to me being a week behind friends who have it is a big deal for me, because if they play as much as I do they will always be a week ahead unless i buy the pass :\ I enjoy experiencing content with friends at the same time and getting the same experience, not having everyone know how to do it before i get there. So now i have to pay in order to experience the content with friends :C
Quite the opposite, actually.
i think my friends would get the season pass unless you are talking about you guys. I got other friends besides test, i swear D: Most of my friends are impatient and since we mix and match other people and they have the season pass they will always be progressing and I loathe the idea of having to pay to keep pace with friends -.- that is not affecting my gameplay it might as well be DLC at that point imo if its going to push me to buy a dlc early pass which is the same cost as dlc season pass just to enjoy the content with friends on a fresh set of eyes. It benefits people who dont want to pay though which is nice.
be cool man... don't rat us out... the sweet nothings Montoya whispers in my ear are none of your business.
They are using a content system similar to R6S season pass after seeing it’s sucess, according to a few people there.
Well isn't the whole matter of your friends outside TEST getting the season pass something you should ask them about? Just ask who is getting the season pass out of your friends. You will always have people around who didn't get it as well. I have the Ultimate edition and I'm sure there will be times when I miss the early access on the DLC's as Division isn't my only game, nor my primary game and add in real life on top.
Yea, that method only works with fps multiplayer games where maps and new characters dont affect the overall progression. Waiting for a new map doesnt stop me from progressing in those games. In a rpg game you halt progression and split the community for a week. Its a soft lock out and those who dont purchase it get left behind and if PvP is integrated into this as well you now stem progression in a rank system. Which then effectively turns it into a pay 2 win system if it affects anything ranked or pvp related. I dont know enough about it though to make a decision so we shall see, im still waiting to see how the end game content is and so are my friends.
Anybody interested in playing Division 2, make sure you join the TEST Discord and enable Division 2 channels!
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After you verify yourself, go to the #game-roles channel and click the Division 2 reaction. This will enable you to see the Division 2 stuff.
There is a channel there where you can post your Ubisoft ID so other TEST Division 2 players can add you as a friend, and you can add the other people there as friends. Never want for friends to play the game with!
Get on Discord.
@Phil I'm looking at you!
That's on the consumer at that point. The content is available to everyone, for free. If people want to pay for a year pass to play said content 7 days early, that is their choice. Everyone will have access to everything and crucial content such as raids will be available at the same time to everyone. Getting early access to things has always been a paid feature in games for a long time, Ubisoft is not the first time a company has done it. It's better than some games which locks content behind yearly passes or subscriptions compared to those that don't get the year pass or sub.
I think you're putting way too much emphasis on the early start.
Anybody interested in playing Division 2, make sure you join the TEST Discord and enable Division 2 channels!
Join the TEST Squadron Discord Server!
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After you verify yourself, go to the #game-roles channel and click the Division 2 reaction. This will enable you to see the Division 2 stuff.
There is a channel there where you can post your Ubisoft ID so other TEST Division 2 players can add you as a friend, and you can add the other people there as friends. Never want for friends to play the game with!
Get on Discord.
@Phil I'm looking at you!
In pvp there are 3 people, people with time, people with money, and people with both. If someone has time and money + skill you will never over come them. In this case it would be subtle in comparision to games like mobile, but if there was a rank system in place then it would affect greatly. You get content a week ealier, you learn the ins and outs a week earlier. While a person who just entered the content after a week they are learning the new content while the person with a week head start is learning more advance content or mechanics. In pvp related a week is a huge issue. Imagine if people could pay in mmos to get access to new raids a week in advance where people fight for world first. In PVE games like this if you want to claim victory on raids for worlds first you now HAVE to pay to get access to the new content. PVE even has rankings for clearing amongst others.
You make a valid point, which pertains to the tiny, TINY number of players who care about sinking their entire life into a single game and not eating, breathing, sleeping or othering.
