The Destiny 2 API shutdown, caused by the Bungie team after noticing an increase in shutdowns following the release of the Spire of the Watcher dungeon, shows just how reliant players are on the game’s third-party app ecosystem to take advantage of. your experience to the fullest.
The popular FPS game’s flexible API ecosystem allows players to track everything from competitive Crucible stats to weapon drops. Tools like Destiny Item Manager allow players to manage buildings and equipment. Bungie’s Destiny 2 Companion App allows players to claim rewards and items from their chests without having to travel to the Tower or elsewhere to complete these in-game tasks.
Issues arose when players complained about being offline when trying to complete the Spire of the Watcher dungeon after its release on December 9. After investigation, Bungie concluded that the game’s API, an acronym for Application Programming Interface, needed to be taken offline to fix the source of the problem, and it did so immediately. At that time, the official Bungie Help Tagged Twitter account“Destiny Companion features will be unavailable on web, mobile and third-party apps over the weekend” and “Bungie Rewards from @BungieStore cannot be purchased” during the outage.
The missing API has caused some frustration for members of the Destiny 2 community who rely on these sites and apps for vital information that affects how they play the game. A simple API quickly spawned memes that shared those sentiments.
We are nothing without API pic.twitter.com/rilZSC881U
—Benj (@Benjjjyy) December 12, 2022
In Destiny 2, players like to keep track of many aspects, including weapon stats, wins, PvP performance, and character builds. Third-party sites and apps make it easy to navigate many of these things. It’s easy to see how a separate API can negatively affect the game experience for players.
However, the usefulness of some apps has made gamers wonder why they can’t find certain features in the game. It’s something Bungie also took very seriously when the team announced it would be releasing a feature in 2023 that tracks favorite downloads. This means that players no longer have to fight a routine skirmish just because they need to equip a certain mod.
While Bungie plans to fix the API issue today, it’s unclear if the downtime could also require changes by third-party developers. However, the error codes should go away and make the dungeon more enjoyable.
If you’re keeping up with what’s new in Destiny 2, check out our Destiny 2 Season 19 guide and Destiny 2 Lightfall release date information to see what’s in store for our favorite space game in the new year.
Source : PC Gamesn
