In a few days, new content will be released for The Division 2 and Update 5 will be available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Our author Schuhmann is looking forward to the patch, which brings many important improvements four months after release.
This is the situation: At the moment, The Division 2 is a bit neglected. Since the “Tidal Basin” update on April 5, not much has happened that interested all players. At least I haven’t logged in since April.
That will change on July 23, when Update 5 and Episode 1 go live.
This looks like a really good patch that comes at the right time and is free.
5 reasons why I will play The Division 2 again
New content: The Division 2 offered so much content at release that I was busy for weeks and logged late into the night on PC. The missions were well-designed and interesting.
I had a lot of fun wandering through the aviation museum for the first time and suddenly being on Mars or shooting around in the Vietnam setting of a museum.
The Episode 1 brings two new missions in the open air. I am curious to see how that will be and if the feeling from March returns.
Heroic missions and the raid: Until now, farming for loot in The Division 2 was, in my opinion, a bit too random. I saw no good reason to do the “hard” stuff.
With Update 5, bosses in heroic missions will now drop Exotics. While this is still random, there will then be a clear reason to farm the items.
I have hardly seen any reasons to log in to The Division 2 in recent weeks – I think that will change with the heroic missions. I am excited to casually try the raid in “Discovery Mode.” I will be able to do that starting July 23.
More build variety: With Title Update 5, “skill builds” are finally set to become useful. You won’t just be able to run around like Rambo, as is the case now, but as a tank with a big shield or as someone who triggers skills from behind.
I look forward to playing something different in The Division 2 with Update 5 than the guy with the LMG who just shoots and only uses skills to have a bonus life.
Fair Exotics: Anyone who previously found an Exotic had to rely on luck that it came with a “strong roll.” With Update 5, that’s over. Items drop with max roll when found at gear score 500.
Also, the vendor Cassie Mandoza is supposed to finally become useful. I haven’t hunted Exotics or Cassie before, but in 2 weeks I will deal with both.
Exploring Expeditions on your own: Expeditions are already live on the PTS. From Massive’s point of view, they should be the centerpiece of Episode 1. But players have been rather critical of them so far. Many veterans browsing reddit have wished for the return of modes from The Division 1 like Underground or Survival.
For them, “Expeditions” are just silly maps where you run in circles without a radar. I am curious whether this will be my impression as well or if they will become the highlight of Episode 1, as Massive seems to believe.
Sounds like the perfect update for me
That’s why the update is ideal for me: I have played The Division 2 with enthusiasm so far, but I am far from being a hardcore veteran like many who are currently criticizing The Division 2 heavily for taking too little from The Division 1.
I enjoyed my first weeks in Washington a lot, but then the air was out.
For me, Update 5 and Episode 1 look really good, especially since both come for free at a time when not much else is happening.
