The Division 2 is delaying its first raid. This is what the developers say about the reasons.
When was the raid originally supposed to launch? The raid was not included in the game at the launch of The Division 2. Now “Operation Dark Hours”, the name of the first raid, was supposed to go live on April 25.
But as the developers from Massive announced in a Development Blog and in the current issue of “State of the Game”, this date will be postponed.
When is the new date? A specific date was not mentioned. The new release window for the raid and the next major update is now set for May 2019. When exactly depends on the state of the game.
Why the sudden delay? The reason given for the delay of this PvE top activity was further fine-tuning and the game’s balance as part of Title Update 3.0.
So far, the content deliveries and updates have generally been well received by fans. However, a lot of feedback for possible improvements has also been received, which they want to implement.
The top priority is to provide players with the best possible experience. That’s why they ultimately decided to postpone the raid and Title Update 3.0 (TU3) to May.
Since the raid is supposed to be the biggest challenge and the best experience of the game to date. Accordingly, they want to ensure that all changes have been sufficiently tested and player feedback on these changes has been heard before Operation Dark Hours goes live.
How do they want to ensure that? For this reason, as already announced, the test servers (PTS) are being brought back.
These PC-exclusive test environments are already live. The first extensive balance changes in PvP and PvE that will be included in Title Update 3.0 can now be tested there. More will follow in various phases. Surveys and forum posts will serve to collect player feedback.
However, the raid itself will not be available on the test server, as they want to ensure that everyone has the same chances to discover and complete the raid as soon as it is released.
A detailed plan outlining the testing phases on the PTS is to be released in the coming days. Because a lot of changes are coming to agents in almost all areas of the game.
What do you think of the delay? Are you willing to accept a later raid launch if it means a better player experience in return?
