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The Division Beta Thread: Make Manhattan Great Again
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Crafting is disabled in beta.
No crafting in the beta, they are just there to tease you
No you enter a new bracket. lvl 8-8 so you only see player at the max level.
well you enter the 8-8 Dark Zone, instead of the 1-7 Dark Zone.
So not only are less players lvl 8 but the enemies are now all lvl 8 as well.
SDCowboy
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No crafting in the beta, they are just there to tease you
No you enter a new bracket. lvl 8-8 so you only see player at the max level.
Ah, thanks guys.
When you get items in the dark zone, do you have to actually use an extraction point, or can you just make your way to one of the exits?
Didnt want to get this right away...its one of those 90 bucks game up here in Canada but damn,it's well done and fun,even only playing solo PvE so far and I like it...playing the Beta on X1,just have to decide PS4 or X1...I have more online friends on X1 but could play co-op with my nephew on the PS4...anyway,this beta convinced me.
contaminated items NEED to be extracted via helicopter.
You HAVE to use an extraction point.
Yup, found a cleaner squad with high HP yellows, IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM.
Couldnt see shit and flamethrowers flames everywhere, it was AMAZING
SDCowboy
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MaKTaiL
Member
You get into a different instance of it. Before there were no enemies inside the contaminated zones, and the enemies I could find were pretty easy, low Level. Once I reached Level 8 and entered the Dark Zone, all enemies were suddenly yellow, at Level 8-9 to kill. I started to get a lot of good drops all the time.
The Amusing Ciderman
Neo Member
It is also a Clancy game. A series known for realism. I take your point though. I think I was looking at it like Rainbow etc. This confirms to me it is just not going to be my type of game.
Are you shitting me? Is that true?
No crafting in the beta, they are just there to tease you
Damn!
Yeah, I saw the Crafting Station in the base, but since it's disabled I wasn't sure if it's for blueprints.
CyberPunked
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It's great. I have everything but the little menu next to your character turned off. So much more immersive that way.
Water bottles are a consumable item that increases your damage to elite enemies by 20% for 30 seconds.
Stay hydrated, agent!
Sort of, you do more damage against elites if you drink water.
Candy bars remove status effects!
Primethius
Banned
Impressions from my time with the PS4 version:
- Graphically, it's a mixed bag. Sometimes, it looks beautiful, other times just really plain and drab. Most of the time, it looks like it's missing one feature or some more lighting away from being a great looking game.
- Story and writing I've pretty much already written off. Didn't care for anything I saw in the beta. Seems like a snoozefest.
- The gunplay is decent. Just decent. This is the single biggest area in which Destiny absolutely smacks Division around in.
- The seamless world without loading screens is pretty fantastic.
- The HUD is shit.
- The UI is awful.
- Darkzone is extremely fun, especially with a squad. Our 4 man ganking squad provided us with tons of laughs and great moments. But it also got pretty boring after a while. Probably due to beta constraints.
- Darkzone had me wishing that the entire game was a Darkzone-esque setup, obviously with more limitations. Kind of give it that Dark Souls-esque invasion feel perhaps.
- The realistic setting hurts it quite a bit. Especially in terms of getting loot, mods and upgrades. It doesn't have nearly the same draw as Destiny or Diablo with how steeped in "realism" it is.
- I had no issues with bullet-sponge enemies but the core combat also didn't seem quite deep enough, especially to sustain end-game PVE activities.
All in all, I enjoyed it but probably won't be picking it up, at launch anyways. I just get this nagging feeling that it's going to be content starved, atleast in regards to the end-game. Seems like most of the focus is on the Darkzone, which while fun, isn't something I want to spend all my time in.
- Graphically, it's a mixed bag. Sometimes, it looks beautiful, other times just really plain and drab. Most of the time, it looks like it's missing one feature or some more lighting away from being a great looking game.
- Story and writing I've pretty much already written off. Didn't care for anything I saw in the beta. Seems like a snoozefest.
- The gunplay is decent. Just decent. This is the single biggest area in which Destiny absolutely smacks Division around in.
- The seamless world without loading screens is pretty fantastic.
- The HUD is shit.
- The UI is awful.
- Darkzone is extremely fun, especially with a squad. Our 4 man ganking squad provided us with tons of laughs and great moments. But it also got pretty boring after a while. Probably due to beta constraints.
- Darkzone had me wishing that the entire game was a Darkzone-esque setup, obviously with more limitations. Kind of give it that Dark Souls-esque invasion feel perhaps.
- The realistic setting hurts it quite a bit. Especially in terms of getting loot, mods and upgrades. It doesn't have nearly the same draw as Destiny or Diablo with how steeped in "realism" it is.
- I had no issues with bullet-sponge enemies but the core combat also didn't seem quite deep enough, especially to sustain end-game PVE activities.
All in all, I enjoyed it but probably won't be picking it up, at launch anyways. I just get this nagging feeling that it's going to be content starved, atleast in regards to the end-game. Seems like most of the focus is on the Darkzone, which while fun, isn't something I want to spend all my time in.
They really need to put a shortcut on like D-Pad up to use the item we decided to shortcut. Eating a candy bar while you are quickly burning to death is a bit inefficient.
Pretty much. I had one crash with The Witcher 3 in over 160 hours for example. Most games run fine. That's the reason why I don't need to bother with lots of troubleshooting (just the usual suspects that are quickly tested like overlay tools, multiscreen setup etc.) and leave it to the developers to fix it. Too many (great) games to play to waste my few spare time on those that don't work.
Even latest drivers won't fix the problems.
Called it!
gutterboy44
Member
Played through all the missions last night with two friends, really enjoyable. Can't wait for the full game. The shooting, the one thing I was worried about felt great. I would like a little more volume on the gun sfx, but otherwise I am happy with it. I was able to get a marksman rifle thy allowed for OHK headshot a so all is good. I played a ton of Borderlands and Borderlands 2, so damage numbers and RPG stat guns is nothing new to me.
Can't wait to have all the skills, talents, and perks unlocked to play with builds.
Can't wait to have all the skills, talents, and perks unlocked to play with builds.
Sure its not VoIP on someone in proximity feeding it back for you?
Where exactly do I find matchmaking for the DZ?
Does it fast travel you to the group?
Btw- disabling most parts of the HUD in options makes the screen much less cluttered.
I have it on toggle on upon aiming.
That anger when a solo DZ jerk caps you with 4 seconds left to extract your loot.
Did the shuffle/aim move till I tried to latch my loot to the drop line. Grrrr.
Does it fast travel you to the group?
Btw- disabling most parts of the HUD in options makes the screen much less cluttered.
I have it on toggle on upon aiming.
That anger when a solo DZ jerk caps you with 4 seconds left to extract your loot.
Did the shuffle/aim move till I tried to latch my loot to the drop line. Grrrr.
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DryvBy
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Welp, my issues with this game are null now because Dark Zone is a blast! One of the first threads I made on NeoGAF near a decade ago was how I wish games would bring back hardcore PvP (looting corpses). I know a lot of PC games do this already, but
I will be buying this strictly for the Dark Zone. Here's some PS4 screens:
I will be buying this strictly for the Dark Zone. Here's some PS4 screens:
If anyone wanna play some DZ bracket 8-8 toss me an invite
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You can shoot car doors off the handles so they change position(opens and falls down a bit) and you can shoot thru the car and out the window on the opposite side
Messofanego
Banned
A lot of people are playing this because they want a Destiny replacement until the sequel or next expansion. You should've known this beforehand, I did and avoided it for that reason
Abstruse Moose
Member
I'd like to see something changed in the dark zone. A solo player is currently at a massive disadvantage compared to a team of four. They should change it so it takes 4 times the damage to bring down a solo player if you're in a team of 4. 3 times of you're in a group of 3 and so on.
No way. That would break the game.
So what your saying is that it's not that far off from reality?
dark zone is pretty unforgiving solo.
i'm tryna save enough money to buy that exotic assault rifle in the dark zone safe house and every time i'm only like 500 credits away i get killed by some random dudes for no reason at all. i get it, going rogue is probably fun, but please chill on killing solo agents, its not even challenging when you are a fireteam just unleashing on a roaming solo guy :/
i'm tryna save enough money to buy that exotic assault rifle in the dark zone safe house and every time i'm only like 500 credits away i get killed by some random dudes for no reason at all. i get it, going rogue is probably fun, but please chill on killing solo agents, its not even challenging when you are a fireteam just unleashing on a roaming solo guy :/
This so much puts me off this if there's no other way to get high level equipment
elitewillie1
Banned
Feel your pain. Send me an invite if you need support agent. Xbox: elitewillie
Do you lose money if you're killed?!
BigTnaples
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In your own post you said the latest drivers fixed it for you so idk.
Primethius
Banned
Nah. The game doesn't quite capture the lighting and look of plain and drab in the real world.
Maybe you should group up with people instead.
Only the crash when turning the camera.
Nyteshade517
Member
I've done all the side missions and encounters that have been given to me so far before establishing the base (no idea if any others open up after that)...just wanted to roam around and get used to everything...haven't done any co-op or anything yet but even solo I'm enjoying myself
played around 4 hours so far on PC and 0 crashes
played around 4 hours so far on PC and 0 crashes
Lol solo players would be gods then. Just suck it up and group up or don't go in the DZ. this is like wanting to raid solo. DZ is designed around group fighting. You can solo but it's not advisable. It's too easy to take solo people out.
Quick story:
Last night me and 3 of my friends waiting for a evac helicopter. 3 solo randoms show up as well right before the heli shows up we kill them, take their loot and then go on a rogue spree. Solo in the DZ requires sneakiness and shrewdness.
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