I have really much fun with the Division since the start altho I kept playing on and off as new content came along. I grinded all the stuff either PvP or PvE wise, and had a blast with my friends. Most of them left and I kept playing and randomly found some new plebs to get along together. Dunno why I post this but I just felt the urge to express myself here which I actually hardly did over the last 12 months althio reading the forums here and reddit daily.

Now after the last 2 STOGs I am really disappointed and sad. I dont feel anymore motivation to grind anything in the game, cuz, for what? I still play almost on a daily basis but I feel the struggle, seems like my love is finally gone. Sure there will be some kind of content but I always thought they will fix the game and will update it till it reaches its really potential and it has alot of potential. Now I get the feeling that the future will be a few fun things here and there, some bug fixes items etc. but the past showed me to keep calm looking forward cuz after a major patch has been deployed it wasnt that big of a deal, it was never living up to the hype it created at some time.

Now just a short list of my concerns / why I play less and less:

PvE:

- Mechanics like in the incursions / Legendary Missions are awful, as others pointed out too, the buffing of NPCs to almost oneshot you everytime and so are just lame and boring and get really tedious over time for rewards that are more than underwhelming more often than not.

- Like 90% of the exotics are pure garbage, why should I invest hours over hours to get exotics that really are just bad. Most of the items never seen real changes, the variety is low, no meaningful additions were made in the past IMO. Droprates for normal and set items are way too much and the exotics droprate is just ridiculous. I opened 100s (if not 1000s) of caches (LS / Field Pro. etc.) and never got an exotic. (twice Skull Gloves with bad rolls from LZ...)

- 9 Skills with a vew "runes" and 3 Ultis, come on, after 1 year there gotta be more ! I would expected another 9 new skills on Top and give the players 1 more Skill in the bar to open up more builds maybe but I doubt the core of this "RPG" element will ever get an enhancement or will be deeveloped any further.

- So many QoL missing, HVT Groupfinder? NPC miles away dont letting you port ? etc.

- Premium Store a disgusting joke

PvP:

- No Leaderboards for Last Stand, how come? Only 1 mode for dedicated PvP, again no real variety and on top with broken mechanics and awful matchmaking, most of the fights in LS you get steamrolled or you faceroll the enemy team, hardly balanced skillwise. I get it its casual but darn this is boring after 1-2 rounds


I play alot of other MMOs, Survival Games, Destiny etc....You cant compare The Division with other games directly but I wished they would have implemented at least a few cool stuff the other games made great. The Division is a fun game but it is just so flawed in so many ways that it doesnt get my thriving for new stuff. I hope they will make everything better with the Division 2. I will keep playing but with a sadface running Lexington for the 600th time...

There is much more I would like to write down here to express myself but Im kinda tired and gotta work tomorrow

Hamish and Yannick are nice guys and I think Massive is still learning as a company so I will wish them good luck with their journey and The Division.