In The Division, the Challenge Mode “Clear Sky” is now live. Additionally, there is information about the next DLC “Underground”.
Recently, the State of the Game took place on June 9th. In it, the developers talked about current changes as well as the Challenge Mode of “Clear Sky” and gave an outlook on the upcoming Update 1.3.
The Challenge Mode of “Clear Sky” is live as of today
Now it is time. The agents can change the difficulty of the new raid. Basically, the top-equipped agents have been longing for this challenge since the launch of Update 1.2. As the developers announced today, you will have to gradually approach the Challenge Mode. You might even feel that it is impossible to achieve. Incredible coordination is supposedly required. “Clear Sky” on Challenging is only intended for “highly team-capable players”.
The developers predict that players will have to return to Hard Mode first to devise strategies and properly learn the raid.
The reward system is as follows:
- Boss Drop: With each boss kill, you will receive a guaranteed 240 item. This reward can be earned as often as you like in a week.
- Weekly Reward: Once a week, you will receive double the reward, meaning: two gear set pieces with 240.
Once you have devised the correct strategy, the Challenge Mode can be completed quite quickly – faster than that of “Falcon Lost”.
The agents will need various builds: for example, tanks as security carriers, damage dealers as protectors, and healers must keep the health points of the team members up. However, the developers do not reveal a concrete strategy.
What does the future hold for The Division?
Furthermore, future innovations were discussed:
- Currently, there are efforts to give the agents a larger inventory. A solution has already been found. With Update 1.3 called “Underground”, it will be implemented. The paid Underground expansion is expected to be released in June.
- Regarding weapon balance: Every weapon type will undergo a change with the upcoming weapon balance changes. Especially light machine guns need an overhaul. While it is fun to use them, they are classified as “not usable” and therefore hardly used. This is also shown by the data that Massive has available.
- Item collection will be revised in the future: This value does not increase the quantity but only the quality of the dropped items. As there are now many activities with guaranteed drops, this value has become increasingly pointless. Therefore, changes are currently being considered for this value.
- There will be some information about The Division at the upcoming E3. We expect the focus to be on the Underground expansion. Here, the developers also want to talk to some guests and release news.
By the way, there will not be a State of The Game next week.
What was fixed during the maintenance in The Division today can be read here.
