In Destiny 2 , Bungie has admitted that there is a cheating problem that has significantly increased. A key measure Bungie is presenting is that players who play with cheaters will also be banned. Much else remains secret.
Bungie had announced that they would talk about cheating. Now the statements are here, but they fall a bit short. Bungie does not mention essential points of their strategy – for fear of revealing too much to the cheaters.
Bungie admits: In a blog post, Destiny Engineering Director David Aldridge confirmed exactly what players have been calling for months. Cheating has significantly increased in Destiny 2:
- Cheating has increased by 50% since January 2020
- Currently, 2133 players are banned per week; before Season 10, it was only 656
- most cheating comes from PC, which is particularly susceptible to “Memory-Poke” attacks.
If you are pulled by a cheater, you will be banned
This is the clear measure Bungie plans: From now on, Bungie says they want to ban or restrict players who benefit from cheaters, even if they do not cheat themselves.
This applies to both people who play with cheaters and those who let themselves be pulled by a cheater, either when playing with him or by giving him their own account.
Anyone who “rides flawlessly in the Trials” with a cheater will be banned.
Shh, the bad guys must not know this
These are the secret measures Bungie is planning: The somewhat unsatisfactory part of the blog post is a series of points that Bungie is working on, but they do not want to say anything about. They want the players to know that they are working on it.
They do not say anything about aimbots or wallhacks. Because they do not want to give the cheaters an advantage.
Lagswitching, which is particularly annoying on consoles, is being monitored, but they want to be careful not to ban innocent players with a bad connection.
“Additional initiatives will not be discussed publicly”
Another “secret measure” that Bungie is planning is mentioned but is immediately “censored”; it is too secret to be discussed publicly.
Bungie also states that for those who have previously criticized that the cheating problem has become larger since Destiny 2 moved to Steam instead of Battle.net, they can be reassured that Bungie regularly talks with the Steam security team to address the issues.
Furthermore, Bungie assures that they will give cheating a higher priority and assign more employees to the issue.
What this is about: The post from Bungie reads as previous posts on the topic of “cheating.” Bungie says they are working on it, but they don’t go into too much detail for fear of losing an informational advantage.
Just at the beginning of April, Bungie emphasized that they are working on the problem – but it has gotten even worse in the weeks since. These postings have faded in the past when the PvP experience has not changed.
Trials of Osiris primarily have a problem with cheating. Participation has significantly decreased, especially on PC.
One idea for how Bungie could curb cheating here involves charging money for the Trials.
