Yesterday marked the launch of Shadowkeep and the free-to-play version New Light, kicking off the 3rd year of Destiny 2. However, the launch was overshadowed by massive server issues. Error codes like Beaver and Weasel and long queues were the result for many. Bungie even had to take the servers down for emergency maintenance again. How is it looking today? Can you finally (again) play normally?
This was on the agenda yesterday: It was supposed to be a big night for Destiny 2 yesterday. At exactly 7:00 PM German time, the servers came back online after a 24-hour maintenance. If you had installed the latest Update 2.6.0.1 , you could finally dive into the new content of the Shadowkeep expansion or go about your job as a Guardian in Destiny 2: New Light. However, not all players were able to enjoy Destiny 2 last night.
Here’s what happened: After the servers were online, Guardians flooded into the game in droves. On PC (Steam), there were even over 210,000 players online at the same time.
But while some players entered the game without problems or after just a few minutes in the queue, many others faced a constant “Destiny 2 is currently busy” message. In addition, there were connection issues (Destiny servers are being contacted) as well as often the notorious error codes like Beaver and Weasel.
In short: While some Guardians were already gaming without problems, many others found themselves only briefly or not even in the game hours after the launch. What was supposed to be the long-awaited start to year 3 turned out to be nothing for many.
This is why the emergency maintenance occurred: Shortly after 10 PM, many players were ended up in the login screen and could not get past the queue. Bungie initially started investigating the problem. Around midnight, the Destiny servers then went completely offline for emergency maintenance.
Can you finally (again) play now? Around 2 AM, things started to slowly improve – even though there were still increasing instances of error codes and disconnects. By 3 AM, the emergency maintenance was finally over. Since then, the situation has apparently improved significantly. Since early this morning, there have been hardly any reports of connection or server issues.
If you want to play Destiny 2 now or later after work, you shouldn’t run into these problems anymore. Currently, it seems that everything is working as it should. However, we will keep an eye on the situation. If there are any further issues, you will find out here on MeinMMO.
Were you also massively affected by the server issues? Or could you at least enjoy the beginning of the new era a bit? By the way, Destiny 2 is currently still struggling with some other issues:
