Finally, there is information about the fall update for The Division 2, titled Update 6. This brings a large new loot feature and some gear changes.
The State of the Game aired on September 11th, the first situation report for The Division 2 after the long summer break. Massive discussed changes to loot and gear during the livestream that will be implemented with the upcoming title update 6.
When will title update 6 be released? According to Massive’s Hamish Bode, the fall update is expected to release in October. He doesn’t know the exact release date yet, but you can expect it in the next 3 to 7 weeks.
What happens until then? A PTS phase is expected to start in the upcoming days, during which some new features from title update 6 can be tested. This test build is expected to be PC exclusive again. Since the update is supposed to go live next month, the public test servers will launch soon. Narrative content cannot be played on the PTS.
In addition, the developers will discuss changes to the fall update every Wednesday in the coming weeks. Next week, the Dark Zones and PvP will be addressed, and today they spoke about loot and gear.
This is the big new loot feature
This problem is being addressed by the developers: Many agents currently complain that it depends too much on luck to get the item they want. The loot pools are simply too large. You have to farm for ages to get the item you still need for your build.
How the problem will be solved: With title update 6, Massive will narrow the loot pools in The Division 2. In the future, you will be able to farm specifically for certain weapon types, gear pieces, brand sets, mods, etc., by grinding in specific areas or playing certain activities like story missions.
This looks something like this (not final version):
Here you can see that in the area “West Potomac Park”, the loot probability for skill attachments is increased.
The upper image shows that in the “White House” area, gear pieces from the Sokolov-Concern brand drop more frequently and that you can specifically get holsters in the “DCD Headquarters” mission.
And in the “Bank Headquarters” mission, gear from the “Overlord Armaments” brand can be obtained especially frequently.
This means you can now farm for items that you need for your builds. On the map and right before starting a story mission, the respective item type will be displayed.
These loot probabilities will change over time. If you want Overlord Armaments items, you do not have to play Bank Headquarters for weeks. Because on other days, this brand set is available in other activities. The loot probabilities are therefore dynamic.
Important: This loot feature, which enables targeted loot hunting, is only active at World Tier 5.
For the boss of a mission, there is a guarantee that the displayed item type (e.g., a holster) will drop as a reward. But for all enemy NPCs and also from crates in the mission, the chance of getting variants of this item type is increased.
What else is changing with loot? Massive is working on the general drop chances of loot. The new, goal-oriented looting is intended to take center stage, which is why general loot drops will become less frequent. Otherwise, you would be overwhelmed with loot.
Changes to Gear
What is changing with brand sets: The brands are currently restricted to certain armor slots. For example, Massive states that a chest piece from Airaldi cannot drop. This restriction will be eased, so that brands will be available in more armor slots where they previously were not.
What is changing with gear sets: You will now only need 4 items of a gear set to unlock all bonuses. This allows you to have 2 armor slots free for other gear pieces while still enjoying all gear set benefits. This creates more combination possibilities for builds.
In addition, backpacks and body armor will become more powerful. They will receive high-end talents.
The currently exclusive raid gear sets will also be available from other sources with the new title update. Only the powerful backpacks and body armors of the raid gear sets will remain raid-exclusive.
This is what happens to named items: There will now be around 35 named items (not Exotics!) – significantly more than before. They will have unique talents that are “perfected” versions of previous talents. So they are not completely new talents, but better versions of existing talents that provide a few percentage points more in bonuses.
You can obtain the named items from various sources. Some are rare random drops, while others are tied to hard activities.
New features in recalibration and crafting: The recalibration will become clearer and will also allow for the moving of stats (red, blue, yellow).
In crafting, the cap of materials will increase, you will receive more materials from NPCs, and it will be shown how to obtain blueprints that you are still missing. We will delve deeper into the new features regarding recalibration and crafting in a separate article.
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