In The Division, the plans for this week are being thrown out the window. The livestream for 1.4 and the launch of the PTS are canceled.
Bad news for all agents: Tomorrow (September 13), a special report on Update 1.4 was supposed to take place, in which detailed information about the future of The Division was promised. This has now been canceled for the time being. As well as the launch of the PTS, the public test servers that were supposed to allow testing of the update in advance. When both will be made up is still unclear.
With Update 1.4, the developers aim to enhance the complete player experience. To this end, they invited representatives from the community last week to discuss the major issues and find solutions together. It was assumed that the results of these fruitful discussions would also be published in the livestream.
The show is not canceled, just postponed
The community manager Hamish Bode has now announced in the Ubi forum that the special report will be postponed. They cannot show everything they would like to present to the community tomorrow. They are not that far yet.
Instead, this week’s “State of the Game” (presumably as usual on Thursday during maintenance) will discuss a little about Update 1.4. They want to address some specific solution proposals. We will report on this.
PTS also need more time
Next Thursday, the public test servers were supposed to go live. However, they tested the build with the “Elite Task Force” and concluded that they still need to incorporate further key elements that are critical to the overall experience. In short: The PTS will also take place at a later time.
Bode emphasizes that Massive wants to continue to adhere to their transparent course. Keeping the community in the dark is not an option for them. As soon as they have more information, they will let us know.
With Update 1.4, there are three major goals that the developers aim to achieve. You can read about them here.
