MMO shooter The Division is entering its challenging second year. We ask: What do you wish and expect from the shooter?
Last March, The Division was released, an MMO shooter set in the disillusioned world of Tom Clancy. Since then, a lot of blood has flowed down the streets of New York. The shooter faced rough waters but seems to have made it through the worst.
With 1.6 and the DLC “Last Stand”, Year 1 for The Division will soon come to an end. In the coming weeks, the PvP will be changed once again.
But we are looking a bit further ahead: Year 2 is already on the agenda. At least there are hints that it won’t end after Year 1. How Massive and Ubisoft plan to shape Year 2 is still unknown.
Competitor Destiny only truly shone in Year 2 with the major expansion “The Taken King” and became the game many had hoped for. Perhaps The Division will also experience a surge in its tricky second year? What do you think does The Division need for that?
Maybe collect champion points like in The Elder Scrolls Online?
Schuhmann says: I wish for more story and story missions – I would also welcome an expansion of the map. Fresh weapons and armor – that too, of course.
“More content!” is always right and important in any MMO.
Other than that, I think The Division, as it is now, is already a lot of fun and works well. The question is, what do you do when you reach the end of the item progression and can no longer look forward to new, better items every day? It becomes a bit dull.
Perhaps an “alternative progression” could be introduced, as The Elder Scrolls Online did with champion points, to allow players to make progress with their agents and better tailor them to their playstyle.
I am not a fan of proper raids in The Division. The game’s concept and character design would need to change radically for them to work properly. Raids require the Holy Trinity of tank, healer, and DPS – or no possibility of tanking and healing like in Destiny, which would require different game mechanics.
The Holy Trinity is so rudimentary in The Division that raid design would likely be quite challenging. I doubt that raiding would be fun.
A major new story for The Division
Perhaps a major story expansion like Destiny is just what The Division needs right now. In the first year, the story about the rogue agents and the desperate situation of the besieged city opened up options that now feel a bit told out. The problem is, Year 1 was about averting the catastrophe, and that seemed to have worked. The peak was reached with the death of Bliss, the last of the major faction leaders. What else is there to come?
Now perhaps a new threat needs to be established that feels cohesive and lasts a bit longer. The sprinkled DLCs have thus far felt rather piecemeal.
What ideas do you have for the second year of The Division?
