For The Division, agents have hated the exotic backpack “NinjaBike Messenger Bag” for months. With update 1.6.1, it will be removed from the loot pool.
The State of the Game went live on May 4th. It had surprisingly many good news for the agents.
NinjaBike will no longer drop with 1.6.1
The “NinjaBike Messenger Bag” is considered the worst exotic in The Division. Even when it was introduced with update 1.5, it faced criticism because other exotics simply offer better benefits, like strong damage boosts. And NinjaBike has only this talent:
- If you die in the Dark Zone, you lose less loot (1 public item less) and 20% less Dark Zone XP.
With update 1.6, this talent actually became even worse: The patch introduced the change that you do not lose Dark Zone experience and currency if you are killed in the DZ and are not rogue. This means that the effect of losing 20% less DZ XP is completely pointless.
Therefore, agents have been demanding for some time that this unpopular backpack be revised or removed from the loot pool. It is a huge disappointment when, after struggling through a legendary mission or working hard to earn the weekly supply containers, the NinjaBike backpack is the reward. It is only good for dismantling.
Now comes the relieving announcement from Massive: The update 1.6.1, expected in May, will remove the NinjaBike backpack from the loot pool. If you already possess this exotic, this item will remain unchanged.
Massive recommends that you keep your existing NinjaBike exotics, as they are expected to be revised with a better talent in the future, and this change will likely be retroactive. They are targeting update 1.7 for that. However, they cannot promise this yet. With 1.6.1, it will be removed from the loot pool to avoid further disappointments.
More inventory space in the backpack
Another piece of good news: Massive will test starting tomorrow on the PTS whether a backpack inventory expansion works. In the future, there should be 120 slots for level 30 backpacks, which is particularly useful and important for the loadouts feature.
Tomorrow, on May 5th, the third PTS phase will start around 10:30 AM, during which this new feature will be tested. A maintenance will take place on the public test servers from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM beforehand. The patch notes will be published tomorrow.
The PTS phase 3 is expected to be the last phase. If everything goes well, nothing will stand in the way of releasing 1.6.1 in May. Therefore, you should do everything possible with the backpacks starting tomorrow to uncover any possible bugs regarding the slot expansion. With changes to the inventory, it can also happen that items may be lost.
Note: The capacity of the storage remains unchanged.
Furthermore, there was information today that the invitations for the ETF will likely go out next week. You can find information on the elite task force for 1.7 and 1.8 in the link.
