Post by KostaAndreadis @ 03:47pm 10/02/16 | 15 Comments
Ahead of the launch in a few weeks Ubisoft will be conducting an open beta for The Division across all platforms running from February 19 to 21. Content is expected to be pretty much the same as what was seen in the closed beta, but with an additional story mission to tackle. If you're still undecided as to whether or not The Division is worth a look then the beta is great way to find out exactly what sort of game it is.
A game, as it turns out, with a lot of potential to be great. Something which the new 'factions' trailer demonstrates. Here's hoping that at some point you can take on missions for particular factions, and that the RPG nature of the world extends to who gets to be in charge.
Probably not though, seeing as the focus seems to be on building up The Division. But, it's good to find out who's roaming the streets of Manhattan.
To access the beta please use the following guide:
XBOX ONE: Go to Games and search for Tom Clancy's The Division Open Beta
PS4: Go to the Playstation Store and search for Tom Clancy's The Division Open Beta
UPLAY PC: Launch Uplay PC, the Division Open Beta will be in your Free Games list
Last night I deleted Division Beta as I was downloading the pre-load of the full game, then today saw there was another beta. Pretty annoyed initially but now it looks like it's a different beta, so i didnt' delete 25gb unnecessarily.
Encounter a new faction: The Cleaners
Explore a Mass Grave while trying to restore power to the city.
Rescue the missing Engineer, Paul Rhodes
Unlock an additional Wing in the Base of Operations:
The first upgrade to the Tech Wing is now available
A new Skill can now be unlocked: The Deployable Turret
Numerous Dark Zone updates and improvements:
New High End weapons available in the Dark Zone
Refresh rate on Dark Zone chests has been greatly reduced
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been significantly increased in number
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly
The Manhunt Timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue
The Reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5x the kill bounty
The Health Bar for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they actually become Rogue
A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue
Dark Zone experience leveling curve has been adjusted slightly
Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue (This prevents players using Bracket Transfer as a means to escape after becoming Rogue)
Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage
Other changes
New Ubisoft Club Action available for participating in the Open Beta unlocking an exclusive reward in-game
New and improved Tutorial Video
Tutorial video is now available to view from t he Character Select Screen
Fixed two bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players
Fixed an exploit with Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible
Cheat Detection and Prevention additions and updates
Fixed mismatch of stats that occurred occasionally between Vendor Inventory and Player Inventory when item purchased
Adjusted player movement speed while running with a grenade in hand
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused other player's name and health bar to not be visible in the Dark Zone
Fixed some Weapon Mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped
Fixed some weapons that didn't appear as Contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone
Fixed a bug with the Reward Claims Vendor that caused stacks of consumables to be decreased under specific circumstances
Fixed a bug with stats display not updating when browsing Vendor Inventories
Fixed a bug that caused continuous vibration under very specific conditions
Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
Added mission Dialogue lines in Missing Persons: Heather Lau Side Mission
Several environment fixes to prevent falling through world issues in specific places
Multiple stability fixes (23 unique crashes fixed)
Server optimizations and improvements (players will receive less connection errors now)
Multiple localization fixes and improvements
Additional polish & bug fixes too numerous to mention!
Think I'll just wait for the full game, the last beta gave me enough of an idea of what to expect from it and it sounds like from those patch notes they're addressing a lot of the issues, so I'm more confident now at least that it'll be good come release.
it should show up as a title card in the free games part in your uplay account. havent checked in a few days but you can probably preload it if not now then sometime soon. then they'll expire it at the end of monday
it would have been good of them to mention that they would just diff the baseline install to the new build on the uplay card at the end of the last beta
Yeah it would have. They actually mentioned that at launch you will need to re dl the whole thing so I guess a lot of ppl just uninstalled not thinking about another beta.
Posted 03:57pm 10/2/16
Pre purchase I guess?
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Posted 11:57pm 10/2/16
New Mission Available to play, Subway Morgue:
Encounter a new faction: The Cleaners
Explore a Mass Grave while trying to restore power to the city.
Rescue the missing Engineer, Paul Rhodes
Unlock an additional Wing in the Base of Operations:
The first upgrade to the Tech Wing is now available
A new Skill can now be unlocked: The Deployable Turret
Numerous Dark Zone updates and improvements:
New High End weapons available in the Dark Zone
Refresh rate on Dark Zone chests has been greatly reduced
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been significantly increased in number
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly
The Manhunt Timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue
The Reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5x the kill bounty
The Health Bar for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they actually become Rogue
A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue
Dark Zone experience leveling curve has been adjusted slightly
Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue (This prevents players using Bracket Transfer as a means to escape after becoming Rogue)
Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage
Other changes
New Ubisoft Club Action available for participating in the Open Beta unlocking an exclusive reward in-game
New and improved Tutorial Video
Tutorial video is now available to view from t he Character Select Screen
Fixed two bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players
Fixed an exploit with Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible
Cheat Detection and Prevention additions and updates
Fixed mismatch of stats that occurred occasionally between Vendor Inventory and Player Inventory when item purchased
Adjusted player movement speed while running with a grenade in hand
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused other player's name and health bar to not be visible in the Dark Zone
Fixed some Weapon Mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped
Fixed some weapons that didn't appear as Contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone
Fixed a bug with the Reward Claims Vendor that caused stacks of consumables to be decreased under specific circumstances
Fixed a bug with stats display not updating when browsing Vendor Inventories
Fixed a bug that caused continuous vibration under very specific conditions
Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
Added mission Dialogue lines in Missing Persons: Heather Lau Side Mission
Several environment fixes to prevent falling through world issues in specific places
Multiple stability fixes (23 unique crashes fixed)
Server optimizations and improvements (players will receive less connection errors now)
Multiple localization fixes and improvements
Additional polish & bug fixes too numerous to mention!
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it would have been good of them to mention that they would just diff the baseline install to the new build on the uplay card at the end of the last beta
Posted 10:21am 17/2/16