a single shot — showing that the aimbot is, in fact, working correctly while on the ground.

Whether Bungie tweaks airborne effectiveness or considers these instances a bug is yet to be seen, but given the high-stakes action of Trials Of Osiris, it’s the kind of thing players will want an update on soon.

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