Today, on February 13th, the servers for Destiny 2 are down. Bungie is performing maintenance to deploy update 1.1.2.1. You can find the start and end times of the maintenance for PS4, Xbox One, and PC here.
Update 6:48 PM: The servers are back online! You just need to download an in-game hotfix.
On this Tuesday, the first major Destiny 2 event of 2018 begins – the Crimson Days. It is a Valentine’s Day event where the Tower will be adorned in the color of love, and you can earn new Crimson rewards in a 2v2 playlist.
However, there will still be maintenance work carried out before the event.
These are the important times for the maintenance:
- Today, February 13th, preparations for maintenance will begin at 5 PM. You will not be able to log in anymore.
- At 6 PM, the servers will go offline. If you are still in the game now, you will be kicked out.
- By 9 PM, the maintenance should be finished. The hotfix 1.1.2.1 will be available for download and installation by then.
As soon as the servers are back online, the kickoff for the Crimson Days will sound.
What changes with hotfix 1.1.2.1?
The patch notes for 1.1.2.1 are not fully known yet. They will be published once the update is live. However, we already know that hotfix 1.1.2.1 will address the Lost Sectors – it won’t include many more changes. Update: The hotfix brings no further changes.
What is the problem with the Lost Sectors? In the past, certain Lost Sectors were exploited for quickly farming faction tokens by switching the area rapidly, allowing players to loot the chest again after a few seconds. Bungie implemented throttling so that only one chest from a “Lost Sector” would drop loot every 10 minutes.
With update 1.1.2, the throttling was reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, but that wasn’t an optimal solution. This will now come with update 1.1.2.1.
What does 1.1.2.1 do? After the new update, you will only be able to open a Lost Sector chest after you kill a Lost Sector boss. In other words, you can only open one chest per boss. If you switch areas, the chest will respawn, but it cannot be opened. You will have to wait for the boss to respawn and defeat it again – only then can you loot the chest again.
The throttling with the cooldown time will be completely removed today. Bungie admits that this did not provide a good player experience. Moreover, investigations will be conducted for the future on how to improve the “Lost Sector” experience. However, nothing is finalized regarding this yet.
Yesterday, Bungie also released a trailer to prepare you for the Crimson Days. In it, Lord Shaxx shows you what love sounds like.
