Bungie outlines a zero-tolerance policy to "players who abuse tools specifically to gain an advantage"
Bungie is clamping down on Destiny 2 cheaters, revealing that «people who abuse tools specifically to gain an advantage over players» will be banned.
In the latest TWAB post, the studio said that the issue had been «a matter of extended conversations both internally and in the community», and was keen «to strike the right balance between Bungie’s goal of simultaneously enabling everyone to enjoy our games and protecting our community».
«Our community has grown increasingly frustrated by a form of cheating that uses third-party peripherals with the intent to manipulate the game client,» the team said. «These devices are plugged into a computer or console, where they can — for example — execute simple scripts or trick the game into giving you extra aim assist.
»You’ll note that we aren’t calling out the services by name, the primary reason for that is we simply don’t want to offer a bigger spotlight than necessary. Instead, our focus is on what the impact of using tools like this has on a PvP environment. To this end, Bungie has adopted the following policy on any form of external aides."
The post goes on to explain that whilst Bungie «embraces the use of external accessibility aids that enable an experience the game designers intended», it will «take action» when players abuse these tools to cheat.
This means the studio is looking out for the use of external accessibility aids that «augment the player's ability to control the game beyond what the game itself normally provides» and «gain an advantage».
«For example, some players that abuse these tools rise in PvP ranks at a rate far beyond what is expected for a player improving through typical play. Because the benefits of cheating in PvE can affect things like the World
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