Competitive integrity evaporated across high-Elo lobbies over the weekend. What began as a scattered bug report evolved into an organized exploit ring, with players using the glitch to farm Ranked RP during the final weeks of the seasonal ladder. High-profile content creators and pro-league players began publicly tagging Ubisoft engineers on X, urging the studio to enact an immediate manual ban.
Ranked matches operate under strict competitive guidelines, but the operator ban phase could not contain the damage. Attackers had to burn their single defensive ban on Rook every match, leaving oppressive operators like Fenrir, Solis, or Azami free to terrorize site setups. If Rook slipped through the ban phase, the defending side held an insurmountable defensive advantage.
Ubisoft Support released an official service alert at 14:30 UTC, confirming that engineering teams had disabled Rook across all standard and competitive playlists. The server-side change locked the operator icon in the loadout screen with a padlock symbol, preventing players from selecting him during the preparation phase while keeping server downtime to zero minutes.
