Ubisoft made some extensive changes from the last beta to the new open beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division.
Ubisoft made a new tutorial video. improving on the last one.. So if you are playing the beta for the first time, you will be getting a better introduction. This tutorial can be played from the Character Select screen.
There will be a new mission, called the Subway Morgue. In this mission, you will be rescuing an engineer named Paul Rhodes, and you will also go through a Mass Grave in the course of restoring power to Manhattan. You will also be facing off against the Cleaners for the first time.
There are also updates to your Base of Operations. Specifically, you can now update the Tech Wing for the first time. You can also get a new skill, the deployable turret.
If you use your Uplay account, you will like this addition. Ubisoft added an Ubisoft Club Action that will unlock an exclusive in-game reward for you.
There are, of course, also a myriad of fixes and changes. You can read the full patch notes below. On the side, if you downloaded the prior beta client, you can still use that to play this new beta. So, make sure to keep that client so you can be among the first to get in when the beta goes live.
Tom Clancy’s The Division arrives on March 8, 2016 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. You can read more details about the open beta here and here.
New Mission Available to play, Subway Morgue:
- Encounter a new faction: The Cleaners
- Explore a Mass Grave while trying to restore power to the city.
- Rescue the missing Engineer, Paul Rhodes
Unlock an additional Wing in the Base of Operations:
- The first upgrade to the Twch Wing is now available
- A new skill can now be unlocked: The deployable turret
Numerous Dark Zone updates and improvements:
- New High End weapons available in the Dark Zone
- Refresh rate on Dark Zone chests has been greatly reduced
- Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been significantly increased in number
- Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly
- The Manhunt Timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue
- The Reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5x the kill bounty
- The Health Bar for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they actually become Rogue
- A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue
- Dark Zone experience leveling curve has been adjusted slightly
- Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue (This prevents players using Bracket Transfer as a means to escape after becoming Rogue)
- Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage
Other changes
- New Ubisoft Club Action available for participating in the Open Beta unlocking an exclusive reward in-game
- New and improved Tutorial Video
- Tutorial video is now available to view from t he Character Select Screen
- Fixed two bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players
- Fixed an exploit with Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible
- Cheat Detection and Prevention additions and updates
- Fixed mismatch of stats that occured occasionally between Vendor Inventory and Player Inventory when item purchased
- Adjusted player movement speed while running with a grenade in hand
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused other player’s name and health bar to not be visible in the Dark Zone
- Fixed some Weapon Mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped
- Fixed some weapons that didn’t appear as Contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone
- Fixed a bug with the Reward Claims Vendor that caused stacks of consumables to be decreased under specific circumstances
- Fixed a bug with stats display not updating when browing Vendor Inventories
- Fixed a bug that caused contiuous vibration under very specific conditions
- Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
- Added mission Dialogue lines in Missing Persons: Heather Lau Side Mission
- Several environment fixes to prevent falling through world issues in specific places
- Multiple stability fixes (23 unique crashes fixed)
- Server optimizations and improvements (players will receive less connection errors now)
- Multiple localization fixes and improvements
- Additional polish & bug fixes too numerous to mention!
