Destiny 2: The Final Shape launches with over 300,000 players, ‘Currant’ server errors, and more patch notes than you could ever want [UPDATED]

The capstone to Destiny 2’s decade-long saga is finally here.

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While The Final Shape’s first few hours went relatively smoothly once the game’s servers got up and running, there‘s now an issue causing players to disconnect and then run into “Currant” and “Cacao” networking errors, among others, when they attempt to land back on the Pale Heart destination to continue the campaign. After investigating for most of the DLC’s launch day, Bungie hasinitiated a server restart for Destiny 2intended to mitigate these error codes. Whether or not it ends up effectively combating the problem remains to be seen; for now, players can do nothing but wait and see.

Original article:Nearly 10 entire years after the original Destiny game launched back in 2014, Destiny 2: The Final Shape — the climactic capstone expansion for the series' decade-long Light and Darkness Saga — has finally gone live. TheDestiny 2update has officially released and is available to play, with the patch now rolling out on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation.

The Final Shape represents a bombastic conclusion to a grand story that’s been building ever since the first Destiny came out, with the space fantasy looter shooter’s narrative introducing players to dozens of nuanced characters and exploring a wide variety of different themes. Now, at the end of its arc, Guardians are tasked with following the Witness — Destiny’s main antagonist that wishes to coalesce the Light and Darkness to bring about a lifeless universe — into the Pale Heart of the Light-granting Traveler itself and thwarting its machinations.

At the core of that effort is Prismatic, The Final Shape’s premier subclass that allows players to combine different abilities and Aspects from different Light and Darkness subclasses into one powerful jack-of-all-trades-style kit (check out some of thebest Prismatic builds). Of course, the expansion also features a myriad of new weapons and Exotic gear pieces to chase, along with special new Prismatic-exclusive Exotic class items with a pair of randomly rolled Exotic armor perks. Prismatic, its components, and the new Pale Heart weapons are unlocked during the campaign and its aftermath, while the Exotic class items will become obtainable once Week 2 begins on June 11, after the DLC’s new raid launches on June 7 and is beaten.

Destiny 2 started going through a resurgencein the weeks leading up to The Final Shape thanks to the excellent midseasonInto the Light updateas well as the announcement of some hugely positive changes the expansion brings (for example, the Power Level grind has been significantly shortened and made considerably less important). Because of that, it’s not surprising to seeSteamDB reportover 300,000 players jumping into The Final Shape at launch on Steam alone. It’s also not surprising that the DLC’s release has been rocky so far with fans frequently reporting “Destiny 2 servers are not available” errors; thankfully, it looks like a good number of players (myself included) are getting into the game now, though some may still need to wait in a queue.

The Final Shape retails for $49.99, though right now,you can get it for nearly $10 off at CDKeys. Oh, and while you’re waiting for the servers to improve, consider reading through the expansion’s patch notes, which are ridiculously long. You’ll find the full list in the section below.

Destiny 2 is one of thebest Xbox gamesandbest PC gamesfor fans of multiplayer and looter shooters, and The Final Shape — the final expansion in the Light and Darkness Saga — is arguably the biggest DLC that Bungie’s popular live service game has ever gotten.

Destiny 2: The Final Shape |$49.99$41.59 at CDKeys (Steam)

Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion is finally here, and thanks to this cool discount, you can pick it up on PC for roughly 20% off. The DLC takes players into the heart of the Traveler itself and tasks them with thwarting the Witness with an incredibly powerful new “multiclassing” subclass called Prismatic.

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Destiny 2 Update 8.0.0.1: Patch notes

Here are the official patch notes for Destiny 2’s The Final Shape launch, taken directly fromBungie’s own website.

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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).