Xamtheking
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The Division Open Beta Thread: Is it out yet?
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Getting loot from the lower level dark zone instances might be the best way to level up for the harder pve stuff early on. Of course we have no idea at this point.
Like I said, I will see how it all plays out. But for now my mindset is that the DZ is going to be best approached for me with a survival of the fittest style of play, where I try to get in and out with what I can, as fast as I can.
Jest Chillin
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DZ Loot is still Level capped in addition to Rank capped. Doing lower level DZ for loot will in an attempt to be slightly stronger for PvE content leveling would be a poor use of time. Low levels of DZ will be primarily for messing around with friends. Not unlike MMO Arena/Battlegrounds.
The mass grave was very fucking cool.
I guess the Beta only included some very central, very sky-scraperey bits of the island. If you look at the full map, the far north west and the far east seemed very building-light. I think they gave us a purposefully similar/samey segment of the game to play. There were bits just beyond the red barrier that looked amazing.
Pity about central park etc, deffo. At least this structure lends itself perfectly to DLC map expansion - in a really natural way.
*fist bump*
Of course, I wish it was bigger, but I'm very happy with its size as long as it's as intricate and detailed as the Beta segment.
Pjsprojects
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Wow you did well! How many hours for that?
War torn zombie apocalypse, what game are you talking about? If you liked details like mass grave outside of Camp Hudson you should have liked a lot of places in beta, and will have even more pause giving locations coming in release
Those black polymer caskets that you see around in Division, especially huges stacks of them in DZ where cleaners are, can take up to 4-5 adults / casket. Gives quite grim idea about scale of death in Division's NYC.It doesn't have to be intrusive. I agree, I don't want some ugly-ass thing sitting in the middle of the sidewalk that looks out of place. But as it currently is, it blends into the environment. Some are a bit easier, like the chests inside of buildings, but out on the streets the colors just mesh together.
EDIT: Btw, this isn't a deal-breaker for me or anything.
TheCanisDirus
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Wait... are they really not doing Central Park!? Just.... how... can you not?! Man that's a shame as i was picturing it looking/playing amazing in the snow with a super creepy ambient.
Not a crash to desktop but a hard lock once when I started running and immediately hit the inventory button. Only happened once though, it's been completely smooth all other times.
Game could still use performance optimization as it's making my OC i7-6700k and 980Ti really work at 1440p/Ultra settings.
A Grizzly Bear
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Very much this. People are quick to complain and don't really attempt to problem solve. We had a group of rogues hiding in the NW alley just dropping turrets and throwing incendiary grenades. Coordinated with two randoms, placed two shields in front, two snipers in the back and rushed them. This is what I love about the DZ.
There already is:
Tap D-Pad up to mark a target. Each group member has a numbered mark.
D-Pad Hold & Release to start a 5 second countdown timer on the target to coordinate attacks
Be glad you have i7 and can do 1440p/Ultra. I have i5 6600K and 980Ti, can't do 1080p60 because game is very CPU intensive and runs it at 100% all the time, this causes bottleneck for GPU. At least in beta game came across as game which needs i7 CPU for that proper and good performance.
I think there will be alot more variety in environments in the full game. I mean obviously it's still NYC so most of it will look very urban but if you look at the map, there's a good amount of parks in the southeastern areas.
Stuyvesant should also be pretty different than any of the other areas:
DLC most likely, because it's right above DZ06 so I could see them expanding it to include a portion of it.
SomedayTheFire
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Yeah Central Park has to be DLC, there's a reason they went right up to it.
Hilarious there was two teams , talking mad shit,dogging each other out, with other randos around in a circle watching encouraging to fight
It was like a damn highschool fight "hit him dude!"
I decided to help
It was like a damn highschool fight "hit him dude!"
I decided to help
by using sticky flash bomb, guys freaked out started spraying, and watched the chaos unfold.
Well I know I'm not doing ultra but with the new drivers I get a rock solid 60fps at 1080p on high. i5 2500k @ 4.3, 970.
Performance was pretty crappy on the older drivers. I haven't updated for quite awhile. I was still on a 351 version. I got some strange artifacts like my video card was crapping out on those drivers. Updating seemed to fix it.
This is definitely the most finiky PC game I've played in awhile. I could hope it gets sorted for the full release but I'm not holding my breath.
War torn zombie apocalypse, what game are you talking about? If you liked details like mass grave outside of Camp Hudson you should have liked a lot of places in beta, and will have even more pause giving locations coming in release
Haha I'm just assuming we'll see some sort of "infected" enemy types. Did people just drop dead of a cough and cold from this contamination? Probably not. I was media blackout prior to the Beta so I actually don't know really much about it.
I guess my comments were a little harsh. The game is full of detail and looks great. The different areas do tell a story. Great touches. I just don't know if I'll keep appreciating it 10 hours in unless we get some more variety (like Camp Hudson). I certainly stopped appreciating the area we had to play around in after a couple hours. Again it's just a concern, we'll find out soon!
The video where he walks from end to end, not the standing still time lapse. Game does have great environmental cycles though.
Gamer @ Heart
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Has anyone managed to datamine all the cosmetic stuff in the game?
Was playing with my daughter last night. We are typically rogue hunters (we dont go rogue, we kill them) We were extracting and got hit by a npc mob and I went down. Before my daughter could get to me, another player (mixer***) healed me up.
Later he ran past us as a rogue, we let him off on his merry way due to his kindness earlier. I know there are lots that would have gunned him down, or wouldn't have helped me in the first place, its why the DZ rocks, never know whats going to happen.
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Do you guys think the weekend this game comes out is enough time after release to find out how the darkzone and end game are? I don't want to buy it if beta's dark zone is pretty much the same as the full game, but I dont want to wait too long and my friends are waaayy ahead.
I don't think we'll see any infected types. The idea is that the infection has 90% run its course - it's society as a whole which has collapsed.
TBH, The Last of Us could have done exactly the same thing, but I think ND wanted to try their hand at zombie gameplay. A Tom Clancy title couldn't get away with zombies, I don't think.
I miss it, but not that much. I'm mainly anticipating the full game.
Part of me agrees. That is why I think it will be a mixed bag for me after what I have seen. I will love it and hate it equally, lol. But I think I will have a great time with the game on the whole.
Anton Sugar
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It's what puts it above Destiny, in terms of player interaction, for me.
I know the Crucible is Destiny's PvP, but meeting other player groups in Destiny really isn't that interesting, because there is no way to interact. You're basically playing co-op, just with everyone.
Having the *possibility* of PvP in a shared social space is where the tension, risk/reward, and (as a result) player relationships come into play. It's too black and white in Destiny. The gray area is what makes it fun.
GlamFM
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Funny thing happened.
Came home pretty drunk a couple of days ago and wanted to start the download for the devision Beta so it would download overnight.
Woke up the next morning and it turns out downloaded the crew demo instead.
Yeah...
2hrs later I bought the crew and have not stopped playing since.
Amazing game.
Have not touched the devision yet
Came home pretty drunk a couple of days ago and wanted to start the download for the devision Beta so it would download overnight.
Woke up the next morning and it turns out downloaded the crew demo instead.
Yeah...
2hrs later I bought the crew and have not stopped playing since.
Amazing game.
Have not touched the devision yet
floatingcoffins
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Loot drops from enemies - is it only one item, that only one person can grab or are there multiple of the same item that everyone gets?
PedroLumpy
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From AI, I'm almost certain everyone gets their own drop(s). Dropped items from players is first come, first serve.
To bolded part; people died to Smallpox Variola Chimera to be precise.
Loaned pic from Reddit as I didn't take screeny of that thing myself; https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/46nwjm/i_found_the_scientific_name_of_the_virus/
You could get sneak peek of some great stuff from red border from small angles, interesting places ahead I'm sure.
Also note that bosses tend to drop multiple items, not just a single item.
PedroLumpy
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Did purples ever drop in the DZ? I stayed in the 1 - 7 bracket, and only ever saw blues from drops or chests.
Wtf man
Nah, not in the beta. They will in the full game though.
Never saw a single purple drop personally, and I spent all my time in the 8-8 bracket.
I had fun with The Division--a lot more than I expected. I played with a few good buddies and the team dynamic was really great. I can't say how strong the game is on your own, but it's a blast with friends. I'll echo those that say Destiny did gunplay better, but that's where it ends with me. The Division just had more things to do that were more engaging than Destiny. There's a lot of potential for different kinds of missions in the Dark Zone, and with the added variable of Rogues you can never be sure just how things will go down. It adds a level of uncertainty that raises the stakes and the tension with everything you do.
I would love to see more Dark Zone missions that require teamwork with other players, to raise the risk of people going Rogue. Or to see missions where it's more advantageous to go Rogue--perhaps a greater payoff--and keep a chord of distrust ringing in the back of everyone's minds, even as they're working together. The Rogue aspect of the DZ is rife with social experiment possibilities!
I haven't decided if this is a day-one purchase yet; I'll wait to see reviews and what kind of promises Ubisoft will make with regard to the content, gameplay, and missions. But it's all exciting and promising from where I'm standing, with only a few hours into a very limited beta.
I would love to see more Dark Zone missions that require teamwork with other players, to raise the risk of people going Rogue. Or to see missions where it's more advantageous to go Rogue--perhaps a greater payoff--and keep a chord of distrust ringing in the back of everyone's minds, even as they're working together. The Rogue aspect of the DZ is rife with social experiment possibilities!
I haven't decided if this is a day-one purchase yet; I'll wait to see reviews and what kind of promises Ubisoft will make with regard to the content, gameplay, and missions. But it's all exciting and promising from where I'm standing, with only a few hours into a very limited beta.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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Pre order you just get a skin, yes?
Gold edition you get a different skin plus season pass?
Gold edition you get a different skin plus season pass?
Funny thing happened.
Came home pretty drunk a couple of days ago and wanted to start the download for the devision Beta so it would download overnight.
Woke up the next morning and it turns out downloaded the crew demo instead.
Yeah...
2hrs later I bought the crew and have not stopped playing since.
Amazing game.
Have not touched the devision yet
some people drunk dial their ex
you drunk download the crew
dev ons tream said all drops above blue were disabled in the beta DZ.
you also won'T be able to buy those high end yellow weapons just llike that,they are found/earned
I never saw anything but greens and the occasional blue.
Today, The Division Beta ended with a major achievement: with more than 6.4 million players joining The Division, this beta is now the biggest beta ever for a new IP on current generation platforms!
http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.co....aspx?c=tcm:154-239628-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32
Edit:
Pre-order of normal edition gives you hazmat suit, vanity skin.
Pre-order of gold edition gives hazmat and national guard, vanity skins both, and season pass
http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.co....aspx?c=tcm:154-239628-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32
Edit:
Pre-order of normal edition gives you hazmat suit, vanity skin.
Pre-order of gold edition gives hazmat and national guard, vanity skins both, and season pass
Anton Sugar
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What the?
So where are people getting their purps and golds?
Or are you saying they don't drop specifically in the 1-7 zones?
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Correct! At least in the US since I can't speak for other regions but I guess these pre order retal skins in the EU/UK confused people so they said screw it and tossed them all onto the season pass.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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I only got one purple drop that was some type of armor/glove/thing.
The only other purple I had I bought.
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