If you’re wondering why Destiny isn’t working, it’s because developer Bungie is working to make the sci-fi shooter better for you.
Bungie took Destiny and its Bungie.net website offline at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) to spruce up the servers that keep both online. The servicing is only scheduled to last for 2 hours, so you should be back online this afternoon.
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Bungie also revealed that it will launch the 1.1.1 update for Destiny later this month, and this update is a precursor to that. That patch will force players into matchmaking with others to compete in weekly events. This will prevent players from soloing the strikes. The developer explained that this was more about giving players who don’t want to solo the strikes, but who also don’t have a regular group, people to play with.
“We wanted the Weekly Heroics to be a challenge that pushed you and your buddies, but what we observed was that these strikes don’t demand the same cooperation of a cohesive pre-made group,” Bungie lead designer M.E. Chung said in a statement. “The overwhelming community response was such that many players didn’t have the numbers on their friends list to experience the activity on a weekly basis.”