td2-general-chat

[sullen viper]

bro we talked about this in here when it was on the pts

[kind veldt]

And i said probably the same thing, you only have 5 legendary missions, would make things even more repetitive

[vital cave]

You seen the damage and health buffs the enemies get?

[kind veldt]

Heck some people hate legendary because its just skill spam

[azure galleon]

I'd also hate legendary if you put me on a skill spam build lol

[soft basin]

wish you could recalibrate attributes on the investor tbh, so many times I've had almost the perfect roll and then one random filler roll I cant get rid of without sacrificing the other 3 good rolls

[cloud agate]

where to report in discord for bug? enabling and disenabling modifiers the daily project can't be completed, killing elites black tusk and name black tusk doesn't register. please help

[remote lynx]

I haven't updated the game for a while now. How's the visual upgrade?

[vital cave]

You just made me realize I lost my investor yesterday

[brazen elm]

if my math is right the chance for getting all rolls in one color is 0.4%

[vital cave]

God dam

[brazen elm]

Although it might be off

[grim charm]

Projects tend to bug out when you have any retaliations "saved up". You can work around it by doing or abandoning the retals, not exactly an elegant solution, but the only one I know of

[exotic halo]

what is up with the server nowadays on div 2

[kind veldt]

europe was having issues earlier today

[sour shale]

Anyone else having issues with BT Retal? Meter stuck at 100 but not triggering the retal.

[soft basin]

you can only have one faction's retal active at once. if you dont have any active, just try doing regular BT activities and it should trigger (atleast thats what works for me)

[grim charm]

make sure you don't have any other retaliation saved up, or it won't work

[sour shale]

Thank you, this is helpful! I have one Hyena. Bummer, we can't have several at the same time 🙁

[grim charm]

I hope it's an oversight and not by design, it's pretty weird

[cloud agate]

thanks

[sour shale]

Oh man, I forgot we can abandon retal. Wasted bounty 🙁

[exotic halo]

I am trying to buy but ubisoft servers be bugging

[keen lily]

My gear isn't fully optimized anymore while doing raid? lolll

[grim charm]

Prototype gear gets downgraded if I understand correctly, but normal gear shouldn't lose any optimizations

[keen lily]

My gear is still normal, not proto'd

[grim charm]

No idea then sry, never heard anything like that

[grim charm]

check #td2-raid-discussions seems to be a visual bug only, for what it's worth

Man this release is quite janky 😬

[sour void]

More than usual too.

[keen lily]

Can you change the Augment on a prototyped gear?

[fathom willow]

u can put dtoc on an ouroboros right.

[keen lily]

Yes

[soft basin]

yeah

[keen lily]

How do i do that?

[fathom willow]

okay thank u i just needed to hear someone tell me

[soft basin]

in the protolab menu (same place as library, tinkering and expertise)

you have to open the protolab on its own the first time before you can just press whatever your tinkering button is on a piece of gear (atleast thats how it was for me)

[keen lily]

Got it, thanks 👍

[rose skiff]

What’s the best way to get black tusk retaliation

[vital cave]

Kill black tusk do there mission open world activities

[kind veldt]

i mostly do bounties or their missions

[vital cave]

Forgot to mention bounties

[tough citrus]

how many bounties do you usually have to do?

[kind veldt]

depends on the difficulty, 3-4 heroic ones should do it

[tough citrus]

oof u used to do a mission and get a full meter bar 🙁 ive done manning zoo twice to get it once kinda lame now lol

[vital cave]

What I remember accidentally dismantling my investor mask now it’s in my storage

[edgy fable]

That is for strongholds and is still the case

[wild hearth]

what is the point of new gearset, cause i dont get how it works

[edgy fable]

"Jack of all trades, master of none"

[shy warren]

Did they make enemies in retaliation even more bullet spongey? I am hitting for 1.4 million damage a bullet and yet it's taking forever to kill enemies. Is this a bug or a feature?

[lunar hare]

do Tidal Basin

[soft basin]

do we know if the veteran skins for the lexington will ever be obtainable again?

[hybrid ore]

Fun fact, that's only half the quote, and it means not quite what most people assume.

[edgy fable]

Doesn't look like it

[wild hearth]

but how does it work

[hybrid ore]

"Jack of all trades, master of none, is oftentimes better, than a master of one."

[vital cave]

Buffs your core attributes

[edgy fable]

The talent description tells you. Idk how else to explain it

[vital cave]

By 40% with chest piece talent gives additional 35% buff so 75%

[wild hearth]

i didnt exactly understood the description

[edgy fable]

Well, half the quote is perfectly fitting for the new set tho. Unless someone proves me wrong 😄

[vital cave]

Works nicely as well been using it all day

[wild hearth]

is It worth to bother or scrap it

[edgy fable]

It's a cool way to create hybrid builds

[wild hearth]

aka rainbow builds?

[frozen meadow]

Guh

[edgy fable]

Kind of but not really rainbow

[wild hearth]

what differs hybrid and rainbow though

[frozen meadow]

Wuh guh

@hybrid ore what have I missed the last 3 ish months

[hybrid ore]

Zombies showed up briefly, but Yannick denied them existing.

[edgy fable]

Hybrid is a mix of different cores to combine several benefits of otherwise clean builds

[hybrid ore]

Local has fully converted tot he church of the Mortar.

[edgy fable]

If you say "rainbow" it means one item has red, blue, yellow cores/attributes in it

[hybrid ore]

As a professional rainbow enjoyer: I can say that the term is less than accurate.
there aren't nearly enough colours in div2 to make a proper rainbow.

[rocky gull]

where i can report bugs? killing black tusk named and elite do not count for daily, same with killing any black tusk or finishing their mission/activities do not count for retailiation

[hybrid ore]

@rocky gull #news-and-announcements message

[grim charm]

Projects bug out like that when you have a retaliation "saved up", only known workaround right now (afaik) is to finish or abandon the retal unfortunately

[frozen meadow]

I meant content wise

[delicate rose]

btsu team 9 warhound being called griefer is too accurate

[dusty walrus]

Playing whole day ... But not getting single prototype ... Gear ... What's this... This is humiliation at max

For permanent players

[delicate rose]

i got like 2, a secondary shotgun and some knee pads

[soft basin]

the drop chance is so insanely low even at esc10 rn but they're working on improving the obtainments I think

[dusty walrus]

RNG at max ... F.....

[delicate rose]

i got mine in escalation 3 and 2

[dusty walrus]

I also got yesterday... But today ... They brought big hammer ..,... With

[hybrid ore]

Oh, well we're getting crossplay some time this year, you can matchmake for Retaliations now, uh what else. Oh yeah, new Icursion, and a new DLC this year too.

I've probably forgotten some stuff.

[unique bramble]

Bro, did they deactivate matchmaking during incursion phases?

[tough citrus]

1 time on heroic? that would be cool if so

[frozen meadow]

Holy shit

What's retaliations

[delicate rose]

also was wondering why every heroic mission i got was jefferson plaza then i realized it was escalation

[hybrid ore]

Sort of control point rushes, that let you pick your own TL.

[frozen meadow]

Oh those things

[hybrid ore]

they're hectic and very heavily timed.

[dusty walrus]

Players one by one including leader are going offline and coming back online .... Devs need to work this before everyone go offline permanent

[frozen meadow]

Sorry I've been soooo busy lately @-@ I just noticed resurgence is out so I'm back here rn lol

[unique bramble]

And retaliation is not for the weak

[delicate rose]

real

[dusty walrus]

Even in important times when Boss fight going on

[delicate rose]

i should probably lower the difficulty but i’ve been playing on challenging for so long now

[unique bramble]

For me heroic retal all the way, 1886 HH at it's finest

[obsidian atlas]

surely i hope that by the time the new dlc comes out there is A WAY to derive story from the previous manhunts

[brave idol]

Retaliations feel harder for sure. I used to solo heroic but matchmaking for black tusk ones

Much faster and successful

[frozen meadow]

Got it

[vital cave]

Retal with matchmaking is fun

[frozen meadow]

God I feel so out of touch 😭

I don't know who any of you are 😭 where's my besties

[kind veldt]

nah the kids must be wrong

[frozen meadow]

HI BESTIE

[vital cave]

I don’t even know you stranger

[dusty walrus]

Atleast those who are playing more than level 5 escalation... Exotic drop must be for sure .... Soo much bullets they are ..... Pls be kind to permanent players

[sharp dawn]

anyone know a good way to farm BTSU firmware

[vital cave]

Journey missions

[blazing citrus]

2 retaliation runs, 2 black tusk kill squads. not bad runs. got blacklisters and tinkerers mask blueprints

and some interesting comms. something about an esports gamer

[sharp dawn]

is that the only way?

[frozen meadow]

I know

[vital cave]

I think so

[frozen meadow]

All you need to know is I have 3500 hours and 1000+ raid clears

[vital cave]

Cool

[kind veldt]

thikn it's journey and scouts that are giving them

[grim charm]

Yea scout missions also give BTSU

[blazing citrus]

hours arent really an indicator of skill

nor is shd at this point

[frozen meadow]

Rude 😞 I used to have a sub-10 DH run

[exotic halo]

Wow I love getting disconnected from a escalation

[sharp dawn]

what if im done the scout mission, am I just locked out of getting the rest of the event stuff?

[frozen meadow]

What's escalation

[grim charm]

it's like a raid, but hard

[blazing citrus]

new endgame gamemode

[frozen meadow]

Wild

[grim charm]

(it's just buffed up numbers)

[frozen meadow]

Been waiting for this game to be difficult

[fast bough]

Anyone know what the optimal farm is for escalation, as in tier. Running it solo

[lunar hare]

a red enemy has the same health as two or three or more named enemies combined at Tier 10

[keen lily]

Do Augments stack? Like same augment on different gear piece?

[edgy fable]

What??? 😂 😂

[frozen meadow]

Hell yeah

I'm gonna try it out next week if I get some free time from school

[grim charm]

That was my failed attempt at a joke, I don't think there's much to it except bigger numbers 😬

[dusty walrus]

If we are getting so low drop rate at the beginning of update in blue gears drop , than nobody should get it early in future updates 😕😞😕😲😕😞

[proud locust]

Jesus Christ, I just stumble, a freaking crack pot conspiracy in one of the classified assignments the new one and again another unknown person whose echo has been scrapped

[lunar hare]

what is blue gears 😔 🤣 😆 😂 😆 🤣 🥴 😩 😩 🥴 😩 😆 🤣

[blazing citrus]

from what i know

escalation is a series of rotating missions that change daily (?). you can gamble your tokens to unlock higher tiers, clear it and you get more tokens, fail and lose them. they range from t0 to t10. t0 is free to play from a token pov

[proud locust]

The exact same scrap, echo identification, that keener used to hide his identity in the first game

[dusty walrus]

Nowadays everyone including those whose who just started division 2 game .... Are match making for purple gear mod

[proud locust]

An agent said max- and then gunfire and the agent is dead

[dusty walrus]

Mean to say purple gears

[kind veldt]

weekly i think it shows rotating in 2d and couple of h

[proud locust]

Guess I’ll never know who this undefine person is

[blazing citrus]

ah okok

[frozen meadow]

I'm excited to play again

[dusty walrus]

Getting purple 💜 gears are not everyone cup of cake

[kind veldt]

gotta get that purple stuff

[unique bramble]

With colorblind activated the proto gear is green 😁

[blazing citrus]

just be sure to keep in mind that proto gear is looking to be painful to grind.

[frozen meadow]

What's that

[dusty walrus]

Those who not visited Dark zone for years ........ They are visiting again because because of this purple gear 💜

[agile kettle]

I could matchmake tier4 but after failing tier4 escalation, I can’t matchmake tier4, only until tier2, is it intended?

I don’t understand escalation matchmaking system, what’s that?

[unique bramble]

No they are not, it has no effect on the DZ and doesn't drop on it.

[kind veldt]

gear that have a secondary talent called augments that can stack with eachother and roll with stats over the cap

[frozen meadow]

Is it op

[kind veldt]

a bit

but so rare it's rare to say

[frozen meadow]

Game ruined

[drowsy pewter]

I finished doing Iron Horse and i didn't got my prototype cache..normal diff

[kind veldt]

no targetted loot and it can be any piece

[lunar hare]

a standard strikers setup full proto is 1mil without stacks

[frozen meadow]

Day and life ruined

[blazing citrus]

prototype gear is a new higher rarity. can be a highend prototype or gearset prototype. weapon or armor. when at max they have 1.5x the current max stat and augments. but they're rare, their rolls are random and cannot be optimized or recalibrated

[frozen meadow]

Oh ok

[unique bramble]

So is MSV's boss company

[kind veldt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/489834801700929536/1489352031230758952/image.png?ex=69d214eb&is=69d0c36b&hm=c91e3e55cfde4f938a3ae62ead6c9eeb43312ca7d9948335dd60a419d9a0e419&

[dusty walrus]

I agree... But ... Going there and opening chest can give you exotic components for free ... That too direct in your inventory

[frozen meadow]

Anyways I gotta get back to work

[kind veldt]

the game turning into far for components instead of gear just kills me internally

[unique bramble]

Well it's not exactly free since you and me are paying PlayStation Plus for it but yeah

[frozen meadow]

What's bittersweet

[blazing citrus]

but based on the trello board they intend to add gear target rotation and recalibration at a later date

[kind veldt]

exotic rifle that heals people and gets free headshots, clunky

i expect for each tier to get increased drop rates again

[keen lily]

Do Augments stack? Like same augment on different gear piece?

[kind veldt]

yeah

[zenith urchin]

bad

[keen lily]

Thanks ❤️

[kind veldt]

so you can augment stacks the crazy stuff by rerolling

which is meant to be their grind

but considering just getting one is a grind

it just make things clunky

[dusty walrus]

Devs should increase the amount of purple drops ... Everyone playing that only

[keen lily]

Is it random if you reroll a prototyped gear?

[frozen meadow]

So doctor home

[kind veldt]

worse doctor home i would even say

getting headshots gives you stack, something an ally heals them using the stacks, do that with full stacks you get a short buff that all shots are headshots

it can loop itself but it's a classic M1A so rof is low

if you dont have an ally just shoot an skill

it was released last season when we had NPC companions

[oblique peak]

@keen lily you cant reroll prototype

[frozen meadow]

Doctor home bug still exists or did they patch it

[kind veldt]

think it got fixed since i dont even remember what was the bug

[blazing citrus]

yet

[keen lily]

I mean the Augment

[kind veldt]

*you can the augment

[frozen meadow]

Where you could basically heal like 110% of your health and anyone nearbys health

[keen lily]

Can i pick every augment when i reroll it or is it random?

[frozen meadow]

Remember my all blue FI build

What are augments

[keen lily]

Like talents on chest/backpack gear but then on prototype

[unique bramble]

Honestly I think you should read the patch notes at this point

[limber estuary]

Shd farm time

[kind veldt]

think it's random but i dont remember what they said on the last stream

[frozen meadow]

Which patch notes

I haven't been on since like January and that was just to do the season manhumt

[kind veldt]

#news-and-announcements message

manhunt started this week

last month was anniversary event

[frozen meadow]

What was that

Did I miss anything important

[unique bramble]

It was a season but not quite to celebrate the 10 years of the franchise.

[frozen meadow]

Got it

[real moat]

hey guys, anyone going countdown? i need to drop the overdogs gloves but no luck, i apologize if this is wrong channel for it

[edgy fable]

Countdown has matchmaking, but you can try in #lfg-pc

[real moat]

im dumb i forgot about matchmaking, sorry xd

still new to td2

[robust locust]

So does anyone know what obj 2 suppressing hostile activiy nearby navy plaza, I have no hostile around it

[kind veldt]

can do open world stuff

i did 2 bounties and one other thing

[mossy imp]

Hello! I joined hoping someone can help me get the quickstep pistol

On PC

[fallow idol]

#lfg-pc

[edgy fable]

Find someone with a Houndsman bounty they can share with you. Ask here in your platform's LFG channel, join the GCROCK discord or the Division 2 Community discord to LFG there.

[mossy imp]

Thanks

[warm bronze]

BT kills not registering on the daily? Just me or known issue?

[sacred spruce]

does anyone know how quantum works

[fast dew]

can anybody help get the quickstep on PS my name is AverageSlayer

[violet plover]

I think you can reset control points, and take it back

[stark plover]

Are the devs aware the visual update ruined controller aiming? Shields have way slower look sensitivity and a giant stick deadzone now. So does getting into a tall piece of cover. It's been about a month since the visual update, and they don't even seem to know about it. It's not even on their Trello board of known issues

[drowsy pewter]

finished dark hours and i got a proto cache
then iron horse and i didn't received my proto component cache, is that a known bug? or i can just do 1

[wanton mesa]

What’s the best place to farm right now for the new gear sets? Thank you

[edgy fable]

Should be per raid AFAIK

[native pendant]

I am having the same issue.

[drowsy pewter]

Odd, i didn't got it when i finished Iron Horse rn, and it bummed me, since it took us 2 hours 😭 😭

[edgy fable]

Read the patch notes again, I'm almost certain it's 2 per raid and 2 from the incursion. If you come to the same conclusion report this via their new bug reporter platform

[fossil dirge]

cant fast travel anywhere. anyone else having this issue ?

[kind veldt]

are you in combat?

[tough citrus]

can u do black tusk escalations? i havent tried yet

[kind veldt]

did you do the raid this week before the patch?

[kind veldt]

their retaliations work like any other

[strange raven]

can anyone help me with getting the tinkerer ?

[tough citrus]

the escelation missions not retaliations

[brave idol]

There is one

[drowsy pewter]

I did dark hours last night, then did iron horse this morning, was there another patch?

[brave idol]

Conley island

[kind veldt]

they reset tuesday i think so it you did after the reset but before the patch i dont think they are giving you the caches

[strange raven]

can anyone help me with getting the tinkerer ?

[kind veldt]

yeah sorry brain fried i think you need to do regular version, but there are missions this week that have BT as main factions

[drowsy pewter]

Hmm,,welp, time to wait, ty

[kind veldt]

You need to do potomac manhunt, #lfg-pc if you are looking for people

[strange raven]

ok ty

[lethal moon]

As much as I enjoy the new overclocking mechanic... it seems rather limited that you can't load up more then one faction.

[tough citrus]

\no worries i think its easier to do those missions and run retaliations after if u do them enough so win win

[proud locust]

Another decent comms

[lethal moon]

There are over 100 of them. Expect them after the retaliations for awhile

Unless you did Descent weekly.

[native pendant]

Anyone find out if there is a fix for the daily project not working?

[zenith urchin]

first black tusk retal done

[tulip ledge]

Ive been told im doing master missions at too low a shd lvl? What shd lvl should I be?

[sterile cedar]

Need a competent build more so than SHD. Aka Strikers

[limber estuary]

i do them anyway

i am only lvl 70

[sterile cedar]

That just means you’re missing some stats from the watch. Nbd

[tulip ledge]

Okay cool. I thought I was doing something wrong by doing them.

[small plume]

Ngl, that new The Equalizer chestpiece kinda rocks.

[thin stag]

Do you get the benefits of prototype gear in escalation only?

[lethal moon]

I believe most content will get the benefits. The only ones where the benefits are turned off and it essentially becomes a glorified god roll high end piece are Raids, Incursions, and Conflict.

[native pendant]

I use it with an Ongoing Directive set with Carnage and Scorpio

[small plume]

It's just me or the Orbit is overrated af?

[lethal moon]

A fellow OD Carnage enjoyer?

[native pendant]

Oh hell yeah.

[lethal moon]

I enjoy my LMGs. Been using it since the change to the current form of OD.

[mossy imp]

I'm a bit confused about saving named items and weapons vs using them for my library. I have this feeling like I should keep one of every named item but that's probably dumb

[native pendant]

I do that.

[mossy imp]

But I could use some of the stats on them in my library

Guess I can try to pick the best of each named item and use the spares. But then I'm afraid I won't save the right one. I have anxiety so I'm always like "what if I make the wrong decision"

[lethal moon]

Depends on if you wanna try farming for another copy of it in retaliations or countdown.

Because the only reason to keep them is expertise exp. Once you get it to level 10, you can get the blueprints for the named items through retaliation.

[mossy imp]

The game is pretty overwhelming so I don't really have plans to work on other builds besides my Striker, but that could change, who knows

I tried retaliation a couple times and it didn't go well.

The time is so short

[zenith urchin]

my favorite is big al striker

having so much ramping damage is fun

[lethal moon]

Big Al does put in the work. I use Tipping Scales with it.

[native pendant]

Its a good one

[mossy imp]

I've been using St Elmo

And exodus gloves

[lethal moon]

The only time I change off the Tipping Scales is in Countdown where I take on the support character with True Patriot.

[lethal moon]

Exodus works well as a "get out of jail free" card once a fight, maybe twice depending on how long the fight goes.

But it isn't as good for damage output as, say, overdogs.

[mossy imp]

I got my build from a YouTube video

[rain breach]

are prototype gear in the game now? and how do i farm it please?

[mossy imp]

I was feeling very lost in terms of build til I started working on this

I don't have overdogs yet

Heard of it but didn't look into how to get it

[lethal moon]

It is. They come from either:
-Upgrading your expertise 30 gear, or
-getting them from Escalation missions.

[lunar hare]

play Escalation

[lethal moon]

Though it seems the drop rate is... rather stingy.

[rain breach]

thanks folks

[small plume]

What's the best talent for AK-M?

Although I should just have the Lexington at this point....

[lethal moon]

The AK-M... that is certainly a weapon I've not seen often.

[small plume]

What's the best talent for Lexington (when I get one) and AK-M?

[lethal moon]

Depends on your build. What you run?

[small plume]

It's just a non-optimized high-end trash.

I already have a Shield Splinterer in a Striker build, which I mostly don't use it as well.

[lethal moon]

Usually damage talents are the way to go.

[small plume]

So... almost any?

[lethal moon]

I mean pretty much. Maybe lean more towards ones that fit your playstyle.

[small plume]

The thing is that I don't wanna pick Optimized on every weapon I use, I'm trying to set things differently.

[lethal moon]

Like for example there's the one where you do amplified damage to bleeding targets for an Ongoing Directive build.

[small plume]

I have a M4 to optimize and a few other guns.

I'm just setting random shit, Idk.

[lethal moon]

Until you get a good build that usually will do just fine.

[surreal cedar]

Hello! Does anyone know if Investor is added to cache/mask loot pool after i get it from season pass?

[oblique peak]

@lunar hare Yeah just dont if you want to actually continue to like the game

[lethal moon]

Sad but true

Course then again when the mode is meant to appeal to the top 1 to .1% of the games population, that tends to be the majoritys response.

[hollow cedar]

Tipping scales with tinkerer mask gr9 with frenzy for main and gr9 with measured for secondary, is the way to go

[ocean hemlock]

Im glad I got division 2 while it was on discount ngl

now im addicted

[hollow cedar]

Only wish they'd have let prototype gear cook a little longer before releasing it

[lethal moon]

I think most (if not all) players have that sentiment.

The silver lining of prototype is that it is optional for most content.

[raven latch]

i got the blueprint and i would never do that bruh

[opal wadi]

why tf was a btsu team in my hyena retal

[lethal moon]

Because BTSU Team 9.

[opal wadi]

i gave up cuz of that stupid immortal rapid fire warhound

[lethal moon]

Seasonal thing. Every Retal has a chance to spawn them.

I mean it's like most kill squads. The fact they're named tends to make it very difficult to take them out unless you have a decent build preped.

[opal wadi]

yeah my strikers build doesnt help cuz for some reason the warhounds sniper fires more than once

[lethal moon]

Any elite/named sniper warhound fires three times in succession.

[opal wadi]

i actually did not know that haha

[lethal moon]

Destroying the weakpoint by the gun up top will stun it, cause it to become disrupted, and gives you a chance to unload into it.

[opal wadi]

thought they only fired once tbf

[lethal moon]

The veteran (purple) ones fire once.

[spare cove]

Also, shooting their legs depletes their health faster than constantly shooting them to break their armor

[lethal moon]

Oh hey it's Hawk. Hey man.

[spare cove]

Hi Raider

[crimson blade]

FYI, Protoype gear doesn't work with Tinkerer mask. I changed 1 of the weapon to Prototype and the talent doesn't work, I tried changing the 2nd weapon also to Prototype... talent still doesn't work. it was a waste of resources.

[lethal moon]

Most enemies in the game (outside of like standard grunt enemies) have weakpoints that you're better off shooting. For sniper warhounds, it's the red bullet loader next to the gun on top of it.

[opal wadi]

cheers normally i just aim from the head ill target the weakpoints from now on

[lethal moon]

Look for red on enemies. Those are usually the weakpoint. If all else fails, then aim for the head.

[hollow solar]

I turned my FAL into a prototype, but I can't use it with the Tinkerer mask.

[raven latch]

it would be too broken

[lethal moon]

What, a broken system? Say it ain't so.

[raven latch]

bruh my game trippin it keeps changing dye color on my vest for no reason xD

[lethal moon]

It simply wants you to become RGB dyed

[raven latch]

i guess so haha but its alright i made a decent outfit with midnight jacket and other stuff looks good imo

[eternal goblet]

Do the chainsaw heavies have weak points? I haven't figured them out yet

[lethal moon]

The Countdown outfit from the season bundle is pretty good.

[lethal moon]

If we're talking about the Underground faction, no.

Both the outcast heavies with sledgehammers and the underground heavies with the chainsaws are just giant tanky platy bois.

[zenith urchin]

armor plates seem to count as weakpoints and tanks have those

[raven latch]

thats why i use the scorpio on them light work mostly

[zenith urchin]

also the underground faction is called ambushers in div 2, they arent the same

[lethal moon]

Ah. Fair enough. Thanks.

[rugged veldt]

I have a question about the black tusk retaliation, do the diamond transceivers drop after this season

Idk if they said anything about that

[wild hearth]

whats good ninja, whats really good

[zenith urchin]

they also seemingly use dc62 for their grenades and melee attacks which is interesting

[wild hearth]

arent the ambushers those crazy folks that run with hoodies, bow, axes and shields made from sewer door plate?

[lethal moon]

I've noticed that. Their grenadiers drop toxin bombs and their rushers use coated knifes.

[lethal moon]

I have had my fair share of scares from the health damage from the poison DOT.

[zenith urchin]

actually im not sure, but i saw the poison dudes being referred to as ambusher kill squads in retals before

[lethal moon]

I think that's the individuals names, and Underground is the "faction".

[whole hull]

@tough citrus Doing good

[wild hearth]

i think ambushers are different than underground

i didnt seen them fighting but ambushers wonder on top of OW, while underground is well....under

[lethal moon]

If they are different, it's hard to tell because the game doesn't say it outright most times unless you get killed and it shows the name of the units that damaged you.

[zenith urchin]

actually ive seen the supposed underground guys ambush me in new york while the supposed ambushers are in dc so... maybe thats just the right way around

[lethal moon]

[zenith urchin]

i dont think its the underground faction either way, or at least not the exact same group as the gamemode, because they attack agents preemptively and also have no hunters among them

[pallid agate]

what is a good way to farm SHD level's?

[wild hearth]

summit, retals, countdowns

CP runs, activities and bounties in short time span

[oblique peak]

Wait wtf is BTSU firmware not shared between characters?

[vital cave]

Basically what assassin said

[lethal moon]

I mean they are linked to seasonal mods.

[oblique peak]

@lethal moon but I did different journey stuff on different characters but now dont have the 1000 in one place to buy the mod I need

[lethal moon]

That might be a bug, or might not be. I think even if all the firmware is gained from challenges, it can't buy all the mods, so might need to wait on the manhunt scouts.

[quick plaza]

is the premium battlepass outfit 1 piece or a seperate mask and outfit?

[azure galleon]

The amount of bugs I've encountered in Retaliations today is.. rough.

• Kill Squads spawning inside closed buildings, stuck behind doors
• Kill Squads spawning >50m outside of the area you can move in, without getting a 30s countdown
• The second/third leader not spawning at all
• An enemy going into a spawn door, that I need to kill to clean the area to start the takeover

I really hope they work out some of those.

I've done ~20 runs solo so far and 8 of them bugged out in some way.

[lethal moon]

They are all seperate pieces.

[solid mortar]

Do you have to use cores to level up arguments?

[jovial monolith]

Please Ubisoft make it possible I can wear a mask to the Aaron Keener outfit 🤌🏻

[quick plaza]

i want them to add a balaclava to docs helmet 😭

[jovial monolith]

Maybe they listen to us lol

[turbid aurora]

I am not getting credit for killing elite black tusk or named black tusk for the daily project. Is that a bug or am i doing something wrong?

I am running the Pentagon missions

[lethal moon]

I think there's a bug with the daily projects.

[smoky orchid]

I think someone said to turn off the global modifier and it will work. Not 100% sure tho

[jovial monolith]

It’s bugged since yesterday

[jovial monolith]

It’s a bug yes

[solid mortar]

New feature** 😭

[turbid aurora]

Ok Thank you guys

[uncut harbor]

I’m not getting credit for true son bounties either I’ve tried from the map and picking them up from Publix executions . Any ideas ?

[smoky orchid]

Try turning off the global modifier

[uncut harbor]

Will do thanks

[opal wadi]

is shroud or mantis better

wait wrong chat

[amber kayak]

if im running countdown purely for expertise donations would it be better to do weapon targeting for named drops, or brand/sets just to get their number up

[frozen meadow]

Up to you tbh

[vital cave]

You could start from gear sets all the way down to named items if you want to

[lethal moon]

Gear and brand sets tend to get done quicker with this method because all of their pieces (except named pieces) all go towards the same expertise pool.

[fresh heron]

The Great Cost Battle: Triple Red Investor vs Triple Max-Stat Prototype

[jovial monolith]

This and it’s for free 😆

[kind veldt]

#lfg-pc

[proud locust]

The black tusk are nasty as hell in retaliation mode

Each leader comes with a squadron of heavies sometimes a squadron of rushers but bro they spam an army of medic commanders, and they all through their medic drone simultaneously as soon as I start opening fire, five freaking medic drone started revitalizing corpses

[smoky orchid]

Emp

[pearl plaza]

they are nasty but especially the team 9 spawns they got me fighting for my life

[smoky orchid]

The only annoying thing about the team 9 for me anyways are the dumb robot dogs lol

[fickle edge]

ND with blue screen ftw

Use emp sticky too

[smoky orchid]

Have a million hp

[pearl plaza]

btw does anyone know if team 9 has a speical loot pool or something?

[proud locust]

I use one of the special tech and straight up, destroy them all

[hybrid ore]

Shoot the top of the legs of the hound, or the treads of the roller tank. They die faster.

You can also shoot the very top of both units, where the light is.

Alternatively: Jammer Pulse works wonders, and can reach both if you are smart with your placement. It'll take off a nice chunk of their HP.

[smoky orchid]

I should try that jammer pulse that would be handy

[hybrid ore]

It's really good against any faction that heavily uses gadgets.

Combo it with the Utility Active Modifier and a lot of cooldown reduction (Offense stat IIRC) to make it go by super quick.

[smoky orchid]

Good idea

[hybrid ore]

I recommend your other gadget being Decoy, it helps re-direct aggro away from you. I usually use Decoy+Banshee Pulse to distract enough that I can get more shots off.

[proud locust]

I used it back then one of my rusher loadout, but I may have to reuse it again given the enemies are heavily gadgets

[hybrid ore]

It's my go-to BT gadget when I can take my time fighting them.

or if they're spread out, since I've pumped expertise in to it and the radius is massive.

[sage thicket]

Ok, Decoy + Banshee Pulse sounds good for BT retaliations.

[hybrid ore]

You can pretty much have that on for most, if your build is just red crit dps stuff.
striker, etc.

[sage thicket]

I've just used the standard shield + hive.

[hybrid ore]

A tier 0 shield isn't doing much for me, and you kinda learn to forget aboutt he Reviver Hive after a while.
there's a lot of tricks with div2's cover system, and how you can work it smartly.

[sage thicket]

Sure, that sounds plausible.

[hybrid ore]

The #1 shortcut for cover in div2 is: use tall cover.
Let's say you have a chest-high wall, and a pillar you can stand up at. Pick the pillar.

[bleak spindle]

i'm just testing out a artillery turret and jammer pulse... which mean i have to be cautious 😅

[hybrid ore]

Skills will naturally take longer to complete stuff, I'd be a little careful with them in Retals if you're still new-ish for them.

whoops wrong person, oh well it's still valid advice.

[proud locust]

Have been using the reviver for safekeeping because since the enemies are rushing and aggravating, I have to crowd control them pretty hard

[sage thicket]

So is it better to run retaliations solo or in a group? Heroic versions that is.

[hybrid ore]

That's what my decoy+banshee pulse are for.
and of course: spawn killing as much as possible. Aim for some of their red pouches to help keep them still.

[hybrid ore]

Group will be faster, and maybe get more spawns, although not sure on that last part.

I prefer solo, but I'm weird.

[proud locust]

You can aggravate the enemy retaliation further

[hybrid ore]

They can stack up to 3 times, yeah.

[jovial garden]

yo is this a bug, i got the overdogs unlocked but the blueprint it unlocked was the blacklisters instead of overdogs

and when i try to check the reconfigure recipe it says it's gonna use overdogs to reconfigure the exotic i do not have

[proud locust]

The tech can be stacked up bonus because of the new season modifiers just like with true sons defectors

[cedar zephyr]

solo retaliations on heroic are quite thrilling tbh

[proud locust]

I need to start killing those team nine squadrons

One of the most toughest kill squad in the game, though something spawn near the control points

[sage thicket]

I figured as much and thought I'd enjoy the group survivability and speed a bit more.

[eternal storm]

how do i use the cloud armor active modifier? online i saw it was T but nothing happens when i click T

[sage thicket]

Especially if I'm not running the hive.

[proud locust]

Each retaliation against black Tusk they drop a new resource called the diamond transponder

[fathom cloak]

I just got a descent comm from a retaliation and I think I can now forgive retaliation for making reclaiming the entire map annoying. lol

[hybrid ore]

Retal also has the benefit of Reconstructed Caches, which give you a named item blueprint.
which include dark zone exclusives.

[velvet yacht]

these prototye fellas arent dropping, my rng is horrid

[edgy fable]

The higher the tier, the higher the drop chances

[fathom cloak]

Yeah, I'm going to start doing them more now. I also like that the game now tells you how many of an item you have and where they are located... the hoarder shaming is real. I have 9 Chill Out masks.

[loud ember]

From ~20 run, done 15 solos without a drop, 5 in a group and got 4 but only in groups, nothing in solo.

[edgy fable]

Before prototype I'd have suggested just to keep one of each with a useful attribute so you can change the core. But now it seems kinda mandatory to have multiple copies of whatever you wanna upgrade to prototype when you start getting bricked ones

[ruby canopy]

do the new global modifiers work in countdown?

[unique bramble]

I got two drops in the first day of the season, after that, 8 runs, something like that, no drops

[hybrid ore]

I think the most prudent thing nowadays is to farm Retal for the Reconstructed Caches, so you can make another if needed.

[limber estuary]

Rng

[unique bramble]

You think I don't know that?, worth mentioning anyways.

[limber estuary]

They why talk about it

[unique bramble]

Because it's worth mentioning

[limber estuary]

It's not

Only 8 runs

[unique bramble]

Ok, whatever man

[limber estuary]

Console players

[vital cave]

What does that supposed to mean?

[eternal storm]

no drops after 8 runs is insanely bad rng

[ocean peak]

Hey some of us are still not getting our cross game rewards what can we do about this

[edgy fable]

Depends on your tier

[raven latch]

this games some joke bruh i do a outcast retal and i got abt 8 flamethrowers on me at once what is that

[unique bramble]

Check your apparel inventory, the rewards sometimes don't let us know with ! Or notifications.

[daring kiln]

Is there a proto gear drop chance table?

[edgy fable]

Simple solution - don't let them even come close :p

[raven latch]

they werent close bruh there was too many from diff angles cooked me alive literally

[ocean peak]

I got it in the mobile but not div 2

[fathom cloak]

Yeah, I'm going to be doing a lot more retal now. Prototypes aren't really in my immediate future either, I didn't bother with incursions in D1 or raids in D2 to date. though I guess I'll have to for the journey now.

As for apparel, check your stash (mailbox/special deliveries) and see if they gave it to you there. I had to manually claim some yesterday

[edgy fable]

The second waves during a Retaliations always have "funny" way. A boss plus one archetype x 5 are spawning. Can be any of a faction. Five heavies with grenade launchers are a little more inconvenient at times so I'll take the flamers any time 😄

[vital cave]

Says something that’s irrelevant to the discussion and leaves cool

[raven latch]

i stood no chance

[limber estuary]

You're not worth talking to

[edgy fable]

You'll learn enemy spawns over time and you'll be able to deal with them better. Experience is worth a lot in this game

[limber estuary]

Sorry I hurt your efeelings

[vital cave]

The console players literally had nothing to do with that btw

[edgy fable]

Bro what's your problem with all the snarky comments?

[hybrid ore]

Okay I don't care where this started, move along.

[raven latch]

i know the spawns its just i never seen that many flamethrowers at once i got cooked alive haha

[limber estuary]

He pinged me for not wanting to talk to him idk what he expected

[raven latch]

plus had no armour kits so it was a ggs

[edgy fable]

Just leave it and relax

[fallen jacinth]

Anyone else had a bug where Manny won't shut up about retaliations in the summit? Didn't even have any stacked up and he gave me the same voice lines on repeat for 3 whole floors

[fathom cloak]

Hopefully that's not the new Kelso in hiding?

[hybrid ore]

"Retaliations had to go, said it was safer for us if they left"

[unique bramble]

Man, imagine you are working on a building in NY then a guy starts calling your phone to say that Washington is being invaded, I would be annoyed too.

[wild hearth]

since when?

[merry sphinx]

Delta'ed at loop 28... Man, I love this game. 😩

[hybrid ore]

Since Retaliations were added.

[dry shadow]

anyone know where i can get overdogs gloves now? looks like th blueprint doesnt drop with hyena retal anymore??

[merry sphinx]

They do.

[wild hearth]

i never got reconstructed cache from retal

[fallen jacinth]

I was doing my best to imitate die hard and Manny kept harshing my mellow yelling that enemies were retaliating, like come on my man chill out

[hybrid ore]

You can use the faction Retal materials to craft them.

[merry sphinx]

Overdogs available as targeted loot as well.

[unique bramble]

That's why I don't play descent anymore 🤡

[hybrid ore]

People really don't like looking at stuff they get from Inaya.

[hybrid ore]

Don't go all loopy on us, now.

[merry sphinx]

I was tempted to get arm patches and stuff while it's Envy and x2 currency.

[wild hearth]

what is a good use of Demolitionist spec?

[hybrid ore]

the Artillery Turret to make local's mortar build.

[unique bramble]

I still waiting the devs to add the blueprint for the damn comfy chair for her

[hybrid ore]

That guy in div1 still needs to see a doctor, so her chair can wait another decade.

[fathom cloak]

my sciatica!

[unique bramble]

Mortar and maybe use the perk that refills your mag when armor breaks.

[edgy fable]

Some support builds for additional DTOC as well

[fathom cloak]

there are so many npc barks in this franchise that can live forever in your head

[wild hearth]

so kinda support gunner

[hybrid ore]

The best thing Demo's spec adds is the ability to terminator through explosions every little bit.

[edgy fable]

Can also use smart cover for even more DTOC

[keen lily]

Retaliation CP's dont give season xp 🙁

[wild hearth]

isnt that also what is done by Sawyer kneepads?

[hybrid ore]

That means you have to use Sawyer's Kneepads though.

and no one wants to use Sawyer's Kneepads.

[edgy fable]

Waste of an exotic slot in a build

[unique bramble]

The ideal is at least one using demo, and one using survivalist for team wide dmg boost.

[hybrid ore]

Sawyer doesn't even want to use her kneepads.
one of them, anyway. 🥁

[wild hearth]

i am using them actually

[hybrid ore]

Did you lose a bet?

[final fossil]

Can someone tell me how to get Keener out of that stupid shack?

[wild hearth]

trying to get matching lengmo on their place though and place overdogs instead

[vital cave]

First time I hear someone using sawyer knee pads

[wild hearth]

no i just thought they are matching generic build idea so i run them

[edgy fable]

Use Fox's Prayer instead

[unique bramble]

Btw I hate the fact that those enemy mortars (red circles on the ground) are not explosions, so neither Sawer kneepads or demolitionist perk will help you

[restive rivet]

there is a Free the division on ps5?

[wild hearth]

i have them but why

[edgy fable]

8% DTOC

[restive rivet]

babag?

[fathom cloak]

it means damage to targets out of cover

[wild hearth]

i know lol

i will test it

[restive rivet]

Babag or Babastetion fave?

[unique bramble]

Are you trolling or what?

[brave idol]

At least you die in the cover

[restive rivet]

aint no way you don't know this "meme"

Ik im gonna quit ts

[fathom cloak]

It may come a surprise, but your memes aren't everyone's memes. the internet is actually pretty huge.

I guess BTSU firmware was the solution to hoarding scouts and journeys stretch goals. lol

[unique bramble]

Weird guy

[restive rivet]

너너로러러러러러대대대대댜어투트커어러ㅐㅇ

[limber estuary]

agreed tommy

[wild hearth]

i must admit that explosion resistance is useful on Tusk/ Leggo missions

[restive rivet]

!youcanaskthefkower

[restive rivet]

AHAHAHHAHAHAGAHAHAHA

[restive rivet]

[limber estuary]

gave you pts for now you can get the d later

[kind veldt]

lets chill a bit

stuff like the last comment will get you banned

[restive rivet]

I was JOKING

[kind veldt]

and i am saying to not joke

[unique bramble]

You should grow up kid

[restive rivet]

anyways I can be more bigger than you

[limber estuary]

gwow up tommy

[wild hearth]

is Royal works going good with LMGs?

[vital cave]

What?

[unique bramble]

I guess he meant the new brand with a crown symbol

[vital cave]

Oh I never paid attention to the new brand set name lol

[vital cave]

I would say there are better options

[edgy fable]

Try #lfg-playstation

[unique bramble]

Neither I, I just tell for what the symbol looks like.

[wild hearth]

i didnt asked if there is smth better but what kind of weapons go along it

[drowsy pewter]

Read about a bug not allowing to progress projects if i have the global modifier active

that may be why when i finished a raid i didnt got my proto cache..
maybe it applies to raids too

[vital cave]

Honestly haven’t tired it yet

What are the bonuses you get from all 3 pieces?

Weapon handling and mag size and crit damage?

[unique bramble]

Yeah, I would say any automatic weapon honestly.

[wild hearth]

what is Journey build cache?

[vital cave]

Same thing here

[unique bramble]

It gives pre set items that completes a build. Local got a few screenshot on #ask-td2-community

[kind veldt]

Gives you a set of items to make a build

More directed

Like a named shotgun with whole hunters fury amd ridgeway

[wild hearth]

ok so i get that Journey hypes some new seasonal builds

[vital cave]

I think I gotten breaking point build from it

[dry shadow]

bes tpalce to get overdogs gloves? I have done 6 heroic heyna retals no luck. Countdown with targeted gloves better?

[ruby canopy]

ok so the ravenous is errmmm awesome....but for a rifle it sure is poor at mid to long range .....cant mod it so there no gear talents that can help with range is there?

@dry shadow yes countdown prob your best bet

[wild hearth]

are overdogs giving less dmg buff than fox prayers?

[vital cave]

Overdogs Amplifies 30% Damage

[unique bramble]

☝️ 🤓 Overdogs Selectively amplifies 30% Damage

[vital cave]

Oh ye my bad

[amber kayak]

I've never actually given overdogs a shot cuz any time run pure red I get my ass beat
I know amplified is multiplicitive with damage, but do different sources of amplified multiply with themselves or are they additive with each other

[jagged canyon]

Wouldn't it be neat if we had classified assignments in lower manhatten and brooklyn

[unique bramble]

If taking dmg is the problem, you also could try Exodus.

[kind veldt]

Multiplicative, thats why people call them amps

[dire flower]

Would be cool if division 2 was open world like resurgence

[amber kayak]

I ran exodus for a while before trying memento+3 blue

[kind veldt]

So striker stacks multiplicates with overdogs

[amber kayak]

But the smoke is sometimes super detrimental to situational awareness and theres plenty of times it just doesnt help

[jagged canyon]

I really just want a good reason to go back to new york or brooklyn other then nostalgia

[grim ember]

I didnt understand the tiers? how do I get the missions?

[dire flower]

My fav combo is striker with overdogs,turmoil and pestilence

[wild hearth]

so foxprayers or overdogs?

[kind veldt]

Overdogs gives you a lot more

Just have to play the talent right

[dire flower]

You gotta kill them before they kill you and play tactical if you keep getting shot

I ran legendary content with all reds "glass cannon" build

[amber kayak]

Yeah that doesnt answer my question though, thats just telling me what I said I know, which is that dmgxamp
I asked is it ampxamp, or amp+amp

[kind veldt]

Amp*amp

[oblique peak]

@kind veldt Big Al Negotiators dilemma and overdogs is my favorite

[kind veldt]

If it was + i would have said added

[wild hearth]

how rare lengmo with double crit gets?

[lunar hare]

? You can reply to messages to keep the conversation going.
I don't know what you're talking about

[wild hearth]

i need double crit Lengmo to give them red cores

[hybrid ore]

Good luck with that one.

[vital cave]

Good luck

[amber kayak]

Yeah but your example was damage(strikers) * amp(overdogs) and not 2 different amps which is why i was confused

[dire flower]

How are yall liking escalation?

[kind veldt]

striker is amp

[wild hearth]

is it that rare?

[cinder nacelle]

Phew finally got my cores from Paradise Lost. That took a few tries. I think I'm gonna upgrade my Equaliser chest piece 'cause it can go in multiple loadouts.

I'm actually glad this update gave me a reason to do it again because it was one and done for me before since I didn't like the gun.

I heard proto guns don't work with Tinkerer so that's a bummer for upgrading those. 😔

[cinder nacelle]

I dig it. It's not the most creative way to add challenge but at least it starts to feel more like a tactical shooter again not just a zergfest where you just blast through everything.

I'm still working my way up though.

[wild hearth]

is there any better talent combo for Tinkerer than Streamline and Killer if it comes to dmg?

[ruby canopy]

@dire flower escalation stole my coins after a delta....havent been back....i was enjoying the climb before that but yeh...no coins ...so meh

[kind veldt]

depends on what you use

sadist + something else is useful if you use OD

[amber kayak]

It never says amp in the description? Is the description just flat out wrong

[vital cave]

Oh yes

[kind veldt]

Welcome to division 2

[vital cave]

Rare as the rare 13%protection from elites

[wild hearth]

i will spam the designed loot then

[wild hearth]

i have few of those

[vital cave]

13%?

[wild hearth]

yup

[vital cave]

How many?

[wild hearth]

guess thats drunkards luck

like 5 or 6 if i recall

[amber kayak]

My experience was always if I peek out of cover at any moment my armor vanishes from the shots id be hit with
Sure I may have the damage to vaporize someone, but I cant be vaporizing 5+ people at once before they start shooting at me in the .3s im peeking
This is also not taking into account the potential lack of ways to restore armor in your kit, or just getting hit with something you couldnt avoid like an enemy instantly nailing you the moment they spawn or an enemy shooting grenades that you cant immediately stop like a tank or warhound

[wild hearth]

full red problems

[amber kayak]

Thats kind of my point

[real jungle]

is there a way to get a second investors mask?

[wild hearth]

i dont get u guys really, u copycat meta builds for streamers that play a long time and having expertise level 30 that gives enough armor even on full red, while you are beginning and squishy, and get problems. Play a long game, start with blue red mix and slowely reduce if u really want to be full red

i played blue striker with preservence guy and on PVE literally nothing could kill me way before shd 1000

[amber kayak]

This is what im doing tho

[wild hearth]

how much armor do u got then?

how many blues?

[amber kayak]

Ive been running 3b/2r/memento strikers for a long time and im rocking 1.7m armor, and its super survivable without sacrificing too much damage

[sage thicket]

Or, hear me out, go straight to the deep end and full red and learn while dying.

[amber kayak]

My issue is that a lot of the builds I can branch out to end up just being "all red or bust" so if I want to use that gearset im just gonna have to put up with those

[willow geode]

You can play full red with SHD 1 just fine. I solo'd legendary Roosevelt at SHD 100.

[tranquil nacelle]

Escal haters here

[wild hearth]

yes u can but sustainment without expertise isnt that good

[willow geode]

Don't need it when everything's dead anyway. The AoK from Gunner is all I need.

[wild hearth]

each for their own, i dont recommend full red early

[feral knoll]

I currently run 2 blues, everything else red with crit. But then I am an LMG enthusiast, so.

Overdogs. Gunner. Bleed. Good times.

[wild hearth]

is little bit of trollololo allowed here?

[weak edge]

is is best to break down exotics or throw them into expertise?

[amber kayak]

Break down

Just level up exotics via usage or donation

You need a bazillion exotics components for expertise and minmaxing exotics

[hoary glade]

Ngl i feel like they should've added the option to

Junk deconstruct proficiency chests

[feral knoll]

Chest has semi-random content, so how do you junk something that doesn't have set contents?

[amber kayak]

Id assume you cant junk them because they are generated upon opening

[hoary glade]

Random weapon alloys 100%

[zenith urchin]

i havent seen a single streamer using an actual meta 6 red core build
and also armor doesnt matter at all on legendary and master because the chunkiest tank builds still die in like 3 seconds instead of 0.5
you gotta learn how to abuse oneshot protection to stay alive

[amber kayak]

one shot protection
The 10 billion sources of fire would like a word

[willow geode]

health gate gives you 2 - 3 sec immunity to all damage, including the fire 🤓

[zenith urchin]

that and also youre warned of and capable of avoiding all of them including outcast special ammo

[amber kayak]

Every time I got hit with fire while being at low armor from trying to deal with the source of the fire has resulted in the one shot protection being eaten and not outlasting the burn

[feral knoll]

Being crit in the head and dropping so fast the game hasn't even registered the hit so the revive hive doesn't trigger, would like a word with you.

[zenith urchin]

when osp is active (edges of your screen arent bloody) not even sniper bosses can oneshot you

[amber kayak]

Revive hive sometimes just not deploying is dope
Ive also had it start to revive, and then just stop, it wasn't destroyed or emp-ed, it just stopped

[tidal lichen]

I’m looking for St. Elmo’s Engine can anyone help me farm it.

[zenith urchin]

target assault rifles and run challenging countdown or retaliation

[amber kayak]

Ideally retaliations imo because true son kill squads can drop the blueprint, so youre working on 2 routes to it at once

[zenith urchin]

also healing doesnt reset osp, getting revived does, so revive builds are great support on legendary while healers are chopped

[ruby canopy]

with ravenous does all the primer shots have to be on same target or can you like pop 4-5 shots on 1 enemy then get the boom boom/bonus armour off the next enemy? im guessing you cant

[oblique peak]

@tidal lichen Set targeted loot to ARs and run retaliations

[feral knoll]

Need to remember I can actually set targeted loot for retal, I keep forgetting.

[zenith urchin]

the stacks are on the target and not you, so yes they all have to be on the same target

[zenith urchin]

for the record i think people can use whatever they want, but in the discussion of meta, tanks and supports are off meta at best and healers are dead in a ditch

[worn scroll]

we can run floor 10 legendary and just farm the boss with targeted loot

[rustic field]

Any news on cross-play?

[zenith urchin]

nope

[rustic field]

😔

[kind veldt]

later this year

#lfg-pc

[ruby canopy]

@true sonnet you need to ask in lfg channels you wont get an answer here

[true sonnet]

oh okay im new here, i guessed general chat would be best to try XD but thanks alot

[dire flower]

I went the entire game full red and did all content, idk why people make this so controversial

[feral knoll]

you can run anything for the story missions, to be fair. That is sort of the point, gives people an opportunity to find a build that fits their style.

Some people like to hang back and clear, others likes to get all up in faction faces.

[dire flower]

I can do both with pestilence

[jagged canyon]

Just a fun little fact. Those IED's that were in TD1 open world actually made an appearence in TD2

See the cleaner IED is used in the paradise lost incursion second encounter. Those barrels of purple flame have the IED's attached to them

[feral knoll]

Pestilence is fun. What if I shoot you, and you not only get a severe case of lead poisoning, but also you've had sudden onset 'the sickness' and now your mate has it as well - oh no.

[hoary glade]

Does killing the bloody houndsman guarantee outfit and backpack drops?

[feral knoll]

currently on a bleed bender, but I want to figure out something for pestilence, given I think it had a tweak recently or something?

[kind veldt]

those were part of his original event, they dont drop currently

[hoary glade]

Dang that sucks

[dire flower]

I doubt anyone wants to waste their bounty

[ruby canopy]

@hoary gladenot full outfit...its backpack ...coat and mask i think

[dire flower]

I fare well against those types in conflict

[hoary glade]

Still drops till now?

It looks cool

[feral knoll]

I don't PVP, because I get flustered too easily when it's other people, so I let those who enjoy it, enjoy it and I run around doing something else.

[jagged canyon]

Flustered is certainly a choice of words

[ruby canopy]

@hoary glade i can only guess as i dont complete my bounty so i can keep farming it but surely those 3 still drop....its the boots..pants and t shirt you cant get

[dire flower]

Glad you have that stance, alot of people who hate pvp wants it removed from any game they play which is crazy when they don't have to queue

[hoary glade]

Same, doing darkzone and someone pulses at me never have i ever ran for full minutes with quickstep

[feral knoll]

it's a game mode, in the game, it has every reason to be there. I can not do a thing, but respect it exists all the same, don't see that as wrong thinking myself. 🙂

[hoary glade]

Ahh so the bounty disappears after you complete it?

[merry sphinx]

Yes.

[merry sphinx]

Yes.

[hoary glade]

With no way to get it back up after?

[merry sphinx]

Yes.

I can start the bounty for you, but you'll have to do it solo, so I don't lose it.

[jagged canyon]

Imagine not having farmed up like 30 copies of that bounty? Nah couldn't be me

[feral knoll]

you can run the bounty, flat line the dogs at the start, then fast travel, which will reset it; killing the target (the houndsman) will automatically end the bounty. So one cannot farm the dude multiple times without using other people's bounties.

[ruby canopy]

@merry sphinx cant they then call for aid after you leave

[merry sphinx]

lmk if you need one while I'm still on it getting Quickstep for the people.

[merry sphinx]

Yeah, but idk if anyone responds.

If you wanna help each other or smth, I can let you in just lmk.

[feral knoll]

I, uh, accidentally cleared it without meaning to; I was hosing a doggo down and the dude charged so I sent them to valhalla and.. sadness. lol. I have the pistol and fashion accessories now tho so..

[ruby canopy]

@merry sphinx i have the bounty and am ps5 anyway but ty

[jagged canyon]

Rip houndsman. Gone to soon

[feral knoll]

bro just liked doggos. poor guy. tiny doggos are cool.

[fallow idol]

The Journey 8 missions are ridiculous…. Do all that for 3 exotic caches?!? LOL

[jagged canyon]

Let's not ignore the fact the guy pulled a hornet and resurrected

[dire flower]

Im saving those for stretch goals

[sullen viper]

the random: lets do the museum mission in brooklyn on level 4 escalation

the amount of enemies that can spawn out of one single door, you woulnt belive it

[merry sphinx]

Pretty easy, given the amount of lfg Discords and channels available in the community.

[jagged canyon]

Just to get put down by the same agent

[feral knoll]

true, but if they all come out of a single spawn closet, does make it easier to lock it down.

[sullen viper]

you know the room with the rocket turret?

[feral knoll]

oh no, okay, I take it back.

[sullen viper]

we were standing at the back right side 50 guys

came out of one door

[jagged canyon]

I wish they did something with new york and brooklyn. Anything at all. So much time into those area's and we just got no reason to go there

[feral knoll]

the clown doors in Div 2 are notorious.

[sullen viper]

but i never saw it like this

and the boss was a pain in the ass

[feral knoll]

makes you wonder what 50+ strapping young men are all doing in a single closet.

Actually no don't answer that.

[sullen viper]

🫃 🫃 🫃

[jagged canyon]

I'm so disappointed

[zenith urchin]

they are waiting patiently to die to the first agent that passes by

[jagged canyon]

Somehow that's worse

[ruby canopy]

this ravenous is annoying me lol....is it generally used as a secondary to take down heavies/bosses etc? i think im playing it wrong.....things die too quick and the weapon handling goes completely when you equip a shield

[jagged canyon]

But it's true. Black tusk mastered the clown door with 30 plus people running out of a single 4x4x4 shipping container

[zenith urchin]

nat flat packs them
they got a former ikea engineer on the job

[zenith urchin]

what difficulty are you playing on

[ruby canopy]

@zenith urchin heroic

[jagged canyon]

Oh no wonder they feel incomplete

[smoky orchid]

On journey 5 I think where you need 2 kills within 1 second of each other apparently killing my own turret and drone counts for that lol

[zenith urchin]

huh, things shouldnt be dying fast enough to prevent you from cashing in ravenous stacks

[ruby canopy]

@zenith urchin its doin 1.5-1.7mill damage out both barrels....things dont last 5 shots (the number i seen that you switch shoulder on) except the big machine gunners and named bosses

[wild hearth]

can i have retals in store only from 1 faction?

[hoary glade]

Does drone also get proficiency damage bonus?

[wild hearth]

you can expertise it yes

[ruby canopy]

@wild hearth you can have 3 stored of each faction at once....it was a bit buggy on release i dunno if its been fixed

[wild hearth]

then its strange because i have 1 red in hyenas im fk around everybody and all the rest are whites

[ruby canopy]

@wild hearth they re full white? if they re full try going anywhere that has them and do a small fight....so if its outcasts...go do an outcast territory or public execution....they often need triggered at 99%

[wild hearth]

they are almost full but still zero and white and dont move

[worldly marsh]

How does one get the seasonal modifiers, i know i need currency but i dont understand how to get em

[ruby canopy]

@wild hearth do what i said above....i had same thing cause i did nothing but retaliations on release day and mines were the same before it dawned on me that i have to go do content related to that faction (that isnt retaliation) to pop the trigger and start the 6 hour countdown

[inner elbow]

complete journey objectives.

[ruby canopy]

@worldly marsh do your journey....1-3 will unlock the 3 main 1s and also give you 3 passives free....from journey 4 on you ll start getting the btsu credits

[feral knoll]

scouts also.

[proud locust]

They did some changes with the descent reward

Anyone that kills the nemesis you don’t get just one comms I now got 4 comms instead

[lime lagoon]

Whomever built escalation is a sadist 3hrs and not even a single drop of prototype

[proud locust]

I’m listening to plenty of available comms and holy shit there’s so much going on.

[kind veldt]

#lfg-pc

[proud locust]

It’s been a while since I hear McManus

[opal marsh]

Not that I disagree that they desperately need to buff the drop rate, but maybe I'm just overly lucky or something
I've been getting an average of 1 proto drop every match on Tier 2-3 lol

Still, only one of those drops was something not completely useless

[sullen viper]

what

[lime lagoon]

It's honestly just pure RNG and it sucks tier 8 only to get a 1% Chance of prototype dropping

[sullen viper]

1 drop every run is crazy

[opal marsh]

Nearly one on average every run
Probably more like 0.7 per run

[sullen viper]

yeah idk i want you luck

we do a mission aka satans behind and get nothing

[feral knoll]

it should improve if the mission daily target rotation is added, which they (devs) are looking at.

[opal marsh]

On the first day of the Anniversary Season, I opened one of the anniversary caches and got a nearly full god rolled Big Al with critical chance lmao

[sullen viper]

it should improve regardless

[feral knoll]

It's the first few days of the new season, so I expected it to be pretty rough.

well yes, obviously.

[opal marsh]

Still shouldn’t released like this, especially with how clearly underbaked it all is

Escalation and proto gear should've been delayed a season imo

[sullen viper]

well the producer of div2 recently left maybe that has some correlation

with the state of the update

[opal marsh]

Nah, former creative director
Hadn’t been Div 2's main one for some time

[sullen viper]

are we talking about the one that went to work on bf6?

[opal marsh]

Yes, Julian

[sullen viper]

ahh ok

best thing to do is give feedback but the pts should have been for that

[frosty wadi]

So like, that “substantially increased” droprate on prototype gear sounds a little unbelievably ngl

[quick plaza]

is 1336m damage dealt in legendary tidal fine as a bulwark build? 🤔

[sullen viper]

0 times 5 is still 0

[opal marsh]

ah, nvm he was producer for the series at the end
Most of the gear and mode stuff like this is done by other members though

[frosty wadi]

Hours of work for a blue core with a yellow attribute

[opal marsh]

It was tripled overall, but still not nearly enough

[sullen viper]

you farming escalation?

its painful

[opal marsh]

The cost to reroll augments is mind-bogglingly overpriced 😩

It should increase by +1 core every time, not double 😓

[sullen viper]

gets a damage only focused gearpiece

the augment: 5% increased status effect damage 💀

[opal marsh]

true lol
and you have to spend hours of grind time to fix it

[zenith urchin]

it actually shouldnt increase at all

[hoary glade]

Im not really an expert in this but what attributes should i aim for in exotic weapons

[sullen viper]

depends on the weapon

[opal marsh]

DTTOoC

[hoary glade]

AR with Dttoc

Lmg with what?
Along with sniper and smg

[opal marsh]

Critical chance imo

[hoary glade]

On sniper?

[opal marsh]

or armor damage

[sullen viper]

headshot

[opal marsh]

DTToC

[opal marsh]

no, that comes inherently

[hoary glade]

Headshot is already a core attribute for SR

[sullen viper]

ahh mb

[zenith urchin]

every gun wants dtoc, except for lmgs, who either want chc or dta

[hoary glade]

How bout lmg and smg?

[hoary glade]

Ohhhh

[opal marsh]

this ^

[hoary glade]

Okay thanks

[zenith urchin]

exotic lmg has mods that give chc -> dta
doesnt -> chc

[hoary glade]

Also if i use turmoil with pestilence will the passive also spread?

[opal marsh]

No

[zenith urchin]

no turmoil only splits the damage

[hoary glade]

Sucks

[opal marsh]

The art team cooked hard with the BTSU Team 9 cosmetics this season

[dry shadow]

where is the best place or way to farm coyote mask

[opal marsh]

Retaliation on heroic with masks as targeted loot

[toxic musk]

This is so true

[lethal moon]

Even though turmoil doesn't really sync much with like Iron Lung, it's still hilarious.

[toxic musk]

I have finally used the Deimos mask, as well

[dry shadow]

wouldnt countdown be better if its just targeted loot pool

[hoary glade]

Nah

[dry shadow]

why

[zenith urchin]

heroic retal is comparatively easier and gives you a better chance of exotic drops

[ruby canopy]

can you not reconfigure the vindicator?

[hoary glade]

Found it the hard way, exotic drop rate is significantly low compared to summit and retaliation

[zenith urchin]

*compared to heroic countdown, challenging countdown just has bad exotic drop rates

[opal marsh]

Heroic retaliation has a guaranteed exotic at the end

[zenith urchin]

that too

[hoary glade]

Also drops from NPCs

[sullen viper]

i got a few exotics at the end of a escalation mission

[opal marsh]

Correct, you cannot

[hoary glade]

Took me 2 retaliations to get overdogs compared to the 50+ countdown matches

[dry shadow]

so heroic retal is the best to get it with targeted lot on masks. any faction in particular?

[ruby canopy]

@opal marsh ok ty was wanting dtooc... i just made it and really like it

[opal marsh]

No, but Hyenas can drop the blueprint iirc

[hoary glade]

You can also do heroic summit

[sullen viper]

you also get mats that you could spend on stuff from retal, countdown on legendary gives you only pain

i mean summit

ohh an countdown they call the heli too early also pain

[hoary glade]

Wasted like 25% of my playtime in countdown and realized i got more exotic drops from retal and summit than countdown

[sullen viper]

also retal now has matchmaking

and you get 90 seconds instead of 30 seconds to get the end loot

[feral knoll]

countdown is useful for expertise grind, retal is defo for gear chase, they fill two niches (imo).

[sullen viper]

but in countdown

you have people that are with additional chromosoms

[feral knoll]

heroic retal is a good time tho, I like it.

[hoary glade]

Anyways you guys think the new gear set considers the tactician's bonus skill core as an attribute?

[feral knoll]

not sure what that means so thankfully I will ignore it.

[sullen viper]

very intelligent people

[hoary glade]

More attribute more skill efficiency apparently, and if you do it with perfect future

[sullen viper]

3min left to call heli, runs over calls it immediatly and we didnt kill the hunters yet

[feral knoll]

eh, I've run dozens of countdown runs; the numbers of sessions where either people don't kill the initial hunters and gain the bonuses, or shoot flare super early is single digit trivial. I guess I don't get triggered super easy..

[sullen viper]

ohh or, goes to vip alone, lets vip die then rejoins group

[sullen viper]

if you encountered some of the people i have in countdown you wouldnt wanna play it again

[feral knoll]

some folks are low level and haven't learned, as apposed to having 'extra chomosomes' or whatever that's supposed to mean.

[hoary glade]

Im ngl i rarely encountered folks like that, in all my time in countdown i counted at least twice

[granite perch]

what's the best bang for buck for you guys, i'm planning on getting a season pass and the bunny outfit but is it worth it to get the season supply drop since it has 5k premium creds as well, any thoughts? im also planning on getting the bug mask as well and i don't want the skins on the pass anyways

[ruby canopy]

@simple dagger ask in lfg playstion

[fallen socket]

is it true that the division 2 will get crossplay?

[wise crane]

welp lesson learned if you die during an escalation mission it spits you back to the beginning 🙂

[lunar hare]

later this year, yes

[fallen socket]

nice! i can finally play with my friends

[hoary glade]

#lfg-pc

[kind veldt]

#lfg-playstation

[fair citrus]

which activity gives the most retal agitation?

[willow geode]

Strongholds

[cobalt dove]

Tier 10 escalation isn’t enough

[fair citrus]

that doesn't sound so fast lol

[frosty wadi]

Escalation isn’t enough in general prototype gear drops are horrendous for stuff that you can’t modify or target farm

[willow geode]

Welll you asked for most

[cobalt dove]

I want a new difficulty called “Evil Mode” and it makes enemies have 2000% hp and damage+resistance ignorance, also it replaces the orange filter with an evil red filter

[fallen socket]

crazy

[cobalt dove]

Actually this is a bit tame for something evil ngl

[feral knoll]

cannot tell if sarcasim

[inner elbow]

Actual evil would be if you deal 100 headshots with Determined you get banned

[kind veldt]

that would be glorious

[willow geode]

I still want Legendary global difficulty

[inner elbow]

And if I was cold blooded I would have banned every Determined player from my group

[inner elbow]

Its not going to happen. If the whole map is just white Tusks it will be super boring

[timid nest]

When is the realism mode coming back to the game?

[willow geode]

Who says it needs to be only WT? Just give the other factions White Tusk AI difficulty

[inner elbow]

How? WT is its own difficulty

[willow geode]

And they use their own AI model

[inner elbow]

Yes.

[kind veldt]

there's a lot there we dont know

so they cant just copy paste they said

[willow geode]

That is true, there's always tweaks that would need to happen. But I'd love if it could happen at some point

I just want something more difficult to do damnit.

[feral knoll]

that isn't a sustainable trajectory, difficulty is also too nebulous a concept, which has different meaning to different people.

[inner elbow]

Skill build, Escalation T6, GWH solo

[kind veldt]

some people hate legendary because for them it's just skill spam

[sharp dawn]

servers down for anyone else?

[limber estuary]

skill builds pewyew

[kind veldt]

playing it right now

[feral knoll]

nope, servers do restart from time to time, relog and you should be fine..

[sharp dawn]

Thanks!

[inner elbow]

Good, they can stay out of it because I hate skill spammers

[kind veldt]

was talking about how enemies just spam explosive drones and GL

[inner elbow]

Oh

[limber estuary]

the realest statement i've seen since coming here

[inner elbow]

If enemies start spamming, you f'ed up

[feral knoll]

drone spammers, tho, am I rite.

[limber estuary]

i am known to take rpg's to the face

[toxic musk]

Evil Team 9 be like: shows up

[feral knoll]

somehow white tusk can deploy drones every .05 seconds

[amber vigil]

Is the daily project bugged? I've done pentagon and darpa, but my elite bluck tusk kills stopped at 15/20. I've been killing more but it's just not counting :S

[inner elbow]

Hot tip: they will deploy their skills if you maintain a direct LoS with them.

[inner elbow]

Abandon any active retaliations

[wraith girder]

we had a retal today where the squad just ambushed us as we exited the safehouse

[amber vigil]

I don't even know if I was on an active retaliation. How do I check that?

[inner elbow]

If youre still in off-site then you can't.

[upper ravine]

Advice for veteran player returning to div2. I stopped playing just before the tower was added where do I begin picking back up? Notice most of my builds I ran earlier in game are obsolete now as well.

[limber estuary]

just use brainless striker or heartbreaker trust

[inner elbow]

Play Countdown. Set Strikers as targeted loot. This should give you a build that can handle most content

[mighty creek]

Ew I stepped on a foam.

GET THIS SHIT OFF ME!!!

[upper ravine]

Also moved from Xbox to PC

[limber estuary]

the sounds from my bedroom when my wife is with her boyfriend

[amber vigil]

I even closed the game and restarted, not counting :S

[mighty creek]

Hold the fk up.

puts on Hazpro build

Ah thats better.

[austere field]

Hating someone for how they play is wild

[limber estuary]

and valid

[austere field]

Not really, it’s a game, why care how someone else plays

[opal marsh]

Why would a teammate “skill spamming” be a bad thing? 😭

[limber estuary]

because i have to see it

[austere field]

Why would a teammate playing the game in any way be bad honestly, as long as you’re not actively cheating and hacking I don’t see a problem with playing the game however you see fit or have fun

[austere field]

Womp womp?

[inner elbow]

I stand by my values. I despise cheese builds

[opal marsh]

Oh nooooooo
A bunch of seeker mines and sticky bombs that do nothing but harm the enemy and help our team! What am I gonna do!

[inner elbow]

Careful there, its a slippery slope.

[austere field]

Oh no, someone else is having fun in a way I don’t approve of

[limber estuary]

might as well say you like to watch

[opal marsh]

If they’re having fun and getting the job done, fine by me

[austere field]

Bro you’re terminally online if you care how someone plays the game and what build they run lmao

[limber estuary]

only i am allowed to have fun

[inner elbow]

They're only allowed to have fun my way

[limber estuary]

or the highway

[inner elbow]

To hell

[limber estuary]

shame it's vote to kick now

[austere field]

Mods turn their balls to tungsten

[inner elbow]

I have no balls

[austere field]

You have eyeballs

[opal marsh]

Mods, make them debrief with Schaeffer

[austere field]

Mods send them to the island

[limber estuary]

skill build more like use a build that requires skill

[inner elbow]

So true

[opal marsh]

Mods, make them use a build with NinjaBike Kneepads

[feral knoll]

haha the funniest thing to me is countdown starting and the first thing I hear is some bro screaming into their mic about mic users who scream.

[austere field]

Mods, remove their tactical assignments blueprints

[limber estuary]

i just started i don't have any bp's

[late lava]

Question: I'm on a hardcore character and i'm just about to start the WoNY expansion. I cannot because the boosting screen is in the way and blocking it. I just finished the last capitolium stronghold and the tidal basin has started. I had the quest for a short while but as i entered the white house it disappeard. Now i can't talk to casey. Any one got an idea?

[limber estuary]

sorry bucko

[opal marsh]

Alrighty, my noodles are ready
Time to drive home bye bye chat :3

[austere field]

I started with the anniversary event and I’ve got plenty, that’s just a skill issue

[inner elbow]

Every time a Determined player is in my group and they're not killing things quickly enough, I just go "hey aimbot, hurry up pls"

[limber estuary]

i don't need bp's

[opal marsh]

I’ve been here since Div 1 👵

[austere field]

You really do

[kind veldt]

i've been here since world in conflict

[undone timber]

The duality of man