The Division 2 : L’Episode 1 est disponible avec une énorme mise à jour !

The Division 2 est le jeu le plus vendu de 2019 ! Les joueurs sont encore nombreux sur le titre et l’arrivée de nouveaux contenus doit permettre d’en faire revenir certains parmi vous. Bonne nouvelle pour ces derniers puisque The Division 2 en profite pour se mettre à jour avec une longue liste d’amélioration. Des armes au crafting en passant par des ajouts de gameplay, tous les aspects du jeu évoluent avec la dernière update en date.

Bien évidemment nous commencerons par détailler les ajouts en termes de contenus avant de découvrir l’énorme ré-équilibrage du jeu. Rendez-vous à Washington, agents.

Le contenu de l’Episode 1

L’Episode 1 est disponible dès ce 23 juillet pour les détenteurs du Pass Année 1. Pour tous les autres joueurs, il sera disponible dès le 30 juillet. Cet Episode 1 proposera 2 nouvelles missions principales, deux affectations confidentielles et une première zone d’expédition.

Nouvelle mission principale : Manning National Zoo

Suite à sa défaite, Emeline Shaw, leader des Outcasts, s’est repliée sur l’île Roosevelt. Celle-ci s’est barricadée dans le zoo national de Manning et vous devrez vous battre pour mettre fin à ses agissements.

Nouvelle mission principale : Camp White Oak

Les Black Tusks et leur chef se sont établis en plein cœur de la forêt. A vous de les trouver, de les mettre hors d’état de nuire et de les capturer !

Nouvelle fonctionnalité : Expéditions

Avec les expéditions, vous découvrirez de nouvelles zones tout autour de Washington. Celles-ci vous proposeront des défis inédits et vous permettront de récupérer des pièces indisponibles ailleurs.

Nouvelles affectations confidentielles

(uniquement pour les détenteurs du Pass Année 1)

• Aquarium central
• Site B13 de la NSA

Ajouts et nouveautés

Le Système de Berger et les demandes de renforts

• Le système de Berger est ajouté. Il favorise l’entraide entre joueurs en récompensant ceux qui répondent à des demandes de renforts. A chaque fois que vous aidez activement des joueurs vous faites progresser votre niveau de Berger et obtenez donc de nouvelles récompenses.

Raid

• Le mode Découverte est désormais disponible pour l’opération Heures sombres.
• Le temps de réalisation du raid est ajouté aux Classements de Clans.

Armes Exotiques

• Diamondback Exotic Rifle
• BTSU Exotic Gloves

Armes

• Nouveau fusil d’assaut : Carabine 7
  30 munitions
  790 TR/MIN
• Nouvelle mitrailleuse légère : Stoner LMG
  580 TR/MIN
  Capacité de 200 munitions

Dans la suite du patch, les développeurs font un grand focus sur les évolutions des compétences de joueurs. L’intégralité des classes et des compétences ont été revues afin d’équilibrer le jeu au global. Différents bugs ont également été résolu tandis que l’interface subit quelques retouches légères. On vous laisse découvrir tout cela plus bas, en anglais.

Skill Haste
Cooldown Reduction has been replaced with skill haste. Skill haste works equivalent to speed. So 100% skill haste reduces cooldown by 50%, like a car speeding up by 100% getting to it’s destination in half the time. This means that the player can invest in more than 100% Haste and still get something back. It also means there’s a diminishing return to Skill Haste, as opposed to cooldown reduction where each point was actually worth more than the last one. This allows us to have a good amount of Skill Haste possible from gear, but even larger amounts granted by high skill power Skill Mods, granting skill builds more frequent access to their souped up skills.

To that effect, these are the changes to Haste (formerly Cooldown Reduction)

• Removed the 90% Cooldown Reduction hard cap
• Lowered the minimum Cooldown cap for all skills from 10 seconds to 3, except for the Chem Launcher which is now 8
• Renamed all instances of Cooldown Reduction on existing gear to Skill Haste, with a 50% increase to their base values
• Eg: +10% Cooldown Reduction will become +15% Skill Haste
• Increased Surge talent Skill Haste bonus from +10% to +20%
• Increased Alps Summit Armament 1-piece Skill Haste bonus from +10% to +20%
• Increased China Light Industries Corporation 3-piece Skill Haste bonus from +10% to +30%
• Increased Petrov Defense Group 3-piece Skill Haste bonus from +10% to +30%
• Increased Tip of the Spear 3-piece Skill Haste bonus from +20% to +40%

Specialization Skill Mods (granted from each spec tree)

• Removed all Skill Power requirements
• Bonuses greatly improved to provide a strong initial boost to the skill platform

 

• Demolitionist
  • Cyclone Magazine – Extra Mortar Ammo bonus increased from +1 to +3
  • SHD CPU V.2 – Damage increased from +7% to +100%
• Survivalist
  • Magnetic Disc – Skill Haste increased from +9.7% to +80%
  • Larrea Tridenta Infusion – Healing bonus increased from +14.5% to +50%
• Sharpshooter
  • Graphene Battery – Duration increased from +14.5% to +80%
  • Carbon Fiber Frame – Skill Haste increased from +9.7% to +80%
• Gunner
  • Microwave Amplifier – +30% Banshee Pulse Confuse Duration
  • Directional Transmitter – +30% Banshee Pulse Cone Size

Skill Platform Changes

Pulse

• Scanner
  • Scanner Pulse will now begin its cooldown after a 3 second delay on activation, rather than at the end of the Pulse effect’s duration
  • Lowered Scanner Pulse base radius from 52m to 50m
  • Lowered Scanner Pulse cooldown from 90s to 40s
• Remote
  • Lowered Remote Pulse cooldown from 120s to 60s
• Jammer
  • Lowered Jammer Pulse cooldown from 120s to 90s

Turret

• Assault
  • Increased Assault Turret base damage by 22.5%
  • Increased Assault Turret base duration from 120s to 300s
  • Lowered Assault Turret cooldown 120s to 60s
• Incinerator
  • Lowered Incinerator Turret base damage by 60%
  • Increased Incinerator Turret base burn damage by 60%
  • Lowered Incinerator Turret base burn duration from 5s to 4s
  • Increased Incinerator Turret base duration from 120s to 300s
  • Lowered Incinerator Turret cooldown from 120s to 90s
• Sniper
  • Increased Sniper Turret base ammo from 5 to 6
  • Lowered Sniper Turret cooldown from 240s to 60s
• Artillery
  • Lowered Artillery Turret cooldown from 240s to 60s
• Increased Turret platform base health by 100%

Hive

• Restorer
  • Increased Restorer Hive base healing amount by 50%
  • Increased Restorer Hive base health by 20%
  • Lowered Restorer Hive cooldown from 240s to 90s
• Stinger
  • Stinger Hive damage is no longer affected by Explosive Damage modifiers
  • Increased Stinger Hive base health by 50%
  • Lowered Stinger Hive cooldown from 240s to 90s
• Booster
  • Increased Booster Hive base health by 33.3%
  • Lowered Booster Hive cooldown from 240s to 90s

Chem Launcher

• Firestarter
  • Increased Firestarter Chem Launcher base burn damage by 60%
  • Lowered Firestarter Chem Launcher base burn duration from 5s to 4s
• Riot Foam
  • Increased Riot Foam Chem Launcher base radius from 1.5m to 3m

Firefly

• Blinder
  • Lowered Blinder Firefly base blind duration from 8s to 6s
• Burster
  • Lowered base damage of Burster Firefly by 20%
  • Lowered Burster Firefly cooldown from 90s to 60s
• Demolisher
  • Lowered base damage of Demolisher Firefly by 25%
  • Lowered Demolisher Firefly cooldown from 90s to 60s

Seeker Mine

• Explosive
  • Increased Explosive Seeker Mine base damage by 42.8%
• Airburst
  • Increased Airburst Seeker Mine base burn damage by 60%
  • Lowered Airburst Seeker Mine base burn duration from 5s to 4s
• Cluster
  • Increased Cluster Seeker Mine base damage by 33.3%
  • Increased Cluster Seeker Mine explosion radius from 3m to 4m
  • Lowered Cluster Seeker Mine cooldown from 90s to 40s
• Mender
  • Increased Mender Seeker Mine base duration from 120s to 300s
  • Lowered Mender Seeker Mine cooldown from 180s to 60s

Drone

• Striker
  • Increased Striker Drone base damage by 7.1%
  • Increased Striker Drone base duration from 120s to 300s
  • Lowered Striker Drone cooldown from 180s to 60s
  • Lowered Striker Drone base health by -20%
• Defender
  • Lowered damage reduction from 100% to 80% (20% in PvP)
  • Increased Defender Drone base duration from 20s to 40s
  • Increased Defender Drone base health by 100%
• Bombardier
  • Lowered Bombardier Drone cooldown from 120s to 60s
  • Lowered Bombardier Drone base health by -46.6%
  • Increased Bombardier Drone base bomb blast radius from 3 to 4 meters
• Fixer
  • Increased Fixer Drone base health by 60%
  • Increased Fixer Drone base duration from 180s to 300s
  • Lowered Fixer Drone cooldown from 180s to 60s
• Tactician
  • Increased Tactician Drone base duration from 180s to 300s
  • Lowered Tactician Drone cooldown from 180s to 60s
  • Lowered Tactician Drone base health by -73.3%

Ballistic Shield

• Ballistic Shield base health regeneration is now percentage based and scales with the total health of the shield
  • 5% HP/s Holstered Regeneration
  • 2.5% HP/s Active Regeneration
• Bulwark
  • Increased Bulwark Ballistic Shield base health by 33%
  • Lowered Bulwark Shield cooldown from 240s to 40s
• Crusader
  • Lowered Crusader Shield cooldown from 240s to 40s
• Deflector
  • Lowered Deflector Ballistic Shield base health by 6.6%
  • Lowered Deflector Shield cooldown from 240s to 40s

Skill Mod Changes

All numbers based on maximum (3000 skill power) mod attribute rolls

Hive

• Extra Payload – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Experimental Blend – Changed from flat value to percentage based increase of base Healing amount (+50%)
• Experimental Blend – Stim Efficiency bonus increased from +20% to +50%
• Experimental Blend – Buff Duration bonus increased from +20% to +50%
• Nitroglycerin Mixture – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Nitroglycerin Mixture – Healing bonus +50% variant added
• Cooling Vents – Skill Haste bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Internal Storage – Charges bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Swarm Control – Charges bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Radar Signal Antennas – Duration bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Network Firewall – Radius bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Network Firewall – Duration bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Steel Harness – Health bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Polycarbonate Wiring – Health bonus lowered from 60% to 50%

Turret

• Magnetic Rail – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +150%
• Lubrication Gel – Duration bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Lubrication Gel – Incinerator Turret Burn Strength +100% variant added
• Cyclone Magazine – Extra Mortar Ammo +8 variant added
• Cyclone Magazine – Extra Sniper Ammo +12 variant added
• Spare Parts – Skill Haste bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Organic Circuits – Duration bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Ammo Box – Extra Sniper Ammo bonus increased from +3 to +12
• Ammo Box – Extra Mortar Ammo bonus increased from +2 to +8
• Ammo Box – Mortar Radius +50% variant added
• SHD CPU V.2 – Damage +150% variant added
• Multi-tool – Skill Haste bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Weather Coating – Health bonus lowered from +120% to +100%
• Carbon Fiber Barrel – Health bonus lowered from +120% to +100%

Pulse

• Nickel-Chromium Wire – Skill Haste bonus increased from +60% to +200%
• Nickel-Chromium Wire – Remote Pulse Skill Haste +300% variant added
• Silicon Carbide Coil – Charging Speed bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Exploded Blueprint – Skill Haste bonus increased from +60% to +200%
• Heating Mantle – Charging Speed bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Distributed Architecture – Radius bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Super Glue Pulse – Radius bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Unstable Oscillator – Effect Duration bonus lowered from 55% to 50%
• Atmospheric Analyzer – Effect Duration bonus lowered from 55% to 50%

Seeker Mine

• Mini Electric Motor – Skill Haste bonus increased from +40% to 200%
• Delivery System Upgrade – +100% Damage variant added
• Ball Bearings – Damage bonus increased from +30% to 100%
• Magnetic Disc – Skill Haste +200% variant added
• Phosphorus Ingredient – Healing bonus increased from 60% to 100%
• RDX Pellet Payload – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• RDX Pellet Payload – Airburst Burn Strength +100% variant added
• Larrea Tridenta Infusion – Healing +100% variant added
• Brushless DC-motor – Health bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Sturdy Piston – Health bonus lowered from 60% to 50%

Chem Launcher

• Piranha Solution – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Piranha Solution – Firestarter Burn Strength +100% variant added
• Chromatics Training – Radius bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Slip Fit Tube – Skill Haste bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Cell Penetrating Peptide – Healing bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Hydrochloric Infusion – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Ultra-Thin Cartridges – Radius bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Liquid Nitrogen Cooling System – Skill Haste bonus increased from +30% to +100%
• Pharmacokinetic Enhancer – Healing bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Imbued Metal String – Ensnare Health bonus lowered from +60% to +50%
• Polypropylene Recipe – Ensnare Health bonus lowered from +60% to +50%

Drone

• Graphene Battery – Duration +100% variant added
• Electric Soldering Tool – Skill Haste bonus increased from +40% to +100%
• Gimbal Vibration Damping – Health bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Blitzkrieg Blasting Powder – Striker Damage +600% variant added
• Blitzkrieg Blasting Powder – Radius bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Freedom Package – Radius bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Carbon Fiber Frame – Skill Haste +100% variant added
• Reinforced Rotor Blades – Health bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Terminal Ballistics – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +200%
• Trauma Analyzer – Healing bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Trauma Analyzer – Deflector Duration +50% variant added
• Gaffer Tape – Duration bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Hollow-point Bullets – Damage bonus increased from +30% to +200%
• Micropulsing Stimuli – Healing bonus increased from +30% to +50%
• Micropulsing Stimuli – Fixer Skill Haste +100% variant added

Shield

• Adaptive Insulation Foam – Skill Haste bonus increased from 60% to 100%
• Synthetic Mineral Frame – Skill Haste bonus increased from 60% to 100%
• Titanium Reinforcement – Health bonus increased from +45% to +100%
• Shape-memory Alloy – Deflected Damage bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Cementitious Material – Holstered Regeneration bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Weaved Aramid Fiber – Health bonus increased from +45% to +100%
• Supramolecular Networks – Active Regeneration bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Liquid Metal Microdroplets – Holstered Regeneration bonus increased from +60% to +100%
• Thermoresponsive Polymer – Deflected Damage bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Smart UHMWPE Lexicon – Active Regeneration bonus increased from +20% to +100%
• Smart UHMWPE Lexicon – Ballistic Shield Health +100% variant added

Firefly

• Alignment Valve – Damage +100% variant added
• Tungsten Compound – Damage +100% variant added
• Propantriol Adhesive – Skill Haste bonus increased from +40% to +200%
• Microfiller Resin – Skill Haste bonus increased from +40% to +200%
• Hardened Casing – Health bonus lowered from 60% to 50%
• Tungsten Compound – Max Targets bonus increased from +3 to +5
• Guiding System – Max Targets bonus increased from +3 to +5

Crafting

• Added a crafting bench upgrade in World Tier 5 that allows players to craft at Gear Score 500. The items crafted are gear score 500, there will be no random range in terms of gear score/power. The bench upgrade is given to players when they complete the “Enter WT5”-project (same as all the other bench upgrades in endgame, the upgrade will be available at the bench once the bench is upgraded to World Tier 5). Players already in WT5 will automatic get it as they log in, The upgrade requires 1 weapon and 1 gear piece of Gear Score 490+, and some of each Specialized (blue) material Crafted items can be used in recalibration, both as materials and to be improved
• Deconstructing High-End gear now guarantees a brand material (increased from 50% drop chance). Named branded items also award the brand mat on deconstruction
• Deconstructing gear set items awards 4 of each Specialized (blue) material
• Added an opt-in perk for the player to share blueprints and materials between characters in endgame. Some Blueprints and mats are excluded to not break game logic/progression, such as the specific exotic materials. This perk can be crafted and the blueprint is available at Inaya, the Crafting vendor.
• The blueprints awarded from control points, vendors and projects are merged into one pool of rewards. Players can get all these blueprints from all three sources. Once the pools has been exhausted, none of the sources will give more blueprints.

Grenades

• Increased the radius of the Gunner’s Riot Foam Grenade from 2m to 3m

PvP

• Changed shotgun PvP modifier to 1.0 (was 1.65)
• Changed the general PvP modifier to 0.55 (was 0.40)

Specializations

• Reduced the TAC-50 signature weapon’s damage per shot

Talents

• Calculated Talent reduced to 20% from 10%. Now works off any kill from cover instead of weapon kills.

Vendors

• Cassie Now sells GS 500 items. She sells normal gear, some exotics and named weapons

UI

• Improved player feedback when trying to pick up ammo with maximum signature weapon ammo
• Inspecting a player now allows inspection of weapons, grenades and skills

3C

• Intercepted projectile by the deflector drone now do a % damage, rather than binary be dropped or not
• Return player control quicker after dropping down
• Reduced Depth of Field strength when aiming
• Improved reload + interaction prioritization (if you hold down the interact, it will cancel the reload and start the interaction)
• Improved player replication for players with widely different quality connections, should reduce inconsistent speedup/freezing of remote players

Audio

• Slapback System enabled: The gunshot echo system that was featured briefly in the private beta prior to launch has been re-enabled

Localization

• Improved Arabic voice-over localization
• Added missing lore description for Dodge Citys Gunslinger Holster

Bug Fixes

Skills

• Cyclone Magazine +Extra Sniper Ammo variant added to all loot list quality tiers
• Unstable Oscillator and Atmosperic Analyzer Pulse Mods now properly reference the correct Effect Duration platform modifier
• Vac Pack and Guiding System Firefly mods now correctly increase Max Targets by the amount listed on the tooltip
• Distributed Architecture and Super Glue Pulse mods no longer affect the radius/range of the Banshee Pulse
• Explosive Seeker Mine radius now correctly says 5m in the Skills UI
• Cluster Seeker Mine radius is now displayed in the Skills UI
• Explosive and Cluster Seeker Mines now show the correct explosion radius before detonating
• Incinerator Turret burn damage is now affected by all increases to Skill Damage from gear/talents
• Firestarter Chem Launcher burn damage is now affected by all increases to Skill Damage from gear/talents
• Firestarter Chem Launcher now correctly states that it inflicts fire damage.
• Added missing Artillery Turret & Tactician Drone showcase videos.
• Airburst burn damage is now affected by all increases to Skill Damage from gear/talents
• Fixed an issue causing the Chem Launcher cooldown to reset when restocking ammo
• Fixed an issue where the Turret skill could deploy inside a wall under certain circumstances
• Fixed an issue causing the reviver hive to not revive players when thrown
• Fixed skill mods requirement having an invisible decimal, resulting in incorrect power requirement information
• Fixed the Banshee Pulse skill mod description to state that it applies Confusion status effect on affected target

Conflict

• Fixed an AFK related exploit in the Conflict PvP mode
• Fixed several locations on Conflict maps where players could ignore damage when behind cover

Weapons & Gear

• Fixed an issue where the Sweet Dreams and Lullaby upgrade blueprints wouldn’t appear on the crafting vendor under certain circumstances
• Fixed an issue where some Longe Range Pack “Sett” backpacks could roll with 0% weapon damage on Specialized (blue) quality
• Fixed an issue where the opportunistic talent did not work in PvP.
• Fixed an issue causing armor rolls below the minimum advertised when upgrading an exotic gear piece.

Missions & Open World

• Fixed an issue causing players to become stuck during the “Reach the first hall” objective in the Air & Space museum mission
• Fixed a loot exploit in the Invaded Capitol Hill stronghold
• Fixed enemies becoming stuck in their spawn rooms in the “Museum Water Source” side mission
• Fixed “Neutralize the hostile” objective not updating correctly in the “Agent Edwards Support” side mission
• Fixed an issue where NPC’s from a Warhound Convoy could spawn in an inaccessible area
• Fixed an inaccessible bounty location in the Judiciary Square zone
• Fixed several areas where players could leave the playable map
• Fixed several areas where players could fall through the world
• Fixed several areas where players could vault into water. Don’t go swimming with all that gear, agents!
• Fixed several areas with missing climb prompts
• Fixed several areas where the player could become stuck in the open world
• Fixed several areas where the players could become stuck in missions
• Fixed several world objects with missing cover prompts

Special Field Research

• Fixed Special Field Research objective “Complete 5 Public Executions with Marksman Rifle” not progressing under certain circumstances
• Fixed the Specialization adventure progression circle to be consistent with other progression circles

Commendations

• Fixed “Resource Distribution Merit” not progressing correctly
• Fixed “Calibration Award” not unlocking not progressing correctly
• Fixed “Prone Target Award” not progressing correctly.

Loadouts

• Fixed an issue causing loadouts using the same skill to revert all affected loadouts to the same skill mod

UI

• Fixed the Conflict UI being misaligned when using Dual Monitors and the Offset UI option

NPC

• NPCs no longer double heal their armor
• Players can now damage NPCs rappelling on ropes with explosives
• Fixed an error during the calculation of weakpoint kill stats
• Players can no longer easily pass through Black Tusk Warhounds
• Control point officers no longer instantly revive players if the player has just used the Chem Launcher
• Outcasts suicide rushers now blow themselves up closer to their target
• Fixed abnormal NPC behaviour when suppressed outside of the players view

Dark Zone

• Fixed an issue where agents at Dark Zone level 50 do not lose XP when killed as a rogue agent.
• Fixed an issue where the Black Tusk medic’s drones would self-destruct in the Dark Zones
• Fixed an issue where the player was unable to cut the rope at an extraction if the “Sleight of Hand” perk was active.

Specialization

• Fixed an issue where killing wildlife would yield signature weapon ammo.
• Fixed an issue where signature weapon ammo could drop mid-air

Cosmetics

• Fixed a clipping issue with the Gunner Uniform when equipped on a female character

Connectivity

• Fixed an issue relating to interacting with ECHO’s when in a group
• Fixed several occurrences of Delta errors when interacting with world objects

Performance

• Fixed performance drops when browsing player inventory on Xbox One
• Fixed performance drops when opening the Ubisoft Club Challenge tab on PC

Audio

• Fixed an issue causing NPC weapon audio to be stuck in a loop under certain circumstances
• Fixed an issue causing missing weapon audio when firing immediately after having switched from a grenade

Other

• Fixed an issue causing older versions of the Tobii Eye Tracker to be unresponsive
• Fixed an issue causing the “Aim at Gaze” option for the Tobii Eye Tracker to be inaccurate
• Fixed an issue with the Motion Sickness mode causing the player’s FOV to change drastically when enabled
• Fixed an issue where players incorrectly could vote kick a member during a boss fight in the Roosevelt Island stronghold on challenging difficulty