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    Tom Clancy's "The Division"

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by J.Dre, Jun 19, 2014.

  1. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    By yourself. And yes, you can join other people in hubs, matchmaking. or Dark Zone. If you have friend currently playing, you will see them on the world map, though not in person if not a part of their squad.

    Don't believe everything reviews are saying, especially big ones (IGN and the likes).
    As for the game, it has a nice setting and polished combat system, though spongy enemies. Story missions are alright and exploring the city is interesting, because it's well made. Side missions are crap though. There are few good ones, but vast majority is crap. I wish they had some more story put into them, instead of collecting missing story pieces, but one could debate that it's an MMO type of game so that's why side missions suck. No trading/gifting between people is also a dumb decision And overall, it's a Ubisoft game. It's nice, but there always seems like something is missing. And it has no soul :D
    If you are interested you can add me, you already have me on Steam, my Uplay account name is the same. If so happens that we are in-game at the same time, don't be shy and add me into your squad (be advised, my DZ level is low).
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    And if I have no friends, I'll be completely alone?
     
  3. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    That's sad :(.
    :D

    But yes, in PvE area will be alone until you go to Hudson hub/safehouse/Dazkzone.
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Now I'm seriously tempted to pick this up. If you're a member of Amazon Prime, you can get the DVD release for 20% off. It's a new policy that matches the Best Buy gamer club - all new release games on physical media are eligible for the discount.
     
  5. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    You do realise you will have to use Uplay, right?
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Um, yeah I do, thanks.
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Nothing wrong with it, it works :)
     
  8. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Todd "It Just Works" Howard says the same :D.
     
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  9. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    bulletsponge is too real in this game
     
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  11. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Heh, with your DPS I wouldn't worry about that too much. Only yellow enemies have noticeable spongeness, but they are bosses, so that's a given.
    I think I heard that devs turned down the overall sponginess. Wonder how bad it was in early builds :confused:
     
  12. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Try playing challenge mode to get phoneix credit

    Even with yellow weapons the regular grunts take considerably more bullet to kill
     
  13. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Oh, OK.
    I'm not there yet, one level away from unlocking it.

    So what exactly Phoenix credits do, have you figured that out?
     
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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  15. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    I watch this guy quite often. I think he has one the the best reviews currently. Walking The Walk series is also nice.

    Angry Joe has also posted a review. It's pretty fair, I think.


    404: Life Not Found.
    Then again, then I had loads of free time last summer, I played The Witcher 3 day and night...
     
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  16. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Phoneix credit is to buy yellow items/blueprint from advanced vendor in your tech wing.

    Also you can spend it in DZ vendor.
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Level +14 in dark zone under 10 minutes

    Try searching for "champion.sebby" if you want him to carry + oneshot everyone in DZ.
     
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Down 10k dz xp in about 10 minutes :( I went from lvl31 to 30 because I died three times on lvl32 elite I tried to solo...

    edit: dat feelz, when I accidentally sell my Midas. So long, I had nice couple days with ya...
     
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    Scanner Notebook Deity

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    Played 10hrs and bored. Why?

    -no fast travel (constant running :()

    -Grunts/weak enemies BULLET SPONGES??!? :confused:
    -Rewards are dumb o_O
    -happy I didn't buy this game :)
    -Going to buy Tomb Raider and play FO4 DLC
    FREEING UP HDD SPACE :D
     
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  20. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    There's a fast travel between safe houses/missions.
     
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  21. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Zizi and his ghost friend:
    [​IMG]

    Too bad level scaling kinda sucks. I'm 30 and Zizi is 12, and all enemies are level 25...
     
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    zizimonzter Notebook Consultant

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    Finally reach level 30, still need some new weapons and gears.
    [​IMG]
     
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    I can give you unwanted things when the trading system is implemented.

    Currently I'm only playing daily missions to farm phoneix credit and crafting materials. With 119% scavenge increase.
     
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    That would be great, let me add you as friend on uplay. what's your username?

    To everyone else, let's share our username so we can play together.
    Let me start.

    UPlay Username: zizimonzter
     
  25. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    STR8_AN94BALLER (LV30, 99K+ dps/72k+ health/12k+ skill)

    I'm rocking a crit-based vector and BM AK74 (constantly rolling this one)
     
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  26. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Wait, they actually gonna add this?
    About freakin' time!
     
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    I took the liberty and added you in Uplay as well. I hope you don't mind. :)
     
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    np

    so we have a 4 man team of me, zizi, marecki, and killkenny1

    maybe farm dz
     
  29. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Let's move, itches!
    Because later today I will have to come back to reality and do some IRL stuff...
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    But I have school today!
     
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    C'mon, there are more important things than school!
    :D
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hentai?
     
  33. killkenny1

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    Hmmm, I guess I will take school then!
     
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    Major setback, won't be able to divison this weekend, pc got water damage (possibly rip titan x) and my M15x isn't upgraded enough to handle the game.
     
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    Noooooooooooo :(
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Motherboard is getting replaced friday, I have a spare 970GTX G1 (going to need 1~ hour OCing this one, still have vanilla bios). Let's hope nothing else is damaged by water.
     
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    Just did two daily Hard missions with kenny.
    It's quite easy.
    [​IMG]

    I hope Mobius, Marecki and other NBR member can join.
     
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    Yup, compared to challenging it was a piece of cake. Server drops also didn't help...
     
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    Seems i got locked out of my account now, first i lose some of my stuffs now i can't even get to main menu. :(
    [​IMG]
     
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    Too much stuff in your inventory? There is this bug if you have lot of weapon parts and to save space you could attach them to weapons then it will lock you out. It will be fixed in new update.
     
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    Yup, just got a reply from ubisupport, so i can't play until april 12th.
    A bit ridiculous.
     
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  42. killkenny1

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    GG Ubi.
     
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    Good thing it didn't happen earlier. Only one day to go.
    How many guns did you have with mods on?
     
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    Around 4-5 from what i remember, I like to change gun on the fly depends on what i need. The one that's missing is my primary ACP 45.
    Yeah i guess i'm quite "lucky".

    I hope the patch doesn't get delayed since they can't give me the exact time the patch gonna be deployed.
    Ubisoft need to step up their game.
     
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    So maybe updates improved stuff? I now play all ultra settings plus all sliders to max/100% between 54 and 90fps. So far I am only level 8, but I am not playing much yet (going to play with close friends that also go it).

    My CPU gets taxed hard though, compared to my gpus.
     
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    Trailer for Update 1.1 - Incursion


    Like ryzeki, i also hope there's Performance improvement.

    Edit: Update now Available 3.44GB on UPlay.
     
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    I can hardly wait to get home from work. :)
     
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    1.1 Update seems to bring enough extra to make it feel, finally, like Destiny hahahaha :) at least in terms of overall content. Obviously gameplay is very different.
     
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    Somehow my backpack now have 84 capacity :eek:
    [​IMG]
     
  50. killkenny1

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    Hax :p
     
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