At The Division, a survey hints at plans for Year 2. Apparently, Massive wants to orient itself more towards Destiny.
For a few days now, Ubisoft has been sending a survey via email to selected agents, asking them to answer several questions about The Division. Player feedback is crucial to improve the game further. We at Mein-MMO have also received this email and answered the questions. It is noticeable that: Massive shows an astonishing interest in Destiny.
“Why are you still playing Destiny?”
Bungie’s MMO shooter Destiny has been successful in this genre for over 2 years, has a loyal and passionate community, and is already working hard on a sequel for 2017. It’s no wonder that the developers of The Division are looking at the “competition” and want to know what makes Destiny so successful.
The survey initially asks general questions about the individual. How old are you, what entertainment hardware do you own, what games do you play apart from The Division? If you check Destiny here, the survey asks more specifically:
The first Destiny-specific question seeks to find out how you play the MMO shooter: Do you play Destiny solo, in co-op with friends, with random players, or do you primarily play PvP?
The second question regarding Destiny is especially interesting: Here, Ubisoft wants to know what keeps you in Destiny. Why do you still play it? Is it because you play it with your friends, because you want to create the perfect character build, because it’s just fun, because the loot system is motivating, or because there are so many ways to play the game?
Do the questions already refer to the “Year 2” contents?
It seems unlikely that Massive and Ubisoft are asking these questions to significantly change the last DLC of the “Year 1” content. This is likely already far along in development. It would be too late for fundamental changes now. “Last Stand” is set to appear on all platforms in early 2017.
More likely is, and that is what agents are currently speculating, that the responsible parties are already planning for the “Year 2” content or even a possible sequel, “The Division 2.”
The efforts that the developers have put into Update 1.4 to make The Division future-proof also show that after “Year 1” there should be no end yet. Major issues from the past have been resolved. The game is fun again. It would be surprising if Massive said after “Last Stand”: “That’s it!”By the way: The survey also addressed numerous other topics, such as the Dark Zone or the story missions. They wanted to know if the story was understandable and whether moral questions arose when killing enemies.
Finally, we should evaluate possible upcoming content, how important we find it. Here, new story missions, new game modes, gear sets, enemy types, PvP experiences, new environments (even a new city?) and a larger Dark Zone were mentioned.
It is possible that we will find one or the other mentioned aspect in the future in a “The Division 2”. However, this is not officially confirmed.
What do you think? Do you believe in a “The Division 2”?
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