The Division 2 Update 19.1 Patch Notes: Confirmed Changes, and News

Ubisoft has announced that tomorrow, October 17, they'll be releasing title update 19.1.

The devs will be taking The Division 2 servers down for scheduled maintenance starting at 9:30 AM CEST, 3:30 AM ET, 12:30 AM PT.

Maintenance has an estimated downtime of up to 3 hours, but do keep in mind it could be longer. Patch notes for TU19.1 can be viewed further down the page.

The latest Division 2 season is here, and Ubisoft has revealed a massive patch notes, consisting of new quality-of-life changes, among other things. 

Quality of Life Changes

• Exotic Caches are now available for purchase at the DZ vendors in all locations.
• Reduced Stinger Hive's range by 30% in PVP.
• Added a message notification specifying why the player is not able to activate a Manhunt bounty with the list of side missions that need to be completed in order to activate the bounty.
• Added Discovery Mission to the Manhunt menu activity list. Discovery Mission becomes available upon completing the Target Takeover Bounty.
• Added Legacy Manhunt Menu where players will now be able to:
  • Find the previous seasons' Prime Target missions.
  • Read a narrative recap and Targets' profiles.
  • Play missions in chronological order.
  • See the rewards.
• New Outfit Details widget:
  • The widget will display the set icon, set parts icons (hat, shirt, pants, shoes, scarf, glasses).
    • Items not owned by the player marked in grey.
    • Unequipped items owned by the player are indicated by low opacity item quality colour.
    • Equipped items are highlighted in bright item quality colour.
  • Added "Equip Set" button which equips all owned items from selected item set. The button is located at the bottom of the screen.

Descent

• Introduced various Descent game mode rewards changes for level 40 players.
  • Increased drop chance for Bonus Rewards:
    • Loop 9 from 20% to 75%.
    • Loop 12 from 40% to 100%.
    • Loop 15 from 60% to 75%.
    • Loop 18 from 25% to 90%.
    • Loop 25 Reconstructed Cache (Previously: Exotic Cache).
    • Loop 30 from 49% to 100%.
    • Nemesis from 12% to 50%.
• Improved Guaranteed Rewards:
  • Loop 15 - Exotic Cache (Previously: Simulation Cache).
  • Loop 18 - Exotic Cache (Previously: Simulation Cache).
  • Loop 30 - Reconstructed Cache (Previously: Exotic Cache).
• Added new Talents to the mode:
• Shock & Awe Talent gain per Tier has been increased to 10% with a maximum of 105% at Tier 10.
  • Tier 1 stack remains the same and starts at 15%.
• Efficient Talent gain per Tier has been increased from 5% to 7% with a maximum of 93% at Tier 10.
  • Increased Tier 1 stack from 25% to 30%.

And as usual, there will be maintenance:

Ubisoft just deployed the massive update 18.2. As you may expect, The Division 2 update 18.2 makes several gameplay and quality of life changes. It also adds the much-awaited Apparel Event to the game. 

Further down you can find the entirety of the patch notes for The Division 2 update 18.2, which include tweaks to the game's UI, Gears, Weapons, Descent mode, and more.

INCURSION – PARADISE LOST

• Fixed the issue with the weekly chest not resetting on Tuesdays.
  • If you have multiple keys in your inventory, you can open the weekly chest until there are no more keys in your inventory.
  • Players will be able to earn 1 key per week, and the chest will reset on Tuesdays.
• Fixed the issue where a Mission Objective can remain stuck on “Secure the Area” after eliminating all enemies and the last boss.
• The amount of damage that can be done to Bosses is now capped to prevent Moss, Wright, Martinez and Johnson from being killed with a single shot.
• Fixed the issue where the open world difficulty affected the scaling of some enemy NPC skills.
• Fixed the issue with the Directives remaining active and affecting gameplay.
• Fixed the issue that caused the final chest and Bosses drop Raid exclusive items.
• Leaderboards reset due to data tracking inconsistency and changes made to Bosses HP.

GEAR & WEAPONS

• Updated the description of the Collector Exotic Chest Piece Talent Hoarder:
• Automatically regenerate a grenade every 30s, if you have less than 2 grenades in your inventory.

DESCENT

• Buffed the Descent rewards across all loops for level 40 players.
• Increased the chance to receive reconstructed and exotic cache from defeating Nemesis from 12% to 50%.
• Added new Talents to the mode:

NEW GEAR

Lengmo – Brand Set

• 1 Piece equipped gives +20% Explosive Resistance
• 2 Pieces equipped give +10% Skill Health
• 3 Pieces equipped give +15% LMG Damage
• Named Chest and Backpack:
• Named Chest "Carpenter" – Talent “Perfectly Mad Bomber”
  • Grenade Radius is increased by 75.
  • Grenades that kill an enemy are refunded.
  • Grenades can now be "cooked" by holding the fire button, making them explode earlier. Allows to gain +15% bonus Armor while aiming when throwing out a grenade.
• Named Backpack “Backbone" – Talent “Perfectly Unstoppable Force”
  • Killing an enemy increases total weapon damage by 5% for 15s.
  • Stacks up to 7.
  • Grenade kills add 2 stacks.

• Ortiz: Exuro - Gear Set:

  • 2 Pieces equipped give +20% Burn Duration & +15% Skill Health
  • 3 Pieces equipped give +40% Burn Damage
  • 4 Pieces equipped unlock a new unique Turret talent
    • Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype
      • The Incinerator Turret spins 360°
      • You are immune to your own Incinerator Turret’s fire.
      • The Incinerator Turret explodes when disabled.
  • Chest and Backpack Talents:
    • Chest Bonus – Talent “Chain Combustion”
      • Enemies set ablaze by the Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype ignite other enemies within 2m.
    • Backpack Bonus – Talent “Heatstroke”
      • +25% Weapon Damage to enemies set on fire by the Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype
      • +25% Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype Range

  Collector – Exotic Chest Piece:

  • Talent: “Hoarder”
    • +3 Grenade Capacity
    • +50% Grenade Radius
    • +35% Grenade Damage
    • +25% Grenade for each extra enemy caught in the blast
    • Automatically regenerate grenades every 60s, up to 2 grenades.

  NEW WEAPONS & TALENTS

  Exotic Weapons

  Iron Lung – Exotic LMG

• • Talent "Ardent”
    • Shooting heats the weapon up filling the "heat meter". The meter is equivalent to 50% of the weapon's standard Magazine Size.
    • When the meter is full, rounds shot by the weapon will ignite enemies.
    • When not shooting, the meter constantly depletes. Reloading or swapping to another weapon fully depletes the meter.

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  Ouroboros - Exotic SMG*

  • Talent “Rule them all”
    • When the agent has a Status Effect applied to them, 50% of the ammo in their next magazine will apply the same Status Effect to their targets.
    • This effect will only occur during combat.

  *Please note that this Exotic is exclusive to a new Incursion and not a part of the Seasonal Rewards Track

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  Named Weapons & Talents

  Stabilize – Weapon Talent

• • +1% Weapon Accuracy and +1% Weapon Stability per bullet shot, up to +60%.
  • Stopping shooting will start a timer of 2 seconds, after which the bonuses reset

Grown Great – Named Tommy Gun SMG

• Talent “Perfect Stabilize”
  • +1% Weapon Accuracy and +1% Weapon Stability per bullet shot, up to +75%.
  • Stopping shooting will start a timer of 4 seconds, after which the bonuses reset

Born Great – Named Military G36 AR

• Talent “Perfect Stabilize”
  • +1% Weapon Accuracy and +1% Weapon Stability per bullet shot, up to +75%.
  • Stopping shooting will start a timer of 4 seconds, after which the bonuses reset

BALANCING AND REWORK

Tip of the Spear – Gear Set

• 2 Pieces equipped give +20% Signature Weapon Damage
• 3 Pieces equipped give +10% Weapon Damage
• 4 Pieces equipped unlock Aggressive Recon Talent
  • Talent “Aggressive Recon”
    • Getting a Signature Weapon kill gives +15% Signature Weapon Damage for 5s and +25% Reload Speed for the next reload of the weapon (the bonuses do not stack). Automatically regenerate Signature Weapon Ammo every 60s.
    • Previously: Dealing damage with a signature weapon increases total weapon damage by 20% for 60s. 
      Automatically generate specialization ammo every 60s.
• Chest and Backpack Bonuses:
  • Chest Bonus – Talent “Specialized Destruction”
    • +50% Weapon Damage for 15s after fully depleting the Signature Weapon of ammo. Doubles the amount of ammo generated by Aggressive Recon.
    • Previously: Increases Aggressive Recon weapon damage from 20% to 40%.
  • Backpack Bonus – Talent “Signature Moves”
    • Increase Aggressive Recon Signature Weapon Damage bonus from 15% to 30%. Every 3rd Signature Weapon kill generates Signature Weapon ammo.
    • Previously: Increases Specialization Weapon damage by 20%. Doubles the amount of the Specialization Weapon ammo generated by Aggressive Recon.

QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES

• Exotic Caches are now available for purchase at the DZ vendors in any of the three locations.
• Reduced Stinger Hive’s range by 30% in PVP

KNOWN ISSUES

• Iron Lung – Exotic LMG
  • The Reconfiguration Blueprint appears twice at the Crafting Vendor
• Ouroboros – Exotic SMG
  • The Reconfiguration Blueprint is not available at the Crating Vendor
• Ortiz: Exuro – Gear Set
  • The Ortiz Incinerator Turret Prototype will sometimes reapply the Burn Status Effect without the current Burn Status Effect depleting
• Tip of the Spear – Gear Set
  • The Signature Moves talent has a placeholder indicator icon
• PTS Cache
  • The cache does not contain Umbra Initiative and Heartbreaker Wires

TU 18.4 PATCH NOTES

GEAR, WEAPONS & TALENTS

• Fixed the issue with the Determined and Perfect Determined talent could be triggered by skills that have impact damage.

OTHER

• Added the following Global Events to the season’s schedule:
  • Reanimated starts on August 22nd
  • SHD Exposed starts on September 5th
  • Golden Bullet starts on September 19th

APPAREL EVENT

• Escalation Apparel Event is scheduled to start once the maintenance on July 4th is over

GEAR, WEAPONS & TALENTS

• Fixed the issue that prevented The Determined Talent and its Perfect version from triggering after restarting any mission with the Talent being active
• Fixed the issue where TODO items would show up in the game
• Fixed the issue with The Unbreakable Talent and its Perfect version not functioning as they supposed to after being triggered once, no longer repairing the agent's armor upon breaking
• Moved G28 MMR from Rifle to MMR category at the Crafting Station.
• Fixed the issue with the Habsburg Guard Brand Set pieces and its Named items missing requirement for any "Habsburg Guard Materials" for crafting at the Crafting Station
• Fixed the issue with the reload animation for The Capacitator Exotic Assault Rifle
• Fixed the issue that allowed deconstructing following Brand & Gear Sets’ blueprints dropping from level 4 Control Points' Supply Room caches:
  • Uzina Getica Brand Set
  • Brazos de Arcabuz Brand Set
  • Habsburg Guard Brand Set
  • Umbra Initiative Gear Set
  • Hotshot Gear Set

DESCENT

• Fixed the issue with Nemesis spawning again after initially being killed following a player revival
• Fixed the issue with Weekly Descend project that could be completed twice if the player beat the Nemesis before completing the main Descent Project, restarting the game and thus resetting the Weekly Descent Project
• Fixed the issue with the Weekly Descent Projects resetting 8 hours earlier than the rest of the projects.
• Fixed the issue that caused players to remain in the group after disconnection while interacting with the menu
• Added missing names for Claire and Alexander Ortiz Robotics employees
• Fixed the issue with the Agent's arm patch being misaligned

UI

• Fixed the issue with the "Show Mask" button not registering the "Hold" input from a controller
• Fixed the issue with the "Hide Signature Weapon" button not registering the "Hold" input when using a controller
• Fixed the issue with the "Stop Matchmaking" button remaining inactive while matchmaking for any Bounty
• Fixed the issue with the Twinkling Lights Talent placeholder icon missing for the Oh Carol Named MR
• Fixed the issue with the guiding marker not pointing to the Descent Entrance

VANITY

• Fixed the issue with the FPS dropping down upon opening any Vanity Category in the Apparel Menu
• Fixed minor clipping issue with the female agent's model left-hand sleeve

MANHUNT

• Fixed the issue with the Eva Garcia's Takeover Bounty not triggering the VO lines upon spawning the Bounty Target Boss and completing the Bounty

RAIDS

• Fixed the issue with the first shutter door remaining open when the Raid Leader resets the Iron Horse Raid during the door opening sequence

OTHER CHANGES

• Added multiple localization fixes
• Fixed the issue allowing to spam other players with Invites if the host quickly press "Invite to group" repeatedly from the in-game social menu.