The Division: HVTs after Update 1.4 – High-value targets will become really lucrative

In The Division, we will look at the high-value targets and the high-risk targets as they will be with Update 1.4.

Some of you may still remember the HVTs, the high-value targets that were introduced with the Conflict Update. Massive aimed to revitalize the open world with these, but they didn’t really resonate with the agents.

The principle of HVTs is quickly explained: You complete “Search and Destroy” missions in the open world to obtain target data. With this target data, you “purchase” contracts where you are supposed to eliminate a high-value target or a high-risk target. If you succeed, you get loot.

However, the agents were annoyed by some things:

• It is an endless grind to obtain enough target data.
• The enemies in the “Search and Destroy” missions do not drop any relevant loot at all.
• The rewards for completing HVTs are unsatisfactory and are almost always gear set pieces from the “Lonely Hero” set.

Update 1.4 improves everything for HVTs

And now the good news: Patch 1.4 addresses all the criticisms we just listed.

• You can obtain target data faster. For completing a “Search and Destroy” mission, you now receive 5 data, and for a critical “Search and Destroy” mission, you receive 10 data (instead of 2 and 4).
• Additionally, the prices for HVT contracts will be adjusted.
• Furthermore: Thanks to the new World Tier system, even the standard enemies in the “Search and Destroy” missions can drop useful items at maximum gear score (229), although with a low probability. It is now “worth” defeating many of them.
• So far, weekly HVTs and high-risk targets were designed for groups. They were hardly achievable solo. With 1.4, these can also be mastered alone if you have good gear.
• At these targets, there is plenty of lucrative loot to grab. Additionally, you can obtain all gear set items with the same probability, not just Lonely Hero.
• In a squad, you will get to the loot even faster, as each individual receives target data, allowing you to quickly collect the necessary data for all weekly contracts. 

  

More Information:

• Weekly HVT vendors have two contracts of each task type, not just one.
• 40 new HVT contracts will be added to the HVT pool.
• Daily HVTs scale depending on the group size.
• The enemies in “Search and Destroy” missions are now “Normal” and “Veteran,” no longer predominantly Elite.

With these changes, the high-value targets and high-risk targets become worthwhile weekly tasks that grant you many valuable items. And on top of that, you can explore the open world.

What do you think about these changes?

The rewards from HVTs and high-risk targets

• Daily High Value Targets at low costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
  • Reward:
    • 15 Phoenix Credits
• Daily High Value Targets at medium costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
  • Reward:
    • 1x High End
    • 20 Phoenix Credits
• Daily High Value Targets at high costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
  • Reward:
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
    • 25 Phoenix Credits
• Weekly High Value Targets at low costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 2x High End or Gear Set
    • 1x High End Mod
  • Reward:
    • 1x High End
    • 1x Gear Set
    • 50 Phoenix Credits
• Weekly High Value Targets at high costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 1x Gear Set
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
    • 1x High End
  • Reward:
    • 2x High End
    • 1x Gear Set
    • 50 Phoenix Credits
• Weekly High Risk Target at low costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 2x High End or Gear Set
    • 1x High End Mod
  • Reward:
    • 1x Gear Set
    • 1x High End
    • 1x High End Weapon
    • 60 Phoenix Credits
• Weekly High Risk Targets at high costs:
  • Boss Drop:
    • 1x Gear Set
    • 1x High End or Gear Set
    • 1x High End Mod
  • Reward:
    • 2x Gear Set
    • 1x High End
    • 1x High End Weapon
    • 70 Phoenix Credits