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Interesting that they are "fixing" it now, but I think I gave up about a month in. Now that Madden and 2K17 are out I doubt I'll be playing it now. Feel really dumb for buying that Season Pass now.

i quit right after the underground DLC. got to level 20 something down there and just completely lost interest in the game. gg DLC $. I'll probably never touch it again. cant get myself to want to play it at all even after reading info on 1.4

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10-24-2016 , 01:06 AM

#552

Umcle Diddler

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,876

Update 1.4 is releasing in ~2 days and between Civ 6 and having pre-ordered Dishonored 2, I am in no rush to get back into this game. The only hope they have of drawing me back in is if the next DLC transforms it into a true Survival game w/ hunger, thirst, and temperature becoming major game play considerations.

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10-24-2016 , 01:22 AM

#553

DC11GTR

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,720

I started playing Borderlands 2 with my girlfriend, who I played so much The Division with and we haven't even talked about TD for awhile. I know we'll be going back, but we're still not even done with all the DLCs, let alone the Prequal.

I'm thinking we'll probably check it out a couple days after it goes live, then not touch it until Survival drops, which by then it'll probably be our main game again.

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11-07-2016 , 01:53 PM

#554

Daer

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 17,686

I played 75 hours in the first 10 days and 30 mins after that, so no Underground or anything. Since 1.4 dropped I've played about 2 hours and am liking it a lot. Plan to start playing more this weekend.

Survival Expansion and 1.5 is up on the PTR starting today.

Survival sounds ****ing awesome.

The big changes in 1.5:

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Patch 1.5

Added World Tier 5 bracket (230+ GS)
Enemy NPCs are level 34.
Maximum Gear Score raised to 256.
Heroic Incursions are now available in Tier 5 only.
Named Gear items have been implemented in the game. One piece is available for each Gear Slot and each one comes with a unique Talent. Named Gear items can only be dropped in World Tier 5 or in Survival game mode.

Survival Expansion:

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Story of Survival

New York is preparing for the most brutal snow storm ever
You get the information that there are antivirals in the Dark Zone that we can use for the cure
Division dispatches a group of agents to retrieve these antivirals
As you are flying to the DZ you crash with the helicopter
You lose your group and gear and are in a bad shape
You need to continue the mission from there on, fight your way to the Dark Zone, get the antivirals and then extract yourself and the antivirals to safety.

Survival Game Mode

24 Players in a Session
The session is 2h long after that you die when you have not extracted in the Dark Zone
The goal is to get to the DZ, get the antivirals and extract yourself with a helicopter
The whole map is available, so 24 players are on the whole open world map - including the Dark Zone
You can select a PVP or PVE mode, so for players that don't want to play against other players there is a special mode for that.
There are not enough resources for all players, so even in PVE mode, it is competitive
You can matchmake as a group, but you can also matchmake as solo player
You can also group up with other players in the Session - not more than 4 players
You will be dropped off at the edge of the map and you have to work yourself through the city to the Dark Zone to get the antiviral
Other Players will also drop on designated locations, so you can group up there.
The closer you go to the center of the map, the harder the enemies are - but even those at the border can be very tough.
So as you progress through the streets, you need to get better gear, gather supplies and unlock your skills. (Pulse and med-packs for example)
When you die the session is over - unless you are revived by another player / group member
You can revive yourself with a med-pack but those are very rare in Survival
There are roaming enemies that are patrolling the Survival-Zone and those are very tough (Flashlight)
The Survival Map is the same as the current open world- but everything is covered in snow
There is also a snow storm, so there is a low visibility
The Survival Zone is disconnected from the World Tiers, so everybody can play together - level 30 player can play with level 10 player
You get XP for doing activities in Survival, so you can level up your character there
Everybody has the same gear, so it is a fair start.
You can play the Survival mode as soon as you have unlocked the Base of Operations

New Mechanics of the Survival Mode

Your Agent is hungry, dehydrated and sick from something that you have contracted when you crashed (not Green Poison)
You need to extract yourself to be treated, but the progression of the sickness can be slowed than with medicine and painkillers
Hunger impacts your health regeneration
Thirst affects your vision
You start with bad gear, so you need to get better clothes that protect you from the cold
Trash barrels can be lit to give warmth
Apartments give protection against the cold
Skills can be crafted in the hideouts
No Rogue mechanics - but there will be a notification when a player is killed so you can help or get his loot

Final Extraction

When you call an extraction in the Survival Dark Zone the Chopper will land and you can board it to get to safety
But the flair will attract "stuff" that will try to stop you from leaving => big final fight

Your start equipment

Hazmat Suit and a Pistol
All green equipment
No Skills
No First Aid

Vanity Items in Survival

The clothes you find in the apartments have now a protection value against the cold
So when you find a jacket that looks warm, it will also protect you against the snow storm.

Scavenging

You can find food, water, clothes in apartments that will help you survive
There are apparently helicopter crashes all over the Survival Zone and you find equipment there

Crafting

You will be able to find a lot of crafting materials / you can also deconstruct items you find
You can craft items on the Crafting Tables in the Hideouts
Skills can also be crafted in Hideouts

Hideouts

Are new safe places that are scattered all over the Survival Zone
You can find Crafting Benches there
Not like Safe Houses but they will protect you against the cold

UI changes in Survival Mode

No Minimap Pulse is king
Less notifications

Loot / Rewards

When you finish the session you get a summary based on how you did, how many NPCs you killed - this will give you a score. Based on that you will get a reward - so even when you failed to do the objective, you will get rewards.
You can also find and extract sealed caches that will then appear in the main game and give you equipment

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11-07-2016 , 07:04 PM

#555

_dave_

_Pooh_Bah_

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,146

Hmm survival sounds good / enough of a significant change and will very likely tempt me to try it. Is there any word on a PS4 Pro upgrade patch?

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11-08-2016 , 04:14 AM

#556

DC11GTR

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,720

Survival does sound pretty great!!

As for the PSPro patch, I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm assuming I missed it, or its just not live yet. A couple games I have d/l'd their updates. Can't wait until I finally have a PS that doesn't sound like I'm standing on an Airport tarmac......

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11-22-2016 , 07:54 PM

#557

medgar

adept

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 858

Played one game of survival, seems quite fun. Loot is easy to find from containers etc but only one person can grab them so unless you're in a group and sharing it's all about speed to get stuff. You get no skills or anything to start with but they can be crafted cheaply. There's an ongoing life expectancy count which drops more as you get dehydrated or diseased. We made it inside the DZ but got nailed by a bunch of yellow dudes, seems like you can self-revive through medkit usage (presumably to give solo players a slight chance). Will try again and try to actually extract stuff but first impression is it's a nice game mode.

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11-22-2016 , 11:43 PM

#558

Daer

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 17,686

My first survival I got killed by the Hunter after 1h35m trying to extract with 5 mins until the disease killed me. Found lots of medicine at the beginning but none after that. Also didn't find many electronics, I didn't craft skills until I was in the Darkzone.

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11-23-2016 , 03:30 PM

#559

Jeremy517

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Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 7,026

PC/XBONE/PS4 version all on sale for $10 at Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DDXILBQ/

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11-23-2016 , 10:33 PM

#560

Umcle Diddler

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,876

Really pissed that PS4 users STILL have to wait another month. I understand exclusivity deals and all that, but how about you exclusively release a game that isn't ****in broken?

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11-23-2016 , 11:13 PM

#561

Daer

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Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 17,686

ugh just got crushed in Survival by being too cocky. I had a mix of blue and purple gear, full consumables, ****loads of all crafting mats, max medkits, and I hadn't even entered the darkzone yet. I had looted 5 downed players.

Took on a group of purples inside a building and got swarmed. Last one killed me.

Last edited by Daer; 11-23-2016 at 11:20 PM.

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11-24-2016 , 01:29 AM

#562

Daer

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 17,686

Beat Survival on 3rd try. Didn't see anyone else the whole game. First guy to extract did it 10 mins before me and we were the last 2 in the game. Spent 1h46m and finished with 7 mins left on the disease. I was never downed.

My gear was basically OP, I ****ing melted the Hunter:

Finished with the highest Rank score and was never downed. Extracted max 6 gear/weapon caches as well for a total of 11 caches and 25 max level items:

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