For Destiny 2 a server downtime is scheduled for today. All Guardians should prepare for the fact that they won’t be able to play for a while this evening. MeinMMO will keep you updated on the downtime and let you know what Bungie has planned.
What you need to know today: Today, November 15, not only does the “Telesto Week” end in Destiny 2. There is also a server maintenance scheduled before the weekly reset.
Hotfix 6.2.5.4 is on the horizon and that means you’ll face a downtime tonight during which you can’t play.
While Bungie is working on faulty Aether tank communication, MeinMMO will accompany you during the update and update this article with fresh information. That way, you won’t miss anything.
18:17: The patch notes have just gone live. Further down, you’ll find the link that tells you what Bungie has changed in the update.
18:00: The maintenance at Bungie has just ended and the servers are coming back online. Hotfix 6.2.5.4 is being rolled out across all platforms and regions. The update size on PC is 604.9 MB.
17:40: The servers of Destiny 2 have just gone offline for the announced maintenance.
Here you can relive the most iconic moments from the “The Witch Queen” DLC:
Maintenance on November 15 – All times and server downtime
With each update, Bungie provides precise downtime times when players cannot play. We offer you this information in our article with the German times. This way you can plan your gaming evening perfectly.
All times at a glance:
- At 17:00 German time, maintenance will start in the background across all platforms.
- From 17:40 the servers will go offline and you will be kicked from all activities automatically. So 5 minutes earlier than usual. Bungie is allowing themselves 20 minutes of downtime today.
- Around 18:00 the servers are expected to come back online and update 6.2.5.4 will be rolled out for all platforms. After downloading, you can log back into the game.
- The maintenance ends at 19:00.
Also keep in mind that third-party applications as well as the official companion app may not be accessible correctly for a while after the update.
What changes with update 6.2.5.4 in Season 18
With the start of Season 19 in early December, Destiny 2 will continue to tweak the abilities of the Guardians. Bungie will not only take on the gunslinger. Other classes will also receive changes on the way to more balance in the new DLC Lightfall.
- Bungie will adjust the bonus base duration of the enhanced storm grenade granted by “Spark of Magnitude” in Season 19.
- The Void Hunter will receive more differentiated Supers for the Shadow Shot: Deadfall and the Mobius Quiver. The tether anchor duration will be changed here.
- The damage against PvE combatants for some abilities, like Ballistic Slam, the Arc Soul, or Chain Lightning will be increased.
- The Stasis Hunter and the Stasis Titan will receive an additional fragment slot for Glacial Harvest and Cryoclasm.
- And more adjustments.
The current hotfix 6.2.5.4 for Season 18 is rather unremarkable, as it likely only brings a small update online and fixes known issues in the game.
Current list of known issues:
- There is an issue where players do not receive all Aether tank communication when playing with multiple characters.
- The cutscene for the seasonal introduction may have extremely low frame rates when viewed by players on the Epic Games Store.
- The Legendary PsiOps Battlegrounds do not indicate that matchmaking is off.
- Weapons and UI elements may not load successfully in some activities.
- Players may be blocked from seasonal progress if they return to orbit too quickly.
- Cross-save links are currently temporarily disabled due to a bug.
- Loading times on the Tower remain slow, despite limiting the number of concurrent players to a maximum of 16. Guardians must still avoid the H.E.L.M. to circumvent this bug. Bounties can be purchased through the official Bungie app.
- Name changes for players are not customizable through bungie.net. Players are still waiting for the option to adjust their username multiple times instead of only once.
Important notice for Stadia users: Destiny 2 players whose main characters were created on Stadia should set up cross save on another platform to avoid losing access to their characters after Stadia shuts down on January 18, 2023.
If you encounter any other issues in the game, the recommendation is to report them directly through the official Bungie Help Forum to make the developers aware of them as well.
Patch Notes for Hotfix 6.2.5.4 in Destiny 2
What is in the patch notes? Bungie publishes the comprehensive list of all changes for Hotfix 6.2.5.3 in the form of patch notes. Traditionally, this happens relatively quickly after the servers come back online.
Have you noticed any other issues or problems in the game? Then feel free to leave us a comment here on MeinMMO.
