The Division - Open Beta - Patch Notes

Open Beta - Patch Notes

Every day we get closer and closer to release. We were so happy to get the Closed Beta into many of your hands and to see all the amazing content that was created around it for the first time! During these 5 days we received an overwhelming number of discussions and suggestions that we began to work on immediately.

The team here has been working endlessly as a direct result of the community feedback to not only fix bugs but also make changes that will improve the experience during the Open Beta. Below you will find a list of the most notable changes and fixes that you will find in the upcoming Open Beta.

Improvements

Interface

Tutorial video is now available to view from the character select screen

Gameplay

A new main mission is available: Subway Morgue
Encounter The Cleaners mass grave while trying to restore power to the city
Rescue the missing Engineer, Paul Rhodes
Unlock an additional wing in the Base of Operations
Unlock a new skill: The Deployable Turret
Cheat Detection and Prevention updates

Dark Zone

New high end weapons are available in the Dark Zone
Refresh rate on Dark Zone Chests has been greatly reduced
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have increased in number significantly
Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly
The Manhunt timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue Agent
The reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5 times the kill bounty
The health bars for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they become Rogue
A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue
Dark Zone experience gain has been adjusted slightly
Dark Zone funds gain has been adjusted slightly
Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue Agent (this stops players using bracket transfer to escape after becoming Rogue)
Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage

Performance

Fixed multiple stability issues that caused players to crash
Further server optimizations and improvements

Bug Fixes

After the Closed Beta, the dev team was hard at work fixing all kinds of bugs. Below you will find the ones that were reported.

Fixed bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players
Fixed an exploit with the Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible
Fixed stat mismatching that occurred occasionally between vendor inventory and player inventory when an item was purchased
Adjusted player movement speed when running with a grenade in hand
Fixed a bug that caused other player’s name and health bar to no be visible in the Dark Zone
Fixed some weapon mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped
Fixed a bug where some weapons didn’t appear as contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone
Fixed a bug with rewards claim vendor that caused stacks of consumables to decrease under specific circumstances
Fixed a bug where the stats display was not updating when browsing vendor inventories
Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
Added missing dialogue lines in “Missing Persons: Heather Lau – Side mission”
Several environment fixed to prevent players from falling through the world in specific places