Since last night, nothing works in the loot shooter Destiny 2. After a failed update, a bug with the triumphs forced the developer to pull the emergency brake and start emergency maintenance. For many players, this is just another sign that Bungie’s top shooter is slowly but surely collapsing.
What problems are plaguing Destiny 2? Bungie’s loot shooter has been around since 2017 and has thus accumulated some years. While everything seems solid from the outside, there are often peculiar bugs in the game that Bungie struggles with.
- There has been a bug for several years that causes players to die faster when they have better hardware.
- In October 2022, the Halloween event started with some turbulence and buggy activity.
- The game’s API had to be completely disabled for several days.
- In mid-January 2023, the progress for the mission “Operation: Sanctus” was buggy and not correctly updated for players.
- Shortly thereafter, some players nearly suffered a heart attack when some of their heroes suddenly disappeared after a faulty game start.
- Additionally, reports from guardians are increasing that there are increasingly strange delays in gameplay.
- Most recently, the servers were down for several hours after a triumph bug, and it seems that only a complete server rollback can fix the resulting cracks.
The list is long and could be extended further here. However, it should clarify that for players it now feels as if Destiny 2 is slowly collapsing more and more under the multitude of problems. And yet, the next huge DLC “Lightfall” is only about a month away.
More and more bugs lead to bigger problems: In recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in bugs in Destiny 2. A glance at Bungie’s support account suffices. New seasons, options, systems, and tiers are coming, but these are noticeably putting more pressure on support, which could also impact the future.
- In Lightfall, Destiny 2 will get a new destination called “Neomuna.”
- The mod and build system will soon be completely overhauled.
- Players will receive the fifth ability class “Strand,” which brings many new dependencies with it.
While there used to be months and weeks between reported bugs, now it is often only days. Just over the turn of the year, a huge list accumulated that Bungie had to tackle in the new year.
Even the developer had to admit in the past that the aging Tiger Engine has blocked the game’s development in some areas and led to problems whose solutions took longer.
Destiny 2 players may have grown accustomed to the typical quirks of the loot shooter – even if they are frustrating. However, the increase in bugs also feels like the game itself is becoming more and more unreliable. And the trust of the community that Bungie can handle this is also decreasing.
Some guardians, like Tony, are already considering getting a girlfriend:
Many players believe that a Destiny 3 would probably have been the better solution and shared this on Twitter.
“Destiny 3” is trending on Twitter
This is what the community says: Player Keron Stewart and many other guardians ensured that the hashtag “Destiny 3” trended on Twitter as players debated the future and stability of the shooter.
They believe that given the current state of Destiny 2, it was a mistake for Bungie to opt against Destiny 3 and thus likely also a new engine.
Destiny 2 is officially set to run until 2024. Then the last announced DLC “The Final Form” will be released.
Other players, like Tipsey, even suggest delaying the launch of the new DLC “Lightfall.” The guardian writes on Twitter:
I wouldn’t have a problem if they delayed Lightfall and took time to fix everything that needs fixing in the game. People need to be patient and find other things to do. I just hope Bungie actually does it because I’ve never seen so many problems in a game at once.
explains player Tipsey on Twitter
There will probably never be a Destiny 3: However, there will likely never be a Destiny 3. Bungie’s mastermind Luke Smith spoke about this in June 2022. As he explained, they are working to expand the “Destiny” brand. Bungie’s mission for the future is to “think of making Destiny a universe that… exists beyond a single MMO project and continues on.”
If job postings from Bungie are to be believed, the proprietary Tiger Engine of Destiny 2 will continue to be the basis for several future titles from the AAA studio.
Destiny 3 might have allowed Bungie to be a bit more flexible. But we should not be so naive as to think that everything would be perfectly fixed, improved, or content would be easy to create.
One can only hope that Bungie will ultimately live up to its years of expertise and keep fate in check. Sometimes one just needs to kick
