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    The Division's Eternal Christmas

    Does anyone else find it disappointing that for a game that is forever stuck in Christmas we have no holiday events or rewards for the players?

    Personally I want to see a Bad Santa NPC that has exclusive drops and a chance for named items. Lock him to world tier 5 and guard him with Hunters named after reindeer. He could even be added as an elite daily high value target with a zero intel requirement just to control his spawn.

    Thoughts?
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    It doesn't take place during Christmas, btw.

    Black Friday.
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    The outbreak occurred on Black Friday, but what we as players are experiencing happened weeks later. You do realize that we are second wave agents, right?
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    Originally Posted by Hiero_Glyph Go to original post
    No offense but the main event occurred on Black Friday, the first wave of agents were sent in, time passed, then we were sent in as the second wave. The game does not take place on Black Friday as all of the bad things we see happened for weeks after the outbreak.
    Oh, well, my information was wrong, not sure why that would offend me, though,

    But even so, three weeks after Black Friday doesn't really mean it falls directly on Christmas.
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    Originally Posted by Merphee Go to original post
    Oh, well, my information was wrong, not sure why that would offend me, though,

    But even so, three weeks after Black Friday doesn't really mean it falls directly on Christmas.
    Where are you getting 3 weeks from? Anyway the game is permanently decorated for Christmas and you seem to think that not having a holiday event is justified because you think it happened the week before Christmas and not on Christmas day?

    You better tell Blizzard and Bungie then because they seem to think those games can have holiday events. I'm just pointing put the irony of not having anything for a game that always looks like Christmas.
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    Originally Posted by Hiero_Glyph Go to original post
    Where are you getting 3 weeks from? Anyway the game is permanently decorated for Christmas and you seem to think that not having a holiday event is justified because you think it happened the week before Christmas and not on Christmas day?

    You better tell Blizzard and Bungie then because they seem to think those games can have holiday events. I'm just pointing put the irony of not having anything for a game that always looks like Christmas.
    Wait a minute, slow down.

    When did I say there shouldn't be an event? Or did you just convince yourself that that's what I was thinking?

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    Originally Posted by IGN
    The Division takes place in New York three weeks after a lethal virus, released on Black Friday, has swept through the city. One by one, basic services have failed.
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    The player is droped in the game 3 weeks after, but do you really think the time line is that they complete the story in a day? Most likely it is after Christmas already but the point stands that Massive should have celebrated Christmas with the community in some way.
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    Originally Posted by Hiero_Glyph Go to original post
    Does anyone else find it disappointing that for a game that is forever stuck in Christmas we have no holiday events or rewards for the players?

    Personally I want to see a Bad Santa NPC that has exclusive drops and a chance for named items. Lock him to world tier 5 and guard him with Hunters named after reindeer. He could even be added as an elite daily high value target with a zero intel requirement just to control his spawn.

    Thoughts?
    LOL, a Bad Santa, that would be wicked. Wish the developers would get the hint how excited players get for small touches like this,
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    Originally Posted by Hiero_Glyph Go to original post
    Does anyone else find it disappointing that for a game that is forever stuck in Christmas we have no holiday events or rewards for the players?

    Personally I want to see a Bad Santa NPC that has exclusive drops and a chance for named items. Lock him to world tier 5 and guard him with Hunters named after reindeer. He could even be added as an elite daily high value target with a zero intel requirement just to control his spawn.

    Thoughts?
    Well i think its even more important to notice that the environment doesn't evolve in any way shape or form even after you so called defeat the main guy in the story it doesn't change anything, not even any dialog. I mean even in the batman series once you beat the game and bosses it changes parts of the environment and most certainly NPC dialog in the game so it feels evolved as you still move around the city working on other things in the game. Its just a shame the game is completely unfinished in that sense and that beating the game so to speak had 0 impact on how the game feels and looks in areas. This is supposed to be a living, breathing environment but its not, its a stagnant city where it just snows harder something but otherwise doesn't change a single bit and i don't know about you but that's not very immersive in a game. I guess for me the city for me is just stale and it would have been nice to see them take the effort to make the environment react to everything you do but instead it just re spawns showing no signs that anything even happened there 5 minutes ago. I mean simple things like hacking into there communications and hearing them radio that there under attack and need reinforcements or whatever to make you feel like this is a real time city that always changes and evolves based on everything you do, just my two cents.
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    Originally Posted by IKILLAUNOW03 Go to original post
    LOL, a Bad Santa, that would be wicked. Wish the developers would get the hint how excited players get for small touches like this,
    Ha "They got Santa !!! "
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