Bungie has made Destiny 2 a fairer place and forced a major cheat provider to quit. The community celebrates, but is the game now free from hacks?
This has finally happened: Bungie has scored a significant victory against cheaters. The major cheat provider “Perfect Aim” no longer distributes its cheating software for Destiny 2.
Honest players have been celebrating since last weekend (17-18.10). With great glee, they share a screenshot from the aforementioned provider, informing its customers that cheat support for Destiny 2 had to be discontinued:
And indeed, a visit confirms that “Perfect Aim” has thrown in the towel – at least there are no more cheats for Destiny 2. Other major games like CS: GO or Apex Legends will still be supported.
With this, Bungie has tackled the rampant cheating problem that primarily plagued PvP on PC at its roots:
This is how Bungie proceeded: Interestingly, Destiny developers Bungie didn’t make a big deal out of this. However, we can glean from the statement on “Perfect Aim”:
A claim was raised by Bungie, Inc. (“Bungie”) that denounces this product as violating the license agreement of the game [Destiny 2]. Furthermore, a demand was made for us to cease and desist the sale of this product.
The statement then drifts somewhat into the ridiculous when “Perfect Aim” writes:
We will not comment on whether these claims are justified, but we have decided to comply with this demand nonetheless. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers.
The cheat seller thus surrenders without a fight, even though according to their own statement it is not confirmed that they violated any license agreements. A look at the guidelines on Bungie.net should suffice for that.
By the way, Bungie’s former partner Activision Blizzard recently forced another cheat provider to its knees:
Honest players triumph in Destiny 2
Is Destiny 2 now cheat-free? Unfortunately no. Even though cheats from “Perfect Aim” no longer jeopardize fairness, this does not mean that Destiny 2 is spontaneously healed.
The PvP expert Atzecross said (via YouTube) “Perfect Aim was the safest and easiest website to get aim-bots […] Many, if not 90% of all people using aim hacks in Destiny 2 got their cheats from there”. Whether this is really true, we cannot verify.
The Guardians make fun of cheaters: Players are still celebrating and mocking the complaints of cheaters in forums with screenshots:
It is also said that “these damn YouTubers are to blame” (via Twitter) – as they always complained about the cheaters in their videos.
With this action, Bungie has set an important precedent. Because for a long time, calls echoed through the community: “Bungie is doing nothing against cheaters”. The timing was well chosen with the upcoming release of the expansion Beyond Light.
Many would surely have preferred this crackdown much earlier. After the important blow against the cheat provider, Destiny 2 still needs to improve its internal anti-cheat measures. However, we know that the Destiny developer keeps very quiet about this to prevent cheaters and hackers from getting the upper hand.
What do you think, will PvP now be significantly fairer or was this just a drop in the ocean?
