There's good news and bad news in the world of Destiny 2 today, and since the weekend's just about upon us I will begin with the good: Bungie is reducing the amount of time a player can be inactive in a Strike to just three minutes, after which they'll be kicked to orbit.
Strikes are co-op events for up to three players that run through a pile of enemies and culminate in a big boss fight. They're routine for experienced players, but they're also required for weekly milestones, through which Guardians acquire powerful equipment and loot. They're a core component of the game, in other words, but they're also plagued by people who enter them and then go AFK, leaving the work to others—because as long as they're present when the boss goes down, they reap the rewards regardless of their actual contribution.
It's irritating as a matter of principle, and complaints about it go back to the original game, so it's good to see Bungie taking steps to clamp down on it. Time to stop riding my coattails, you lazy jerks! Unfortunately, with the good news comes the bad, and here it is:
Iron Banner 6v6 is being postponed due to a late-breaking issue. Next week, Rumble will go live in its place while we work on a fix. Iron Banner will return as soon as we can deploy a fix. For more information: https://t.co/mNNRtOLwvoApril 6, 2018
The problem, Bungie explained, is that when "certain score and timer conditions" are hit during a 6v6 match, all players are returned to orbit with an Anteater error—"Anteater" being Bungie's cutesy code for a "general networking error." A fix won't be ready in time for the scheduled Iron Banner start on April 10, so Bungie is bringing the free-for-all Rumble mode back, but with a lower player count: six instead of eight.
