Able to queue up online without updating (Error from Microsoft Store)

My game didn’t auto update, so I went to Microsoft Store directly and clicked update. It failed after a few seconds and gave an unknown general error (Code: 0x87E00017). I opened the game, the settings still shows I’m on the previous updated (7985 or something, not the new 8345 or whatever).

I joined a multiplayer game, I could still do the stone wall intersection exploit for stone, my units still had pre-nerf / pre-buff stats. Relic hitboxes were wonky, minimap wasn’t changed, etc. So I was playing on a literally different game while playing on the ladder.

I’m uninstalling and reinstalling to hopefully fix it on my end, but definitely needs to be taken into consideration that someone could be abusing previous bugs!

Thanks @PaleGlitter4490! As far as I am aware you are only able to queue up with those on the same version of you. Ideally everyone would update at the same time, but unfortunately there are some quirks with MS Store that occasionally crop up. I’m glad reinstalling worked for you.