For a significant amount of time, fans have been wondering if Tom Clancy's The Division would get something akin to Raids in other MMO/online roleplaying games. Just ahead of the March 8th release, Ubisoft Massive announced that it would add Incursions at some point in April. The original description of Incursions was:

　　An Incursion is a PvE end-game activity for a group of four players at max level. Incursions require preparation and coordination as they are extremely challenging. The first incursion will be available in the first free update. More Incursions are in development.

　　A few hours ago, as part of the Special Report live stream, many more details were revealed. Here's a full recap made by Reddit user JokerUnique:

　　

Incursions

Story and Background

　　Falcon Lost will be the first IncursionIt takes place in a Water Treatment Plant and is a LMB Stronghold, because that is not really something that you bomb, when you want to take back New YorkCaptain Perez reassembles the LMB to keep control and now it is our job to stop the rest of the LMBMultiple voice-overs and discussions that will be different each timeTactics:

　　You won´t be able to camp in Falcon LostThere will be new enemies: Drones – they will flush you out of cover and need to be shot downYou really need a good group and tactics, will be very difficult with PUGsIt is not only about gear but also a lot about player skillsYou need synergy between playstylesMatchmaker

　　Matchmaker is confirmed for Incursions. There is a Gear-Score recommendation for hard-mode and for Challenge Mode, you won´t be matched with players that are below a specific score.Checkpoints

　　No checkpoints in Incursions, when you die you have to start overWeekly lockouts?

　　No weekly lookout for incursions you can play them as many times as you want.The first time in the week you will get a very good reward, and after that you will get good rewardsFuture Incursions

　　More Incursions are planed (Columbus Circle is already confirmed for the Conflict update in May)Future incursions will have different mechanicsRewards

　　Best/new gear and weapons than everywhere in the game (also new named weapons)Gear-Set-itemsDifficulty

　　The Difficulty of the Incursions is very high, because it needs group coordination, tactics and also good gear to beat the Incursion

　　Incursions have two difficulties

　　Hard Mode that will require the equivalent of the current level 31 high end gearChallenge Mode that will require the new gear-setsThe devs could beat the hard mode, so they made it more difficult. The QC players needed days to beat the Challenge Mode Incursion.

　　

Trading

Player can drop items to give it to the other players in the group that were present as you got the item

　　Restrictions:

　　Dark Zone you have to go to a Checkpoints to trade the item (safe area)Dropped loot can be picked up by all players in the groupItems can be dropped and traded multiple times in the 2h window after pickup

New Feature: Assignments

There will be weekly and daily assignmentsYou can earn Phoenix Credits and Division TechGood rewards in generalExample: killing 10 Cleaners

New Dark Zone Activities

Supply Drops

　　Drop from the sky that happens every hour on different locations and have very good rewardsOnly the first group that gets there will get the reward.Supply Drops are protected by hard enemiesWhen you get the supply drop, you don´t have to extract them.In general, they will add new activities in every future update

　　

Spectator-Cam

When you die during a group-mission, you can follow other teammatesYou can switch between your teammates, look around and help them until you are revived

Gear-Sets

There are 4 gear setsFinding and equipping four pieces from a single set unlocks a new, never-before-seen talent for your Agent, which the developers aren’t revealing yet.You will also get a setbonus when you have a specific number of set-pieces equippedGear sets will have other talents than what we already haveDifferent gearsets per playstyleAre more powerful than High-Ends gear pieces – but you have to equip a multiple number of items to get the buff – but gear sets don´t have gear talentsHelp a lot in the group synergy when players of the group have different setsSentry’s Call

　　This is the Snipers Gear setStriker’s Battle Gear

　　Combat Assault setPath of the Nomad

　　Dark Zone / Solo oriented set (very vague)Technician’s Authority

　　Support and Tech-BonusYou can get Gear Sets from:

　　IncursionsBlueprints that can be boughtDrop in Challenge Mode MissionsDark Zone

Gear Score

After you reach level 30 you are measured by gear score / now you don´t see player level but the gear scoreThe gear score is calculated by the gear you are wearing and is based on the quality and item-levelGear score is also included in matchmaking. Matchmaking will also include the items you have in the inventory.

Player Level Cap

Agent level is still capped at 30, but your gear score can boost your abilities beyond your level, and are touted as a new way of leveling up for top-level players.The Incursions update is a free one and will go live on April 12 for all platforms.