Today, July 26, shortly after the release of Title Update 5, there will be emergency maintenance for The Division 2 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. There will be several hours of downtime, so the Division servers will go offline. Here is everything you need to know about the maintenance process as well as the patch notes.
Unscheduled maintenance is coming: Yesterday, Thursday, the usual weekly maintenance was skipped. However, for today, Friday, emergency maintenance has now been scheduled – luckily, not during prime time.
When is The Division 2 offline today and when can players return?
Here’s the official schedule for today’s work on the Division servers:
- The maintenance is set to begin at 9:30 AM German time. At the same time, the server downtime will start.
- According to Massive, the maintenance work is estimated to take about 3 hours. During this time, you will not be able to play – at least not The Division 2.
- If everything goes according to plan, the servers are expected to be back online by 12:30 PM German time. Then you can dive back into the battles for D.C.
What changes today during maintenance? The primary reason for the maintenance appears to be an issue with the Defender Drone. This skill has been faulty since the release of Title Update 5. Using this drone can cause the skill user to become completely immune to all incoming damage for a period of time.
Especially in PvP, this phenomenon currently ruins the experience for many players – especially when encountering a full team that exploits this bug.
What do the patch notes say? The official patch notes are now available – here’s what’s included:
- A bug has been fixed that made the Defender Drone temporarily invulnerable to its user.
- A crash issue was resolved that sometimes caused the game to crash when a team member was kicked.
- A problem was fixed where the Firefly skill could not target more than 3 enemies.
- A problem was resolved where the notification for level-ups or new field expertise was not displayed correctly.
