In The Division, Update 1.6.1 has been announced. This will be released before 1.7 and will improve the agent experience.
Just now, the State of the Game aired on March 30. Community developers Hamish Bode and Yannick Banchereau discussed the future of The Division and launched a live survey on the gear sets.
Quality Update 1.6.1 will be released in May
Update 1.7 will bring new content in summer 2017, such as events, loadouts, and feats. Before this content update goes live, Massive wants to address many issues in the post-apocalyptic Division world.
Additionally, update 1.6.1 will be released in May. This will be a pure “quality update,” as the developers call it. It will include only bug fixes, balancing adjustments, and “quality of life” improvements. In other words: the agents’ lives should become more enjoyable.
For the first time in the history of The Division, an update will focus solely on such aspects. Previous updates 1.1 through 1.6 always brought new content, which introduced additional bugs and issues. With 1.6.1, the complete focus will be on the “quality” of the game – and not on fresh content.
Beforehand, a PTS phase will take place, during which you can test the adjustments on public test servers. However, this PTS is only available on PC. When it will start is still unknown. The PTS phase for update 1.7 will also be available on consoles.
Hunter’s Faith should be revised
Interestingly, during the livestream, the developers initiated a live survey that lasted 20 minutes. The chat was asked which gear set they would like to change, which set has the greatest need for adjustment.
The clear winner was the “Hunter’s Faith” set. Banchereau joked: “Okay, let’s nerf it!” How the balancing for this set will look specifically remains to be seen.
Further information:
- The talent glitch has not been able to be reproduced so far. It may just be a UI bug.
- The air detonation of the seeker mine will be revised in the future: initial damage will be reduced, while damage over time will be increased.
The talents of all gear sets in 1.6 will be presented here.
