#40

I would probably agree with you, very disappointed with the game.

#41

If anyone is still curious, the Division has improve dramatically since launch. It is at a state I can recommend to people. I should do a more detail write up as this thread is very old and outdated. But I want to give a PSA to people since the steam sale is going to end soon and I might not be able to do a proper write up before then.

Its on steam sales for $20. Its a steal for what you are getting and the number of hours you will spend on it.

Some quick notes:

  • You need a constant internet connection, the save game and character is hosted on the server
  • It is solo friendly, you can gear up solo, BUT with a group is a lot faster.
  • Yes it has End game, a butt load of it
  • Yes there are bullet sponge, but with a proper build you will burst a end game mob within a clip or less, sniper build can one / two shot.
#42

Here is a Review of the game, very up to date video reflection of the current state of the game.

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#43

Only snag with build guides and recommendations on gear is that The Division has a fair amount of discrepancy based on the player being a PC or console user. But I’m liking the state of the game. Just don’t touch PvP unless you like the chicken dance meta. :smiley:

#44

Personally I got shot and killed walking 10 feet into PVP. And then they spawncamped us until I decided PVP wasn’t worth my time, at that moment.

#45

edit: followup. I reinstalled it since this post and I am giving it another shot. I do now believe that my gear was underleveled. As even named level 7 and level 9 guys give me a hard time.

Played some Division this morning. I was trying to retrieve some phone recording from an alleyway. The zone is for levels 2 to 5. I’m level 12. I died 4 times and then re-uninstalled the game.

The normal guys were fine. They took normal amounts of damage and then died. The problem was the level 12 named guy in the alleyway. He did absurd amounts of damage to me, very quickly. And he was tanking all my damage at about 8 times the health/armor of a normal guy. It felt like I was playing Borderlands 2, OP 8 with no shield and OP 1 guns.

If there’s a next time I play, I’ll have to remember to avoid that alley. Not sure what I should have gone after though. I remember now some missions feeling way too hard or taking way too much time. The game sort of has a lot of freedom but not really. You can go attempt to do things in whatever order you want, but in actuality you’ll just get p0wn3d. So I feel like it’s a linear game set in an open world and you have to figure out the order you’re supposed to do things in or you’ll hate the game. Or maybe it’s all too hard and enemies too bullet spongy, and you too much of a glass cannon.

Or maybe the game is not meant for solo players… I like/love co-op, but recently I’ve been playing a lot of stuff solo and not wanting to rely on matchmaking to get me through things. Even though I should have for the Division because it has a decent matchmaking system. And sometimes I don’t feel like dealing with whether or not I am using a mic. or whether or not I am and they aren’t. Or if we both are and the other guys are annoying to listen to. Just my mood recently.

Ok. So next time I try it, I’m going co-op. Or maybe I forget about it and go back to Destiny 2 or Shadow of War or Just Cause 3.

#46

That’s weird because even on the highest world tier you can one shot that named boss with a sniper, let alone a low-level version.

What sort of gear do you have? because upgrading to blues/purple early on is a huge deal, especially the extra talents you can unlock on your guns. Let me know if you want to play again, I can help you. The problem is the moment I join your game, everything is level 25. I wished it scaled me down or the game had unlimited character slots, all my characters are max level.

The game really starts after level 30. Before that you don’t get certain drops / gearset item. They are what makes all the builds happens (support, sniper, dps, healer, tank, etc).

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#47

I was using a blue shotgun and a blue smg. I can’t remember what level they were. I think it’s also possible my armor was inappropriately low. Which would explain him hitting me so hard. So, I’ll give it another shot soon enough. The game at least. Maybe not that alleyway until I feel like I’m well geared for my level. What’s a good way to level up? or should I just do all the story missions in a row?

#48

Story missions, but also go to every safehouse in each district and talk to the JTF Officer there for some side missions, doing those will give a bunch of XP and blueprints for decent gear you can craft as you are leveling. Also make sure to check the whiteboard in each safehouse to reveal all the activities in the area.

Make sure to get the XP boost upgrade on your Medical wing, it helps a bunch.

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#49

You’re probably better off with a marksman and an assault rifle. If you’re still stuck and you’re playing on Xbox then just send me a message and I’ll see what I can do.

#50

We’ll see. I’ve been in a weird gaming mood recently. The game I’ve been enjoying the most recently is Rocket League. For it’s speed, fun, ironic/funny moments, soccer, fair eSport, etc…

And I just played a ton of Just Cause 3 and Shadow of War. So I’m not sure what to play next. Path of Exile seems to be pulling me in.

But I am curious to see if I’ve been playing the Division, “wrong”. So I might load it up again soon.

#51

Played more today. I enjoyed the experience. My gear definitely needs to be improved. It’s all green or blue but the levels need to be higher. I bought a marksman rifle and modded that up. Took down some mini-missions and recovered some phone recordings. I feel like I might be short on cash though if I was to gear up everything to level 12. And I completely need to go watch something to understand the 3 different crafting/upgrading stations.

#52

I played the Times Square mission this morning. I had a rough time getting into the subway there. I started to play incredibly defensively. Took position at the top of the stairs and tanked with my body shield + healing unit. I took full advantage of time to let my skills recharge before re-engaging. The next trouble spot was leaving the subway. I got on top of the small square building with the CCTV footage and tanked up there. Then on the street I tanked on the construction platform and then at the end, around the building corner in the doorframe (they preferred to go on the stairs/platform far way rather than charge at me or overwhelm me, thankfully).

I was close to stopping mid mission a couple times but I persisted. And started to get into it again. I took on the mission because it seems like I wasn’t getting anywhere near enough XP doing all the tiny stuff (plus that stuff is fun, but sometimes you want something meatier). Doing the mission got me to level 13.

It took me an hour and some minutes. Longer than I wanted it to, but close to what I expected. I tend to prefer 30 minute chunks when possible. I think that with no deaths I could have beat it in 40 to 45 minutes.

My gear seems close to what it needs to be, but I think I need to work on my armor. So I probably need to craft or buy.

#53

Ok. Some division crafting questions. There are two benches next to the crafting table. Optmization and … something else. What are those tables for and how should I use them? Should I even bother with them until endgame?

Also, as for crafting, it seems the best path is to break apart stuff instead of selling, right? And craft stuff as I need it while leveling?

#54

One is Recalibration, other is Optimization. In short, they are both end game stuff and don’t bother with them until you beat the game and get to World Tier 5.

Recalibration will let you reroll one of the stats on your gear, including talents for your weapon. This cost lot of money, and some phx credits for weapons. Its a waste to do it on gear you are not going to keep.

Optimization lets you max out every stat roll for a gear, at the cost of Divtechs. For example, let’s say you have Gloves with 14% Critical Hit Changes, but the max is 19%, so it will increase that for you, the beauty is it will also increase everything else on that gear too (if they are not maxed roll already). This cost a lot of divtech and something for end end game.

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#55

Is divTech infinite?

#56

No but it’s very scarce and you shouldn’t be concerned with that until you reach the endgame and even then some. I haven’t used it since ever. Min/maxing is only a thing in PvP or for speed runs in PvE. That’s it.

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#57

I’m really digging the game now. Especially at end-game level 30+. But also once I switched to using the turret. I basically am playing as Roland from Borderlands, but now in the division. My other two skills I set are the life-link and the healer thingy (with it set to auto-revive). The game got way easier/fun for me the closer I got to those settings. I can tank most AI situations now. And then learning about suppressing the AI and how you can flank them when they are in that situation.

The end-game in this is way better than Destiny 2’s. Even Destiny 1’s (even after all the content they released). I think I say that because of the world tier system in the division. It feels like a setting straight from diablo 3.

It’s interesting though. The division was harder from level 8 to 20 for me, than it was from 20 to 30+. I think that is partially because I know the game better, but also because you literally get more powerful and have more skills.

The other key to playing the game before level 30 is to literally find every safe house it lets you enter (only 1 or few that you can’t until end-game), and using the white boards plus the sit-rep guys to find every side mission and encounter. Use those to level up between main story missions. I had trouble leveling up enough and it was because I hadn’t found enough of those. But eventually I explored back and realized all the stuff I missed.

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#58

I am glad you are enjoying it, sounds like you would love the Tactician Gear Set, your Turret is strong enough to take on a challenging mission on its own while you are in cover. Turret + Cluster Seeker = just watch behind cover and laugh.

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#59

I may have played this game for a little, once or twice…