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The Division Beta Thread: Make Manhattan Great Again

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Klyka

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Tecnniqe said:
I have a feeling the first footage we saw was from the tutorial, you shoot the flare in the end of the mission, get picked up by the chopper that in the Alpha/Beta lands you at the first "base" we see in the intro.
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We'll also have to see how Agent Lau gets so injured and stuff.
We will also probably have to see/play the time that our Agent gets activated and confronted with adversary for the first time.
 
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spannicus

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Would love to see the Central Park grave yard area, sounds cool. looking forward to whatever the devs release. Hopefully Jersey shows up within the game.
 
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Tecnniqe

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Klyka said:
We'll also have to see how Agent Lau gets so injured and stuff.
We will also probably have to see/play the time that our Agent gets activated and confronted with adversary for the first time.
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Maybe the heli gets shot down? Have to switch landing location cause its a hot zone?

I might be completely off but it kinda makes sense.
 
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Klyka

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TheWorthyEdge said:
So with the skills. Is unlocking them based off of build useless due to the fact that you'll unlock them all at one point or what?
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You unlock them by upgrading your base of operations. Which you will do anyway.
You can of course try and focus more on the ones you want first but in the end, all players will have all skills at the same level and then pick and choose their build.
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
sooo i think i fucked up

i got an e-mail with a PS4 beta code in it - great surprise!

i redeemed it via the PSN web store on my work computer, but can't find a link to preload the game.

re-read the e-mail and it looks like i should have used the code on the PS4 itself, not the webstore.

anyone know how i can pre load this now?
 
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masud

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So how much of Manhattan is actually in the game? From a short clip I saw of the map it looked like at least 42 street to 23rd but I couldn't tell east/West dimesions, I know the game starts by the hudson, if it goes all the way to the east river that would be a fairly big map.Would be nice to have all of Manhattan but that's probably unrealistic.
 
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Not much need for digging to see if Brooklyn is in the game. No one would be shocked if it's a tutorial zone. What is important to note, is that the implied large Brooklyn shown in old maps in their videos is what they said is gone. The large explorable Brooklyn was removed.
 
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The God

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jon bones said:
sooo i think i fucked up

i got an e-mail with a PS4 beta code in it - great surprise!

i redeemed it via the PSN web store on my work computer, but can't find a link to preload the game.

re-read the e-mail and it looks like i should have used the code on the PS4 itself, not the webstore.

anyone know how i can pre load this now?
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Checked your library?
 
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Kane1345

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I hope this virus isn't just localised around New York but spreads around the world. I doubt we'll see any other areas outside of the US in this version of the game but it would be cool for a sequel.
 
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Klyka

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masud said:
So how much of Manhattan is actually in the game? From a short clip I saw of the map it looked like at least 42 street to 23rd but I couldn't tell east/West dimesions, I know the game starts by the hudson, if it goes all the way to the east river that would be a fairly big map.Would be nice to have all of Manhattan but that's probably unrealistic.
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STRWjUT.jpg
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this is the full map
 
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Azull

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jon bones said:
sooo i think i fucked up

i got an e-mail with a PS4 beta code in it - great surprise!

i redeemed it via the PSN web store on my work computer, but can't find a link to preload the game.

re-read the e-mail and it looks like i should have used the code on the PS4 itself, not the webstore.

anyone know how i can pre load this now?
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I used my on the webstore, found it in my library on my PS4. You shouldn't have any issues.
 
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Tovarisc

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masud said:
So how much of Manhattan is actually in the game? From a short clip I saw of the map it looked like at least 42 street to 23rd but I couldn't tell east/West dimesions, I know the game starts by the hudson, if it goes all the way to the east river that would be a fairly big map.Would be nice to have all of Manhattan but that's probably unrealistic.
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57th Street to 14th Street, maybe 23rd Street

That is my estimate when looking at Manhattan in Google Maps and comparing it to screenshot of in-game map. It should be kept in mind that in-game world / map isn't in scale and doesn't accurately replicate Manhattan. Also it's through Manhattan in W to E axis, from Hudson to East River.

Nialrot said:
Is this specifically for the Beta or the entirety of the game.

Definitely can see some easy money from future DLC by just increasing exploration/map little by little.
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That is map for full game, only fraction of it is accessible in Beta.
 
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Klyka

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Nialrot said:
Is this specifically for the Beta or the entirety of the game.

Definitely can see some easy money from future DLC by just increasing exploration/map little by little.
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That's the full release game map.

this picture here:

raUDMu5.jpg


shows the alpha area which is red. This will also be the beta area, so I read.
 
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TheWorthyEdge

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Klyka said:
You unlock them by upgrading your base of operations. Which you will do anyway.
You can of course try and focus more on the ones you want first but in the end, all players will have all skills at the same level and then pick and choose their build.
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Huh. Okay, I think I'm okay with this.
 
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ViciousDS

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Tovarisc said:
Depends on devs. Some games can be heavily and accurately datamined pre-launch and from patches. Destiny, Diablo 3 and Witcher 3 has been games like that, in recent times, that come into mind. I'm not saying Massive isn't going for most epic troll of all times by constantly mentioning Brooklyn, showing bits of Brooklyn located gameplay in trailers and now throwing it into installation files only for Brooklyn not to be thing in final game.
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it could be likely its just assets placed in the game. Devs do this all time. Unifinished work just laying there or for future content they couldn't get done on time for release.

Hell in Destiny you could glitch into parts of both expansions before they even came out.


If brooklyn is the starter area though/tutorial I hope its at least some decent size and not something as a one off.
 
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j0hnnix

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I got the beta code for xb1. Is it really needed to play with friends.. or you can just team up with whoever?
 
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Tecnniqe

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ViciousDS said:
it could be likely its just assets placed in the game. Devs do this all time. Unifinished work just laying there or for future content they couldn't get done on time for release.

Hell in Destiny you could glitch into parts of both expansions before they even came out.


If brooklyn is the starter area though/tutorial I hope its at least some decent size and not something as a one off.
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My feeling is that we start out in that first demo bit as it is the tutorial, we finish when we extract at the end or somewhere close to it, might be that the pick-up heli gets shot down and crash lands where lady gets hurt, we get a new heli to pick us up after securing the crash site, now this is where the beta start by dropping us off after the tutorial.

After that i do think a new expansion will unlock the other areas around the tutorial area as we need to go back for something.
 
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Collateral22

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jmxxii said:
I got the beta code for xb1. Is it really needed to play with friends.. or you can just team up with whoever?
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In the Alpha I made a friend in the Dark Zone and we got some sick loot and hijacked some unexpecting guys and stole some more loot before I eventually killed him, then joined another group. You can team up with whoever, but that moment that you come across someone and don't know whether to shoot or invite them to your team is tense as fuck. Sold me on the game.
 
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Nialrot

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TehGoomba said:
In the Alpha I made a friend in the Dark Zone and we got some sick loot and hijacked some unexpecting guys and stole some more loot before I eventually killed him, then joined another group. You can team up with whoever, but that moment that you come across someone and don't know whether to shoot or invite them to your team is tense as fuck. Sold me on the game.
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This 100%.

First joined with a group of Gaffers at the start of Alpha. Then joined with a bunch of randoms and near the end I was hiding in high places trying to solo snipe people as they were trying to extract.

So much fun with several ways to play the game.
 
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Archpath1

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yea baiting people at extractions is great, why waste time fighting npcs when i can let players bring all the loots to me!

muahhaha
 
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GustyGardens

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TehGoomba said:
In the Alpha I made a friend in the Dark Zone and we got some sick loot and hijacked some unexpecting guys and stole some more loot before I eventually killed him, then joined another group. You can team up with whoever, but that moment that you come across someone and don't know whether to shoot or invite them to your team is tense as fuck. Sold me on the game.
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Savage!
That made me laugh more than it should.
 
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Theorry

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Community already making cool stuff. Skill Calculator

http://miodec.com/division/

So here it is! After a couple days of hard work its finally working thanks to the brilliant tips and help from mister /u/angier85. He's the hero of this project.
Where you see something like 't3m1' that means the icon is missing, im going to fill them in the upcoming days.
And if you see "no data :(" it means i couldnt find in-game screenshots or recordings of theese descriptions/names/stats. And even if there is info i want it to be straight from the game (dont want some super simple descriptions like 'heals for more') I will be filling everything after the beta, and if the response is good - continue and make talents and perks.
And after i figure out how skill power and stats affect skill attributes - dynamic attributes is going to be a feature as well.
Hope you like it, and again big thanks to /u/angier85.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/42zp39/the_division_skill_calculator/
 
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A Grizzly Bear

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TehGoomba said:
In the Alpha I made a friend in the Dark Zone and we got some sick loot and hijacked some unexpecting guys and stole some more loot before I eventually killed him, then joined another group. You can team up with whoever, but that moment that you come across someone and don't know whether to shoot or invite them to your team is tense as fuck. Sold me on the game.
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I worry this is going to play out like DayZ where the atmosphere went from "Should I shoot them?" to "Always shoot them."
 
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