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5/6/2025 11:25:20 AM
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Slow Load to Character Selection
On game start up, despite a high spec PC and fibre connection, verifying game files & deleting shader caches, the game takes 2-3 minutes to get to character selection.
a) Why does it take so long?
b) Is this expected behaviour of Bungie's authentication servers?
Years back it only used to take half a minute but seems to take much longer these days.
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2 RepliesHi there, Thanks for reaching out. Just to check, have you recently cleared your Steam cache? You can do so by going to Steam>Settings>Downloads>Clear Download Cache, and this should help reduce the load times you're experiencing. If you continue experiencing this after clearing the cache, we recommend you refer to our [url=https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049496531-Network-Troubleshooting-Guide]Network Troubleshooting Guide[/url] and [url=https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049024092-Optimizing-Connections-Improving-Latency-and-Packet-Loss]Optimizing Connections[/url] page to explore more helpful options.
