Were the PC bans for Destiny 2 now unjustified? Bungie explains that some players were inadvertently kicked from the game.
Currently, we are on a rollercoaster ride with Bungie regarding the many bans of PC players in Destiny 2. The community initially thought that Bungie had accidentally banned some players from the game. They were unaware of any wrongdoing.
Then Bungie officially explained: No, no – the bans are justified. This is not automated; we are keeping an eye on it.
However, the tide is turning again: Some bans were supposedly issued by mistake. They have now been lifted.
Destiny 2 bans lifted – Bungie pulls back
As an outsider, one might view the topic “PC bans in Destiny 2” as a comedy.
What happened?
- In the first minutes and hours after the release of Destiny 2 on PC (October 24), many hundreds of PC players were banned
- Many of them wrote in the Bungie forums and on Reddit that they were banned by mistake. They were unaware of any wrongdoing.
- It was suspected that overlays and game capture software might be behind the bans. Bungie initially remained silent.
- On the evening of October 25, Bungie stated that: We do not ban automatically. There is a justification for everything. And it was not due to the overlays!
- Players were upset by the statement – many are still unaware of any wrongdoing.
New statement from Bungie – There were indeed errors with the bans
Now there has been another update from Bungie during the night of October 26. Apparently, the players were not entirely wrong in stating that they were banned by mistake. Because as Bungie writes on the official website, there were indeed some issues.
“Update: When we reviewed the imposed bans again, we noticed a group of players who were banned due to an error. We have now lifted the bans for these players.
The bans were not issued due to third-party software such as Discord, XSplit, OBS, or RTSS. We will continue to monitor our anti-cheat measures to ensure fair play.“
Patrick says: I’m sorry for what the banned PC players had to go through in the last hours. They started eagerly right at the release of Destiny 2 and were then banned after just a few hours, partially by mistake. It’s good that Bungie has looked at the bans again and checked for correctness. As you can see, it was necessary.
I would be interested in how the erroneous bans occurred. Officially, it is said that Destiny 2 does not issue these bans automatically, but Bungie executes them manually. It would also be interesting to know how large the “group of players” is whose bans have now been lifted.
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