The Division Survival DLC will be free to play from August 16 to 22.
In the same way the "Underground" DLC was available for free to give everyone a chance to earn the Sacred shield, the "Survival" DLC will be free as players must beat out other Agents, the killer weather, and roaming enemies to try and earn the new Phoenix shield. Releasing on August 16th, Agents will need to extract five items, survive for five hours, and kill five Hunters in Survival mode to unlock the shield and its rewards.
When you say free to play does this mean that you DONT need the base game to play it?