Sadly, cheating on PC in Destiny 2 isn't anything new, but the community has recently noticed cheating software with excessively high download counts, some that even exceed over 300 thousand downloads. As a result, players have been trying to get Bungie's attention, and Bungie has just recently responded. Though the answer given didn't sit well with a lot of people.
Destiny 2's Community Manager Dylan "dmg" Gafner has addressed the situation on behalf of the game's security team, and he warns players that any cheating software with download counts as high as the ones mentioned aren't real. In reality, the software infects whatever system using it with incredibly aggressive malware.
Another way that players can tell whether or not the cheat software is duplicitous lies in the viewer count. If the count is lower than the numbers appearing for the download count, then the software isn't real and is instead one of the malware downloaders. Players need to be careful about sharing these links because they're making it easier for the malware to spread.
For those asking themselves why anyone complaining about cheating software would think to share it in the first place: a lot of members of the Destiny community feel a sense of frustration towards Bungie over the current state of the game. Players are not really "sharing" the software — at least not intentionally. They're trying to perpetuate the idea that Bungie has poor anti-cheat protocols by showing just how many cheaters have downloaded these "exploits."
This belief comes from a place of growing tension between Bungie and its community. The recently relaunched Trials of Osiris, for example, has suffered the existence of cheaters since it released this season. It's gotten so out of hand that after only three weeks, a good portion of the fanbase has lost interest in Trials altogether. Admittedly, there were other factors at play, but rampant cheaters have been one of the game mode's biggest killers.
In his tweet, dmg left a link that players can use to report cheaters to Bungie, but many players aren't satisfied with it. Most of the responses come from individuals claiming that it isn't their job to look out for cheaters, it's Bungie's. Overall, Season of the Worthy hasn't been the most well-received update for Destiny 2. Hopefully, Bungie will be able to figure something to put the game back in good standings soon.
Destiny 2 is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.