SECURITY RESEARCH AND DATA PRIVACY
Always Rambling on about Games and Security
Observations,mistrust chronicles and exploits
Final few hours and I’ve stockpiled 62 Caches, representing an average of 124 items, nice way to start the week. In-game success superficially making up for real-life failures.
Exotic x 5 Classified x 2 Combat Assignment x 2 Crafting x 1 Field Proficiency x 39 Superior Strike x 13 10,000 Global Events Credits
I’ve spent the past few days in the game reward loop earning points on Tom Clancy’s The Division Global Event. It’s an excellent way to keep gamers playing with the hope of finding loot and rewards.
I ended up aiming for 50 mixed caches as my goal at the end of GE which should increase my chances of getting something special. My cache opening ceremony will probably take 20-30 minutes just to re-organise the inventory.
Here’s what on the Wishlist
AlphaBridge Classified Holster Striker Classified Gloves and Holster Lone Star Classified Mask, Knee Pads and Holster D3-FNC Classified Holster Reclaimer Classified Gloves and Knee Pads
This is absolute gibberish to non-Division gamers and like all acronyms and industry talk, it inadvertently divides people. I could actually meet a Division player and have a full decent genuine conversation dispute the demographic or real-life profile. Words like grind, face tanking, exotics and caches mean a totally different thing here.
This is what makes a game successful, I don’t see nothing wrong with a little Bump and Grind.
1st day of exercise for 50 days….feels good though.
From a customer point of view, downloadable content that is unusable for ANY reason should be refunded. Sony USA customer support [+1 800 345 7999] declined my request to use The Division’s Survival DLC ($14.99) on my US account because I have a UK disk.
Fuck you Sony…..Regional lock is a total scam for global gamers.
So here is the consideration….do I go for the download version of Division 2 or a UK Disk?
Also, it shows that the motherfuckers track everything gamers are doing. I made the same mistake a few months ago and actually got a refund.
My bad.
On the plus side, I did actually get to speak to a human being and being a frugal gamer it didn’t break the budget just annoyed the hell out of me on principle.
So I accepted the loss and promptly purchased the DLC from my UK PSN account with the goal of actually using it on my US account…
2.758GB, 25 minutes and £11.99 later….it worked
After 20+ hours of grinding away and failing, I finally extracted from The Division’s Survival DLC today. Good thing it was released for free but I’ll probably buy it in September ($14.99).
This mode has an excellent game cycle to keep you playing as well as the constant intensity of running around New York in a snowstorm scavenging for meds, food, water and guns….loot, loot, loot.
Of course, it meant hiding from real life stuff. Tomorrow, just Global Event stuff, all part of the road to D2.
Not feeling much about anything lately….
Hiding online is a task nowadays but achievable if you can bring yourself to the point of disabling your gadgets. The problem is your connections’ social media ramblings.
