Overview
- On Friday Bulkhead removed the Lonestar (Blue Team) 5% cash and 2.5% XP bonus after the incentive drove large numbers of players to one faction and unbalanced matches.
- Developers pushed a backend fix for a Driver XP exploit that let players drive just outside HQ, drop pallets, return, and quickly farm vehicle XP to unlock tanks early.
- Bulkhead issued targeted 24‑hour bans and XP/cash wipes for a small group of clear exploiters, which the studio says amounts to fewer than 1,000 accounts.
- The studio will not reset Season 2 immediately and plans a midseason limited‑mode server that caps high‑tier weapons and vehicles while it considers bringing Season 3 forward for a cleaner restart.
- Wardogs' huge early access player base—reported daily highs around 300,000—magnified the problem and exposed the tension of balancing faster progression for casual players against a fair climb for high‑hour grinders.