Recently, the new raid Operation: Iron Horse in The Division 2 opened its doors and crowned its first clear just a few hours later. However, there is also trouble around the World-First race. What happened?
What is the World-First race about? On June 30, it finally happened. The 2nd raid, Operation: Iron Horse, launched. Traditionally, there was also the World-First race, where many players and content creators try to complete the new raid first.
The winners then reap fame and glory and will be immortalized with a stylish portrait in the game for all to see. After more than 8 hours, the first winner (on PC) was determined.
Trouble over World-First in the new raid
However, what was supposed to be a festive and exciting moment for developers and the community ended up in cheating and manipulation allegations, as well as heated discussions.
A document causes tension: It all started when the well-known YouTuber and Division expert MarcoStyle admitted during his stream that his team was using a leaked document that contains extensive details on the contents of the raid and describes the mechanics there.
Shortly thereafter, this document was shared by one of his team colleagues on Twitter and has been widely circulated since.
The winners of the World-First race are also accused of having used the document. However, this has not been proven.
Accusations against Massive: The document gives the impression that it is an internal script from Massive – an information overview that would be highly beneficial for anyone trying to beat the raid as quickly as possible.
There were allegations against the developers that they would assist certain players or teams and secretly provide them with information. Influencers and streamers would be given preferential treatment, while regular teams would stand no chance of making any impact in the race.
Advantages through exploits: Additionally, cheating allegations have emerged. Some members of the top teams are said to have used exploits in the past to boost their SHD levels and farm better gear, which then gave them advantages in the raid due to the extra stats and gear.
Massive addressed this in April and punished numerous users harshly, but apparently there were no consequences for some prominent players.
Such as MarcoStyle, who admitted on Twitter after the World-First race that he had previously used an old damage exploit to boost SHD levels.
What does Massive say about the whole situation? In the current State of the Game, the developers also expressed their thoughts. They are just as disappointed as everyone else, assured Associate Creative Director Yannick Banchereau. Massive has also noticed that there is a document with information about the raid. However, they assure that it did not come from Massive, at least not from Massive as a company.
They are taking the matter very seriously and want to find out exactly what happened. Whether it is something internal or just a compilation of data mining results.
Currently, there is no evidence that other teams received and used this document. Until there is proof, they want to continue celebrating this achievement and not accuse anyone until their guilt is actually proven.
What do you think about the whole situation? Can you understand the frustration? Or should we just let the winners have their moment? And what do you think overall about the new raid? Is the new raid a hit or a flop? This is what players say
