Bungie has made a couple of statements ever since yesterdays turmoil. First off, they claimed that only 400 people have been banned, but not due to the use of 3rd party applications and overlay software like AfterBurner. However a few hours later Bungie then admitted that there has been a group of gamers that had given an unjustified ban.
Bungie is not sharing any further information on that last group of people in relation to how many users that invoked and why the ban actually kicked in for them. So it remains to be a bit of a gamble as to what actually has been triggering the bans. The improperly banned users should be able to play the game again, as widely reported. The usage of 3rd party overlay software, however, is still prohibited.
12h - Destiny Dev Team
We have seen lots of questions about bans being issued in the PC version of Destiny 2. To provide some information, we would like to share some facts.The following is true:
- Destiny 2 cannot automatically ban you, only Bungie can ban a player after a manual investigation
- Yesterday, we banned approximately 400 players on PC
- Bans were applied to players who were using tools that pose a threat to the shared ecosystem of the game
- We did not (and will not) issue any bans for the use of overlays or performance tools, including Discord, Xsplit, OBS, RTSS, etc.
- Information on using third-party applications can be found here: https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/46101
- We are overturning 4 of the bans that were issued during the PC Beta
We are committed to providing an experience that is fun and fair for the millions of players who have joined us in this community.Update: As part of our ban review process, we have identified a group of players who were banned in error. Those players have been unbanned. The bans were not related to the third-party applications listed above. We will continue to review the process we use to ensure a fun and fair game.
Bungie Revokes unjustified bans Destiny 2
