Did you happen to notice the big red bar at the top of the web site? It states... [quote]Pardon our dust! We are pushing a patch live today (October 7th).[b][u][i]Players will receive error code stinkbug after installing the patch while the update takes place.[/i][/u][/b] See http://www.bungie.net/7_Hot-Fix---10072014/en/News/News?aid=12255 for more info. 54m ago[/quote] They took the servers offline to update them to match your new client update. Due to all the problems caused by the last patch without taking the servers offline, it's the only way to guarantee that everything on the servers match up with everyone's clients. This is typical of any MMO type game and should be expected.