Does that date seem familiar? Well, if you are a Destiny fan it will be. Ubisoft has announced that the next content update, version 1.1, will launch on April 12th. It is the same day as Destiny's big content update, so get ready for a throw down.
During today's one hour livestream, The Division team detailed a number of new changes coming to the game, beginning with the Incursions game mode. This will be a free update for all players and it will be called Falcon Lost. It will include two difficulty modes, hard and challenging, with certain requirements needed to take part. The hard mode recommends level 30 and a certain gear score. The challenging mode will require a certain gear in order to participate. Similar to most MMO's, you won't be able to take part in certain events if your character is not leveled high enough. While explaining the setup, two members of the team revealed that it took them 8 hours to beat the Incursion on Challenging difficulty. You can imagine how long it may take someone who didn't make the actual game to complete.
The item level has also been changed to gear score as mentioned above. Once you reach level 30 now, all items will show gear score. As a result, you will see other players' gear scores above their head opposed to just level 30. During a gameplay of the Falcon Lost Incursion, it was revealed that there will be level 31 purple enemies, and one wave even had 15 of them. So, you can tell how difficult this is going to be and why it requires a certain gear score. You will be able to complete the Incursion as many times as you want, but the first time each week provides higher rewards. The team also confirmed that all Incursions will operate on a weekly reset once more are released.
Four brand new gear sets were also revealed, but the team did not provide that much information about them. The four we will be seeing are
1. Path of the Nomad – linked to Darkzone
2. Sentry's core – focused on long range and precision
3. Striker's battle gear – focused on combat assault
4. Technician's authority – focused on support for your team
Each set has a number of items included and provides bonuses for equipping all of them. Just as most MMO's do, you will need to decide whether you want the bonuses from the set, or the individual bonuses from other weapons. For example, DPS builds may require a set while others may like individual weapons or vice versa. Certain items may be found in the Darkzone, others in Incursions, others in drops, etc. and it will be up to you to locate them all.
Item trading has been added into the content update as well. It will take place at a gate in the Darkzone, so you will not get hurt while doing so as there is no combat. You can trade with anyone in your group at the time, so the team warned of taking precautions. Trading will take place in drops rather than a menu. If you trust only one person in your group, they suggest forming a group just with them in order to make the trade, or else another group member can scoop it up first. A two hour limit on trades begins once the item is dropped for the first time. It can be dropped over and over during that time, and whoever has the item at the end of two hours keeps it. A group of close friends can use this to their advantage, but be warned if playing with high end randoms to avoid getting trolled.
Finally, they announced supply drops and a spectator camera. Supply drops will take place in the Darkzone and will not be contaminated since they are shipped from outside. Once they are picked up, everyone in the group has access to the item and not just the player who picked it up. These will not need to be extracted as they are not contaminated. The spectator camera allows you to control it once you are dead rather than just seeing what the other player sees like the way it is now. The team indicated that it will allow for better tactical support provided to players once you are dead.
All of this will be provided free of charge on April 12th for all platforms. More Incursions are on the way, but the team would of course not elaborate any further on them. How far are you in the Division? Let us know below.
