Bungie acknowledged the problems and apologized for any inconvenience.
Destiny 2's expansion, The Final Shape, faced server issues and error messages during launch on June 4, 2024.
Over 200,000 concurrent players tried to access the game on Steam.
Servers were down with no queue for players to enter thirty minutes after launch.
Destiny 2's highly anticipated expansion, The Final Shape, faced significant challenges during its launch on June 4, 2024. Players encountered various issues that prevented them from accessing the game and progressing through the campaign. Bungie, the developer of Destiny 2, acknowledged these problems and apologized for any inconvenience caused.
According to reports from multiple sources, including IGN and Forbes, servers were down altogether with no queue for players to enter just thirty minutes after launch. Steam alone had over 200,000 concurrent players trying to access the game. The error messages experienced by players included
Destiny 2 developer Bungie apologized for server issues during The Final Shape expansion launch.
, Many players experienced connection issues that prevented them from progressing through the campaign.
Some players were booted from campaign levels and missed crucial cutscenes, resulting in lost progress.
Bungie advised players who missed a cutscene to replay the mission by accessing the Replayable Missions node in the middle of the Pale Heart map. Cutscenes can be found at the end of Mission 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
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Many players experienced connection issues that prevented them from progressing through the campaign.
Thirty minutes after launch, servers were down altogether with no queue for players to enter.
Players may experience disconnects or be unable to sign in.
Destiny 2's final Light and Darkness expansion, The Final Shape, launched at 1 PM ET today.
Thirty minutes after launch, servers were down altogether with no queue for players to enter.
Steam alone had 220,000 concurrent players with servers offline.
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The game is experiencing significant difficulty managing the large number of players logging in to play the expansion.
After nearly eight hours, many players still faced connection issues and errors.
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The author makes an appeal to authority by referencing the high number of concurrent players and Steam's record-breaking numbers. This does not constitute a logical fallacy on its own, but it can be misused to manipulate readers or distract from the actual issue at hand. In this case, the author is using it to explain why there are server issues with Destiny 2's latest expansion, The Final Shape.
Destiny 2 Steamdb Those concurrent numbers are already the highest we’ve seen from the game since Lightfall, which was Destiny 2’s all-time PC peak with 316,000 players.
Destiny 2 The Final Shape expansion launch was spoiled by server issues.
'Destiny 2 servers are not available. Dismiss this message to try again later.' and 'One Moment Please... Due to increased traffic, login services to Destiny 2 are currently being throttled.' were error messages experienced by players.
Bungie is investigating the issues affecting players' ability to sign in.
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Many players cannot access the game due to server unavailability.
Players may experience disconnects or be unable to sign in.
