Nobody can play Destiny 2 Season of the Deep because maintenance keeps getting extended
Update: The big Destiny 2 Season of the Deep update has seemingly arrived after hours of technical issues. That's the good news. The bad news is that "due to increased traffic, login services to Destiny 2 are currently being throttled," as the login screen on my other monitor keeps telling me.
You know the drill, folks. "Please stay on this screen until login services stabilize and you are logged into Destiny 2." At least the update is here and maintenance has concluded; just a little more patience and we'll be in the deep blue sea.
DESTINY 2 MAINTENANCE ❖ Update 7.1.0 Update 7.1.0 has begun rolling out across all platforms and regions. Report issues or seek assistance here: https://t.co/9lcpiGlywnMay 23, 2023
Original story follows.
Destiny 2 Season of the Deep is meant to start today, May 23, but at the time of writing, nobody's actually been able to play the new season because the MMO's regular maintenance downtime has already been extended multiple times.
A quick timeline, then. At 1:16pm ET, ahead of the expected 2pm ET maintenance end time, the Bungie Help Twitter account announced that "downtime has been extended" and "another update on this issue will be provided within one hour." This raised a red flag for everyone who's played Destiny 2 in the past, I don't know, six months. It's no secret that the servers have been struggling lately, no-doubt for a variety of reasons I don't fully understand, so the launch of the Season of the Deep always seemed a little dicey.
Time passed. At 1:54pm ET, Bungie Help affirmed that "extended maintenance is still ongoing." 2:58pm ET rolled around and maintenance was still ongoing, with another update to be provided within an hour. That's the last we've heard at the time of
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