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The Division Beta Thread: Make Manhattan Great Again
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JetBlackPanda
Member
My favorite gaming moment this year is my 4 man fireteam working our way to an extraction with loot and calling it in and having another fire team walk up. It's tense as hell. We had this standoff where nobody knew what was going to happen. Some solo guy tried to get us so we all took him down and then took turns extracting.
Good times
Good times
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Dammit! These people are pricks!
Chris Metal
Member
Really enjoyed the Beta on PS4, do think it's a looker too...
blame space
Banned
When does this beta end? I just got my code. 😑
WHY HAVE I LOST MY CHARACTER
Noisepurge
Member
Too much ganking, Ubisoft banned you!
cantthink9
Banned
Sounds exactly like what people said during the destiny beta lol. My god people please don't overhyped this game for it to be released and everybody to hate it as much as they did destiny. It took like, up until recently for the destiny hate to stop lol now people just don't pay attention to it.
bananafactory
Banned
Still looking for PC partners to check out the Dark Zone
Anyone?
Anyone?
EL CUCO
Member
Haha I've already grinded the Hospital mission almost as much as any strike in Destiny, only I've actually gotten decent blues from it in the Division.
Phanatic8390
Member
I think they should hide player names in the Dark Zone. I'm hesitant to go Rogue and steal someone's loot because they'll be on the lookout for my name again. I think it'd make it more tense when running into people. Although it's possible it'd make everyone go Rogue more.
I only ever played the Destiny beta. So in comparing betas, I'm much more about this.
I said the same thing last night.
carterd1981
Member
As a player who has played maybe over 1500 hours of Destiny, I would say this game is nothing like Destiny. I kinda wish people would stop trying to equate the two quite honestly. I'm not getting at you (sorry if it comes out that way). I think just because the two have shared co-op spaces doesn't mean they should be compared. I never once got a Destiny vibe playing this. The Division has some jank but it is addicting and fun to play.
Art Vandilay
Member
I find it more similar to Borderlands. It's a TPS instead of FPS, and the abilities in the skill tree are more akin to what you'd find in Borderlands as opposed to Destiny. There are social hubs, like in Destiny, but the campaign (PVE) section of the map is like Borderlands in that it's single player unless you use matchmaking. The dark zone (mixed PVP and PVE section, but emphasis is on PVP it seems) is like GTA Online in that it's basically a free for all and your best option for survival is to group up.
carterd1981
Member
I wouldn't say that. I have friends on PS4, but I'm playing the beta on PC. I went in the Dark Zone solo and found three other people and we teamed up and played for at least 2 hours together in the dark zone.
autoduelist
Member
That's just an enemy type. On hard they were quite hard when there were 2/3 of us. It's definitely not 'bad' AI, it's intentional. We did think it was kind of funny too, but that's what happens when you make an rpg with human enemies [they need to be bullet sponges in order to allow for better tech to mean something].
The difference is that the Division never claimed to be a "ten year franchise with a huge living and breathing world and a story worthy of star wars and lord of the rings on your shelf"
Massive has always been honest saying "it is an RPG, set in New York, you can co-op it with up to three of your friends and in the Dark Zone you can have random PvP occur".
People should really look at this game a lot differently.
For me, it's an RPG like say Dragon Age Inquisition, where I get my 50-60 hours out of it only this time with my friends.
I kinda wish they put a random thug or two inside apartments. It would make it way more intense to go barging into every apartment for stuff, you'd at least have to check your corners. Because right now they're entirely safe, walking in on someone already tearing the place up for stuff would make it feel more alive and post apocalyptic to me. Plus the gun sounds indoors have good echoes! I want to hear more of that.
My friend and I have been ambushed by thugs who came into the main entrance and then up the stairs before while we were checking out an apartment.
Ahh that's cool! Still would like it to be less rare or actually have at least one already chilling in an apartment.
Destiny is definitely bigger, but this feels bigger because you have to walk everywhere instead of just pulling out a Sparrow and driving to where you want to go.
Shadow Broker
Banned
For those who played this or those who knows, can you switch your controls around in the final version of the game?
And then you realize that basically every one of the "transition corridors" and such in Destiny, that you drive your sparrow through, is completely useless in terms of game space and the game becomes quite a bit smaller again XD
Honestly, both games are fine. The city is crazy huge and detailed.
Square Triangle
Member
This game reminds me of The Club and the old PS2 game Freedom Fighters
it's basically just any other console tps interms of controls and mechanics
but I think it plays well
That moment when 10+ agents chase down a team of rogue agents and someone "accidentally" lands a head shot on a teammate. So much for being the good guys.
Think I'm about done with the beta now. Pretty much got all the items worth getting and seen enough to know that I'm still interested. Still find it odd that you can't fast travel to the entrance of the dark zone.
Think I'm about done with the beta now. Pretty much got all the items worth getting and seen enough to know that I'm still interested. Still find it odd that you can't fast travel to the entrance of the dark zone.
I would expect so, this beta apparently was just the build they used for the alpha. So its a stripped down old build
Where is that boss located at?Damn this guy.
I will say this engine performs really nicely. I usually have to switch to controller when my framerate is around 30 in games because the fast movements of the mouse with that framerate clashes to me and feels horrible. But in this game my framerate is fluctuating mostly in the 40 range and sometimes down to 30 and I never feel it, the input from the mouse stays super smooth and I swore my game was running at 60 fps before I turned on my fps counter and was surprised to see it at 35. I've never had that happen in any other games, I usually feel the framerate drop immediately.
Plus the mouse and keyboard controls are really nice, I've always preferred a controller for 3rd person games and thought I would here but they did a really good job making m/kb feel great in this game.
I think I will buy this game now not only because I enjoy it, but because I can be confident in they made a really good PC version, when the beta performs this good.
Plus the mouse and keyboard controls are really nice, I've always preferred a controller for 3rd person games and thought I would here but they did a really good job making m/kb feel great in this game.
I think I will buy this game now not only because I enjoy it, but because I can be confident in they made a really good PC version, when the beta performs this good.
TheWeaponeer
Banned
From CM Natchai_Ubisoft:
"We are continuing to experience very high demand for The Division closed beta and we would like to thank you all for your enthusiasm.
We are now beginning to grant access to all remaining players who have redeemed a guaranteed access pre-order code on the Beta registration website.
Were also doing our best to grant access to players on the waitlist. Please check back later during the weekend for an update on this.
We thank you again for your excitement and understanding."
I figure they might have it go a little longer due to code issues and such. You would think they would want to do that to maximize the mostly positive vibes the game is getting.
Well, I will be back in it shortly - going to try the hospital mission on hard, and then try my hand at the DZ and see how long it takes for me to rage quit after getting ganked repeatedly*
*Just kidding, but seriously, I know I am dead meat in the DZ when I get in there, but you have to try and "git gud" or else you will never know.
"We are continuing to experience very high demand for The Division closed beta and we would like to thank you all for your enthusiasm.
We are now beginning to grant access to all remaining players who have redeemed a guaranteed access pre-order code on the Beta registration website.
Were also doing our best to grant access to players on the waitlist. Please check back later during the weekend for an update on this.
We thank you again for your excitement and understanding."
I figure they might have it go a little longer due to code issues and such. You would think they would want to do that to maximize the mostly positive vibes the game is getting.
Well, I will be back in it shortly - going to try the hospital mission on hard, and then try my hand at the DZ and see how long it takes for me to rage quit after getting ganked repeatedly*
*Just kidding, but seriously, I know I am dead meat in the DZ when I get in there, but you have to try and "git gud" or else you will never know.
Yep the game does need a fast travel system.
It has one.
You fast travel to social spaces. In the beta that's the Camp Hudson, and then the BoO.In the full game it's all safe houses.
You also can fast travel directly to your friend in the party.
You can't fast travel to the Dark Zone or out of the Dark Zone, because they don't want people to just teleport away or teleport in. Imagine if I was standing in the road and you walk up to me to get my loot. And then my 3 friends magically teleport in and kill you.
Not a good idea.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
So are there like cool zombies or monsters in this game at some point?
Also how the heck do I throw a grenade??
Also how the heck do I throw a grenade??
I'm talking about fast travel outside to the entrance.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Finally played some dark zone with a fireteam. Fools tried to get us but they couldn't do shit, so fun.
family_guy
Member
I'm having issues equipping and unequipping grenades using controller on PC. It seems that it's random when it works. Any tips?
Dpad left, throw with right trigger.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Hold down left on dpad to choose the type of grenade
Tap left dpad to equip and R1/RB to throw
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