Destiny 2 lastly launched on PC final evening — it’s quite good — and the ban hammer has already come down on a mess of Guardians. By their droves, gamers have been complaining of unexpected bans, and lots of of them cite third party applications as the rationale for why they’ll not play the sport. Bungie denies this.
Capture programmes like OBS, or functions that add an overlay, are blocked by Destiny 2 out of fears that they may intrude with the sport’s code. That’s why you’re in all probability pissed off about not having the ability to take screenshots. But apps being blocked may be very totally different from customers being banned, and Bungie has confirmed that it doesn’t ban individuals for utilizing them. “That’s internet BS,” mentioned the PC undertaking lead.
We do block applications from pushing their code into our sport. Most overlays work like that. We do not ban for that tho. That’s web BS.
— Shawctober (@ShockAndShaw) October 25, 2017
This doesn’t clarify what’s really inflicting the bans, nevertheless, and gamers have been left baffled. Worse, these should not momentary bans, which Bungie calls “account or device restriction”. They’re everlasting. “If a player receives a message that references an account or device ban,” the Destiny 2 help article reads, “They have permanently lost access to the activities indicated in the ban message.”
A number of individuals complaining about unwarranted bans is par for the course, and must be taken with a grain of salt, however it looks as if too many individuals have been affected for this to be a typical punishment for breaking the sport’s phrases of service.
We’ve reached out to Bungie and Activision for extra info, and in the event you’ve been hit with a ban, tell us within the feedback.
