The Open Beta of The Division brings new content and numerous improvements. This is what changes compared to the Closed Beta.
Yesterday it was officially confirmed that The Division will have an Open Beta starting a few weeks before release. The dates for the different platforms are already known. What changes compared to the previous test phase?
New Mission: “Subway Morgue”
In the Open Beta, you will have the opportunity to play a completely new mission. In this mission, you will encounter the Cleaners, who want to cleanse the city with fire. In this mission, you must rescue engineer Paul Rhodes to restore energy to the city. You will reportedly explore a “mass grave”.
Continue to expand the Operations Base
While you were able to expand the medical wing in the Closed Beta, in the Open Beta it is the Tech Wing that is up next. As a reward, there is a new skill: “deployable turret”. In the Operations Base, you coordinate your missions and expand the various wings to unlock new skills.
There have also been many adjustments to the Dark Zone
In the first test phase, agents loved to roam in the Dark Zone. In the Open Beta, this PvP area will receive numerous updates and improvements.
- There will be new high-end weapons. Previously, only Cassidy and Caduceus were available.
- The refresh rate of the Dark Zone crates has been significantly reduced.
- There will now be significantly more non-player enemies (i.e., mobs) in the Dark Zone; they will also be slightly buffed.
- Some ropes have been removed that previously allowed players to reach places that provided an unfair advantage.
- There are also adjustments to the DZ experience points you collect.
Significant changes have been made to life as a Rogue Agent:
- If you are Rogue Level 5 and in the middle of a fight, the timer now pauses instead of resetting as before.
- Additionally, there is now a bit more reward (1.5x) if you survive as a Rogue.
- The health indicator now only turns red when you go Rogue.
- A warning has also been implemented that indicates when a player is shooting at another agent but has not dealt enough damage to be considered Rogue.
- Moreover, as a Rogue Agent, you cannot change your squad.
Additional changes to The Division
- The development team has cleaned up most PC cheats that occurred during the Closed Beta. The Open Beta is also intended to observe discrepancies to address them successfully before release.
- There will also be a new tutorial video that can be viewed from the character selection screen.
- And a lot of bug fixes have been implemented, such as two bugs that previously allowed players to be invisible to others. Not all bug fixes will be listed here.
Be sure to experience for yourself in the Open Beta what has changed. And play diligently so that Ubisoft Massive can also fix the last bugs and nothing stands in the way of a successful release. The Open Beta is free and open to everyone – so it will also be a real stress test for the servers. Unfortunately, you cannot transfer your progress from the Closed Beta to the Open Beta.
Will there be a Pre-Load for The Division again?
If you still have the Closed Beta on your drive, you can save some GB in downloads. Only an update of 1.6 GB will be applied. Otherwise, you will have to download the 27 GB of the Closed Beta in addition.
A Pre-Load starts on February 16th. That should be enough time for most to get started at the beginning of the Beta.
By the way: The Xbox Store lists a file size of 32.29 GB for the final version of The Division. Compared to the Beta, that’s not too much. Of course, a lot can still change until the release date, but you can expect around 33 GB.
