The Division 2 ‘Willing to Look At’ World Tier 5 Gear Scores

Game Rant

By Derek Nichols

Published Apr 11, 2019

Massive Entertainment provides an update and roadmap for the low gear score issue players have run into while playing The Division 2 in World Tier 5.

While The Division 2 launched in a much stronger state than its predecessor, giving fans plenty of content to chew through, the first big update arrived recently with World Tier 5 difficulty and its unlock mission known as Tidal Basin. While the added content no doubt pleased fans, it also opened the door for a number of previously unseen issues.

Arguably, the biggest issue that players ran into while battling enemies in World Tier 5 was the loot that dropped. Players quickly discovered that dropped gear could sometimes fluctuate below expected levels, largely making it useless to players with a score above 450. Player frustration prompted a response from the developers during The Division 2's weekly State of the Game podcast, where it was revealed that loot dropping in World Tier 5 was always intended to have variable and somewhat randomized gear score.

Based on community feedback, the studio is now reevaluating this mechanic and potential fixes for it. Player expectations upon increasing the game's difficulty to World Tier 5 has always been to continue improving through drops and gear with a better or even max score.

Massive Entertainment even highlighted a few items that stood out as being very disappointing for players including crafted exotics and brand items. No timetables have been provided for a potential update or fix, and Massive made it clear that a solution won't be ready in time for update 2.1 launching for The Division 2 next week.

In the meantime, the developer did confirm what players can expect to see next week when the update launches next week for The Division 2. The contents of this patch include fixes and updates for a few nagging issues including:

A fix for the Crafting Bench issue which prevented some players from upgrading it to World Tier 5.
Characters getting stuck in various animations or in the world preventing movement. The situation where players are being revived has been identified and fixed in this release. Investigation and internal reproduction are ongoing for the other reported situations.
The reviver HIVE skill not actually reviving players as expected.
A fix for the True Patriot set gear bonus not working correctly when two pieces are equipped.

The Division 2 is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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