Next week, an exotic gear piece will arrive in The Division 2 . But are new exotic weapons planned as well? “Yes,” says Massive. But there are some caveats.
Here’s the situation: In The Division 2, many “exotic weapons” don’t play as significant a role as they did in the first part. While there are outliers like the “Nemesis”, a very powerful sniper rifle, you can never have enough good Exotics. And the offering in The Division 2 is still somewhat sparse.
This week, Update 4 brings an exotic holster to The Division 2: It’s the first Exotic in the game that is not a weapon.
On the sidelines of E3 2019, Massive was asked in an interview with Gamesradar whether new Exotics for The Division 2 are planned.
This is what Massive says: They say: “There are definitely plans for more exotic weapons and gear throughout the year, yes.”
But designing new exotic items is very labor-intensive. There’s significantly more effort involved than just bringing in more weapons:
“Gear sets and exotic weapons or gear are difficult because there is so much standard equipment, and the expectation for anything beyond that is that it should “bring something,” say the developers.
By “something,” they probably mean the “certain something” that distinguishes Exotics from the rest.
What The Division 2 considers before introducing a new Exotic
What considerations does Massive have regarding Exotics? Before designing a new exotic item, Massive needs to consider: For whom do we want to create the weapon?
- Do we want to make it for the people who use spreadsheets and calculate even the smallest DPS gain?
- Or do we want to develop it for players looking for a new gameplay experience?
This question must be answered, and then many factors need to be considered:
- How does the weapon affect this raid boss?
- How does it affect that rated challenge?
- What impact does it have on other content we have in the game?
It’s like a checklist that needs to be worked through. It’s complicated, but they do their best to pay attention to everything.
So it looks like our list of Exotics will be a bit longer in the long run:
