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Got mine but didn't realize it would over the exact days of my ski trip. Oh well real world, you will prevail this time.

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Same for me, except it's PAX South.

PSN: Tex117

Lets rock and roll.

I'll be on as much as possible through the weekend. Birthday weekend and minimal training scheduled should allow me some gaming time.

Marriage conference at church on Friday night that me and the Mrs. will be attending. Too bad they took out the option to play from your smart device!!!!

I kid, I kid!!!!

If I preordered in the PS4 store does my beta access just begin on Friday, because I don't have a code and there is nothing on my Uplay account.

The only info I have seen is this:

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Pre-purchases made via Xbox Store, PlayStationStore, or Steam will not require a code as access to the beta is automatically granted!

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Marriage conference at church on Friday night that me and the Mrs. will be attending. Too bad they took out the option to play from your smart device!!!!

I kid, I kid!!!!

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Wife to marriage counselor: He never pays attention to me anymore!
Marriage counselor to jr15aggie: Is this true? Do you struggle giving your wife your full attention?
jr15aggie to no one in particular: What? Yeah, of course! Hold on - I'm almost done with this assault.

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If I preordered in the PS4 store does my beta access just begin on Friday, because I don't have a code and there is nothing on my Uplay account.

The only info I have seen is this:

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Pre-purchases made via Xbox Store, PlayStationStore, or Steam will not require a code as access to the beta is automatically granted!

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I have been in the program since before the alpha (which I played in) and I just got my code via email yesterday.

Is that the gloating emoticon?


Sure feels that way.

I preordered yesterday and got the code this morning. Downloading as we speak.

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Is that the gloating emoticon?


Sure feels that way.

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It's the one I use 98% of the time.

Scroll up, I can't play this weekend, either.

It's the glasses.


Makes it seem like a smirk.

So is it worth the download?

Bunch of info on the beta and character builds and such - https://www.vg247.com/2016/01/27/the-division-beta/

I'll be on this evening and the next couple if any XB1 bros want to squad-up and dominate/revive me repeatedly.

Keester11

Woke up early and played the first mission. Shooting is a lot harder than I expected. Was expecting something closer to Destiny I guess

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Woke up early and played the first mission. Shooting is a lot harder than I expected. Was expecting something closer to Destiny I guess

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The game is nothing at all like Destiny. False narrative that the media is promoting, like Charlie Strong being competent.

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Woke up early and played the first mission. Shooting is a lot harder than I expected. Was expecting something closer to Destiny I guess

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LOL... I thought about that at 4 AM when I woke up and couldn't sleep. I thought, "hey, I wonder if the beta is open yet?". I opted for 2 more hours of not really sleeping. The good/bad news is that I still feel like crap. Gonna knock out some to-do list items here at work and probably be home early for some rest & beta participation.

Played a bunch this morning. Ran all of the side missions and now feel like I'm out of things to do.

Is it what y'all expected?

Playing tomorrow on ps4...would need some extra help in the dark zone

So far I'm a fan! Plays a lot like battlefield in that you can't go full auto at range and expect accuracy. Other than bosses the enemies aren't too bullet spongy. It feels about right.

Graphics are good. Good detail in the environment. Lack of 60fps hurts it though.

Initial impression after an hour or two is I'm in. Its fun and I'm looking forward to grouping up. I didn't bother with dark zone yet cause I was solo.

Same feelings as jr.

(Playing on Xbox One)

Overall plays better than the Alpha, cover system works more fluidly, graphics are a step up and enemies aren't as spongey (though it's an RPG so higher level enemies will take a lot more hits until you upgrade weapons). Keep in mind headshots take enemies down MUCH faster so invest in a scope if you don't get one in a drop. Enemies aren't nearly as difficult as in the Alpha. In the Alpha I had to run the Madison Square Garden rooftop mission about 4 times before beating it. In the Beta I did it on the first try (enemies were easier to beat and there were less of them). Though now I'm wondering if I missed a difficulty setting somewhere.

Played single-player for about 3 hours exploring and running missions and side quests. Ran into some graphic stuttering and low FPS, which is probably a combination of it being a Beta and on a console. Even with this, I was impressed with the amount of the city on screen at one time. You could look far down city blocks before a fog obscured the view. Weather effects are pretty amazing. Was running around when a sudden blizzard blew in and cut my view distance down to about 20 feet. Made fighting enemies a lot more challenging.

Loot drops are more often than the Alpha (especially when you give random civilians aid). I've got a nice faux-sniper rifle and pretty spiffy outfit right now.

I plan on jumping into the Dark Zone (the PvP area) with some of you guys if you are on tonight.

Edit: I also think I randomly fell down a flight of stairs... I'm pretty sure I got it recorded.

I'm assuming y'all are playing xbone? Ps4 is tomorrow right?

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I'm assuming y'all are playing xbone? Ps4 is tomorrow right?

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Yeah - I just updated my post. XB1 only right now, PC & PS4 tomorrow.

Thanks!

Yes, weather effects are really good. And you can adjust the mission difficulty before you start as well... You can also look for players via matchmaking at the same time which is really nice! To do this look for the mission start locating and you can pull up the options before you run in.

All of this in real-time time too unlike Destiny and its awful loaf times.

While running you can see pop ups of you are looking for them. Console limitations, but otherwise it's all fine. Hearing that the game had improved from alpha makes me wonder if some of these minor issues will be fixed in funds version. Overall it runs will imo.

Official info on DLC/Season Pass

http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.com/game/en-GB/news/detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-236580-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32&ncid=1628-3502-5748--2-odsocmed-16-22-TCTDPostLaunchReveal--1-1-8-0116

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DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
We are also planning 3 paid expansions that will be released over the course of the year. Each expansion builds on The Division, continuing your agent's journey and progress with new content, gear and gameplay as you fight to take back New York:
Expansion I: Underground
This first major expansion opens up a new area to players as they explore the uncharted underworld of New York City with up to 3 friends for intense co-op action.
Expansion II: Survival
In this expansion, players will have to survive as long as possible in a very hostile environment that will challenge even the most talented agents.
Expansion III: Last Stand
Stay tuned for more information.

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Not real excited about these.

I wish some of the text was bigger. The descriptions are tiny. I have great eyesight and I'm maybe 10 feet away from TV but still can barely read some of it. I also wish you could see sell price of items in your inventory

Is this game planned as a multiple year thing? Or is it just one year and that's it?

playing tomorrow on PC:

alaskangator05

is the only way to get into the beta from prepurchase?

Put about 5 hours into it last night (which is rare for me in one evening, but the family is out of town this weekend) and really enjoyed it. Graphics look great by my non-snobbish standards - lighting is awesome, weather is fun and interesting, semi-destructible environment is nice and pretty. I'm sure there'll be some minor improvements there once the full version is released as well. Like the feel of the game - shooting seems smooth and the gun/gear upgrade system is easy enough and yet has enough options to make it interesting for a while. Enemies seem to take/deal an appropriate amount of damage to make it challenging and yet somewhat realistic (not as spongy as I expected anyway).

Dark zone was fun with a squad to four Ags. I had ventured in there solo earlier but got scared and ran away back to the "safer" non-pvp maps. With a group of four or even one buddy it's challenging - never can tell when the dude you just ran past doing jumping jacks will turn on you to steal your loot. You can be the ultimate good guy and help randoms you find wandering around or be a ******* and jump unsuspecting n00bs and kill them and loot their corpses while laughing all the way to the extraction zone. I do hope they add some missions and other stuff to do there - seems like there could be a lot more baddies then there are currently - especially if this dark zone is supposed to be all dangerous and stuff.

The DLC news is kind of concerning though - new game modes really aren't what I was wanting. I want new areas of the city to explore and new missions to finish. Playing the same maps in just a slightly different mode doesn't sell me on paying $25 an installment every couple of months. I'll try to get more info in the next week or so, but if that's all they're offering, I'l probably downgrade my order from the gold edition.

Go to start it this morning, and it is still under preload status on steam.... WTF....

Looks to me like both the first and second dlc add new areas. At least the first one says "area". And it looks like having the season pass opens up events that people without it don't get access to. I could be wrong.

Awesome game so far. I can see this being a "grind" type game and will offer many game play hours.

PC Beta activated.