At the moment during matchmaking, solo players are getting teamed up against co-ordinated fireteams instead of getting matched up against other solo players or getting matched up with other co-ordinated fireteams. This inevitably causes a lot of frustration for solo players, as it increases their chances of losing Iron Banner matches, which makes it hard to increase their standing with Lord Saladin and earn exclusive Season 3 Iron Banner rewards.
Initially, in a tweet, Destiny 2 Crucible Lead Derek Carroll addressed this issue and assured Destiny 2 players that this matchmaking problem would be resolved before the end of the Iron Banner event. Very recently though, Community Manager Deej notified Destiny 2 players that, even though Bungie is working on a fix for this problem, the fix will only go live after the Iron Banner event ends on Tuesday, May 29th.
Unfortunately for many solo players, they might miss out on some of the Iron Banner items this time, but this fix will hopefully improve matchmaking for future Iron Banner events in Season 3 and beyond. A bigger concern for Destiny 2 players right now though seems to be the Iron Banner Salute of the Lords emote that is locked behind the Eververse store for 1100 silver, which equates to about $10.
Once again, the Eververse store is causing more controversy and unhappiness among players than any other issue that Destiny 2 is facing right now. We are yet to see whether Bungie will be as efficient in addressing players’ complaints surrounding the emote as it has been in addressing the matchmaking problem.
Destiny 2: Warmind is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
