#td2-general-chat
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Wish I knew what you meant with recombatinent shop
Aw keyboard and thus text chat is off by default on console? You have to turn the setting on. No comms
@jagged prism its newly opened shop next to specialization at white house....you spend currency on the new global modifier system there
Is it even called that?
Oh those! Forgot they added that
Probably
@hollow hill haha iv prob mis spelled it but its close...quite amouthful huh
"the modifier vendor"
Problem solved ✅
Uses BTSU something something.
ok im spending nothing till some nerd figures this shop out lol
Would help if they added its name next to the symbol
can you back out of the bloody huntsman bounty to refarm the mini hounds like you could with the krampus one
In pts it allowed us to buy modifiers, but we already had them so we didn't get to try it out
What gives black tusk retaliation progression? I just did an invaded mission and got literally nothing
Share, then leave once the doggos are down. You can use it again.
I think I've found a new hunter in retaliation. He has the same mechanic as the ghost, but it is located in a completely different place on the map.
Run tidal basin stronghold. If done on heroic, it'll insta trigger
@soft basin yes....just do the 1s near the front door then teleport away and it ll end the bounty allowing you to farm over and over
we are stealing btsu team nine tech and taping it together
alr cool
Did you look at him and he disappear?
i shot him after he spoted me and he's desapear
He appeared at the checkpoint New Venice
near DZ West
@hollow hill I did that earlier on heroic and it didnt trigger a retaliation
Retaliations take a bit to build up, check the map menu as the progress for them is on one of the tabs.
I only noticed it because of the effect on the screen and the new effect on enemies that shows a red radius.
anyone able to help me due bloody huntsman bounty for quick step pistol lost all my things when moved to pc
It's not a "new" hunter. That's a stalker hunter, part of the lore of the game. They hang around sometimes
Bug maybe. Check the bug page that's out now
really ? I see him firts time
meh, ok
There is a page showing retaliation state for each faction, I'd check it's actually progressing.
How do I get Overdogs gloves?
They crop up occasionally you get the affect if you shoot or find them they bail out. Typically a night time thing.
where extacly do you farm prototype anyway
is there anywhere in division 2 to read the little info data of enemies from the wony dlc like the cleaners and rikers?
i could just read off of the first division game but i wanted tto know if they included something like this for the dlc
Q: if I'm at 29/30 summit merit commendation challenges complete and have reset them... Is there no way to find out which 1 of the 30 I'm missing? 😬
Just got rogues on our Tier 4 run, we got demolished
Well, after a thousand hours in the game, now i know about it
Oh no.
Nice!
sey is there any other way to get the pistol wthout bounty ?
How exactly do you use these prototype cores
There is a new crafting option at the expertise workbench thing iirc
I am baby level 11 expertise so I won't see that for a bit.
Oh yeah I’m seeing it. Any reason why it only shows a single item I can prototype?
Wait no I’m dumb
I haven’t bothered getting everything else to expertise 30, just my AR
Hi dumb, I'm kofeyh (sorry, had to do it).
Not at present. Devs are considering options. That's probably a whole bag of hurt for balancing.
As for prototype I take it’s not guaranteed to give max rolls?
I just did the raids and I’d be pissed if this didn’t go anywhere useful
Correct. The stat gain for the boost should always be not less than starting point however.
1 of the stats is guaranteed max, 2nd has a 5% chance and the last has I believe a 3% chance
Are we trolling
No
Nope.
This update is literally making my wanna uninstall the game. Have dont literally all Blacl Tusk activities and none of them will progress or trigger a retaliation
It’s over
and no drop in mission too. Escalation is useless just incursion for upgrade ur build nothing else
This system is cheeks 😭
This update and etc did they added cross-platform? Or nah?
Nope
Oof
Later this year maybe
Ahhh
Sometime in year 8
Cross play literally cannot come sooner, I’m barely able to matchmake incursion runs
It's day one and people already claiming new system DOA, lol.
😆
Bro I’m hearing you can’t get cores from escalation. If so this is doo doo 😭
dont you get cores for completing escalations? or was that tokens
You get cores from crushing gear and they have a chance to drop from certain activities.
suppressing hostile activities nearby, yeah about that
Atp everyone should just be farming paradise lost
u can have prototype core in incursion with 100% guaranteed... Why try to beat a mission in 30 minutes for nothing with ennemis like loop 60 ??
Bad bad for the moment. No upgrade ur gear it's glitched and possibly update with time. So now just stack protoype core and wait and see for the future.
Sniper cannot use determined after Tier 3. It's only Nemesis bcz 33 millions is not enough. After Tier 5 is the last area of u can use sniper build after it's trash Nemesis cannot Oneshot... And scalling multiplayer hp, ad number, ennemies rank up.
Escalation is a game for solo players or duo bcz after it's awful to kill one thing...
does anyone can tell me what saturate offensive modifier do i didnt understand
Yeah I was gonna say that I heard people prototyped their gear and it literally re-rolled their stats
for my 1st day impression 🥲
pretty sure thats a visual bug and relogging will fix it
i have test a white death i have 205% headshot and DOTC at 15%
i start incursion for see how it's normalized and i loose DOTC for ever
The season will see more updates and improvements, expecting a perfect experience day one is a little unrealistic
Maybe but I’m seriously not trying to find out myself
im not even expertise 30 so I couldnt test it myself even if I wanted
I gotta get to exp 30 anyway so will keep me busy for a while.
oh and u can have Rogue Agent in Escalation 🥲
People did want a challenge..
I wont be surprised my friend already have his main build all prototype Rarity
a challenge for no reward ? Good good idea.
A challenge with skin in the game. Also it's the first day of an entire season, with more fixes and changes on the way.
the lexington is back to unobtainable right
Yo is this pay to win how do I get the good gear and why is the dark zone so dead
Does the new ar on the assignment drop everytime? I never got it first run
I'll judge the new season after a patch or two, once it's had time.
The game is definitely not P2W
Is the store working yet
Yes
Depends on the time of day you're going into the dz. I can't answer the second question since im new
the new named smg and the exotic f2000 are a great combo ngl
Also Which dz you're going into
Since ||1 out of three of them can be invaded by the black tusks at a given time||
only thing you need to buy is Warlords, the DZ is relatively empty as it hasn't been updated in a long while and doesnt give many rewards, gear is based on your build, and you can get gear pieces relatively easily from Countdown and The Summit
What’s buying warlords gunna do for me
unlocks current endgame/SHD Level
Extra content.
Incorrect
appearently I am lying lmao
havent needed wony to get lvl 40 since a bit before b4b dropped I think
oh I was not aware of that
Pretty sure its just extra story stuff at current
Prior to Brooklyn you needed wony to get to level 40 and unlock watch.
A few patches back level 40 requires is no longer locked behind WONY and just having the base game will allow you to get to endgame
are the servers off?, me and 3 other friends got disconeccted lmao
I just got dced yeah
No they are active
EU servers seem to have crashed
so yeah then Warlords is effectively optional then
Peak hours, so a bunch of people are prolly online
my game disconnected, i cannot load back in. im NA
though I'd recommend you still get it when its on sale
That, or ubisoft servers are just broken
we are in EU, but same
literally just happend as i loaded into a retaliation run
same asia
got back in now
US West all dandy
I was about to log in, my disappointment is immeasurable, my day ruined.
Maaaybe i'll stay off for now?
right as i was about to finish the mexican embassy classified assignment after looking for ages for the last collectable
despite a few bugs n issues, anyone else enjoying escalation as much as I do? damn it’s acc tough in higher tier 👏 really good addition. gg’s massive 👌
yeah im still stuck loading 0% at the main menu after hard resetting
Am i blind or just dumb? I'm not seeing the new Game mode anywhere? 🤔
im cooked boys
next to the countdown vendor
Next to season vendor.
Thanks yall!!
no problem bob the alien
you can see the available escalations on the thing next to countdown but the escalation missions will also have a different icon on the regular map (make sure to activate the escalation when starting a mission too)
Guys I am about to drain completely full mats into the expertise void, wish me luck.
guys, I experience heavy ps drop and lag after the update. Do you have the same?
Check graphic options in case they have changed?
wheres the prototype gear ubisoft
Escalations, next to countdown vendor.
the escalations are such a waste of time. its better to do raids on alts and progress that way
in my stomach
"may" drop my bu-
Bro it is about challenge and fun. Good thing that is subjective
ive done like 15 escalations at t5 with no drops
also why is the escelation content so easy isnt like legendary supposed to be the baseline because it is the hardest difficulty
That was clear already before they launched the season. You are totally reliant on RNG. RNG on top of RNG
they also said they buffed drop rates across the board
so prototype gear... whats yalls's opinion?
idk what board they are referring to
tasty
@blazing citrus my opinion is....ignorance is bliss😀
Not gonna touch it unless they allow for full recalibration/optimization
Presume you have actually checked dropped gear and haven't just sprinted past it because must kill all the things which seems a common experience in any number of groups I've run in..
Store still bugged?
personally not gonna be chasing until they hit it with some changes
recal, opti and targeting
yes it's rather hard to miss lol
Targeted loot is not a must, but rotating daily loot should be very possible
Where can I report bug
Yeah I am in no rush for new gear, to be honest. It's day one and shit will need balancing and tweaking to improve experience. I never judge shit day one.
Just to get away from the fkn gamble
If they want people to play and engage more, that is mandatory. Otherwise I will not waste my time like that
it would also be cool if you could get prototype gear through other means other than escaltion
i unlocked journey 3 but apart from the pulse thing il be honest.....iv no idea what my modifiers are doing lol
Well you get cores from other activities to upgrade your gear
That is what they are looking at, so it's on the cards.
only raids no?
I really hope so
Raids and the incursion AFAIK. Maybe I miss sth
It's first day of entire season. I'll give 'em time to cook.
and i need to be expertise 30 so its pointless to go for these anyway
Can pick up drops at any expertise, just need 30 to craft.
fair. but also whats the situation where proto will be necessary. people already shred heroic, people can pretty comfortable solo legendary. proto cant be used in raids or incursions or dz. so the grind is playing escalation to get proto gear to play more escalation
the prototype gear would have made more sense if they not only introduced legendary for open world and maybe add the escalation mechanic for open world or other content aswell, like you only get the prototype gear to do more escalation
All my build got reset ? Someone same issue
Bruh this update has brought out the cunts. Dude used my BT retaliation then logged off to not use his after
Yeah that's good. IMHO it should only be valid for Escalations
They really got me to play more retaliations in one day then the entirety of last season
but i cant recal so i dont need drops
what do you expect from random strangers online ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The whole point of the new gear is to get stronger for harder escalations. The gear is levelled in most other places.
@oblique peak you can matchmake retaliation even if you have none ready
black tusk just being able to show up is so fun
@blazing citrus To not be complete cunts, its not like its hard to trigger a retaliation
You can junk them for cores
This is gonna cause SO MANY issues. I've seen it in Diablo already for instance
Classified assignments locked behind the premium pass is definitely... A choice lol
and what do i do with cores? 👀
see the issue
Craft gear.
but you cannot because you need to spend 800h to grind out expertise
I just realized you can’t farm incursion on same character for cores
In the mean time you can hold cores to actually have some at exp 30. Or you know complain at me whichever.
Big chance they'll get a seperate bundle later on. But for now it's incentive to buy the pass
@oblique peak also if your the leader you can trigger other peoples retaliation in your group if they have 1 ready...map...right d pad button.....atl;east you could before so i assume you still can
how long should it take to hit expertise 30?
Massive pls make cores farmable 💔
As long as you want to. Don't rush it and burn yourself out. It happens faster than you think
That depends. How much of a life do you have?
Are they even worth doing? I can't complain honestly, I have a whole map full of unfinished classified assignments.
that means a while lol
It's a commitment bud, but donating mats, running spare gear to level it and junking dropped gear to level helps speed it up.
Hey, someone have some advice to up the expertise level ? I'm only level 1 on it
Shoutout to everyone that did wony runs for expertise and didn’t actually have to grind it ✌️
They've changed the way boss mats work now. It was an issue and they sort of resolved it. You use personal mats to open the chests, rather than summon.
@fossil pier just fill your invent up and junk it all and donate it at the expertise table....you dont have to be picky till level 15-20 lol
i have expertise 7 rn and i have 150h playtime, which i only played on a level 40 boosted char
Back to the expertise salt mines.
I think they are. 1 is out now other comes out somewhere in may
But the one that you can do rn is really good. It did bug out for me twice on the first door but after that I did several runs no problem
whats the best way to farm expertise? just running Countdown?
spend gear
And dropping watch points on printer filament to donate
Donate all junk (actually pick up everything dropped regardless of value) donate mats, run some pieces that haven't been levelled for expertise. Basically stack as many ways to level at the same time as possible.
Yes, I'm sure devs will change it here too over time after many complaints. I mean I am not a clairvoyant but it's all happened before in other games
@shadow cargo that or retaliation now...both give loads......countdown u can disconnect a lot....retaliation does seem fine that way but yeh you goota stick together as a team
You also unfortunately just missed a few events that greatly helped expertise leveling.
Yeah or retaliations if you don't feel like countdown. It has decent loot drops and you can select targeted loot
But countdown is still the best option
I ROLLED DTOC SHROUD
Bring back the wony run farming ✌️
but isnt it that you also need that piece of gear to expertise 30 aswell?
good thing theres one in like 5 days lol
I am hopeful they will add more expertise boost weeks over the new season. That'll help.
I wish I took full advantage of that. I only got to do it once before they scrapped it.
how do you build Black Tusk Agitation? doing BT takeovers?
Ngl I kinda hope they keep BTSU team 9 after this season but just on BT retaliations then design a bunch of "elite kill squads" for all factions
It was so good. I hit expertise 30 despite barely playing this game.
I got 1 level, from 25-26. Its a ridiculous grind unless you play several hours each day. It needs a rebalance and quickly. The new players and returning players are being punished, and will surely vote with thier feet when they burn out.
nah i think "what the hell is black tusk doing here" should be a permanent feature
Journey III bugged?
werent we supposed to get protoype core cache from the incursion too?
can't complete it and only one passive is unlocked
Yeah but can only do it once a week for cores
@shadow cargo any of the 3 factions will slowly build it but yeh someone said earlier tidal basin on heroic good for it
Definitely always been a main criticism from me about this game. People who have invested time to get expertise 30 have a whole 30% damage and 30% extra armor on every build over everyone just starting off.
I been playing since the open beta. Got 3021 hours clocked on this game. Yet my shd level is 4174 and my expertise is 20
I should go out more
Currently running incursion for cores on each character tho
so if i did it previously i cant do it now for the cache until the reset, phenomenal!!!,
Yeah you do your run for the week, get your 2 cores and they don’t drop again. Can do on other characters however.
Most I know who are 30, obtained it from the Alt/shd rotation and overcapping materials.
I'm sure most will agree there's not much difference between, say 25, and 30 on gears, but this mechanic excludes you from a feature partially until you hit 30.
@lusty shale i got the journey 3 reward and i still have 1 left to finish on its list.....destroy wardogs or minitanks.....seems to give you reward when it still unfinished
no, what i meant is that i already did it monday, and now until the weekly reset i cant get it like others who didnt do it, for me there is no reward for doing it
given there was an update coming why did you do it then?
Is prototype core actually dropping from raid/incursion cache?
25-30 isn't huge but yea an expertise 20 has a massive advantage over a 5. Idk why they removed it in conflict but still kept it for DZ.
i didnt think it would be like that bro
where do we spend firmware?
next to the spec weapon guy
thank you
Ohhh. Fast travel to incursion then you can preview rewards, it might still be there.
fair enough.
does anyone else lowkey enjoy escalation as a gamemode
Is accepting a friend referral for people who haven’t played the game? Or haven’t played much? I’m level 26. Solo is lonely.
lol no boring asf
does retaliation scale based on the people in the group
enemy waves do, yes
its not there unfortunately
Gotta wait till next week then I suppose
idk most of my playtime is solo heroic so having something to make it harder is fun
this was my 4th back to back level 7 escalation on the grand washington hotel, shoud i try an another mission?
Same here but for me I’m just fighting spongier enemies with more directives and I seriously don’t care about it. All the other sources for prototype are way more enjoyable for me.
why would you do this to yourself
Can someone tell Inaya to sell Chatterbox reconfig BP? Kthx.
i do not care for prototype gear
I can’t be the only one that cba to do grand Washington hotel for the 10 millionth time for absolutely atrocious drop rates bro
Bad drop rates? In Division? Bro that doesn't happen.
On tier 10 the rates are 1.5% I’m hearing
i thought it was something like 5%
It only took me like 4 years to get a maxed out chc mod so idk what you're talking about. Drop rates ez.
I need to fact check ts I could be yapping rn
But I have no intention on near tier 10 for some terrible rates. It’s really not worth the effort for me.
Incursion takes like 15 mins with randoms and is more fun
I'm hard debating on that $50 bundle. I honestly don't wanna drop another 50 on this game, but adding 5k premium credits is a little enticing.
At that price It better have 100 exotic components come with it mate
Uhhh you know... All the... Cool emotes and... Skins and stuff...
Are there any you definitely want?
Cause they're so cool...
Bro stop
If not, you don't need to spend surely?
I do I thikn retals are a fun and a interesting addition tbh. I'm glad it got QoL
In the bundle What does 20 tier skips mean ?
I like the chatterbox skin? lol
Retaliations is quite fun despite literally being control points
As it says, it skips you ahead 20 tiers on the pass
Even in a group, heroic is way too easy now. Teams just tear through it like paper. New difficulty tier was sorely needed.
Was crossplay released today?
Who’s gonna tell him
Never said otherwise either, It's just fun it got an interesting structure around it and the rewards are cool
No it wasn't, tha'ts it. unsure what the deal is. lol
hey um im looking for a friend or two to do content with on the division 2 and speaks english
and is in United States
#lfg-pc is probably your best bet
Just know when the division says “coming in 2026” expect it to be towards the end of the year lol
Yeah everything is releasing in december
ty bro
dec 31st biggest update ever
I thought the scheduled plan was to release it alongside Rise up. I didn't hear anything differently so wasn't aware lol.
The truth is we don't know yet I think.
Expect the worst
But not for this patch for sure
Always expect the worst with Ubisoft these days.
they said this year, not this patch
if google AI said otherwise they are the ones lying
I listen to AI overview maybe 2/10 times.
A lot of times it gives some comical inaccurate information on things.
That was never said
What's comical is I haven't seen that meme as your profile picture in nearly 15 years
Damn what a wild time the internet was back then
i say that because some guy asked the same thing last week and he was really insistent until i asked for an source and it was google AI
pitch that in feedback. Monetize expertise levels. 29.99 for all 30 levels
so now i just assume thats where all the confusion is coming form
Good God people use Gemini for this? I'm constantly talking to it and having to correct it about stuff
Ye I remember. Another guy earlier said "it's from YT" so I asked him to send me his source via DM. I'm still waiting for his DM
Just yesterday it thought the proficiency event is why expertise costed half as much lmfao
I only believed it because I recall others saying the same. I never heard it straight from Massive. I was the sheep.
How do i get cash to buy modifiers again?
At least you're honest, appreciated
I think doing your Journey and Scouts
Accountability is a rare thing this day and age
journey missions give the currency and then you buy it next to the specialisation bench
Just like yesterday I saw Bloodborne remake get confirmed by multiple trusted sources, then I remembered what day it was and stayed off the internet the rest of the day.
JM8 missions are pure cancer
the duration for the back and forth talent being the same amount of time it takes the agitator to prime is really nice
Got the goated smg oroboros or wtv its called not too bad for the 3rd retal i did
Whe im done with journy i get it from prority objectives?
what should i craft the sheriff or ouroboros?
does journey not give enough to buy all of them?
sheriff is easier to get
elite patrol, never theere when you need them
I dont think so i get 350 each and i do the math 34 , and we have only 8 journeys
i got both in the same run lucky Rng i suppose and i seen just there u right
last mission of journey 7 gives 200 and all journey 8 missions give 320 (except the last one which gives 335)
Hmm so only from journey, lets hope its enough im on 4 now
The season Scouts also give you some
Don’t know how much but it’s another source
doing all the journey missions 3-8 gives 7575, all modifiers costs 7500 so its enough off just journey @jolly kettle
Thanks
Sup, i'm new here (SHD lvl 185)
Should i concentrate on getting all blueprints first or level up my watch to 1000? 🤔
why can't you do both?
Because get distracted while clearing the con points 
would anyone happen to know why the named holster from the update notes just doesnt exist ingame?
do both; control points will drop gear, blueprints and give XP.
Mix different activities to get used to them. The watch will sort itself out. Target countdown for gears, priority assignments for season exp etc, and then mis it up with the Journey quests for the rewards and exp.
Basically, do everything, but not just one thing.
also do priority stuff and really stack as many different things as you can.
Oh and don't forgrt to tick this weeks scout stuff off.
you're on----ohhh a shiney light! runs off
HC as in Hardcore? you brave 😹
I would not do that in regards to another highly likely Stretch Goals event end of season
Basically, i just got used to cleaning the map on Ghost Reacon 
Nah, i'm just using some cheesy 271 headshot damage sniper build 
Not even fully optimized because i don't even have the blueprints for that
im so confused
when i see HC i think Hardcore player
you know you're agent goes down without revive = need to start a new agent
Once I unlock the Investor Mask on the season track, does it just go in the general loot pool to farm?
by?
i have %200 for black tusk agiation but cant start a single retallation for them
so question. are the activites supposed to be harder this season?
Eh? You mean save them? I'd not thought of that. Thanks
What activities?
oof, could matchmake?
nah, think the climax mission might be their "challenge"
check #ask-td2-community
well I just spent 30 mins doing the Overgrowth control point at Alert Lvl 2
Yessir, it will give you a massive boost for the Stretch Goals event. Especially for the (new) players who are dying to get their hands on Lexingtons, Turmoils, etc
because I had 6 boss waves back to back
and then 5 waves of mid tier eneemies attack after that was done
then later when doing a resource convoy
a territority control spawned on top of the convoy
I love open world chaos. Give me more 😄
Could be a coincidence, keep doing more things and find out
game can be chaotic af, in all the wrong ways which makes it hella fun.
in the end, the street was linied with bodies and green drops everywhere
it was breathtaking
and this was solo. can't imagine in a group
i hope this never goes away
Now add some Rogue Agents and it's perfect 🥲
don't tease
The main season xp reward is generally only after completing the third scout task each week, so you can do the first two now to save time later once stretch goals are active.
so is lexington dropping in escalation?
lexington is unobtanium at present I believe.
Can also complete journey stages but not actually turn them in until stretch goals, although this will likely limit how many passive modifiers you can unlock
oh yea this has to be seasonal changes
idk i heard someone say lexington is dropping
I think it can drop from Escalations as prototype, apparently. But I'm not 100% sure. Take this with a grain of salt
just had a control point go level 4. never had that happend before
is it just me or are warhounds squishier than before
heroic control points are level 4 tho?
yeah not planning on using prototypes anytime soon only expertise 4
Is Black Tusk Retaliation gain a bit wacky at the moment? Mines been sitting at like 99% for a awhile now and Its just not going any further despite doing Invaded Missions / Killing Black Tusk / Black Tusk bounties / Other faction stuff etc
what I mean is I've never had a control point lvl up past 02
prior to today
i'm playing on Hard world mod if that makes a diff
world difficulty normal level 1, hard level 2, challenging level 3 and heroic level 4. to increase them from 1-3 to 4's you'd ahve to find activites with a red line tying them to the specific control point
Might need you to complete some other faction retaliations before it can activate
Weird as done both an outcast and hyena one since its been sitting at 99% and no movement 🤷♂️
maybe doing a black tusk mission will get it to 100%
Just did Air & Space invaded too xd
Any idea when crossplay is releasing?
this thing just doesnt wanna hit 100% lmaoo
later this year
Thank you!
what mission we think is the best to farm for escalation this week?
Jefferson plaza for me
I love the new black tusk kill squad design
@vague cloud You gotta abandon any other factions retaliation you have active
As in any that have progress on them and are ready to go?
Has the been a change that you can only do the manhunt on 1 character only?
Once I unlock the Investor Mask on the season track, does it just go in the general loot pool to farm?
yeah that would for sure.
Is cross play released yet?
@vague cloud You can only have one factions retaliation active so if you have a timer on one abandon it then do a small BT world activity and itll trigger it
what is the best was to get black tusk agitation?
No later this year
art museum is in escalation with targeted ar loot think Lexington could drop?
@shrewd slate Do their stronghold on heroic itll 100% it
Huh I swear ive had a Outcast one and a hyena one charged at the same time and counting down - ill clear my outcast one and then try doing BT stuff see if that works then
Target loot doesn't currently affect proto drops
ahh good to know
wodner if it can drop tho
daaannnggg they finally fixed the store looks like. i got alllll my purchases XD
Won't you need to kill black tusk enemies to get 100% agitation?
@vague cloud I thought i did too but I had the same issue earlier and thats how I fixed it
And I'm inclined to disbelieve any stories of Lexington dropping until I see video proof
Wack, I'll give it a try, feels like ive tried anything else anyway so worth a shot lmao - appreciate it 🧡
is there a Black Tusk Control Point?
opinions on the new season so far?
needs work, but I like.
Only if you abandon/fail a bt retaliation
not sure what the point is rn ngl they removed raid exclusives made a whole new gear set for "pushing the endgame further" but all the bonuses it gives are disabled in raids and dz and other stuff so its really only useable if free roam
@cedar zephyr The BT retaliation are fine but Im sticking by escalations/prototype gear will turn players away from the game.
sounds quite weird if you ask me, this is the prototype set ive been hearing about right?
I completed 3 journey and only got 650 to buy 2 modifiers , i thought 3?
By the heavens above I’ve been blessed with max rolls on my prototype AR
Hell Ive done 6 runs of T0-4 and haven't gotten a single piece
and then they replaced raid excluvies with proto caches which gives 2 cores (you can just delete 2 proto peices to get) which you cant even use proto gear in raids LOL
yeah
The augment is for grenades tho which sucks balls
Log off and on and check again, might be a visual bug
Reroll it
Yo please don’t do this shit
They did it to me
😂
Thought I got lucky, lex with full max rolls, turned out only the dth was increased
Upgrading to prototype is at expertise 30 or was it lowered?
Ok im never getting it then
This new prototype gear looks to be absolutely nutty
loot drops regardless of expertise level, just crafting requires it
i got ouroborus blueprint but i dont see it
are you looking in smgs or exotics
exotics
You’re done
Man id rather have to fully optimize rather than get it to expertise 30
Crafting table > Bottom right > Exotics
check if you can reroll the stats at workbench, if you can, congratualtions, if you can't, you don't have.
I doubt I'll get 4 pc striker and equalizer with good rolls anytime soon
It only maxed DTTOOC
that is the point; if we could get everything day 3, what would be the value?>
how you do that?
Random drops from escalation are exp 30 regardless of your own expertise level though, might not look it when you pick them up but check again once they're in your inventory
Might go for a assault rifle to replace elmos for a while
go to workbench, select the weapon, check if you can reroll it; blueprints will unlock being able to add an exotic to change it's stats.
I rerolled the investor ~30 times and only got 3/4 once 😔
I’m gonna get my equalizer to expertise 30 then drop another core. Ts better be a max rolls 💔
The chance is minimal at best, 2 stats are like 5%, 3 even lower
anyone gotten black tusk retaliations to work?
It is 50/50 chance. Either you get it or you don’t 😭✌️
Gambler mindset
I gambled everything on a full red investor and didnt get it 
that's the chase, I guess.
also odds are they'll change distributions or how the stats are worked out later in the season, Massive like to fiddle with such things.
Can always do another incursion anyway
so, how do i open up my retaliation for matchmaking?
I prototyped the gear and it rerolled my stat ?!?!?
visual bug, relog
I’m hearing this a lot 😭
Yeah it happens every time you upgrade something to proto I believe
wdym. it is a bug that happens when you upgrade
yeah, it's new, everyone is figuring out how it all works, what makes sense to do, how to approach it, etc..
ts crazy twin aha fr no cap 🥀
I heard after you re-roll protoype you have to log out and back in to see the real stats
BTSU9 spawns under the map, teams spends 6 minutes looking how tf do we go down since sewer icons dont show up
i open an interactive map and vioala, there are none.....OInly by ubisoft
yeah theres a visual bug rn that makes it look like its rerolled your stats for some reason
how did you start a black tusk retaliation? I cant get it to 100%
yeah i heard that after you prototype an item you need to log out and back in for it to update due to a visual bug rn
Now I need to run incursion on a new character 😭
So dont get excited if its GOD rolled that will change too.....After you log in and out
diabolical bait making ppl think they got crazy lucky and it just isnt real
Yep
was a rikers one, the elite team at least can show up anywhere in any ret
idk about the norm bt one if they can invade, doubt tho
they can? damn thats good to know
yeh, supposedly its a rare invasion but they attacked twice in a row within 5 min, they got stuck and we had to leave tho
so i got the eagle bearer from the retaliation but cant get the reconfigure its over
I'me bored so I'ma ask a useless question to pass the time.
Which rogue agent can yall personaly relate yo the most?
So you have the crafting blueprint and miss the reconfiguration blueprint?
i can craft it from the retaliation stuff but do not have the reconfiguration thing
How is this season? Haven’t played it yet
So like I said, you have the crafting bp, alright. Did you craft one already?
yes
Looks complicated
Did you check Inaya for available blueprints?
yup , nothing there
Restart your game and check again
How so
Anybody else getting placed in red bar servers. On pc and ps it says I’m in Europe
ok restarting worked ty
best way to agitate BT retal?
the gun had swap speed as a third stat 😭
invaded missions give a lot it seems on heroic at least
Same as any other Retal lol
Latency when selecting on a controller, even on exit even after reboot. Cannot get out of full window unless alt delete.
Anyone know if shop issue already fixed?
i kannt get my bt agetation above 99 do i need to abandon the others for that?
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/bug-reporter/
Report it there, if it already exists, upvote
how long did it took you?
to get it to 99?
How do you actually get prototype cores from escalation
what do u mean
I can’t rely on incursion since matchmaking isn’t reliable
new gear system and the seasonal modifier looks weird
Hi chat i recently came back to the game. Where can i find proper cool builds to get back on track?
#td2-build-advice pins
My current build is absolutely useless meme
i think you gotta destroy prototype gear
Yup, got to get lucky with proto drops and dismantle them
Jesus Christ
Can i only have 1 type of retaliation ready? Im 300% hyena, so i cant have black tusk for example?
I’ll just wait till Tuesday for reset at that point
no, you can have as many as you want
im having the same problem
Thank u kindly, i assume „where to loot” will also be there?
Last time i played d2 was 4 years ago so iam going in blind
Is the new dlc necessary for endgame or is it fluff?
extra stuff, no dlc is necessary
@oblique peak seems you were spot on, did the outcast one then killed 1 BT guy and it activated the retaliation
I got the NYC one but i heard the latest dlc was awful
Thank u kindly 🙂
i think hostile forces are retaliating
it's only been said 500x in the last 2 minutes
Who's retaliating?
i did one escalation and did not get protogear. refund
Prototype gear i see
For prototypes are Lexingtons a certain triple god roll? Because I upgraded mine and got the triple god roll
hostile forces
Forget it, damn visual bugs
When does an item become eligible for prototype?
is the vindicator bp just from completing BT retaliations or does it have to be from kill squads
Not to worry, I have 9 other Lexingtons in storage waiting
When you reach expertise 30 on it
kill squad
guys, I am almost expertise 12, hype! (I am so going to be grinding this out when they put me in a wooden box and into the ground).
Ahh i see, Thats gonna be awhile
ah damn
can you skip the concluding timer or do you have to wait out the whole thing
Wait
Smart thing to do is go collect loot
pick up as much as humanely possible if you are not exp 30. all of it. even the shit gear. convert to expertise by donating.
I was on normal bc I forgot to put my difficulty up when trying to trigger it so there wasnt anything worth looting
Can you get reconfigure blueprints from crafted retaliation items now?
isac is constantly spamming hostile forces are retaliating. every 2 seconds. anyone know of a fix apart from the obvious to complete the retaliation?
im in countdown and its just spammed 😭
does relogging/restarting not work
are you level 30 expertise? if not, it was absolutely worth grabbing everything to junk into exp progress.
most loot on normal is purple, you cant donate purples
gonna make coffee and see if it's gone
anyone have issue with when upgrade proto weapon, i upgrade to 3 max stats and somehow stats changed to one max instead after
it's ragebait by ubisoft
Relog
it's a bug, relog. again, day one, stuff like this is gonna happen.
There is a visual bug
Best way to increase expertise?
tried to restart game one time the damage still seems like 3 max stats just stats shows on gear still messed up
Search your question here in discord, it's been answered a million times
Ight bet
Play with gear that you haven't hit Expertise 10 with. Select target loot for sets that you still haven't completed. Use resources to level stuff.
No cuz sniper turret
1-30 Expertise is not a fast grind.
This by doing black tusk retaliations
Gotta make it reliable some how 🤣
man i hecking love skill builds i would so totally use this!
love the 'outside of retal area' bug that kicks u back to the safe house even though u running the path of the gps line. smh
anyone else steam downloading extrremely slow
Bruh it is not a bug, you get a big fat message with a countdown warning you lol
shh, i'd say let them believe it's a bug and use the bug reporter to report it 😹
What's going on, lmao
new friday the 13th?
or maybe extended April Fool's day?
April 1st was yesterday 🥲
any idea when crossplay comes this month?
At some point this year, not month
Oh shit okay well guess I gotta haunt someone. But how to scare someone?....hmmmmm
The division resurgence
I mean, maybe, but I doubt
Did I do it? Did I scare INF with the fear of people talking about resurgence in td2 chat?
🥱
nah, probably threw you on ignore 😹
I just don’t wanna have to switch build lol
got new contracts, agent!
There is no "this month" it might not even be this season. It's just coming somewhere this year
well, that's the answer. run countdown with brands/gearsets you're not proficient in and donate those or retaliations if you prefer that. will take you time with weapons as you can't specific which weapon models to drop
also loot everything (that isn't purple) and donate
If you don't want to switch builds this is the method I would use: Target farm sets/brands/guns that you need. How often are you really using your secondary? Equip something that you need to level you don't even have to use it. Donate everything to expertise that you aren't using. Start shopping vendors for Named items, donate those. Build up resources and chip away at stuff.
Run six pieces of the same gear set, run 2x 3pcs of the same brand sets, run skills you normally don't use, you can go all crazy in challenging Countdown
Yep.
who even cares about pve bro
And remember, Expertise was put into the game to be 'the' grind. It isn't going to happen in a week or two.
what are the manhunt scout answers?
It took me two full seasons to get expertise to 30.
And 7-8 of those levels was through the last expertise event that increased progress...was a few weeks ago.
i imagine it also utilize the expertise and proficiency events?
grind just started for you lol now you have to actually apply it to your gear pieces
Bank the hell out of resources especially filiament, do not use filament until the event.
Okay
also little secret
I have been leveling my stuff to 18-20 this entire time, I have a bank of 700 exotic components I'm fine.
<-semi glad i did the watch mule bit 😹
if you own the deluxe pack or wtv it is you can deconstruct the exotics it gives you when you make a new character
that's dirty 😹
so its 2 exotics every 30 seconds. 4 if its during the event
why not 3 or 6? 🤔
i thought it was 6 or 7 last time i checked
Nod, honestly I'm taking a break right now till Prototype is fixed.
2 exotics because it gives you two weapons. 4 because its doubled from the expertise surge
idek what a prototype is lmao i just pvp
psh u wouldnt even proc my unbreakable lil bro just keep it pushing
It won't matter for you then, since its normalized in PvP. I'm curious how well that has been working out. Prototype gear is basically for lack of a better term a new tier of gear: More damage/Stats/Augment abilities.
is it just me or the patch notes still haven't been posted yet?
Actually, don't vent, just be constructive as they'll at least listen then,
don't ping the devs and don't self promote it's not that hard to read the rules
get him drib!
@elfin hazel Is a mod, they are linking to Ubisoft, they don't work for Ubisoft, that isn't self promotion.
This is really funny to scroll back on, so dedicated to PvP they gotta do it in any text channel too lmao
which escalation best to farm prototype gear ? anyone know lol
Man, where is rivs when we need her
any really at this point
one mission that has alot of bosses
Same as any other: Go for efficient runs, it depends on you and your build.
wondering which one people are farming most of the time so easier and faster to get group
pvp players are scary
pvp are for scary people
that's just a larper
how do you even matchmake for tiers
i tried matchmaking for a tier 2 and it put me in a t0 and i lost the tokens anyway
twisted freakin psychopaths
You know the LA part of 'larp' stands for 'live action', like IRL lol
They really aren't, most are chill. They enjoy a game mode that I don't, but they aren't trying to be so toxic.
I'm PvP and PvE. Perfect balance how it should be ⚖️
i think u cannot matchmake for tier
you can
i love to larp im larping rn
but the host has to then choose the mission difficulty
the developer said the matchmaking will be too wide if they put it into tier
then i just lost tokens for literally no reason wtf
so i am not sure how the tier matchmaking loot gonna work
ITS IN- its in the game rn
What is a Castle Mission?
amazing Delta-3 right as a Tier10 escalation about to finish.... fantastic
Anyone else not able to get in game? My whole group got kicked and we cant log back on
you guys saw nothing 🤫
server said 5 hours for the restart lol
yeah that mustve been game wide
hit me near the end of one too
Lol
yea just got deltad as well
i mean everyone is pve its just that if u frequently play conflict and dz u think i think u are the joker and we live in a society
as per usual goobisoft cant handle the Massive swag (pun intended)
hey drib, qq, can I dm you about something quite important?
i frequently do dz (pve) :(
yeah
yeah
great way to farm xp
time to not play the game for like 3 weeks while this all gets fixed before its all stable and playable again 🙄
Cannot log back either
for the underlying issues with prototype you might need to wait longer tho
looks like waiting until 4 weeks before end of season it is again
I'm in.
Rogue agent deceased nicely done
If your issues is the bugs I think it will be handled in a week or two. If its balance...yah its probably going to be a season if we are lucky.
its not being able to recal core attributes
thus far prototype feels completely not worthwhile 🤷♂️
Yah that is balance related, that will likely be a season if we are lucky.
it is, and stocking up on dz mats for the dz exclusives too
plus doing loops for chests has a decent chance of being really rewarding for exotic components
you should be able to recal core attributes, some gear come with fixed core attributes
i hear land mark farming is a great way to get a recalibration or optimization material
ngl i havent payed attention to those
"Hello, 911, I'd like to report a murder". lol.
but i have noticed that im overflowing on them quite a bit
yeah its pretty decent tbh + quite a bit of ecredits/field recon
and its very often you get an entire zone to yourself so you can grind in peace with no worries of pvpers
yeah, can recal core, attribute or talent but nothing else after that
the way i kinda just stopped opening proficiency caches
then you ask us where your purchased cache went?
I think I lost a few dozens on the ground at this point 
i open some to make room of course
I wish we could just auto deconstruct it. Set a specific cache to just give materials.
expertise caches are such a waste of inventory space
i mean like the leveling up caches you get
so proto gear is only earned from raid or escaltion correct?
You can upgrade into it if you have an Exp 30 item.
protocores are raid/incursion. gear is escalation missions
If you are looking for a natural drop, its escalation only.
The only mode you can find a natural piece of Prototype gear is Escalation.
Which by all math is the legit worst way to find a piece of prototype gear.
The Prototype system as it currently stands is designed around deconstructing the random piece of garbage you get in Escalation and/or farming cores elsewhere. Then upgrading a piece of gear to Exp 30 and YOLOing with a core.
#ask-td2-community message
i think this should be pinned in this discord some place so we can point people to it concerning prototype
thanks @merry sphinx assuming you're the redditor here 😹
It was never about the item, but the material from deconstructing it. I'm not gonna get a unchangeable random gun x random attribute x random talent x random augment and use it, hell no.
Trying to 'farm' a natural prototype drop in Escalation is addict levels of gambling.
Well, in that case don't even drop gear, just drop cores only.
they have to drop in the first place
frothing at mouth you don't say
Any ideas on whats coming as surprise in season events ?
They don't, Prototype gear could 100% exist without a single piece of prototype gear dropping naturally. It could just be components.
if we knew, it wouldn't be a surprise
The issue is they want to have an illusion of you could get this amazing piece of prototype gear to drop in Escalation. The problem is the chances are so small that it doesn't actually exist. THE way to get prototype gear is expertise something to 30 and core it into Prototype.
We’ll have more to share later in the season, including a special spring event, so stay tuned.
They teased it in the dev stream.
I know but, i hope everyone has a brain and can use it to speculate.. for me i think crossplay may be the surprise
i doubt crossplay
With Prototype gear the 'goal' was to make people excited about drops again. In practice its just scrapped immediately for the material and you are back to the same ole game.
Target loot, Recalibration, and Optimization will 'fix' it. That is a long long ways a way and to be honest they know better.
Yes but same old mission feel fresher, cause more challenging
I don't have a problem with Escalation as a mode.
its not more challenging its just number go up
I have a problem with their design philosophy around escalation and the entire prototype system.
i was expecting escalation to be tiered above legendary
One of the largest complaints that 'newer' players have with Division 2 is it feels like it is bullet sponge and enemies do to much damage which neuters the build they are wanting to run. Escalation took that concern and dialed it to legit 10.
i very quickly started to compare escalation to havoc from darktide, they generally attempt to fill the same niche but fall into very similar pitfalls, outside of rewards (polar opposites)
I don't think it is bullet sponge and I don't think mobs do too much damage, but that is primarily because I play in the Heoric/Legendary sphere.
also legendary enemies have different behavior, meaning that escalation should all in all be easier because its just heroic with bigger numbers
i mean they literally both have "mutators" and 2 of them are nearly identical across both
i unfortunately got booted before i could complete a t1 escalation so i'm back to t0 😹
doesnt matter when they clap youyr cheeks with 1 look without even shooting
The issue is Escalation just takes that and says mobs have more health/armor, do more damage, and you get to deal with mod's that ruin the flow of the game. It will be balanced eventually, I know it will. I just don't understand how they didn't forsee this at all.
they react very slow compare to legendary enemies, harsly an issue unless unc reaction time
but yeah their number goes up, number go up wow
bruh, what do u do once they surround u????? ur not killing 800% armor in seconds that needs a whole ass tank to kill
Guys I cleared three prop broadcasts next to each other and now the mouth from the south is yelling from all three. xD
they both have obtuse entry systems that drive players away (token system, and 40 ranks with deranking on a loss)
they both offer nothing really new in terms of gameplay other than mutators that dont do much but cause frustration, everything else is the same stuff youve been playing with massive stat inflation
Throughout the PTS people swore this would not happen and I just don't know what games they have been playing. Wait till you get into higher tiers, people aren't even going to start it if you aren't playing a meta build.
they arent gonna surround you they dont play as agressive as legendary enemies shouldnt be an issue
ok dad
legendary enemies touch me in places i dont want them to
i hate them so much
aka, proper prototype meta build 😹
Anyone elses BT activities not going towards the black tusk agitation bar?
Hey I don't make the rules!
they want to hug, all of them, even the big dude with the minigun, they rush up and want to cuddle on the sofa and be all cuddly and meanwhile I am dyyyyyying.
AAAAHHH WE'RE BACK TO DERANK META SELECTION
that was my concern with prototype. people will use that as a bar to run things in groups. Challenging countdown? oh you don't have prototype meta build boots
i go to a therapist because of them
Is it safe to buy season pass bundle yet
what even would be the "meta prototype build"
would people just grind strikers or something
I’m already running a full prototype strikers 😭✌️
damn and i havent gotten a single drop yet
The really cool part about this, and I know some will disagree with it is the following: What is going to happen is X players are going to play this season. They are going to farm the crap out of Prototype gear. This system is going to stick around, it will be altered to reduce the grind. What the end result is going to be is after a season of this you are going to have a large active portion of the playerbase Prototyped out. New players or returning players are going to come in. They are going to get spam kicked and say screw it.
Just do the incursion, takes like 15 minutes and you get 2 prototype cores
they dont do anything for me yet
Do it on all your agents and get 8
Oh
my therapist has alreadt asked what is expertise.
Good day to be a solo player
I cry.
why not delete 3 agents. recreate them and run it 3 more times for more cores? 🤔
Newer and returning players aren't going to be open to running Escalation solo.
I can’t be assed bro 😭
you done it 4 times. why not 7+ more? 😹
The larger the barrier to entry into 'endgame' the less newer and returning players are going to pick up the game. That is not healthy for the game. Division 2 has been exceptionally new player friendly for a long time in terms of getting into the game and being able to do the content.
I hope they don’t balance future content with prototype gear in mind
i kid @mint aspen i don't blame you for not wanting to go this route. i wouldn't myself either 😹
i imagine it's coming 😹 then there'll be more outrage
Of course they will, it is a gear reset. Eventually prototype gear will be outside of escalation, but the expectation is if you aren't Prototype you aren't playing.
didnt seem like from what they said on stream
they don't have to say it. can just balance based on that honestly and hope we player don't notice it 😹
this always happens
both ways, if you make a hard mode the players will be balanced with it in mind
if you buff up the relative max power, the enemies will be balanced with it in mind
this like
any game ever
Then to satiate us they release prototype+ gear 😭
prototype SSSSS 😹
Prototype pro max
I don't know why people think Division 2 is going to be so vastly different in terms of power creep and game design.
We would like to present classified expertise 2.0
so striker 6 piece to gain stacks 😹
well proto items you get already have 30% expertise by default
And again, no one is remotely going to get gear that way.
i just did earlier today
You did, which piece?!
doing tier 1 with a group of randoms
What did you pull?
😭 those stats
Wow, what build are you using it for?
First time in history seeing the vindicator outside the stash btw
i like rifles, i dont like 30 round rifles
not using in any specific build so far
more focused on farming other stuff
just was trying the game mode
Oh, so you didn't get gear that way.
Meaning, you didn't get an item you are going to use...which was my point.
i did get gear
that lack of respawn on escalating is so lame
Bird forgot to put it back on stash after cleaning it's dust.
No one is saying you aren't going to get gear.
you just did
Gear you are using man, come on.
you aren't but also are, shrodinger's gear.
Go get me a Prototype Striker piece natural.
sorry if didnt drop everything to make a new build at first second
Lord.
most of my builds are silly stuff i like
New incursion can’t come soon enough
It's like you completed side stepped the entire conversation. Which is fine, whatever.
or central park?
and outside of targeted loot, how often is that (striker) going to drop elsewhere? come on man, day one. If it rained gear people would whinge after a week.
That too. I have high hopes for Central Park especially after division one. However, if they feature black tusk in any way I think the DLC is dead for me.
i'm not in the mood of "i like bread" to turn into "you hate pancakes then"
I am looking forward to Central Park, there is a lot they could do.
can dz proficiency caches give dz exclusives
one thing they gave us "there's more to see" sort of hint after the announcement. so i'll hope it's going to be a fairly big area
yes and conflict caches
Has anyone found a piece of natural gear that they would use in their current build?
dope cuz they drop like candy if youre alone
just keep popping rogue then do a rogue action, pick lock, hack, etc and wait 1m and get like 1/3rd of a level for doing jack
lol no
You basically just drop prototype gear to dismantle it
Yah, I know..
Because that is the most efficient way to do this, that is my entire point...
cores.
Prototype core - lets you turn any item into a prototype item (except exotics) assuming its expertise 30
No one is playing Escalation to try and get loot, they are doing it for cores.
That is a vast design problem.
It demonstrates your entire system is flawed.
(except exotics)for now. sounds like they want to implement prototyped exotics down the line
what is the new armor for protos? I thought I saw on stream it may have been 268,000 or something?
who's entire system? players? mods? devs?
noone is doing much of anything that's showering anything given it's like day one/ two of the update.
The most optimal path should not be: Target farm find a piece of gear outside of Escalation, optimize it, recalibrate it, now go find a random core off some random piece of gear and roll the lottery. That is horrible design.
day 1
I'm tired, boss.
255k. It can roll 1.5x the original stat
sounds like you need some Hyena spice 😹
We should WANT to play escalation because the risk/reward is good. People are saying nah, just go do incursion and delete/boost characters for random cores. That is not ideal.
ItS TIme tO LeVEl Up!
The development team.
The math is the math. You aren't running Escalation for the random prototype drop, you aren't. You might be running it to get a drop so you can get a core, but you aren't trying to get a piece of Prototype gear to use. That is a horrible problem.
Anyone know all the weapons that have perfect sadist on them?
#td2-build-advice pins doesn't show?
players are like electricity. path of least resistance :3
Do you think if I asked really nicely Massive would give me like 999 materials caches, or no?
Hold on let me check
Yet, here we are, some how not learning from the mistakes that were made in Division 2's past.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Just saw it, the pinned sheets are gonna help bigtime cheers mate
Yeah but it’s just way more efficient. Prototype gear has abysmal rates. Or you can just spend 15mins doing incursion and get 2 prototype gear of your choosing
(as said. least resistance)
I don’t disagree
also whats this about "of your choosing" 
Calling it way more efficient is such a understatement. I really don't think people are grasping the RNG.
They give you 2 cores. You can choose what item to prototype with them
you upgrade gear/weapons to level 30 then you prototype it
you can upgrade regular gear to proto if you have expertise 30
thats why they cut the cost of doing that in terms of mat
not reaching 30
you get cores. they don't exactle translate to gear of your choosing for everyone. majority are not at exp30
but isnt that also massive rng too. given that its only guaranteed max stat, rest are rng and you cant even recal
Yeah there’s still big rng with how it will roll
oh got the ravenous blueprint
so not of your choosing
guess thats oficially all exotics then
ravenous my beloved 🙏
it will be guaranteed to be better than your godroll non proto
it's a shame isn't it 😹
I said you can prototype items of your choosing not choosing how they roll
welcome to division lottery 😹
Farm a piece of gear that you want. Max the stats how you want it. Get the talent how you want it. Get the item to 30 expertise. This will take time and a ton of mats. Once you do that, go find a prototype core. Upgrade your gear to Prototype. Congratulations you just saved yourself probably 1000 hours of farming Escalation trying to find the piece of gear you just made way easier.
the gear IS of your choosing. and the stats.
anyway dont they have plans to introduce recal, opti and targeted loot for proto gear?
they are looking at the daily mission rotation loot pool.
mb it was just recal and target
The sheer RNG in this system compared to not even engaging with it is hilarious.
"Additions planned for the future:
Daily targeted loot in Escalation
Prototype Gear recalibration or equivalent"
recal. they didn't say opti. target loot i believe is in their heads of "should we or shouldn't we?"
mentioned some form of recal, and they said on stream they wished to have implanted daily targetted but couldnt in time
more improvements are coming, so I'm not stressed.
Which is honestly bullshit.
don't forget the 50 max materials to reroll the lottery augment on your pieces 😹
The RNG is disastrous if you farm it through escalations. I sure as hell ain’t running that 😭
i feel like the challenge of escalations is kinda fun enough to grind them as of right now
i call lies 😹
Matter of fact I’d rather do an iron horse on all my characters
Can someone help I just bought the original classified assignments and it’s not letting me interact with the cases with the backpack trophies. Says interaction restricted for some reason .
Yes, they are
same. i likely wont be chasing after proto in any significant capacity until the recal implementation. both because i wanna wait and because im too busy irl ;-;
currenetly it starts at 2
yes, but after waht 3 or 4 it's at 50?
anyways do the proto items drop from like random enemies or completion?
dunno at this moment
Yep. Adding increased rewards to Incursion/Raids is what makes this more hilarious to me. Escalation is now worth even LESS.
random enemies
enemies i think t1 has a chance
so potentially there is an efficient way of farming it
every enemy has a chance, every tier increases it
Random enemies. Got a drop of a hyena rusher earlier.
in groups should be better because more enemies by encounter
yeah
Tell them the percentage chance...
💀
Lol.
nah, you can 😹
we don't have those. and it doesn't matter. as long as it drops pretty consistently (and it does) it's ok
doing 100m in escalation is kinda crazy
Streets are saying it’s 0.2% - 1.5% based on your tier but I can’t verify this info
100 meters?
i assume millions
100 million dmg
IF your entire purpose out of the prototype system is to get cores. Is that your purpose?
all i am saying don't q for it if you aren't ready
my purpose is to play new content and get the new stuff
pounds chest and coughs up a lung i'm ready for it
all it takes is like 3 hours to get a decent striker set
careful trying to enjoy a game and even playing it right now appears to be a dangerous opinion
can't enjoy it when the game keeps stealing my keys
The outrage is ridiculous and silly tbh
what keys?
yeah man i'm so over the gamer dooming. can't enjoy things. asked for more challenge for years, now we got it. still bad
I trade you your keys, you trade me expertise levels.
This isn't debatable ya'll. Trying to get the gear you want out of Escalation is horrible, to the point that I don't think you grasp. It just isn't happening. Prototype Cores + 30 Expertise Item is the path, the hilarious part is running Escalation to even get the cores is the most inefficient path.
the tokens to get into escalations if you matchmake sometimes you lose all your tokens
That is a problem.
it's like the entire remaining 2026 doesn't exist and no updates would be forthcoming and it's all just endless suffering.
Wonderful, I'm so happy to hear about that. It shouldn't have launched like this.
No, it shouldn't, but it did, so here we are.
Chance is high you dont get anything at all too, unlike countdown for example which drops a fair bit of loot for its difficulty
i've already gotten like 4 prototypes and i've been farming t3 and t4
Been doing 4 and 5 and got nothing
friend got 2 from 1 esc
Do you know how many Incursions you could have done by now for 100% cores?
the "it's so over / we're so back" ride is so exhausting
oh no i have to actually grind what will i do
we don't want to do incursion. we want to do new shit. can you not get it?
Depending on how tenacious you are as many as you want
same people crying about the $50 bp
You aren't grinding.
I just joined up to test it I really dont care about prototype
you literally are grinding. this is a loot chase. man's never played a lootershooter / arpg
Anyone having the issue with Black Tusk Retaliation you're at like 99% and it won't give you one? Am I missing something
you don't have to use proto lil fella
Man, I love when people walk into a conversation that was happening and don't remotely know what the conversation was.
we can read
Prototype stat increase and gear isn't what this was about.
sorry i am busy grinding so i don't pay much attention
Cool, what are you grinding?
We don’t have to use prototype until you have to
prototype
Awesome, what are you looking for and what are you playing?
because i enjoy playing the game and want to see what i can get
defending prototype gear must be fun
you are not grinding, go to incursion man! run it 7 times!
that has been my entire morning of people rolling into chat with endless hot takes, haha, oh man the update needs some work, I doubt anyone really questions that.
I'm sorry, that isn't what I asked, what are you looking for and what are you playing? You aren't looking for any gear in this looter shooter? You aren't playing a game mode?
sure is more fun than whining about having something to chase
So go forth?
Evidently yes it needs work I just really dislike the notion that the whole system is a scam and escalation is too hard and journey 8 is impossible and blah blah
holy shit im almost capped on DZ resource
Fuh…. Went all the way up to rat queen within 18 mins solo and died 😭
i think some of ya'll don't know how to have fun
Is that the one with the raid and incursion req
maybe been jobless a little too long
change is hard, takes time to adapt, learn, etc. meanwhile the sky is falling because not perfect enough day one.
And legendaries yes
i think bar is just bad at showing how close you actually are, i just kept doing stuff and then it filled
Not perfect but I'm confident they will work to iron it out
The game has been going in a great direction for quite some time