TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION – INCURSIONS
MARCH 31, 2016 KYDD AMIGO LEAVE A COMMENT
Ubisoft provided their early look at Incursions in Tom Clancy’s The Division (TCTD) during a special report live stream on The Division Twitch Channel.
Here’s a break down summary of what was revealed:
UPDATE 1.1 – Incursions (Falcon Lost is the first incursion) is a free update available for all TCTD owners coming April 12, 2016.
Incursions are new missions for level 30 players. The Incursions are said to be harder than the current challenge mode missions.
The devs mentioned during the stream a number of times that Incursions will require a heavy focus on group coordination & tactics in order to succeed. Players will need to run complimentary skills and abilities and execute as a team.
Rewards found in Incursions missions are also the best to be found in game.
Incursions have two difficulties. Hard mode (‘the easier’ mode) & Challenge mode. The devs mentioned that in order to tackle the hard mode players should have gear with item level 31. They also advised challenge mode should not be attempted without the new gear pieces. You have been warned!
There will be additional incursions in the future.
GEAR SETS
4 different gear sets. Once an entire set is obtained you acquire powerful talents (not currently found in game) and set bonuses. It’s also been disclosed that the different talents will have a significant impact on gameplay style.
The 4 sets:
Path of the Nomad. Is the Dark Zone set (no details revealed as yet).
Sentries Call. Said to be tailored to marksman style players promoting ‘precision’.
Striker’s Battle Gear. Focused on combat / assault style players.
Tactician’s Authority. Focused on Electronics / Support style players.
How do you collect these? Some set pieces are found in the Incursion, some are found in Challenge modes, some are in the DZ and finally some are crafted via collected blueprints.
GEAR SCORE
Item level is being removed at level 30 and being replaced by gear score. Gear score is a measurement of the quality of a player’s gear.
Difficult content will have a ‘recommended’ gear score.
Incursions will have a minimum required gear score.
TRADING
Group members will now be able to trade items drops with each other.
There is a 2 hour time limit on trading items.
The item is not bound however, so it can be passed to other members if it turns out that the player doesn’t want the item for whatever reason.
There are some trading restrictions:
Items in the DZ can only be traded at DZ Gates.
Players must be grouped when the item drops from a killed enemy.
ASSIGNMENTS
There will be daily & weekly assignments which can be found on the map in the mission overview tab. These assignments will provide players Phoenix Credits, Division Tech and other ‘good’ rewards.
Assignments are goal focused and can be achieved while doing other activities in the game, such as a hard mode mission.
Daily assignments are shorter and designed for players to accomplish quickly.
Weekly assignments are longer and will require multiple ‘steps’.
SUPPLY DROPS
Supply Drops are a new DZ mechanic. A supply drop is a crate of goods dropped into the dark zone from the air every hour in diff locations in DZ.
Only the first person/group can get the reward from the drop. Supply drops are protected by ‘difficult’ enemies. The rewards from the supply drop do not need to be extracted. Expect this to be a PvP battle royal!
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Once you’ve been killed, you will be able to follow your team mates’ view. You can move between team mates.
FALCON LOST
Falcon Lost is the name of the first Incursion. It takes place underground in a Water Treatment Facility. The main enemy in this Incursion will be the Last Man Battalion. (LMB). The LMB are now being led by Captain Perez. The devs mentioned TCTD story will develop further.
Drones were also mentioned as new enemies adding a vertical challenge to the Incursion.
In summary, a number of great features and mechanics are on the way in Update 1.1. Given the game has only been out 3 weeks, it’s great to see Ubisoft Massive responding to the community and pushing to further enhance the content of the game.
Get your gear up agents, it seems Incursions are going to be a real challenge. I will see you in the DZ!