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The Division Beta Thread: Make Manhattan Great Again

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mrklaw

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I preordered from Amazon for the 'guaranteed beta access' and entered my code on ubisofts site, but nothing. Am I screwed now? Only wanted to play a few hours tomorrow to get a feel for it (destiny beta was enough to help me decide not to buy it)
 
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ViciousDS

Banned
jem0208 said:
If you're on your own with some cool contaminated loot and you're trapped by two higher level rogue agents who don't know you're there it's stressful as fuck.
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Ppffftttt.


Losing temp gear you wear till extraction is annoying, not stressful.

Losing everything on death.....that's stressful, not being able to level because of a PvP gang fest....that's stressful. The dark zone is less stressful than even Aion on launch. Its annoying.....not sure how it's intense for a stressful place. You lose shit....so what go get more shit. If it was marked gear that only a select few could ever have.....yes that's stressful but gear is infinite to find and come by. It's nothing like losing everything you are wearing and having to start over after death.
 
JetBlackPanda

JetBlackPanda

Member
Finnaly grinded enough DZ credits for the named orange AR! It's stressful when rogues keep trying to steal your credits. I've never killed another agent FYI.

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Anyways the game is incredible! I'm upgrading my standard to the Gold edition. I played the beta all weekend. The last time I did that was Destiny and I put 1200 hours into that game. Help me.
 
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Cabbagehead

Member
ViciousDS said:
Ppffftttt.


Losing temp gear you wear till extraction is annoying, not stressful.

Losing everything on death.....that's stressful, not being able to level because of a PvP gang fest....that's stressful. The dark zone is less stressful than even Aion on launch. Its annoying.....not sure how it's intense for a stressful place. You lose shit....so what go get more shit. If it was marked gear that only a select few could ever have.....yes that's stressful but gear is infinite to find and come by. It's nothing like losing everything you are wearing and having to start over after death.
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Wow lol chill


Some people are stressed ( me some times) in those situations and others find it intense.
 
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Big_Al

Unconfirmed Member
ViciousDS said:
Ppffftttt.


Losing temp gear you can't lose till extraction is annoying, not stressful.

Losing everything on death.....that's stressful, not being able to level because of a PvP gang fest....that's stressful. The dark zone is less stressful than even Aion on launch. Its annoying.....not sure how it's intense for a stressful place. You lose shit....so what go get more shit. If it was marked gear that only a select few could ever have.....yes that's stressful but gear is infinite to find and come by. It's nothing like losing everything you are wearing and having to start over after death.
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Sure but for the audience Ubisoft generally goes for I'm sure it will be more tense than usual for the majority of them :p Plus, well, it depends on the individual as well.
 
Dundar

Dundar

Member
I like the DZ concept, but in execution it's quite disappointing. You just run run and run till you get someplace where ppl are shooting, and then you join the "fun".... if you manage to get there before it's too late, usually after 2-3 mins sprinting.
At day 3 of this beta people are already too aware of the risk of being rogue. It just doesn't seem worth it in any way..... DZ should be improved with lots more NPCs action, mini-missions and so on. So that there's something to do when not hunting rogues. Basically, make it like the outside zone but with PvP enabled.
 
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WonkyPanda

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GootecksShimmy said:
I easily got burnt out on the beta.

I spent 7 hours straight playing with a group of my 3 other friends, and we stayed in manhunt 99% of that time as we fought off our whole server non stop at various areas on the map. Once we were low on ammo we cheesed the red line crossing areas to get into the safe house, resupply, then repeat.

I never once saw a purple drop off an enemy in beta. Blues, greens, cosmetics, and whites is all.

Great beta. I was already sold, and am now ready as hell for March to hit. Looking at my personal GOTY I think.
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I've already sunk 10h =___=
 
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Ricker

Member
FinKL said:
Did they extend the beta for another day?
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Yep...

And for those playing solo,I understand,I do it also but all the tools are there to easily join up with others to do some co-op,redo the Hospital on hard etc etc...dont complain about stuff you cant do if you insist in playing solo all the time.
 
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Cabbagehead

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Dundar said:
I like the DZ concept, but in execution it's quite disappointing. You just run run and run till you get someplace where ppl are shooting, and then you join the "fun".... if you manage to get there before it's too late, usually after 2-3 mins sprinting.
At day 3 of this beta people are already too aware of the risk of being rogue. It just doesn't seem worth it in any way..... DZ should be improved with lots more NPCs action, mini-missions and so on. So that there's something to do when not hunting rogues. Basically, make it like the outside zone but with PvP enabled.
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Just a heads up they turned off a lot the spawn points for npcs ala rikers, roaming npcs , groups, objectives and infected civilians so they can focus on DZ pvp. Right now the only constant spawns are the gas station and the playground. An some times the mall or whatever that place is under construction near the roof extract point.
 
mindfreak191

mindfreak191

Member
welly_59 said:
Tried playing with a buddy but every voice client I used had horrendous echo and lag while in-game.

I tried steam, uplay and origin voice chat and all messed up.

Anyone else have the same?
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I had the same problem with my cousin, we were using teamspeak. There is a really simple solution to this....just mute your friend in the game (just go to group management options and select your friend and mute him), problem solved :)
 
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Arrrammis

Member
Definity said:
Do the DZ chests actually work? I always have a key but never can open one. How long is the timer?
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I've been able to open some, but it seems like they never respawn. Someone commented on Reddit that they appear to spawn just fine when the instance is created, but once they are opened in that instance, they are never reset. If you want to try it, you could switch instances and keep checking for chests. I got all blues from them, didn't notice the DZ cash that others got, so maybe they are different for some reason.

mrklaw said:
I preordered from Amazon for the 'guaranteed beta access' and entered my code on ubisofts site, but nothing. Am I screwed now? Only wanted to play a few hours tomorrow to get a feel for it (destiny beta was enough to help me decide not to buy it)
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They have had a massive amount of keys entered, and they tweeted that they will try to get everyone who pre-ordered in to the beta by the end of today.
 
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coiler

Member
Cabbagehead said:
Just a heads up they turned off a lot the spawn points for npcs ala rikers, roaming npcs , groups, objectives and infected civilians so they can focus on DZ pvp. Right now the only constant spawns are the gas station and the playground. An some times the mall or whatever that place is construction near the roof extract point.
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And all 5 DZ chest locations.
 
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Klyka

Banned
Just had a fun couple hours solo in the Dark Zone.

At one point I joined a group during a firefight in the mall and we stuck together for a while,which gave me a ton of great loot.
 
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KPJZKC

Member
Quick question/thought about the DZ player limits - I remember seeing somewhere that it was 24 - however, currently we have access to DZ01 & DZ02 - does this 24 player limit apply to the entirety of the DZ (01-06)? Or just each DZ0X? If it's the former that should alleviate the problem of other players mopping up everything in sight.
 
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VariantX

Member
Dundar said:
I like the DZ concept, but in execution it's quite disappointing. You just run run and run till you get someplace where ppl are shooting, and then you join the "fun".... if you manage to get there before it's too late, usually after 2-3 mins sprinting.
At day 3 of this beta people are already too aware of the risk of being rogue. It just doesn't seem worth it in any way..... DZ should be improved with lots more NPCs action, mini-missions and so on. So that there's something to do when not hunting rogues. Basically, make it like the outside zone but with PvP enabled.
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I would prefer if there were more NPC's in the DZ, as far as missions go, it really wouldn't make much sense to go to a situation board to pick those up since everyone largely has given up on these areas so no one really has much intel on whats going on. I think players should find intel either on the map or dropped from NPC's, piece together that intel to generate missions that way.
 
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Big_Al

Unconfirmed Member
So the DZ chest locations were turned off ? Well damn, I was looking for keys for ages lol.

Still my purchase of the game is well cemented, roll on March.
 
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Cabbagehead

Member
VariantX said:
I would prefer if there were more NPC's in the DZ, as far as missions go, it really wouldn't make much sense to go to a situation board to pick those up since everyone largely has given up on these areas so no one really has much intel on whats going on. I think players should find intel either on the map or dropped from NPC's, piece together that intel to generate missions that way.
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There will be, whatever we are getting from the DZ now is not what will be getting on release.
 
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Jest Chillin

Member
Big_Al said:
So the DZ chest locations were turned off ? Well damn, I was looking for keys for ages lol.

Still my purchase of the game is well cemented, roll on March.
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I don't think the chests are actually turned off. Just on extremely long timers. And since those locations are the places with the enemies who drop the best gear.. it usually gets swooped up regularly.

Though I'll say the only thing I've gotten from those cases has been Division Tech.. which is useless since crafting isn't in the game.
 
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Klyka

Banned
KPJZKC said:
Quick question/thought about the DZ player limits - I remember seeing somewhere that it was 24 - however, currently we have access to DZ01 & DZ02 - does this 24 player limit apply to the entirety of the DZ (01-06)? Or just each DZ0X? If it's the former that should alleviate the problem of other players mopping up everything in sight.
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As far as the devs implied, it will be for the ENTIRE Dark Zone.

They want meeting players to be a rare thing, not a constant "around the corner" experience.


Remember that during the beta the NPCs spawns and numbers are barely there. In the full game, the NPCs will fill the Dark Zone.
 
Tainted

Tainted

Member
KPJZKC said:
Quick question/thought about the DZ player limits - I remember seeing somewhere that it was 24 - however, currently we have access to DZ01 & DZ02 - does this 24 player limit apply to the entirety of the DZ (01-06)? Or just each DZ0X? If it's the former that should alleviate the problem of other players mopping up everything in sight.
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Good question....I would suggest the 24 player limit applies to the entire area (DZ01-06). Seeing as though we know alot of the DZ NPCs were turned off for the beta, we should expect there to be alot more to do in the dz at release. It won't feel as empty as it does now
 
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Big_Al

Unconfirmed Member
Jest Chillin said:
I don't think the chests are actually turned off. Just on extremely long timers. And since those locations are the places with the enemies who drop the best gear.. it usually gets swooped up regularly.

Though I'll say the only thing I've gotten from those cases has been Division Tech.. which is useless since crafting isn't in the game.
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Ah right ok :) Well I don't have any keys so I'm not too worried but was wondering as they never seem to available when I see them.
 
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coiler

Member
Klyka said:
As far as the devs implied, it will be for the ENTIRE Dark Zone.

They want meeting players to be a rare thing, not a constant "around the corner" experience.


Remember that during the beta the NPCs spawns and numbers are barely there. In the full game, the NPCs will fill the Dark Zone.
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I hope for that, because now it's just much too crowded. PVP playground nothing more.
 
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TitusTroy

Member
are there any decent weapons I can buy from the regular merchants or find anywhere in the non-Dark Zone areas?...seems like all the DZ weapons require Dark level 12 and I'm only Level 8...
 
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Granadier

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Raven117

Raven117

Member
Ya know, I kind of wish they had some more ambient music when you are just walking through the city. It gets real quite...
 
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mixomatosys

Member
playing on PC i keep getting killed in the dark zone from seemingly NOBODY. no one will be around and i will just get shot. is there a bug where people are invisible? when i've been in a party sometimes i'll be unable to see one of my party mates until i leave and return to an area. i'm thinking the same thing is happening but with other people.. i dunno, but it's really annoying.
 
JetBlackPanda

JetBlackPanda

Member
Infinite Justice said:
finally got to play this and it seems alright

fuck the dark zone though since its troll city
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It can be, and when it does it sucks.

When most of the zone sticks with eachother and punishes a few rogues its awesome.

Also remember there isn't much to do in the dark zone right now so it's forcing PVP. (Ubisoft admitted as much)

When it's the entire dark zone shared by 24 players it won't be as bad.
 
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Granadier

Is currently on Stage 1: Denial regarding the service game future
mixomatosys said:
playing on PC i keep getting killed in the dark zone from seemingly NOBODY. no one will be around and i will just get shot. is there a bug where people are invisible? when i've been in a party sometimes i'll be unable to see one of my party mates until i leave and return to an area. i'm thinking the same thing is happening but with other people.. i dunno, but it's really annoying.
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There are a couple of glitches on PC. One of them allows players to go invisible. Another lets them shoot through walls.

The devs acknowledged the issue, and said that all of the glitches are stemming from a single bug. It'll be fixed.
 
S

Sn4ke_911

If I ever post something in Japanese which I don't understand, please BAN me.
They really need to do something about the cheater before release, it's getting worse.
 
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void666

Banned
KnightHart said:
I can definitely say as someone who put a good amount of time into the XBOne Beta, and then played the PC Beta today. Yeah, the enemies on the XBOne version certainly felt a lot bullet spongier, at least to me. At the same time though, I thought it was harder to aim with a controller, so I wasn't getting as much headshots. On the PC Beta (played 3-4 hours today after work), I was dropping the AI left and right with headshots. Hell, as soon as I found a carbine with a headshot multiplier they were going down even faster. The Dark Zone is fascinating to me and that's mainly because I play solo and I never feel the need to trust ANYONE. Those large groups? Yo fuck em, avoid the shit out of them. They'll fuck your shit up and steal your shit.
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I did play both pc and ps4 beta with a dual shock 4. And i am sure enemies die quicker on pc.

In the dark zone if you're solo you have to play it smart. Avoid large groups and red skulls.
My experience in both versions was very similar. Yes, i died to rogues a few times.
But for the most part i could walk around and explore. Even shot non hostiles by accident. But nobody killed me because of it.
 
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