‘Destiny 2’ Players Celebrate The Death Of Perfect Aim, A Main Weapon Of Its Cheaters And Hackers – Forbes

Usually when Destiny fans are celebrating the death of something, it’s an ancient worm god or psychic dragon or a large time-traveling robot. But today, it’s something else, the death of Perfect Aim cheats for Destiny 2, a blight which has infected the PC PvP community for ages now.

Yesterday, fans began circulating a screenshot that showed that Perfect Aim cheats for Destiny 2 were no longer for sale, and the message displayed said that it was due to legal action Bungie had taken against the site:

“This product is no longer available

A claim has been made by Bungie, Inc. (“Bungie”) suggesting that this product violates the game’s license agreement. Furthermore, a demand was made that we cease and desist from selling this product.

We won’t comment on whether these claims are justified or not, but have decided to comply with this demand regardless. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused to our customers.”

I heard Shackle say this had big “YouTuber apology energy” which is pretty funny, as I mean, what is their possible defense here, but it seems clear that Perfect Aim doesn’t want to do battle with Bungie over this issue, though its hacks for other games like Apex Legends, CS:GO, Team Fortress 2 and others remain online (no, I’m not linking to the site).

Previously, Perfect Aim offered a whole suite of hacks for Destiny 2, which included subtle hacks that were hard to detect, minor aimbots, wallhacks and such. And they also had overpowered “destroy the game” hacks that were about “showing off” but would probably get you banned pretty quickly. But Perfect Aim was well-known enough for be well-hated by the community at large, offering these hacks for a monthly fee (and the added price of your soul).  

While the destruction of at least the Destiny part of Perfect Aim’s hacks is a victory, no, players should obviously not expect cheating to be eliminated in Destiny 2, as there’s always some other hack to find, some new sketchy website to break the game, and then Bungie will have to go after them, and the game of whack-a-mole continues endlessly. And yet it’s hard not to be a little bit excited that Bungie managed to banish this high-profile site’s hacks with the threat of legal action. You love to see it, as they say.

Destiny 2 players continue to pressure Bungie for a more robust anti-cheat system than what the game has now on PC. Some PC players say they’ll be moving to console which will have 4K 60 fps gameplay with an FOV slider and far fewer hackers, if any. But I think now everyone wants to play Trials to see if Perfect Aim’s demise will help things. What remains unclear is what happens with the cheaters who have already purchased Perfect Aim’s hacks. If they’re only accessible with a monthly fee, and Perfect Aim can no longer collect that fee, lest they risk legal action, will they end up disabled soon enough? That’s the question. (Update: The website does in fact state that the hack will expire when your subscription does, and it can’t be renewed now)

Stay tuned for more info on how all this shakes out. For now though, it’s at least some measure of victory for the good guys.

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