Overview
- Bungie’s Product Security team said Tuesday it is banning confirmed cheaters under a zero‑tolerance policy and expanding telemetry to catch more offenders, with some upgrades live now and more rolling out in the coming weeks.
- Update 1.0.5.3 went live Tuesday with melee tuning that reduces knife lunge distance by about 10%, narrows the targeting angle by about 20%, and cuts the Melee Damage stat’s bonus against other players to a 50% cap.
- The same patch makes Bubble Shields rarer and easier to break by moving them to Superior rarity and trimming bubble health by 33%, while removing extra damage from Volt weapons and adding 17% resistance to UESC bot fire.
- Players and streamers report frequent, blatant cheating in Ranked and the end‑game Cryo Archive, with some calling for on‑death report buttons and gear refunds after losses that wipe valuable equipment in this extraction shooter.
- Bug fixes in 1.0.5.3 address a grapple slide‑cancel exploit, empty Vault and Armory displays, an Armory refresh issue, a Cryo Archive exfil timer reset, and a Traxus contract change, as Bungie says more reporting tools and voice moderation features are in development.