Destiny bans cheaters, creates lag-free oasis [Update: The oasis is now larger]

In the MMO shooter Destiny , a group of cheaters has been banned from the Crucible again. Additionally, new matchmaking rules are in effect – but only for one mode.

Things are happening behind the scenes in Destiny. Once again, “cheaters” have been banned. However, unlike traditional punishment, they are not tarred and feathered and chased out of town; instead, they cannot play the mode in which they were caught for a while.

Cheaters caught in the Trials of Osiris

Often, these are people who cheat using a so-called lag switch, which allows them to deliberately induce lag. Every honest Guardian hates such behavior and often accuses players who haven’t done anything wrong.

In the Trials of Osiris, steps have been taken. Bungie states: We do this all the time, we are always on the hunt for cheaters, but we don’t announce it every time. This time, however, we do! Ha.

Once again, a group of them has been caught. Bungie warns: Be nice or our Security Team will throw you out.

Play nice out there! Our dreaded Security Response Team just issued restrictions from Trials of Osiris to first time offenders for cheating!

— Bungie (@Bungie) February 1, 2016

A small mode in Gaul is resisting the prevailing matchmaking rules

Update. Since Thursday morning, around 2:00 AM, the new “lag-free” settings are now active in Rumble and the main playlist Control.

At the moment, Bungie is experimenting with the matchmaking settings for Destiny, after they were sneakily altered. Many attribute the increased lag and decreased enjoyment in the Crucible to these changes.

Last week, new settings were active in Iron Banner that considered connection quality more than usual. Now, however, the “old rules” are back in effect everywhere.

Everywhere? No, a small mode “Skirmish” (Skirmish) now has the Iron Banner rules from last week. Therefore, there should be less lag here than usual. If this works in Skirmish, they want to expand the new lag-free rules to the other modes in Destiny. At the moment, there are different matchmaking rules in Skirmish and hopefully less lag than everywhere else.

New matchmaking settings seen last week in Iron Banner are now live in Skirmish. Analysis continues before we apply them to more playlists.

— Bungie (@Bungie) February 2, 2016