Renowned Destiny 2 site owner announces discontinuation of further updates over being mistakenly banned

Destiny 2 developer Bungie took major steps toward banning some of the players who used net-limiting to bypass the Day 1 Raid, Master King's Fall, and many other activities. However, @aundre_kerr from renowned site D2Gunsmith got caught in the crossfire. They were initially accused of net-limiting but were later proven innocent.

Although Bungie later unbanned his account, the D2Gunsmith site owner decided to step away from the community following this incident.

The Destiny 2 community has been at the center of many discussions over the last few weeks, with Net-limiting being a hot topic.

Net-limiting, as the name implies, limits the amount of data that the game can transfer while being online. It slows down a person's internet speed and creates lag, which can wipe out a major boss of an endgame activity, given its trigger time.

Disclaimer: D2Gunsmith will still be active in the coming days. The site, however, won't be receiving updates any further, as mentioned by the owner in one of his tweets as seen below.

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D2Gunsmith owner quits Destiny 2 and site over false accusations and ban (2022)

Net-limiting in online video games creates lag where players can still move, resulting in inconsistent hit-registry and other anomalous effects server-side. Hence, any bosses or elite enemies inside Destiny 2 Raids, Dungeons, or Nightfalls tend to stay still, while the user can unload their ammo for an infinite amount of time.

While Bungie did issue a huge ban wave recently, one ban in particular did not sit right with the community. One of the most famous sites in the community, D2Gunsmith, is known for allowing players to measure the perks and stats of their favorite weapons via a user-friendly UI.

The site's owner, who goes by the name of @aundre_kerr on Twitter, got caught in the net-limiting ban wave. This did not sit well with the fanbase, especially given his standing in the community. However, a day after his ban, it appears Bungie was in the wrong and unbanned aundre_kerr's Destiny 2 account.

Regarding this matter, the owner of D2Gunsmith posted the following statement:

"Got unbanned, still uninstalled, probably staying that way for a while. No, I never ended up sending an appeal and I’m done working on the site. No, I’m not making it open source. Solely because I’d expect this community to redeploy it as is but plastered with ads within two days of it going public. Other sites functionally do what it does and anyone can go remake it. There’s no secret sauce behind how it works."

D2Gunsmith has been a cornerstone for the Destiny 2 community. It allows players to view the available perks of any weapon, measure its stats by selecting them, and tweak them to the last detail. Considering the latest statement from the owner, the future of the site remains unclear.