Destiny 2on PC is going through a major transition. On September 30,Destiny 2will become unavailable on Blizzard’s Battle.net platform for 24 hours of maintenance. It won’t be going live on Blizzard’s platform again. On October 1,Destiny 2and itsShadowkeepexpansion will go live on Steam, the game’s home for the foreseeable future. It may not seem like such a big deal to an outside perspective, but forDestiny 2PC players it’s a serious event - perhaps a little too serious.
YouTuber TheXenomorph went above and beyond, creating a video tribute to say goodbye to theBlizzard launcher. The short video captures TheXenomorph’s emotional journey as they uninstalledDestiny 2from the Battle.net client, presumably to make room for theirDestiny 2installation via Steam. It’s a simple video, but all the more poignant and tragic for its basic structure. For almost two years, Blizzard’s launcher has beenDestiny 2’s home. Saying goodbye is the least that can be done.
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Beyondtransitioning from Battle.net to SteammostDestiny 2players on PC won’t notice much of a change whatsoever in terms of the application itself. TheDestiny 2client will almost certainly be exactly the same. Some players have noted that there will likely be some feature casualties. They worry that the “/join” and “/invite” commands won’t be available due to the client now using Steam’s social features. Bungie might be able to implement something similar, but since Steam allows users to change usernames at any time the feature likely won’t be as useful.
Outside of theDestiny 2application, however, the transition is going to be much bigger and more meaningful than may be immediately apparent. A lot of, if not a majority ofDestiny 2players, have built up a robust network of friends on the Blizzard platform. Whether it be real-life friends that have been pulled into the digital sphere, clanmates that have grown to be friends, or chance encounters with random people that have grown into friendships, every player’s friend list is stuck on Battle.net.Destiny 2players will have to rebuild their lists on Steam. Friends are likely to be lost in the process.
Today is the final day forDestiny 2players to go ontoBattle.netand wrap up any last-second plans before the transition. As noted, taking down friends' Steam names is a good thing to do. Players should also go into their settings and mark down everything, just in case it’s gets lost in the process. And otherwise, just take a comment and say goodbye to theActivision era ofDestiny 2. FromShadowkeepon, Bungie’s gone fully independent.
Destiny 2is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, with a Stadia version also in development.Shadowkeepreleases October 1.
