td2-general-chat

[azure lintel]

My status effect build is all yellow save for the one armor core to have a bit more sustain

Tech lets you have that at least

[mystic fog]

i run either a Striker / Hunter's Fury or Negotiator usually haven't tried with a status build yet. only thing i really let it depend on is what weapons i feel like using atm

on a sidenote, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

[azure lintel]

Protocol with vile is honestly gross haha

[mystic fog]

that plus a scorpio

[azure lintel]

You can melt whole groups with one fire sticky

[amber cipher]

Posted my build in #td2-build-advice, ive been managing with that

[mystic fog]

oooh yes XD

also incin. turret ehehe

[azure lintel]

I foam over fire incin

[mystic fog]

@boreal badger is that calli i spot there on your avatar ? 😮

[azure lintel]

The dummy damage even foams do is kinda hilarious

[mystic fog]

Much Approve 😄

[boreal badger]

Yes it is

[mystic fog]

Cultured

[boreal badger]

Yes sir

[mystic fog]

IT MOVES TOO ?!?!?!?!?!?

[boreal badger]

Yeah

[mystic fog]

gasp that's soo cool

anyhoo @amber cipher you online atm? i can hop in your group if ya want we can go clap some stuff for whatever ya might need =3

[gusty dove]

Happy new year from Europe :)

[mystic fog]

aren't we in the same country fear ?XD

your accent sure made it sound like it 😂

[gusty dove]

I'm just saying to everyone here smh

[mystic fog]

now i don't feel special anymore 😦

[gusty dove]

oof 😂😅

[oak prawn]

British innit bruv

[gusty dove]

damn though, amazing fireworks

[mystic fog]

this is a message from the future. Happy New YEar ! XD

[fervent berry]

Still got less than an hour from the UK, but happy new year already to my European folks

[mystic fog]

didn't they cancel the Rotterdam fireworks? least my own town hasn't not a bad show tbh

[azure lintel]

If stranger things was british

"Bit odd innit?"

[gusty dove]

local firework show cancelled ye cuz of the weather

[amber cipher]

Oooh yeah I am on rn

I am farming control points at the moment, not the most fun thing to do

[mystic fog]

yeah i honestly dislike it too 😂 i just check the targeted loot for the shit i want.

dm me your Ubisoft handle if you would 🙂

[gusty dove]

farming the setup with repair and skill haste is a pain 😭

[surreal orbit]

So is farming one with chc and chd…

[oak prawn]

I ain't british

[gusty dove]

💀 I got one and I don't even need it

[surreal orbit]

Want one for my all red future build for countdown.

[granite socket]

Happy new year Captains!

[tropic compass]

last time i played this game was last year

[fervent berry]

Happy New Year from the UK 🤘🔥

[fiery cloud]

Hey Milo

[rich shadow]

Same, happy new year all

[lilac kestrel]

Do both directives and difficulty contribute to drop chance or no in summit

[surreal orbit]

Difficulty increases rolls (drop chance for exotics), directives increases drop chance for targeted loot & increases xp.

[high cargo]

Where should I lfg for manhunt general anderson? Thanks!

[lilac kestrel]

Is there a recal library spreadsheet i dont think i saw one in the main d2 spreadsheet

[surreal orbit]

#lfg-pc

[surreal orbit]

What for?

[lilac kestrel]

More important attributes and talents for gear like how swap speed vs skill haste the most important ones

And guns ofcourse

[surreal orbit]

The important ones are the ones you use, could be different based on play style / builds.

[lilac kestrel]

Thank you

[surreal orbit]

Dps builds want chc & chd, skill builds want skill damage & skill haste, etc.

[lilac kestrel]

Exotic caches vs named item cache?

[surreal orbit]

??? One gives random exotics, one gives random named items???

[small spear]

probably asking which to buy

[lilac kestrel]

Global event stars

Yes

[fervent obsidian]

👍

[surreal orbit]

What are you looking for, it’s up to you not us..

[small spear]

hm i would say if you're aiming for the essential exotics right now exotic caches sound right

but otherwise named caches for the dz exclusives

[ruby peak]

https://imgur.com/a/ii9oQm8

Where the hell do I find the bounty? I've done regular bounties I got from white events, I've done bounties I got from yellow events and the bounties from the White House...none of that counts. I don't get it.

[surreal orbit]

Map/bounties tab maybe. Not sure what your asking

[ruby peak]

No. I really did everything that has the name bounty in it. xD

It never counts.

[surreal orbit]

Towards what?

[ruby peak]

For that progression on the right side-

Just posted a picture

[small spear]

just to reconfirm, are you sure you checked the bounties tab on the map screen?

[ruby peak]

I did one on the bounty screen and it did not work aswell. There are yellow triangles tho, but I can't click them.

They are changing positions anyways, whatever that means. This game is kinda clunky when it comes to explaining things lol

[small spear]

when you click on the bounties icon for a region, the list of bounties is displayed on the left. there should be only one that you're looking for with the manhunt target icon

[ruby peak]

I will recheck.

[surreal orbit]

It will be yellow

[rich plaza]

has anyone crashys to again a lot it was like last ok but now is terrible -,-

[ruby peak]

Okay, I didn't know that you have to choose the bounty and then even decide which of the ones listed on the left you want to do.

You can't select anything on the left beforehand.

You have to know that first...
Thank you very much!

[surreal orbit]

Seemed pretty intuitive to me

[lilac kestrel]

I cant add an optimized item for recal library can i

[ruby peak]

Well .. otherwise everything else is displayed individually on the map, just not that. It's a bit strange. 😄

[reef reef]

nope

[surreal orbit]

But there is only one way to “activate” those bounties on the map.

[lilac kestrel]

Dammit oh well at least it was knee pad armor so thats not bad

[surreal orbit]

Never mind

[amber cipher]

70 control points later I finally get a attachment blueprint holy this is the worst time ive ever had

[gusty dove]

they are annoying to farm

[amber cipher]

Im only at 134/355 blueprints this is gonna take another like 10 hours 💀

[surreal orbit]

Wait only one? Are they level 3 or 4 control points?

[amber cipher]

level 3

[surreal orbit]

You should get a blueprint from any control point level 3 or level 4. So you got 70 if they were level 3.

[amber cipher]

I am getting blueprints for all sorts of stuff

Masks, weapons everything

[surreal orbit]

Yup, they’re random

[amber cipher]

Yeah I noticed

All I want is the extended 762 mag 😭

[slender gulch]

I gotta ask, im getting desperate. Is there any way to reduce the blinding light effects that come with light hitting fog?

[amber cipher]

That reminds me, what do you think is the fastest control point to run?

[surreal orbit]

I don’t do a lot of control points, only the ones for the manhunt really. But I hear people say that sleeping giant in foggy bottom is quick.

[slender gulch]

i actually just ran that one on the way to another quest, it was already under attack, and I finished in less than one or two mintues

just head up the the stairs on the north side, they all run out the same door, then counter from the north

[dusk sable]

hey guys, does anyone know why some mission leaderboards are locked?

[smoky stag]

Sleeping Giant, Navy Plaza

[surreal orbit]

The strongholds can be locked because they are invaded. If you toggle mission mode to un-invaded it will unlock the leaderboards. Tidal basin will need to be completed to unlock the leaderboard

[surreal orbit]

Hmmm maybe not?…

[surreal orbit]

Yeah, toggle and go the the entrance to unlock leaderboard

[surreal orbit]

Toggle hornet at tidal and go to the entrance to unlock leaderboard

[gleaming moat]

Happy new year

[undone timber]

Fuck target loot I might just spam Anderson and see if I can get a single scorpio

[frozen meadow]

Or just do countdown for caches

[kind pulsar]

Happy new year!!

[reef reef]

Self promotion is not allowed. Do not do it again.

[oak prawn]

Ouuuuu someone got warned 🤣

[amber cipher]

What do ya'll say is the droprate for targeted loot to be exos in countdown?

[slender gulch]

finally made it to the dlc, The clone sniper whack a mole has me regretting the purchase. Does it get better?

[azure lintel]

You know, we have bounties on key enemies out on the streets, but considering all of the damage that we do singlehandedly, it'd be interesting if the enemy factions laid bounties on us, leading to small swarms of enemies to join in on the fighting randomly whenever we're trying to do any of the random events like hostage situations and propaganda and such

[gusty dove]

think it's this? #ask-td2-community message

[small spear]

no that's normal loot

[surreal orbit]

???

[dusk sable]

@surreal orbit k thanks man my tidal legendary time didn't update tho 😦

[small spear]

it was the consensus, targeted loot chance hasn't been discovered since forever now

[surreal orbit]

Agreed but the chart say exotic drop rate, not normal loot rate?

[small spear]

the OP asked about "targeted loot to be exos"

normal loot isn't targeted loot

[amber cipher]

Im just asking because again looking up any info on it online gives very varying info

of course that is the nature with rng drops im just wondering

[small spear]

there are some rates which have been datamined but i don't think anything involving targeted loot reached any consensus

[surreal orbit]

All I’m questioning is you said “no that’s normal loot”, to me normal loot is high end and such. Was just confusing that’s all.

[small spear]

yes i should've clarified sorry

[amber cipher]

what are your guys' experience with countdown and exos? about 10 runs in deep with smgs targeted but no exo yet

[small spear]

at least, the chances of targeted loot dropping, along with the boost to it per directive (iirc it's 3%) are known

but not the chances of them being exotic

[amber cipher]

people online say one exo like every 4 runs is the average

but i dont know how realistic that is

[small spear]

it's heavy rng, personally i farm in open world with directives on

[amber cipher]

how much do directives help droprate anyways?

[small spear]

3% added targeted loot chance per directive

[amber cipher]

Oh I see

sadly theres no smg in the open world rn

[small spear]

failing that i do legendary summit with directives

[amber cipher]

yeah im not good enough for that lol

[azure lintel]

Happy new year

[past ridge]

Happy New Year Agents

[kind pulsar]

Happy new year you two! Hope this year will be good for y'all.

[drifting blade]

Is the only way to get a memento backpack target loot? It just doesn't seem to drop from targeted countdowns

[amber cipher]

It definitely does

Just keep going youll eventually get it

[surreal orbit]

Stop chasing it and just play, then it’s sure to drop… 🤣

[jolly stag]

best chance is probably targeted countdowns, ive had plenty of peeps give me a drop if you see someone else get it

second best chance is exotic caches imo

ohsht its new year for me lets goooo

[drifting blade]

Fair enough

😢

[mystic fog]

@amber cipher you're still up? Or awake again? XD

I literally went tp sleep and woke back up xD

[sterile phoenix]

Wow, I had no idea you could trade materials for proficiency. Been grinding out all the gear manually. Random youtube video blew my mind haha...

[austere willow]

just got the game, how do i stop the crashes? happening every 5 minutes

[velvet aspen]

Happy new year guys

[hidden vapor]

Make sure DX12 is not on, sounds dumb but I crashed a lot and had worst performance when it was on so I turned that and low latency off and rarely crashed

That’s how I fixed mine personally

[austere willow]

i turned it off and just crashed again

this is getting annoying

[hidden vapor]

Is it happening just in the menu or whenever you load into the game and try to run around

[austere willow]

when i run around

[hidden vapor]

Try lowering settings game could be trying to render in everything and is overloading

I’d also try setting EAC.exe affinity core from 0 to 1 and see if that fixes anything in task manager

[sterile phoenix]

Turn off anything with an overlay. Don't overclock GPU. Run repair on EAC occasionally also reduce crashes.

[hidden vapor]

Will also say Division 2 is a gamble game on whether you crash or not. I’ve played for months without crashing then crash non stop randomly

[austere willow]

how do i run repair

each time i try a fix game crashes

[hidden vapor]

Find your division 2 folder, there should be a easy anti cheat setup in there

Run that as administrator and should see repair

[sterile phoenix]

Yup in the game folder there's easyanticheat_setup.exe. Run it and repair. (I had to actually do uninstall and reinstall to get the crashes to stop)

[austere willow]

i will try that

was working until i activated an echo

[hidden vapor]

did you just repair EAC or fully uninstall and reinstalled it?

[austere willow]

yes

[hidden vapor]

Hmmm, try again and see if it fixes.

[austere willow]

i think i fixed it

i had to turn off geforce experience overlay

[hidden vapor]

that would do it, overlays screw over EAC in general. i cant even run geforce overlay on apex since its using EAC

[jolly kettle]

Its a new year and hopefully we get to know soon when season 11 will be released. Any trailer?

[velvet sail]

happy new year

[sly scroll]

Agents calling for backup - not showing on my screen/hud. I'm on PC. Used to work then one day just stopped. Any ideas on how to get it back? I hear the request, it just doesnt show on the map.

[winter radish]

Are you looking at the normal map? Because for backup requests you have to switch over to the map on the SHD tab

Also, the message in the lower left corner doesn't show until you get rid of the "bla bla you got new projects" thingy by going to your projects tab and clicking on each of the projects with an exclamation mark

[willow pebble]

Hi guys, bit of a stupid question... Battery Park is the current targeted loot zone for marksman rifles, but the Pathway Park mission in that area shows increased loot allocation for Future Initiative pieces. Does this two overlap, or does the mission modifier override the marksman rifles?

[winter radish]

They don't stack or overlap

[willow pebble]

So only the mission one applies?

[surreal orbit]

In the mission yes, outside the mission the large targeted loot icon applies

[willow pebble]

thanks

[digital trellis]

I need halp

[hidden vapor]

What’s up?

[digital trellis]

I need halp killing lucky and gen. anderson

[hidden vapor]

I can come help if need be

[digital trellis]

thanks so much

how do I add you

[hidden vapor]

You’re welcome, what’s your uplay?

[digital trellis]

RivieraYue

[hidden vapor]

Sent a request

[digital trellis]

do we go into a vc?

[hidden vapor]

We can if you want thags up to you

[digital trellis]

in group-voice-1

[iron sinew]

Hello 👋

[fiery cloud]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

[gusty dove]

you too saph

[sly scroll]

Aha! The projects! Thanks!

[tender wave]

just check the shd tab of the map menu, it'll often show you multiple calls so you can choose which to answer

[willow pelican]

is heartbreaker still on the lead for PVP

[hidden vapor]

Doubt it, it really died down once people started using pulse resist builds

[gusty dove]

i sometimes come across umbra or even striker these days

[hidden vapor]

i was about to say, i'd say striker would be good

[snow hinge]

Good morning, I just beat WoNY DLC, got to level 40, what would be the best course of action from here? Obviously building some gear sets, but where would be a good place to start?

[gusty dove]

countdown targeted loot

[hidden vapor]

^^ Do that work your way up

[snow hinge]

Nice, is it easy to matchmake, or should use an LFG to find a group?

[gusty dove]

matchmake tbh

[hidden vapor]

easily matchmade

i find em instant tbh

[snow hinge]

AWesome, thanks for the advice. What would be the best endgame specialization?

[hidden vapor]

each specialization is diff for each build

they're all useful in their own aspects

[robust dock]

Do people still do dark hour

[hidden vapor]

All the time i see people doing it

[gusty dove]

that's pc, idk about console tbh

[hidden vapor]

if you're on xbox, i used to do the Xbox built in LFG and found alot

xbox has like a built is LFG that i used alot and found raid runs alot

[thin rivet]

Many clans like ours run it all the time. Last week I did 50 of them.

Happy new year everyone!

[azure lintel]

Welp, here we go again

Getting kicked from heroic countdown

[robust dock]

Holy

[hidden vapor]

Yeah i was about to say, find a clan or a group of people that run them alot on console and run with them since its not as easy as it is on PC

[gusty dove]

matchmake challenging, less hassle

[robust dock]

I just wanna get the eagle bearer idk where to look

[gusty dove]

or host it

[robust dock]

Xbox lfg looks dead

what is count down

[azure lintel]

Loot farm activity

[thin rivet]

Lfg was slow over the holidays. I think alot if people were busy with family or on holidays. However alot of raiders still raid and we just got together in various clan's discords

[surreal orbit]

#lfg-raid-console

[hidden vapor]

best way to farm loot tbh

[thin rivet]

Countdown is the new Summit. Is like a mini raid of up to 8 players. Lasts 15 minutes and you can target loot

[azure lintel]

If you don't get kicked for just trying to team buff and cc lol

Probably because of my shd level as always

[thin rivet]

@robust dock what timezone are you in? I'm in EST time (new york)York. If you play during the evenings like we do then I can help you get an EB. Just DM me and I can help you.

[hidden vapor]

i just do challenging less hassle and most ppl dont kick there since its original difficulty

[surreal orbit]

Good place to start is the pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice Lots of tried and tested builds put together by some of the most knowledgeable folks in the community. Most have multiple builds, that’s part of the fun in this game. Find something that fits your basic play style and farm away.

[snow hinge]

AWesome, thanks!

[gusty dove]

dont mm heroic do challenging

[thin rivet]

I've never had any kicking issues but for the most part I create countdown with my clan and we backfill so no one can kick

[azure lintel]

I don't have a real clan to do stuff with

I just lfg with randoms on here

[hidden vapor]

same, i request to join clans and just wait and see if i get accepted

[thin rivet]

I don't know how other clans do it but with our clan, we tend to run raids and other things with potential members first to ensure it's a good fit for both. This is why for the most part our clan plays well together and stays quite active. We even created a 2nd clan if our main clan mates want to create an alt account for hard core characters

[low flame]

I currently have terrible rng with this game. I have done 50+ countdown runs and I have not gotten a single grupo glove with chd and chc. I can understand something like an exotic or maybe a chest or backpack with both attributes and the talent taking a while, but a glove that has a higher chance due to only needing two attributes and is not only guaranteed through targeted loot but the core is always red so I have a higher chance of getting red attributes? 50 runs is too much for that

[noble rover]

Looking for a group in about 15 min. Add me on Uplay as you see me here (Criticalnature) I'll be in a chat. Doin whatever

[low flame]

#lfg-pc

[main delta]

How do I “use” the prime target data for JTC

[low flame]

You mean how to activate the prime target mission for cpt lewis?

[main delta]

Yes

[low flame]

So you got to jtc run up to that little floating panel where you can select a bunch of different options such as difficulty, select mission options, then select toggle mission mode

[main delta]

Gotcha

[low flame]

And you have to have the prime target mission unlocked first

[main delta]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[surreal orbit]

So wait, you want grupo gloves with chc, chd and core weapons damage?

[low flame]

No core armor

Making a pvp build

Grupo is red core native

So I need to recal the core

[surreal orbit]

Any chance the armor can go on another piece?

[low flame]

I’m using picaros foxes backpack all those are blue already recalibrated my chest and it is harder to farm for that and I’m using coyotes

So no since I want 4 blue cores

[surreal orbit]

And your targeted loot is grupo right?

[low flame]

Yup

Challenging countdown

[surreal orbit]

Can’t remember, can you craft grupo gloves?

[low flame]

Think so but even if I can I don’t have the blueprint

Or a lot of mats

[azure lintel]

Question

Is 1.4mil heal from chem launcher good?

[surreal orbit]

Damn, nothing to do but keep farming them. Good luck!

[azure lintel]

277,883k hp/s too

Only 7.2sec duration tho

These are base values before talents kick in

[low flame]

I think I’m just going to head into the dark zone with 3 reds 3 blues at this point

[surreal orbit]

Sure but healers are not really needed much in this game. Maybe in iron horse raid, or on occasions in dark hours. For countdown your better off with team buffs or full red dps builds.

[low flame]

Can also use them in legs that is what I do since I play with randoms

[azure lintel]

That's why I made on

Just to carry lowbies through harder content, or to do harder shit

[gusty dove]

DH 2nd boss yeah

[surreal orbit]

Meh, with 7 dps and tank your good to go

[gusty dove]

prepping dizy with 1 shot + healer on A

[azure lintel]

I won't see full reds complain when they get a free 30% dmg buff at full armor, and have enemies marked for 30% DMG while being disabled by scorpio

[surreal orbit]

But aren’t you getting kicked sometimes?

[azure lintel]

Hasn't happened anymore

I was in one and heard over vc to kick me, but then I full rezzed and topped off 6 people at extract when they blind rushed into hunters

"Okay, maybe we did need you"

Dumbasses xd

[timber hatch]

7 DPS and a healer. OC is far more valuable than a bit of bonus armor + the FI damage buff.

[surreal orbit]

Agreed, but most times in random groups it’s simpler to just do the old 7 and 1.

[timber hatch]

That's what I'm talking about

[lilac kestrel]

Can i not recal multiple core and attributes on the same weapon

[winter radish]

no, only 1 attribute or talent

[lilac kestrel]

So the rest i have to optimze

[winter radish]

yes

[lilac kestrel]

Wonderful

[main delta]

Ya know all I wanted was a vile mask for Christmas, know what I got? No vile mask 😔

[azure lintel]

Sup

You got any viles man, I'm itchin real bad

[foggy harbor]

Is there anyway to solo captain gray on normal without ravenous?

[main delta]

The ONE piece I need for a build

I can make due with everything else I have but the vile mask is what makes the build even function

[gusty dove]

the one mask that is collecting dust in my stash atm

[surreal orbit]

Iron horse? Do you mean regulus?

[desert crystal]

is they apareal key event fininshed

[surreal orbit]

Yes, but I think you can still buy keys

[gusty dove]

1 day left

[surreal orbit]

Can you still earn keys with xp? Thought that ended on Tuesdays reset?

[gusty dove]

with xp, that ended probably, but the whole apparel event ends in 1 day so i guess you are right with being able to buy keys still

[foggy harbor]

Nah, im talking about ravenous d50 dodgr city negotiator build to one tap cpt gray.

[main delta]

Dear massive please allow player trading

[surreal orbit]

Huh? You want to trade players?

[reef reef]

lol no

[sweet star]

About to buy the expansion boys. Can I join anyone when I start it to get loot quick?

[reef reef]

not really how it works

just run through the dlc as per usual, use the highest level stuff you get and all

once you finish out the dlc, run a few countdowns and whatever to get your gear setup

[surreal orbit]

Just like the base game, use the best stuff you find while leveling from 30 to 40. Start actually farming gear once you finish the expansion.

[sweet star]

Ah ok gotcha

Bless Ty boys

[main delta]

How effective are countdowns for getting specific loot

Vs targeting loot in other activities

[surreal orbit]

Since a ton of loot drops in countdown, I’d say very effective…

[azure lintel]

got a max rolled waveform before I got a vile

nnnneat

[sweet star]

When you get the dlc do you get more access to apparels without buying irl money?

My apparel sucks 😦

[sweet star]

Are raids good for loot?

[surreal orbit]

Meh. Other than the raid exclusive exotics, I’d say not really. But sometimes good things can drop I guess.

[azure lintel]

Vile will be mine. Eventually. Some day.

I've got three builds now, and it'll be the topper to the 4th

[main delta]

I have a 108% diamondback headshot build

Farming floor 10 is a fun time since it takes max 8 minutes if even that

[azure lintel]

Amazing how I'm on a healer tanking a hunter, 3 grenadiers and a drone operator and a team of 7 dps can't kill them

we wiped lol

[unique summit]

CD?

[low flame]

You know any other ways to get hunters and an 8 person group?

[unique summit]

Nope. Sounds like CD extraction.

Maybe don't complain about teammates when you're running a completely useless selfish build in CD.

[surreal orbit]

🤣😆😂

[azure lintel]

I'm dead

"selfish"

[unique summit]

Yea. And useless.

Group might as well have -1 player.

[elfin hazel]

define selfish

[azure lintel]

Yes, because disabling entire groups with foam and disabling hunters while providing 40% damage for everyone is useless

[unique summit]

What's your disrupt resist?

[elfin hazel]

sorry weiss healing is a no go

[unique summit]

Healer for CD is selfish because it only keeps them alive long enough to extract.

CD enemies hit much weaker than they are tanky.

So healer is literally the worst type of build to bring there.

[unique summit]

That's not a healer build. That's a CC build and unless you have 97.5%+ disrupt resist that's useless too.

I'm only being harsh because you're complaining about teammates lol. It's just funny to see.

[elfin hazel]

gonna start saying the furnace room medic is selfish because it only keeps them alive and isnt healing teammates

[unique summit]

What I'm saying is it doesn't actually help the team. It helps the healer not die so they can extract at the end.

Everyone else has to actually contribute DPS or CC.

The heals are not needed in CD, period.

[elfin hazel]

and you know this as objective fact that every healer only heals themselves

[azure lintel]

but it's not a fact

[elfin hazel]

exactly

[azure lintel]

I heal my team mates, that's the point of playing with healing tools

[elfin hazel]

with as many players as there are in countdown you cannot say this strongly that heals are not needed

[unique summit]

Your teammates don't need your heals in CD. They need DPS or CC.

[surreal orbit]

That aren’t really needed in most of the game…

[elfin hazel]

they arent needed but they're still a nice to have

[low flame]

They aren’t nice to have in countdown

[azure lintel]

So my preferred playstyle within games of this nature are pointless

great

[surreal orbit]

Rather have another dps or CC

[elfin hazel]

1/8 is not going to tank your countdown run

[low flame]

You are making the game harder for everyone, not easier

[elfin hazel]

because one person is running something else

[azure lintel]

And my protocol build isn't any good because the game won't drop one fucking item to top it off

[low flame]

I’m a healer. I heal all the time in legs. But I also play dps. And in countdown dps is crucial, just like all pve content. If you didn’t have dps it would take forever to complete a mission

[elfin hazel]

yes but having 1 person out of 8 not run a straight dps build is not going to tank your countdown run

[azure lintel]

Guess i'll just go make a boring all red build and not have fun as my favorite role type

[elfin hazel]

it is not that rigid of a mode and the game isnt even that rigid

[unique summit]

Your teammates have cover, medkits, and revive hive. CD enemies hit too weak to justify heals. What they NEED in CD is DPS above all else. CC can help but even that needs disrupt resist because extraction has multiple hunters that are constantly jamming you.

I mean run whatever you want but to complain about teammates when you're running an ineffective CD build is hilarious.

[azure lintel]

I'm not complaining, I don't care if we wipe

[unique summit]

You can run a 97.5%+ disrupt resist CC build and actually help the team.

[azure lintel]

I still get loot regardless to break down

I just found it funny how many grenades I took the dome and the rest of the team was like

watching it happen

[unique summit]

Selfish. Don't help team. Run bad build. Complain about team.

[low flame]

Plus if you’re running healer shouldn’t your team not have died? Even if they run head first it is still YOUR job to take care of

[unique summit]

I'm sorry they weren't able to carry you. Poor you!

Ok I'm done lol

[elfin hazel]

as weiss said a team of 7 couldnt kill some enemies I think theres another problem there than 1 person not running DPS

[azure lintel]

I did heal them wit chem launcher, but they all died from something all at the same time

Was more of a "well, that happened" moment

[unique summit]

I doubt they actually inspected all 7 builds to check if they're DPS. What actually happened (most likely) is that Weiss was one of 5 other people running bad CD builds and they all got wiped.

Which is super common.

I'm sure there was a skill damage build in there too. And an all blue core.

[azure lintel]

Someone had drone out

I think it was a deflector tho'

[low flame]

I did 50 countdown runs earlier and I can confirm that a lot of people don’t run dps when they should

Checked everyone’s build before it started

[sweet star]

Is there a recalibration centre in haven? Just got dlc.

[azure lintel]

Yes.

[unique summit]

Yea the whole game mode is just a DPS check. The enemies are way too tanky. Not fun, but good loot.

[azure lintel]

They're not even that tanky.

[unique summit]

Pick DPS, get through it quick, and get your loot. Don't complicate it.

LOL yes they're tanky. What?!

[low flame]

Alright go jump into a heroic countdown scaled to 8 players and see how many mags it takes to kill one guy

[azure lintel]

I've seen some people melt hunters pretty fast on their own

but that's probably the few people who have optimized dps builds

and know what they're doing

[low flame]

I swear those guys are more tanky than leg enemies

[unique summit]

Challenging hunters can be melted 1v1. Heroic no.

[azure lintel]

Hunters have always been annoying, even in div 1.

[low flame]

In div1 you could kill them. Even in div2 you could but not heroic countdown hunters scaled to 8

[azure lintel]

how can I turn invasion mode off?

[low flame]

And if you did this solo these hunters would actually be easier than open world hunters since they don’t use skills

[low flame]

You can’t turn the invasion itself off, but for invaded missions you can walk up to the floating panel at the entrance to the mission, click mission options, and then press toggle mission mode

[surreal orbit]

You can toggle mission mode when selecting difficulty.

[azure lintel]

oh ok

I just wanted to make my map just like division 1 no missions left to do

[elfin hazel]

I believe on xbox it should be hover over the mission hold y and then hold y again

[low flame]

I don’t like doing it from the map because I always do it before I fast travel to the mission so it is reset when I do fast travel

[azure lintel]

guys what is the highest gear score I could get without new york DLC

[low flame]

It’s like 500

[fervent berry]

515 or something like that

[azure lintel]

dam

how does some people get to like 14k gear score like if they shot u ur done

[low flame]

That is shd level

[elfin hazel]

post dlc level as gearscore no longer applies

[low flame]

Wony

[surreal orbit]

You need to do the invaded missions and strongholds to move up in world tiers and get higher gear score items

[fervent berry]

I thought level 30s and level 40s had separate matchmaking

[elfin hazel]

they do

[azure lintel]

welp I was tier 5 and I just finished today's invasion missions and I didn't go to another tier

[low flame]

Wt5 is max

[surreal orbit]

If you don’t have the warlords expansion your at end game

[azure lintel]

dam

looks like I need to get a 50 dollars gift card

[fervent berry]

Just keep an eye on the discounts. I think they're pretty regular afaik

[low flame]

Yeah wony goes on sale a lot

[azure lintel]

what is the use of textiles

[reef reef]

buying apparel

[sweet star]

Do you guys ever complete projects. Do you have too?

In wony

[low flame]

You can get stuff with premium credits but if it has the option to buy with textiles then it is literally free. Just got to get enough duplicates in apparel caches

[sweet star]

Or in general

[azure lintel]

but u only can buy stuff with premium credits

We need a permanent PTS kinda version of the game, where you can get any item with any attributes, and free roam the map to do whateeervrr you want

And it can be used to hunt exploits and bugs

[sweet star]

So all those people with cool apparels bought em with irl money?

[low flame]

Do the shd requisition project every week. Free exotic cache for a few mats

[reef reef]

after wony there are weekly projects that give you exotic caches, and specific exotics that you get from projects

[sweet star]

Oh

[low flame]

Can also do the weekly leg for an exotic cache

[reef reef]

this is incorrect, quite a lot of stuff can be bought with textiles

[low flame]

Or do 30 floors in summit but summit bad so not worth doing

[azure lintel]

dam stinger hunter mask cost 1700 textiles

[sweet star]

How do you check projects in ps4?

Is there a menu

Nvm

[low flame]

Open your map and go to the tab that says projects

[sweet star]

Kk

[low flame]

There is also various people around the map that will open the menu but the map is the easiest way

[azure lintel]

why is stinger hunter so expensive 💀

[low flame]

Why not?

[sweet star]

How do u get textiles or easier way to get cool apparel for free

[low flame]

Plus it is free without any currency through the friend referral

[low flame]

Duplicates through apparel caches

[sweet star]

Not sure what you mean can you explain

[low flame]

Higher the rarity equals higher amount of textiles

[reef reef]

It used to be exclusive to the referral, but that isnt easy to do now, and the set itself is a high end set- so it costs more

[low flame]

You get an item twice in an apparel cache

Which gives you textiles

[reef reef]

apparel caches can give duplicate apparel. every time you get something you already have, it is converted into textiles.

[sweet star]

Oh nice

[azure lintel]

e

[low flame]

And by apparel caches we mean the ones you get every few levels, not the ones tied around an apparel event. Those don’t give duplicates

[reef reef]

^^^^ this is correct

[frozen meadow]

i wish you could convert 10000 textiles into 1 premium cred

[frail steeple]

Well anyone that can inv me I’m level 14 lmk

[frozen meadow]

also go to #lfg-ps4 or whatever its called

[reef reef]

#lfg-playstation

[frozen meadow]

yeah that thing

[reef reef]

[frail steeple]

Click that?

[frozen meadow]

i got some jellybeans

aspect u want some

[fervent berry]

I thought I drank too much whiskey when I saw the chat losing lines

[frozen meadow]

wtf]

[reef reef]

generally, looking for groups in general chats of game discords is not great

[reef reef]

i just went and bought candy for myself wtf u coulda told me earlier

[frozen meadow]

i do it for raids only pretty much

[frozen meadow]

what kind

[frail steeple]

Perfect I’ll go to that link thanks

[reef reef]

thanks for understanding

[frozen meadow]

after this cd im gonna shower then make some poppycorn

[rare vapor]

Came on late, but Happy New Years folks!

[frozen meadow]

happy 2013

[rare vapor]

hello dere, person of the past.

[reef reef]

something something daft punk

[velvet pond]

So the new season drops on the 30th, according to how long out the time is.

[winter radish]

Wouldn't bet on it. The roadmap says "Early 2023", which is a rather large timeframe. Besides, there seems to be another PTS coming this month and I'd guess they want to get this sorted first before launching a new season.

[velvet pond]

Yeah, that sounds about right. When does the pts drop btw?

[winter radish]

No date yet or any actual info other than it's "there to balance things - so it is neither nerfs nor buffs but adjustments to the changes we want to bring".

[rare vapor]

i want Descent 😦

[sweet star]

Hey folks just was wondering if you buy wony does the gunner specialization unlock automatically or you still need research?

Also how does one get striker gear?

[reef reef]

gunner only unlocks after you finish all the research, or if you buy the Year 1 Pass, seperate thing from Warlords of new york.

[sweet star]

I can’t even start research though on gunner

[reef reef]

Striker is a warlords of new york gearset, you can get it once you start warlords afaik, but you'll want the full 4pc set which you can target farm.

[reef reef]

What do you mean

[sweet star]

Like if I click press triangle to start field research it won’t let me

I’m in wony rn

[reef reef]

That might be why.

Field research has some "do specific mission" requirements, which cant be done while in Warlords (you cant leave new york until you finish the campaign)

[sweet star]

Rip that does make sense

Ty

[timber hatch]

You able to equip the siec weapon your trying to do research for?

[sweet star]

No

[surreal orbit]

Current level?….

[surreal orbit]

We’ll try again… finish the dlc first, then you can farm for gear and work on specializations.

[surreal orbit]

Because any gear you farm for now will need to be replaced in the next couple levels. Better to wait till your at max level.

[sweet star]

Sounds good

[austere willow]

what is max level

[oak prawn]

level wise 40

30 without WONY

SHD level i would assume is unlimted

but nobody knows what the max SHD level

if there is 1

[tender notch]

It's unlimited.

[inner elbow]

As far as your sanity takes you, or the lack thereof

[oak prawn]

1 day there will be a SHD 1 million

[north gate]

How do find good clans and/ or people to play with.

Is there a max level to weapons and gear?

[azure lintel]

look at td2 clan recruitment or find people through game

wym max level

like expertise ?

[north gate]

Like, I’m level 18.. I’ve heard 30 is the beginning of end game.

[azure lintel]

oh

40 is max

[north gate]

Ah! That’s good to know.

[azure lintel]

but if you dont have dc then its 30

[north gate]

New York? I’ve it. I want to finish base game first.

[azure lintel]

alr well gl on your journey

[north gate]

Am I missing anything by taking it slow and not going to ny soon?

[elfin hazel]

nope

[azure lintel]

if you enjoy playing through it to start to end its ok.

[north gate]

I know there will be grind once I reach end game, thought I’ll enjoy the honeymoon period

[azure lintel]

just depends what you wanna do

yes enjoy it while you can 😭

[north gate]

Haha, thanks

Last thing, is there a pacifist mode in this game?

Like, when I see players outside of safe zone.. they attack me and reduce my health. Any way to prevent that?

[azure lintel]

like dz?

[north gate]

No, just open world

[azure lintel]

if you join vc 1 i can tell you easier im grinding rn so its hard to type

[elfin hazel]

there is no pacifist mode

[north gate]

I just switched off my console after long day. Thanks for the offer. Hopefully next time.

[reef reef]

If you arent in the Dark Zone, those arent enemy players- just npcs.

[low lily]

Imagine completing division without shooting a single enemy

[rare vapor]

it's doable. Just as crazy as that one guy who leveled up to max in WoW Pandora without leaving starting zone and just from mining level 1 copper. It's for people that want to be featured and their ego stroked.

[oak prawn]

It's doable yes but takes a lot of time and commitment

Actually it's not

You can't melee everything

U ain't John wick

Skills are usable but alot of em shoot explode

[inner harness]

Could you not find a way to skip tutorial then seeker mine everything

[oak prawn]

Plus if you accidentally shoot someone you can't exactly just load from a save

So you would have to restart the game

[inner harness]

It would be slow to start but as you get builds it would be a lot quicker would it not

[oak prawn]

Wbu bosses

But builds are kinda pointless in base game till you reach world tiers or go to WONY as your just get better gear

[inner harness]

It would be very slow but just wait for the recharge?

[oak prawn]

Wbu the rushers ?

[inner harness]

True

[oak prawn]

You can't exactly shoot em

[inner harness]

You can run demo once you unlock it

But that's in a while

[oak prawn]

U don't unlock specs till WONY iirc or WT1

I'm order to avoid the rushers your gonna have to constantly move around then your in danger of getting shot at by every ad

[elfin hazel]

specs is WT1

[inner harness]

Could you shield quickly block and go back into cover

[oak prawn]

Well ig for rushers you can foam em

[inner harness]

Tru

[frozen meadow]

WT1

[thorny talon]

😂😂😂😂😂
Mf got that dz trauma

[frozen meadow]

@proven ingot check dm

[azure lintel]

Ok so strange question. How hard is Dark hours and other raids exactly.

[merry zinc]

just join a clan and theyll guide you through it

[rough bluff]

No need for joining a clan. Look for LFG posts on Xbox and tell the raid leader you never did a raid before. Bring a red dps build with you and listen carefully. Then I think its not too hard when you run with an experienced group.

[frozen meadow]

dh is basically a large dps check and ih is actually complicated

[smoky orchid]

is there any difference making a new char and starting in WONY vs main and using boost like if i just want a char for storage

[plush idol]

all my storage started in WONY, i leave them there

but it's better to level them up to 40, you'll get shd points from them too

[smoky orchid]

I will do that eventually lol sadly my watch is only like 570

long way to go until 1000

I remember back at the start of the game the DZ landmarks were a fast way to get watch levels is that the case still?

[azure lintel]

Speak for yourself I’m an SHD 80

[coral meadow]

For the freezes when you try to fast travel from NY to DC I found that when I had directives on it crashed the game but when I deactivated them it stopped from crashing

[tender wave]

That's odd, haven't heard that mentioned previously as a solution: if it's consistent I'd suggest recording it and putting it in the Ubisoft support forum, might help them patch the problem.

[thorny talon]

Are you gonna farm till 1k?

[upper acorn]

Would it be easier to get memento from summit or countdown?

[surreal orbit]

Countdown, because you also earn currency that you can use to purchase exotic caches at the countdown vendor increasing your chances. But it is still all down to rng.

[upper acorn]

Thanks time to farm countdown😅

[slender gulch]

wow, this last mission is aids

[broken gale]

Where do I find players for raid pla

Pls

[surreal orbit]

#lfg-raid-console

[tender wave]

focus the objectives, ignore adds as much as you can because they spawn endlessly until you have completed the objectives

[slender gulch]

yea, caught onto that. My issue was having my skills hacked, on a turret/drone setup. Beat him by just shooting him with no skills active

glad those missions are finished, hopefully i can just ignore them and go back to the vanilla stuff. Not really sure how endgame works now.

[merry zinc]

if you don’t plan on doing pvp watch doesn’t rlly matter

[kind needle]

if you guys had to say which division game is better, what would you pick?

[upper acorn]

I do plan on doing pvp what should I attempt to get my watch too

[smoky orchid]

I think div 2 is better over all feature wise, map wise, things to do etc. I think div 1 had the darkzone the way it should be

[merry zinc]

1000

[upper acorn]

I’m at 35😬

[smoky orchid]

long grind ahead 😄

[merry zinc]

you can thank the devs for only fixing things that help the community and ignoring everything else 😁

[smoky orchid]

did they fix things for leveling the watch fast?

[merry zinc]

got rid of floor 10 which was the fastest way by a very large margin

[upper acorn]

😦

[smoky orchid]

i could be wrong because the summit wasnt out yet but

[slender gulch]

just got to 40, only to find that there was a seasonal event the entire time i was playing, that I didn't qualify for...

[smoky orchid]

i swear DZ landmarks were incredibly fast

worlds first watch i think did the DZ method

[merry zinc]

i’d just check LFGs on psn and here to see what ppl are grinding i know there are some floors that still work

[low flame]

A heroic landmark gives about the same amount of xp (maybe even less) of a heroic open world activity (not counting control points)

[surreal orbit]

You do now, still a couple weeks left

[low flame]

And a landmark takes more time

[merry zinc]

yeah convoys are the best way in open world

but too slow for me

[low flame]

Plus you run the risk of other players killing you

[smoky orchid]

interesting ill have to try some methods i only remember like the methods when the watch was new

I know someone hit worlds first in DZ and chappie was trying to reach worlds first just doing dz landmarks

[low flame]

I think heroic landmarks give like only 100k more than a challenging convoy

[smoky orchid]

i forget how long it took them

[low flame]

Which is even faster than a heroic convoy

And that is no directives

[smoky orchid]

theres also that glitch

leave one enemy weak the last one and add all directives and before the 10s kill the enemy

[sweet star]

Hey folks. I’m lvl 34 but I keep dying to bounties that have npcs who have that green bar

Anyone got any tips on how to kill those dudes quick? It’s like they got an extra bar

[low flame]

I think you’re fighting rikers. Some of them will have an extra health bar. They’re the exact same as a normal enemy just with the extra bar

[surreal orbit]

Focus on the main and side missions to get to level 40.

[sweet star]

Got that ocd to try and win ha but yeah seems like the only way. Ty

Can You still buy one year pass ? Wanna skip gunner class

[merry zinc]

yea depending on the version u got u should already have it

[surreal orbit]

I think so, it just bypasses the field research. Still have to earn spec points to fill out the spec tree. Also gives 8 classified assessments (missions) that are nice for fast travel spots

[sweet star]

Oh

Not sure I can find it on the ps4 store

Anyone know the specific title?

Ultimate edition?

[merry zinc]

that has it for sure

just try activating the specialist at boo i got a bit confused too when i first started

[sweet star]

Hm ok sweet ty

[tender wave]

look in the ingame store, not the external ubisoft one

ultimate edition means buying the whole base game & dlc again just to get that year one pass

[slender gulch]

anyone know why i cant equip the technician laser pointer?

[sweet star]

Yeah gonna just do the gunner stages fuck it

[low flame]

The barrel of the gun isn’t long enough. You need to have a gum with a long range barrel

[low flame]

You can but it with premium credits

[slender gulch]

its the exact same size as the other lasers though

[low flame]

Logic

[slender gulch]

seriously, they are tiny. Mounted one to a knife once as a joke

[surreal orbit]

We’re assuming you have it unlocked and are wearing the technician spec right?

[slender gulch]

yea

they said it was because of rail size, but its the same size as the other variants

[low flame]

Go complain about it to ubi. Maybe they’ll hear you. Maybe they won’t

[surreal orbit]

☝️

[slender gulch]

-model size increased by 300%

no longer pulses

[fiery cloud]

Hey Kettle, Buddha

@smoky orchid they fixed it

[smoky orchid]

Ohhhhhh damn

[tender wave]

hey Saph

[surreal orbit]

Hey Saph

[meager rover]

Hey Guys, I've never done a raid, I have a damage build, and my English isn't very good but I understand what they say

[surreal orbit]

#lfg-raid-pc

[slender gulch]

how are you supposed to kill the massive flying drones? I hit all rotors, but its still flying, and i see no other points that take damage

[desert crystal]

the red bit in the middle as well

@slender gulch i thinking you mean the airal recon drone

[slender gulch]

big, fires rockets, mini gun, four rotors

[desert crystal]

yes the rotors first then the red bit in the middle

[slender gulch]

wasn't able to see anything marked, but ill keep it in mind

[slender gulch]

seems kinda overkill for something I've only seen once. I've got emp grenades, but the mechs have evolved.

I've just hit 40. My previous strategy has been so far to shoot things until they die

Is there any resource that lists where to find all this stuff?

k, think i had that pulled up to see what could be used with the technician gear.

[crystal ridge]

Is the division 2 cross play

[slender gulch]

a quick google tells me it has crossplay with Stadia lol

[crystal ridge]

Oh ight

[stray hemlock]

Hello is worth it to come back to TD2 or not?

[cursive copper]

yes.

cos that game has a kind of addictions which brings u back all the time :D

[stray hemlock]

In uplay how much TD2 weight in GB from now bcs i left this game at 2021

[slender gulch]

it's more of the same if you enjoyed it before, but there is a ctd issue.

[cursive copper]

its says like 79gb

ctd issue?

[slender gulch]

crash to desktop

[cursive copper]

i thought its an old issue and well known one

[stray hemlock]

Oh its bugisoft 😂

[cursive copper]

yes

[fair lake]

There aren't any worthy competitors, that's why we come back. Gameplay itself is good, but content support.... that's another story, I guess)

[slender gulch]

just realized there was a ton of stuff besides DC/NY, currently farming summit for my first set because fk the days of grinding a single mission over and over.

[shell crag]

just saw. thanks

[fiery cloud]

no prob

[slender gulch]

any tips for the EMP jammers in summit that require you to stand next to them? I just get chunked down and then die.

as someone who just did lvl 1-30, you missed nothing

well, besides the content, but now you get to do the spicy version

[surreal orbit]

I kill all the npc’s from a distance, there are only so many waves of adds. Then I cover to cover till I’m in a spot (behind cover) where the emp does not have line of sight (ie the pulse can’t get me) and I am in the red circle. Then wait for it to reach 100%, and shoot the shit out of it. Done.

[slender gulch]

oh, cover, I just figured it passed it. Since, ya know, electromagnetic waves...

[tender wave]

the whole thing takes damage, just shoot it until it has no more hitpoints. Taking out the rotors just decreases its maneouverability, and the little red weakpoint in the middle just emps it briefly.

[vernal geyser]

anyone help me get the vector smg please

[tender wave]

run countdown on challenging with SMG target loot, you'll get one in like 2 goes unless you're super unlucky

[bitter wraith]

I guess the most efficient way to get system corruption to proficient is by donating tons of printer filament

Or get extremely lucky in dz with loot and extractions

[green night]

Golden bullet isn't going to finish early today is it?

[oak prawn]

Isn't the pts for TU 17 this month?

[sweet star]

I’m about to do the last mission of WONY and I’ve hit lvl 40.

Question - after this where do I farm for good striker gear exotic and just good loot? Is it countdowns ?

[slender gulch]

im doing summit, since you can target specifics, but i honestly dont know what is best.

[green night]

Summit, Countdown and open world when the loot you want is in a zone

[slender gulch]

how often do the freeroam zones reset?

[tender wave]

countdown has the highest drop rate at the moment

target loot changes each day, the same time the daily projects reset

[green night]

Countdown is probably best. Summit drops basically nothing for me unless in a group. I prefer to farm open world because it find it more interesting but it only resets once a day as the Kettle said, and what is where is random so sometimes you have to wait. I only farm for SHD now though so that doesn't bother me though

[sweet star]

I basically need to get famas, hunter furys 4 pieces and memento

I guess countdown it is

[green night]

the Global Events are good as well, because the stars can be used for Named caches (which can drop DZ only loot) and exotic caches, although i wouldn't recommend a new 40 going for exotic caches

[sweet star]

Is there a global event now?

And by farm open world what do you mean? Like control points etc?

[surreal orbit]

Countdown, you can select targeted loot there as well, and a lot more loot drops than in summit

[green night]

Control Points, eventrs, resource convoys etc.

[slender gulch]

cool, ill check it out once i reach the top

[azure lintel]

No crap?

I mean I was taking out players in DZ with their SHD levels in the thousands with no problem

[green night]

SHD levels doesn' t mean you are good at PvP. I have nearly 14K and i suck at PvP. i'd get farmed all day long

[azure lintel]

I was wondering how that worked mainly because I use a striker high crit+ damage and armor build with chameleon, and had no issue

I’ve come to realize that the watch gains like a max 20%? Iirc

[green night]

10-20 depending on stat. i haven't looked at mine in a while lol

[azure lintel]

I’m more of a division 1 veteran so most of this is new to me, don’t get me started on recalibration

[green night]

recal is ok, its optimization that is painful

[azure lintel]

I’ve noticed 😦

[green night]

and as far as i can tell, you dont need to full optimize everything - the right rolls\synergies are more beneficial than maxed rolls. Maxed rolls come later.

[wheat turtle]

Man, it's been a couple years since I last played...

[azure lintel]

My 84% crit build seems to do just right without opt

[reef reef]

..84% crit damage or 84% crit chance

[azure lintel]

I meant chance lol

Probably should’ve specified

[reef reef]

crit chance doesnt go higher than 60% btw

[cloud sage]

You can get more than 60% crit chance?

[reef reef]

with 1 exception, diamondback, but thats a straight 100% chance

[green night]

But also a diamondback :p

[azure lintel]

Meh it does if you use Chameleon the right way tho

[reef reef]

dont need to ping me

[reef reef]

it doesnt. your stats get capped at 60% even with that buff

[azure lintel]

Ok that’s dumb

I guess I shouldn’t complain even though I still hit red crits a lot

[wheat turtle]

How's the game been the past couple years?

[tender wave]

crashy

content stuff stopped for a bit but has started up again now with a new team

[wheat turtle]

A new team, with hopefully a fresh outlook?

Are people hopeful, or wary? ;b

(Also is there a way to determine DPS?)

Started a new character so I'm trying to figure out things.

[tender wave]

well, they're adding new stuff and updating some of the weaker old stuff, but they're also less experienced with the intricacies of the old engine so causing more bugs. Regarding DPS, check the pinned messages in #td2-build-advice, the last pin has a link to a DPS calculator (the spreadsheet linked is a great source of builds too)

[wheat turtle]

Thanks mate.

[tender wave]

the firing range has a dps meter option but it's not reliable

[green night]

the range isn't too bad for getting indicatives or checking different talents, but don't take the numbers as seriously representative

[bitter wraith]

Yaahl and system corruption are the only 2 gear brands left that are not proficient. What's the best way for yaahl (I assume best for SC is printer filament as always?)

Everything else is guns, skills and named/exotic gear

[tender wave]

yaahl gear is sometimes sold by the clan vendor, so you can just buy it up in bulk and donate

[bitter wraith]

Any other source apart from that?

[wheat turtle]

Fair enough.

[tender wave]

dz only I'm afraid

system corruption can be found in legacy season caches as well as the DZ, but you'd need to be pretty lucky

[bitter wraith]

Yaahl as well?

Excluding vendors**

[tender wave]

yes

[bitter wraith]

Damn guess I have a lot more grinding to do before I can consider that I've 100%ed the game

[tender wave]

neither yaahl nor syscorr are ever target loot either, so your best chances for farming are to go in when a gear slot such as kneepads or gloves is targeted

[bitter wraith]

The best option is donate a ton of printer filament because that way messes up builds and they become less powerful

[tender wave]

the dz vendors may sell them sometimes too, but you need to get dz credits to pay of course

I levelled the more awkward stuff by just farming summit on Normal with them equipped, since it counts your kills rather than your xp. (For a while, then I got bored and just ran alts through WONY for the scav points)

[bitter wraith]

The running alts through WONY is hard as hell to do with a almost all red (5 out of 6 red cores)

[green night]

Takes a lot of SHD points to get everything proficient. I was too lazy to use gear i didn't want to play with,

[bitter wraith]

Unless i used heartbreaker ofc

[timber hatch]

You mean headshots?

[tender wave]

I have like 5k shd so I only needed to run WONY maybe 4 times to level everything that I couldn't be bothered doing normally. There are ways to make it easier, eg collecting a set of level 31 gear then recalibrating with lvl 40 core stats. Calling for backup also helps level faster and means your gear gets autoscaled so you don't have to replace your guns every couple of levels

at maybe 3hrs per alt, it was not too arduous

[green night]

i got a carry lol, only took maybe 50 minutes

[bitter wraith]

On average that'll be about 23 times for me lol

[slender gulch]

You gotta really enjoy those dlc missions then...

[tender wave]

yeah probably not worth running if you don't have high shd

[bitter wraith]

Tbh if I get bored of the whole filament spamming after finishing off the weapons since they are my next target I might test the umbra build on WONY to see whether it's any good and if it isn't I'll use HB

[bitter wraith]

1.1k almost 1.2k

[bitter wraith]

They were harder than legendary summit 💀

[tender wave]

try a skill build, since they level automatically with you so will always be strong

I mean, story mode enemies are really not that tough

[slender gulch]

I went through with striker/turret, and yea, it scales nicely

[tender wave]

it's just the weapons you need to update every couple of levels if you haven't got a level 40 in your group

[slender gulch]

i just kept a spike/sync talent, and upgraded when i found something new

[bitter wraith]

They are when you have 740k armour

How much filament to level up a single item from nothing to proficient?

[green night]

3z

[tender wave]

300

[bitter wraith]

That's like 10 points isn't it

[tender wave]

or was it 3k, but you get 10 per scav level

[green night]

3K filament, 1k SHD

[bitter wraith]

Prob 3k

[green night]

from memory, its been a while

[tender wave]

so 300 scav points per item to completely level something

[bitter wraith]

So that's 3 items which is 30 points...yeah not worth it for 3 hours of effort lol

[green night]

there was a great reddit post that explained how any points you got for weapons and gear, and named, and set bonuses etc, but i can't find it now

[tender wave]

yeah I levelled normal gear and brandsets, and a few skills, by playing them. Levelled weapons by farming countdown and donating them (or buying from vendors). Saved the filament for some named items, annoying skills and spec weapons.

[green night]

i think named things only take 20 items to get from zero to proficient, but brand sets are like 100 pieces.

[tender wave]

yeah named and weapons are only 20, gear and brands are 100

so definitely buy named items from vendors when they appear and donate those

[bitter wraith]

Assuming I ONLY used filament it would take me 657k to reach expertise 21 rn

[green night]

i found chasing convoys around the map was good as well, as you looted loads of different stuff and levelled more things up at once

[bitter wraith]

That's the overall equivalent of 65700 scavenging points...impossible

[bitter wraith]

That's what I'm using CD for

[smoky stag]

or... just farm skill mods in countdown

[bitter wraith]

I collect everything that isn't proficient and destroy everything that is proficient

[green night]

i do H5 open world convoys because i get SHD levels quicker.

or at least i feel i do, and its more enjoyable for me that set piece fights like countdown

[bitter wraith]

Are exotics that were paid for in bundles with real money such as ruthless and lullaby in expertise?

[green night]

yeah i think so

[bitter wraith]

I did this with summit months back and then ditched expertise for a few weeks because of it

[bitter wraith]

So it's not just the ravenous I'll have to filament then

[green night]

yeah nope 🙂

[smoky stag]

printer filaments for:
DZ exclusives
named
exotics
guns once you've trimmed down the types

[sweet star]

Dam just finished the WONY expansion

Didn’t see that ending… is there any new expansion coming soon?

[bitter wraith]

Tbf by the time I'm done with farming the guns and decide to use filament for the few left ill probably have most of the other weapon categories done and then it'll just be skills and unobtainable weapons

So it's actually easier than I thought. Just takes a while

[green night]

yeah its supposed to be a grind

[smoky stag]

finished m epxertise 20 in 2 weeks
fuck the long grind lol

[sweet star]

What are printer filements

[rich shadow]

Still at 19

Not done any wony runs for it tho

[smoky stag]

i didnt do any WONY runs either

[sweet star]

Are global events good to do?

[green night]

Golden Bullet is hella fun

I dont mind Reanimated or Polarity Swtich. I hate Hollywood though

[sweet star]

What are derivatives

[green night]

you mean directives?

[sweet star]

Yes^

[green night]

modifiers that incase the difficultly

they give you additional loot chances and xp gains

[sweet star]

I’m just confused on what to do now - countdown, raids or global events ? Which kinda confuse me

Ah ok

I guess now that I reach endgame I should choose the hardest difficult to match make?

How do you even know what daily global event challenge is

[green night]

I would suggest you play on whatever difficulty you are comfortable with. Matchmaking straight into Heroic might be a bit of a shock.

[wheat turtle]

Like diving headfirst naked into an open pond in the middle of the frozen winter, after having stripped down in a nicely heated room and immediately running outside.

[green night]

and no towel for when you get out

[sweet star]

@green night so I just went to the global event screen and activated golden bullet - how do I even start this?

[green night]

if you activated it, traxck the challenges and go nuts

[sweet star]

How do you track it? Wtf is a golden bullet anyway

[green night]

same place you activated it, should be an option to track recommended challenges (i think, im on PC). When you kill a dude with a goilden shield you get golden bullet, which is increase rate of fire and damage, every kill with golden bullet instantly reloads your gun

completeling challenges or levelling up gets you an event star, which can get spent at the global event vendor in the white house.

[sweet star]

Oh ok

@green night last question- for that apparel event how do you get keys?

[green night]

i think for the apparel event now, the key drops have stopped. You can only purchase keys with premium credits.

You get a normal apparel cache key when you level up, one every 3 or 4 levels (can't recall which)

[spark plover]

hello is the server down?

[gusty dove]

no?

[green night]

not for me

[spark plover]

ahh, its was just my client getting bugged, i just restarted the game

thanks and enjoy your day

[green night]

you too 🙂

[wheat turtle]

Well, I've been hearing of people having crashing issues, but so far I'm not experiencing it myself... maybe I'm just not in the right content areas.

[green night]

Depends i think. I had none all week then two last night. I know people that crash 3 times an hour

your mileage may vary.

took us weeks to get flawless iron horse because of all teh crashes people had. eventually just got lucky

[wheat turtle]

Are they patching it, or is it a long-standing sh*thole?

[elfin hazel]

they are patching it as they have fixes

[green night]

"Yes"

[azure lintel]

I think my spirit is broken

Every cache and boss drop

Coyote
Catharsis
Bluescreen

[sweet star]

All you folks who beat wony and are lvl 40. What do you guys shally do? All I know is people recommend doing countdown mainly for drops

[oak prawn]

farm for builds kill the hunters gain SHD levels do raids

help others from time to time

[green night]

pretty much thats about it yup

[surreal orbit]

You need builds now, time to farm. Get a really good all red dps build before you even think about raids. See the pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice

[smoky stag]

argue with people on discord

[oak prawn]

all red is a must for dark hours only time you dont need all red is at razorback then you have 7 reds and 1 jammer guy

[restive badger]

How much will it cost to get up to date if I buy the game now

[oak prawn]

up to date?

[proper flint]

can anyone recommend a good video or guide related to starting players for builds?

[slender gulch]

is there no more gear scaling past lvl 40? (nvm, i see proficiency, and the insane grind attatched to it.

[foggy fractal]

Hi, how popular is division 2 on Xbox? Will it be easy to find groups?

[foggy fractal]

I think you just need warlords of New York for $15.99

[slender gulch]

If its anything like PC, you won't find groups until 40, so best to use the lvl boost with the dlc.

[foggy fractal]

Is there cross play?

[slender gulch]

no, but funny enough, they still list stadia as having cross play with pc. Useless, but good for a laugh.

[merry zinc]

they have “fixed” it about 3 times now

it’s just an accepted part of the game try to keep what you have open to a minimum it helps

[sterile phoenix]

Haven't crashed in about 5 weeks and then bam 4x today 😢

[slender gulch]

and its never at the start, or when you are sorting inventory. No, its gotta be right at the end.

[sterile phoenix]

Something up with the servers I suspect because in our group of 4 today 3 people crashed exact same time.

[sweet star]

@surreal orbit should I change to a global directive and make the global difficily to challenging

[surreal orbit]

Up to you. Can you and your build handle challenging? And all directives can be tough. Play around and do what works for you.

[surreal orbit]

If your at end game (level 40) there is a pinned spreadsheet in #td2-build-advice If not, just use the best pieces you find till then. You change gear to often to worry about builds till then.

[velvet aspen]

How do you guys claim the santa outfit?

[sweet star]

Bless Ty Buddha

[velvet aspen]

Very true

[smoky orchid]

Has anyone had any issues of freezing or crashing randomly?

[surreal orbit]

It just shows up as individual pieces in your apparel

[sterile phoenix]

Yup today's been rough 🙂 Working on my circle of fifths instead!

[velvet aspen]

I dont see anything

[restive badger]

@foggy fractal thank you!

[toxic flume]

Anyone know when is PTS this month?

[surreal orbit]

Not sure then. File a case with Ubisoft online.

[buoyant garnet]

If i could gift it to ya i would cuz i don't want it for shit lol

[sweet star]

I guess my question is if I do have a solid build and I’m not choosing a directive .. is that a huge potential loss of good loot? Also how many directives should one even take

[buoyant garnet]

Most I use it two. Specifically the ones that mess with your skill cool downs since they're less of a pain

[low flame]

You’re missing out on a slight increase in exotic drop chance and more xp

[sweet star]

Hm ok

[low flame]

If you want to use them use whatever you can handle

[buoyant garnet]

It's definitely satisfying going up another level

[low flame]

Lol those ones are from what I can tell are the most hated

In the summit all directives can be activated but globally only a few can on a rotation that changes every month

[sweet star]

How does one start a countdown?

[buoyant garnet]

😅 oof really? I can't stand any of the other ones if I'm doing summit. Maybe pistolero if I feel like rocking my Bullet King

[low flame]

Few ways to do it. Hover over the countdown icon on the map and press triangle on PlayStation then select to create one or join one. To select targeted loot press down on the dpad

Can also join from the matchmaking menu

[sweet star]

Weird going to countdown on map doesn’t allow me to choose any options

Only when I got to BOS and to the pilot I can sleepy countdown from menu

Select

[low flame]

You hovering over the big offsite mission circle or the countdown mission inside of that

[surreal orbit]

Go to matchmaking tab on the map

[low flame]

I saw something once before where someone couldn’t do this

[sweet star]

That works but I can’t really choose targeted loot this way?

Maybe I have to do summit first or something

[low flame]

Summit and countdown share targeted loot so if you know how to do that then change it from summit

[sweet star]

Ok bless

[storm reef]

does new york go above tier 1

[low flame]

No

No more world tiers after wony

[storm reef]

okay

[low flame]

Max world tier before wony is 5

[storm reef]

havent played in in almost 3 years

completed ny

been trying to figure out how

[sweet star]

Hey did have a question

How do you get gear mods? Is it the same as grinding at endgame (control points etc at higher difficulty) or do you buy them somewhere?

[surreal orbit]

Farm gear mod targeted loot, and sometimes the vendors have em.

The orange hanging crates have one gear or skill mod as well.

[sweet star]

Alri sweet ty

[azure lintel]

Didn't know a level 30 hardcore could get into a countdown

[azure lintel]

Hello all. Hope everyone is having a good day.

I'm not.

[solar sentinel]

I didn’t think it was this hard to find people that play this game lol

[surreal orbit]

I play on occasions

[azure lintel]

I just started it and there’s almost no servers or anything

[surreal orbit]

Most are at end game, level 40 (with warlords expansion).

[azure lintel]

Talking mostly about discord servers. But I shall get to level forty eventually lol.

[iron token]

well i want the regulus but cant do the raid cuz travel glitch

[azure lintel]

Well, I gave up on getting Vile. So I made a heartbreak build with Rock N' Roll and a high rpm ar with flatline.

4 red 2 blue, as much crit ch and crit dmg I can squeeze in. And it's a monster build that is very easy to steamroll heroic countdown in. Think I'm happy with using it to just farm shd lvl now lol

[oak prawn]

vile is hard to get imo even though its an exotic

[toxic flume]

Anyone know when TU17 PTS dates?

Or not yet

[fiery cloud]

I believe it's just gonna drop

For season 11

[toxic flume]

Yea but isn’t there a PTS before hand this month?

Or no

[fiery cloud]

Not shure

[toxic flume]

Ok, thanks

[proper flint]

where do i enable invaded missions? cant find anything on the google search

[oak prawn]

you cant they are random each week

[proper flint]

huh very cool, what do they look like so i can keep an eye out for them

[oak prawn]

every week iirc 4 missions will be invaded they will appear as dark red on the map

[fiery cloud]

Look for an srea blocked in red

[oak prawn]

what saph said

[proper flint]

very cool

are they any harder than normal missions?

[fiery cloud]

The invaded dz will have a red knife

Popi gotta ask what lvl are you

[rigid quiver]

Hey can someone help me finish tidal basin?

[proper flint]

i hit lvl 30 maybe 2 hours ago

[fiery cloud]

Did you clear the capital yet

[proper flint]

nope