This week's The Division 2 State of the Game stream focused mainly on some of the fixes the game has undergone since October's release of Episode 2, Title Update 6, while also calling on you to help decide the future of State of the Game. First, some highlights:

• Wednesday maintenance will move to Tuesdays in the future.
• We are working on a balance update for the Negotiator's Dilemma gear set.
• We are also looking for your feedback on what kind of content to showcase in future State of the Game updates when there isn't news to highlight.
• This week's stream included brief Q&As with Senior Game Designer Trick Dempsey and Senior Game Designer Nikki Kuppens.

State of the Game streams every Wednesday at 8:00AM PDT on Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube. (To find out what was covered in the last episode, make sure to check out the previous State of the Game Recap.)

PRIORITY ALERTS

Wednesday maintenance and fixes:

• Maintenance for The Division 2 is moving to Tuesdays going forward.
• Fixed an issue that caused flares to be stuck and clip with agents' bodies after the Signal Flare emote animation was interrupted.
• Fixed an issue where the "Dark Zone perks available at Base of Operations" notification would display despite having no new perks.
• Fixed an issue that caused characters' faces to become distorted after cutscenes.
• Fixed an issue where the social menu did not function when accessed in a downed state in a pre-made group.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to share Gear Mods.
• Fixed an issue where the players that purchased the Year 1 Pass were unable to activate the Technician Specialization on any World Tier.
• Fixed an issue in which the donation tabs from any projects that require gear items did not show the correct equipment.
• Fixed an issue that would cause crashes when engaging enemy NPCs in co-op Challenging difficulty at the Lincoln Memorial.
• Kenly College: We have been working on some fixes, for example the chapel door sometimes not opening when having finished all Investigation Areas, and the constant reminder that Torrez has transpo ready to Kenly College. The chapel should now be available to players who finish Kenly College, but we are still working to fix the transport reminder.

Current things under investigation:

Balancing changes to the Negotiator's Dilemma gear set in PVP:

• Blowback talent will be updated to change the behavior of the launched grenade: the grenade no longer explodes immediately on contact with its target.
• The grenade will have a fuse timer, likely two seconds from launch to explosion.
• The UI will appear immediately on launch, warning players of the incoming projectile.

Bugs:

• NPCs being stuck in missions, blocking progression.
• Invisible walls blocking movement in certain areas.
• We found some of these thanks to player reports, and are working on fixing them. Players who encounter these issues are encouraged to submit a screenshot or video, as we need to be able to reproduce them in the areas where they're happening.
• A bug that excludes audio while recording gameplay on the Xbox One has been found, and should be fixed in the next update.

Free apparel not being collectable:

• We have been looking into reports from players that they stopped getting free apparel items when looting containers in the open world.
• While there is a pool of these free items (currently 72), we saw players stop receiving new items at very different numbers.
• We found several different things that might cause players to miss out on the free apparel items.
• A fix is in the works, and we hope to apply it in the coming weeks.
• If you have fewer than the 72 available apparel items, you will be able to get more apparel once the fix is applied.

We are also investigating completion times on the Raid that shouldn't be possible, but want to make sure they don't reset everyone's times if they remove them.

COMMUNITY UPDATE

We are hard at work on Episode 3, but it's still too early to talk about the content. In the meantime, we are looking to diversify our streaming content and are asking you what you want to see during weeks when there's no new The Division 2 content to show. Some possibilities:

• Quick recaps of what's happening in the game via articles, short social videos, or short developer Q&A videos
• Normal State of the Game recaps, followed by developer segments discussing things like production timelines, world building, and weapons creation

We are encouraging everyone to share in the discussions on both reddit and the forums, and responses will be considered when we are planning future streams.

Until next time,

/The Division Team