I received Destiny over the holidays and after the extensive downloading and installing the game ran beautifully and I fell in love. However about a week later (about the time Christmas passed) I began having a connection issues. D/C's are a big problem. You can't run weekly Nightfalls or Heroics, you can't even do the daily stories. Its frustrating having to replay a mission 15 times to get through to the end. Ever dropped a strike boss and then D/C? No rewards, no fun, a lot of anger. Its been a huge impediment to the game and I'm not able to progress into the endgame. I can't raid because of D/C issues, its like the ROC expansion was a waste of money. Now with all that frustration vented lets try (hopefully with Bungie's support) to get to the root of the D/C issues.
First off I think a lot of my issues is that the servers are bogged down. A lot of people probably got this game for Christmas and the servers are probably screaming for a lighter load or some more back up. I think I've receive almost every D/C error out there which I find odd. I've gotten Bee and Anteater the most but the errors include Barracuda, Cattle, Caterpillar, Lion, Fly, Lionfish, Hare, Jackrabbit, Eel, Gooseberry, Cacao, Weasel, etc. I thought my ISP (KwiKom) is partially to blame but they claim their systems are all good and that mine are too. It makes sense since every other internet based game, program and app work fine. Using the Bungie Networking Guides I've reworked my entire system, port forwarding, changing my PS3 to a wired connection, reinstalling Destiny and ROC, etc, but to no avail. I even bypass my router (after 10:30 pm) and connect directly to the PS3 and that doesn't help either. I've physically inspected all my hardware looking for damage to any cords or connections, all perfect. I even upgraded my internet speed thinking "Its a really internet heavy game, maybe I just don't have enough bandwidth." Still no effect. My connection issues hit a climax a few days ago and I decided to restore default settings to all my hardware and it smoothed the game out a bit but connection errors continue to plague me. Tonight is bad enough that I am reaching out for help. Bungie, random people of the forums. Help if you can. Hopefully by the end of this post others in my boat will be able to relieve their problems as well.
Info Bungie or other prospective helpers may need
Console: PS3
PSN: Digma_k
E-mail: Digma_k@yahoo.com (gamer e-mail so no worries about who has it)
Location: United States, Kansas, SE (that should be enough, if you want more you have to ask)
ISP: KwiKom
Router: Cisco Linksys E1200
Connection: Wired
General play schedule: Mon-Wed 15:00-23:00 Thur 09:00-01:00 Fri 09:00-13:00 (all times are UTC -6:00)
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18:40 (UTC -6:00) 2/03/2015 D/C: Bee. D/Ced in Tower