Servers for Destiny 2, as well as the first Destiny, went offline today as part of scheduled maintenance, but a snafu occurred in Destiny 2 forcing Bungie to extend downtime twice.
Destiny 2’s first scheduled maintenance was expected to last four hours, bringing down game servers as well as possibly affecting Bungie.net and the companion app.
Although Bungie didn’t provide details on the downtime, we had hoped to see some action on the list of Destiny 2 error codes and known Destiny 2 issues we’re tracking as part of our Destiny 2 guide.
But something intervened: the maintenance was extended by an hour, and Bungie announced we’d see a Destiny 2 hotfix in its wake.
Destiny server maintenance has been extended by one hour. Expected completion is now 12 PM PDT. Please stay tuned for more updates.
— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) September 12, 2017
That probably isn’t what blew out the downtime, though: the developer also suddenly announced a change to one of the gauntlet sets in Destiny 2, which it said “shares elements with a hate symbol.”
Bungie said this was unintentional, and it is working to fix it right now.
2/2 Our deepest apologies. This does NOT represent our values, and we are working quickly to correct this. We renounce hate in all forms.
— Bungie (@Bungie) September 12, 2017
Bungie didn’t elaborate on which gauntlet features the offending symbol, but some sleuthing by folks over on the Destiny subreddit, believe it’s the Road Complex AA1. Apparently, the symbol’s design is similar to that of the “Kekistani” flag used by neo-nazi groups.
In the wake of this revelation, Destiny 2’s downtime was blown out a further two hours, bringing the total maintenance window to seven hours instead of four.
Destiny server maintenance continues. Expected completion is 2 PM PDT. Stay tuned for updates.
— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) September 12, 2017
Happily, there were no further delays and the Destiny 2 servers came back online as schedule.
According to the latest update from Bungie on the gauntlet situation, the in-game imagery has been changed and a later patch will address menu view.
This imagery has been removed from the shared game world. It will be removed from inspections and icons in a HotFix planned for next week. https://t.co/Mom6ZGiSMa
— Bungie (@Bungie) September 12, 2017
And that’s the story of how a bit of unthinking design work kept us all out of Destiny 2 for three hours longer than we wanted.
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