Artistically sure but TD2 is using the same graphical techniques as the first game with the same or higher fidelity.
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The Division 2 - BETA |OT| Core temperature rising. Threat of hypothermia decreased.
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I think he's aggravated because old bugs (which he helped spot) are back with a vengeance in a new release (which should in theory should be made with a codebase where those bugs were squashed)
The game looks fun, if I had a Beta code I'd definitely give it a try. Does the game have "matchmaking" of any sort? I don't really have friends that play this.
What's this? This is garbage selection, bottom of the barrel, you could not pick any worse.This world design and photo mode will be death of me. Also people say that graphics were nerfed from Division 1, really?
The Division 1 looks miles better than this.
This beta is pretty fun. Game looks great, and I forgot how good The Division combat feels. I think i'll definitely be picking this up.
If you wanna PM me your email I have spare friend codes and can send you one I think.
If you wanna PM me your email I have spare friend codes and can send you one I think.
Sweet! Thanks! I sent you a PM.. And then forgot to include email.. so I'll send another one in 149 seconds xD
I'll never knock the first games setting, because I absolutely love the snow and Survival is just amazing, but it's time to move on. I said this the other day on another site, I've seen more weather variety in the last couple of days of beta than I saw in the last three years of TD1. And, you're right, there is a ton more variety. Walking around in the sunshine only to have it turn to cloudy and then a a torrential downpour was pretty damn cool and felt anything but "uninspiring" as so many have claimed. And from what I understand most of the weather systems aren't even in or working right.
I didn't realize you could do it before the mission, I did all of that stuff after. Good tip! And I'm guilty as charged with the running in and getting wasted. Anyone who has a decked out character in TD1 knows the face tanking and how common that has become, but TD2 has really humbled me. I'm having to rewire my brain into to the new normal, which is always use cover and play smart. Every once in a while I still forget and just get shredded. That last mission, in particular, brought me back down to earth with how many tactics I'd use in the first game would straight up get me killed in the beta.
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Does that let you carry stuff across to your freeroam character in that case?
It don't think you can, they're separate characters, with the lvl 30 one locked to the endgame mission and a small part of the open-world starting area for it.
The stats are really confusing this time round. I felt like in DV1 I could get a good understanding on what was going on with my build with the DPS etc. What the hell does the 'normalised stats' toggle do - it 'increases' stats manifold, but I don't know what it means. Plus if I have it on all my armour pieces seem to give the same value, whereas with it off they're different.
Heard several YouTube channels say they don't like the seemingly reduced skill gap in PvP. This true?
Nerfed? Not necessarily. I'd say inconsistent. Sometimes it looks awful, and sometimes it looks great. Those screenshots aren't doing the game any favors either.
That end game mission was hard as balls, made it through most of the way but people dropped and then I did as well.
So do you not get extra ammo for your speciality weapon? I used my crossbow bolts and then I was out the rest of the time. Can you not get more during a mission?
So do you not get extra ammo for your speciality weapon? I used my crossbow bolts and then I was out the rest of the time. Can you not get more during a mission?
Matchmaking is super easy and quick. You're gonna need a full squad to beat the endgame mission. It wasn't terribly difficult with 4 people, but would be impossible with 1 or 2.
I did it solo, so it is possible. It was by no means fun that way, though, so I would not recommend it at all.
'Normalisation' for gear applies to non-occupied Dark Zones and dedicated PVP modes in Div 2 as a balancing measure for PVP conflict, see here for further info. It exists for the same reasons in Div 1, but that game's UI conveys 'normalised' stats poorly outside of the Last Stand/Skirmish PVP modes.
They reduced the stat gap between players. Not the skill gap. Now PvP is more reliant on skill than stats and gear. I don't know why anyone would dislike that.
I think the biggest issue with the graphics is the lighting -- the contrast levels seem way off, doesn't seem tuned to the new weather options in the game. Objects appear too bright, too dark, all the windows in this game look pretty bad. Hopefully something they can continue fine tuning in the next month.
I just don't understand these complaints, they strike me as clinging to the old Division 1 stupid bullshit because that's what they knew and had mastered. I don't care how good you are at chicken dancing in the Dark Zone, it was not a fun PVP experience and was just plain stupid. Minimizing the amount of stupid exploits you can pull off is not "reducing the skill gap" because relying on macros and other stupid bullshit requires no skills.
And of course, I'm sure there will be twenty stupid exploits that players will find in the first week to exploit in PVP that will then be abused by the community until it becomes the new normal because that's generally how videogames work.
I just don't understand these complaints, they strike me as clinging to the old Division 1 stupid bullshit because that's what they knew and had mastered. I don't care how good you are at chicken dancing in the Dark Zone, it was not a fun PVP experience and was just plain stupid. Minimizing the amount of stupid exploits you can pull off is not "reducing the skill gap" because relying on macros and other stupid bullshit requires no skills.
And of course, I'm sure there will be twenty stupid exploits that players will find in the first week to exploit in PVP that will then be abused by the community until it becomes the new normal because that's generally how videogames work.
Has anyone else had horrible, single digit frame rates on the Xbox One X when in a group of 4? It starts out fine doing a Mission, but towards the end of a mission the frame rate just tanks and actually has paused since it was so bad. The other time, I was in a group of 3 and we were in the DZ. Everything was going fine but after a while, same thing, single digit frame rates. I asked the others in the game and they said they were also having bad frame rates. Anyone else having these issues?
i think that is the memory leak bug
they removed the instant health skill, and positioning is more important now since you pause to repair armor
it's not possible to tank two or more enemies hitting you now
My money's on one of the specialized weapons being OP with the right build. That or people find a new way to face tank.
Bah, today's three-hour maintenance window will be the third in as many days. The beta should be extended another day. :(
Is it hard to reach the end game of the beta for the time left? Because I just finished downloading the game.
Hahaha so many players trying to face tank enemies in the beta, joke's on them.
Played the mission solo with the demolitionist. It was my first try and I died a lot. At one point I almost gave up. But the shotgun carried me through. This thing melted every armor and in the end it was quite fun.
You just have to finish both the main missions for the end game mission to become available.
An hour or two, 2 missions and reach at least level 5 (7 is cap for beta).
Reached the part where the game lets you choose a high level character then throws you to the same mission with no real differences on the enviroment where you did to turn on the network but at high level with different enemies....
The stuttering is so bad with this game. I tried lowering everything and it still stutters. Thais runs worse than Anthem for me
Thats standard for the genre. Missions/Dungeons/Strikes/Strongholds... every game calls them something different but they're all the same in that its low level group content that is recycled for endgame with harder enemies and better rewards.
That's probably part of it, but it just seems like he's burnt out on the franchise but still needs to earn a pay cheque. He still shows a lot of good information, but It's just not a very good watch when the creator has basically mentally checked out, any other recommendations for Division Youtubers?
Spent a couple of hours with the beta and in that time hit a myriad of bugs, this thing feels extremely rough right now. And this is meant to be the 'polished' vertical slice being shown.
The sound bugs are terrible. Audio clipping really badly, completely silent gun fire and effects for minutes on end, or team mates eminating constant gun fire audio when not shooting. Had the mission bug out so you can't open the final door to complete it. Got stuck inside that room on another run. Also been match made teleported into a room that you can't get out of. Had AI stood in their T-Pose. The list goes on.
It's a shame given the game does feel otherwise an improvement over the first. Cautiously optimistic.
The sound bugs are terrible. Audio clipping really badly, completely silent gun fire and effects for minutes on end, or team mates eminating constant gun fire audio when not shooting. Had the mission bug out so you can't open the final door to complete it. Got stuck inside that room on another run. Also been match made teleported into a room that you can't get out of. Had AI stood in their T-Pose. The list goes on.
It's a shame given the game does feel otherwise an improvement over the first. Cautiously optimistic.
Ugh, more maintenance just as I was going to jump on.
Head over to the PC performance thread and see if anything posted there can help.
Head over to the PC performance thread and see if anything posted there can help.
If anyone needs a ps4 code tomorrow, shoot me a friend request on Ubi's site and I'll send one (got 2 left)
It's 320am, so I'm off to bed
It's 320am, so I'm off to bed
Yep I agree. Division 2 map design / colors look so off and blurry. The white snowy map design, atmosphere, christmas lights, sound wind design were incredible in division 2. division 2 is lacking in every aspect so far except gunplay