Ubi has confirmed that The Division has lost its trading feature that would have seen players able to sell items between one another in-game.
Associate creative director Julian Gerighty told GR the feature wouldn't be in the game at launch, citing the "priority of different features" as the reason behind its removal. "It’s the reality of production. Some features make it, some features don’t," he explains.
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TIM WHITE WRITES: "Multiplayer or single player? Developers, you can do both, just not willy-nilly."
I hate when I see single player games and see people begging for multi-player. Jeez guys it don't need to be on every game. Latest one I seen was atomic heart.
Multiplayer or even co-op
If it was always a single player game then that's how it is
It's a trend that never really went away. For me multiplayer in a primarily SP focused game was an excuse for DLC. Then there's the mentality gamers had that adding multiplayer makes a game worth the price, otherwise it should be half price for half a game. A way of thinking devs reassured when they started adding multiplayer to their sequels. We see the same with multiplayer focused games getting SP in their sequels.
Tbh multilayer now is a way to add live service and mtx elements, very rarely does it come of well.
What single players game used to be in a lot of cases now require 3 other people for keeping to really enjoy it and I hate having to rely on others to get the maximum from a game.
Sp should be sp, if devs want to add a separate multi mode then that's fine with me, the legends addition to ghost of tshushima was fricking sick but totally separate to the main game. Sick of co op too.
I remember when certain single player games had them as included optional modes that was played on the couch. Had brilliant times with Syphon Filter and Golden Eye. Me and my bro used to used to fight over who would play as Gabe even though it was technically just a skin. Good times.
Wow..... This certainly is following Destiny's footsteps.
This begs the question was Ubi marketing this originally as an MMO or was myself and many others just assumed it was one? This was one of my most anticipated games of the year yet the more I read about it, the more disappointing it sounds. Not sure if that's due to me wrongly assuming it was being designed as a fully fledged MMO or Ubi got cold feet and backtracked on their vision.
I really hope they back up and put the trading feature in their final product at launch. First the companion app wich had me like "I can help out my friends while Im at work." Now this... I wasnt totally sold in the Alpha testing so maybe Im gonna skip this one too. When I played the Destiny Beta, I was vert disapointed and I didnt buy it at launch like I planed... I bought it last black friday and only payes $25 for it. I only hope they keep adding stuff to the final product otherwise Im not buying The Division either.
I think this (and Destiny for that matter) would benefit from the System that Diablo 3 has, if you're in a group then you have a time window to share your loot. That eliminates the option to sell it online for real money and just enables you to help each other.
Does this game have microtransactions? I wouldn't be surprised if they got rid of this future so people are more likely to purchase via MT as supposed to gamer trading.