td2-descent

[jolly cave]

@thorny shadow you're looking for #lfg-xbox, GL Agent

[stiff rain]

no self promo

[spice siren]

does Clutch work the way it says it does? i've noticed it trigger above it's supposed threshold many a time, but i don't know if it's actually doing anything cause i've never really paid attention (i've just been hoping that it was doing something)

[jolly cave]

@white thorn You're looking for #lfg-pc, GL Agent

[viscid leaf]

If you get a kill, it starts repairing your armor on each critical hit. This part of the talent does not have a threshold to activate as far as I know so you could fully repair your armor after a kill.

[pine siren]

You can't fully repair your armour with clutch alone as the repair amount is scaled to your missing armour, so it can never quite get you to full

[dusk niche]

envy

[errant apex]

Again? That's very good news.

[dusk niche]

Yeah I dunno how it went from envy to wraith to envy again

Good for the room RNG ragebait for the arm patch

[stark basalt]

is there any new descent patches?

[errant apex]

Yes.

[stark basalt]

picture?

[ocean light]

Envy again 🔥 until Friday, April 17

[simple tide]

Does the nemesis sniper come from beating the nemesis?

[rustic bough]

No

[simple tide]

okay Ty

[dusk niche]

What is this RNG lol

[viscid leaf]

The bountiful harvest before the drought. Next thing we know it'll swap between Greed and Gluttony for 4 weeks in a row.

[finite lava]

Anyone knows what’s Evolution? It had a descent icon next to it in the completion bonus rewards. I’m currently trying to figure that out

Actually I should ask this in #ask-td2-community

[rotund field]

if it had the descent icon, it'd be the comm

[pine siren]

@cunning sentinel please use #lfg-playstation when looking for players to group with, this is just the discussion channel

[cunning sentinel]

👍🏻

[rapid river]

I HATE THE DESENT CAN never get to the nemises

[surreal palm]

Are you dying before you get there?

[ashen bloom]

Not good enough 🤣

[dusk forge]

where is that pin about fighting nemesis that was on this channel?

[rapid river]

yes the highest iv gotten was at 89% solo once havnt gotten taht high again

[serene sorrel]

hello agents, I've come across a bug, I could not replace skills after I tried replacing oxidizer to firestarter, it consumed the computer, but did not change the skill, every attempt to replace it again, even in other runs, did not replace any skill, tried replacing a hive to a turret, and it did not replace. can some attest to this so a ticket can be made in the bug report?

[pine siren]

@dusk forge Please use #lfg-pc when looking for players to group with

[dusk forge]

isnt this channel about descent?

[pine siren]

Discussions, not lfg

[dusk forge]

ok then

[mighty harbor]

descent 34 lvl - time: 8h, reward: 1 reconstructed cache... gg devs 🤦‍♂️

and after 33lv there is no balance anymore, low dmg with all red talent on max

[stiff rain]

this is because your oxidizer was still on CD before you switched, this happens with any charge-based skill, if you want to be safe wait until its CD is fully refreshed before trying to switch the skill

[ocean light]

You called it! It’s Greed 😭

[pine siren]

@bold jungle please use #lfg-playstation when looking for players to group with, this is just a discussion channel

[ocean light]

This is just how I do it, and may not be everyone’s go to. I focus on easy rooms to start. If there’s no easy option, medium. Playing with Envy or Wrath is the best - they have great talent pools.
Also, planning where to stake yourself out in a room tends to help; I try to pick spots where I can take high ground, or be in a spot where the enemies will funnel to me. Lots of cover is ideal!
Took me a while to get to nemesis, too! But stick with it, and you’ll get there. You can always ask for help here; lots of helpful and awesome people in this discord! You got this.

[long wyvern]

I've beat nemesis more than 50 times. Mostly once a week for the comms. My best tips are doing only easy rooms or medium if no easy room is available. Also, only solo play - much easier.

[viscid leaf]

The max blueprint count is now 694? So far we are still missing 4 blueprints: 1 ar, 1 chest piece, and 2 backpacks. I also noticed 2 missing reconfigure blueprints for exotic weapons. I assume one is for Whiplash but the other might be another weapon or a duplicate of an existing one.

[errant apex]

Yeah, all those missing gear piece blueprints are duplicates. The exotic weapon blueprints are Whiplash and a duplicate of Bittersweet.

[rapid river]

i got ti hom and he 1 tapped me...........

[young agate]

Yea you gotta be ultra cautious with nemesis, even when I've taken nothing but blue cores it can still get me in 3 hits with an AR

[long wyvern]

always take red cores. I can't think of a single run where I took even 1 blue core. always red.

[young agate]

You and I can do that since we know how that fight goes but I'd suggest to people looking for their first nemesis kill to take some armor, people don't realize just how short the damage window is against nemesis and won't get back to cover in time

[winged geyser]

Ps

[young agate]

Gotta go to the LFG chat, this is just descent discussion

[viscid leaf]

Talent pool is Envy for 2 days 23 hours.

[ocean light]

Envy is back! 2 days, 4hrs

[viscid spire]

Big Lag in descent

And a Delta

What a day.Delta after delta,very stable this/ty

[gritty flower]

Could anybody tell me what the point is in playing descent like is there any benefit in it

[young agate]

Getting reconstructed caches which give you named item blueprints, though you can get them from retaliations now too

[rustic bough]

The Retaliation method takes a lot longer. Descent vendor also has Exotic caches and cosmetics

[winged geyser]

So I’ve noticed that most of the time now it’s either pick a skill or a weapon is that intentional or a bug ? I thought you could pick both before ?

[bold finch]

You can only pick both when you first start. After each loop it's one or the other

Always been that way

[mild cobalt]

1. obtaining the descent collectibles.
2. obtaining blueprints for darkzone exclusives and other yellow named items.
3. farm nsa points to buy exotic caches for exotic components.
4. if you reach loop 10/20/30/40 each season you obtain a patch.

[jolly cave]

5. you can get some neat outfits in various colour options.

6. you can get 1 and 2 from Retal now, 🥀

[wispy flax]

7.) You get to use a build other than Striker
8.) Experience the division tactical combat without the meta of the main game
9.) Fun rng gambling element
10.) Nice break from the regular grind to just play the game for fun

[rustic bough]

The worst part of Descent is the build-up to loop 30

[ocean light]

Current talent pool is Wrath until Monday, May 11.

[viral elbow]

the worst part is its always the same thing

[rain solstice]

Is descent popular in matchmaking? I can’t find a full group to run it

First time trying it earlier last night and thought it was fun, tried to match make and everybody kept leaving as soon as they joined

[young agate]

No, you'd be lucky to find anyone matchmaking for it tbh, they might have been matchmaking for a random activity but didn't want to do descent

Descent is easier solo than matchmaking anyways

[jolly cave]

@young agate There is matchmaking for Descent.

@rain solstice It's less popular right now as there's a bunch of other stuff people are doing, but keep an eye out for #lfg-playstation to find a group at the start of each week, and/or when a Descent Event is running.
The trick with Descent is that the rewards that used to be locked to there, you can now get the Reconstructed Caches and crafting blueprint for Vindicator via Retal.
The only thing that's still "locked" to Descent, are the outfits, and and the commendations.

[pseudo ibex]

help.. I want dark winter.. and dark winter buleprint. Descent very hard..

[rain solstice]

im on loop 13 solo and i do not undetsand how some players loop hundreds

it takes so long

[viscid leaf]

It does in solo, mainly because the spawns are everywhere with multiple waves in higher loops but the smaller loops are faster. Coop has the opposite problem: a slow start but picks up very quickly in higher loops.

[jolly cave]

Read the comment above yours, it'll help.

[pseudo ibex]

It says there is no access permission?

[jolly cave]

I just meant the message itself, that's a link to the playstation-only LFG.

[fresh ivy]

Coms are also in retal

The descent coms are since this season also in retal tho

[jolly cave]

Okay?

[stuck sluice]

What’s more efficient for farming DZ/Descent weapons if I’m solo this or the DZ

I want the SMG with perfect frenzy

[lethal bramble]

Dark winter? Probably better off getting the blueprint for it

Or do conflict cause it drops a shit ton of caches

It sounds amazing, but in reality there's a reason no one uses SMGs

[median gust]

What is that reason?

[median gust]

Also Dark Winter has perfect killer
According to the wiki perfect frenzy might not even show up on an smg but idk

[lethal bramble]

Optimal range

[median gust]

..thats it?
Do people also not use shotguns because they're short ranged?

They're a close range weapon by design lmao

[lethal bramble]

Ok try using anything like that without it being pure blind fire on high end content

You can't

Hence why it's bad

[median gust]

I still dont get it tbh
I'm using Dark Winter on a crit build
I might not use DW often but when I do use it, it works well (in close range)

[stuck sluice]

How do I get that? The wiki just said go to dz and pray basically

[median gust]

You can also get a bunch of named item caches and pray
Edit: Actually upon doing research this might be only half true-

[viscid leaf]

You can get the blueprint for it through reconstructed caches, which can be earned and bought from the Descent store or crafted from Retaliation.

[buoyant carbon]

Hey guys, I'm a returning player and I want to put together a strong build/talent setup in Descent to consistently reach loop 10+. Any recommendations on the best talent combinations?

[errant apex]

#td2-descent message

Also, iKia's video on how to set up for Envy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weszDyUuQS8

[quiet needle]

theres the sherif!

[median gust]

Just looked that up and ooo
Is it meant to be like a slug shotgun?
Either way, it sounds pretty interesting

[quiet needle]

its a great gun!

[median gust]

I think i mightve gotten the blueprint from a retaliation

[stuck sluice]

Is there actually a point to doing the hard rooms? I just started recently and I’ve probably logged around 6 hours of descent and don’t notice much difference in loot you just get a supply crate here and there and less nemesis prog

[young agate]

Less % and more credits per room, going into nemesis at loop 7 or 8 can allow you to build a stronger build, than if you go in at loop 4 or 5

There is also a special patch for going in at loop 8

[stuck sluice]

Thanks