Destiny 2: The Witch Queen: Expect login queue times and problems

Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion is hours away — or it may even be out by the time you’re reading this — but that doesn’t mean it’ll be easy to log into.

Over one million Destiny players pre-ordered the new expansion, which will inevitably cause some difficulties for players trying to get into the game for the first few hours — or even days. Senior Destiny community manager, Dylan “dmg04” Gafner, tweeted earlier this monthWhen trying to access the game, players must expect some waiting.

Gafner stated that Bungie was stress-testing servers to help prepare for the huge player influx on February 22.

Past expansions — and even some seasonal drops — have suffered from laggy servers and mass logins before. My personal experience was that it took me a couple of hours to log in. Beyond LightIn 2020, expansion. The game may be a bit shaky for the first few hours. However, things should settle down by the second day.

Bungie’s customer support Twitter account, Bungie HelpThe status of the game will be updated to players by Destiny 2’s servers and any ongoing issues.