Wardogs servers just ate a one-hour maintenance nap so Bulkhead could slam out Update 0.1.2 and finally squash the WD-L020 crash that Windows 11's KB5124010 update handed everyone. The patch also shuts down a laundry list of cash and XP exploits that had been letting players print money and progression since the September 10 Early Access launch, and Bulkhead is done playing nice—repeat offenders now risk a permanent ban with no warning after first-time resets.

The studio made the server auth changes on revives, capped vehicle fly-through rewards, scaled buildable destruction payouts to actual progress, and reduced out-of-zone FOB pallet deposits to stop the free XP loops. Server browser got a new Deploy flow that highlights Infantry Mode and Low-Level community servers, plus extra admin RCON controls for restarts and access lists. Steam data shows the game still pulling 95k+ concurrent on maintenance day with daily peaks near 300k and an all-time high of 428k after selling 3 million copies in under three weeks.

Bulkhead already warned the honeymoon won't last and is forcing staff holidays before Season 2 drops next week. Players stuck in queue or getting kicked during the window got the classic "not you, it's us" message while the devs fixed what the anti-cheat and economy couldn't handle on launch.

The message is loud: fair play or get wiped. No more leniency, no more free XP farms, no more Windows 11 brick walls. Next time you see a mortar calculator site getting called out on X, remember the patch already closed that door.