While the raid on consoles was mastered for the first time recently, agents on PC are currently beating one record after another. The best teams are now completing this activity from The Division 2 in well under 30 minutes.
Since May 16, the first raid Operation: Dark Hours has been live on all platforms in The Division 2. How fast are the best agents currently?
This is how the raid has developed on PC: Since the launch, agents have been getting faster and more effective in their raid runs. Therefore, world records are currently falling one after the other on PC.
While MarcoStyle and his team from the POG clan (Positive Gamers) still needed 5 hours 2 minutes for the World First, the world record until recently was just under half an hour. The German DUK community clan had already completed the raid in just 30 minutes and 9 seconds with his team on May 17.
This is the current world record time in the raid: Shortly thereafter, they had already mastered the raid without a wipe in 28 minutes. However, the guys continued to refine their performance and optimized their strategy for the final encounter yet again. Thus, on May 18, they outdid themselves and set a new world record: 23 minutes and 40 seconds!
Here you can watch this incredible run in the video:
This is how things currently look on consoles: The situation there is quite different. The raid was mastered for the first time by a team on PS4 yesterday, May 18 – in more than 36 hours on PS4.
The time difference between PC and consoles is enormous. While the best team on PC is almost at the 20-minute mark, the fastest raid on PS4 is at 19 hours and 47 minutes. On Xbox, the raid was completed in 17 hours and 26 minutes (World First on Xbox).
Players there are also finding better strategies, but they are worlds apart from the times currently being achieved on PC.
Why the difference? Console players are complaining on Reddit and other discussion platforms that the raid on PS4 and Xbox One is much more difficult due to controller handling than on PC with mouse and keyboard.
For an optimal strategy and good times, one must always hit precisely – whether it’s small weak points on bosses, the heads of regular enemies, or elite opponents. This is considerably harder on console than on PC. Some players also cite the lower frame rate as a reason for the poorer performance.
The raid itself, however, does not differ in its mechanics between the different platforms. Many players are already demanding improvements for the consoles from Massive.
What do you think? What do you believe is the reason for the big time difference between PC and consoles? Should Massive improve that in your opinion?
