Its been puzzling me for awhile now about the Buffs that have been givin out. But I finally have a good educated guess on what the deal is other than just a fun way to get lots of loot.
Theory:
I remember reading awhile ago that they were going to be taking information from the custom games just added from the pvp. And then I noticed that 95% of the people that are help spreading it are using the custom games.
Conclusion:
Seems like a cheeky way of stress testing and gathering info on preferred maps and game modes by giving us an "infection" that spreads through kills and orbs and only a limited time frame to spread it in order to get the buffs.
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I think it's more like. The different types of infections buff the experience and drop rates of the different raritiy types of gear. To get us all ready for the raid on Friday. Bungie is smart.
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Selfish bump