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The Living Spirit has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 1:33am

WHAT IS "THE DIVISION PTS" ???

i know what it stands for but i dont know what is does or what it can do or if i should download it can someone please explain what it is in details :D

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Grassy Gnoll has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 3:54am

PTS stands for Public Test Server. At the moment it's only available if you play on the PC and have a UPlay account through PC. On the PTS they are testing the next patch version of the game , version 1.4. The PTS allows them to test and also change anything they like without it affecting the current "live" servers or game. If you would like to take part in testing the game, don't mind losing any progression when they make changes, or just want to take part and see what's coming then please do download it, or you can wait and see 1.4 when they finalise the build and release it live.
Week 1 you started a new character at lvl 30 to test the GS pr0gression through all the GS tiers. Introduction of the new World Tier mechanic, set changes, gear drops ect.
Week 2 Reset and you can play a copy of your live server character, and progress. You will NOT be allowed to transfer this to live. You will lose the pregression if they reset this character in week three. You can start a new lvl 30 character in PTS by creating a new character as in the PTS before should you not yet have a lvl 30.

Last edited by Grassy Gnoll; Oct 1, 2016 @ 3:57am

The Living Spirit has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 9:38am

Originally posted by Grassy_Gnoll:
PTS stands for Public Test Server. At the moment it's only available if you play on the PC and have a UPlay account through PC. On the PTS they are testing the next patch version of the game , version 1.4. The PTS allows them to test and also change anything they like without it affecting the current "live" servers or game. If you would like to take part in testing the game, don't mind losing any progression when they make changes, or just want to take part and see what's coming then please do download it, or you can wait and see 1.4 when they finalise the build and release it live.
Week 1 you started a new character at lvl 30 to test the GS pr0gression through all the GS tiers. Introduction of the new World Tier mechanic, set changes, gear drops ect.
Week 2 Reset and you can play a copy of your live server character, and progress. You will NOT be allowed to transfer this to live. You will lose the pregression if they reset this character in week three. You can start a new lvl 30 character in PTS by creating a new character as in the PTS before should you not yet have a lvl 30.

but do you have a different character in pts or is it the same character from your main game

Last edited by The Living Spirit; Oct 1, 2016 @ 9:38am

Mush

Oct 1, 2016 @ 9:48am

Originally posted by No_S8ve:

but do you have a different character in pts or is it the same character from your main game

it is a copy of your main game character.
it will be reset when they need to reset it for testing.
it looks and plays like your main character but any progress made will be reset at some point.

Grassy Gnoll has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 9:58am

Originally posted by No_S8ve:
Originally posted by Grassy_Gnoll:
PTS stands for Public Test Server. At the moment it's only available if you play on the PC and have a UPlay account through PC. On the PTS they are testing the next patch version of the game , version 1.4. The PTS allows them to test and also change anything they like without it affecting the current "live" servers or game. If you would like to take part in testing the game, don't mind losing any progression when they make changes, or just want to take part and see what's coming then please do download it, or you can wait and see 1.4 when they finalise the build and release it live.
Week 1 you started a new character at lvl 30 to test the GS pr0gression through all the GS tiers. Introduction of the new World Tier mechanic, set changes, gear drops ect.
Week 2 Reset and you can play a copy of your live server character, and progress. You will NOT be allowed to transfer this to live. You will lose the pregression if they reset this character in week three. You can start a new lvl 30 character in PTS by creating a new character as in the PTS before should you not yet have a lvl 30.

but do you have a different character in pts or is it the same character from your main game

It copies of all of you characters onto the PTS, even those that are not yet 30, with their progression. All their gear is reworked to fit the new game (GS changes and gear bonus changes) and the changes to gear sets. Any new character created on the PTS starts at lvl 30 with the purple gear (GS131 if i remember correctly).

The Living Spirit has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 9:59am

but what happens with your character from the main game ?

Mush

Oct 1, 2016 @ 10:22am

Originally posted by No_S8ve:
but what happens with your character from the main game ?

nothing at all, you are playing a copy of that character, the character itself remains the same.

CHOVAos

Oct 1, 2016 @ 12:18pm

soooo now they decide they should do some tests? they had open beta and did nothing to fix the security gaps that enabled all those cheats and exploits. now that the game is at its death bed they decide it´s time for public test servers... xD

Grassy Gnoll has Tom Clancy's The Division

Oct 1, 2016 @ 6:57pm

Originally posted by CHOVAos:
soooo now they decide they should do some tests? they had open beta and did nothing to fix the security gaps that enabled all those cheats and exploits. now that the game is at its death bed they decide it´s time for public test servers... xD

Game isn't at it's death bed and I'm encouraged by Massive's attitude towards it's player base and it's opening up a test server for feed back. They could have done this all in house or not done it serperately from the content addition, which would have been a nightmare. Be thankful with what Massive have done and enjoy the game. If you don't like it then leave it be for those of us who do.

KING $CHIDT! HI$ ROYAL HIGHNE$$! has Tom Clancy's The Division

Dec 19, 2016 @ 2:30am

So is this a requirement?? because its like the whole game in terms of size.... 40 gb for game 40 gb for PTS....... I'd like to know if i have to have it on my machine... Will it eventually go away? I guess I'll just have to check it out!!...

Kotzi Dec 19, 2016 @ 2:32am

PTS is optional.

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KING $CHIDT! HI$ ROYAL HIGHNE$$! has Tom Clancy's The Division

Dec 19, 2016 @ 2:34am

so even though it automatically started to download it before even starting base game download I can delete it and all would be fine? or i can just stop the download???

Last edited by KING $CHIDT! HI$ ROYAL HIGHNE$$!; Dec 19, 2016 @ 2:36am

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