Destiny 2 chat disabled after cheaters use it to crash games

Destiny 2’s chat functionality has been offline since Saturday after players found a bug had players crashing each other’s games. Bungie turned off text chat on Saturday, with no word on when it’ll return. Chat is currently unavailable on all platforms.

“We have temporarily disabled text chat on all platforms in Destiny 2 while we investigate an issue causing Weasel errors,” Bungie wrote. “Stay tuned for updates.”

Destiny Bulletin is a Twitter account dedicated exclusively to Destiny 2The exploit was captured by news on Saturday. The game crashes when a player inputs string of text into the console. Destiny 2’s text chat box with the whisper function. Up to the weekend, anyplace in Destiny 2 with local or team chat was at risk, as some players reportedly used the exploit to crash others’ games in multiplayer.

Destiny 2’s designers have scheduled a maintenance periodLater Monday to prepare for Tuesday’s hotfix. There’s no word yet if that will fix the text chat exploit. We’ve reached out to Bungie for more information.

Over the past few years, Bungie has made a name for itself as a studio that won’t tolerate bad behavior in its games. Bungie sued last month. Destiny 2 streamer alleged to cheat and harass employees — including a threat to burn down the studio’s headquarters — and it’s not the first lawsuit targeting cheaters and cheatmakers. Bungie’s communication with its fans has been cut down by players who allegedly threatened employee families and loved ones.

“The harassment we’ve spoken to isn’t just rude replies on Twitter or vague comments,” Destiny community manager Dylan “dmg04” Gafner said. “There have been real threats towards our people and our studio. We’re taking them seriously, which is leading to an amount of reduced communications as the team plans future protections/strategies to help avoid these sorts of things.”