Ubisoft Massive is planning to deliver a Public Test Server to PC players of The Division, with the goal to deliver updates in a fashion that can be tested and ironed out before deploying to the masses. Though details on their blog post were sparse, the announcement comes as a first step to address player complaints with post launch support and base game concerns.

This bit of news comes in conjunction with a recent admission from the developer that the game requires some improvements before releasing any new content. As a result, the remaining DLCs will be delayed, with Survival pushed back to later this year, and Last Stand postponed to early 2017.

In lieue of these pieces of content, Ubisoft Massive is working on the substantial Update 1.4 to address what it defines as their “most pressing issues”, many of which are gathered from extensive user feedback. The exact details of what is coming in the update will be released in a livestream event on September 13th, but in the interim, here are some of the key points the update will address:

• Fixing bugs, including those listed in Known Issues as well as many other ones
• Making loot drops more relevant to the player
• Enemy difficulty and time to kill (i.e. bullet sponges)
• Gear Sets and weapons balancing
• Solo player experience
• Dark Zone and PvP balancing
• Quality of life additions based on community suggestions (such as weapon skins no longer taking inventory space)

The Division broke sales records when it released in March of this year, so taking action like this preemptive of DLC is an attempt to reconnect with what may be an increasingly alienated player base. We’ll continue to monitor the progress of these changes, so keep checking back for more updates.

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