10 Updates To Video Games That Completely Broke Everything

10. Incursions Update Revealed A Loot Exploit - The Division

Barely a month after it was released, The Division received a massive 1.1 patch which added raid-style Incursions to the game, intended to prolong its longevity by way of a higher difficulty level and more valuable loot.

The initial Falcon Lost Incursion unfortunately launched with a major glitch which allowed players to use the portable cover skill to slide through a wall, skip most of the Incursion's boss encounter, and hoover up the loot while tricking the game into thinking it hadn't been claimed yet.

As a result, players were able to keep repeating the exploit, and gear scores soared pretty much overnight, creating a massive chasm of inequality between those who took advantage of the exploit and those who didn't.

This basically derailed the game's PvP area the Dark Zone, giving players who rinsed the Incursion a huge combat advantage.

Ubisoft eventually provided a fix and even banned repeat offenders, but this screw-up in conjunction with the game's rather lackluster endgame upon launch caused the player-base to quickly dwindle.

It arguably wasn't until several years later that The Division got anywhere close to regaining its release period momentum.