Alongside the Echoes of Central Park DLC on November 3, The Division 2’s Y8S3.3 update starts a three-step crossplay rollout. The update also brings a Shepherd event, a Master difficulty Climax Mission and a round of Conflict changes.
Crossplay and Clans
Crossplay arrives in stages:
- November 3: crossplay icons and interface changes appear, but cross-platform play isn’t active yet.
- November 10: PC players move to the new crossplay servers, and PC leaderboards reset.
- November 17: PlayStation and Xbox players join, and crossplay goes live across all three platforms.
Leaderboards stay hidden on every platform until November 17. Crossplay will be on by default, but players can switch it off from the character selection screen.
Clans can now hold 100 members, up from 50. A Clan moves to the new servers as soon as its first member logs in there, and spots are held for the remaining members, currently planned for three months. If someone other than the leader arrives first, they become a temporary leader with Lieutenant-level permissions, and the original leader takes back control on arrival as long as their reservation hasn’t expired. Clans whose names clash get a platform number added: #2 for PC, #3 for Xbox and #4 for PlayStation. Clan messages, invites, join requests and Clan caches won’t carry over, and the Bio only survives if its author is the first to make the move.
Events, missions and Conflict
The Shepherd Event runs from November 17 to November 26. It’s a six-project chain, each asking for one Shepherd Rank earned by answering Calls for Backup. Every project gives 10 Exotic Components and 700,000 XP, the first five add a Reconstructed Cache, and the last one awards Malinois, a Named Mk16. The three automatic endorsements from the previous Shepherd Event stay in place.
The Master Climax Mission opens on November 3. The first Master clear guarantees the Loaded for Bear Exotic Gloves, which can also drop from the Climax Mission on any difficulty, with better odds higher up. Their Afterburn talent builds up to 20 stacks on an enemy as you hit it, and reloading detonates them all for 100% weapon damage per stack.
Conflict’s scoreboard now tracks Defend, Snipe, Support and Disrupt stats next to kills and assists, and Domination shows Captures instead of Deaths. Four new Combat Marks (Iron Wall, Extended Reach, Tactical Aid and System Breaker) add to match score rather than XP. At the end of each match, players can earn one Honor Mark: MVP grants 200 XP and 15 extra Conflict Commendation Currency, while the others give 150 XP and 8 CCC. Another pass of PvP weapon and talent balance comes with it.
The Friend Referral program also has new outfits: the Cyclops Outfit for a first referral, Esprit de Corps for a second, and the Frenzied Outfit for invited friends, who need to play for at least two hours. Stretch Goals are taking a break this season while Ubisoft rethinks them, with a return planned next season.
Among the fixes, the Steel & Sons ACR no longer loses accuracy when fired from cover, Harrier Pride gets its missing Reconfiguration Blueprint, Protected Reload now gives bonus armor to other subgroups, and the Conflict Results screen correctly shows 45 CCC per level after Level 20. One known issue remains: the Climax Mission can stay locked after finishing all High-Value Target Manhunt Scouts, and logging out and back in fixes it.
Source: The Division 2 official news.
