In Destiny 2 the servers are down today, January 3rd. Maintenance work is taking place, and the servers are offline for hours. Update 1.1.1.2 is being released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Just before New Year, Bungie announced Update 1.1.1.2. It will be the first update of 2018 – and it will be rolled out today, January 3rd. There will be several hours of maintenance beforehand.
The important times:
- At 4 PM the preparations for maintenance will begin. You will not be able to log into Destiny 2 from then on. This applies to PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
- At 5 PM the servers will be shut down. You will be removed from activities, so make sure to finish beforehand.
- Around 9 PM the work should be completed. By this point, Update 1.1.1.2 can be downloaded and installed.
Keep in mind that Bungie is usually quite vague regarding the end time of the maintenance. The servers may come back online hours earlier, but also hours later.
What changes with Update 1.1.1.2?
The patch notes for 1.1.1.2 will be released tonight as soon as the update is live. – They are live now, you can find them here. However, community manager dmg04 already provided an outlook on what this update will change:
- The access to Iron Banner and Faction Rally will finally be adjusted.
Since Season 2, which started in early December, all players without the “Curse of Osiris” DLC have been excluded from these events. However, Bungie recognized after a shitstorm regarding the Prestige activities and the Trials, which were also accessible only to DLC owners, that this path was a mistake.
Therefore, access to the Prestige activities and Trials has been loosened again, and Iron Banner and Faction Rally have been postponed until a fix is available to allow all Guardians to participate. And this fix is coming today.
By the way: After the fix, all Guardians can participate in the events again, but the new items of Season 2 will remain reserved for those Guardians who own the “Curse of Osiris” DLC. Those who have not purchased the expansion can only acquire the items that have been in the game since the launch of Destiny 2.
A few hours ago, community manager DeeJ returned from his winter vacation. He confirms that today the “rituals” such as Iron Banner and Faction Rally will be restored. He also announces that next week there will be information on when the rituals will return.
By January 8th, the Destiny developers will return one by one from vacation, according to DeeJ. Starting next week, Destiny 2 will be picking up speed again.
