Title Update 12.1 has dropped as a 4.3 GB update, and with it starts a special Resident Evil cross-over apparel event, a global event, and the second week of the current league activity. To top it all off, the optimization station now takes 75% less resources to use!
And for those folks lucky enough to have a PS4, you can enjoy 4K at 60 FPS.
The Kestrel League event has begun. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of combat goals. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challening mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Kestrel.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
There's a lot going on in the Division 2 this week. Today starts:
- The Outguard Apparel event
- The Golden Bullet global event
- The second week of the Viper League
On a sad note, the Dark Zone XP cheese has been patched, so that's no longer a thing.
The Viper League event has started. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. Like the last season, the base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challening mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Viper.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The Belfry League event has begun. As with previous league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating specific types of kills. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challenging mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Belfry: Outcast missions in and around D.C.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The Dusk League event has started. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating specific types of kills. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challenging mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Dusk: True Sons missions in D.C.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The Wraith League event has begun. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challenging mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Wraith: Hyena missions in D.C.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The next target for season 3 is now available. Wraith activities are located in Hyena territories in D.C. For the next seven days or fifteen levels is double XP, which is great because the Last Resort apparel event has also started.
Today Title Update 11 is released, and with it, the start of Season 3: Concealed Agenda. Ubisoft's official patch notes are excellent and worth a read, but here's a short summary of what to expect.
The Titan League event has started. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challenging mission.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The Huntsman League event has started. As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. The base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challening mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Huntsman: eastern D.C. missions.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
Today starts the next phase in the Hornet Manhunt, with this week's target being Huntsman. Huntsman activities are based in East D.C., and XP will be doubled for the next seven days, until you earn 15 levels.
The Luna League event has begun! As with previous league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. Like the last season, the base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challening mission. The theme for this mission are the missions that were involved in finding Luna: all New York missions.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The latest global event has started, and it involves enemies with energy shields that can only be damaged and destroyed with explosives, EMP bursts, or signature weapons. The good news: when you destroy the shield, the enemy explodes!
I finally got around to opening 147 apparel caches. Before starting on this task, I asked myself, "Could spreadsheets make this better?" And the answer, as always with me, was "yes." The following is a deep dive, with math, on how apparel cache drops don't work the way the developer says they do.
The Termite League event has begun! As with prior league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills. Unlike the previous seasons, the base difficulty for missions is hard, with one challening mission. And also unlike previous league events, this one isn't faction specific.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
Today at 6PM CEST / 5PM BST / 12PM EST the doors will open for Operation Iron Horse, the new raid. This raid will send eight agents into the United Ironworks to remove the True Sons.
There's the Race To World First promotion which drops free apparel events tied if for joining certain Twitch channels starting at 5PM today. Details about the raid and the promotion below.
Season 2, "Keener's Legacy" has begun, and it is free for all Warlords of New York expansion owners. This season operates much like the Season 1, except that the Season 2 Pass, which unlocks an extra rewards track, is an additional in-game purchase.
More details, including what the Season 2 Pass will get you, is after the fold.
Today at 9:30 CEST / 3:30 EST there will be a server maintenance and client update for Title Update 10 (TU10). Very detailed patch notes are available on the official Ubisoft site. The client update is 6.1 GB.
On June 23rd, Season 2 "Keener’s Legacy" will start. During Season 2, there will be a new manhunt, a new apparel event and a new global event, as well as two league events.
The new raid, "Operation Iron Horse" will be available for level 40 players on June 30th, followed a week later for the level 30 version. The discovery version will be available some time after that.
A summary of new exotics, weapons and talents, taken from the patch notes, is below the fold.
Title Update 10 is scheduled to drop on June 16th. This update will contain a number of gameplay balance changes, as well as loot quality and generosity improvements.
The Hill League event has started. As with previous league events, we will be earning stages by speed-running specific missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills against a faction. This league event is all about True Sons.
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold.
The Home League event has started. As before, event consists of earning stages by speed running select missions on certain difficulties, and accumulating certain types of kills against a faction. This league event is all about Cleaners, so that means get on the helo, agent, it's off to New York we go!
Mission details, times and target objective are below the fold
Title Update 8.5, with a wealth of supposed bug patches for glitchy gear, and many rebalancing adjustments is now available. Full patch notes are here for the curious.
The Northeast League event has started, and this one is all about Hyenas, mostly. There are three challenging mission time trials, one heroic mission time trial, and two cumulative special target goals.
So after 24 hours with Title Update 8 and the Warlords of New York expansion, here are some spoiler-free thoughts.
While we've shared information about Title Update 8 and the Warlord of New York expansion schedule on the clan Discord, I thought it might be nice to have one concise summary of what to expect in the next 48 hours.
With the next title update we will be getting four new brand sets. Dave (NY) was kind enough to send a long a link to a video covering the details, and I've summarized the information.
As March 3rd draws closer many agents are wondering, while shoving loot into their bursting stashes: “Am I doing enough to get ready for the new gear system?”
The answer is: there‘s nothing you can do. Everything we have and are currently using will be trash.
Warlords of New York is the first expansion for the Division 2. It will drop on March 3rd, and will arrive with a title update that includes Gear 2.0, the massive rebalancing of gear and weapon, and vast overhaul to the loot UI. The expansion will be available for current owners of the Division 2 for 29.99 euros (probably $30 USD) or bundled with the full game in different editions starting at 39.99 euros.
What's in the new update is below the fold.
Episode 3: "The Hunt" will be available today for early access for Year 1 Pass holders. It will be available for all players one week after that, on February 19th. This will be the last content for Year 1, which ends on February 29th. This episode will contain:
- Two new main missions
- Two classified assignments (for Year 1 Pass Holders)
- New specialization: Firewall (unlocked immediately for Year 1 Pass Holders)
- New exotic SMG: Kameleon
Updated with video
It looks like today's live stream is going to reveal the Year 2 expansion. From some leaked information, we have this:
Warlords of New York
New York is under threat. Aaron Keener, a former Division Agent turned rogue, has taken control of Lower Manhattan, backed by four devoted and highly skilled lieutenants. Trained by The Division but disavowing its ideals, they are now the highest authority in town and the most formidable force the Agents have ever faced.
Dave (NY) raised a great question in chat, and I was frustrated I didn't understand the issue well enough to provide a clear answer. So let's answer it now.
How is skill cooldown effected by skill haste?
The developers were demonstrating the new Chameleon exotic Assault Rifle on the last State of the Game video. A quick summary and a video analysis follow.
On the state of the game, the developers revealed the entire talent tree for the new specialization, which is called Firewall. Dave (NY) shared a great link analyzing the tree and discussing details of this role. There are a lot of tank based skills in the specialization tree in addition to the flamethrower signature weapon. My summary and the video are below the fold.
A story trailer for Episode 3 has dropped, and from it we know the new specialization will involve a flamethrower. The mission will involve rescuing Vitaly Tchernenko from Aaron Keener and the Black Tusk. Also, Cleaners will be involved. The trailer is below the fold.
You've probably heard about Episode 3, gear/loot revisions and the new raid, but you might not be sure about when or what any of it actually means. Here's a quick summary with links to useful details about each.
Dave (NY) shared a link to a video that discusses some gear score changes that are coming down the pipe. I'll save you 10 minutes and summarize the details, because there's some good news.
The maintenance for Title Update 6.1 is well underway. The new version of the game is available for download, but the server maintenance window has been extended twice from the initial four hours (starting at 08:30 GMT) to six hours, to currently nine hours.
On an unrelated note, I hear Massive is looking for more Quality Assurance and DevOps folks...
Update! As of 4:50 PM GMT the servers are up and working!
Title Update 6.1 will be available December 10th, 2019. With it we will get the "Situation: Snowball" which contains the "Silent Night" apparel event.
