Remember when The Division first came out and it was pretty cool? Well, the developers are hoping that everyone experiences that feeling all over again with the upcoming 1.4 patch that will fix a lot of issues that fans have had with the game post-launch.
The constant addition of new gear sets, and expansion packs post-launch have caused the game to shift towards those high level players with those gear sets and in-turn caused enemies to become bullet sponges. The latest 1.4 update as announced on the Ubi Blog, looks to fix these issues. The developers will use the update to focus on issues the community has had such as loot rewards, difficulty scaling, and time to kill. Check out some stats below from the upcoming patch.
New World Level
- Players can now select the World Level when they hit level 30.
- You are able to set the level of the NPCs and the loot to a specific level.
- Named roamers are back in the open-world (Bullet King lives!) and now you can farm open-world again
- The World Level can be changed at any time
- There will not be level 34 / 35 NPCs
- The World levels will be unlocked as you progress
The World Level will affect the enemy levels of:
- Missions
- Open World
- Incursions
- Underground
World Level impact
- Tier 1 (Level 30 enemies – GS 163 loot (rare 182)) – no challenge mode
- Tier 2 (Level 31 enemies – GS 182 loot (rare 204)) – challenge mode is unlocked
- Tier 3 (Level 32 enemies – GS 204 loot (rare 229))
- Tier 4 (Level 33 enemies – GS 229 loot ) – heroic mode in Incursions is unlocked
The plan is apparently to allow players to choose a world tier (1-4) and it will affect the time to kill, loot drops and more based upon the tier which is directly related to their gear level. Once you max out, so to speak, you will get a prompt that you are able to move up to the next world tier. The max NPC level will now be 33 with 34 & 35 being scrapped. Patroling bosses will return to PVE and Heroic difficulty will be available for Incursions only. Things are changing in the world of The Division and it looks like all for the better. No word on when the patch will be ready, but they are aiming fro sometime in October. More changes are listed on The Division reddit, now is the time to get ready to get back into the game.
