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    Help! Writing Essay on the Division

    Yup, I'm writing an essay on the Division for high school mathematics.
    Don't know HOW I got permission to write about video games, but I did.

    So I wanted to talk about the changes patch 1.4 brought to the game.
    They made the game MUCH better, but I wanted to know exactly how.
    They talk about it in the patch notes and State of the Game, but they don't provide actual 'data' as such.

    I want to specifically examine the Time-To-Kill (TTK) and Time-To-Be-Killed (TTBK).
    Modelling that on a graph should allow me to determine the 'difficulty' of the game as you 'grow stronger'.
    Loot is obviously a huge factor, but I want to just look at the 'difficulty' first. If I have time, I'll look at Loot as well.

    I've tried looking at past playthroughs (I'm doing one from Lvl 1 again just for this essay)
    But I'm having trouble getting accurate data. Does anyone know where I might be able to get actual numbers?
    I'm talking about Enemy Health (per type), Enemy Damage, damage difference calculations (Lvl30 player against Lvl35 mob)
    'expected' player health at a certain level. 'expected' player damage at certain level.

    Does anyone know where I might be able to access this data?
    I have nowhere enough knowledge of the game to try to datamine, and I couldn't find a way to contact the Dev team.
    Thanks for your help!
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    Essays are less about the topic but HOW you write and research them, a good professor will evaluate that and not scoff at the topic (video games lol). That being said yes I m also kinda jaleous, wish I could ve written my essays about stuff I REALLY was interested in as well instead of picking any of the pre-defined topics
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    Thanks for the replies!

    Still though, has anyone managed to get actual raw data from anywhere?
    Dataminers, or dev team leaks, or anybody who was crazy enough to keep track?
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  4. #4
    Have you tried contacting the devs?

    Also, try contacting spydr101 on reddit, I believe he has datamined the game.
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    I agree with you that the topic is quite funny and not every professor will want to hear about it. But you won't believe it when I contact the essay company https://paperwriter.com/. I was told they're willing to write an essay on any topic I give them. That made me very cheerful. In fact, I would like to write an essay about my favorite game!
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