The online shooter Destiny 2 has a cheating problem since the Trials of Osiris are active. Community Manager Dylan “dmg04” Gafner clarifies: There is an anti-cheat system. But the PvP community seems unconvinced. A screenshot of aimbot with over 335,000 downloads is circulating.
This is the new trigger for the cheat discussion: For some time now, criticism has been directed at Bungie, claiming that the game has a cheating problem in PvP. This concern has been fueled by new numbers.
According to a tweet, there is an aimbot for Destiny 2 that has been downloaded over 335,000 times. Bungie allegedly cannot detect this aimbot, even though it has been on the market for a month, as the cheat developer proudly states.
Bungie has seen this tweet. They said, “We have seen all the talk about cheats with incredibly high download numbers.”
Furthermore, Bungie stated: The security team is discussing this. Such downloads often bring malware with them. People should be cautious not to spread harmful links.
Are the numbers correct? We checked on MeinMMO which website the screenshots of the tweet were made. This website exists, and it boasts about offering a great cheat for only “starting at $100” in the full version.
However, the download counter still shows exactly “335,467” – the same number as in the tweet, even though it’s already 5 days old.
Therefore: Yes, there is an aimbot for Destiny 2. Whether it is truly that widespread remains questionable. It could be that the cheat provider is shockingly lying about the success of their product. Apparently, you can no longer even trust cheat providers!
This is the problem: The tweet aligns with the experience of Guardians, that they frequently encounter cheaters in Destiny 2. This is particularly frustrating in the Trials of Osiris. Because here, you really can’t afford to lose, and secure a trip to the lighthouse.
For the trust of players in Bungie, Twitch clips are deadly, showing how a cheater steals a weapon from a streamer and zooms around at top speed.
Such experiences and reports lower the trust in the integrity of Destiny 2’s PvP.
One can almost suspect that the guy who kills you in PvP isn’t particularly good, but has installed a top-notch aimbot and can aim that well only because of that.
Bungie has an anti-cheat system, it is subtle
This is what Bungie says now: The Destiny studio has addressed the community about the cheating problem in the last blog post. They said their anti-cheat system is intentionally subtle. But they regularly remove thousands of “malicious” accounts.
Bungie is on it and constantly improving the system. It is a race against cheat developers. However, it is important to not ban innocent players just because they have outstanding stats.
What Bungie wants to do next is to inform players when their reports and complaints lead to a ban.
In addition to the blog post, Community Manager Dylan “dmg04” Gafner emphasizes that they have an anti-cheat system that constantly bans players.
While the team is continually working to improve this system, the idea that “Bungie has no anti-cheat system at the moment” is certainly incorrect.
This is what’s behind it: The Trials in Destiny 2 are essentially “free-to-play,” which lowers the threshold for cheaters to cheat, get banned, and simply come back with a new account. When Bungie says they ban “thousands of malicious accounts” – but at the same time numbers of “hundreds of thousands” are circulating, that is a problem.
Bungie’s policy is not to talk too much about cheats because they do not want to give information to their manufacturers. However, this creates the impression that Bungie does not care enough about the problem. This leads to frustration.
In March, Bungie said they want the Trials to be “cheat-proof,” but players apparently lack trust in a system,
- that they do not notice when it works
- but they notice as soon as it does not work and they encounter a cheater
Almost all major shooters have to deal with cheating problems. Especially players on PS4 and Xbox One criticize the manufacturers for activating crossplay: From their perspective, cheaters are mainly at home on PC; because of the modern trend towards crossplay, the cheating problem becomes a console problem.
Recently, there was criticism about CoD: Warzone. It was even said that CoD Warzone will die if it does not solve its cheating problem.
