Character development The Division Guide

Reaching 30th level gives you a huge leap in your main attributes.

As the main part of the game starts as soon as you reach the maximum, 30th level of experience, you should know how to reach it as quickly as possible, so you won't lose any of those precious end game rewards. Additionally, it will allow you to negate the disproportions between your characters, and the ones used by the quickest players. Unfortunately, MMO titles that rely heavily on the PvP (Player versus Player), you won't really be able to avoid taking part in "the rat race" - if you aren't fast enough, some of the players will quickly gain a substantial advantage over you. This means that you will have a tough time fighting them in the Dark Zone.

Killing enemies is a good source of experience for the first couple of levels, but this quickly becomes an ineffective way of leveling up - the amount of experience needed for higher levels grow to astronomical values and killing enemies will hardly fill the progress bar. This way of gaining experience should be treated as a supplement, not the main source of your progress. If you want to get to the maximum level as quickly as possible, you have to complete missions.

Completing each story-related mission will, in most cases, give you enough experience points to fill up the entire progress bar. Unfortunately, main quests reward the player with experience points only for the first completion - you can repeat them as many times as you want, but they will only give you Credits and items for doing so. This leads to a conclusion, that you should be completing side missions and encounters in between story-related quests - aside from money, items and experience, they will give you blueprints that can be used to create your own equipment

During your journey towards the 30th level you should stick to the following rules (which are explained thoroughly in the next chapters):

• Don't force yourself! This method is designed for those that are looking for a way to get to the maximum level as quickly as possible. If you want to indulge yourself in the story and the secrets of the world, you shouldn't be rushing - a few days of delay won't necessarily mean that you won't be able to compete with other players, even though they will have an advantage over you.
• Don't waste your time leveling up by killing enemies. You will kill hundreds, if not thousands of them during your playthrough.
• Play with friends, or find someone to join your party with the help of the in-game matchmaking mechanic. You won't be getting more experience for doing so, but some of the side missions can be done a lot quicker with two, three, or especially four people.
• If you care about the time above all else, avoid missions that require you to find a missing person by exploring "Echoes" scattered around the world - some of them will run you through the whole city, making them last longer than some of the story-related missions!
• You can complete story-related missions that are one, two levels above your character - especially if you are playing in a team. If you lack more levels, don't even think about starting those missions - killing enemies will take ages due to your low damage output.