Destiny 2’s annual spooky loot occasion is again and it’s a multitude. Festival of the Lost went dwell yesterday riddled with points from a bug that blocked quest progress to gamers being saddled with outdated, out of date loot. It was not good, particularly for an occasion that’s largely unchanged from the 12 months prior, regardless of now sporting its personal $10 mini-battle move.

For the uninitiated, Festival of the Lost duties gamers with donning Halloween masks, grinding outdated content material for sweet and spectral pages, after which spending the latter on particular misplaced sector runs the place they shoot big alien pumpkin heads for time-limited loot. Depending on who you ask, it’s both a festive distraction or a soul crushing chore, however there have been plenty of causes to look ahead to it this 12 months, together with a brand new set of mech-inspired Gunadam-ass armor.

Any enthusiasm gamers had was instantly thwarted by a serious bug that was gating progress and consuming spectral pages. Unable to maneuver ahead within the questline, some gamers saved grinding hopelessly with nothing to indicate for it, whereas others waited patiently for a repair. Bungie lastly did get the issue solved late final night time. Unfortunately, the occasion’s opening day had already been sabotaged.

Things may need moved on from there, however this bug was removed from the one irritating factor concerning the occasion. Festival of the Lost nonetheless has a problem the place when you kill the mini-bosses too rapidly, the mission will grind to a halt leaving gamers to attend one other couple of minutes earlier than the ultimate boss spawns. Players complained rather a lot about this subject in final 12 months’s Festival of the Lost, so it’s unlucky to see it again once more.

Then there’s the bugged loot. Festival of the Lost gear, together with the brand new Mechabre sniper rifle, is meant to drop with new perk choices and an origin trait that offers gamers’ aiming velocity bonuses when taking part in solo. Only, some gamers are reporting getting outdated variations of weapons with outdated perks and no origin trait, i.e. junk. For an occasion modeled after Halloween, it’s basically the equal of getting rocks in your trick-or-treat bag.

One factor that’s working, nevertheless, is the brand new occasion move, a $10 add-on Bungie launched particularly for seasonal actions with summer time’s Solstice of Heroes replace. Players can unlock just a few rewards on the free monitor, or pay to unlock extra with the premium model. Not many extra, nevertheless, leaving some scratching their heads at why gamers ought to spend the identical quantity as a whole season prices on a handful of cosmetics.

“I wouldn’t mind shelling out for it if the eververse in general didn’t exist,” wrote one participant on the subreddit. “It feels pretty crappy to have expansions, seasons, and dungeons all priced out and still having such a huge focus on the eververse.” As Forbes’ Paul Tassi factors out, it’s particularly powerful to swallow when the occasion itself launches with so many underlying issues. Festival of the Lost is unchanged from final 12 months in some ways, even because it’s turn into monetized with the extra battle move.

It’s a disgrace, actually, as a result of there are many issues to be enthusiastic about in any other case. The Gundam armor kicks ass, and the brand new Mechabre sniper rifle sounds similar to the one from the precise Gundam anime. Plus there’s the spectral horse sparrow. Everyone’s favourite quest giver from Bungie’s thirtieth Anniversary replace has been become a wickedly superior house broomstick and I wouldn’t have it another manner.