Tom Clancy’s The Division Version 1.1 “Incursions” Update Next Week

Ubisoft is gearing up to release an ambitious version 1.1 patch for The Division on April 12th, which will introduce a variety of new content and items, a bevy of fixes, and an assortment of gameplay tweaks to the shooter/RPG. They’ve published the full patch notes along with a Q&A with game director Petter Mannerfelt that should provide everything you need to know about the update, and I’ll quote the former below for easy reference:

Falcon Lost

• Falcon Lost is a new incursion available in the Stuyvesant area
• You must be level 30 and have completed the mission (General Assembly) to access this mission
• The encounter is balanced for 4 players with high level gear

Gear Sets

• Gear set equipment can be found by completing the most challenging activities in Manhattan
• Collecting and wearing gear sets grant powerful stat bonuses and talents
• Gear sets of varying gear scores can be found for many playstyles. Find the set that best suits yours
  • (Tactician’s Authority) enhances electronics and support capabilities
  • (Striker’s Battlegear) provide bonuses for assault capabilities
  • (Sentry’s Call) enhances marksman capabilities
  • (Path of the Nomad) provides bonuses for lone wanderers

Trading

• Items dropped by enemies can be shared with other players
• Trade items by dropping them as loot from your inventory, so players in your group can pick them up
• You can only share items for during the first 2 hours after you have acquired them
• Items can only be shared with players who are currently in your group and who were also in your group when the item was originally dropped

Assignments

• Assignments are automatically obtained when you log in and can be tracked from the map via the menu called (Mission Overview)
• Assignments are available for a limited time (24h for Daily Assignments and 7 days for Weekly Assignments), after which, they will be replaced by different assignments
• Assignments come in different categories:
  • Combat
  • Dark Zone
  • Crafting
• Most assignments can be completed while playing alone but some will require enlisting other agent’s assistance to complete

Dark Zone Supply Drops

• Dark Zone Supply Drops are a global event where the Strategic Homeland Defense agency airdrops multiple supply caches to assist Division agents
• Supply drops will occur multiple times over the course the day
• The supply drops will contain non-contaminated gear of all types that will be ready to use without the need for extraction
• These supply drops will be heavily sought after by other agents and enemy factions that roam the Dark Zone, so be ready for resistance

Gear Score

• Every non-vanity gear piece that can be found when your agent is level 30 has a Gear Score value. The higher an item’s Gear Score, the stronger the item
• The overall Gear Score of your agent can be seen in your main menu next to your player level. Gear Score indicates the advancement of an agent
• Other agents’ Gear Scores are displayed next to their health bars
• Improving your gear and increasing your overall Gear Score will grant your agent access to the most dangerous high-end challenges

Group Spectator Camera

• The Group Spectator Cam lets players spectate members of their group while waiting to be revived or the entire group to be down
• Players can use RB/LB, R1/L1 or Q/E keys to switch between group members

New High-End Named Weapons

• Added new High-End named weapons:
  • Warlord: Assault Rifle
  • Valkyria: Submachine gun
  • (Historian: Marksman Rifle) Please note that while the Historian will be implemented in the game with this update, it will not be acquirable in-game until update 1.2

GAME CHANGES Gameplay

• Turret skill can no longer suppress enemy NPCs, as this allowed named NPCs to be defeated too easily
• Recalibrating High-End items will now cost normal Credits instead of Phoenix Credits
• Phoenix Credits drop have been increased on lvl 31 and 32 named enemies:
  • Level 30: 1-3 Phoenix Credits
  • Level 31: 2-4 Phoenix Credits
  • Level 32: 3-5 Phoenix Credits

Dark Zone

• The vendor in the Church Safe House will now sell items in Dark Zone Funds instead of Phoenix Credits
• Ranks requirements for Superior and High-End quality items at the Dark Zone Vendors have been adjusted:
  • Superior (Purple) items: Rank 15 instead of 30
  • High-End (Gold) level 30 (Gear Score 163): Rank 25 instead of 50
  • High-End (Gold) level 31 (Gear Score 182): Rank 40 instead of 50
• Added a new Dark Zone bracket for characters with Gear Score 160+

Crafting

• Increased costs for converting crafting materials and crafting High-End items:
  • 10 Standard (Green) materials instead of 5 to craft 1 Specialized (Blue) material
  • 15 Specialized (Blue) materials instead of 5 to craft 1 High-End (Gold) material
  • 10 High-End (Gold) materials instead of 8 to craft 1 lvl 31 High-End (Gold) item
• Changed deconstruction yield of Standard (Green) and High-End (Gold) items:
  • Deconstructing a Standard (Green) item yields 1 Standard material instead of 2
  • Deconstructing a High-End (Gold) item yields 1 High-End material instead of 2
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• Added new level 31 and 32 High-End items Blueprints to Vendors
• Removed Division Tech requirements from some level 31 High-End Blueprints

User Interface

• Added gamepad deadzone calibration in settings menu (all platforms)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug that could prevent characters from accessing the game if they had too many items in their inventory
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the weapon talents would not activate if the player has the exact stat requirements
• Fixed a bug where players could exit the Dark Zone on East 43rd street
• Reloading stripper clips is now correctly interrupted by firing the weapon (marksman rifles and shotguns)
• Fixed an issue where buying a weapon with a pre-attached scope using the buy and equip feature sometimes caused the scope to un-equip
• Fixed an exploit where players could shoot through corners of covers
• Fixed a number of locations where NPCs could shoot through walls
• Fixed an exploit where players could ignore the fire rate of certain weapons
• Fixed some locations where players would get stuck in Queen Tunnel Camp mission
• Fixed various prop collisions so that players no longer become stuck
• Fixed a bug where the final cut scenes would unlock before the final missions were completed
• Fixed a bug where the Water Supply side mission would not activate
• Fixed an issue where the Morphine Supply side mission sometimes would not complete
• Players no longer receive too much XP for completing the Morphine Supply side mission
• The buff from Smart Cover no longer stacks if multiple teammates are using it on the same piece of cover
• Fixed some bugs where deployable skills would not activate under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug where voice chat volume indicators would overlap in the group UI frame
• Fixed a bug where receiving a group invite via Matchmaking would sometimes not show up on the screen
• Fixed a bug where the dead teammate icon would turn into a blue dot instead of a red cross if the players were too far away from each other
• Fixed an issue where a player would be unable to inspect the appearance of his/her character while changing outfits
• Fixed some UI elements for mission overview frame and adjusted some of the misaligned icons
• Corrected the colors for the appearance items in the Mission rewards list
• NPC’s will no longer ignore the player while they are attempting to interact with props (arming/disarming bombs)
• Fixed a bug where a NPC would sometimes not leave its spawn area during the Morphine Supply side mission
• Fixed a bug where NPC’s would sometimes not respawn at one of the landmarks in the Dark Zone
• Several clipping issues have been fixed with various appearance items
• Some tooltips have been updated with more clear information
• And many more

PC specific

• Added new resolution scaling and lighting options
• Added support for reporting players on PC. Players can now type in chat /report
• Improvements to resolution detection and switching between display modes
• Fixed some issues with camera movement while using Tobii Eye Tracker
• Fixed screen look for minimap when using Tobii Eye Tracker
• Fixed several issues with Logitech peripherals
• Fixed several graphic issues due to dual monitor display
• Fixed an issue where players could move UI elements out of the visible screen area