As mentioned, Bungie’s most recent ban wave was the result of the studio’s ongoing efforts to combat cheating, this time focused on players who are believed to be net limiting to gain an advantage. Net limiting is done by using a net limiter device to intentionally slow down internet connections in-game to improve damage output in PvE content or out maneuver other players in PvP. The issue came to the forefront in the aftermath of the reprised King’s Fall world’s first race where several players were caught net limiting, in some cases on other players’ streams.
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The resulting ban wave, though, did not sit well with many in the Destiny 2 community as many players who were banned alleged these were wrongful bans, and they had not cheated in the game. In an effort to provide some clarity, the studio’s product security team spoke about the process of making these recent bans in the recent This Week at Bungie post and said the recent net limiting concerns resulted in the team looking for “specific signatures” associated with players using net limiting. However, the team looked into this process when it started receiving a high number of unban requests, leading to them identifying the problem and begin unbanning accounts affected by said problem.
While the studio was apologetic to those falsely banned, the team emphasized there was “a lot of misinformation” about the bans and the reasons for a possible unban. The statement reiterated the bans were the result of “human error,” as Bungie Help said previously, but emphasized there were still plenty of guilty players found. The team added players should be cognizant of potential bad faith actors trying to ride the proverbial coat tails of innocent players in an attempt to have their own accounts unbanned.
It remains to be seen if all these recent bans have a long-term effect on the Destiny 2 community, the studio isn’t likely to slow down its fight against cheating inside the game. The studio remains embroiled in an ongoing courtroom battle with AimJunkies over the company’s cheats which have been used by Destiny 2 players in the past, which could very well continue into early 2023.
Destiny 2 is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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Source: Bungie
