Malcolm Kocinski
Community Elite
Why are playing cards being use in The Division 2...They are called Death Cards. First used in World War 1. History of Death Cards from this website here: http://www.psywarrior.com/DeathCardsAce.html
Card decks with 52 aces of spades were used for psych warfare in Vietnam
GRAPHIC: US troops believed that Vietnamese traditions held the symbolism of the spade to mean death and ill-fortune and in a bid to scare away Viet Cong soldiers without a firefight, it was common practice to leave an ace of spades on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and even to litter the forested grounds and fields with the card. In February, 1966, two lieutenants of Company "C," Second Battalion, 35th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, wrote The United States Playing Card Company and requested decks containing nothing but the Bicycle Ace of Spades. The cards were useful in psychological warfare. The Viet Cong were very superstitious and highly frightened by this Ace.
The Division 2 uses them but in a different way to mark each named boss killed in bounties: https://division.zone/2019/03/07/the-division-2-state-of-the-game-strongholds-bounties-deck-of-52/
Deck of 52
The Deck of 52 is one of the available endgame activities and marks the return of the Named Bosses in the Open World. A character named “The Snitch” shows up during the campaign and shuffles a regular deck of 52 cards. Each suit of cards is dedicated to an enemy faction in the game and every card stands for a unique Named Boss.
Killing these bosses will reward you with great loot, the card drop, whereas wiping out a full suit collection will unlock Commendation points. The whole deck needs to be cleared before bosses start to respawn.
Card decks with 52 aces of spades were used for psych warfare in Vietnam
GRAPHIC: US troops believed that Vietnamese traditions held the symbolism of the spade to mean death and ill-fortune and in a bid to scare away Viet Cong soldiers without a firefight, it was common practice to leave an ace of spades on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and even to litter the forested grounds and fields with the card. In February, 1966, two lieutenants of Company "C," Second Battalion, 35th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, wrote The United States Playing Card Company and requested decks containing nothing but the Bicycle Ace of Spades. The cards were useful in psychological warfare. The Viet Cong were very superstitious and highly frightened by this Ace.
The Division 2 uses them but in a different way to mark each named boss killed in bounties: https://division.zone/2019/03/07/the-division-2-state-of-the-game-strongholds-bounties-deck-of-52/
Deck of 52
The Deck of 52 is one of the available endgame activities and marks the return of the Named Bosses in the Open World. A character named “The Snitch” shows up during the campaign and shuffles a regular deck of 52 cards. Each suit of cards is dedicated to an enemy faction in the game and every card stands for a unique Named Boss.
Killing these bosses will reward you with great loot, the card drop, whereas wiping out a full suit collection will unlock Commendation points. The whole deck needs to be cleared before bosses start to respawn.
