In The Division, the storage will be changed – and expanded – with a future update.
The State of the Game just aired on 27.10., the weekly report from Massive. The community developers Hamish Bode and Yannick Banchereau spoke in the livestream about update 1.4, current issues, and gave brief insights into the future of the MMO shooter.
For all Halloween fans among you, there is initially a small disappointment: In almost every online game, Halloween is celebrated – even in FIFA 17 – but not in The Division. The developers preferred to focus on update 1.4 in recent weeks to get the game back on track. Therefore, there will be no Halloween event and no Halloween-specific cosmetic items will be released. Maybe next year.
However, the developers emphasize that update 1.4 is generally well received. People are satisfied with it, and the feedback is positive – aside from a few new problems.
Current Issues and PTS for PS4 and Xbox One
The current issues mainly concern the consoles in the form of performance problems, which is why voices are becoming louder that a PTS phase would have been good for PS4 and Xbox One as well.
Massive is still investigating the possibilities to make this happen. However, on PC, one is simply more flexible to quickly implement updates. The current status is that progress is being made and that it could work for the future, but it is still very complicated. Nothing can be promised yet.
The Storage is Being Revised
What will please many agents: The storage is being redesigned and thus expanded. With update 1.4, there will be much more relevant loot that needs to be stored somewhere first. Therefore, the developers are aware of the demand for larger storage. And this will come. Probably even with update 1.5.
However, it is the case that one cannot simply increase the storage at will. The traffic on the servers would become too great, making the game unplayable. Therefore, a complete redesign is necessary to expand the storage. What this will look like is still not set in stone. However, the way items are stored will change.
More Information:
- On PC, there are minor sound issues that are being investigated.
- The ISAC missions will return in the future. These were abruptly discontinued as the next ones are already intended for the Survival DLC. Since the last ISAC mission was on 8.9., one can deduce that “Survival” was originally supposed to be released no later than 15.9.
- Feedback on shotguns is being reviewed closely. They will probably be revised soon.
- “Double XP” weekends were successfully tested on the PTS. These will come sometime in the future.
