‘Destiny 2’ Players Discover Hugely Overpowered Armor Set Before Closure - Forbes

Gaming‘Destiny 2’ Players Discover Hugely Overpowered Armor Set Before ClosureByPaul Tassi, Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJul 03, 2026, 12:10pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Destiny 2BungieWe are in the final days of Destiny 2 getting any updates at all, including hotfixes past a final one arriving next week. But that has not stopped players from unearthing things that, in another timeline, probably would have caught nerfs due to being extremely overpowered. One such case is what Destiny 2 players have discovered about the new Iron Banner armor set. It has a pair of set bonuses where the full 4-piece one is one of the best super printers in the game, able to almost refill or sometimes, fully refill a super right after being cast. The new 4-piece set bonus for the Iron Banner Battalion set refunds super energy on final blows while in super. While Iron Banner armor is gathered from PvP, and its weapons are generally packed with perks that aid PvP, this armor set bonus is something that is wildly powerful in PvE, possibly with some actual unintended interactions. Players have begun testing, and even with as little as six kills, players with at least 100 super can get 33% of their super back each cast with the vast majority of supers. However, some break past that. Astrocyte VerseBungie if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = ; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const preloadResourcesEndpoint = 'https://cds.elements.video/a/preload-resources-ovp.json'; fetch(preloadResourcesEndpoint, { priority: 'low' }) .then(response => { if (!response.ok) { throw new Error('Network response was not ok', preloadResourcesEndpoint); } return response.json(); }) .then(data => { const cssUrl = data.css; const cssUrlLink = document.createElement('link'); cssUrlLink.rel = 'stylesheet'; cssUrlLink.href = cssUrl; cssUrlLink.as = 'style'; cssUrlLink.media = 'print'; cssUrlLink.onload = function() { this.media = 'all'; }; document.head.appendChild(cssUrlLink); const hls = data.hls; const hlsScript = document.createElement('script'); hlsScript.src = hls; hlsScript.setAttribute('defer', '1'); hlsScript.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); document.head.appendChild(hlsScript); }).catch(error => { console.error('There was a problem with the fetch operation:', error); }); } Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesFEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Will this get nerfed? 95% chance it will not. Bungie’s Destiny team is on its last legs, providing patches for actual issues that are meant to help players (vendor rep, broken mission components), and anything that has been disabled (which is now permanently) are things like some set bonuses that hurt PvP. Something powerful and silly in PvE? There’s no one left to balance it, and I don’t think anyone really cares anymore. Let the supers (and Dark Blink Seekers) fly. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.