The Three Worst Things About The Division Open Beta

Pixelgate writes:

''After taking some time to reflect on The Division’s Open Beta, and highlighting the best bits,looking at the other end of the scale only seems fair. For all the positives and fun the Beta supplied, there’s a few things that produce a few questions. These are the three worst things about The Division Open Beta''

[DarkOcelet]

Lets hope they sort out the AI and the enemy low count before launch.

I really dont like how many enemies charge in taking tons of bullets and they have Zero Reaction. It feels stupid.

[PixelGateUk]

It's almost zombie like :P

[DarkOcelet]

Exactly lol.

[xPhearR3dx]

Well, it's an RPG first, shooter second, so them taking tons of bullets wont change. They did increase the AI in the dark zone quite a bit, I just hope the PVE areas have more AI. Sometimes I'll run for quite some time and see no one. Granted, it was a beta and pretty limited, but still.

[PixelGateUk]

unless you crack out the class carbines 2 hit kills all around!

[sprinterboy]

I didnt really notice the dz increase enemy count tbh

[UKmilitia]

i had a scar that was about 3000dps and it was only a few bullets.
i would say i could kill 3-4 with a round,only the orange and purple took a bit more.

[sprinterboy]

Purples were fine,it was the yellows (orange?) for me

[Pongwater]

It's funny to me that so many people complain about bullet sponging but I see no mention of instant healing, area healing, carrying huge amounts of gear around in a medium sized backpack, carrying 6 pieces of potentially large gear around in a medium sized fanny pack, a helicopter that can extract your loot but can't provide any sort of air cover…

It's a game. It has many unrealistic elements, as nearly all games do. You don't like an element we've all known about for a long time. Ok.

The only thing I can agree with you about is the enemy count. I hope there are more and I hope their locations are a bit more random in the final game.

The AI was sometimes good and sometimes mediocre, but I didn't have a huge problem with it. I like charging enemies as long as it's certain enemy types, which it is. There are also enemies that hang back and stay in cover.

[SSTXX]

Exactly, people keep complaining about bullet sponging, it is like every game they played was so realistic in a sense that they can't play any other unrealistic RPG games -_-

[Lord_Sloth]

I'm sorry to have to tell you this but....Carrying capacity doesn't effect the combat (the core aspect of the game) the same way as Bullet sponging.

[EyeAmTJ]

Hmmmm, I guess u never played an RPG game before thats how they all are when u shoot enemies

[Meishpizza]

I don't agree with the people complaining about the AI honestly think it's pretty cool and pretty aggressive.... As to the AI count Ubisoft has stated they will increase the amount of enemies and NPCs for the final build... I hope the amount of buildings we can go into will be uped like in the beta area but I doubt this.

[Momo118]

I got to agree with all three points, hopefully they will be improved in the final version. never stopped my enjoyment of the game though which is good

[Artemidorus]

It's a basic shooter with rpg elements. Make it a free to play game and charge for weapons etc

[Goldby]

worst idea in the world, why would you want to make the a pay to win game. cuz thats what would happen, 12 years olds who have their daddy's credit card will rack up about a 18000$ doing that, then tell their parents they didnt know any better, parents wont punish kid, demand refund from company and act liek nothing happend. at least thats what ahppened with an 18yr old and fifa

[Artemidorus]

Because it's so basic it should be. They will demand full retail plus no doubt a season pass and only a blind fanboy will perform such actions.

I suggest people up their parenting skills you have no excuses being the person they look up to.

[Goldby]

have you played the full game release, including the stuff they havent talked about? Destiny is also a very basic shooter, should that be free as well? what about CoD?

becuase something to you looks basic, or even if one aspect may seem basic doesn't mean it isn't worth 60$ (in my case 80$)

Bloodborne is a basic hack and slash, all built around timing, does that mean it should be 60 as well?

Free-to play only works if things are unlockable in game without $, but for every 1 person who unlocks if via actual game play, 10x the people pay for it. would you want to be level 10 with a decent weapon and have someone pay for everything, weapon, armor , mods, perks, talents, skills? that doesn't seem very fair and would destroy the game.

[Pongwater]

"Make it a free to play game and charge for weapons etc"

Mind : Boggled.

[Artemidorus]

Freedom to own the game but premium on items and growth it's not hard to come up with ideas.

[sprinterboy]

F2p WHAT ? Good one, real gameplay dz balancing right there/s

[INMATEofARKHAM]

I think the problem with the AI might be the modern MMO/RPG elements like Argo and what not... They seem to move when they want to target someone else. (I mostly talking about the first mission on hard and the second mission 8n general.)

Still think the worst thing about the beta is it being over...

[Pongwater]

"Still think the worst thing about the beta is it being over…"

Exactly what I was going to say.

[OutcastMosquito]

The AI started me once. I was shooting them and was trying to get a friend to join my chat and I wanted a couple minutes in the same spot where I assumed I was safe, only to have an enemy slowly creep up on me with his partner. I was actually quite spooked to realize he was looking for me.

[Cartman55125]

While all three points are valid, I agree with the low enemy count in the open world the most. Traveling across the map seems as if it will be happening often, they need to make it interesting.

[Elite-uk]

Agree with the final point, outside the DZ feels "like a safe zone" They should have had the cleaners mooching around in their bin wagon hunting down the player!.

[brokenbracket]

I'm not sure I understand the dialogue issue. I mean, are you expecting a Morgan Freeman moment every time you run into someone on the streets, or a Denzel Washington moment every time there's a cut scene? It's a video game lol.

The AI did take questionable risks. But the enemies we were fighting were also basic looters and dudes with flame throwers that logically would make them feel super bad a$$ and untouchable. But I had several encounters with enemies that didn't want to come out of cover.

The enemy count will likely increase as well once the final game is released. If you run from the base of operations to the DZ entrance in the beta, you'll run into two groups of NPC's, doubt that will be the case in the final version.

[PixelGateUk]

''I'm not sure I understand the dialogue issue. I mean, are you expecting a Morgan Freeman moment every time you run into someone on the streets, or a Denzel Washington moment every time there's a cut scene? It's a video game lol. ''

Sorry for not having my standards trapped in 2003? :P

[MatriXcian]

All i know is that their are a lot of ppl named Alex in the darkzone