Destiny 2 fans are almost at the end of their patience, as Bungie’s top shooter has been plagued by connection issues and strange enemy behaviors for a week now. Some players say that being “broken” would actually be an improvement for the game right now.
These are the current problems with Destiny 2: First, the shooter experienced its biggest weapon exploit in a long time, as players crafted overpowered weapons that not only crushed everything but also achieved some in-game triumphs.
While Bungie announced that they would fix the exploit as soon as possible, further massive problems arose. In Destiny 2, there were “error code hiccups”, which players initially attributed to the exploit. However, that was not the case. Bungie announced on September 20 that it was actually a hacker attack (DDoS) on the Destiny 2 servers.
It has been a week now, and the servers do not seem to have calmed down significantly since then. As Ken Allsop from PCGamesN notes, Destiny 2 is now one of the most broken cases of an FPS game he has seen so far.
Right now, with the new DLC “The Final Form” featuring new super abilities, so close, this is not a good sign:
“40 seconds without an error code must be a world record”
The hacker attack is likely still to blame: Bungie has not commented further on the errors, so it can be assumed that they are still due to the DDoS attack.
- The attackers of such attacks aim to overwhelm the network bandwidth or the resources of server systems so much that players can no longer play and give up.
- When one does not know what is happening, one thinks the game is broken, which exacerbates the damage. So exactly what such attacks aim to achieve.
Bungie is certainly not idle in this regard, but apart from the initial announcement, has remained silent. Other than a scheduled background maintenance, players have not been further informed about the situation, likely also to avoid confirming the attackers.
Additionally, the solutions often only work until the attackers switch to another “technique”. Then it starts all over again.
Alongside the error codes, the hostile AI in the game is also affected. Numerous Destiny 2 players are sharing clips online of enemies that no longer react to the Guardians at all, simply wandering around or standing still as if there were no targets nearby.
A tweet from DestinyTracker on Twitter/X aptly summarizes the sentiment.
Even in PvP things were weird: Almost every round in the normal Crucible was sometimes an undecided round after another. Mechanics, like the zones in the mode Control
, no longer worked at times.
Additionally, the Destiny 2 player Matthew Thomas Leshinsky remarked: Broken
would be an improvement.
This is what players say about the situation: While there is hope for a quick resolution to these problems, the mood in the Destiny 2 community remains divided. Some are patient and hope for improvement, while others have already lost their patience.
- The Guardian Mochá says: “Yes, these DDoS attacks have totally messed up the game. I can’t even play it without constantly getting error codes and so on.”
- The player Dominic speculates: “All because of the DDoS attackers. I bet they were paid by those dissatisfied with the removal of the exploit weapons.”
- Rooti on the other hand says: “At this point, I will just not play Destiny until they fix this mess.”
- ImYunno even goes a step further:
At this point, I have canceled my pre-order for “The Final Form” [the upcoming DLC in February 2024].
The future of Destiny 2 now depends on Bungie’s efforts to restore the stability and quality of the game and to meet player expectations.
Have you experienced similar problems as described in our article? And what do you think of the latest developments in Destiny 2? Do you trust Bungie to get the problem under control? Then feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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