Ubisoft is about to release yet another update for Tom Clancy’s “The Division” which will be called Update 1.2 “Conflict”. In this update, one of the major concerns is the item loot drops. For the current updated 1.1, I have to say that the loot drops are bad as shit. The best items can only be obtained from Incursion Challenge Mode which is a pain in the ass. It’s so difficult that you need a good team to clear it.
To make things short, here are the changes for item loot drops:
MAIN MISSIONS
Ubisoft are making significant changes to the loot that drops from Hard Mode and Challenge Mode main missions. Every time you complete them you will receive:
- Hard Mode (Boss Drop)
- 1x 163 High End
- Hard Mode (Mission Reward)
- 1x 163 High End
- Challenge Mode (Boss Drop)
- 2x 182 High End
- 1x 182 High End or 214 Gear Set
- chance for 1x 191 Gear Set
- Challenge Mode (Mission Reward)
- 1x 182 High End
INCURSIONS
Thay have also made some significant changes to the way we receive loot from Incursions. Every time we clear it, we will now receive an item relevant to the difficulty we complete it on. In update 1.2 we will receive:
- Hard Mode (Boss Drop)
- 1x 204 High End Weapon
- 1x 214 Gear Set
- 182/204 High End or 214/240 Gear Set
- Hard Mode (Weekly Reward)
- 1x 204 High End Weapon
- 1x 214 Gear Set
- Challenge Mode (Boss Drop)
- 1x 204 High End Weapon
- 1x 240 Gear Set
- 1x 204 High End or 240 Gear Set
- Challenge Mode (Weekly Reward)
- 1x 204 High End Weapon
- 1x 240 Gear Set
The weekly reward allows you to obtain a guaranteed weapon once a week per character as well as additional loot drops.
DARK ZONE
Ubisoft have made the following changes to loot drops in both the 0-161 Gear Score and 162-200 Gear score brackets:
- Named NPC Level 30 (DZ01 and DZ02)
- 1x 163 High End or 191 Gear Set
- Named NPC Level 31 (DZ03 and DZ04)
- 1x 163/182 High End or 191/214 Gear Set
- Named NPC Level 32 (DZ05 and DZ06)
- 1x 163/182/204 High End or 191/214/240 Gear Set
Additionally, with the introduction of a 201+ Gear Score Dark Zone bracket comes better loot opportunities. Encounters will be extremely difficult so it’s very important that the rewards reflect this. Players in this bracket already have exceptional gear, making it difficult to find upgrades. Finding those rare upgrades will be made easier in this bracket. The quality of equipment you find is directly related to the enemy level for named NPCs and Dark Zone named zone for Supply drops. The loot drops in 1.2 for the 201+ Gear Score bracket are as follows:
- Named NPC Level 32 (DZ01 and DZ02)
- 1x 182/204 High End or 214/240 Gear Set
- Named NPC Level 33 (DZ03 and DZ04)
- 1x 182/204 High End or 214/240 Gear Set
- Named NPC Level 34 (DZ05 and DZ06)
- 1x 204 High End or 240 Gear Set
Supply drops are getting a similar treatment in terms of rewards. They should provide rewards that scale with the difficulty of the NPC’s guarding them and the limited number of them that drop down. The Supply Drops will scale with Dark Zone Gear Score bracket and named zone. The Supply Drop rewards are as follows for the Gear Score 0-161 and 162-200 bracket:
- DZ01 and DZ02
- 1x 163/182 High End
- chance for 191 Gear Set
- DZ03 and DZ04
- 1x 163/182 High End
- chance for 191/214 Gear Set
- DZ05 and DZ06
- 1x 182/204 High End
- chance for 214 Gear Set
Similarly, the Supply drops in the Gear Score 201+ bracket are:
- DZ01 and DZ02
- 1x 182/204 High End
- chance for 214/240 Gear Set
- DZ03 and DZ04
- 1x 182/204 High End
- chance for 214/240 Gear Set
- DZ05 and DZ06
- 1x 204 High End
- chance for 240 Gear Set
So overall, here’s what we can expect for the upcoming update 1.2:
- Adding another source of high quality loot from the Open World
- Increasing mission rewards on Hard Mode and Challenge mode main Missions significantly
- Adding guaranteed 204 weapon drops to the Incursions weekly
- Clearing Hard Mode or Challenge Mode Incursions will now reward you with a loot drop relevant to the difficulty every time
- Revamp the loot drops in all Dark Zone Gear Score brackets to provide a clear line of progression
- Significantly increasing the quality of loot from Supply Drops
Are you playing this game? Add me up and let’s farm those nice gears! I’m hoping I could play with Stonemountain64 someday.