WarMacheen
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Looking at club ubi, if these are just one time awards, it's not a big deal. Even an unlock for 3 DZ keys, not a huge deal or game changer
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The Division Open Beta Thread: Is it out yet?
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Raven Prime
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I'm pretty sure it's going to be Brooklyn.
The phoenix credits you can get via uplay points isnt really the issue. Its just a one time bonus and you earn uplay points for just playing the game, you prob get 40uplay points just for logging in.
The question is where else you'll get phoenix credits from... which is where the datamined tooltip saying they can be bought with real money is concerning.
Few things are pointing at Brooklyn for being tutorial, from lvl 1 to 2.
Pop
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Wasn't those HE grenades.
Xamtheking
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That datamined tooltip is from the Closed Beta, mind you, which was a little while ago.
You can't hide from the truth
You said Manhattan first and then you edited it
You can't hide from the truth
Why did I notice that, send help
Darryl M R
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I think grenades and medkits will be rare when the full game comes out; same thing with ammo unless you die.
Just like vendors sold purple gear the beta gave us a lot of stuff that won't be so easy in the full game.
Just like vendors sold purple gear the beta gave us a lot of stuff that won't be so easy in the full game.
Smokey_Run
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I don't see how it's scary. It's just basic items being given out in the form of rewards. You get something, nothing of note, but feel like you've been rewarded.
Not sure. I just saw 3x and a grenade icon and figured they were just grenades.
Cabbagehead
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This is what i got from the division discord (ruffled some jimmies i think)
You can't buy points with money.
Apparently
Now sense it's the stronghold. It got defensive.
High Level equipment is still muddy. But everyone gets a crack at them once, when you unlock it with upoints and get phoenix credits.
You can't buy points with money.
Apparently
Now sense it's the stronghold. It got defensive.
High Level equipment is still muddy. But everyone gets a crack at them once, when you unlock it with upoints and get phoenix credits.
Xamtheking
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Scary in that it disproved the point I was trying to make
Support station mod refills ammo, so good for DZ
Xamtheking
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Which discord is this?
Cabbagehead
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The Division community
Xamtheking
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Where the everliving fuck did you find this
oh god it even says Alex on it
Raven Prime
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Why did you have to load the page during that 10 second window, haha. But I meant to type Brooklyn from the start. Was originally going to say it doesn't make sense if you fly in from Manhattan to Manhattan and we know they have a lot of Brooklyn finished. Plus they said it wasn't going to be DLC. Then I was like I'll just keep it at a short answer and typed Manhattan instead of Brooklyn like an idiot.
Cabbagehead
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Right and rather that is real or not is the question.
Stratosphere
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Hey guys, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but the beta ended 4 days ago....
;_;
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The tooltip says they're spacebucks (real money).
Uplay says you can spend them on high level equipment.
The Devs said only cosmetics.
This is a bit confusing is all I'm saying. And it's annoying we don't know, even after a lot of us already bought the game
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Uplay says you can spend them on high level equipment.
The Devs said only cosmetics.
This is a bit confusing is all I'm saying. And it's annoying we don't know, even after a lot of us already bought the game
and its dlc
Collateral22
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Wait has it been confirmed/shown that you can buy gear with Phoenix Credits?
Xamtheking
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As of right now we have no official confirmation on that one way or the other
We have a screencap from the beta
We know you can purchase something with them. If it's just cosmetics or also actual gear is up in the air atm, and causing some meltdowns over in Reddit.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
That's what Uplay says.
Is it correct? They usually are pretty spot on with descriptions.
"high level equipment"
Cabbagehead
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A screencap from a beta using some type of work around. To access that entry.
But rather its real or fake we will find out soon enough.
Raven Prime
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They recently updated Uplay with that information right? So it stands to reason that the information itself is also recent. For now I assume it most likely that we'll at least be able to buy high level equipment with these coins.
All the other stuff requires further clarification.
GenericBadGuy
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Also about all the Uplay rewards and such. As someone who created an account from within the game during the beta, I'm not seeing where to transfer that info and log into the website.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The Uplay thing is more important, whether that description is accurate. We knew the game would have real money currency... but what you could actually buy is the issue. Devs say only cosmetics, Uplay says equipment.
Uplay could very well be wrong, but that's not very common.
Uplay could very well be wrong, but that's not very common.
Yeah. Rewards, activities etc. went up today.
Exactly. Thats the problem with datamining, you never know if something is deprecated or placeholder so everything has to be taken with a grain of salt. Its totally possible that phoenix credits were a real money currency that youd use to buy cosmetics at some point but now they've been re-appropriated as the high end a pve currency similar to dz credits and cosmetics will be bought elsewhere.
Viability of your build hinges very heavily on devs rebalancing stamina into line with other two. If they don't then you are glasscannon that has snowball's chance in hell of doing jackshit to stamina builds.
StriKeVillain
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Yup, you're right on it. The differentiating language from Uplay and the development team is strikingly different and cause for concern.
All we can hope is for someone from the team to clear the air.
Tainted
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Nice ... I was bummed when it was revealed that Brooklyn was not going to be part of the final map, so hopefully this is true even if it is only a small part of it.
There was audio in the beta for all the Cell Phone pickups.
Raven Prime
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It kind of puzzled me when everyone in here said there would be micro-transactions in the game, while I could've sworn I had recently read an article that said there would be no micro-transactions whatsoever.
So I dug up some articles discussing the matter.
http://www.gamesradar.com/division-wont-have-regular-microtransactions-save-vanity-dlc/
http://gamingbolt.com/tom-clancys-the-division-wont-have-microtransactions
http://www.pcgamesn.com/the-divisio...ansactions-but-ubisoft-prefers-to-call-it-dlc
So basically what I'm gathering form this is that at a certain point the Phoenix Credits were intended as a premium/vanity currency. But as they have it planned now you will need to buy these vanity items with cash directly from a digital store.
This basically would confirm that the Phoenix Credits would be endgame currency, fitting the Uplay description.
It seems unthinkable to me that with these recent statements in the media that Ubi/Massive would have actually included a P2W currency in the game.
So I dug up some articles discussing the matter.
http://www.gamesradar.com/division-wont-have-regular-microtransactions-save-vanity-dlc/
http://gamingbolt.com/tom-clancys-the-division-wont-have-microtransactions
http://www.pcgamesn.com/the-divisio...ansactions-but-ubisoft-prefers-to-call-it-dlc
So basically what I'm gathering form this is that at a certain point the Phoenix Credits were intended as a premium/vanity currency. But as they have it planned now you will need to buy these vanity items with cash directly from a digital store.
This basically would confirm that the Phoenix Credits would be endgame currency, fitting the Uplay description.
It seems unthinkable to me that with these recent statements in the media that Ubi/Massive would have actually included a P2W currency in the game.
Se_7_eN
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I must have missed it, did you have to go into the menus?
Yep. It was easy to miss. In the Intel menu, the default page (found footage) was not available in beta, but if you switched tabs in the Intel menu you could listen to all the phone logs and read the survival guide excerpts and such.
Tainted
Member
Yep..there was an intel tab in the menu where it stored all the collectable stuff you picked up including those phone recordings. Clicking on each one played a brief audio clip
Se_7_eN
Member
Awesome, thanks! I thought they felt really lame with just the text... For some reason, I love finding audio logs.
Cabbagehead
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Exactly, data mining is prone to false positives and context. Though what's a fact is that, at some point you could buy PC with real money and now you can only get PC with upoints (It seems) but now its for "High Level Equipment". Since there's no mention of cosmetics in that write up.
So i think I'll chalk it down as a error and see where things stand on release.
But you also have to be aware of that fact that, the CB and OB are different builds from the mainline. So whatever people find in there may not be completely right by release, or is only half of another half.
WarMacheen
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Hmm, so no microtransactions, but there are small DLC purchases...so microtransactions
Raven Prime
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Aren't all those Upoint rewards single use only?
Yes, but no P2W currency. That's the only thing people were worried about. Nobody really cares if you can buy a moonwalking emote.
StriKeVillain
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Yes. But that isn't what's being argued.
Yes. You redeem once and then the option locks out.
texhnolyze
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Yes, the actual source of that article is from reddit.
Interesting if true, particularly for the credits to dz funds conversion and the BIS gear from crafting confirmation.
Oh, and apparently dark zone is not the only endgame activity. Excellent.
The idea is to be like a rogue from wow
Cabbagehead
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Can you say Raids or its equivalent.
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