In The Division, the next PTS, the public test servers, are coming up. Additionally, Massive is investigating issues on the PS4.
Normally, the “State of the Game” livestream takes place every Thursday. Last week it was canceled due to the holidays, and there was no livestream yesterday either.
In response, the developers have now reached out to the community in text form: They are preparing for the turbulent weeks ahead. The stream may also be canceled next week as the team is in the USA – to discuss Update 1.6 with the ETF.
PTS starts after the ETF
From January 11 to 13, team members from Massive, along with the “Elite Task Force” made up of community representatives, will be in the USA to discuss updates to PvP at the “Red Storm” studios. Red Storm is currently intensively working on future features for the Dark Zone and the PvP area. DZ leaderboards with unique rewards have already been confirmed.
Shortly after the ETF, the public test servers, the PTS, will start. They aim to test the feedback from the ETF. Whether the test servers will also be available on the PS4 and Xbox One this time remains to be seen. In the coming weeks, Massive will provide more information.
In the past of The Division, two PTS phases have already been held: leading up to Update 1.4 and Update 1.5. The goal of these test servers is to identify and eliminate errors, bugs, and issues in advance before the update is deployed to the platforms. The last two times, the PTS were exclusively on PC – as it is more flexible there.
Problems on PS4
Massive reports two issues on the PS4 that they are currently investigating:
- Connection issues: Some agents report that the game freezes while connecting. Massive requests as much information as possible so the problem can be resolved quickly.
- Survival does not install: Several PS4 agents complain that the Survival mode is shown as “Not installed” in the terminal, even though the DLC was properly downloaded from the store. While Massive investigates this, they have this solution suggestion:
Completely uninstall the game, then reinstall it, but without DLCs. Once The Division is on the hard drive, install the Survival DLC.
Numerous leaks about Update 1.6 have already surfaced: There are supposed to be distinct PvP modes and the Central Park as a DZ expansion.
