In The Division 2, the skill bugs have mostly been fixed. Finally, they no longer drive me – and many other agents – crazy.
I am currently equipping all new skills in The Division 2 one by one and taking them into battle. I want to know how they play!
These are the skills I am currently playing with: Right now, I am stuck with the cluster seeker mine and the healer drone.
- I like to use the seeker mine to deal solid damage right at the start or to flush enemies out of their hiding spots.
- The drone hovers above me and restores my armor when I have been too long out of cover, shooting wildly. Especially cool: The drone follows me and heals me while doing so.
However, these are two skills that were affected by the “skill bug” that plagued The Division 2 in recent days. And that bothered me a lot!
Skill bug was really annoying!
Here’s why the skills drove me mad: Just last night, I was on a story mission where I was supposed to heroically rescue someone (don’t worry, the article is spoiler-free!). However, my heroic appearance was not too heroic, as I was shot dead twice.
Of course, I blame the skill bug.
This caused the skills to immediately self-destruct after being activated. Only after a 15 second cooldown could they be activated again, hoping that they would work now. But 15 seconds is a really long time.
Thus, the drone mercilessly let me down yesterday because of this bug. It should have saved me, recharged my armor, and healed me repeatedly for several seconds while I joyfully shot at the enemies. But instead, the drone decided to break down immediately. And the shotgun guy who came around the corner had an easy game.
It wouldn’t have been so bad if this problem had only occurred rarely. But it did not. My skills kept breaking, leaving me … relying only on myself and my gun.
Most of the time, skills are used in critical or tactically smart situations, so it is devastating when you cannot rely on them. The skill bug can really drive you mad.
Are the skills working perfectly now?
This is the current skill situation: Yesterday, on March 18th, late at night, Massive conducted spontaneous maintenance to reduce the frequency of the skill bug.
Apparently, several problems caused this “skill bug,” most of which have now been fixed. A patch is expected to be deployed this week that will eradicate the remaining skill bug problems. Until then, you should avoid the talents “EXTRA” and “OVERLAP”.
Is it running better now? Yes, since the maintenance yesterday, I was able to play The Division 2 for 1-2 hours, and during that time my skills worked perfectly.
But you also report that the situation has improved:
- Roccatmax writes that he had extreme problems with the skills before the maintenance. He was unable to play anything except Impulse and Chem.-Launcher. Now everything is running without errors. He has already played for 3 hours after the maintenance and has not encountered any skill bug issues.
- Alexhunter writes: “I played for an hour after the patch yesterday and the skills functioned correctly throughout. Before that, I was severely affected by the problem. It seems to have helped for sure.”
Also, on reddit, there is a trend indicating that the skills now work significantly more reliably. However, a new problem has been found with the Chem.-Launcher (Oxidator). Apparently, this reverses the recoil behavior of the Police M4 when you use it. Normally, the weapon climbs upward when shooting, but after using the skill, it aims downward.
The bonuses of the Sniper specialization are also said to be problematic. Every time you change weapons, the bonuses seem to be lost.
Massive is expected to provide a fix for this soon as well. We will report on this.
What is your experience with the skills in The Division 2 now?
