Destiny 2 is finally back online following a hotfix that unintentionally made the game inaccessible for nearly 20 hours. Players who noted missing Triumphs prompted Destiny 2 to be brought offline for an immediate fix, adding to a growing number of severe technical issues plaguing the game as of late.
The 6.3.0.5 patch for Destiny 2 was to be a rather significant hotfix, notably removing blue drops (Rare engrams) after players reach the soft gear cap, replaced with an equivalent Glimmer amount instead. It is a change that the Destiny community has long requested to aid with inventory and gear management, and was thus quite highly anticipated. However, shortly after the hotfix went live, bug reports and threads flooded in. Most highlighted that some Triumphs and Seals were missing, accolades that players have spent dozens of hours dedicatedly farming and achieving seemingly wiped out. Bungie quickly announced that Destiny 2 would be brought offline to investigate the reports.
Bungie followed up later to confirm a fix was being tested and that player saves would be rolled back to their state before the update. The third rollback in Destiny 2's history would effectively wipe out all progress made from the Weekly Reset, including accomplished missions, Exotic drops, and even Raid completions. Hotfix 6.3.0.6 is now live alongside the rollback and players are already trying to determine what changes have remained and if the previous server instability persists.
The Bungie Help Twitter account merely stated that a few systems had been re-enabled on the web, mobile, and 3rd-party apps, unlikely to quell the fears of users on the platform that caused Destiny 3 to go trending. Frustration surrounding Destiny 2's server issues and connection errors has been growing in recent weeks, reaching a fever pitch late last month as Bungie was forced to disable its API for the second time this season, unfortunate given how well-received Season of the Seraph has been.
Players are worried about how these issues will affect the upcoming expansion, Lightfall, which is due to release on February 28. A recent trailer placed a spotlight upon Neomuna, the cyberpunk-themed Neptune city arriving as part of the expansion, seeming to offer a greater degree of verticality than has typically been experienced before by Guardians. Despite how promising elements of Lightfall are shaping up to be, the state of Destiny 2's infrastructure may mar an otherwise compelling expansion.
Destiny 2 is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The Lightfall expansion launches on February 28 across all platforms.