Patch 1.8 Talk

[Oh. daesu]

There's a vid. Presumably more on SOTG, we'll they may just tease for a few weeks.

PVE: The Resistance (Incursion?)

PVP: Skirmish  (4x4. Last Stand lite?)

Map expansion: Westside Pier, Camp Clinton (Didn't actually see then on nor in the aircraft carrier, just saying)

 

[quinch1199]

So.. more info in but still more to speculate on.

PvE: Resistance = "Horde Mode" and REPLACES an Incursion...there will not be an Incursion with this patch. Available as Single player + Match maker as well as organised teams. I'm not sure how the rewards will work but likely to be scaled on how long you survive for as its currently thought this will go beyond 60+ waves. These take place on the piers it seems.

PvP; 4v4 team DEATH match. Three plus map areas will be used, rumoured one will be De Witt Clinton Park. Points are scored ONLY on killing..not downing...opponents. Only full kills will count. Absolutely NO PvE encounters, map areas relatively small. 

New area: Westside Pier area including USS Intrepid (rumoured to be the location of some of Resistance game mode).  I believe the new Light Zone area stretches to West 59th Street to the North, West 40th Street to the South, Eastern border I believe is 10th Avenue. 

New "Base of Operations" = Camp Clinton. Basically looking like a home-from-home with all the main facilities the BoO / HUB has as well as the specific match making and instance entry points for the two new game modes. 

NEW Ai: Random spawns. No longer can you expect to see a specific gang spawn or patrol a specific point on the map. Those Rikers who are always at that shop? Nope...maybe tomorrow they'll be in another shop or around the corner. Its unclear if this will effect Named Bosses OR if there will be additional Named Bosses in this new area (I suspect there will be and it will).

NEW Classified weapons (named weapons?) being released.

NEW Light Zone random events: Alerts will happen and you will have to go and clear out enemy gangs from random areas. Sounds like its a mix of the safe houses S&D missions. There's a sketchy rumour that the outcome of these missions will effect access to the new Camp Clinton if they're not dealt with...I don't feel this will be so personally as its something I've been suggesting pretty much since release *A Dynamic Light Zone* and will take too much coding at this stage of the build. Its unclear if these Alerts will be restricted to the new area or will be LZ wide...which would be nice. 

I think that's it so far...

...oh and WACKYINFLATABLETUBEMAN!

EDIT - new area borders updated.

EDIT 2 - location of Resistance modes

 

[quinch1199]

OMG...just realised...does this mean Survival Modes map will expand to include this area too!!?!?!? OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGOMOGMG!

 

[Oh. daesu]

Also they have recordings like UG, to collect which are meant to go towards the story line of the Resistance not-an-incursion-thingy.  So, you're probably rightabout having to unlock Resistance.

 

[quinch1199]

Also they have recordings like UG, to collect which are meant to go towards the story line of the Resistance not-an-incursion-thingy.  So, you're probably rightabout having to unlock Resistance.

OH!! New Aaron Keener echo available to pick up apparently... its found via coordinates issued on the Twitter feed. What I heard was its in the LZ now. 

https://twitter.com/TheDivisionGame

 

[Oh. daesu]

OH!! New Aaron Keener echo available to pick up apparently... its found via coordinates issued on the Twitter feed. What I heard was its in the LZ now. 

https://twitter.com/TheDivisionGame

Cool. I'll have to pay more attention in my travels  :4_joy:

 

[quinch1199]

UPDATE:

Some key screen grabs from the latest gameplay video shown during the SoTG.

USS Intrepid looks AMAZING ... but .. its bereft of all the historic aircraft on her deck it seems. Just kited out with Blackhawks it appears (I'm guessing licencing issues for iconic makes such as Lockheed, Concorde etc).

Enemies attack from anywhere, any time, pulse will be a "must have" skill I think in this new area as waves of enemies can crawl out of any building without warning. Expect yourself to be surrounded most of the time, gone are the days of casually walking along the road enjoying the scenery. 

 

[quinch1199]

UPDATE 2:

Special WSP (West Side Pier) Caches - only obtainable if achieving XP within the new area (similar but not replacing Field Proficiency Caches)

Division Tech - This will be used as a new "currency" for a new style/sub-genre of crafting where you can take older gear that's been surpassed by newer releases and use Div Tech to enhance their performance further (details sketchy though).

 

[DeadSockPuppet]

I hear the club/bar is epic with a fish tank floor and that there will be a new station in Camp Clinton that will allow new kinds of recalibration of gear and/or weapons using Division tech and other mats. 

 

[quinch1199]

I hear the club/bar is epic with a fish tank floor and that there will be a new station in Camp Clinton that will allow new kinds of recalibration of gear and/or weapons using Division tech and other mats. 

The new are kinda feels like a DZ without it being PvP doesn't it? Using Div Tech for recalibration, specialist areas, dedicated caches. I wonder if THAT's the idea...give the PvE players DZ style gameplay (i.e. DZ for the weak..lol)