In the MMO shooter Destiny , the developer Bungie has warned players that there may be outages starting at 5:00 PM on 5/18.
The expansion “House of Wolves” is looming. This evening, on Monday, 5/18, there will be worldwide interruptions in Destiny while Bungie makes “final preparations” for the DLC House of Wolves.
Perhaps a short patch or update will be installed but not activated yet. This means: There may be outages in Destiny on PS3, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
Starting at 5:00 PM our time, players could expect “interruptions”, it is said. It is recommended not to start any activities that take a long time and where a sudden interruption would be inconvenient.
Anticipate brief connection interruptions as early as 8AM Pacific on Monday (5/18) morning. Stay tuned here for one hour warning.
— Bungie (@Bungie) May 18, 2015
Bungie mentions “brief connection interruptions” to be expected and will keep the Guardians updated later. We will update the article as more information becomes available.
Update 5:00 PM: Bungie is now uploading the “Preparation Patch”. House of Wolves will only start tomorrow at 7:00 PM. This is the pre-launch patch, as it is called. The servers of Destiny are expected to be down “not very long”. So it should continue soon.
We are pushing a patch for Destiny. Players will be kicked from activities and required to download the update. — Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) May 18, 2015
Update 5:20 PM: Everything should be working again, it was just a brief interruption.
What happens tomorrow on Tuesday? When does “House of Wolves” start, what about the Dusk on 5/19?
While we are on the topic of schedules: “House of Wolves” is set to be released on 5/19, “starting” at 7:00 PM – although a precise time is not known. It was only mentioned as “sometime after 7 PM”. Here the patch 1.2.0.1 is also supposed to be uploaded, which makes the Crucible more attractive, adds additional exchange options for Xur and the Speaker, and activates numerous other goodies. Perhaps it will come tonight, and even if it is not activated immediately, the Guardians will save themselves a download tomorrow.
An important question arises due to this unusual time of 7:00 PM: What exactly will happen tomorrow on Tuesday at 11:00 AM is not known, at least not exactly.
Normally, this is the “weekly reset”, the week in Destiny starts anew, the activities yield loot again. However, Bungie has already announced that the daily and weekly activities will be “locked” – even the weekly Nightfall strike will remain locked until House of Wolves goes live. However, the information was not very definitive, as it came through an unusual channel, a “Help” account in the official forum.
All about the DLC House of Wolves in Destiny
If you want to pass the time, check out our articles on the most important changes that House of Wolves brings to Destiny:
- New gameplay trailer for House of Wolves – DLC still planned for May 19
- This is how you will look soon – Bungie posts pictures of Guardians in PoE armor
- Check out the new strike “Shadow Thief”
- Her Majesty recommends: Check out 6 legendary weapons from the Prison of Elders
- What role do the “old” raids play with House of Wolves? Are there still Exotics?
- Developers introduce “House of Wolves” – Info on PlayStation-exclusive content hidden?
- Destiny reveals Prison of Elders on Twitch, we are streaming in German
- Live stream reveals Trials of Osiris on Twitch, we are streaming in German
- Live stream reveals details on upgrades on Twitch, we are streaming in German
Admittedly … We are really doing a lot of Destiny.
