In The Division 2, developer Massive has announced a special prize: the team that completes the new raid first will be immortalized in the game. The prize is likely to boost the race for the World First in The Division 2.
This is how Massive wants to honor the best raid team: As Massive announces in a press release, a very special prize awaits the 8-player team that achieves this worldwide first, defeating the new raid.
A photo of the team and the names of the players will be displayed in the White House of The Division 2, where all players can see it.
The team will be the first whose characters are made “immortal” in The Division in this way, ensuring their legend lives on.
What about the other raid conquerors? This special prize is only for the first team:
- However, players who complete the raid in the first week, from May 16 to May 23, will also receive a reward. They will get an arm patch.
- Those who complete the raid afterwards will receive a clan banner and a special icon for the clan.
And hopefully, there will be useful loot as a reward waiting for all agents, which can only be found in the raid.
Celebrating World First Kills is on trend
Who does that anymore? There are two well-known online games that have particularly celebrated “World Firsts”:
In WoW, every raid has a special achievement for the server first guild.
The “World First Guild” is honored outside of World of Warcraft with much attention or even sponsor deals. In the MMORPG, a cult has formed around this “World First” race.
The leading players of their respective guilds were rock stars in their time. For instance, the raid leader of the then-famous WoW first guild Nihilum, Kungen, has since started a streaming career.
Destiny also has such World First races. The last ones played out similar to what we see now in The Division 2, with staggered rewards.
In the race for the World First “The Lament” at the end of 2018, players were even awarded a belt.
The race for the raid “The Last Wish”, which was considered particularly tough, was even more intense. A team led by YouTuber Datto raided for 24 hours – yet they fell short by 2 minutes for a special award.
For their achievement of being the first to complete a special quest around Whisper of the Worm, a fireteam was gifted a photo – which they didn’t receive in the game, but were sent instead.
Also in Destiny, successful World First Raiders have started a Twitch career from their successes.
Here’s what it’s about: The games use this to generate a “buzz” around their raids and want to particularly honor PvE players and stimulate their ambition.
They aim to achieve this with tight time limits and cool ego-strokes for the best.
The Division 2 is taking an interesting new approach here with the in-game photo.
