In recent days, a bug in The Division 2 has caused turmoil. Because the Marauder drones could cause players to be kicked from the game.
What was going on? Since July 10, there have been reports of a serious bug in The Division 2. Numerous players complained about being repeatedly kicked from the game.
The culprit was the nasty Marauder drones, which can appear in certain missions and also on the open map of The Division.
What kind of bug was it? As many players reported in the subreddit of The Division 2 and in the corresponding Ubisoft forum, the bug occurred whenever one fought against one of the large Marauder drones.
Apparently, it was sufficient to fire a few shots at the enemy. The bug could occur cross-platform and made some missions like the Pentagon unplayable, as such drones appear as bosses there.
Here you can see how this bug occurs multiple times in a row:
Players are asking: How can this happen?
This is how those affected reacted: Numerous players discuss the bug on reddit, Twitter, and Facebook. It is reported on all platforms and so far it seems it has not yet been fixed.
Some, like irishorion, wonder how such an error can occur: “How is it possible for such things to happen when they shouldn’t actually affect the game? Are the bugs now sentient and evolving?” (via reddit)
Some players weren’t even aware that drones were the cause of delta errors, like brakerion: “Oh, so that’s why my three friends and I encountered a delta error about 48 times while playing the Pentagon mission last night.” (via reddit)
Is the bug still occurring? Developer Massive has responded and fixed the error today, on July 13, in a server maintenance. At least, that’s what the studio reports on the Twitter account for The Division 2:
Thus, the problem should be resolved. If the error still occurs for you, let us know in the comments.
What’s happening in Washington D.C.?
The short answer: Not much. There hasn’t been any new content for a while. With Title Update 12.1 and a Resident Evil collaboration there was a larger update last in January 2021. Since then, it has been quiet.
Players were already fearing that TU12.1 could be the last update for The Division 2. Then publisher Ubisoft announced that the shooter would still be supported in 2021.
This apparently surprised developer Massive as much as the fans: The Division 2 was on the verge of ending – Even the development team seems surprised that it continues. However, it may still be a while before there will be new content. Currently, there is not even an approximate timeframe for when new content will be available.
In the meantime, a free-to-play offshoot from the Division universe, The Division: Heartland, has been revealed. However, there is still only sparse information available.
From a gameplay leak, we know that it will have certain similarities to the survival mode from The Division 1. The shown material also reminded of the shooter Scavengers.
We have an overview for you here: What is The Division: Heartland? Everything we know so far
