Those who have used the DPS glitch in The Division 2 in recent weeks are now facing harsh penalties. Massive is imposing temporary account bans and is also performing account rollbacks.
Many had demanded this: Last week, The Division 2 was struggling with an extreme glitch that allowed players to gain enormous advantages in PvE and PvP with little effort.
The so-called DPS glitch was widely used and exploited by many players. This completely spoiled the fun for some honest agents. Many players demanded that Massive finally fixes the game and takes action against the exploiters and glitchers.
This is how Massive is cracking down on glitch users
This is what the developers say: Today, on March 31st, maintenance work took place in The Division 2, which unexpectedly lasted 2 hours longer.
Even during the maintenance, the developers suddenly spoke up in the official Ubisoft forum and explained: Glitchers will now face consequences.
Exploiting the DPS glitch has severely harmed the game’s economy and had a negative impact on the leaderboards, on PvP, and on many players’ enjoyment of the game. Therefore, there will be consequences.
Who will be punished for what? As Massive explains in the post, all players who have systematically exploited the so-called DPS glitch to gain an advantage in the game will be punished.
This is what the penalties for glitchers look like: Players who have exploited this DPS bug will receive an immediate one-week account suspension and will not be able to play The Division 2 during this ban.
Additionally, their accounts will be flagged. Every further violation will then lead to a permanent ban. Furthermore, the sanctioned accounts will undergo a rollback.
Specifically, this means they will be reset to their status from March 17th – that is, before the DPS glitch became widespread. Everything that was earned since that time – such as loot, SHD level, or seasonal progress from Season 1 – will be gone. Reactions to the ban wave are immense:
What exactly was the problem with the DPS glitch? Glitches are nothing unusual in The Division 2 and do occur. However, last week, The Division 2 was struggling with a huge issue that was exploited by many players.
With the so-called DPS glitch, it was possible to easily farm valuable loot from the toughest enemies even on the highest difficulty settings with minimal effort due to the extreme boost in damage output. This glitch also caused significant imbalance and problems in PvP due to the extreme damage.
This glitch was finally brought under control at the end of last week in a kind of maintenance marathon, but there had been no signs of enforcement so far. That changed with today’s maintenance.
What do you think of this step? Is it the right decision from Massive? By the way, Division 2 plans two massive updates in April – This is how they will address the issues.
