you have to purchase before the 9th... or else you will miss out on the steam pc promotion price going on now. also you miss out on preorder exclusives.

also get the gold edition because you save money buying the dlc later. not to mention it comes with other content the normal editions don't get.
division you can play whenever you like......

the dark zone is separated into level ranges.

a lv 1-15 won't encounter lv 30 players.... so you don't have to worry about that.
if anything, the first range is lv 1-12 i believe. these players won't have good gear same like you, so no you don't need to worry about losing out. people can play this game at their own pace.

the only reason why i power level at launch is because i do it for the prestige of being the top 1% same like why i bothered to get to paragorn 885 in diablo 3.

y would u get a 970 when a pascal with 10 times the performance of a maxwell is around the corner?
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-gtc-2015/

this game no tank, plane, IFV, heli