Destiny 2’s Derealize mission brings back the best part of Exotic quests

Only one week into the Episode Heresy, Destiny 2 has already dropped the new Exotic mission to get the fun-looking Strand submachine gun. Surprisingly, the best part of the latest Exotic quest isn’t the mission itself but everything outside of it.

With the Destiny 2 weekly reset on Feb. 11, alongside the usual seasonal story continuation, players also started finding new secrets in The Nether. Eventually, these secrets led to the start of the new Exotic quest and kicked off the pursuit of the new Exotic submachine gun, Barrow-Dyad. Bungie never mentioned the Exotic mission coming this early in the season. Most players expected it to drop in Act Three, following the format of Echoes and Revenant.