I find it interesting that Blizzard has Chuck Norris sized balls. While Bungie has none whatsoever. Right here this article states that there are permabans in the game [i]and [/i]methods used to preemptively detect cheaters. [i]Along with[/i] ways to lock out players from the game permanently even if they try to get a new game. [i]THEY ALSO[/i] let the community know who these offenders are! Bungie needs to be a transparent as this when it comes to their "bans". Oh we can't do that because that's name shaming! Really so the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many? Wow, bungie logic at it's finest. If you guys ban people then why hide the names? You say you don't want the witchhunt mentality but guess what. It's already here, and you are the ones protecting them. If a player is banned by you than we should know. You call it name shaming, I call it neighborhood watch. Blizzard has 1500 players banned. How many have you banned Bungie? Oh wait you won't tell us, or can't you? That's right, in order for you to give a number you actually need to permaban someone don't you? You guys have no balls, and everyone knows it. Hell they are making money off of it. Offering to ddos carry people to the lighthouse for profit. Knowing good and well nothing is going to happen to them. Even if something did happen they will be back in three days, a week tops, doing it again. While you guys sit there letting them do it over and over again. Players getting paid to cheat in your game. Now I know you have no shame Bungie, but this is a cocky slap to your face with a smug grin afterwards if there ever was one. If this level of an insult doesn't wake you guys up nothing will. It's sad when you will permaban people from the forums for name shaming yet the real issue is borderline ignored running rampant in the game. [i]Edited to say thanks for all the comments and likes. Also edited for spelling and to add the following from a response to a comment below...[/i] It is not that I what to know who to blame. I just want simple verification on Bungie's part that they are actually doing something about the problem. In the end it doesn't matter if we know who the offenders are. Think about it, if the account is permabanned along with the gt that is tied to it. Than that particular person cannot be targeted for grief for there is nothing to go after. You can't play against, report, or name shame, an account that has been scrubbed from Destiny and that would include everything tied to said account meaning forum activity as well. As for the people complaining about being banned, oh boo-hoo. They got what was coming to them. They will get back on in a week or so doing the same thing that got them banned in the first place. Until Bungie nukes the account for good they will keep on playing at everyone else's expense. Like I said above the reason why they can whine about being banned is because the ban isn't permanent. If it was, we would not see them complaining in the forums about being punished for doing something wrong. Then again being punished for doing something wrong is how I thought it was supposed to work.

The player population has dropped since the release of RoI and it will continue to drop. Way too many good games released recently or are on the way. Perm banning would hurt Bungie's bullshit monthly active player numbers. At the end of the day they care more about numbers than how the numbers are playing.

Nerf bungos ban hammer, that's shits OP

Dos attack Saturday while playing this game. Wife's psn email changed from external source sunday while playing this game. Hunter hides with grenade attached to head and takes no damage then kills me with one shot monday. Buff your hammer bungie.

I've played Destiny for 14 days. I've only tried one game of Trials a long time ago. I was thinking of giving it a go to fill my book. I was wondering, as I have a KD of 1, how long would it take me to get to the Lighthouse 5 times? With a KD of 1 I have a 50/50 chance of winning, so that equates to 426 hours or 18 days straight. I've no idea what a ddos is, or if it's ever happened to me. So thanks for the heads up. If you feel the need for some hammer thing then it's clearly broken. I'll mince around Earth and Mars instead.

Actually, I got kicked multiple times yesterday and received multiple messages saying "you like that kick?" So, it's obvious this so called "banhammer" is just a toddlers soft squeaky toy hammer.

This so called banhammer is so limp and useless not even viagra could help it.

What is this Ban Hammer made of exactly?

Oh no guys. They are the real deal this time. Better watch out you naughty ddosers. Bungie security will get you. They won't let you do it for the millionth time. They promised this time they are serious. No but seriously Cozmo please take this crap off the forums. People are making an absolute laughing stock of the bungie ban hammer. At this point it misses more than ghost bullet handcannons. Name shaming would be more effective

Remember HALO? Had CBMM and you could change it to SBMM when ever you wanted. Those where the good days. BUNGIE made a good year 1 game but I'd trying to kill it now I assume...