Destiny 2 brings a new PvP event in Season 17, but cheaters will spoil everyone’s fun

The worm is currently in Destiny 2’s PvP. Crucible players who log into Lord Shaxx daily are annoyed and report that they are increasingly encountering opponents in PvP matches where things can’t be right. The reason is cheat programs and hardware, which are easy to get and obviously go undetected by Bungie.

In the last TWaB (“This Week at Bungie” blog), Destiny 2 announced that it would revise the outdated Iron Banner and turn it into an event. But what sounds interesting unfortunately also has a bitter aftertaste for me. Because in Destiny 2 there are obviously more and more players who use unrecognizable “cheats” to dominate the Crucible by the house.

Which cheats are they? Currently, it is mainly hardware cheats that are being used more and more often by fraudsters in the Crucible and can obviously also smuggle past Bungie and BattlEye, the Destiny 2 anti-cheat system, unnoticed. However, we will not elaborate on which of these are specific.

However, the device imitates original accessories, so you can’t tell the difference between a controller or a mouse and keyboard being connected. The hardware is installed in no time and players can then either use a mouse and keyboard on the console or use a controller on different consoles.

However, this useful hardware is exploited: What is supposed to be a handy tool has turned into a nasty cheat problem in Destiny 2. Because obviously Bungie can not reliably recognize this manipulation as such.

My last rounds in the Crucible also included really strange experiences. In almost every match you meet players who continuously hand out headshots in the kill feed. Even if you’re really good at PvP, it’s not possible.

However, if such hardware is used, it could ensure that players still get remarkably effective aim assist. This allows multiple consecutive headshots across the entire map without any problems.

Actions carried out in quick succession also send you back to the boards again and again in the matches. You hardly have time to react in a duel, because your own reaction time can no longer keep up.

The options built into the tool via scripts and macros are therefore advantages for me that will make the crucible more and more unfair if nothing is done about it. Or does that sound fair to you?

• Anti-recoil settings, for example, ensure that no weapon warps.
• An aim assist that still works over longer distances. Then, in Destiny 2, those players can effortlessly track a moving enemy, whether they’re moving slowly, fast, or jumping.
• Fully automatic firing mode that ensures weapons not only shoot faster, but also have greater impact compared to manual aiming.
• And even melee combat is optimized, allowing you to perform a quick melee attack followed by a quick shot, say, from a shotgun.

While these hardware cheats have been around for a number of years and have been marketed on other AAA games, they are now being promoted more and more actively. In addition, the devices have received enormous support through word of mouth in the community.

Over the past few weeks, I have looked at how large this user community has become. Hardware users exchange information on settings and options via forums, YouTube and a Discord server. Comments on how funny it is to easily send other players to their deaths can also be found there.

Of course, you can also easily achieve every triumph, an outrageous K/D and the top of the ranking list in Destiny 2, even in the PvP endgame.

Why are these players not banned? Officially, using such hardware violates Bungie’s Terms of Service. Manufacturers of such hardware also expressly point this out again and again.

However, this does not stop players from getting the device, because the risk of a ban is simply far too low. The codes, scripts and macros only run on the device and the console recognizes this as “normal” input. In addition, the code of the game is not interfered with here either, so that it cannot be recognized by anti-cheat systems such as BattlEye, which is actually supposed to uncover such aimbots, wallhacks and other atrocities.

In addition, the tool is also cheap. With 100 to 150 euros you are there.

If the developer does not change anything here, it could spoil the fun of the new PvP Iron Banner event and other PvP activities for the players.

Has it also happened to you that strange things happen in the crucible that you can’t explain? Or players who never die and throw headshot after headshot from the hip? Do you perhaps even use such a tool yourself or do you know someone who uses it? Tell us about your experiences in the comments.