In a Special Report, the developers revealed information about the upcoming update 1.1 “Incursions” for The Division via Twitch. We summarize the information.
The Division is now a good three weeks old. Nevertheless, agents are already craving new endgame content. The good news: Fresh content is on the way!
On the evening of March 31st, the developers revealed what lies ahead for The Division in the near future and spoke about the update “Incursions”, in German, the “Übergriffe”.
The update 1.1 “Übergriffe” will be released on Tuesday, April 12. It is free for all Division agents.
These are the Incursions in The Division
As Hamish Bode emphasized several times at the beginning of the livestream, many “great things” will be presented. We list what was revealed about the Incursions:
- Incursions are endgame content and designed for a group of 4 agents.
- Incursions will be “much harder” than the previous Challenge Modes.
- They are very challenging. Coordination and communication within the group are important. Agents must develop tactics and strategies. It is hardly manageable with just anyone; you need a really good team, as the developers stated.
- Some enemies can only be defeated with a specific strategy. Relying only on your weapons is not enough. Future Incursions will feature various mechanics.
- Agents should expect that they will not succeed in the Incursions on the first attempt. Maybe not even on the tenth.
- You get better rewards in the form of weapons and gear.
- The best rewards in the Incursions are available only once per week. However, these endgame activities can be done as many times as you want; good loot is always there. You should never come away empty-handed. But the best loot is only available once a week. This can be earned with each of your characters.
- There are two difficulty levels: a Hard Mode, which is already very “hard”. You need very good high-end items to survive. The Challenge Mode of the Incursions is “very, very hard”.
- There will be matchmaking, but with certain requirements for players (a specific gear score, more on that shortly).
- There will be no checkpoints! If the entire team dies, they must start from the beginning.
- The first Incursion is called “Falcon Lost”.
This is what to expect in “Falcon Lost”, the first Incursion in The Division
We start this Incursion by descending into the underground. The goal is to take out an LMB base. Although the leader of the LMB is dead, this faction still wants to control New York. Our task is to prevent that.
Gameplay snippets have shown that you have to survive multiple enemy waves, in this case, 15! This likely supports the developers’ statement that the Incursions are a challenge even for the most skilled players out there.
“Falcon Lost” is the first Incursion, but there will be more to come. The factions to be fought will also vary. These will lead agents to new locations and challenge your team play. However, they do not want to reveal too much; “new challenges” were emphasized several times.
„Gear Sets“ are coming to The Division
Additionally, with this update, four different “Gear Sets” are being introduced. The items in these sets are rare and hard to obtain. You get these through the Incursions, through Challenge Modes of missions, through the Dark Zone, and as blueprints that you need to acquire.
The special thing about these sets: If you have all pieces of a set, you unlock a unique talent, known as “set bonuses”. Depending on the set, there are various bonuses that favor a specific play style, e.g., for snipers or for supporters. However, not too much will be revealed here yet.
The catch with these Gear Sets: While they are supposed to be “stronger” than high-ends, they do not have their own talents. Therefore, our existing items will not become “useless”, as the existing items allow for variations with their talents; it is advised not to destroy them.
The Gear Score will be introduced
With the update, the Gear Score will also be introduced, which will be significant from max level 30. For some Incursions, a certain Gear Score will be required to start them. For other content, a Gear Score is recommended, which agents can recognize whether they should start this activity or better improve their Gear Score first.
In groups, the Gear Scores of your members will be displayed at the bottom right of the screen next to their names. We have already dealt with the Gear Score in The Division in this article.
Trading is coming, but it will be quite limited
Whether trading is to be introduced has apparently been discussed for a long time within the development team. The beta phases made it clear that the community absolutely wants this feature.
Trading works as follows:
If an agent picks up an item and wants to give it to a member of their team, they can drop it. The member can now pick up this item. Trading only works within a team.
Since all members can pick up the item, it should only be dropped if you truly trust all agents. If a “wrong” agent picks it up, they can drop it again.
In the Dark Zone, there should be safe areas where you can drop items for group members. This ensures that other agents in the Dark Zone cannot access the items.
Weekly and daily assignments are coming
Weekly and daily assignments are being introduced. If you complete these tasks, “good rewards” such as Phoenix Credits or Division Tech await you. These assignments are intended to be diverse and also refresh the Dark Zone.
Supply Drops in the Dark Zone bring very good loot
Additionally, a new feature is coming to the Dark Zone, the “Supply Drops”. These fall from the sky in the Dark Zone, landing in various locations. They contain very good loot that only the group that arrives at that location first will receive. However, these drops are guarded by strong enemies.
You do not need to extract these items from the Dark Zone: The first group that gets the items has them safe. After all, the items are not contaminated.
A “Spectator Camera” is coming
Currently, it is very boring if you are dead in The Division. Therefore, the feature will be introduced that you can observe your teammates while you are dead on the ground.
Furthermore, changes will be made to the game that have not yet been presented.
What do you think of this free update?
You can read about the Year One Content in The Division here.
