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[Broadbandito]

Are there actual PvP gamemodes like Domination, Capture the Whatnot and Deathmatch?

No. No lobbied multiplayer modes. I think it could be cool to have a "party only" DZ area and make it kinda of like world pvp in WoW. have different towers to capture and hold, etc. Being able to run into the DZ without any lobby or loading is pretty awesome IMO though

 

[idonteven]

epic escapes while running into a building going to the top and then go down with a rope

so good

 

[On Demand]

I noticed something was off when I loaded up the ps4 version after playing Xbox all day.

If the PS4 version really doesn't look as good, or better, then that's fucked up on Massive's part. There's no reason why that should happen.

But I doubt that's the case.

 

[deoee]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193659035&postcount=1376

Any help in here maybe?

 

[etta]

Also the lighting looks flat and cheap during clear weather, day or night. During any other weather it looks really good.

 

[Yurikerr]

Not having any problem in relation to bullet spongy enemies. And i was one of those that got "concerned" after seeying the 15 minute videos.

Some headshots melt the baddies in no time.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Game looks amazing on PC. Wow.

Getting solid 45-50 fps most everywhere, some dips down to 40. Had to turn down a couple settings but nearly everything is set at ultra. I would love to see a Geforce graphics tweak article with on/off and before/after comparisons.....

1440p
i7 4790k @ 4.8
16GB ram
Win 8.1
GTX 980FTW

 

[Oneself]

If the PS4 version really doesn't look as good, or better, then that's fucked up on Massive's part. There's no reason why that should happen.

But I doubt that's the case.

I posted a couple of screens from the PS4 version in the console screenshots thread... looks good to me honestly.

 

[Venom Fox]

The game has GI

Where? The lighting is as flat as roadkill. If there is GI it must be a very, very primitive and basic implementation that harms the game more than it helps.

Indoor scenes now use static lighting which doesn't bounce colour onto other surfaces the way GI would.

Unless your talking about a day and night cycle, which isn't Global Illumination. Global illumination is used to correctly bounce light across surfaces in a realistic way instead of the light just hitting the surface in a flat way which this game does.

I don't know mate.

Yeah. That's my only real dissapointment with the game, at least on PC.


I will be interested to hear from massive on the issue, if it was just too hard on performance even on PC? (UE4 flashbacks) or is patching it in later as they did with WiC in the cards?


Still looks amazing. But with that GI solution this would have been on a whole different level than most games out there.

Exactly, even with the flat lighting the game looks stunning, just annoyed that they showed a more advanced lighting system literally 90 seconds before starting the game.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

Game looks amazing on PC. Wow.

Getting solid 45-50 fps most everywhere, some dips down to 40. Had to turn down a couple settings but nearly everything is set at ultra. I would love to see a Geforce graphics tweak article with on/off and before/after comparisons.....

1440p
i7 4790k @ 4.8
16GB ram
Win 8.1
GTX 980FTW

Yeah it does. The Division is def a gorgeous game! I'm curious as i've only played on the consoles...

How do the white blizzards look on your PC? Do they add more "depth" or detail than what (if any) you've seen of the consoles?

I was really impressed with the active weather but some of the effects during the white outs weren't that great.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Lol darn players nobody will join me I've been lone wolfing it. Even took out another team.

 

[Mookow]

Looks good.

1440p
6700k
980TI

Everything maxxed (even the object detail slider) but no Post AA. Get between 50-60 fps, lowest I've seen is 45. No huge spikes in FPS.

 

[Bizazedo]

6 times, now.

At least you're awesome too.

That is true!!

 

[spannicus]

Where? The lighting is as flat as roadkill. If there is GI it must be a very, very primitive and basic implementation that harms the game more than it helps.

Indoor scenes now use static lighting which doesn't bounce colour onto other surfaces the way GI would.

Unless your talking about a day and night cycle, which isn't Global Illumination. Global illumination is used to correctly bounce light across surfaces in a realistic way instead of the light just hitting the surface in a flat way which this game does.

I don't know mate, it just seems like a

Noticed also that the lighting doesn't look to good. Wasn't blown away at 4k with max settings. So many other open world games look much more amazing compared to this game.

 

[biteren]

having alot of fun with this one, the Dark Zone stuff is amazing and really damn tense

 

[kaskade]

Damn, I kind of wish this was running through Monday since I have off. I'll see if I can squeeze a few hours in on Sunday.

 

[tioslash]

Anyone having issues with the textures streaming really, really slowly as you walk around? Tried changing the settings but still it looks all blurred and if I stop and just stare at a wall it takes like 10 seconds to actually load the texture.

 

[Venom Fox]

Anyone having issues with the textures streaming really, really slowly as you walk around? Tried changing the settings but still it looks all blurred and if I stop and just stare at a wall it takes like 10 seconds to actually load the texture.

That's probably the issue I'm having, I said on the previous page that textures weren't as sharp as they should be. It'll probs be fixed for launch.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I get the graphics complaints but sometime over the last two years I just stopped giving a fuck about graphics and lighting and everything.

we go over the same thing with every single game.

Bullshot reveal
HYPE
beta
DOWNGRADE!!! WTF @$#
release

Games look good enough to me these days, performance and how fun a game is, is much more important to me.

 

[Tecnniqe]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

 

[cackhyena]

I get the graphics complaints but sometime over the last two years I just stopped giving a fuck about graphics and lighting and everything.

we go over the same thing with every single game.

Bullshot reveal
HYPE
beta
DOWNGRADE!!! WTF @$#
release

Games look good enough to me these days, performance and how fun a game is, is much more important to me.

Yup, feel the same.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

Yup annoying as hell.

 

[biteren]

I get the graphics complaints but sometime over the last two years I just stopped giving a fuck about graphics and lighting and everything.

we go over the same thing with every single game.

Bullshot reveal
HYPE
beta
DOWNGRADE!!! WTF @$#
release

Games look good enough to me these days, performance and how fun a game is, is much more important to me.

this is how i feel now, graphics have never bothered me

 

[Jolkien]

Wow PS4 loading is a lot faster than Xbox One.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

Which is dumb, because people coming into the DZ have no loot for them to steal.

 

[Venom Fox]

I get the graphics complaints but sometime over the last two years I just stopped giving a fuck about graphics and lighting and everything.

we go over the same thing with every single game.

Bullshot reveal
HYPE
beta
DOWNGRADE!!! WTF @$#
release

Games look good enough to me these days, performance and how fun a game is, is much more important to me.

Yeah it definitely looks good enough and like is said, it's a fun game, I've not even tried the Dark Zone yet, or any missions, or the underground and I still had a ton of fun.

When my mates get on later, I know it'll be immense as fuck roaming around and exploring.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Hmm, when I tried to enter the Dark Zone it said I needed PSN+ but they give you a 2 day trial which is nice.

I'm not sure about this game, I was enjoying the PvE side of it, but the Dark Zone not so much, it felt so empty, I was just running around trying to find something to do, then you'd run into a group of people playing rogues together and murder you instantly, it seems friends will be almost required to play the Dark Zone. It just felt very dead to me, I rarely saw other peoples unless it was an extraction zone and even then it was 2 - 3 at most.

 

[knitoe]

Anyone running 4K? What are your fps and settings? I am only getting <30fps without AA on a 5930K@4.5GHz and SLI Titans X. Tried changing bunch of settings and it hardly makes a difference.

 

[MrJohnSherry]

Which is dumb, because people coming into the DZ have no loot for them to steal.

But they do get XP and there bounty cash if they don't die. Easily fixed if they do like an invulnerability timer when you go through the doors or something like that. I am sure Massive will come up with something to solve that issue though - hopefully lol!

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

I'm gonna camp close to the entrance so when the entrance campers kill people, I'll just kill them

Didn't they say they added another entrance to the dark zone? Or is that just for final release?

 

[biteren]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

bring it on

 

[killroy87]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

Best for people to find all the shitty exploits now, so they can be tweaked for release.

 

[Primethius]

I left the sharpness on the default 50%

I think 70% is the sweet spot. I was testing it quite a bit. Didn't introduce any of the ugliness while making it just a bit sharper.

 

[Macrotus]

I just started the beta and I read that the end content which is DZ is PvP only.
Is that true?

I was hoping that there were raids (PvE end content) like in Destiny.
If the only end content is PvP, its quite disappointing to me =/
I'm more of a coop guy than a PvP guy.

 

[BigTnaples]

So for people complaining about the time to kill and or "bullet sponge" enemies. I just don't get it...

http://youtu.be/gzGAGxxkrAQ

Here is a video of myself playing the beta. Most enemies go down in two bursts from my default starting weapon.


In one instance in this video, I gun down 3 enemy's of my level with a single mag from the default SMG.

I mean. The game is an RPG. Yet still you have the ability to dispatch many of the enemies very quickly.

Again, this is an RPG not a shooter. So downing multiple enemies with a single mag from a relatively low powered starting weapon, is pretty damned smooth.

 

[Glass]

Those PC screenshots.... great to see we don't have another Watch Dogs on our hands.

 

[Yoday]

Anyone having issues with the textures streaming really, really slowly as you walk around? Tried changing the settings but still it looks all blurred and if I stop and just stare at a wall it takes like 10 seconds to actually load the texture.

That was a big problem during the XBO Alpha, but it isn't nearly as bad in the Beta, at least on XBO. It used to happen pretty regularly, even on objects right next to the player character, but now I only ever occasionally see it on a building in the distance.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Hmm, when I tried to enter the Dark Zone it said I needed PSN+ but they give you a 2 day trial which is nice.

I'm not sure about this game, I was enjoying the PvE side of it, but the Dark Zone not so much, it felt so empty, I was just running around trying to find something to do, then you'd run into a group of people playing rogues together and murder you instantly, it seems friends will be almost required to play the Dark Zone. It just felt very dead to me, I rarely saw other peoples unless it was an extraction zone and even then it was 2 - 3 at most.

I said the same thing yesterday and knew people would be complaining about it today.

Keep leveling up and then come back to the Dark Zone later. Especially better if you can matchmake for it at level 8.

 

[Yoday]

I get the graphics complaints but sometime over the last two years I just stopped giving a fuck about graphics and lighting and everything.

we go over the same thing with every single game.

Bullshot reveal
HYPE
beta
DOWNGRADE!!! WTF @$#
release

Games look good enough to me these days, performance and how fun a game is, is much more important to me.

Pretty much. I just don't get complaining about a downgrade when it is still gorgeous and one of the most detailed games ever made.

 

[Helznicht]

Anyone running 4K? What are your fps and settings? I am only getting <30fps without AA on a 5930K@4.5GHz and SLI Titans X. Tried changing bunch of settings and it hardly makes a difference.

At least you can play. Mine thinks an xbox controller is connected and keeps turning to the right without any input. Makes it impossible to play. PC version still needs a bit of work to get the kinks out methinks.

 

[sflufan]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193659035&postcount=1376

Any help in here maybe?

Log in to UPlay and see if you can locate the beta under your games section.

 

[Badgerst3]

Im rocking around with a squad of 10, we worked out its extremely easy to abuse the darkzone with the friendlist to the point a couple of us are rocking high-end weapons already. You literally just destroy people by abusing the system meant to maintain balance, party limit? Fuck the party limit! Welcome to the darkzone baby, hahaha.

No Im not kidding this works, just dont shoot anyone not in your immediate squad and you can link parties of your friends together to form super groups, once everyone has six contaminated loot you extracted it while holding everyone at bay (with ease). Have a couple groups coming at you? No problem, grenade the shit outta them and laugh at their misery.

This shouldnt be a thing but is...

This is concerning. Fix?

 

[Lren]

Really enjoying the beta so far, been switching between PC, Xbone and, PS4 to try an get an idea of what system I want it on. Finally went out into the Dark Zone(PC), was certainly an interesting time. Met a few nice folks until a squad of four started shooting anything that moved, chaos erupted. Hauled ass back to the entrance where another squad of four seemed to be hunkered down, drove back the rogue squad and helped me leave the zone. With a squad, the DZ really looks to be a fun place. Playing it solo, I had the constant thoughts of "Can I trust this guy" or "Oh crap, a group. Better hide until they pass." It certainly left an impression!

 

[Animator]

Game looks really damn good on PC. Running everything maxed out it is smooth as butter.

 

[Broadbandito]

This is concerning. Fix?

technically anyone can do that in Dark zone with just utilizing proximity chat and communication.

 

[SirDgby]

People camping the doors to Dark Zone already wtf

You can actually hop walls to get into the DZ rather than go through the doors... supposedly. Haven't actually tried myself

 

[oti]

LOVE the Beta on PC. So smooth and so pretty. But I made a twitter poll and 91% of my friends are gonna play it on PS4. &#128553;
Plus I don't have a mic for PC. &#128549;

What to do?

 

[Venom Fox]

Is there a guide to do this "super group" thing? I have like 8 people wanting to play later but we can only have a squad of four so this would come in handy.

 

[Plasmid]

I can't hear anyone on my team AT ALL. Anyone else having this problem? It's really pissing me off.

 

[Venom Fox]

technically anyone can do that in Dark zone with just utilizing proximity chat and communication.

But how though? If I'm in a group of 4 and my other mates are in a group of four how do we know we are in the same server?