In the latest State of the Game for The Division, past and present issues of the game were discussed. Good news: Phoenix Credits for everyone are on the way.
During the maintenance on April 19th, the weekly status report for Ubisoft Massive’s MMO shooter took place. Community Developers Hamish Bode and Yannick Banchereau talked about the numerous exploits and issues currently affecting The Division. Today it’s about “the serious stuff”.
Massive is going through a learning process, wants to listen to the community
Initially, the developers discussed last week’s update 1.1, the centerpiece of which was the raid “Falcon Lost”. As every agent out there likely knows, this endgame activity is far from perfect, new exploits and problems are being reported every day.
According to Banchereau, the team is aware of all these annoyances. “Raids” are the first major update that has come to The Division, and everything is still new for the developers as well. Massive is in the middle of a learning process, in which they primarily want to learn: to recognize the needs of the players and pay attention to what the community expects from this game in the future.
The Community Developers mention that they report all the issues they find in the forums to the live team every day. There, they prioritize them and initiate appropriate solutions. They request that agents continue to discuss everything extensively and provide their feedback; the team will follow everything closely. All this feedback is a welcome help to bring about quick solutions.
Specifically regarding the “Falcon Lost Exploits”, it was stated that they have the highest priority. They want to talk about new content only when the existing activities are functioning as desired.
Phoenix Credits for everyone this coming weekend
Additionally, they briefly addressed the hotfix that was deployed on Friday night: Here, among other things, the missing characters of some Xbox users were restored. These players, along with those affected by the “backpack bug,” can expect to receive 500 Phoenix Credits and 10 of each high-end crafting material as compensation soon. When they will receive this compensation was not specified.
By the way: Yannick Banchereau confirmed that the main issue with the “backpack bug” has now been fixed, and most players can play freely again. However, there are still reports from individuals where this error continues to occur. They should contact the support team and describe the problem in detail.
Furthermore, and now all agents can be excited to read on, there will be 150 Phoenix Credits for EVERYONE this coming weekend. You only need to log in once over the weekend to receive this. This is intended as compensation for the few days before update 1.1 when daily missions could not be played. They apologize again for this. The exact date of when this compensation can be redeemed will be announced later.
Other topics discussed in the State of the Game:
- The gear score displayed in the inventory indicates the value determined by the equipped weapons and armor pieces. If this is below 160, but you are still assigned to the Dark Zone bracket above a gear score of 160, it’s because you might possess items in your stash that could raise your score above this value. For the Dark Zone, the maximum possible gear score of your agents counts.
- There was a brief mention of cheats and hacks: The developers can track the actions and data of the agents, so it’s better not to use cheats. Banchereau also emphasized that they are looking at consoles too, as recent discussions have mostly focused on PC, where cheating problems are particularly pronounced. PS4 and Xbox One are not being neglected.
- It was indeed an error that the daily missions were playable in recent days, but did not rotate. This problem has now been fixed. Today, WarrenGate Power Plant is on Challenging, while Russian Consulate and Broadway Target are on Hard.
See you on the streets, agents!
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