If you're still playing Destiny 2 in 2020, we pity you. It sounds as if the video game is absolutely rampant with players intent on not playing the game properly but rather cheating to get ahead. Destiny 2 has been available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC since 2017 and cheating has pretty much always been an issue.
For instance, Bungie declared that they would be taking action against cheaters all the way back in September 2018. Alas, their action doesn't seemed to have quelled the trouble. In a recent blog post, Bungie revealed that cheating is up 50% since January. That is to say that it's essentially more prevalent now than it has ever been.
"When your pinnacle achievements are denied by encountering a cheater on a high Trials ticket, or devalued by seeing someone else with ill-gotten goods, that’s frustrating. Those frustrations are happening too often right now, and the vengeance of the Banhammer is often too far behind," said engineering director David Aldridge.
What's more, Bungie went on to reveal the shocking number of players that they are forced to ban each and every week on account of cheating — over 2,000 per week!
"That said, the Banhammer has not been idle. Before Season of the Worthy launched, we were averaging 656 bans or restrictions per week. In the first four weeks after launch, that rate more than tripled to 2133 punishments per week."
It's certainly good to see that Bungie are taking the issue seriously but it's unnerving to see just how riddled Destiny 2 is with cheaters making use of Aimbots, Wallhacks, and Lag Switching. That being said, Bungie has apparently got plans in place to deal with these issues. However, they won't be sharing the solution as they don't want the cheaters to figure out a way around it.