re: Tom Clancy's The Division Beta

still havent gotten my beta keys for this game..damn it

If you go rogue in the DZ and need a good spot to lay low until it drops off you can run to the library landmark in the lower right hand of the map. There are three ropes that lead up to a little part of the roof that you can camp out on, the only access is the ropes so if you have 3 people you can watch all three ropes. Only real threat up there is grenades.


I had to change up my gear going solo in the DZ though. An all tech build is great and all but if you get into any kind of prolonged fire fight your screwed .

I really dont think the Dark Zone in the beta is a good representation of how it will be in the full game.

The beta only has access to a small part of the DZ so everyone is cramped up together in this small space. It's rarely worth going rogue in the beta because more often than not you'll die because everyone is right there ready to kill you. I think that once you have the whole DZ to play in and everyone is much more spread out that it'll feel a lot different.

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it isn't as chaotic as people make it out to be.

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It was chaotic as hell the first day, but everyone's figured out its much more beneficial to play nice than to go rogue. When you die as a rogue you lose a lot of DZ exp and currency, and with so many people cooped up in one zone the chance of dying after you go rogue is very very high. Right now its more cost effective just to kill NPC's and loot gear off of them instead of killing players for their loot. Once we have access to the full DZ I think it'll be a lot better. Killing other players has much more of an upside to it since survival will be easier if there arn't 30+ other players a stones throw away from you ready to kill you the second the little red skull appears over your head.

I think ultimately they envisioned the DZ to be more of a hybrid of PvE and PvP. It's supposed to be much more situational instead of just straight up competitive multiplayer. Like you see a group of players heading to an extraction point, all of them carrying gear. Do you want to risk the gear you've already gotten to take theirs, or do you try to work with them to get your gear out of the zone too? Do you pretend to work with them just to double cross them as the helicopter gets there?

The gameplay is a lot deeper when the fear of immediate reprisal for going rogue isn't as great.

Agreed. We've done some a-hole stuff to loaners, especially if they try to steal a spot in our chopper. most of the time we play pretty nice especially if we have good loot.

How many players are in the DZ on each server? It never seems like it's more than 15 or so. Have you read anywhere what the cap might be? I don't want a 64-man battlefield experience.

Yes, I think UBi hit a homer with this one. The seamless solo/coop/pvp play is pretty great. I also think because the XP and loot gains are better with teams people are more than willing to team up. I get half a dozen requests to join teams every time I'm in the DZ.

Just saw one streamer said he found the pc dark zone to be less cutthroat than Xbox.

Jealous?

Yea but right now I have my dps and my health/armor at 4500 each but my skill level is low.you can mix and match it anyway you want, but considering most of your skills are locked I overloaded on health and weaponry. And considering they already have purple and yellow gear going around it can get a little hectic not knowing who has what. By the time you find out its too late lol

Crew is definitely a necessity. It is almost not even fun solo. However it is a total blast with people. Also, focussing on health/dps is key. The skills aren't that useful to have really strong. The bullet sponges are the way to go right now. In the pve stuff, dps and skills are how I roll though. Don't need as much health.