New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on August 25, 2021) follows:
Developed by the Microsoft-owned studio Bungie, Destiny 2 is an online multiplayer first-person shooting game.
The game was released in 2019 on Steam and went on to win the Game Critics Award for Best Ongoing Game in the same year.
Destiny 2 offers both PvP and PvE, with players taking on the role of Guardians. They can choose from three classes, namely, Titan, Warlock, and Hunter.
Recently, Destiny 2 developers introduced cross-play functionality that allows players across Stadia, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox to play with each other.
But it looks like Destiny 2 crossplay has had a rough start. Players are now reporting an issue with the search function in the in-game Roster tab.
Users are saying that they are unable to find other players using the search function. This is really disheartening for those who were excited to play the game with their console friends.
Fortunately, Bungie quickly acknowledged the Destiny 2 issue on its Twitter page and said that they have temporarily disabled the player search function.
If you want to search for other players, you can do so right now on the Bungie.net website.
While the quick acknowledgment is appreciated, players who do not use Twitter shouldn’t have been left out in the dark.
As if it wasn’t enough, players are also reporting an issue with the Ether Collection encounter of the Astral Alignment activity.
According to reports, players say that they are unable to complete the activity. Those who have tried to complete the activity say that the bar is stuck and enemies no longer spawn.
While others suggest that sometimes enemies despawn too early, there aren’t enough enemies to fill the bar and sometimes the boss just freezes and stops taking damage.
Turns out, Bungie is aware of the issue and working on fixing the game. Like the player search function, the Ether Collection encounter of the Astral Alignment activity will be disabled at 10 AM PDT on August 25.
In the meantime, Bungie has asked players not to destroy all the ether wisps if they want to complete the encounter.
Destiny 2 players seem really frustrated with the player search function temporarily disabled. Instead of making the announcement on Twitter exclusively, the developers should have put out a PSA on their website and official app.
We will update this once more information is available so keep an eye out for updates.
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Update 1 (August 26)
IST 11:15 am: Bungie Help on Twitter has come out to acknowledge a few bugs and issues as the second day of Season of the Lost is underway.
On the matter of the Astral alignment being disabled temporarily to fix bugs, Bungie has this to say.
Update 2 (August 27)
IST 11:05 am: Bungie Help on Twitter is now advising players who got blocked in the battery portion of the Astral Alignment activity to return to orbit. Also added is that the company has removed the option for players to join an in-progress activity.
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