Currently, the servers for The Division are down today, on September 19th. Update 1.7.1 with version number 1.16 is going live on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Here are the changes, these are the patch notes.
Massive is conducting scheduled maintenance today, Tuesday. The reason: Update 1.7.1, which has version number 1.16 on PS4, is being rolled out to fix several issues and prepare for the next Global Event.
- The maintenance begins at 9:30 AM our time and is expected to last three hours. Therefore, you can log back into the post-apocalypse around 12:30 PM. The update can already be downloaded. It is 2.7 GB in size.
Patch Notes Update 1.16 / 1.7.1 – What changes today?
During the last Global Event, there was great criticism of the masks, the new cosmetic items. These could only be obtained through a bugged leaderboard, which was not beneficial for Massive. Therefore, they announced weeks ago that they would change the mask system before the next Global Event starts. Today is the day:
- The masks are now tied to Global Event commendations and are no longer linked to the leaderboard. Through the leaderboard, one can now earn Classified Caches – boxes containing secret gear sets. The number of boxes depends on the placement in the leaderboard.
- A problem was solved in the leaderboards where agents received an incorrect reward notification.
- Moreover, the first column in the leaderboards of the Dark Zone and in the Global Event leaderboards now shows the rank, even when “Position” is indicated.
Massive lists some gameplay adjustments that the update 1.7.1 brings:
- The RPM glitch, which was treated as an exploit and therefore led to bans, will be fixed. Starting today, this issue should be resolved.
- A problem will be fixed where weapons with low firing rates could “jam”.
- Moreover, numerous desynchronization issues have been fixed.
- The complete patch notes are available in English on the Ubisoft page.
With this, nothing should stand in the way of the second Global Event called Assault . Massive plans to start this on October 3rd.
