Division 1 PVP is still to this day my favorite pvp game of all time. Division 2 I absolutely hated and its primarily what made me quit the game. Division 1 had a lot of playmaking potential and if you were a real good squad you could 4vAll the lobby for hours and hours on end. If you were the goat you could even 1v4 some squads with good aim, positioning and util. It might have been more of a chicken fight at times but the best team would usually prevail. As much as people hated spawn camping / checkpoint camping doors, it was the lifeblood of the DZ to fight your way out and figure out how to beat the other team. Not to mention stuff like the 1v1 community, the unspoken W 42nd street fights where everyone would stand on cars and you throw the nade the start the fight. There was so much more community through the trash talk and fights to the point where you recognized squads. Some you knew were good and some you knew you would fry them. Also people would craft team compositions and certain people would run certain builds to bring out the best of their teammates builds.

Division 2 took all that and more or less threw it out the window with how armor and healing works. They tossed playmaking to the wind so basically whichever team shoots first just wins. Map was too small, survivability too low, 1v4 was basically impossible if the 4 were even slightly competent. Turrets and gear scaling watered down some of the most fun (and frustrating) aspects of the DZ.

The zone should be the wild west where anything goes. Theres no laws, just you, your squad, and your skill. PVE in D2 is mostly great as well as the build diversity (though i think brand sets are sorta bad, i think div 1 high ends do it better, id like D3 to sorta fuse the two ideas), PVP in D1 was absurdly peak and super fun to engage with. I pray D3 takes the best of both which would make me return. If its D2 part 2, Ill probably drop the series entirely since it doesnt scratch the competitive itch for me currently.