In The Division 2 big changes are coming. In the new State of the Game, Massive promises significant improvements in loot and skills. Title Update 5 is set to bring 2 new Exotics and 2 new weapons, and the vendor Cassie will also become more useful.
This is the announcement: Massive clearly states that they have listened to fan feedback and believe that the loot is currently in a bad state. They want to overhaul the current gear system.
The goal is to have satisfactory ways to obtain loot. The gear should feel good.
For example, they want to work on the Gear Brands and ensure that each set has six pieces – instead of just three. This will come in a later Title Update.
It is now a top priority to improve the way equipment is obtained in The Division 2. This will be addressed.
Yellow builds should be as strong as Red ones
This is how they plan to increase build diversity: Episode 1 and Title Update 5 will be available on the test servers on Monday. You will already see a “skill overhaul” there.
Massive is still struggling with “skill mods” and will take another shot at fixing these with Title Update 5.
The goal is for players not to focus only on weapon damage (Red), but also on skills (Yellow).
To achieve this balance, they do not want to weaken the weapons, but rather strengthen the skills. If players can achieve 3 million DPS with a red assault rifle build, they should be able to do the same with a yellow build:
For example, a 3k skill power mod that currently increases the turret’s damage by 25-30% will do so by about 150% with the next update.
Additionally, Massive will change and strengthen the stat “Cooldown Reduction” in The Division 2. It will become “Skill Haste” and will increase with skill power. There will be an additional 33% bonus.
The shield skills will also become significantly stronger.
Exotics come with max roll – less RNG
What about Exotics and loot? Big changes are coming:
- Heroic bosses will drop Exotics. If you have built an Exotic like the Nemesis, a heroic boss can now also drop it.
- If you bring an Exotic to max gear level 500, it will also have a max roll.
- The vendor Cassie will sell “better equipment” featuring named and exotic items. The items can have a gear score of 500.
- Additionally, with Update 5, there will also be “flashlight” attachments that can be added to pistols.
- Two new weapons are planned, the “TU5-Carbine-7 assault rifle” and the “Stoner LMG” – both weapons will receive new talents.
- The exotic gloves “BTSU Gloves” will allow players to create a hybrid build. The exotic lever-action rifle “Diamondback” will also be introduced.
When is all of this coming? The test server for Episode 1 and Title Update 5 starts on July 1. It looks like most of it is already in there. They plan to gradually unlock the game content, allowing each aspect to be tested individually.
For PC, PS4, and Xbox One, we can expect the patch by the end of July.
We will take a closer look at the various aspects in the coming days on MeinMMO.
