Easy Ways To Fix Destiny 2 Lag
Destiny 2 is one of the most successful first-person shooter games of all time.
Shooter game franchises like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Tom Clancy games, and more have released multiple titles in the 21st century. Still, even with just two titles, Destiny easily rivals them in terms of popularity — and in the eyes of many, beats them in quality.
One of the main draws to Destiny 2 is its free-to-play, game-as-a-service model. Anyone can get started in Destiny 2 without having to pay a dime. That kind of accessibility is priceless (pun intended).
With packed servers and free gameplay, one of the problems that plague gamers most is almost inevitable: lag.
Today, we’re talking about the easiest way to fix to lag in Destiny 2. We know you’re tired of unexplainable deaths spoiling your deathmatches and random connection drops ruining your raids. By the end of this WTFast article, you’ll be leaving that behind for good.
Let’s get started!
How Lag Affects Destiny 2
Lag is a pretty broad term, and it’s easy to forget what it means when so many gamers simply use it as an excuse when they lose a match. Still, lag is a very real problem, especially in online gaming.
Real-time modes such as PVP and PVE are the most susceptible, although lag can affect anyone. Irregularities in visuals or audio can throw off your game in subtle or significant ways, potentially creating an avoidable loss or failed run.
Lag in PVP
For competitive PVP gamers especially, lag is a major problem. To capitalize on your skill and performance, you need every external factor working with you, not against you.
All it takes is one little moment of lag to result in death, a missed objective, or an overall loss in your match. When your competitors are at their sharpest, but you’re held back by lag, it’s even more frustrating than a genuine loss.
Lag in PVE
Lag matters in PVE as well. Though you aren’t competing against other players directly, you’ll still need to be on the top of your game to take on some of the challenges Destiny’s dungeons and raids have to offer.
Lagging against AI can be just as frustrating as lagging against players, even if it may not seem so at first. Beyond the frustration it will cause you, it can also ruin the enjoyment of your party.
Whether you’re playing with friends or strangers, you can understand how frustrating it is for a player to lag and die, miss a key shot, or even completely drop out.
How Do I Fix Lag?
Let’s get down to business. If you’re experiencing lag in Destiny 2, the easiest way to fix it is likely going to be a GPN.
What is a GPN, you may ask? Like a VPN, a Gamer’s Private Network is a way to connect to the internet via a middle man.
However, a GPN is very different from a VPN in practice.
A VPN masks your internet activity, providing not only privacy and security but also the ability to bypass geo-restrictions and other forms of restrictions.
Unfortunately, VPNs are often used for hacking, botting, and fraud. Many games will automatically flag and sometimes ban accounts connected via VPN for security reasons.
VPNs aren’t great for gaming anyway because they simply aren’t built for speed or stability. On the other hand, a GPN is optimized for exactly that.
Our WTFast GPN is your secret weapon against lag. Our technology weeds out unnecessary data and sends the slimmest package it can (gameplay data only, no background downloads or streaming) along the fastest traceroute it can find.
Essentially, while a VPN or normal internet connection might send your data down a busy public highway, our GPN sets up a private highway with no speed limit, just for you.
How Does a GPN Work?
If you’re not familiar with ping, it’s the measurement of the time it takes for your data to travel from your local system to your game’s online server. That means if you press to shoot in a Destiny 2 deathmatch, ping measures the time between you pressing a button and your character shooting on screen.
That’s why minimizing ping is essential to quality performance in online gaming. Our GPN improves your ping by cutting out excess data and sending your game data down the fastest possible route.
More than just optimizing speed, a GPN improves your connection stability. When you use a regular network — or even a VPN — the chances of interference from web activity, lag spikes, random connection drops, and other spontaneous issues are high.
Our GPN cuts out as much traffic as possible and uses only the most stable server connections it can find.
Of course, we still recommend using ethernet where possible. Wireless connections will always have the potential for instability issues. A GPN greatly reduces them, but with an ethernet connection, you can truly enjoy the full potential of WTFast (and your game).
What Kinds of Lag Can a GPN Solve?
A GPN is all about network lag, and it can solve just about any kind of network-related lag you might experience.
Lag is a fairly broad term, but there are actually many different types of lag. Being able to distinguish what type of lag you’re experiencing can help you diagnose your problem, or at least feel better about having something specific to point to when lag interferes.
Stutter
Microstutter
Rubberbanding
Packet Loss
Stutter and microstutter are the most basic examples of lag. Picture a random, irregular delay in some aspect of your game: visuals, audio, or input.
Stutter can vary from mild and largely irrelevant to extreme and game-breaking. Meanwhile, microstutter is usually nothing more than subtle FPS drops, which can be especially frustrating if streaming or playing on extreme graphic settings.
Rubberbanding is infamous and obvious when it occurs. Is your character bouncing back and forth like they’re tied to a rubber band? Connection errors are the problem.
Packet loss might sound unfamiliar, but it’s a fairly simple concept. When you send data from your game to the server, it can sometimes take too long to arrive or never arrive at all. This is packet loss.
This might look like a failure to render or lost input, and it’s always frustrating during gameplay, especially since it’s so subtle and hard to identify.
How Do I Fix Hardware-Based Lag?
Some kinds of lag come from hardware issues rather than network issues.
Stutter and microstutter are the most common types of hardware lag. Sometimes stutter can be especially extreme if your system is seriously overworked or overheating.
Hardware lag can come from several problems. The first step to fix these issues is to ensure is that your system is set to handle the game’s specs.
In the case of Destiny 2, the system requirements are fairly moderate, so an older or weaker system may not cut it, especially if you’re playing on high graphics settings.
What Are the Recommended System Requirements for Destiny 2?
Here are the recommended system requirements for Destiny 2 on PC. Keep in mind that these are different from the minimum requirements. You may be able to run Destiny 2 on your computer with less, but you’re more likely to experience lag if you can’t meet these standards:
CPU: Intel - Core i5-2400 / AMD - Ryzen R5 1600X
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB / AMD - Radeon R9 390 8GB
Pixel Shader: 5.1
Vertex Shader: 5.1
Space Required: 68 GB
Graphics Memory: 4 GB
Unfortunately, if your gaming PC isn’t up to spec, you’re going to experience lag. Still, you don’t need to go straight for a top-of-the-line gaming console. You can still build a budget system; just be sure to invest in sufficient graphics cards, RAM, and CPUs.
You won’t have to worry about system requirements on consoles, but there are still other factors that can affect your game. Make sure your console is physically located in a place with sufficient airflow. It’s easy to forget, but your console can overheat if it’s not allowed to “breathe.”
Whether you’re playing on console or PC, you should also double-check that any background programs are closed. Apps running in the background can tax your system's RAM, which can only handle so much. Too many things at once will result in a slowdown for everything, including your game.
Conclusion
It’s time to make the next dungeon boss your worst enemy instead of lag. No more avoidable losses, no more unnecessary frustration just because of your connection. WTFast’s GPN is your new secret weapon, ready to slay lag for good.
For more easy solutions and helpful guides, stay tuned right here at WTFast!
Sources:
What Is Packet Loss and How Do You Fix It? | Tech Target
Destiny 2 PC Requirements: Is Your System Ready For The Mythical Space Battles? | Republic World
