I keep getting disconnected from matches, and now I can't get online at all. It keeps giving me the "Centipede" error code. Why oh why isn't there an offline mode so I can just go play story missions or patrol while I wait for these problems to resolve themselves?

http://help.bungie.net actually gives service updates fairly quickly!

Bungie's looking into the issue.

-- Steve finds Twitter a useful resource for stuff like status updates, even if it can get cluttered a bit by trivia.