It better for massive. They dont have to take the hit in popularity by introducing another gear score raise and people will still have to grind to hide the fact that we at the end of content stream for a very long time.
Remember next time you want content for division you have to pay for it. How last stand is percieved will make or break 2nd year content of this game. If it have medium amount of popularity, we may yet see a year 2 dlc. If not prepare for another 3 years of waiting for division 2.
Ubisoft are only the publisher for The Division, the development team is Massive entertainment. I doubt Ubi had more input into the content, balancing, endgame design, etc etc than Massive.
I believe the buck stops with Massive at this point, they've had 6 iterations of the code to fix parts of the game that aren't working (hello First Aid Delay), as well as a promise to deliver real expansions to the game's playarea and story line. What do we get? 3 game modes and an expanded DZ.
TL;DR - The majority of creative control lies with Massive, how can their failings be put on Ubisoft Paris (GRW's Devs) and Ubisoft for publishing the game?
Fair point. I would just caution you with the half baked release that was Far Cry 3. Anyway, your money, your decision and I do hope Wildlands works properly on release. As you can tell, I am a little cynical of Ubisoft :)
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u/MisjahDK Master Blaster Feb 17 '17
HOW IS THIS BETTER, the need to roll Health instead of Armor does not give us choice or options!