The Division: No daily tasks – Is the code out? [Update: Statement from the developers]

In the MMO shooter The Division , daily tasks are also missing on Sunday. A user has an explanation.

Update: There is now a statement from the developers on Twitter: The problems will be resolved with the update on April 12. Until then, there will be no daily missions. They apologize for the inconvenience. This seems to fully confirm the theory we present in the article.

Please note that the issue with Daily Hard and Challenging missions will be fixed with the Update deployed on April 12. 1/2

— The Division (@TheDivisionGame) April 10, 2016

This means that Daily Hard and Challenging missions will not be available until April 12. We apologize for the inconvenience. 2/2

— The Division (@TheDivisionGame) April 10, 2016

Original Article:

Since yesterday, there have been no daily tasks in The Division. Even today on Sunday, players have to forgo this activity and the associated Phoenix Credits.

When civilization collapses, players can handle it easily. But woe to the daily routine being disrupted. Then the protest is great.

Daily Hard and Challenging missions did not reset correctly today. We are investigating the situation.

— The Division (@TheDivisionGame) April 9, 2016

The developers have communicated via Twitter that they are aware of the problem and want to take a closer look, but nothing more has been said. Understandably: It’s also the weekend.

Player Says: Daily Missions Are Not Generated Automatically, But Are Coded In

An explanation for the puzzling problem (“How can this happen?”) is provided by a player in the reddit forum. He took a closer look at the code of The Division. He unpacked and analyzed a file that every player has on their computer.

In doing so, he found that: The daily missions are not generated automatically, but are coded in the game. And the last entry found was for April 8, for Friday. That was also the last day there were normal daily missions in The Division.

No code exists in the file for Saturday, Sunday, and the days after: Consequently, there are also no daily missions. A new patch must probably come that provides new data.

In The Division, the Code is Probably Out

The player’s theory on this: Massive probably wanted to deploy the next patch last week, which would have also brought new daily missions. According to the theory, the patch may have been delayed, and Massive overlooked that this also led to the “daily missions” running out.

At the moment this is speculation, there is no statement from the developers on this. However, it sounds quirky but quite plausible. If this theory is correct, there should also be no daily missions tomorrow, on Monday. From Tuesday afternoon, when 1.1 comes out, everything in The Division should return to normal.

Read more about the important update on April 12 “Incursions” here.