2. You won't unlock perks and abilities or ability mods unless you pve.

Imagine walking from winterspring down to silithius

Cause all these "solo" players saw SAO and figured they could be like him. Meanwhile in ://hack.... Lmao Although if the division was first person I'd probably buy it. I'm just not a fan of third person games. Gta and prototype are about as far as I'll go on the shooter aspect and even then you don't have to use a gun in prototype.

Yes, the Division is very team oriented, but it's so easy to matchmake if your solo. First day, I matchmade for the mission, freeroam and darkzone. You can use the social hub, mission> matchmake or options automatchmake, or simply invite a nearby agent to your squad (I used all the options, which all worked perfectly fine). We did perfectly fine in dark zones,, as we were running around in a group of 4, nobody wanted to challenge, we managed to extract tons of loot. Bullet sponges are expected, it's an rpg before its a shooter. Dark zones and standard pve loot drops are exactly the same, dark zones just have a higher probability to drop better gear. This was confirmed in a podcast. I don't mind the walking, sometimes it gets tedious and we rotated if I was playing with friends, saying you go to checkpoint, I'll fast travel to you once I've sorted my inventory.

[quote]-I hate the bullet sponge factor. Completely not realistic. Destiny can get away with it because you are fighting aliens. [/quote] I think an FPS, and an 3-rd person tactical shooter should have very different bullet/damage requirements. In FPS, a few bullets to die makes for OK mechanics; since it suits how the game play works. In a 3rd person tactical based battle system, it would be really bad if you just fell over after getting hit with 2-3 bullets... ESPECIALLY when you have a mess of people and bullets flying everywhere from both NPCs and other players. There simply would be extremely short lifespans leading to no gunplay at all. In Division mechanics, you CAN live to fight another day (by running away after being shot at, knowing the landscape, planning escape routes, etc). [quote]1. A lot of people that complain about Destiny do so because it is a game that generally requires a fire team, i.e.: Friends that play and help you. Many of the comments I've ready indicate that they think The Division will be more solo friendly. After playing the beta, I think its the opposite. I think the Division is much more team oriented. If you don't like the grind in Destiny, I believe you will have issues with The Division as well.[/quote] The Division is definitely team oriented. It's where you can have the most fun I think. Not so mention, because of the mechanics, survivability chance is greatly increased. It's easier with a team, but I think it can also be done solo for those who prefer it... it's just harder; and some may actually appreciate and enjoy that challenging aspect of playing that way. [quote]2. The fact that PVP and PVE elements of the game are separated is going to ruin a lot for many. One of the things I love about Destiny is that I can do the raids and strikes and grind in PVE and get really good gear (or gear to infuse) and then take it into PVP. Some good gear drops in PVP (Party Crasher, Ash Factory etc..), but in general, more drops in PVE. In the Division, they have repeatedly stated that the best gear is in The Dark Zone. What is the point of grinding to level up the PVE part, when that level will not help you in the PVP part. Bad decision on Ubisoft's part IMO. When I get the game, I will immediately try to level up the DZ side first. (obviously with a group of friends as I don't want to be repeatedly -blam!- over and over as a solo player).[/quote] Weapons/Gear still have normal level and stat requirements. The DarkZone rank seems to only affect the requirement for purchasing said items from the DZ vendors. There is a difference between LEVEL and RANK; and from your post/description you seem to be unclear on that aspect. Destiny has the same mechanic for faction and vanguard vendors; Destiny just only has different system since its only based on 2 relevant ranks (2 and 3).

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