td2-general-chat

[opal wadi]

i would but i have a red build so i get health gated from the air

[rigid wedge]

I have to join GCROCK someday

[brave idol]

what do you mean 100?

[oblique peak]

So did they make prototype gear effect skill builds or are they literally just gonna release a broken update?

[opal wadi]

summit floor 100

[azure galleon]

Summit floor 100.

[rigid wedge]

It will be touched on a later update

[brave idol]

oh yeah i could, not kill those 2 even with assault

[tender wave]

Lfg channels here and elsewhere can help you find people, the main advantage of the servers mentioned is their voice channels, but those aren't as necessary outside of raids/incursions

[opal wadi]

will escalations go up in the difficulties or will they be different

[oblique peak]

@rigid wedge That's actually embarrassing, this update is so half baked

[brave idol]

try to get tempest via master event . because it also drops blacklister it is pretty busy

[merry sphinx]

It's the same Heroic mission with the same enemies. Just the EHP and damage multiplier for adds up to 700%.

[azure galleon]

I might try LFG here as well.

Cleared it up to 100 a few times solo already, but my build (going for a Foundry+Ninjaback build focused on solo stuff) isn't high enough yet to comfortably farm 100.

Coming back to the game and being prof lvl 3 only so far doesn't help :P

[brave idol]

did you clear legendary 100 with that build?

[tender wave]

Learning to play dps builds effectively will help you hugely, far more than expertise

[azure galleon]

I've cleared Heroic solo once, but not at a pace that's comfortable to farm at by any means.

[brave idol]

even heroic it should be tough with that buidl. congrats

i asume that build uses a shield

[opal wadi]

ill put my build in #td2-build-advice if you want to refer

[azure galleon]

I'm aware of potential "cheese" with sniper / skill builds as well, I just enjoy playing a build that allows me to carry public groups a bit for most of my playtime.

Farming countdown lately very quickly shows how many groups can't even push to the heli on challenging without someone being a wall.

[tender wave]

All content in this game basically requires you to deal damage to progress, the less damage you can deal, the slower you'll go.

Incoming damage can be mitigated by careful positioning and awareness, so toughness simply isn't necessary in most situations

[violet shore]

Is division 2 doing anything for April fools? Didn’t they drop the turmoil knee pads last year?

[junior vector]

Anyone wanna grind division mobile dm me

[merry sphinx]

It was an April Fools gimmick-item last year, yep.

Nothing special this year except for min-rolled Harrier Pride and Impetus.

[edgy fable]

You should join the Resurgence discord

[azure galleon]

I'm fine with my current speed and switching to a status spread build if I need to farm efficiently in groups / open worlds.

It's not a full blue build; 3 piece foundry + Ninja, to enable 2 other 1-piece (chest+mask) set effects to provide firerate+dmg can do surprising amounts of damage, while allowing you to ignore enemies on anything Heroic and below.

[brave idol]

yeah but joy of tanking Chungus in tidal basin worths it

[junior vector]

What’s there discord?

[edgy fable]

Can find it via Google, discord discover feature or in #social-media

[tender wave]

#division-tweets message

[junior vector]

Bet

[brave idol]

straight from Patrick Wolf school of thought. love that even if it is not popular among pros. do you have pfe build?

[azure galleon]

Running >11 in every piece, yup.

Still considering if +1 skill level (a T2 set effect on.. whatever the brand was) might be worth it if i ever switch to shield+tempest in some cases. 50% more regen on the artificier would be neat.

[fallen jacinth]

Patrick Wolf? The musician?

[wild hearth]

Is the new season adding a next GB of patch?

[azure galleon]

Just checked, yea the inspiring video (with some adjustements) is by Patrick Wolf :P

Legendary weekly is perfectly doable on it as well, it's just Summit 100 that's still killing me for some reason.

[brave idol]

be careful around build advice server . they don't like non red builds there

[azure galleon]

"But big numba makes monkey brain go drrr"

[wild hearth]

Div 2 community in nutshell

[brave idol]

i mean they are right. dps is the king and red builds give you that but fun is more important at the end

[opal wadi]

only default skin builds allowed

[azure galleon]

Oh, i absolutely love when people dish out a crapton of damage and clear quickly.
But the same people are also happy when i revive them after they made a wrong step.

[golden void]

Next person who joins my retals and purposely just steal them, I'm dropping in a DZ in their underwear

[wild hearth]

legendary run with randoms

[brave idol]

i love to have one refactor healer in my legendary group

[azure galleon]

Don't remind me of this weekly.

I had people join in on lvl 18 basically waiting for a kick and when we finally got a half-way decent group i had 15+ revives at the end. :/

[simple spoke]

striker build will always exist

[willow elk]

what's the best way to farm event xp? i've already done the journey and im at lvl 28

[simple spoke]

oldie but goldie

[wild hearth]

w8 lvl 18 before hitting shd?

[simple spoke]

I mean its an overall build

[azure galleon]

.. yep. If you try to matchmake directly after weeklies reset, you'll see people below 40 joining all the time.

[nova finch]

Did they release crossplay info anywhere

[simple spoke]

nope

[wild hearth]

isn't legendary a feature that is unlock after first invasion run?

[nova finch]

Thanks

[fallen jacinth]

That's awful, I didn't think any of that was unlocked before you hit 40.

I hit 40 way before finishing the main campaign though so I guess I have no clue

[simple spoke]

I am not sure if u need to do the invasion for it

[wild hearth]

i never run legendary pre 1st invasion

[small spear]

no you get it on lv40

[azure galleon]

I thought they unlock at 40 as well (not even linked to the story), but i had 2 people in my group at <20 already. Both times they even were group leader.

[small spear]

it only got introduced after wony so

[simple spoke]

yeah maybe u are right, as I said I'm not sure

but I think u get all difficulties, when u hit 40

[wild hearth]

imo legendary shall be locked by shd 1000

[fallen jacinth]

How hard is legendary? I haven't even attempted it yet, kinda put off by the idea, I already die enough in heroic

[kind veldt]

it's hard-ish if you are not used to it

[simple spoke]

takes time, but possible to do solo

[wild hearth]

kinda hard but lot depends

[tropic sentinel]

With current day buidls it's easy af.

[kind veldt]

if heroic becomes your default difficulty to chill you can do it

[simple spoke]

I always prefer to do legendary with mates

[azure galleon]

If you have a decent build (not even talking prof and such) it's hard but doable.
You really just get dragged down by people not being ready for it absolutely flooding into matchmaking.

[wild hearth]

soloing requires builds and mission knowledge

[kind veldt]

a lot of it comes to knowing encounters and knowing how to play actually

gear wise are pretty OP at the moment

doesnt mean you are bulletproof

[fallen jacinth]

I don't got nobody to play with at present so it'd be solo or matchmaking hah. I don't consider myself particularly skilled

[simple spoke]

yep, for legendary I always use the striker build and it works fine

[brave idol]

solo legendary is tough. you need to know the enemies, spanw points etc. there are people here who can do it . they can help you with ideas

[kind veldt]

matchmaking can be done

would not reccomend solo

[wild hearth]

i made specific build for leg

[simple spoke]

yep

[kind veldt]

#lfg-pc is there to help

[simple spoke]

I also prefer leg with team

[wild hearth]

still upping it

[simple spoke]

heroic is easy if u dont care about new starts

[wild hearth]

but say whatchu say legendary is not that rewarding compared to time consumption and difficulty level

[brave idol]

legendary>master>solo heroic retal>heroic missions imho

and the gap increases as you go left

[wild hearth]

i would say some masters goes harder than legendary

[simple spoke]

so the second assignment comes on may yes?

[wild hearth]

those new assignments are crap

[simple spoke]

and 500 for each is also bad idea

[fallen jacinth]

It's ubisoft, traditional nickel and dime company

They gotta appease the tencent shareholders somehow

[wild hearth]

Ubisoft is grinding for their own life saving

[simple spoke]

but at least the bp seems to be fine

[wild hearth]

Ubi will sell off in this decade you will see

[simple spoke]

It really could be happen 🤣

[fallen jacinth]

Tencent were already angling for a hostile takeover end of last year so yeah

[simple spoke]

I mean its Ubisoft, u can except everything

[wild hearth]

It will happen, woke higher ups killed off the Company powerbuilders

Red Storm RIP

[simple spoke]

its so bad to see, how they killed assassins creed too mate

it "was" a good game

they kill everything and division 3 is the biggest and last hope I guess

but today I never saw a 50 euro bundle in division 2 before, it is crazy

[wild hearth]

AC started to fall after Black flag

[simple spoke]

I didnt like black flag too

[tropic sentinel]

It always was pretty mid.

[simple spoke]

ezio was the last what made fun

[tropic sentinel]

But yeah, nowadays all ACs are far cry reskins with AC title.

[wild hearth]

personal feelings doesnt matter, it was last part that brought big innovations in gameplay

[azure galleon]

What's currently the highest damage pistol (outside of Regulus, because I'm unlikely to get that anytime soon) currently btw?

[simple spoke]

Orbit maybe

but not easy to get its named

[tropic sentinel]

Harvest?

[kind veldt]

Harvest revolver, also from events

it trades off rof for more damage i think

[simple spoke]

yeah harvest too

[wild hearth]

also Prophet

[simple spoke]

someone tried Orbit too?

its really not that bad, i like it

[kind mural]

When is the update?

[kindred stream]

Is hunters the best/only shotgun build atm still

[kind veldt]

orbit has good talent, but in terms of damage numbers harvest and regulus

[kind veldt]

#server-status

[simple spoke]

tomorrow 9 am cest

[wild hearth]

i would love Div3 in Chicago

[slender lantern]

Hey guys, sorry for the newbie question but on my map with target loot switched on I do not see a symbol for Striker's Battlegear. So is that not available for me as targeted loot right now or what is it?

[tropic sentinel]

Problem with orbit is that you can't recal talent. So if you are making some one shot build, you can't use optimist and such.

[wild hearth]

and WD collab

[simple spoke]

no normally u see it

[kindred stream]

Whats harvest

[tropic sentinel]

Of can't use it for determined "builds" and whatever.

[kind veldt]

there is more brand/sets than there are places for them to drop, might in another map if not then just use countdown/summit to select gear

[wild hearth]

named revolver

[kind veldt]

more damage less rof

[kindred stream]

Well i figured as much, but where do i get it lol

[kind veldt]

during events

[simple spoke]

yeah the talent is good

[kindred stream]

Its basically destinies adagio for its talent? lol, sounds neat

[wild hearth]

houndsman bounty dropped it too

[kind veldt]

we should be getting one soon for easter/spring i think

i dont consider houndsman bounty a regular thing

[simple spoke]

yesterday I tried gr9 with frenzy

still good gun

[kindred stream]

Is there any alternatives for hunters fury as a shotgun build? If not i might just run heartbreaker for the funny

[wild hearth]

ok bro but i mentioned it because there is still chance of somebody having it

[small spear]

it's so good

[kind veldt]

for shotguns not really

hunters still the best option for actually making the risk of close range shotgun use viable

[simple spoke]

yeah tried it after many months, still so good with frenzy

[kindred stream]

Damn.

[slender lantern]

Thanks, I do not see NY's map right now so it may be there.

[wild hearth]

are shotguns relevant in this game?

[small spear]

yes lol

[kind veldt]

shotguns are strong

[simple spoke]

maybe fast hands on gr9 would also work

[kind veldt]

jsut very limited in range

[kindred stream]

Ehh, depends on,shotgun. Scorpio and thorn/its alternative are fairly good.

[kind veldt]

sheriff for example is just a crazy strong weapon

[small spear]

it works but it feels not too much return, you always cap it but the cap reload speed bonus isn't that much

[kindred stream]

Is sheriff that good? Just got it

[kind veldt]

shotgun with no range penalty and can hit things across the room

[brave idol]

scorpio is good in agroup play imho. damage is bad but crowd control is good

[kind veldt]

scorpio damage isnt bad at all

[simple spoke]

yeah frenzy on it is too much better

[kind veldt]

considering it's semi auto and reloads fast compared to others

[kindred stream]

This is why i was asking for a non hunters tbh

[brave idol]

it feels lacking to me

i like m870 better for example

[kind veldt]

it deals around the same damage as super 90 but without the reload

[wary fern]

Anyone know if crossplay will come out this update?

[simple spoke]

not tomorrow

they have no release date yet

[kind veldt]

i mean sure M870 is the most damage per shot but it's pump and reload per shot, i mean the ACS deals a lot less damage because it's full auto 20 rounds

[wary fern]

Ty agent

[kind veldt]

crossplay is just later this year

[simple spoke]

🫰

[wild hearth]

is umbra still a pvp killer?

[wary fern]

[simple spoke]

yesterday I farmed mods in countdown for about 20-30 rounds, not even one maxed mod dropped, that makes no sense

[brave idol]

it is pretty good in conflict. dark zone i would not recommend but there is a pvp server who can help you way mroe and better

[mighty girder]

that's normal, maxed mods are extremely rare. just don't focus too much on getting maxed mods, you'll get them eventually

[simple spoke]

some days yes 😂

[mighty girder]

I got a maxed repair skill mod a few days ago

[simple spoke]

I am sure from a litte chest or so and unexcepted

[mighty girder]

And it was heroic roosevelt

[kind veldt]

might have 2-3 skill haste mods at amx

[simple spoke]

I need 12% critical mod, only fkn one mod

but no luck

[brave idol]

i got a pfe 13 from manning zoo and felt like winning a lottery. my first ever

[mighty girder]

I have two 11.9% CHD mods

it's stuff like this that makes me wish we could optimize mods

[simple spoke]

bruh hahaha this 0,1% can mean much xD

[mighty girder]

ikr my PVGC Striker is bricked without that 0.4% CHD

[normal kraken]

Server status channel says game will be taken offline for maintenance 2nd April 1500hrs (no timezone)
Twitter says 9:00 AM CEST, 3:00 AM EDT, 12:00 AM PDT
GG ubi

[simple spoke]

1500 hrs

[kind veldt]

server status auto corrects to your timezone

[wild hearth]

i got one pinned to Equalizer

[simple spoke]

see hahah

[simple spoke]

as I said 30 runs yesterday, the best was 10,8%

[brave idol]

countdown gives alot but lacks quality

[wild hearth]

i got lucky with it

It dropped on my first summit ever

[paper marlin]

Whats better? The repair trap or the restorer hive?

[kind veldt]

restorer hive

repair trap is mostly awful

[simple spoke]

not even maxed 6% crit chance I got yesterday, the best was 4,8 💀

[wild hearth]

where do i get Smart cover skill

[mighty girder]

only 2 worthwhile repair skills are chem and hive

[kind veldt]

brooklyn DLC gives smart cover

[paper marlin]

Only mostly??

[wild hearth]

you have bad luck

[simple spoke]

new season brings me luck maybe

[kind veldt]

if i am not mistaken it gives a lot of haz pro or something also

[analog garnet]

YO RAID GUNS ARE GONNA BE OBTAINABLE BLUEPRINTS THROUGH RETALIATION IN NEXT UPDATE?

[brave idol]

do gear mods give printer filament when deconstructed?

[kind veldt]

yes, but chill on caps lock

[merry sphinx]

Yeah.

[wild hearth]

seeing what they do with season i will complete season pass and go back to div1

[analog garnet]

mb i was excited ;-;

[mighty girder]

only this season though iirc

[merry sphinx]

No.

[mighty girder]

I guess I misheard then

[merry sphinx]

BTSU T9 is this season-only and they have no unique pool.

[mighty girder]

Oh so it just becomes a generic BT unit next season

[merry sphinx]

They wanted to tie raid exos to T9 squads, but ended up adding them to completion pool.

[small spear]

regulus still has to be obtained normally 🥀

[merry sphinx]

Yeah, the only most useful raid exo is still raid-exclusive anyway.

[vapid oak]

When is this new update coming out? Uk time????

[merry sphinx]

#server-status

[vapid oak]

Ty

[mighty girder]

@small spear how often will you still play div 2 once the update drops

[brave idol]

regulus was given at krampus event

ravenous is the only one who was not in any event other than the lame stretch goal wirh 0.00001 chance

[wild hearth]

eagle?

[merry sphinx]

25 hours each day.

[small spear]

probably until i get all i need

[brave idol]

hope to see some new videos

[merry sphinx]

EB is not useful at all. I was talking about Regulus.

[wild hearth]

i dont get whole regulus hype

[mighty girder]

It's just depressing to see the community I just got to be a part of immediately crumble away

[normal kraken]

strong pistol good

[small spear]

i don't have any new video ideas for next season tbh. i might make a few running escalations t10 with no prototype gear

[brave idol]

which one? red cores only club?

[small spear]

but that's gonna take a while since the missions rotate

[merry sphinx]

Just get yourself a HHF build and start landing headshots.

[warm minnow]

t10 solo experience

[wild hearth]

hhf?

[small spear]

i also just learned that the mutators also rotate

[merry sphinx]

T10 in PGC, no proto and no expertise.

[warm minnow]

thank god

[small spear]

so each season will have different mutators. i hate the idea of my videos becoming out of date because they don't use the same mutators

[merry sphinx]

They don't.

[mighty girder]

PVGC Striker, no prototype, no expertise, no exotics

[brave idol]

rotators mutate though

[small spear]

they change every season, it's written in patch notes

[merry sphinx]

Ah, you mean each season.

[merry sphinx]

PVGC Striker
no named gear

Excsue me?

[small spear]

same reason why i don't run legendary with directives

[mighty girder]

Oh lmao

[wild hearth]

guys what keeps you going in game?

[warm minnow]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[merry sphinx]

Legs.

[brave idol]

• don't die mf - not a chance

best line in the game

[analog garnet]

adhd

[mighty girder]

I got to see what a good tank user can do recently and now I'm no longer as opposed to blues

[wild hearth]

Only reason blues are hated is full Red build toxic fanbase

[warm minnow]

eh

[wild hearth]

was that DUA?

[small spear]

mid ragebait

[warm minnow]

weak one would say

[wild hearth]

i didnt ment that as ragebait

[brave idol]

yeah Diesel

[wild hearth]

hyenas are most bro faction ever

[brave idol]

even their propaganda broadcast is unreal

[wild hearth]

they act like they dont give a fk but they do

[analog garnet]

i strive for one line and one line only, "F- THE DIVISION"

[wild hearth]

wish the division had option to become rogue and make faction bruhs

[azure galleon]

Refactor is likely rather pointless for summit 100, hu?
Was going to build that as well, but not a priority with that issue so far lol

[mighty girder]

hunters will hack your turrets, and a hacked skill tier 6 turret will murder you instantly

[brave idol]

that is the black tusk lady who is going after Keener in the theme park mission?

[wild hearth]

can Hunters hack stinger hive?

[azure galleon]

I mianly thought about hive + gloves combo'd with it for overcharge and to quickly clear.
But that still renders me ueseless if that doesn't work lol

[mighty girder]

they can hack any deployable skill

[azure galleon]

Oh, i somehow thought hive wasn't hackable. Must've misread that somewhere.

[wild hearth]

for sure? the mines dont seem hackable

[warm minnow]

nah its hackable

[brave idol]

hunters are there to prevent people play skill build

[analog garnet]

nah iirc its from the true sons npc voicelines, and in the beta i think there was a bug where they only said that, i could be wrong tho, but it is true sons

[mighty girder]

any deployable skill

[kind veldt]

depends on seeker and how fast they explode

[wild hearth]

guess i was lucky then

can player disrupt a skill use?

[edgy fable]

Kurwaaa bober, have you not tried? 😄

[mighty girder]

I mean you could point an EMP sticky at the ground or something and disrupt yourself

[wild hearth]

kurwaaa no

[edgy fable]

Go get Regulus. Super fun

[wild hearth]

im too lazy and drunk to bother, but thanks for suggestion

Only thing that i want to move currently are hybrids

[amber kayak]

Does the new gear set look like it'll be good or is it sacrificing too much additional effects

[brave idol]

ninja bike set

[wild hearth]

too early to say imho

but with the stream i uphold the opinion like they geniuinely dont know what to do with the game anymore

[amber kayak]

I just skimmed over the notes and the even as a new player I totally agree

[mighty girder]

the equivalent of a weaker 4 pc memento is a bit too much hybrid-ing for my taste, but then again we'll have to test it to be sure

[brave idol]

i think you are wrong. maybe a year ago but things changes alot positively

[wild hearth]

Division 2 outlived it expected living time

[brave idol]

they are working on both div 3 and new dlc, cut them some slack

[thorn cape]

Anyone confused what the 29 dollar bundle is and how it isnt just the season pass because I don't see any thing extra that comes with it or am I just stupid

[brave idol]

yes i think players just did not let go

[amber kayak]

But like couldn't you also stack it with memento? The backpack slot does the same thing with the three cores

[jagged bane]

When you hit lvl 40, Can you farm countdown right out the gate? or is it recommended to get decent gear before attempting it? example full set of striker before playing it.

[oblique peak]

I dont get the devs mindset adding the token system into the game. They already limit loot with rng, all the token system will do is add unneeded toxicity to the game.

[wild hearth]

bro i hope you are right but its just my opinion, I respect yours but I said what I said

[mighty girder]

honestly im not sure but it doesn't seem very good either way. and besides I prefer going all in when it comes to builds

[fallen jacinth]

I assume it's for when you don't have memento

[umbral dock]

if you do new gearset with chest and memento, you would get 75% of a red core for memento’s blue and yellow cores, for a total of 7.5 red cores

[mighty girder]

but you also end up sacrificing a bunch of other stuff

[umbral dock]

free permanent 25% wd, but your chest is bricked

but you have memento

[mighty girder]

problem is more WD has diminishing returns

might turn out to be simply worse than a HE dps build

[umbral dock]

yeah
no amps sucks

at least you have a ton of skill efficiency for your t2 skills

[amber kayak]

I can understand, my experience is just that the moment I try to lean more heavily into one side, like mostly or all red, the game laughs in my face for trying before throwing the most insane bs at me that never happens if I have a couple of safety nets ready

[wild hearth]

i was on entire stream time and no one responded if they gonna do something with cheaters

[edgy fable]

It kinda is. I tried 4pcs of the new set, EQ and Overdogs

[umbral dock]

cut a ton of cooldown off your reviver hive which will probably be proccing a lot

[mighty girder]

truly jack of all trades, master of none. you'll probably deal less damage than a high end dps build with some survivability and passable skills

[edgy fable]

1.47m armor with a full red build

[umbral dock]

not to mention every piece -backpack drops in every color which will be annoying to farm

[mighty girder]

oh and the tankiness doesn't even benefit your shield because you get no blue cores from the set itself

[kind veldt]

depends on what you use it

[amber kayak]

Unless you run some shields themselves
Youre already getting weapon damage from them

[kind veldt]

could make a stupid tech ninja, picaro's with the new set

[mighty girder]

either way, it'll just be worse. not saying it's absolutely horrible, but it will be very much a jack of all trades, master of none thing

[edgy fable]

I'll probably try hybrid shenanigans too

[umbral dock]

i wonder if it would be good as a skill build

free 79% weapon damage while at t6 is nice

[mighty girder]

might be

[kind veldt]

• capacitor own buff to it's damage

[mighty girder]

but it'll be kinda ass to farm imo

[kind veldt]

lets you focus on skill tiers and get a lot of damage still

[umbral dock]

new turbo comfy turret build

no refactor healing though

[edgy fable]

It's a gear set, only has the core and one attribute

[mighty girder]

right

[edgy fable]

Won't take that long

[amber kayak]

Kind of a shame
My most success is with a 3 blue 2 red memento strikers with technician and crusader shield, mostly in solo stuff but im always looking to improve it, but most of the improvement ends up just being "drop armor cores for more damage and just never get hit by anythint ever" which isnt very realistic when alone

[edgy fable]

Drone, turret, decoy - solved

[mighty girder]

not getting hit even when solo is a skill you have to learn

[umbral dock]

when you say success, what content do you mean

heroic? legendary?

[amber kayak]

Thats what I mean by earlier
By doing so im removing safety nets and thats when (in my experience) the game pulls out all the stops to not care and end me to ruin the heroic

[amber kayak]

Heroic alone, legendary matchmade

[mighty girder]

I suggest you try to not rely on the shield too much

[edgy fable]

That's a skill you can easily drop and replace with, for instance, the decoy

Requires you to adjust your play style but it's not hard

[amber kayak]

I try not to, I mostly use it to finish off the last 1-2 guys, move out of cover thats no longer safe without being nuked when cover to cover isnt viable, etc

[mighty girder]

enemy prioritization is important too

[azure galleon]

Wait.. is the master mission for Tempest still available?

[kind veldt]

well if you move a lot shield is more valuable, if you are sticking to cover then i would say decoy

[kind veldt]

yes of course

it's "the summit" manhunt in tidal not hornet

[azure galleon]

I somehow thought the only way is SUmmit right now. THat's much easier solo compared to farming that lol

[brave idol]

Brooklyn solo heroic retal disagrees with you

[mighty girder]

just going to link my guide here. sorry if the beginning still has some snark, I'll get around to fix it once im done with my calculus midterms

[edgy fable]

Experience, nothing else

[tawny trail]

Who’s manhunt in brooklyn

[amber kayak]

Ive learned that and ive also learned the game sometimes hits you with multiple "deal with this brand new thing we just spawned right now or they will obliterate you" things at once, like an outcast thrower winding up a throw when theres little cover in the area so losing access to what you have is deadly, alongside an outcast runner spawning really close to you and only entering line of sight less than 2 seconds before being within detonation range, and both of these threats are presented at the exact same time

[kind veldt]

there isnt one

[tawny trail]

i bought the brooklyn dlc alr😂

[mighty girder]

stare at your radar. also be wary of doors, enemies like appearing from them

[kind veldt]

are you not talking about manhunt missions?

[mighty girder]

once you replay the missions a few more times you'll know roughly where enemies might come from

[red maple]

who playing resurgener

[tawny trail]

Me

[amber kayak]

I mean yeah but in my example, both are instances of "I can see them on my radar but I cant do anything about it immediately", the thrower in cover so youd need a tool to get them out first, the rusher out of line of sight until theyre close

[torpid tendon]

Wait a sec, the patch notes states the new named item "bulldog" is a holster. Ain't that supposed to be a bag instead?

[red maple]

is manteniment right now ?

[tawny trail]

America server i believe, yes

[red maple]

dam

i cant join for that i asking

[amber kayak]

They have mouse and keyboard ui but dont actually properly have function for them yet so im not touching it cuz mobile controls lol

[mighty girder]

you should probably stand further away from the main fighting area then

but honestly a lot of it just comes down to experience. don't be afraid to die, you'll get it eventually

[fossil pelican]

So did we get crossplay with today's update?

[edgy fable]

No, also there was no update today

[fossil pelican]

I thought y8s1 was today

[edgy fable]

Then you thought wrong

[steep harbor]

And no, we’re not getting Crossplay in Rise Up

[kind veldt]

new season is tomorrow, crossplay later on the year

[steep harbor]

It’ll be later down the timeline, my guess is either Y8S2 or Y8S3.

Which is disappointing but crossplay takes time to incorporate into games as old as TD2, so I completely understand the wait

[frozen tendon]

hi guys. May I ask you how to get Bittersweet?

is there a farm for it?

[merry sphinx]

You can't atm. Will be added to general targeted loot tomorrow.

[frozen tendon]

aaah alright thank you

[hexed magnet]

not knowing this i was farming countdown and opened atleast 50 caches since i returned to the game and havent gotten a single new exotic

in my 20 exotic cache opening spree i got 8 liberty, 7 doctor home, 3 diamond back and rest were random
it was so much annoying
how can you get so many duplicates even though there are tons of exotic in the loot pool for caches
this is horrendous

[green badge]

I've dropped only 2 exotics in 3 months in Countdown. Its fecked as far as that goes. Seek elsewhere for exotics. Countdown is good for other stuff.

On the bright side. Look at all the exotic components you have farmed from the boxes.

[brave idol]

open all exotic cashes today

[scarlet berry]

did Overdogs and Shroud get removed from the Retaliation blueprints on purpose?

[kind veldt]

they didnt get removed

[opal wadi]

is it confirmed what time rise up is coming out

[kind veldt]

#server-status

[scenic vale]

I haven't played in 2-3 years so I reinstalled and fired it up so I could run around D.C. killing Hyenas. BRAVO-04. "You have been disconnected from the servers" Same old problems. Maybe I'll try again in another 2-3 years

[scarlet berry]

they sure aren't on the list anymore

[kind veldt]

they are on the game right now from doing hyenas

[cloud badge]

What's with this new season and focusing on weapons that need to be swapped constantly to get full use out of them

[scarlet berry]

i believe you, but the list published literally today doesn't have them on it for Y8. That's why I am asking. I would post the image here but I can't.

[green badge]

I came back 3 months ago and hardly had any issues. Maybe check your updates, connections or background processes. Turn whats not needed.

off

[scenic vale]

I can run numerous other games without issue

[kind veldt]

Not sure why it's missing from that list

[opal wadi]

what time zone

[elfin hazel]

it converts to your local time

[opal wadi]

oh fairs

[scarlet berry]

"intern failure" seems likely

[worthy rapids]

A really stpid question here but, Ravenous when triggering the red cores, does it count as explosive damage?

[kind veldt]

Considering that hyenas have only 4 completion while everyone else has 5 and reverse to outcasts i think they are still there and someone forgot to add them

[kind veldt]

pretty sure yes if the numbers are yellow

[elfin hazel]

I believe so

[worthy rapids]

i guess demolishinist is the best choice here?

[scarlet berry]

don't BRAVO errors mean problems with the account?

[shrewd gate]

do we know when servers will be back up

[tawdry rampart]

i was playing with someone and saw them throw something that releases a huge amount of things that auto target and rapidly attack the enemy, what is it called

[mighty creek]

most likely Stinger Hive

[scarlet berry]

#server-status message

[elfin hazel]

<t:1775028600:t> - <t:1775133000:t>

[jagged prism]

says in the status post 5.5 hours but that's not accounting for things that could go wrong and extends

[mighty creek]

Could also be faster. Pretty sure it happened before.

[kind veldt]

best part is that it always happens when i'm sleeping

[jagged prism]

possible too, but we just don't know the exact details. it's more of a just let it happen 😹

readies a Bird shot tranqulizer

[steep harbor]

Remembers D1 maintenance when it was supposed to take 2h, took 26h instead 😂

So many things can go wrong with server updates

[jagged prism]

can't say i remember that. could've been when i was addicted to another game and burnt out of d1 😹

[shrewd gate]

i was doing my hunter puzzles too omg cro

[steep harbor]

Different series I mean

[glass flare]

Any April fools gear this year?

[steep harbor]

I dont think so

[jagged prism]

ah, never played it then. tried the infamous d2 as i have a friend who plays it and it completely lost me so i quit playing it 😹
get in get part way, logged off. logged in a new area then logged off confused and let me try again logged in a completely new area and gave up

[elfin hazel]

doesn't seem like it but maybe after the update

[remote talon]

yeah green army man cosmetics

[worthy rapids]

Any armor piece that giuves a lot of stability? just like how Spot on belt gives u 48% accuracy

[elfin hazel]

we've actually had that happen for this game as well

[jagged prism]

i feel that might be something they'd do to. do the update. we get in and there'll bee an april fools event 😹

[elfin hazel]

not a single piece the closest you'll get is 2 piece D&H giving you 30% or 3 piece fenris giving you 50%

[dull cypress]

man too bad they didnt bring back the april exotics

[elfin hazel]

would be very nice to have with the upcoming exotic changes to expertise

[mighty creek]

That reminds me, stability is still related to weapon handling isnt it?

[elfin hazel]

it is yes

[mighty creek]

farts

[jagged prism]

weapon handling is stability, reload speed, swap speed and accuracy. always feels i miss a few mentions

[worthy rapids]

oof goddamit, made a really nice rav build but then tested the stability and i started shooting the roof, spot on fixed the 2 bullets spreading to narnia but stab is on a whole different level

[mighty creek]

oh why dont you say so you were trying to make a rifle build with ravenous

[worthy rapids]

would have posted the build here but cant post pics

oh wait there is another chat lol

[jagged prism]

#ask-td2-community probably good, if you do #td2-build-advice you'll get ripped apart 😹

[brave idol]

Danny and Cassie is open go buy stuff

[jagged prism]

i would if i had the will to play 😹

[mint aspen]

Creating a bug reporter has to be the best thing announced in like the past 4 years in this games history. So good that I’m willing to overlook the disappointing lack of content.

[civic ravine]

I see a good chunk of content this patch but yeah the bug reporter will finally help fix the darn armor break bug modifier

[jagged prism]

you're hoping and praying anyways

[mint aspen]

Mb they are adding 1 mission and another down the road….

[civic ravine]

That shi can vote of how old it is

[civic ravine]

yup that's all the patch says. 1 mission and another down the road

[jagged prism]

we're getting a classified mission tomorrow 😻 i can't wait to run it

[mint aspen]

Adding even more in the future is refreshing especially since the last time we got content was Brooklyn

[jagged prism]

that was a semi fun season

[jolly kettle]

I wonder where i can get to play mutators? Only escalation or retaliation?, open world activities, regular heroic missions, i want to focus on black tusk. Any idears?

[jagged prism]

think the mutators is just an escalation thing to make it feel harder than normal heroic missions

[jolly kettle]

Hmmm . What about open world?

[elfin hazel]

mutators are only in escalation

[jolly kettle]

I just wonder at what places can it be harder since black tusk is focus on this sesson

[jagged prism]

if it was being added in general, pretty sure it wouldn't be listed in the escalation section of the notes.....

[remote talon]

when is crossplay supposed to hit?

[edgy fable]

This year

[jolly kettle]

Ok toothless , what you gonna priorities tomorrow when season starts?

[jagged prism]

soon™

[civic ravine]

New seasonal modifiers, New gamble gear, new endgame, new retaliation, classified missions, we eating good this patch it seems like. Hope the gamble isn't that hard now that they "significantly" increased drops

[jolly kettle]

Yes but how do you want to get season modifiers regarding focus on btsu....

I dont have premium so i follow regular battle pass, activities. I cant play class. assignments without premium so

[jagged prism]

i'll probably hit that classified mission, then see what's on the battlepass for exotics 😹 do enough to chunk away at the 100 season pass levels

or maybe focus on black tusk to get them exotic blueprints and experience the BTSU team 9 (elite kill squad)

[solid chasm]

Got a genuine question, why is that toy soldier thats in the shop? But i have seen like 15 people for the past month with the skin? Are these re released skins from the chinese version or what?

[jolly kettle]

I thought about that too BTSU Elite. Can you short pick out veteran activities so i can do that hopefully it connects to sessonal journy quests. And i thought about black tusk invasion. Was it not told that open world would sworm of black tusk and ocass. Elite 🙂

@jagged prism 🙂

[regal galleon]

If you buy the season pass tomorrow can you choose when to use the tier skip? I want the XP boost, but would like to save the tier skip until the last 20 levels rather than using it right away.

[jagged prism]

no clue, black tusk will have retaliations and there'll be matchmaking for retaliations as well. journey things i've only gotten like a couple and couldn't quite catch another one. the pts didn't let us see the journey like the past seasons

[elfin hazel]

nope tier skip is right away

[final anchor]

they are rotated bundle that come from pass event/seasons...

[delicate rose]

just got magazine size on the bullet king

[jagged prism]

if that's what you want to do, buy it at level 80 i think and it'll skip the last 20 and you'll still get all the rewards 1-80

[regal galleon]

OK. Is that what people usually do or is there an advantage to doing the tier skip right away?

[final anchor]

eh not really you just get the loot earlier

[jagged prism]

no clue, i usually buy it right away 😹 doesn't bug me as i'll still get to 100 eventually

[solid chasm]

Oh thats lame

[jagged prism]

could be worse like RE where they run it once and if you weren't there you'd never get it

[regal galleon]

Can the season pass be purchased with credits? If so should I do the one time offer for 2600 credits and then a $9.99/1000 credit purchase to buy the pass to maximize the extra credits?

[jagged prism]

no clue if that'll be enough, but it's possible i guess? the season pass is usually bought via premium credits anyways

[regal galleon]

OK. I'm assuming it's enough since they said the premium pass is $29.99

[final anchor]

1000 premium credit to buy season pass

[regal galleon]

Sorry, meant to say for the premium season pass

[final anchor]

yes its 1000 for the premium season pass....

[jagged prism]

yeah, that's the thing i was questioning if 1k is enough or 2k was going to be the new norm 😹

[final anchor]

its 1k and alway have been

[junior vector]

Can someone explain why my character is not leveling up no more

[final anchor]

need more information

[junior vector]

I’m stuck at level 15 and now he won’t gain xp for some reason

[jagged prism]

well, anniversay was 2k bundle that gave 50 stash space. i wouldn't put it past them to continue that trend 😹

[final anchor]

that a special occasion

[junior vector]

Everytime I do a quest for xp is says you did all your xp for today or quest for today

[jagged prism]

pretty division 2 doesn't stop at 15 and doesn't give you an error like that

self promotion is usually frowned upon according to #rules should give it a read you know?

[junior vector]

I stop playing cause I don’t know how to gain more xp do I have to do the old missions to gain xp

[jagged prism]

they also posted in #ask-td2-community mods

[junior vector]

What’s ways to gain xp

[jagged prism]

#ask-td2-community message
if you want to follow the story line click that and you'll see
far as i know there's orders to things in the game if you're late to playing it

[alpine tiger]

when season start ?

[final anchor]

tomorrow

[jagged prism]

#server-status

[final anchor]

can you post screenshot in #ask-td2-community so I can see the issue thanks

[jagged prism]

#server-status isn't enough of an "annoucment?"

[kind veldt]

if you are talking resurgence then you are in the wrong server, #social-media has link for that game

[quiet smelt]

Im excited, been waiting for the new season

[jagged prism]

oh, could they be talking about resurgence? never played it yet honestly. figured that'd be pretty straight forward as this game was doing missions and stuff for the "story" 😹

they also got roblox in there name and couldn't wonder if they got their discords mixed up

[brisk fox]

Anyone know if Ouroboros will still be locked behind incursion in the new update

[final anchor]

Nope will drop blueprint from Black tusk retaliation Elite kill squad

(Limited time only)

[brisk fox]

Ah ok thats nice, cant seem to matchmake with others that know mechanics sadly.
and thx @final anchor

[carmine granite]

Guys, i defeated the bounty that the snitch gave it to me. But i cant find cassie, how to find cassie?

[brazen arch]

Can sb tell me correct dmg order for the Lovebirds?

[brave idol]

it has nothing to do woth bounty. as soon as you find snithc, cassie and danny apear on your map as a shopping cart (white)

[carmine granite]

I didnt notice if she/he appear:(

[final anchor]

It's the shopping cart that appears on the map

[opal wadi]

didnt they say they were doing graphics improvements in rise up? or is it later

[jolly kettle]

I think this is my plan for tomorrow - Tomorrow Black Tusk retaliation, Escalation, Black Tusk Invasion, prority objectives random missions, Manhunt. Level up seasonal journey quests, buy from Btsu shop white house to get modifiers :). Maybe season cache countdown i have some ingame money

[kind veldt]

they aleady did

[opal wadi]

oh 💀

didnt even notice tbf

[thorn cape]

Yall seen the bundle for 50 Euro to get both classifieds and the outfit

[final anchor]

Lol

[opal wadi]

how many prototype gear peices can we have in our loadouts

[final anchor]

A full set

[kind veldt]

all of them

no limit

[opal wadi]

oh, pretty op

[final anchor]

For openworld and certain content

[opal wadi]

the augments remind me of borderlands 3 annointments

[quiet smelt]

I just heard they'll add matchmaking to retaliation ?

[final anchor]

Yes

[quiet smelt]

Damn, finally

[woven topaz]

Is Everything back to normal in Division Resurgence?

[final anchor]

Wrong server mate

#social-media

[woven topaz]

Thanks mate

[azure galleon]

Nice, got Tempest from the master mission now.
Around 3.2-3.4m DPS (Invl. Elite) is sweet, while being fairly unkillable. :D

[desert halo]

Is the new update out?

[final anchor]

Tomorrow

[desert halo]

Gotcha

[strong glacier]

Does anyone still have Houndsman bounty on pc? Trying to get quickstep...

[final anchor]

Try #lfg-pc

[woven topaz]

Interesting, I am curious because I loved warlocks of New York’s

[strong glacier]

tyty

[grave jetty]

why is all the new stuff focused on cores and swapping weapons 🥀

[brave idol]

is this the foundr bulwar build?

[final anchor]

Just the theme of the season

[grave jetty]

i guess so

[azure galleon]

Yup. 3 piece foundry, Ninjabackpack, Deathgrips & Punch Drunk currently.

I'm using Bulwark + Pistol, not Crusader + AR, hence some changes to the mentioned build.

[final anchor]

Hm

[brave idol]

ikia also has a tempest build incase you have not seen : https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1FK5UVrVAf6figTcEyg9EhxmuX4mL--7eLxyr-QP1UpM/edit

[grave jetty]

ninja backpack 🥀

bro fell for the noob trap

[final anchor]

In this case build ninja bike backpack works its the only build ill accept ninja bike

[grave jetty]

it’s mainly good for pvp i think, the backpack

[hearty rapids]

alguien q hable español

[azure galleon]

Master mission (where it dropped) endscreen from just now (censored the other names); https://i.imgur.com/Xpi7Jir.jpeg

Feels good to be basically unkillable and deal okay dmg tbh. I was surprised, because i felt like i did like 1/3 of that lol

[azure galleon]

Will definitely check it out!

[brave idol]

did you also get blacklister

[azure galleon]

Yup!

[brave idol]

good. it is currently giving overdogs talent. suppoed to be fixed but if it is not, it will be in builds for sure

that is why people still playing that mission even though it is an old one

[gritty cobalt]

are servers down atm?

[azure galleon]

Only got Reload Speed on the Tempest, but I consider that to be a decent stat compared to what could roll. lol

[final anchor]

Nope

[gritty cobalt]

ah fs

[simple spoke]

alloooo

[hearty rapids]

juegas'

[odd wharf]

ahora no por que es tarde pero si juego de normal, estoy intentando buscar gente para raid

[azure galleon]

Of course they add raid exotics to the other content now.. but not the pistol. D:

[kind veldt]

server is english only outside of LFG

so go to #lfg-pc if you are looking for people

[azure galleon]

I assume "LF Regulus carry 4 feet pics" isn't allowed, even for a dude in his 30's?
-# I'm kidding.

[kind veldt]

you can ask for help in the raids, dont try to be too funny

[remote lynx]

Hello, I haven't been able to play D2 for so long. I guess I missed on the current 10th anniversary event. I really want the new exotics. Will they ever come back?

[kind veldt]

big alejandro and the harrier backpack are going to be added tomorrow to regular loot and retaliation

[remote lynx]

I guess I have to download the update to get the 10th anniversary goodies.

[dapper belfry]

When escalation mode come out

[final anchor]

Tomorrow

[dapper belfry]

Thx

[remote lynx]

How big is the 10th anniversary update?

Talking about the download size

[final anchor]

???

[lunar hare]

hold on, let me travel in time to tomorrow and I'll let you know

[remote lynx]

The update size

[final anchor]

^

[remote lynx]

I meant the 10th anniversary update

I haven't updated the game yet

[limber ruin]

Up the event ends today

[remote lynx]

I know I missed the event sadly

[limber ruin]

Like today is the last day to get everything anniversary related then tmrw is the new season so u chose a hell of a time to come back

[lunar hare]

Anniversary was... 23GB or sum? Idk

[remote lynx]

Dang

[dapper belfry]

Ye it had me delete some of my games to download that

[remote lynx]

Can I ask about weapons here?

[limber ruin]

I mean it did overhaul the graphics

So makes sense it was a big update

[remote lynx]

How's Big Alejandro? Does it have D1's recoil?

[sage thicket]

It's very good.

[limber ruin]

With tipping scales it’s very good

Like you are a beam.

[brave idol]

So they have a new bug reporting tool which replaces trello : https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/th...

sad that stackbroker is not there even though i reported it

[true musk]

So are the new classified missions not included in the one bundle we had before that unlocked the original classified missions?

[brave idol]

no

[true musk]

Bruh.

[eternal sky]

Anyone having issues logging into the game or is maintenance is happening now

[humble bane]

Is this game dead on Xbox??

[brave idol]

no

[humble bane]

Okay thanks

Haven’t played in a couple years I didn’t know how strong it was still going I’m wanting to get back into it

[merry sphinx]

It's not there because it has been fixed already in the PTS.

[brave idol]

they are unlokcing it right? not giving me my old talent

i am ok with that tbh

[tender wave]

Cross play coming later this year some time (not cross progression though)

[merry sphinx]

If I remember correctly, it was reverted to the talent you had.

[brave idol]

wow, i would never expect that

my flatline build lives again

[thick scaffold]

Oh boy I sure can’t wait to suffer from a lot of black tusk elites next update

[brave idol]

grenade spam ftw

[thick scaffold]

Ik and those air burst are gonna drive me insane

[brave idol]

twitch drops start tomorrow. some unique comestics, a named and an exotic cache

[final wedge]

Hello

[weary cradle]

are there any april fools events going on in div2 rn?

[kind veldt]

not this time

[limber ruin]

Crossplay is coming later this year btw no know when this year but sometime in year 8 in a month on a day at a time in a season it will come

So even if it’s “dead” crossplay can save it

[cinder nacelle]

Nope. It's very much alive.

[regal chasm]

is there a way to see the gear focus without looking at the map (a site or sum like that)

[limber crag]

New here downloaded the game on my phone but won't let me play america server Anyone knoe why ?

[fringe trench]

Im assuming your not world level 5 if u cant just click the button so no, u wouldnt even get the chance increases

[regal chasm]

i am but i was wondering if there was a community website or sum like that to see the weekly drops cuz i tried finding striker and couldnt

[fringe trench]

Ohh well with gearsets just run summit/countdown and target them

Actually there is on the grock server u can look

[lunar hare]

World Tiers dont exist anymore btw.

[fringe trench]

Oh shi i did not know that

[regal chasm]

ahh ok yea im a returning player dont know the "new" playlists

[slow meadow]

prob been asked but ccouldn't find solid answer - they just forgot to add overdogs to the retaliation BP list for the next patch right

[fringe trench]

Ohh that makes sense

[fringe trench]

I deconstructed my god roll cuz i needed the components💔💔

U can still get em from prio right

[opal wadi]

did someone say they removed the expertise 30 requirement from prototype gear

[slow meadow]

idk but building retals is annoying af and im over it. but now i dont even see it on the list

[lunar hare]

fully optimized requirement*

[opal wadi]

oh

[shrewd gate]

removed the easiest thing in the world

[limber ruin]

Do u have to be expertise 30 to even earn proto gear because someone today on Xbox said u do but I thought it was only so u can upgrade your existing gear to proto gear rarity

[shrewd gate]

you can get prototype gear as drops from escalation

[limber ruin]

U don’t need to be expertise 30?

For them to drop

[tender wave]

Correct

[limber ruin]

Okay 👍

[opal wadi]

do u just need to be expertise 30 to craft them?

[buoyant jolt]

i need alot of the optimization stuff whats the best way to get them bounty or just doing something else?

[simple spoke]

named items will be also important this season

[small plume]

It's funny how Artificer Hive has 3 mod slots and there's only 2 of them that works.

[opal wadi]

when they say "Reaching Expertise Level 30 is now less demanding, as the upgrade cost has been reduced" in the patch notes does it mean the number on each expertise level is lower

[winged sonnet]

what was the reward for doing realism?

[weak zealot]

2x weapon skin. police m4 and ksg if i remember right

[normal kraken]

No it means exactly what it says. The upgrade cost has been reduced

[humble epoch]

Someone can help me get the hunter ruin mask?

🫃
I dont have the build to do this

[smoky plover]

Hi, is it possible to buy Battle Pass levels with credits?

[toxic flume]

Never decon or delete/sell a god roll. Dono/sell/decon dupes

[fringe trench]

I needed too gamble💔

[toxic flume]

For? 👀

Exotic attribute… I’m confused

[toxic flume]

The blueprint list from patch notes is in #ask-td2-community

[fringe trench]

Yeah

I had a bighorn i wanted too get max on so i deconstructed every exotic i didn't use

[merry sphinx]

Yeah, Shroud as well.
Both blueprints are already in Retaliation, and they're not going anywhere.

[final anchor]

Premium credits yes 100 per level

[blazing citrus]

if you need exotics components you can always run countdown and buy the exotic caches from the vendor terminal

[limber ruin]

No they mean to get a gear piece to be 30 like the materials it would cost to upgrade items to 30 is now less

[torn wagon]

if you upgrade your lets say weapon to the prototype gear, will it roll new stats or keep the same ones?

[fleet musk]

Hey Guys i have a Question Gas someone the Fastrun Pistol with the Bounty i‘m playing on Ps5

[final anchor]

So one attribute will be 100% max out at 1.5x. The lowest you can roll is the max roll for if it wasn't a prototype

[stable sorrel]

note that you currently cannot recalibrate prototypes, so ensure you have the attribs you want permanently

[torn wagon]

yeah, so once you push item to prototype, no changes anymore, only upgrades, but the stats stay the same and make sure you have the ones you want then

[stable sorrel]

the stats max out for a lv40-exp30 version of the weapon, plus at least one attribute goes to the prototype max || this is when you are crafting/upgrading to a prototype

So you need not fully Optimize, just fully Expertise

[final anchor]

I would hold off on prototyping anything tbh

[sage thicket]

Have to confess - the two skins weren't worth doing the Keener fight. Realism mode, however, was really fun as a whole.

[final anchor]

Lol

They aren't as cool as the season pass skins

[sage thicket]

Honestly I'm not a fan of those kind of skins anyhow.

[final anchor]

But my waffle famas

[rain flare]

on xbox, do i need game pass to play div 2? if i own the game

[torn wagon]

what about the other stats? can we still upgrade them afterwards manually like we do now?

[graceful dove]

my buddy could play alone without access to what used to be called xbox live gold. but could not join other peoples' games

[rain flare]

dang

[final anchor]

They have a chance of being better but you can't modify it after right now

[torn wagon]

so you cant max it out? Ah damn, thats bollocks

[final anchor]

It's a 5% for a second attribute to max out and lower than that for the 3rd

You relieing on rng to max out your attribute

[torn wagon]

oh no, i was there during launch, not again please

[odd marsh]

Just reach your gear to ex30. No need to prototype until calibration is out and waste your materials in casino rng.

[hybrid ore]

Do not, I repeat DO NOT Expertise up your gear yet.
yes get to Lvl 30 overall, but do not add Expertise to your gear+guns until the update drops.

The update is bringing a massive cost reduction for adding it to your guns+gear.

[wraith girder]

I'm shd 1500 and barely reaching expertise 15. I kinda hate countdown though. idk how I will ever get to 30 lol

[chilly cape]

You would only need the $10 version of gamepass which is just Xbox live basically

[final anchor]

Time and patience

[wraith girder]

yeah but like. what are the strats besides living in countdown for eternity

[final anchor]

Tbh not much

[wraith girder]

big sad

[final anchor]

It's just a slow grind but you do get the proficiency xp bonus event that really helps in that journey

[hybrid ore]

There's no reason to rush it, div2 isn't going anywhere, and is meant to be played slower than live-service games typically are.

[wraith girder]

I've been on and off for years, yet here i am not even halfway through. so it seems like i'll have to rely on rng for those prototypes

[edgy fable]

No need to rush for them, lol

[wraith girder]

the downside is no prototype fomo items

[hybrid ore]

Unless you are going to hardcore main Escalation, you do not need Prototypes.

[wraith girder]

of course you don't. but it's a thing to chase. and this is a looter shooter. it's the whole point.

[edgy fable]

Not really

[hybrid ore]

You can absolutely chase it, but looking at it as "fomo" is the wrong attitude, and will just stress you out.
as I said, div2 is a slower-paced game. Enjoy the journey.

[lunar hare]

ofc it had to be a Destiny 2 player

[edgy fable]

If you don't enjoy the game for what it is then I don't see hope for your attitude

[wraith girder]

by fomo i meant lexi, turmoil and things like that are out of question to have as prototypes without being at expertise 30. unless they add them to escalations some day

[edgy fable]

Those items are totally not affected by "FOMO"

They come back each season so far through limited time events

[wraith girder]

what's the issue with my attitude? chasing more powerful loot in a game about loot? lol

[hybrid ore]

I will just say, that since you have Soulframe as a shared server, you should get used to a slower pace.

DE do NOT like to rush.

[lunar hare]

you'll reach burn out with that attitude WAY sooner than other players

[edgy fable]

Up until the coming season this game has been not just a "looter shooter" but more so a resource management shooter with the option to freely tinker your gear god rolled

You didn't have to rely on RNG on top of RNG to get your builds perfected

[wraith girder]

I wasn't even complaining about the pace. just asked if there are other decent alternatives to countdown to get the expertise up. people seem to read things that aren't there in my messages

[lunar hare]

this says otherwise

[wraith girder]

yes but they can't be prototypes unless you're exp30 is my point. that's honestly the only reason i can see even going for expertise. to upgrade something you can't really get in any other way

[uncut raft]

Anyone know why the patch notes link keeps redirecting me to an error page?

[kind veldt]

which link?

[uncut raft]

https://thedivision2.com/rise-up-season redirects me to https://www.ubisoft.com/en-ca/game/the-division/the-division-2/404

[edgy fable]

It's still going to be RNG on top of RNG. Countdown pretty much the best way to reach Exp. 30. But as others said, if you focus on it too much you will burn out quick - usually

[kind veldt]

lemme try to open it here

[edgy fable]

It'll be alright until level 20 roughly, then it'll really slow down

[kind veldt]

it worked fine here

https://www.ubisoft.com/pt-br/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/15OjYSjEhS2rUfiDINkRxD

redirected me to this

[uncut raft]

Weird, it's only showing on some languages I guess

[edgy fable]

I land on the same page as them but in French for some reason:
https://www.ubisoft.com/fr-ca/game/the-division/the-division-2/404

[kind veldt]

might be a regional issue then

pt-br rise up

[wraith girder]

works for me

[uncut raft]

Brazil page works fine, browser can translate it for me

[wraith girder]

try en-gb

[mighty girder]

the link language is set to fr-ca

[uncut raft]

Works thanks

[edgy fable]

I set it to en tho, idk why that page does that. Pretty much the only page with cookies doing that

[gusty drift]

Isnt that u can get in countdown

[kind veldt]

#lfg-pc

[wraith girder]

chill out was one of those winter event items

[edgy fable]

It's still available through special bounties ppl kept hoarding

[wraith girder]

ya i know, i just meant that it won't be in regular pool like countdown

[edgy fable]

Aye

[queen sandal]

Right. Which is why i was asking. Not sure why it got deleted

[edgy fable]

Because of LFGing in the wrong channel most likely

[queen sandal]

I wasnt LFGing. I was asking if anyone had it

[edgy fable]

Semantics 😄 Nvm

[kind veldt]

ask then in #lfg-pc

[small plume]

Ok, the SIG MPX not allowing a Technician laser made me kinda mad.

Every MP5 sucks ass, man.

[acoustic bay]

guys,,how to initiate the download on steam ?

[wraith girder]

huh?

[sweet haven]

im actually losing my mind i can clear heroic true sons retals but hyenas keep kicking my ass

its like both funny and annoying at teh same time

[zealous hawk]

So the exotics tied to retals.... I noticed I only ever got ones in those pools from caches, outside of retaliations. So to get a 2nd over dogs for re rolling, I need to find it in retaliations before it can drop in countdown or any target loot?

Or just get lucky with caches

[sweet haven]

i dont think theyre specifically tied to retals, its just the easiest way to obtain them. dont quote me on that tho

[jovial garden]

story-wise should i do warlords dlc before the conley island and white oak missions?

[kind veldt]

nope

it's after all of those

[jovial garden]

so coney and white oak, then warlords?

[kind veldt]

it's camp and zoo, then 2 in pentagon, 2 conley then WONY

[pure bobcat]

GN

[zealous hawk]

I read you may need the blueprint for them to drop on the regular drop pool. Which means you'd have to do retaliation before having a chance to get it from countdown target farming it. And since I heard that..I know my bluescreen over dogs and pestilence came from caches, never a drop. And I don't have those blueprints so I'm not getting them to drop still yet

[chilly cape]

GM

[kind veldt]

overdogs just drop it

[wraith girder]

they are not tied to retaliations. what you get from retaliations is blueprints

[zealous hawk]

Oooo

[wraith girder]

from both kill squads and completions. and pools are diffirent between those two. and each faction has their own

[zealous hawk]

Yea I saw the list they posted in the pre day patch notes. We can get an ouroboros BP from black tusks retaliations

For the over dogs specifically it says drops from defending territory from hyenas... That's the completion reward right?

[small spear]

yes

[queen sandal]

Does it feel like Summit targeted loot has atrocious drop chances?

[edgy fable]

You need to enable 5-7 directives at least to make it worth your time

[queen sandal]

Really? does that just increase the chances of the those specific drops or just the roll having a higher stat package?

[edgy fable]

Next time you're at an elevator read the fine print where it says that directives increase the drop chances for TL

[queen sandal]

Got it. Thanks for the tip

[edgy fable]

The role quality depends on the difficulty only

[autumn fossil]

Is the new stuff out yet

[edgy fable]

Tomorrow

#server-status message

[wide lichen]

can you get a chance at a bittersweet weapon from target loot?

[paper marlin]

Am I shooting myself in the foot by never removing scanner from my skills?

[kind veldt]

#lfg-pc

[kind veldt]

after the update

[kind veldt]

are you using spotter or other things that make use of pulse?

[paper marlin]

I use it to locate enemies. As one does

I've been using scanner as LB since the Div1 beta, never replaced it

[kind veldt]

div1 it gave you extra damage

[paper marlin]

Ik

[kind veldt]

here it just marks enemies

[chilly cape]

Is div 1 still worth a playthro

[paper marlin]

Ik, Im asking cause I never see anyone using it

[edgy fable]

It's useful in group play, solo I'd suggest using other skills

[paper marlin]

Div1 + underground are definitely worth it. The other 2 "expansions" are dead

[elfin vortex]

What do we think of sweet dreams exotic shotgun

[edgy fable]

Very niche

[paper marlin]

It sucks. Thorn is leagues better

[brazen elm]

only useful for getting melee kills for stuff

[paper marlin]

I love my Thorn

[paper marlin]

Can it one shot a Hunter? 🤔

[edgy fable]

It only works on non-elite human NPCs

[elfin vortex]

I have an exotic idea that could maybe make it better. It kinda functions the same as shocker punch with saint elmos

[edgy fable]

The Sandman talent I mean

[edgy fable]

#1380126780152614944

[paper marlin]

Shame

[elfin vortex]

I sent it to gear and weapons

[chilly cape]

Go to sleep go to-tf am I doing 😂😂😂

[elfin vortex]

I couldn’t put cuss words I had to change it lmaoo

[quick widget]

What's more important? SHD Lvl or Expertise Level? I just finished min maxing my gear.

[final anchor]

SHD is more important

[quick widget]

So grinding control points then?

[final anchor]

That's is an option yes

[quick widget]

Aight, thanks.

[signal marten]

Want a good laugh, read what this OP is complaining about the price of the new classified assignments lol https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/s/01UiF75q9p

[final anchor]

5 usd is quite hefty for 1 mission

It better be a good mission

[signal marten]

Well it'll be both & good interesting to say the least & all especially with it being a 1 by 1 recreation of the irl comparison & all

But still, really man???

[chilly cape]

Buy a classified mission or get a gallon of gas

[dire flower]

Crossplay tomorrow?

[slender lantern]

So as a new player that just hit level 40. What difficulty should I queue for in Summit and Countdown in terms of getting into matches? Seems like Normal is not getting any matches...

[final anchor]

No but sometime this year

[final anchor]

Countdown you want to try hard-challenging as a new player. For summit you should start at hard and stop at challenging

[slender lantern]

Thanks, will try.

[shadow cargo]

any news on Tinkerer working with Prototype weapons? might need to do some buildcrafting

[edgy fable]

No word on it

[shadow cargo]

well I'll assume it will and just cry if it doesnt

[valid sable]

Probably not affected by the extra new power

Or just uses the one in the main gun

[edgy fable]

You won't have prototype gear on launch right away anyway. Maybe it'll be fixed after a while

[polar thorn]

what would be the best way to grind shd level?

been spamming countdowns, honestly a enjoyable method with good rewards

[final anchor]

Control points on heroic with 2-4 directives is pretty good

[lunar hare]

check #ask-td2-community pins

[polar thorn]

but first, maxing my striker gears.

Damn, I'm at 30% crit chance but 100% crit damage

prob should drop crit damage for crit chance

[brave idol]

Maximize the product. Chcxchd .

[oak atlas]

What time update goes live?

[lunar hare]

in 5 hours

[hybrid ore]

Downtime will start in 5 hours, should be down for at mininmum, 5.5 hours. #server-status message

As it's Seasonal downtime, expect possible delays.

[sweet sinew]

Today or tomorrow? Dang I want play it so much.

[zenith urchin]

damn now i have to stare at a wall for the next 10 hours minimum because what if i do something and miss the season release

[final anchor]

soon downtime starts in 5 hours

[sweet sinew]

Hoho yaaay

[zenith urchin]

is the update going to release at the same time as maintenance?

[sweet sinew]

I’m ready to grind prototype

[final anchor]

so the maintenance is the update once its done Y8S1 will officially begin

[zenith urchin]

yeah i mean the update i need to download lol

[final anchor]

downloading is usually pretty quick for me but i see your point there

[winter prairie]

anyone get the feeling that you get through first wall of grinding (set + weapon + off pieces) to play the game, but next wall is like 400x higher and i dont feel like grinding it, better to wait td3 😢

[final anchor]

ofc the new introduction of prototype gear is my wall the chase never stops

[winter prairie]

thats just another wall after the 400x wall :D

[shrewd gate]

i KNOW you're talking about expertise rn

[winter prairie]

i am, but could i even upgrade the item without prototype

[final anchor]

im 25 away from reaching 30 expertise

[winter prairie]

the amount of dmg increase vs expertise'd one is how much?

think i am like 12 expertised items only

[shrewd gate]

expertise 30 is 30% but that gets diluted if you're running any amount of red

[zenith urchin]

real talk, expertise and prototype is a power peak you dont need to reach unless you want to do escalations
the rest of the game is still the same, and wont be balanced to proto gear because it gets normalized in raids and incursions

[final anchor]

ofc but for me its just bragging rights lol

[shrewd gate]

love that i have to farm for 6000 hours if i want to play the new permanent gamemode

[zenith urchin]

the dam incursion they teased? completely doable with just a good regular build

[hybrid ore]

As said yeah, it will be normalised in Raids/Incursions/PvP.

There is also at least 2 new things coming to the Raids/Incursions, one of them is 2 Prototype Cores per/week, the other is unknown at this time.

[zenith urchin]

oh im not saying dont do it, im just saying dont see it as a mandatory grind
its still worth the effort

[hybrid ore]

The prototype rarity colour just looks like those sticker-covers you used to put on books at school.

[zenith urchin]

though the effort required is still too high even with adjustments :p

[shrewd gate]

i mean they're adding a new permanent gamemode where it's going to be very very helpful so it's hard not to see it as mandatory

[final anchor]

100%

[hybrid ore]

But as of note: it's only useful in that mode.
however, they have told us that the Tokens used in Escalation will have another use, again unknown right now.

[zenith urchin]

honestly im just going to see how high i can get with fully optimized builds and leave the prototype grind until they say whether its going to be adjusted further or not

[limber estuary]

You can grind prototype with me

[shrewd gate]

i have the disease where i have to have maxed out builds so this hurts me personally

the expertise system was designed specifically to torment me

[civic ravine]

The disease!

[shrewd gate]

it's terminal

[slender lantern]

Hey guys, as a new player, when I want to farm for Overdogs gloves or Coyote mask I select gloves or masks as target loot and hope for the best, right?

[shrewd gate]

you can also farm for the prints from retals which imo is a better shot but yeah

[quasi heron]

yesz! or maybe you can directly farm from the owner (coyote mask from boss coyote and overdog glove from hyenas retaliation)

[slender lantern]

Ah ok, didn't know that.

Thanks.

[quasi heron]

all the best, as my exp farming overdog glove thru collecting ingredient.. out of nowhere the red flash exotic drop from a normal mob during retalation

[edgy fable]

#lfg-playstation is the place you wanna check out

[mighty creek]

Welcome.

[winter prairie]

maybe the wall for me feels so much higher because i dont play td2 that much right now

like a side game for me when i dont have anything else :D

[shrewd gate]

these hunter puzzles are killing me i love waiting for 30 minutes for the time to be right

[edgy fable]

Maybe do Controlpoints or whatever while you wait 😄

[brave idol]

And miss the time 😁

[final anchor]

time is money

[shrewd gate]

if they didn't want me to wait they wouldn't have timegated it

surely they simply want me to sit here until 9pm

[devout river]

I got my build perfect for prototype when I get to expertise 30. At expertise 7 rn 0_o

[mighty creek]

Ah yes... the grind never ends.

[devout river]

I'm more hype for eagle bearer than proto gear

[shrewd gate]

i really hope it would, a second job isn't really that appealing

[mighty creek]

You mean you havent done raid before to get it so you're trying to get it from retaliation?

[weary python]

hmmmm... so the half price expertise costs arent coming with new season?

[shrewd gate]

the upgrade costs are getting halved

[mighty creek]

I think you misunderstand. The cost to upgrade a gear to reach expertise is reduced, not leveling up the expertise itself.

[weary python]

i know they said they planned to but its not mentioned in the update

[devout river]

I have only ever done discovery cause it's matchmaking. I have done iron horse and dark hours tooooo many times

[shrewd gate]

which i think it's very funny bc while getting to expertise 30 you'll have the materials anyway so what's even the point

[mighty creek]

All of them are discovery?

[weary python]

...no, i did not. lmfao

no idea what i said lead you to believe that

[mighty creek]

Oh ok

[weary python]

some of us capped our materials in anticipation... lvl 30 experise is still a crazy grind regardless

grinded like crazy and still only lvl 20 expertise

[edgy fable]

It's only a grind if you treat it as one. There is no need to rush. Don't burn yourselves out

[weary python]

yeah, im not one of those super optimal 'do the same shit over and over' people

so no worries

[devout river]

I do agree it could be reduced to ease the grind but if you consider the payoff. Expertise rly bumps up your endgame. I went up 3 levels in 5 days of normal play time.

4-7 took me about 20 hours

[edgy fable]

It'll be rather smooth until you hit Expertise 17-20 roughly

[weary python]

yeaaah, now im stuck grinding chest, bag, weapons and exotics

[shrewd gate]

i just don't enjoy the idea of having to farm a bunch of stuff to sac i think it's lame

[weary python]

50% the items being leveled up

[brave idol]

Yeah time to upgrade railsplitter and promo stuff i never heard

[zenith urchin]

fastest way to grind expertise is to wait for an event and spam printer filament
run mods as targeted loot

[weary python]

definately been offloading my materials into expertise whenever i reached cap during current event

still, not a huge return

but yeah... guess ill step back and chill for a bit and come up with a serious build for once instead of just desperately trying to create semi functional stuff out of the items i still need to max proficiency

[shrewd gate]

time rolls around
need to shoot the thing that's like 70m away
it's foggy

god i just love this game

[devout river]

U can donate direct materials?????

[zenith urchin]

yes, theres a donate materials option on the expertise screen

[shrewd gate]

how long is a cycle in this game again

[edgy fable]

Three months

[shrewd gate]

i meant a day night cycle

[zenith urchin]

targeting what you want to level proficiency as loot and donating all the junk is much more efficient

[edgy fable]

Oh lol. Idk honestly

[weary python]

yeah, ive been doing that

made sure every weapon category had at least 20 maxxed doing that, now im focusing on assault rifles since its the largest and slowest pool

[shrewd gate]

looked it up and apparently it's 72 minutes
so i get to wait and do nothing for another 72 minutes this game just straight up does not respect my time

[edgy fable]

CPs! 😄

[obsidian atlas]

really tho, anything you don't need can just be tossed into the blender and fill in other expertise and once they're maxed out, nowhere left but what remains

trust me, you'll get 9999 junk components more than you know what to do with it

[shrewd gate]

i just want to get these hunters over with man i'm so glad they went out of their way to make it as annoying as humanly possible

[obsidian atlas]

night time creatures those hunters are

[weary python]

btw, did they ever actually fix the armor break directive? or has it seriously been fundamentally broken this entire time since they released it? XD

[shrewd gate]

the fact that the fog rolled around right when i had to shoot the box and left right after is genuinely one of the worst things i have ever seen in a videogame

might as well buy a lottery ticket with that kind of odds

[weary python]

I do get the sense that the division 2 team are kinda 'Fuck UX! lmfao

[shrewd gate]

even if it was a freak accident it is such an extremely dismal thing to happen it's unbelievable

[weary python]

which is kinda funny considering ubisoft are known for having a heavy UX focus across their games... though theyre not exactly good at it, its more like a UX religion than a team of professionals

so prob why the division 2 team are so vehemently against the idea of user experience

'lets make everything work increidbly inconsistently and with no regard for the time and place!'

because clearly everyone loves realism in their games

[shrewd gate]

i think the day night and weather cycle are cool actually i just hate that this can even happen

[weary python]

yeah, me too... it jsut has a time and place

[shrewd gate]

and the fog is actually horrible and whoever came up with the fog did a horrific job

i love not being able to see anything in my shooter game

[weary python]

i like the fog too lol... just not the fact it doesnt even affect the ai

which it should, like a detection range debuff or something would go a long way

[sharp shore]

Anyone got pics of the bp they can send me im at work and i dont get home for another 32 hours