The Division gamers have extra to sit up for than simply Last Stand.
Ubisoft Massive has detailed all of the modifications coming to The Division by patch 1.6, the newest free replace that goes live with the Last Stand DLC tomorrow.
According to the builders, replace 1.6 will consists of common balancing tweaks and modifications. These embrace some that could possibly be main recreation changers for some gamers, and together with the modifications comes an expanded recreation map, new particular occasions, a revamp for Named gear, Dark Zone leaderboards and a brand new issue degree.
Update 1.6 has been accessible on the Public Test Server for a while and it doesn’t embrace a brand new World Tier, so there’s no have to undergo older content material to extend Gear Scores. The replace may even embrace bug fixes which can be listed when the patch notes are made accessible.
All of the bullet factors famous beneath are defined in additional element in Arekkz’s video above, in case you aren’t eager on studying one other wall of textual content.
The Division Update 1.6 – The Northern Front
- The Dark Zone has been expanded with three new areas, Dark Zones 7-9, north of Dark Zone 6 and Midtown East
- New Landmarks function waves of enemies, roaming NPCs
- Landmarks award you with further loot positioned straight into your stock
- Fast journey between Dark Zone checkpoints has change into accessible
- More alternatives for PvE
The Division Update 1.6 – Containment Events
- New Contamination Events have been added to the Dark Zone.
- Roughly each hour, elite Cleaners will spawn within the Dark Zone underground.
- Contamination in these areas will attain deadly ranges – the virus filter won’t be able to withstand it.
The Division Update 1.6 – Dark Zone Leaderboards
- Dark Zone leaderboards will permit gamers to check themselves with others throughout varied weekly and a month-to-month actions that are tracked and divided between PvP and PvE.
- For PvP, the tracked actions embrace Rogues killed, Manhunts survived and Extractions hijacked. For PvE, NPC enemies killed, locked chests looted and objects extracted can be tracked.
- All actions tracked can be added to a whole rating, divided into three tiers. The larger the rating in contrast different Dark Zone gamers, the higher the reward upon reset.
The Division Update 1.6 – Legendary Difficulty
- Legendary issue mode has been added to Times Square, WarrenGate Power Plant and Napalm Production Site and options new, highly effective and good Last Man Battalion (LMB) enemies.
- LMB enemies will react to the participant’s expertise, standing results and always attempt to flank. The can be exhausting to hit.
- Legendary issue is probably the most difficult content material within the recreation and is meant for organized teams. Will scale much like Challenge Mode if attempting solo.
- Named enemies function their very own set of behaviors, roles and expertise.
- All enemies can be a mixture of regular, veteran and elite enemies.
- Rewards participant with distinctive self-importance objects not accessible elsewhere within the recreation, on high of the common rewards.
- There are plans to broaden Legendary mode to further missions sooner or later.
The Division Update 1.6 – Exotics and New Gear Set
- Named gear items and weapons are actually referred to as Exotics and have been given their very own coloration in your stock.
- Exotic weapons all have their very own distinctive expertise. This change is retroactive.
- Exotic weapon units have been launched. Players might want to have two particular Exotic weapons geared up to unlock the expertise.
- Exotic Caches will assure an Exotic merchandise, can be found as a weekly reward from Legendary issue missions.
- Each Exotic weapon has its personal expertise. The different two skills can be rolled as common.
- These skills won’t work with the Alphabridge Four-piece bonus
For instance: Hungry Hog now comes with the Glutton expertise. When an enemy is killed, injury dealt to targets is then elevated by 20% till the weapon stops firing.
The Division Update 1.6 – Gear Set Changes
- Alphabridge Four-piece bonus now shares the free expertise out of your weapons as an alternative of all three.
- Frontline’s Four-piece now not removes the crucial hit likelihood, as an alternative it removes the impact of any mods you’ve got utilized to the protect.
- The Reclaimer set focuses on the Support Station. Its Four-piece bonus prompts all Support Station mods concurrently.
- It now not has an impact on consumables.
- Tactician’s Authority’s buff solely disappears after you utilize a talent.
- SEEKR Four-piece gear set has been added and focuses on physique pictures. Provides a assured crucial hit after touchdown two consecutive pictures to the physique.
The Division Update 1.6 – Armor and Resistances
- Armor has been eliminated as a significant bonus and changed with Health. Gear nonetheless comes with base armor and a few skills will nonetheless give bonus armor.
- Health and stamina are your main technique of toughness.
- Current Health rolls have been changed into the brand new stat Resist All.
- Players who’ve already rolled fairly a little bit of Armor will discover bonus Health as an alternative after they log in after Update 1.6.
- Resistances have change into analogue as an alternative of binary.
- Diminishing returns have been added to standing results.
- Other components of the sport have been re-balanced in consequence, to verify Time to Kill and Time to be Killed keep balanced.
- All modifications are retroactive.
The Division Update 1.6 – Changes to Skills and Skill Power
- Skill Power has been moved to a system much like armor, the place every new World Tier reached will demand extra Skill Power to succeed in the identical effectiveness of participant expertise.
- Bigger distinction in talent effectivity between high and low Skill Power builds.
- Changes have been made to Sticky Bomb, First Aid (longer calm down) and Shock Turret.
- Re-balanced Signature Skills to make it not possible to set off a Signature Skill whenever you’re already affected by its immunity debuff.
- Tactical hyperlink’s injury bonus has been lowered in PvP.
The Division Update 1.6 – PvP Balancing
- Adrenaline now not offers an overheal from medkits, as an alternative it is going to give a heal over time.
- Hip fireplace stability whereas shifting has been decreased and a brand new hip fireplace digital camera has been added.
- Medkits can now be used at full well being and take away sure standing results.
- Survivability skills like On the Move, Battle Buddy and Critical Save have seen some balancing modifications
- The Rejuvenated expertise has been modified to present further resistance to standing results.
- The injury hole between physique injury and headshots has been lowered.
- When fight rolling, there’s now a one second delay earlier than you may roll once more.
- You can now not reload your weapon whereas sprinting.
- Your enemy’s well being bar will flash at any time when they use a medkit.
The Division Update 1.6 – Changes to the Economy
- Unlimited re-calibration has been launched. The worth will increase every time, capping out at 5 re-calibrations.
- Helping civilians reward Intel.
- High End pistols in Survival now not prices Division Tech.
- Scavenger Box now scales with World Tier.
- Some merchandise costs for Gear Sets and Exotic Weapons have been tweaked.
The Division Update 1.6 – More Changes
- All actions – open world, Underground, Survival and Last Stand – now reward their very own separate expertise factors and award their very own caches. This happens each time the participant fills the expertise bar after reaching max rank,].
- In Survival, solo gamers can now not find yourself in video games with gamers queuing as a gaggle.
- Grouping up whereas in a PvP Survival recreation has been disabled.
- Reviving a downed participant in Survival all the time prices a medkit in each PvE and PvP – grouped or not.
- There will now not be any overlap of expertise factors in Underground. Only Underground XP and caches can be awarded.
The Division Update 1.6 – In-game Store
With 1.6, the in-game retailer is being revamped. A brand new foreign money is being added and the vary of things accessible for buy at a particular vendor is being prolonged. This consists of new emotes, weapon skins and different self-importance objects.
The Boxing emote is proven beneath.
More updates to the sport can be made accessible shifting ahead as soon as Update 1.6 and Last Stand are launched. Massive guarantees extra info on that finish quickly.
All of the knowledge on this publish is damaged down in a lot larger element by the developers on The Division website. If you’re a participant, you actually need to present it a learn.
Update 1.6 is free, and can be launched alongside Last Stand and the Land Stand recreation mode simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One tomorrow, Feb 28, from round 11:30 GMT.
