Telesto first debuted in Destiny’s major expansion, The Taken King, as a random exotic drop from exotic engrams or endgame activities including the raids and Grandmaster Nightfalls. It returned inside Destiny 2’s first expansion, Curse of Osiris, once again dropping from similar loot sources as it did in the first game. As mentioned above, though, the weapon has been one of the most consistently bugged weapons inside the Destiny 2 sandbox despite Bungie’s best efforts to keep it balanced.
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In regard to a possible community event centered on Telesto, the new weapon effects were posted on Twitter by Forbes’ Paul Tassi, who regularly covers Destiny 2 for the outlet and on his personal social channels. He pointed out the exotic fusion rifle now smokes and sparks while the bolts shoot out slower than normal and even float off before holding down reload to make Telesto fire normally again. Tassi also suggested the bolts could be firing in “coded patterns” and could be hinting to something else, but didn’t speak on it further.
A potential community event around a bugged weapon wouldn’t be anything new for Destiny 2, though, as mentioned above, it would be the first time Bungie intentionally hinted toward such an event. The most notable examples of impromptu weekend events were held for the Lord of Wolves exotic shotgun and Prometheus Lens trace rifle, the latter of which became affectionately known as Laser Tag weekend. Both weekend events occurred as a result of the weapons bugged state causing much higher damage than intended, leading Bungie to have some fun with the Destiny 2 community before nerfing the weapons and rewarding players with special emblems to commemorate the weekends.
Given how the previous events unfolded inside the PvP-focused Crucible, it would not be surprising to see Bungie go a similar route for a Telesto-centered community event. The weapon’s unique design coupled with the unintended damage boost would lead to chaotic matches for players to enjoy and offer a break from the more competitive side of the game’s multiplayer. On the other hand, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Bungie cancel Trials of Osiris for a weekend or turn off Telesto’s use in the mode, ensuring the competitive nature of the mode isn’t ruined for a weekend by a Telesto event.
Destiny 2 is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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