The Division's Incursions Update Details - Coming out on April 12

For a significant amount of fourth dimension, fans have been wondering if Tom Clancy's The Partitioning would go something akin to Raids in other MMO/online roleplaying games. Simply ahead of the March 8th release, Ubisoft Massive announced that information technology would add together Incursions at some indicate in April. The original description of Incursions was:

An Incursion is a PvE terminate-game activeness for a group of four players at max level. Incursions require preparation and coordination every bit they are extremely challenging. The outset incursion will exist bachelor in the showtime free update. More than Incursions are in development.

A few hours ago, as part of the Special Report live stream, many more details were revealed. Here's a full recap fabricated by Reddit user JokerUnique:

Incursions

Story and Background

Falcon Lost volition be the beginning Incursion
It takes identify in a Water Treatment Found and is a LMB Stronghold, because that is not really something that you bomb, when you want to accept back New York
Captain Perez reassembles the LMB to keep control and now information technology is our job to stop the residuum of the LMB
Multiple vox-overs and discussions that volition exist different each fourth dimension

Tactics:

You won´t be able to army camp in Falcon Lost
There volition be new enemies: Drones – they will affluent you lot out of comprehend and need to exist shot down
You really need a practiced grouping and tactics, will be very difficult with PUGs
It is not only well-nigh gear just also a lot about player skills
Y'all need synergy betwixt playstyles

Matchmaker

Matchmaker is confirmed for Incursions. There is a Gear-Score recommendation for hard-way and for Challenge Style, y'all won´t be matched with players that are below a specific score.

Checkpoints

No checkpoints in Incursions, when you die you lot have to beginning over

Weekly lockouts?

No weekly sentinel for incursions you lot tin can play them equally many times as you want.
The first fourth dimension in the week you will become a very good reward, and after that you will become good rewards

Hereafter Incursions

More Incursions are planed (Columbus Circle is already confirmed for the Conflict update in May)
Future incursions will have different mechanics

Rewards

All-time/new gear and weapons than everywhere in the game (as well new named weapons)
Gear-Set-items

Difficulty

The Difficulty of the Incursions is very loftier, considering it needs grouping coordination, tactics and likewise adept gear to crush the Incursion

Incursions have ii difficulties

Hard Mode that volition require the equivalent of the current level 31 loftier end gear
Challenge Mode that volition require the new gear-sets

The devs could beat the hard fashion, so they made information technology more difficult. The QC players needed days to beat the Challenge Mode Incursion.

Trading

Player can driblet items to give it to the other players in the group that were present as y'all got the detail

Restrictions:

Night Zone you lot have to go to a Checkpoints to trade the detail (safe surface area)
Dropped boodle can be picked up past all players in the group
Items tin can be dropped and traded multiple times in the 2h window afterward pickup

New Characteristic: Assignments

There volition be weekly and daily assignments
Y'all can earn Phoenix Credits and Division Tech
Good rewards in full general
Example: killing 10 Cleaners

New Night Zone Activities

Supply Drops

Drop from the heaven that happens every hour on different locations and have very good rewards
Just the starting time group that gets at that place will get the reward.
Supply Drops are protected past hard enemies
When you get the supply drop, you don´t take to extract them.

In general, they volition add new activities in every future update

Spectator-Cam

When you dice during a group-mission, you tin can follow other teammates
You tin switch between your teammates, await effectually and assist them until you are revived

Gear-Sets

There are 4 gear sets
Finding and equipping four pieces from a single set up unlocks a new, never-before-seen talent for your Amanuensis, which the developers aren't revealing notwithstanding.
You volition likewise get a setbonus when yous have a specific number of set-pieces equipped
Gear sets will accept other talents than what we already accept
Different gearsets per playstyle
Are more powerful than High-Ends gear pieces – but you accept to equip a multiple number of items to become the buff – only gear sets don´t have gear talents
Assistance a lot in the group synergy when players of the grouping take different sets

Spotter's Telephone call

This is the Snipers Gear set

Striker'due south Boxing Gear

Combat Attack prepare

Path of the Nomad

Nighttime Zone / Solo oriented set (very vague)

Technician'due south Authorisation

Back up and Tech-Bonus

Y'all tin get Gear Sets from:

Incursions
Blueprints that can exist bought
Drop in Challenge Fashion Missions
Dark Zone

Gear Score

After you reach level 30 you are measured by gear score / at present you don´t see player level but the gear score
The gear score is calculated past the gear yous are wearing and is based on the quality and item-level
Gear score is also included in matchmaking. Matchmaking volition also include the items y'all have in the inventory.

Actor Level Cap

Agent level is even so capped at 30, but your gear score tin boost your abilities beyond your level, and are touted as a new style of leveling up for elevation-level players.

The Incursions update is a free one and will go alive on April 12 for all platforms.