Destiny 2 Episode 3: Heresy launched today, February 4, but the legitimatelꩲy promising new not-season was w♒aylaid by a spike in stability issues that spiraled into full-blown emergency maintenance and downtime.
At 2:20pm ET, the official confirmed that, "as part of the investigation into today's server and stability issue, we will be bringing Destiny 2 offline shortly for maint🔯enance." The most recent update, at 3:13pm ET, confirms that "we are bringing Destiny 2 back online. Players may beꦛ placed into a queue while we continue our investigation." I can smell the servers sizzling now.
This all started shortly after reset time rolled around earlier today. "We’re currently investigating stability issues and a rise in various error codes, including PLUM," Bungie🐎 Help advised, understandably raising alarms after th♍e litany of technical issues that Destiny 2 has faced in the past few months.
Shortly afterward, the account added that "we're investigating an issue where surges were mistakenly re-enabled in Raids. Note, today's server and stability issues are our top priority to fix. We appreciate your patience while we continue our investigation." It wouldn't be a Destiny 2 content launch without some unintended features coming back like a stain on the couch you thought you🐲'd bleached out of existence.
Those stability issues have seemingly been resolved enough to let players in. Anecdotally, people do seem to be getting into Des🔥tiny 2 without a staggering queue time and staying in, though your mileage may vary as launch day continues.
Austin has been a game j𒉰ournalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all whil꧋e playing as many roguelikes as possible.
