Agents, prepare for some downtime. Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is scheduled for a five-hour maintenance on November 13, starting at 9:30 AM CET. The main target for this hotfix is a specific bug causing the Ostracize talent to stack unintentionally, leading to some broken build interactions.
If you've noticed some unusual power spikes in builds using the Ostracize talent, you weren't imagining things. The developers have identified an issue where its effects were stacking beyond their intended limits, creating an imbalance in combat. This maintenance is a direct response to correct that behavior and restore the talent's intended function within the game's meta.
Bringing Builds Back in Line
This fix is essentially a balance correction. When a talent stacks unintentionally, it can quickly become the only viable option for certain activities, pushing other builds to the side. By patching this out, Massive Entertainment is ensuring that build diversity remains a core part of the gameplay loop. Players who were leveraging the bug will need to adjust their strategies, but the overall health of the game should improve as a result.
Why is talent stacking a problem?
Unintended talent stacking can dramatically skew game balance. In the case of Ostracize, the bug allowed players to apply its debuffs or gain its benefits multiple times over, creating an overpowered effect that wasn't designed by the developers. Fixing this ensures a level playing field and prevents a single, bugged interaction from dominating the meta.
The servers are expected to be offline for approximately five hours, so plan your missions in D.C. accordingly. Once the maintenance is complete, the Ostracize talent should function as described, without the extra, unintended stacking.