The Destiny servers will be offline today beginning at 8am PT/11am ET for eight hours of scheduled maintenance, Bungie has revealed. The maintenance is being done to help prep for the Destiny 2 beta next month, and it won’t introduce any content or gameplay changes to Destiny.
Here’s the timeline for today’s maintenance:
7am PT/10am ET
- Destiny server maintenance is scheduled to begin
- Players will no longer be able to login to Destiny
8am PT/11am ET
- Players will be removed from activities and returned to the login screen
- Destiny servers will be unavailable during the rest of the maintenance period
4pm PT/7pm ET
- Destiny server maintenance is scheduled to end
- The server maintenance will not introduce any content changes or gameplay impact
Bungie also announced that the server queue is back:
In preparation for Destiny 2, the Destiny server queue has been enabled in the event that the population exceeds the capacity of our data center. This queue will only impact players attempting to sign in, and will not affect players attempting to launch into activities or social spaces. Leading up to the Destiny 2 Beta and after the launch of Destiny 2, we expect players may experience this queue during times of high activity or maintenance periods.
If you’re still playing Destiny, you’ll have until August 1 to unlock these emblems. August 1 is also when the final Iron Banner will take place, and the final Trials of Osiris will begin on August 11.
No more updates or content is planned for Destiny.
Destiny 2 releases on September 6 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (PC will follow in October), and players have revealed that PS4 pre-loading begins on September 3. At launch, a minimum of 68GB of HDD space will be required for Destiny 2.
[Source: Bungie (1), (2), Destiny the Game, PSU]
Destiny 2 Reveal - Things you May Have Missed
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Things You May Have Missed in the Destiny 2 Gameplay Reveal
Bungie is notorious for hiding secrets, so we took a look at some things in the Destiny 2 gameplay reveal stream that you may have missed your first time through.
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The Traveler is Restrained
Ghaul wants to take away Guardians light, but he does not want to destroy the Traveler. He wants to prove that the Traveler chose wrong. So he restrains the Traveler, cutting Guardians off from its light. What implications will this restraint have? Will we be able to free it before the end of Destiny 2?
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Luke Smith's Changing Hoodies
Luke Smith wore two different hoodies during the reveal, one during his first appearance and one after we get a look at the gameplay. Why did he change them? What do the symbols on each of these hoodies mean? Were there any other hidden symbols in the reveal stream?
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Zavala's Gun is the Same as the Mars Astronauts'
In the opening Zavala trailer, we see Zavala pick up a white auto rifle. This is the same white auto rifle that we can see the astronauts on Mars carrying when they discover the Traveler in the opening cinematic for Destiny.
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The Speaker, Shaxx, and Saladin in the Camp
When Zavala arrives at the human camp, the Speaker, Shaxx, and Saladin are already there. It appears that Cayde and Ikora arrive at a later time. What was everyone up to before their arrival at the refugee camp, and the building of the Last City.
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Young Amanda Holliday
When a ship flies by, we see a young Amanda Holliday show her clear fascination for the spacecraft. It also looks like that ship is the same as the one that our Guardian finds and repairs shortly after we wake up in the opening moments of Destiny.
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Zavala's Defender Shield
We may be losing the Defender subclass in Destiny 2, but Zavala makes use of this favorite Titan subclass in the opening mission and cinematic. We also briefly see Ikora use blink to take Cayde with her into the shield, and Cayde use Golden Gun (what is he shooting at? There are no enemies in the Tower yet...).
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Hive and Fallen
Cabal and Vex were the main enemies we see and fight in the gameplay footage that was shown, but watch closely and you'll catch hints of Fallen and Hive. It's still not clear in what capacity these enemies will return, or if they will even still be foes, but they are definitely going to make an appearance.
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Driving Tanks
Gameplay footage showed a couple of different tanks driving around, and one split second screen even shows what appears to be the Tank in gameplay, meaning that sparrows likely won't be the only vehicle we drive. We'll see if it's only a couple of missions or a wider spread thing.
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Missing Subclasses?
During the reveal, Sunbreaker Titan, Nightstalker Hunter, and Stormcaller Warlocks were not shown, mentioned, or even hinted at. Given that other existing subclasses were either replaced or significantly changed, it's likely that if and when we do see the three missing subclasses, they will be quite different from the ones we're used to.
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Shard of the Traveler
If Ghaul takes our light, how do we still have our Ghosts and powers in Destiny 2? The new social space, The Farm, is located in the shadow of a shard of the Traveler that broke off before it came to settle over the Last City. We will draw our powers from this shard.
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New Strike Details
Steve Cotton mentioned only a single new strike, but that was just for the gameplay session. Brief shots in the stream reveal details of at least one additional Strike that will involve SIVA, and chances are there will be plenty more than just two strikes to run.
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The Sun Explodes
A couple of brief shots show the explosion of a sun, and the destruction of what appears to be Mercury, though some of the lore hounds seem to think that maybe this is a scene from something that happened in the Cabal world, rather than our own solar system.
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The Raid
It wouldn't be Bungie if they weren't teasing the Raid. A few screens show quick captures of six Guardians running through different environments, which can only be the Raid. Some have speculated that it will take place in the ruins of the Last City and Tower, but it's more likely that the final campaign mission will be in the Tower, with the Raid taking place somewhere of Cabal interest in the European Dead Zone. This is supported by the variety of environments shown during brief glimpses in the reveal.
