On June 18, Destiny: The Final Shape was supposed to be even better. The expansion is well received anyway, and on Tuesday evening, the traditional patch day, players were looking forward to the “Grandmaster version” of the 12-player activity. After 10 years, it was meant to provide a worthy conclusion to the saga. It turned out differently.
That was the plan: Actually, everything was supposed to run smoothly:
- The harder version of the 12-player mission “Excision” was supposed to go live.
- At 15:45 German time, the servers were supposed to be taken down.
- By around 19:00, just in time for the end of the workday, players were to be allowed to play again at the latest. With 3 hours and 15 minutes, the downtime was already generous. It should work out.
Downtime delayed by 3 hours on Tuesday evening
What really happened: Nothing happened. The German players are already always upset that maintenance occurs right during their prime time, stealing valuable hours of gaming time in the evening. But anyone expecting to log in precisely at 19:00 was disappointed.
At 19:44, the message came: “We are currently investigating issues after the update was released. More information will be available when it is ready.”
At 20:17, the message came: The already lengthy downtime was extended by 2 hours.
Only around 21:50, which was already bedtime for most German players, did it start up again.
“One more thing like this and I will delete this crap”
How was it commented? With a lot of patience and understanding. Just kidding. The Guardians were once again beside themselves. We compile the best comments from MeinMMO here.
“If we had bought more in the Eververse, we would probably all be back in the game by now” (Pat, MeinMMO)
“Guys, please, I’ve been on that ONE MOMENT PLEASE screen since 20:00. What’s going on?” (Simon90, MeinMMO)
“I’m really starting to get a headache here […] I’m spending good money here and they can’t manage to get back online after 4 hours of server downtime. One more thing like this next week and I’ll delete this crap.” (MachiiNRW81, MeinMMO)
“What Bungie is delivering here is simply sad” (Schattenlord 85)
“So, Bungie. My moment has lasted almost 90 minutes now. How can 340 MB cause a game to collapse like this?” (Enrico Willams, Facebook)
“I am le sad.” (GrenaderJake, Twitter)
“Maybe just don’t do maintenance in the middle of the day during peak hours to avoid problems. I don’t know – just a thought.” (CoreBri, Twitter)
It’s also kind of nice that some things never change. For anyone who wants to read more, one of the articles with the most comments on MeinMMO is about a downtime in Destiny 2 from 2017. Players had to wait even longer then: Destiny 2: Server down today – Maintenance work, Update 1.03 [Update]
