Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Bungie Tackling Destiny Lag Issues In Iron Banner Matchmaking Update
Bungie has announced that Destiny's Crucible will be receiving some tweaks to the way its matchmaking works. The first update is set to hit on Wednesday in Iron Banner.
The studio says it has struggled to find the right balance between skill and connection quality when matching players against each other. With the new update, more emphasis will be placed on connection quality in order to combat lag issues. The Destiny team does want to reassure players that it will still be using skill levels to ensure that the most competitive matches are happening.
Iron Banner Rift starts on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PST. The matchmaking update will go live 24 hours later at 10 a.m. PST on Wednesday. Bungie says the 24 hour period between the two events will allow the team to analyze two different sets of data to compare performance. Bungie says that if all goes well with this deployment of the new settings, they will be applied to more matchmaking modes in the future.
[Source: Bungie]
Our Take
Destiny continues to be a very popular game, but I have heard from those playing that some issues with lag have tainted the experience in recent months. It's good to see Bungie address these issues directly.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
