Destiny 2 Brought to Its Knees by Ongoing DDoS Attacks Right Before Weekly Reset

Destiny 2 has been nearly unplayable for a week due to ongoing DDoS attacks that Bungie has confirmed but can't seem to stop.
Player counts have plummeted to extremely abnormal lows, with spikes and valleys indicative of the instability.
It's unclear when the attacks will stop or if the perpetrators will face justice, as that rarely happens with gaming DDoS attacks.
Players are frustrated Bungie's security can't prevent this, but Bungie is scrambling to get the game back online and stop the player bleeding.
This is one of the worst server situations Destiny 2 has faced, coming right before the weekly reset. Bungie needs to resolve it fast.

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9/8/2023

Destiny 2 Cheater Hit With $500K in Damages for Using Banned Cheat Software and Harassing Bungie Employees

A Destiny 2 cheater who threatened Bungie employees has been ordered to pay $500,000 in copyright-based damages and is banned from buying, playing, or streaming Bungie games in the future.

9/10/2023

Destiny 2 Players Request More Crucible Maps, Rewards in Survey Feedback

Bungie has asked for player feedback on what they should add or change in Destiny 2 PvP, with common requests including more maps, undoing airborne effectiveness, more rewards, displaying KDA, removing duo queue, introducing map voting, nerfing Anteaus Wards, and implementing CBMM/SBMM.

9/11/2023

Bungie Makes Changes After Backlash to Eververse Armor in Destiny 2 Playlists

Bungie has addressed player concerns and made changes in response, including dropping new armor sets from the Ritual playlist in Destiny 2 as random rewards, which is a positive development for the game and its players.

9/15/2023

Spend Your Destiny 2 Legendary Shards Now - They're Being Removed Soon

Bungie is removing Legendary Shards from Destiny 2 in an effort to level the playing field between veteran and new players, prompting players to spend their accumulated shards before they are phased out entirely.

9/15/2023

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Exploit Lets Players Create Overpowered Guns

Destiny 2 players are taking advantage of a bug allowing exotic weapon perks to be applied to legendary weapons, resulting in increased damage, although Bungie is aware of the issue and is working on a fix.

9/17/2023

Bungie Temporarily Disables Crafted Weapons in Destiny 2 Due to Exploit Allowing Overpowered Traits

Bungie plans to temporarily disable players from using crafted weapons in Destiny 2 to address an in-game glitch that allows players to equip three exotic weapons at once.

9/18/2023

Bungie Opts for Slow Fix to Destiny 2 Weapon Perk Exploit, Players Embrace Chaos in the Meantime

Destiny 2 players are praising Bungie for allowing the game-breaking crafted weapons bug to continue, giving players the opportunity to revel in the chaos before fixing it.

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Posted 9/25/2023, 1:23:02 PM

Destiny 2 Brought to Its Knees by Ongoing DDoS Attacks Right Before Weekly Reset

Destiny 2 has been nearly unplayable for a week due to ongoing DDoS attacks that Bungie has confirmed but can't seem to stop.
Player counts have plummeted to extremely abnormal lows, with spikes and valleys indicative of the instability.
It's unclear when the attacks will stop or if the perpetrators will face justice, as that rarely happens with gaming DDoS attacks.
Players are frustrated Bungie's security can't prevent this, but Bungie is scrambling to get the game back online and stop the player bleeding.
This is one of the worst server situations Destiny 2 has faced, coming right before the weekly reset. Bungie needs to resolve it fast.

forbes.com

Relevant topic timeline:

9/8/2023

Destiny 2 Cheater Hit With $500K in Damages for Using Banned Cheat Software and Harassing Bungie Employees

A Destiny 2 cheater who threatened Bungie employees has been ordered to pay $500,000 in copyright-based damages and is banned from buying, playing, or streaming Bungie games in the future.

9/10/2023

Destiny 2 Players Request More Crucible Maps, Rewards in Survey Feedback

9/11/2023

Bungie Makes Changes After Backlash to Eververse Armor in Destiny 2 Playlists

9/15/2023

Spend Your Destiny 2 Legendary Shards Now - They're Being Removed Soon

9/15/2023

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Exploit Lets Players Create Overpowered Guns

9/17/2023

Bungie Temporarily Disables Crafted Weapons in Destiny 2 Due to Exploit Allowing Overpowered Traits

Bungie plans to temporarily disable players from using crafted weapons in Destiny 2 to address an in-game glitch that allows players to equip three exotic weapons at once.

9/18/2023

Bungie Opts for Slow Fix to Destiny 2 Weapon Perk Exploit, Players Embrace Chaos in the Meantime

Destiny 2 players are praising Bungie for allowing the game-breaking crafted weapons bug to continue, giving players the opportunity to revel in the chaos before fixing it.