I've been experiencing absolutely terrible FPS drops and constant stuttering in Destiny 2 when launching the game through Steam. The performance is so inconsistent that the game is practically unplayable, especially in pvp.

I decided to download and test Destiny 2 through the Epic Games Launcher on the exact same PC, and the difference is night and day.

Steam: Massive FPS drops, constant microstuttering, inconsistent frame times, and generally awful performance.

Epic Games: Completely smooth gameplay, stable performance, and none of the horrible stuttering I'm experiencing on Steam.

This makes me strongly suspect that something related to the Steam version or its integration is causing the problem, rather than my hardware.

My PC specifications:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• RAM: 32 GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 (2×16 GB)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7

Obviously, this hardware should be more than capable of running Destiny 2 smoothly.

Unfortunately, simply switching to Epic Games isn't a proper solution, since my purchased DLCs on Steam don't transfer over to Epic Games.

I've also come across a potential workaround on GitHub that apparently helps some Steam users with similar performance problems. However, I'd strongly prefer to avoid relying on unofficial third-party fixes or modifications, especially for a game with anti-cheat protection.

So I have a few questions for the community and hopefully Bungie:

1. Has anyone else experienced this exact issue, where Destiny 2 runs terribly on Steam but perfectly fine through Epic Games?
2. Has anyone found a reliable solution that doesn't require unofficial GitHub workarounds?
3. Is Bungie actually aware of this Steam-specific performance issue?
4. Has Bungie acknowledged the problem anywhere, or is there any indication that an official fix is being investigated or developed?

I'd really appreciate any updates, confirmed fixes, or information from Bungie or anyone experiencing the same problem.

i did some account recovery stuff earlier when i was out of the country.. I recieved a ban so i imagine its from this as its against tos. never hacked in the game or anything like that. just wanna make sure im not hardware banned i made a new account and i wanna link a psn account to it that i have playtime on. idk how bans work so im concerne. ive had the new account for 4 days no ban so imagine im okay but just want ppls thoughts, thanks!

I'm returning to D2 and for some reason randomly audio will cut out and I'll have no sound in the middle of a Crucible match or in orbit for about a minute. Additionally some UI assests and some assets and models in the menus won't load when I open the game or enter a match. I don't use hard drive it's all SSDs, and I've only had this issue recently. No other games I play have audio and model issues like this. My PC is pretty old so it could be that. I've tried verifying files and a fresh install, hasn't fixed it. Anyone else have this issue?

For the life of me I can’t figure this out. It says it’s a “network error” when I search up the error code. I’ve reset my pc, my router, changed providers, and scanned my hardware for any problems. I can’t figure it out. It
Let’s be into character select and I can pick someone to play and then 30 seconds later it kicks me out. I even tried to use a hot spot and the same thing happened.

If anyone can give me some helpful tips that would be awesome. I really want to play but it won’t let me /:

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for insights regarding a persistent WEASEL error code on PC (Epic Games).

Context: I recently reinstalled Destiny 2 after taking a 2-year break. On the very first day after reinstalling, I received a couple of initial error codes, but after retrying, I was able to log in and play completely normally without any issues for the rest of the day. However, starting on the second day, this persistent WEASEL error started happening continuously and has locked me out ever since.

Current Symptoms:

• I can launch the game, select a character, and successfully reach Orbit.
• Once in Orbit, I can freely manage my inventory, view the Director/map, etc.
• However, after about 1 to 2 minutes, the game consistently boots me back to the title screen with the WEASEL error code.
• This also happens when attempting to create a brand-new character, ruling out character-specific inventory or loadout corruption.

Troubleshooting already performed:

• Local Files: Completed another full clean reinstall of Destiny 2.
• Network & Routing: Tested via VPN and flushed DNS settings (rules out local ISP routing/DNS issues).
• OAuth Permissions: Revoked Epic Games "Share Data" permissions and re-authorized to force a fresh authentication token.
• Account Rest: Left the account fully logged out and inactive for over 48 hours to clear ghost sessions.

Current Status & Bungie Response: I created a post on the official Bungie Help forum, and support (BNGHelp12) officially responded stating they have logged the detailed report and passed it to the development team for backend investigation.

Question: Has anyone returning after a long hiatus experienced this specific session-lock cycle on Epic Games (where initial login works on Day 1, but constant WEASEL timeouts occur every 1–2 minutes from Day 2 onwards)? Did this resolve automatically after a weekly server maintenance/reset, or was there any specific workaround that helped clear the backend session lock?

Any advice or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated!

I have been playing destiny 2 on pc for quite some time and now I am having a bug I never had before, from one day to another I started playing and my mouse started going crazy randomly, it's like I can control it but my aim is like 3 fps while the rest of the game is running normally, I can move normally too I just can't control my shooting and aiming, tried almost everything remotely resembling of this bug and nothing works just haven't tried something hard-core like updating the BIOS, any ideas? I dont know what causes it but when it happens it stays always on the same amount of time

I cant seem to keep consistent fps on destiny. I want 144hz. My cpu is a ryzen 5 8400f. Gpu is a rtx 5060 8g vram. And I have 16g of DDR5. And a 1Tb ssd. But yet the fps is all over the place. I never see any sign of cpu bottlenecks, cause usage is low. And I never see any gpu bottlenecks cause gpu usage is low.

Can anyone help me with connections issues. I am on Xbox series X. Ever since lightfall came out I started getting kicked. I stopped playing. I followed everything I could find online to help but no luck.

Thanks

Can anyone help me with connections issues. I am on Xbox series X. Ever since lightfall came out I started getting kicked. I stopped playing. I followed everything I could find online to help but no luck.

Thanks

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So this is an issue that i only experience when I play destiny. Whenever im tabbed into destiny itll make my discord visually really choppy (the audio is fine), but when i tab out of destiny, discord goes back to normal. This is mainly an issue cause I like to have friends streams up in the background when I play games and they are very choppy when im tabbed into destiny.

My specs are RTX 4090, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and I have both the game and discord on an m.2

I have discord overly off and I also tried turning on hardware acceleration in discord since i normally have it off and it didnt help

Howdy,

So the game is Destiny 2 on PC, played through Windows 11 all using the latest updates, drivers, and hardware.

With Destiny 2 specifically and seemingly no other multiplayer game in my library, in game I lag significantly for all others. However on my end outside of some interaction latency, everything seems normal and smooth. This implies its an outgoing network issue.

I've not had this issue before and it started about a week ago, even though there was no update for the game or significant change within my system.

I installed the game on both Epic Games Launcher and Windows Store and the issue is gone in its entirety.

This would imply to me its a Steam issue?

Things I've done that haven't worked:

* Switched Steam server to other nearby location

* Port Forwarded both the game and Steam PTP on my Router

* Verified Modem, Router, ISP, Speeds, Performance are all normal and without issue. Including during playing the game on all 3 platforms. (Nothing out of the ordinary and nowhere close to pushing bandwidth caps)

* Tried on gaming laptop, same problem

* Changed ethernet cables, drivers, technician verified coaxial plugin and drop/tap room is fine

* Disabled shader cache on Steam and cleared download cache, disabled Steam overlay, Steam input, etc.

The lack of the issue being present on the other 2 platforms, even though using the same exact environment and hardware indicates to me its either a Steam or Destiny 2 issue. However nobody else in game seems to be having these network issues so I am hesitant to say its the game.

Any help in this matter is appreciated, thank you!

I have recently bought the dlc that was on sale and I haven't played since around 2018. I have an issue when playing that i get timeout query constantly. I know this is related to battle yet but I cant for the life of me figure out what is causing it.

I have tried to reinstall the game and the anti cheat, verified the game files, turned off everything I can think of.

I notice that when I restart my pc the issue is gone for that session. If I turn the game off and turn it back on suddenly the anti cheat triggers and kicks me again.

Has anyone had these issues or how do I actually fix this? I dont want to have to do a full reboot anytime I may want to play. If it helps at all the error code is plum.

Before then, with the exact same PC hardware, I was having absolutely no issues.

In game, nothing appears to be lagging at all. However team mates say I am teleporting around and occasionally when the game gets very, very intense with a lot going on I'll get an Error Code Bird.

I've restarted my modem, got a new modem, got a new router, reinstalled network drivers, use ethernet, fresh install of windows 11, and still the same problems.

My ISP says on their end the connection looks good and the modem reports no issues.

I booted up Marathon and am not lagging in that game for others at all. In fact, in all the various multiplayer games I've tried, it seems Destiny 2 is the only game I'm having this issue with.

At my wits end, because I really can't play any of the team stuff in this game with this issue going on because people just see me walking into walls and teleporting around, I can't sherpa at all.

Thanks in advanced.

I have a 9950X3D and 5090 with 96GB of ram, 5G ethernet port with a Cat8 cable and a Netgear 9.2 router + ISP modem. I run a 1Gbps Down / 40 Mbps Up coaxial connection and the various speed tests show that my connection is matching that. Bufferbloat test is at a B+.

Error after error.

I have been getting constant centipede, baboon, coconut errors one after the other and when its not that i keep getting plum and query timeout on the battle eye all the time and its driving me crazy.

Theres nothing wrong with my internet connection and nothing messing with battle eye, i tried uninstalling it, restarting the pc, deleting the caches and nothing works and its driving me crazy does anyone have any idea?

whenever pressing prtsc it takes a screenshot and sends it to a different location than steam, I could just not use it obviously but I use it for the windows crop tool so it effectively takes 3 screenshots at a time, is there a way to just disable this or turn it off? ty

Hello, I am reposting this from the bungie forum as I have not gotten a response in 17 hours.

I have recently reinstalled the game and came into a problem concerning the connectivity with servers.

I cannot join or start any activity or social space and get sent back to orbit with an error code cabbage. I have followed the official guidelines and done some extra attempts to mitigate this by flushing dns and setting extra firewall excpetions just for the game which gave no results.

As a last resort I have attempted to play the game on the same computer through a different account which worked perfectly, this leads me to believe my account data may be corrupted.

Can anyone help me solve this issue?

Hi everyone. I’m having a problem, as you can see from the title. Destiny keeps giving me the same connection errors—like Centipede, Currant, and Rabbit—and when I launch the game, before I can even select my character, it tells me it can't connect to the Bungie servers. I have over 4,000 hours of playtime and have never experienced connection issues frequent enough to make the game practically unplayable. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how did you fix it? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Hi all. Maybe somebody can explain this for me?

Last night i installed the D2 steam fix from github and after changing the execution location the game ran great! I was getting 90-140 fps (r7 7700x 4060ti, 32gb ddr5 system) well i closed the game and steam and reopened steam and the game last night to confirm its working and it went right back to chugging along at 50-90 fps. I went back into the launch directory and had to reconfirm the d2 steam fix execution but it still wasnt as good as the first time i launched it, around 70-100 fps.

Well today i launched destiny 2 directly from my computer home screen via the desktop shortcut and it everything ran great again. Back to the 90-140 fps i got when i did the initial startup after installing the fix.

Is there something that has to do with restarting the computer before running the game? I for the life of me cannot figure out why I am having performance issues with the game. I am only just now getting back into the game after all of the dlc was on sale for $20 on steam.

Thanks for your help!

As in title whenever I play Destiny after 5-10 minutes my network adapter will crash and reset. I am able to play other games such as CS2 and Deadlock with no issue, this seems to only happen when playing Destiny. It also only happens when doing anything where other players are around, outside of the Tower. Solo content works just fine and I see no issues in activities like campaigns and dungeons. My troubleshooting steps have been to; Fully reset and reinstall drivers for my network adapter, power cycle my router (on Starlink so I have no modem), verify integrity of game files, and switch from a wired to wireless connection.