td2-general-chat

[arctic stump]

ok I will keep running countdown. thank you

[mystic notch]

They added a new gear rairty too. Prototype

[obsidian atlas]

and that's why we need Manny Ortegaz as the next president of the United States

i expect Division agents to do your part, make the right choice, AND VOTE

[brazen elm]

sorry buddy we only got titanfall's corpse cut in pieces and stuck to apex

[lost ivy]

hi guys is their any tool to check where i can find items or list of items

[fluid meadow]

Spreadsheet in pinned message in #td2-build-advice

[lost ivy]

thanks

[fluid meadow]

What are you exactly looking for btw

[lost ivy]

i am new start playing two days ago so looking for everything

[brazen elm]

Don't worry about that until level 40

[lost ivy]

i just boosted my character i did play back when game launched but i didnt like it

[arctic stump]

oh cool

[sterile spire]

Does anyone know about this? I am unable to log in the lobby, tried restarting multiple times, switched wifi, updated the game still Delta-04, is it their thing forcing me to buy the game or is it something else? Genuinely no idea

[lost ivy]

when every i start the game i get delta one time but after that its fine

[unique bramble]

Maybe you just ran out of hours and can't play the demo anymore.

[sterile spire]

No it shows i have about 1hr 30mins left

[kind veldt]

what region are you on?

[sterile spire]

Asia

[cerulean spear]

Hmm...I can't login on Div2 at the moment. Gettin Delta. /Sweden

[unique bramble]

Okay I got a question that seems stupid for this problem, are your PS4 time and date settings on manual or automatic?.

[sterile spire]

Well i have been getting the Delta-04 for last week and i play at this time, it was fine before that

[sterile spire]

Auto, just checked

[manic eagle]

whats the best key farm now?

[unique bramble]

Then it's not what I thought, sorry.

[kind veldt]

#lfg-playstation

[opal yew]

how long does it usually take Ubisoft to repond to a ticket ? realistically - anyone one know ? ive been waiting for a few days already 🙁

[polar thorn]

Weeks if you're lucky.

[tropic sentinel]

With what issue?

[vague mesa]

is Doctor Home good

[zenith urchin]

no

[kind veldt]

just okay

[vague mesa]

understandable

[lunar notch]

Any exciting escalation targeted loot today?

[dusty walrus]

Unit Alloy

[kind veldt]

check pins

[twilit cipher]

shd 200 striker armor an i die so fast

[brazen elm]

That's the cost of all red. Learn positioning, peeking, and cover to cover

[twilit cipher]

ty i am trying lol

[polar thorn]

be aware of kamikaze mfs

[south topaz]

anybody actually got equalizer and salvo proto from dcd today?

[high imp]

@tender wave all of them and I can't select escalation mod Don't have interaction button in mission option

[rich heart]

Not a single one. In total, ever since escalation came out, I've gotten one single named proto drop.

[vague mesa]

guess I’m really lucky that I got a triple red equalizer from a named cache

[rich heart]

I got a god rolled chest though with max health and weapon handling rolls.

(And glass cannon)

[brazen elm]

it always drops with red core, and iirc minor attributes of the same color as the default have a bigger chance

[vague mesa]

ye, I had farmed one earlier in the day but it was a red blue yellow

then I got a way better one in the named cache so I was like thank god I don’t have to farm another

Now I need a dark winter or a good tac vector

[pulsar path]

So what was the maintenance for?

[tender wave]

#server-status

[pulsar path]

That doesnt tell me what yesterdays maintenance was for

[tender wave]

There was no maintenance yesterday

Might have been a local server thing, just moves you to another server

[pulsar path]

Was there just a reset or something then? Because while I was playing it popped up saying server shutdown in 5 hours or something

[tidal helm]

Is Tinkerer mask is working with Proto with latest fix? mine is still not working

[tender wave]

Yeah that's just your local server, happens quite a lot (especially on xbox for some reason) but will just move you to a different server, the game as a whole doesn't go down

[pulsar path]

Tf its never happened to me before untill yesterday

[kind veldt]

it has existed since game release

it's not an entire game outage, just that specific server you were on

[pulsar path]

Ohh now that makes more sense just that server goes down

[south topaz]

no

[unique bramble]

I got a theory of why tinkerer is not working, prototype is a totally separated rarity from high end so the programmers on MSV probably forgot to add non-named prototype to its requirements to work.

[tender wave]

They claimed they had fixed it in the patch notes recently though

[worn token]

@kind veldt

Another example of the old yes it's Def fixed xD

[mighty creek]

Sup fellas.

[kind veldt]

and?

[rich heart]

I wonder if towards the game's end-of-life, we'll get an exotic that allows to build 2 full gear sets....

[rugged glacier]

should i craft eagle bearer or bighorn i just got both blueprints from retal

[kind veldt]

bighorn is kinda fast and easy to get in summit

eagle bearer is rarer because of the raid and extremely low chances in DZ

both are good weapons overall

[rugged glacier]

does getting the blueprint mean i can farm it in summit now or do i need it to world drop or wherever it comes from (bighorn)

[kind veldt]

no to both weapons since they are special case

big horn is a drop from bosses on legendary

you can just set the summit ot legendary and farm a boss there

easier than doing an entire raid or legendary mission

[brazen elm]

That's way too strong already

[unique bramble]

iirc it has a blueprint from BTSU 9.

[tender wave]

Both weapons reward getting close enough to reliably beam enemies in the head: bighorn gives large damage, EB gives damage reduction.

[kind veldt]

they just got it from retal in case you didnt read

[rugged glacier]

did a tier 3, 1st and 3rd completions dropped the blueprints

[unique bramble]

Sorry, I have ADHD

[heady basin]

bruh does echo even exist? So many prototype cores spent on rerolls and I got nothin

ngl the grind is too much…

[tender wave]

It does, I have 3 parts of my striker build on echo now

[kind veldt]

i have a couple of echoes

prefer paradox

[tender wave]

Although probably only because I was trying to get paradox

[kind veldt]

tho it's starting to annoy me due the reloading cancelling

[tender wave]

Yeah you have to build a habit of double checking if your reload actually happened

[unique bramble]

I got like 20 atomizer pieces already 😭

[heady basin]

I keep getting some bs too, especially the grenade one

[trim coral]

you should be able to craft it, log out/in and you should be able to buy the optimization bp from vendor, worked for my eagle bearer

[unique bramble]

I think that proves that the augments are not equally random echo probably has less chance and atomizer more chance but that is my theory.

[heady basin]

I hit the reroll cap on all my pieces, I think at this point I’m just gonna prototype another piece instead of rerolling

[rugged glacier]

what vendor...?

[trim coral]

next to the crafting table

[rugged glacier]

no items available

[kind veldt]

that just reminds me the conspiracy theory that loot was made to be more rainbow on purpose but plot twist, it was just RNG

[mighty creek]

Im still hurt from yesterday.

500+ exotic comps and still no full red Investor and 10 hours of farming cant find Airaldi backpack with the right attributes. RNG can be merciless sometimes.

[cinder nacelle]

I wanted Echo on my Striker but I've settled for Paradox for now on the proto pieces I have.

Next time Striker is up I can always try to get new pieces rather than spend crazy cores rerolling. Honestly, even getting so many with Paradox is pretty lucky.

[flat forge]

If you have exotics components you can just craft more

[cinder nacelle]

This is what it feels like to me but there is probably some cognitive bias in play. Suddenly everything seems to be rainbow, 'swap speed' or 'otimal range'. 😒

[cinder nacelle]

That "if" is doing a lot of heavy lifting ha ha. The grind for those is truly soul destroying for me.

[wise basalt]

this endgame called delta 3 is amazing, u jump into any mission then it teleports u into the unknown ether.

[flat forge]

I getcha, getting those components even after the reduction from 90 to 45 still feels like a drag

[lapis heath]

Change Delta 3 to Ubi server can't handle load error.

[tender wave]

#td2-general-chat message
I got lucky with this, not perfect but a worthwhile upgrade to my non proto one

[woeful solstice]

server will shutdown ?

[sour void]

Tried to do Tier 3 Bank HQ solo. No PT drops, only regret

Also, is it just me or has the player base for Escalation matchmaking just... died?

[worn token]

Paradox is ass unfortunately, it breaks the rof of most guns, I tried using it but it's actually worse than not having any augment

[flat forge]

wdym it breaks rof

[worn token]

It slows down the rof, it breaks the rof on the gun while the round enters the mag

[flat forge]

hmm didnt feel like that when i had an unwanted paradox on my gear, except during the last few bullets if paradox procc'd when the gun ran out

[loud storm]

Paradox is not bad i think except when last bullet triggers it then gun starts going "prrt...prrrt" at the end wich is kinda annoying cus its messing with the reload and thus dmg being done

Paradox for shotguns is really good cus every pellet can trigger it so i almost always get +-30 shots of with my stack broker wich has 20 rounds base

[solar geyser]

Afternoon Peeps I would like to know what do you think about this?

The ANNA Neural Bridge (SHD 1,000 – 10,000+ Overhaul)

The post-1000 SHD grind needs to be more than a material printer. This concept uses ANNA to turn the watch into a dynamic tactical tool.

LEVEL 1,000+: TACTICAL PROTOCOLS
Unlock a "Class" slot with active buffs:

Aggressor: Damage stacks while out of cover; max stacks reset skill cooldowns.

Ghost: Cover-to-cover moves grant Hazard Protection and reduced threat.

Siphon: Skill kills grant a chance for Hollow Point ammo refills.

Feedback: Automatically shocks enemies who try to EMP or hack your skills.

LEVEL 5,000+: NEURAL RESONANCE
A dedicated sink for high-level veterans:

Brand Sockets: At 5k, 7.5k, and 10k, "socket" a brand bonus into your watch without wearing the gear.

Maintenance: Running these extra bonuses drains SHD points during combat, using your high level as a fuel tank.

Overclocking: Spend points equal to your SHD level to push Protocol caps higher.

SYSTEM HACKING (SCAVENGING 2.0)
Trade excess points for utility:

Directive Override: Spend SHD to mute a Directive's penalty while keeping the XP.

Tech Hijack: Destroyed enemy Warhounds fight for you for 10s.

Over-Optimization: Push gear stats 1% past their usual maximum.

What do you guys think? Do you feel this would help improve the high-level endgame loop

[flat forge]

feel like this is gonna make the game even more easy than it is

[lethal moon]

The power creep would be off the charts with that one.

[timber hatch]

I think this is AI slop, don't substitute your critical thinking with a chat bot

[kind veldt]

it looks rushed and unpolished idea of "grind more levels" when a lot of things were made to decrease the impact SHD levels have in gameplay

[solar geyser]

it is

[midnight epoch]

Out of around 100 protos and 20 rerolls, I have not had echo on even 1 item

[kind veldt]

i do still want a spec rework to make them more class based important, not an infinite grind

[solar geyser]

the watch...

[kind veldt]

just the choices meaningful and the old aspects meant to be important either made actually relevant or removed from it

[solar geyser]

you can do so much with it!! and not only the 3d graphic getting bigger

I like I said I would love to have ANNA

[cinder nacelle]

I still don't really known what the point of ANNA is. Maybe I missed that bit of the story. 😕

[timber hatch]

They just posted a wall of AI slop and don't seem to realize it's completely incoherent

[rugged glacier]

ubi writing

[solar geyser]

ANNA is the rogue version of isac 🙁

[cinder nacelle]

Really? How so? It seems to have had a decent impact for me. Haven't noticed a slow down. It's not double damage but it seems alright. 🤷‍♂️

[cinder nacelle]

She just always seems to be taking utter rubbish so I have mentally tuned her out.

[kind veldt]

it can proc on the last bullet, you start to reload and cancel it to shoot 2 shots ... then it procs again

so you get a weird limbo of firing extra shots cancelling reload and since it's jsut 2 not really a big DPS increase

it works well until you reach 0

[cinder nacelle]

Oh I see. That sucks but otherwise I think it works alright. Compared to all the other augments, I don't know what else one could put on a red damage build for more damage (besides echo of course).

[solar geyser]

the hole idea was to expand the watch and try to tie the stuff with the lore.

[unique bramble]

basically: ISAC is the dumb version of ANNA and the SHD basically chose ISAC before the outbreak instead of ANNA.

[exotic halo]

Is servers down?

[solar geyser]

you must be fun at parties mate

[opal marsh]

Constant Delta 3s the past week

[timber hatch]

Do you think what you copy/pasted makes any sense?

[kind veldt]

try verifying files oddly enough a lot of people have come out with some corrupted files

some have gotten better results after reinstalling EAC

[opal marsh]

Stellar work Massive 😒

[exotic halo]

Waiting for another company to buy the whole Division IP off Ubisoft

[solar geyser]

Dude relax, it was a quick idea based on the lore and the watch. if it didn't make sense to you fair enough. you good?

[timber hatch]

When you read it, does it make coherent sense to you?

[kind veldt]

chill

[sour void]

ANNA's subsystems has already been integrated into ISAC, so I don't see how this would make sense lorewise.

[rugged glacier]

am i not allowed to use st elmos engine in pvp

[sour void]

Gameplay wise:

• "Over-Optimization" is just Prototype Gear.
• How are you going to hack a destroyed warhound?
• Directive Override already exists. It's called "Ctrl + F + U" to the host.

[solar geyser]

i meant to expand the watch like modules or addons for the peeps that are shd 2k+ but using anna and instead of orange can be red or something

[sour void]

As much as you are allowed to use Artilery Turrets.

[rugged glacier]

I just got called a ch *** eating p**** for using it

[torpid stump]

thats normal

[rugged glacier]

im only 580 shd and he was 769

[torpid stump]

your just better

[rugged glacier]

my build is top tier garbage though if i put it in a channel with media perms u would crucify me

[sour void]

Then you're doing something right.

[torpid stump]

like fr keep going champ

[rugged glacier]

Is the ballastic shield in pvp troll

I just sat on annoying head angles and peaked with it and he died every time

[sour void]

Uhhh, no. That's a dartboard.

[unique bramble]

It's a cardboard shield

[sour void]

It's not effective enough to be a troll; it's literally throwing

[unique bramble]

It was during WONY era, dmg multiplier to shield wasn't a thing.

[rugged glacier]

so what you're saying is im just better

[sour void]

Not even a skill tier 6 Shield can stand up to 8x DMG mult

[torpid stump]

yes and people are just mad in pvp all the time

[sour void]

Even then would you sacrifice an assault rifle for better protection?

[north trench]

I love my guaranteed Delta every time I log in

[unique bramble]

Regulus was a thing, still kind is, but you got my point.

[kind veldt]

well bulwark shield has way more health than crusader

[sour void]

Sure, but it still wouldn't last long in a 2v1

[tame tangle]

how can I farm sakura keys?

[flat forge]

It’s very effective

[delicate rose]

killing kitsunes

[tame tangle]

yes, but how can I make them spawn faster?

[flat forge]

left hand peek on the side of wall

[delicate rose]

u can’t

they patched it already

[tender wave]

Collecting the lanterns gives extra killsquad spawns

[tame tangle]

does the difficult affect the drop chance for them?

[regal brook]

What´s the best Non-Exotic shotgun on the game?? Top 3 is also accepted as I might not have the best yet . New player lvl40, so I'm figuring out what to delete and what to target

[delicate rose]

that’s what that does?

[midnight epoch]

PvE: ACS-12 (Named Variants are solid, “Rock N Roll”, “Lefty”, “Stack Broker”)
PvP: Boomstick

[tame tangle]

When u get all 40 u get a cosmetic too

[delicate rose]

🤔

[tame tangle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/1srvof7/psa_the_division_2_complete_map_of_all_40/

[regal brook]

yep, PvE. Any second Higher Damage, lower firing option? just to keep one of each at least

[sour void]

Tsunami (Named SASG-12)

[regal brook]

Thanks! That one is also on the faster firing side, so I'm guessing the M870, Super 90 type of gun is not good at all then?

[kind veldt]

they are good

mostly used for one shot builds

some with headhunter but it's a bit finnicky and very in your face

Brazen talent is probably the current most popular

M870 most reliable of the pumps

[sour void]

Lockdown M870 is just... meh. Unless you can down in one, you're gonna get hit.

Like Glue Super 90 is better.

[kind veldt]

ACS-12 mostly used for striker builds to get stacks

lefty for the talent sledgehammer used a lot for big bosses since it gives a big debuff

[kind veldt]

regular M870 with brazen hits pretty hard

[sour void]

I only suggested Tsunami since it auto reloads and gives +40% WD every 3 rapid kills

[kind veldt]

there are somy funky builds that use KSG with pummel since if you get enough kills you can refill the large magazine without worries

[sour void]

Thought he was looking for named weapons, but yeah, thing hits like a magnum

[regal brook]

Coming from Destiny, I'm starting to hate how balanced the weapons on this game are hahaha

[sour void]

Ehh... don't break the champagne just yet. You'll hate sniping.

[kind veldt]

sniping became entirely about one talent

[sour void]

Ah yes, the legal aim bot that is Regular Determined

[regal brook]

I've been enjoying it so far... I got a bit frustrating when I stopped 1 shot headshoting, but then I got the nemesis and I like it again now

[sour void]

You'll like Shroud better. Trust me.

[solid python]

Sounds like you want something that high damage but low fire rate shotgun

I'd say Thorn

[solar geyser]

oh dear thorn...

how many peeps sent me hate messages due to it...

[regal brook]

Thorn is what I've been using until now, but I thought there might have been some better options out there since I haven´t really seen anyone else with it

[solid python]

Cuz everyone is using acs12

[sour void]

Thorn is pretty much up there for shotgun burst DPS

Even takes fast reload springs which is a plus

[regal brook]

So, pretty much just look for named items, and prioritize faster firing for regular PvE activities? Did I get it right?

[torpid stump]

aye a fellow destiny player gotta look out for each others🫡

[solid python]

Yes

Like rock-'n'-roll or stack broker

Stack broker has higher rpm but lower damage good for stacking buff like striker or heartbreaker etc

[delicate rose]

but the nemesis

[regal brook]

I'm yet to see any of those, so I guess I'll target farm Shotguns for a bit. Thank u all for your help!!

[sour void]

Make it do 100-200% damage on charge and we'll talk turkey

[delicate rose]

i made it do 100 mill trust

[regal brook]

I can´t believe the downfall and how this game is more alive right now, but hey here we are haha. The routine of loading up destiny got literaly depressing at one point, so changing things up is nice!

[sour void]

Needs to be 1 billion because of Tier 10

[sour void]

Again, hedge your bets. There's a good reason why there was a firestorm when Escalation and Prototype Gear hit the scene.

[delicate rose]

just use a skill build instead

[sour void]

that one f#$%ing Outcast rusher that smoked my turret

[solid python]

Speaking of t10
I realized sweetdream knock can't instant kill em cuz the damage only deal like 100m
But they got way over that amount 🗿

[sour void]

JFC
Since when do we need to rely on Reanimated for DMG help?

[delicate rose]

what a useless weapon

[torpid stump]

🫂

[sour void]

I would take a railgun to that and the Hyena Shield

[delicate rose]

the way the passive doesn’t work anymore on that gun is frying me

[torpid stump]

i would take div1 hunter skills

[solid python]

But still you can instant kill t10 with claws out holster

Cuz +500% melee damage

[delicate rose]

exotic weapon needs a whole gear piece for its passive to work 😭

[solid python]

Sounds like a joke ikr
🗿

[delicate rose]

shouldn’t even show a dmg number they should just fall over bc that’s what the passive says

[solid python]

Devs probably thinking 100m is enough to instant kill any red/purple enemy but they didn't realized t10 has 150m or so

[delicate rose]

average devs

[edgy fable]

Sweet dreams is old, Escalations is new. Also different dev team by now, could be an oversight

[delicate rose]

the #1 sweet dreams user in a corner sobbing

[mighty creek]

Someone said the talent has scaling.

At this point Im not sure whether it can one hit red/purple enemy in tier 10 escalation with full squad.

[calm scarab]

hello anyone here to play ?!

[mighty creek]

#lfg-pc go there.

[solid python]

Cant with full squad
I just tested today

[mighty creek]

Im certain Sweet Dreams has like 200M damage.

So not enough?

[solid python]

Around 100 and 120
I never get 200

With claws out holster will boost to 350

[mighty creek]

Still not enough?

[solid python]

350 can instant kill with full armor and full health

[regal brook]

at the risk of sounding quite dumb... If I recalibrate a weapons attribute (I understand you can only recalibrate 1 thing per gun or armor) do I "spend" said thing on the library and need to re-donate it? or do I keep the maxed stat in the library and get to use for every gun I want?

[tawny fulcrum]

Hi who would get the Houdsman please ?

[edgy fable]

You keep them. Infinite uses

[edgy fable]

#lfg-playstation

[tawny fulcrum]

?

[delicate rose]

no u can use it infinitely

[edgy fable]

Go ask in that channel

[tawny fulcrum]

Okay thank you

[regal brook]

Thank u, I can´t begin to explain the amount of stuff I can delete from my stash now haha

[delicate rose]

[sour void]

Bring back Blacklisters funni bug

I want to play Hotline Miami again

[timber hatch]

It depends if they have the damage reduction modifer. If they have it then sweet dreams won't have the required damage in upper escalation tiers

[nocturne elk]

Is there a way i can guarantee being host for Escalation missions? Im tired of doing the bank HQ for a gear set idc for 😭.

[sick vortex]

if you matchmake and keep declining invites eventually the game will invite people to join you instead, that's what I've been doing anyways

[nocturne elk]

Thanks ill try that cuz ya boy is tired of that mission anyway 🚪🏃💨

[delicate rose]

usually the match making takes so long i’m made host

[sick vortex]

yeah, or that haha

[delicate rose]

😢

[nocturne elk]

always welcome to join me lol

[lethal moon]

apparently you are so unpopular the game says "here, make friends" 😭

Ngl feels wierd using those normal emotes.

[mossy robin]

Iam new sorry , if i got an exotic. Lets say in normal mode is it the same states as i get it in challenge or heroic?

[brazen elm]

The stats are going to be way lower

[broken spade]

Hi! To improve to prototype the Lexintong, what do I have to do? I mean, I have prototype cores and expertice 2 with it

[mossy robin]

So item droped in higher difficulty is better

[delicate rose]

😭

[kind veldt]

generally yeah, luck can give you a strong item from normal it's just unlikely

[mossy robin]

I see okey thanks

[brave idol]

what is your expertise?

[kind veldt]

upgrade to expertise 30, have a proto core, and for some silly reason, not have the item equipped

[edgy fable]

Technically you get a new item

That's why you can't have it equipped

[azure saffron]

Delta 03 while farming proto now I can't login.. Server ok?

[edgy fable]

Give it a minute and try again

[nocturne elk]

This expertise to 30 is killing me chief

[rugged glacier]

No it’s not

[random atlas]

Is anyone still able to get the quick step pistol

[rugged glacier]

Event cache I’ve gotten like 8 in the last day

[oak anvil]

Is amount of proto items depends on how much you killed? I play medic in escalation and getting only 1 proto per run on tier 5

[rugged glacier]

Otherwise try LFG channels for people with the bounty

[rugged glacier]

It’s a chance on enemy kill 99% sure

[random atlas]

Thank you. Just got it

[rugged glacier]

Swagggg

[edgy fable]

Yeah that is normal. DPS players usually get some more drops

[sage thicket]

Expertise level 30 achieved. Finally.

[elfin hazel]

🎉

[silver eagle]

on my way there. it's a journey 😄

[violet jetty]

Server down?

[narrow umbra]

anyone heard any news on the cross play?

[elfin hazel]

no and no

[sage thicket]

That it is. An absolute grind. You'll get there yet!

[obtuse yoke]

i just got booted so something happened

[lethal moon]

Still only confirmed to be this year.™

[narrow umbra]

im still playing

[obtuse yoke]

yep im in queue now nice

[long dust]

does anyone know the percentage chance of a 2 attribute maxed and 3 attribute maxed out proto is?

[flat forge]

5%, 1%

[silver eagle]

not sure about percentage but second is nearly impossible

[silver eagle]

is that something confirmed?

[long dust]

goddamn. I think I have a better chance of gambling all my savings on red

Thanks boys

[flat forge]

yes I think so

[native ore]

So I just hit 40. What do you all recommend to do first?

[gleaming canyon]

play the game

discover stuff on your own for now

[native ore]

This is incredibly helpful.

[mighty creek]

@native ore

[gleaming canyon]

it's just I find this and similar posts I see on reddit asking the same question very annoying. Just play the game, discover stuff. Test things around. There's a lot to do. Don't follow meta, improvise and discover

[low nymph]

Hello everyone, Im 2 achievements away of completing division 2. The last 2 are the raids. I have good builds, can someone help me and guide me in the raids mechanics?

never played raids

[mighty creek]

Eventually you will have to follow meta if you want to play late game contents such as Raids, Incursion, and Escalation.

[mighty creek]

#lfg-raid-pc

[gleaming canyon]

I know, eventually. But this guy just hit 40, he can just discover things around no?

[brazen elm]

there's a lot of stuff to do, it doesn't hurt to ask around

[faint gyro]

hi, what is the best way to get optimization/tactical assasments materials?

[gleaming canyon]

rather then give him a to-do list to follow, why not encourage him into finding things out on his own?

[mighty creek]

He can but he specifically asked what to do next so I gave him the guides that was written in case someone asks which happens all the time.

At the end of the day its up to him whether he wants to follow the guides or not.

[native ore]

First of all, she. Second, you have no context of how much I played the first game or even how much I have played of this current one. I'm a returning player so it's not like I don't have a clue. I was just hoping for more specific insight especially with the game now having seasons, thus why I posted in the general chat. But thanks, I feel so welcomed.

[mighty creek]

Take it easy. Its just part of the server shenanigans.

[long dust]

I would recommend getting a good striker build first, then if I were you, i'd try out doing some escalations after getting that first striker build

[mighty creek]

Bruh

[small zealot]

First thing I’d recommend is to think about the sorta build you wanna focus on first, there’s so many different gear sets you can do a multitude of different things, start running missions on the difficulty’s you feel comfortable with and when you feel it’s getting to easy, increase difficulty

[mighty creek]

I wouldnt recommend you to do that because Escalation is a very endgame mode.

[long dust]

there are lower tier escalations. T1-T3 can be forgiving

[mighty creek]

And whats the point of doing escalation for someone who just got to level 40?

Prototype rarity is literally the least of her concern right now.

[long dust]

I dont think you've read my statement correctly. I said after getting that good striker build, "try" out escalations. Not farm, but try

[mighty creek]

Why it has to be in escalation out of all places?

[broken spade]

Hi! I thought that I needed only to be competent to improve to prototype, but somebody told me that I need to be expertise 30 omg! Hhahahaha... I'm expertise 2 right now! It will be a lot of work

[brazen elm]

t0 is just heroic so if you can handle that it's fine

[heady socket]

Unschedule server restart?

[mighty creek]

If you want to dedicate yourself to grinding expertise, focus on Gearsets and Brandsets first. Once they're all done except Yaahl and System Corruption since those two sets are rarely found, look for someone who can host Houndsman bounty farm for named items. Once thats also done, farm gearmods and deconstruct every single one of them to get Printer Filaments, use it to donate stuffs that are difficult to be proficient in. Like skills or useless exotics for example.

[brazen elm]

it's just for the server you're on, can just relog

[long dust]

Feel free to recommend anything else, I just stated out what I thought the things are fun to try on. I don't get your point on being so passive aggressive on this.

[gleaming canyon]

listen, I didn't mean to offend you or anything. From my percpective is that I've been seeing soooo many posts and messages of people barely hitting lvl40 and already asking people for what to do next and meta and all that jazz. And my answer will always be to discover things on your own and later down the line maybe get into finding specific things. When I started playing the franchise I got fed info and meta to follow, and I did but I never understood what everything did. Until I let myself rediscover everything. That's why I always say to just experience the game when you barely hit end game.

[mighty creek]

Fair enough, my bad then.

[heady socket]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[sage thicket]

Finding a yellow Setup is almost goddamn impossible.

[mighty creek]

500+ Exotic components and still cant roll all red attributes for Investor mask.

Literally impossible at this point.

Got all yellow once, and all blue thrice.

[edgy fable]

Crafting is an option. If you don't have the blueprint yet, go farm it from Retaliations

[edgy fable]

I could've made better use of those comps upgrading gear to prototype 😄

[mighty creek]

I gave up.

[edgy fable]

That mask ain't that great anyway

[mighty creek]

Idk what the F happened with my luck that day.

500+ exotic comps didnt get all red attributes for Investor mask AND 10 hours of farming looking for Airaldi backpack with the right attributes/talent for my oneshot MMR build.

Swear to God RNG can be merciless sometimes.

[midnight epoch]

Any reason you don’t just use the Gift Backpack?

[mighty creek]

The guide says Airaldi backpack so Airaldi backpack it is.

[midnight epoch]

Do you have any providence piece?

[mighty creek]

Ggggrrrrrhhhhh must follow the guide. If not, then its not good.

[midnight epoch]

The guide may not be good

[mighty creek]

Yeah, why?

[midnight epoch]

Which one?

[mighty creek]

Got plenty, including The Gift and Sacrifice.

[midnight epoch]

I would run the Gift and then get Airaldi or Habsburg gloves/holster

[mighty creek]

You know what, fine. Next time I farm, I'll farm for another 2 hours and if I didnt get it, Im just gonna use The Gift. Single piece of Providence gives headshot damage anyway.

Still useful and counts towards the build.

[midnight epoch]

13% headshot will probably calc higher than the 10% Marksman dmg

[brazen elm]

It's outdated at worst

[mighty creek]

Thanks for the tip. Desperate times require desperate meadures.

[nocturne elk]

And you can get it from boxes in mission

I got proto weapons from faction cache before

[brazen elm]

they removed that already

[nocturne elk]

No shot 😔

[cinder mirage]

Alguien juega

[sage thicket]

Oof. Sounds horrible. I've still got that mountain to conquer.

[sage thicket]

I mean I've been farming CD since I could get expertise at the same time. Now I could actually consider Retaliations.

[edgy fable]

Welcoming change for sure

[mystic galleon]

Can someone help in Oak wood quick i can message noone until monay if ur on ty!

[weary bison]

looking for active non woke non lgbtq+++ clan that love beer and women

[midnight epoch]

#td2-clan-recruitment 😅

[sage thicket]

Honestly I don't mind the boredom of CD. It's something I'm beginning to understand now and it doesn't change all the time. And you can target mods to get filaments.

[cursive sphinx]

6 squads, 1 key. Gg. What even is this event

[feral knoll]

Heroic?

[cursive sphinx]

Yeah 🥀

Horrific luck

[feral knoll]

I had 34 after 4 hours yesterday.

The probability on keys is just terrible, but it does even out over the long term.

[thorn thunder]

Hello

[thorn thunder]

Ima be so fr I farmed 360 keys during the first week and haven’t touched the event beyond it

Got like 6 lexingtons and idek if I want them

[dreamy crescent]

Just toss them, mid weapon

[cursive sphinx]

You could always use another Lexington

[thorn thunder]

I wanna prototype my chameleon cmon Ubisoft

[cursive sphinx]

A Lexington with each talent

[edgy fable]

I really don't understand how this event could be such a fugg-up. The Winter Event last year which pretty much worked the same was so much better

[feral knoll]

Killer on it is decent but I am an LMG enjoyer so proto first bloom is current secondary. Carnage primary.

[cursive sphinx]

Yeahh idk where they went wrong. At this point they just doing trial and error

[edgy fable]

Big part are the key drops for sure

[thorn thunder]

They likely assumed people would look at it differently since Christmas is more about charity and this event they want people to work for the stuff

[cursive sphinx]

Donating 80 keys for that patch forget about it 🥀

[feral knoll]

I have almost got the 80 done, lol.

[thorn thunder]

Same

[feral knoll]

16 to go, or something.

[edgy fable]

I donated the first couple days, I cannot be arsed to donate any more. Doesn't matter if we get "free cosmetics" or whatever

[cursive sphinx]

I did my part. Donated a solid 5 keys

[thorn thunder]

Farmed about 360 keys donated 80, got all the apparel caches then uh just prayed to RNGesus

Got a few prototypes I didn’t like scraped them

[feral knoll]

It is what it is. No point grumbling now, they bumped it twice so can't see a third outage for it. People were already climbing the walls for the last one.

[cursive sphinx]

Real

[edgy fable]

It is what it is - yeah and they get the respective feedback

[feral knoll]

Even if they bumped it again, it's obvious it'd be another incremental increase so not meaningful. I'm just living with it to be honest.

[thorn thunder]

Trying to get to expertise level 30 so I can actually use my levels I’m at 14 but I’m starting to hit the loot wall lmao

[cursive sphinx]

Man I’m never getting to expertise 30 lmaooo. I’m only at 9

[edgy fable]

14 still doable rather quick - come 20 it slows down noticeably

[feral knoll]

Countdown, target each gear set, or retal if you prefer.

Defo leverage the expertise boost when it inevitably rolls around again. It'll power level up to around 20 before you run out of sets of everything to target.

[cursive sphinx]

Then what after that? Printer filament?

[feral knoll]

Pretty much. Also check vendors for any named gear each week and mass buy/ junk anything not at full expertise.

I'm slogging from 26 -> 30 and it slows right down.

[twilit cipher]

oh yes got an awesome weapon at last the NEMESIS lol

[indigo jetty]

Im debating on whether to play d1 first before d2 but both them seem fun enough

Ive hit 30 on d1 a few times but i never played enough past just doing the main story

[rugged glacier]

That thing is so tough it’s like a railgun

[twilit cipher]

its 2 hiting the event mobs

[rugged glacier]

WHAT

[orchid pollen]

onto Jounery 8... oh.. oh no.. ignores it

[rugged glacier]

what don’t I know to get this joke

[clear sapphire]

hey, if i got the capacitor from a random cache, will it be added my general loot pool? or how does this work?

[north trench]

The game feels so buggy as of late

I’m getting hit by fire streams that’ are visually not touching me at all

[rugged glacier]

I’m on fiber and I keep rubber banding

Despite the game telling me im on 8-20 ping

[feral knoll]

if you pull an exotic then it'll effectively become available yes; blueprints can vary, most exotic blueprints can be obtained from Inaya next to crafting bench inside the BoO.

[sage thicket]

The amount of lag I'm seeing today is horrible.

[feral knoll]

if you see a slow server connection warning, can be worth hopping servers/ relogging (just give it about 10 seconds first to not drop back onto the same server).

[nova iris]

yo any good ways to get the overdogs gloves :?> i tried most things but no luck ./..

[feral knoll]

retaliations; there's a list somewhere of which blueprints drop from each of the faction kill squads. Might be pinned in #ask-td2-community not sure.

[weary bison]

im on dial up living in the woods and im not lagging at all

[tribal mantle]

hyena retal

plus the caches after completion

[nova iris]

does it need to be lvl 3 or just once i can do it i just start it ? and on heroic ?

[weary bison]

whats best way to get legend LMG nowdays

[lunar hare]

what?

[weary bison]

legendairy Lmg i need one

[lunar hare]

idk no Legendary LMG

[weary bison]

i need one i want one but the gods have forsaken me

[nova iris]

can you get overdog gloves from the last brooklyn mision to ?

[lunar hare]

they drop anywhere

[nova iris]

aha ok

[lunar hare]

what do you mean by Legendary LMG?

[feral knoll]

exotic?

[nova iris]

prolly exotic bro

like big alejandro

[weary bison]

well i need one but theres a number of difrent ones but i want to collect them but i have none

ya exotic sorry in my brain same thing

[nova iris]

ye its same

[lunar hare]

anywhere with LMG TL

[weary bison]

when you taken as much drugs ans me everything melts together

[nova iris]

and i got lucky but ig just keep running countdouwn

[weary bison]

i just returning havent played in years started yesterday

[lunar hare]

Lvl40 Starters Guide

[nova iris]

cool what shd lvl are you

[weary bison]

on pc 101

[feral knoll]

haha, I got jumped by a Kitsunabi squad, and I was able to respawn and fast-travel back before they lost agro and had another shot, that's gotta be a first.

[orchid pollen]

yea, you can keep them in world if they lock into a fight with another group of enemies

[urban spear]

heck yea. expertise 19 hitted just now 😎

[orchid pollen]

except the hunter rando who keeps appearing suddenly and goes 'oh no, its a door!' then despawns.

[feral knoll]

yeah if they happen to agro a passing patrol it helps.

[feral knoll]

nice, 11 to go!

[deep flare]

When are we suppose to get the ronin outfit from the community event ?

[unique bramble]

It's already here, open the crates at white house.

[deep flare]

I've already done that. Gave my 80 keys, opened my 30 caches

[weary bison]

so you have to give 80 keys and spend 30 keys

[elfin hazel]

open the community cache twice and you should get the outfit and gloves

[deep flare]

ok, just saw that i had a prompt to open a final cache like an idiot.... Thanks for your answers mates

[north trench]

can you swap which cache you donate to?

the UI for the community challenges is godawful

[feral knoll]

North or South exit?
Wrong, it's neither. *Kitsunabi Squad vanishes*

[north trench]

Alright now it’s working, buggy ass game

[vocal hamlet]

I just reached level 40 and end game what do i do now ???

[deep flare]

We have to farm 900k more keys on pc for the last reward, horrible

[vocal hamlet]

I put it on hard and my guns bearly break armor help please

[lethal moon]

Go down to normal. Don't rush going up in difficulty.

[cinder nacelle]

Get your gear in order, agent!

[vocal hamlet]

Ok but how do i get better guns

[spring trench]

anyone know why PS is having a server restart?

[lethal moon]

It's a looter. Just pick them up from the blood of your enemies

[vocal hamlet]

And what does it mean to get my gear in order what do i need ?

And whats with this calibration nonsense im so confused bro

[feral knoll]

hop servers, or just re-log; a server restart is not uncommon.

[spring trench]

ah so its not a system wide restart just me

[lethal moon]

I'd recommend finding a "new endgame player guide" on youtube.

[feral knoll]

yep yep

[lethal moon]

That bug happens infrequently.

[random laurel]

They're probably patching the new prototype farm instead of fixing fragile armour

[cinder nacelle]

You need to get a good load out together with a mix of brands/gear sets/weapons etc that work well together. You can either figure it out yourself or there is a spreadsheet somewhere on here with some suggestions.

[spring trench]

im in an escalation and i like the group im with so thats bummer

[feral knoll]

1 squad, 3 keys. Words to live by.

[inland widget]

Hope there is a 5x exp event this season..

[tough citrus]

Should just be the normal

[rancid basalt]

Does anyone have a houndsman or bloody houndsman bounty still??

heard its the only way to get quick step rn

[inland widget]

I got it out of one of the event crates

[weary bison]

how you get to lv 40 and not know how to get better gear its not abput guns its about builds you need to build your gear sets around teh guns you wish to use

[tough citrus]

Event caches and I have a bounty but I’m not home

[weary bison]

whats gear are you using

[thorn thunder]

Yeah with the XP event I went up about 200 levels just optimizing what I have now and just doing the daily’s for the most part I haven’t had enough time to like actually grind with the blossom stuff and life

[rancid basalt]

oooo

[edgy fable]

Don't stress yourself

[rancid basalt]

would you mind helping out whenever you are free ofc??

[tough citrus]

Would be an hour if u don’t find someone in lfg first then sure

[rancid basalt]

ive had zero luck with event caches

[thorn thunder]

True, why I ask so much about damage and stuff

If I just traded my salvo for exodus gloves

[jaunty magnet]

Is there a glitch with the Aaron keener mission?

[edgy fable]

You mean where he is soft locked in the boat house and won't come down?

[agile pendant]

chat how often is in game store updated with new items?? premium store that is

[raw widget]

when is the crossplay gonna end up taking affect

[edgy fable]

some point this year

[edgy fable]

Once a week on Tuesdays usually

[sage thicket]

Ok now I remember why I don't enjoy Retaliations. The MM teams fail constantly.

[agile pendant]

its cuz dumbies doing random crap or running 5 directive retal....

going the wrong way, rushing in and downing

[sage thicket]

Or they don't remember that you can actually die in heroic.

[agile pendant]

retal heroic is harder than regular lz open world heroic imo

[edgy fable]

Nah it's not

You just get constantly ambused and sometimes also flanked. In the OW you beat an activity or a random small squad and that's it

So you have more time to "relax" there which isn't happening in Retaliations

[sage thicket]

Retaliations is racing against the clock and every second matters.

[agile pendant]

ahh so thats why 🤔 so rather than more difficult it just bum rushes you with more ai npcs?

[sage thicket]

That's why I prefer CD in that regard.

[agile pendant]

cd is fun but farming exotic compo is slower than retal plus retal have access to named blueprints

[edgy fable]

That's what I like about Retaliations. Plus I really enjoyed the endless Kistunebi squads last week

Constant action, no downtime nor endless running

[sage thicket]

I can see that, yeah. But then I'd probably want a team that actually aims to play and not fuss about.

[brave idol]

everytime i connect the first time, i get a delta-3

[sage thicket]

One Lexington prototype'd, and of course I got max on Health dmg and a bad augment.

[mossy robin]

Bru how to get strong i just hit 40 and iam weak , i done countdown for gear set but my dps low

[edgy fable]

DtH is nice tho. Better than increased WD

[sage thicket]

It's a perfect one, leveled up and prototyped. And got Echo augment on it on the third try. So I guess I can live with that.

[edgy fable]

For sure. Hope its talent is good

[sage thicket]

Measured. DTOOC is the third attribute.

[edgy fable]

Nice. I try getting one like that but the game just gives me increased WD

[sage thicket]

This is the one that I got from a cache and leveled up to 30 + optimized myself and just now prototyped.

The MK46 is probably next and then starting on doing the Striker build.

[edgy fable]

This is the way (For Escalations)

[feral knoll]

10 keys, 7 to gooooo

[agile pendant]

bruh server dc again...

is it the load of people logging in and out of charas?

[sage thicket]

Mmhm. I've been running T5 escalations, and the project is to scoop a perfect Setup to finish the FI healer set.

[edgy fable]

That is fixed and ppl probably found out rq

could be you, your internet, your pc

It is not always the servers

[agile pendant]

hmm other games working, did basic troubleshooting its fine here. gonna try other internet connection

[edgy fable]

Does not always mean much. Other games use other ports, blablabla

Very often a simple pc restart or a router reset works wonders

[agile pendant]

it was the local cluster of their servers... game connected a further one

[cedar zephyr]

how much did they increase the prototype drop rate? feels like i'm getting them all the time now

[lofty temple]

how can i get walkers gear

[zenith urchin]

you cant at the moment, it was in the anniversary season

[feral knoll]

heroic isn't too bad

[wet mesa]

do higher tiers of escalation drop items with better stats or do they just drop more often

[valid lava]

more often

but more often = higher chances for better stats

[edgy fable]

Likely better min rolls

[proud sinew]

Fun new greif dropped, Lock in a tier 0 escalation and then logout of the game

[jade dome]

It’s both they are higher rolls and more quantity of the items

[feral knoll]

couple squads with no keys, I cri

[carmine dock]

Save of the Season people need to praise 👏🏼 me more

[feral knoll]

3 squads in a row with no keys; RNG is brutal.

[lucid tundra]

Had 3 from one then 4 with none before and felt cursed

[jaunty magnet]

YEAH. Pissed me tf off

[wind falcon]

i have the feeling if u hardtry means less keys, except those in retail

last group on retail 2 keys 2 from kitsu squad + 2 ronin

[feral knoll]

it's completely RNG, it's simply probabilities, which are quite low.

[sour void]

Did they nerf Prototype drop rates? Only got 1 in a DCD run before Delta 04

[wind falcon]

like lexington from the crates?

[lyric egret]

Why isn't my Strikers backpack showing up in the expertise menu so I can upgrade it's level?

All other striker pieces show

[feral knoll]

make that 5; cursed, changing servers.

[edgy fable]

Scroll down lol

[cunning forum]

i got 12 in one t10 today

also just lost all my tokens on a t10 because of server shutdown

[sour void]

And what is your usual average in tier 10?

[cunning forum]

honestly didn’t do that many yet but i’d say like 5-7

[sour void]

Hmm...

Still feel like they're really stingy. I'm just gonna gather enough cores for one more upgrade set then I dip

[cunning forum]

lost 70 cores yesterday from rerolling augments :)

[jade dome]

The drop rate is based on npc. So since dcd is a short mission the drops will be low.

[dark kettle]

I never killed a single ronin since this latest patch, once it spawns, it will vanish right away :/

[sour void]

All the more reason why I'm getting a few more than bailing

[sour void]

Place was as crowded as Bank HQ

[jade dome]

Bank headquarters is not a good reference either 🤣. Stranded tanker is a mission with 100 more npc than dcd. I ran tier 10 this morning on average I was getting around 7-10 a run for dcd. On stranded I’m averaging 20-30 a run.

[wanton vapor]

30 protos in one run is crazy

[ornate crystal]

lol

[short locust]

Aint no way, had around 5-6 drops on t7

[tender wave]

Rule 4: no plugging of your own content

[feral knoll]

one key to goooooo

[ornate crystal]

almost done a day's work

[fluid meadow]

28 named items to go

[feral knoll]

basically an entire hour of no keys, which is not entirely rewarding, changed servers and we're back in action. There's RNG and then it seems like the servers just give up handing keys out, seems like. I know that's not the case, it's just probabilities. Still.

[gray flame]

What’s the best farm for named items

[spring trench]

Countdown IMO, or houndsman bounty. i guess it depends what you are after specifically

[kind veldt]

countdown usually works because hunters drop a lot of named items at the end

[lyric egret]

That's not helping, if you are going to reply try and be helpful. Of course I know to scroll!!

[short locust]

Unequip it from inventory first

[feral knoll]

bro what? I was referring to keys and didn't speak to you at all..

[lyric egret]

Tried that too

It just doesnt show

[feral knoll]

is it named? Assuming it's strikers it's not.

[short locust]

Your striker backpack is lvl 30 and not equiped?

[oak anvil]

What is percentage chance of getting prototype gear from t10 escalation?

[fluid meadow]

3% per npc

[lyric egret]

I've just fixed it to show by sorting by grade, no other option showed it, must be a bug

[sour void]

Hmm...

[fluid meadow]

Tanker dropped a good amount of protos when i did it on 5

[lyric egret]

Thankyou to those that offered help

[desert harbor]

Just downloaded pointers?

[ornate crystal]

i have one with a weapon that still wont show i believe its a bug

[desert harbor]

[lyric egret]

Sorting ny grade fixed my issue, try that maybe?

I should say sorting by grade made the backpack visible....

[ornate crystal]

i wont be able to lvl up the expertise but i tried that too mine been stuck for months i moved on so i not worry about that anymore but sometimes logging in and out usually helps i just got unlucky

[feral knoll]

It's done. 80 keys.

[ornate crystal]

nice

[hardy rover]

oh boy i sure love being dcd at the end of a escal

[desert harbor]

Can you move buttons around ? Not finding any settings

Nvm found it

[stoic elk]

After 20 countdowns i finally got an equalizer . . . it has 2 blue cores

[valid lava]

Is it worse than not having it at all?

[lethal moon]

I mean... it goes against the purpose of getting it.

[mental blade]

I wish i could just transfer my regulus over from my xbox to pc

[thorny basin]

jealous! i still need 55 keys somehow in the next week 😆

[mental blade]

😭

[valid lava]

you've got time, event ends on the 12th

[thorny basin]

yeah, but in the last hour of running CP to CP i got two keys. don't know if i'll have the time to grind over the next 12 days at that rate

[frank rover]

Anyone else just keep getting server disconnected

[zenith urchin]

i should do my retaliations

[kind veldt]

dont oyu love manny soothing voice every 5 sec if you are outside of the map?

[small spear]

Agent, hostiles are retaliating! x100

[feral knoll]

Hostiles are retaliating in Judiciary Square!

[low trench]

Anything been going on? I haven’t been on ina couple days hopped on d1 for a little while

[vague mesa]

for a LMG build, what do you want for the random attribute?

[hardy rover]

app me getting a nice amount of protos yesterday means i get zero protos today

[brave idol]

chc

[south knot]

Another day and I can’t play & use the menus with this super bright screen. Anyone found a work-around that actually works?

[hardy rover]

THE TRUE SONS ARE ATTACKING CONSTITUTION HALL

[formal lion]

guys..i just leveled my alt to 40, i waitched on yt that your suppose to getr all the shd pts you have on your main to spend on the alt, is that not a thing anymore ?

[valid lava]

you have to do WoNY iirc

[formal lion]

i ahve to finish the whole NY map ?

[valid lava]

no, just the missions

[formal lion]

where do i get the missions from ?

[valid lava]

The New York map

[formal lion]

is it the manhunt for aaron keener ?

[feral knoll]

For everything except the materials. So if you were thinking you could double dip, nope.

[formal lion]

so.. they patched it ? you cant get matrials from alts anymore ?

[feral knoll]

Correct, have not been able to for some time now.

[formal lion]

i see... leveling the alt was a waste of fckng time lol

[feral knoll]

Alts are handy for things like events and as mules. Basically.

[formal lion]

i kept procrastinating,, should have done it then

[edgy tide]

I just return to the game in a long time for the new event so what ima trying to get just all the new gear from the caches and also do the appeals cost money????

[edgy fable]

You can buy apparel cache keys but you can also use the dropped keys for the apparel caches

[edgy tide]

I see thanks

[toxic musk]

Wazzup

[feral knoll]

3 kitsenubi squads have miss-spawned; that's half an hour of wasted time, eesh.

[edgy fable]

Happens too often. Moreso when it's a Ronin.

Ronin spawns
One step in the false direction
Ronin despawns

Amazing, isn't it?

[feral knoll]

i wasn't moving; they spawn in areas with no pathing

[edgy fable]

That too. Must be working as intended if they don't fix it

[lethal moon]

[lethal moon]

Where'd he go?
Kitsenubi Evaded.
"Wut"

[hidden quail]

Best random attribute for bluescreen?

[hidden quail]

Happened to me 3 times lol

[edgy fable]

LMGs should have CHC usually

[ancient coyote]

Yo anyone on that’s wants to play I’m a returning player

[feral knoll]

they spawned in a CP this time

[edgy fable]

#lfg-pc

[prisma notch]

Anyone lucky getting salvo or equalizer chest in escalations? I can’t seem to find it on tier 3

[ruby flax]

hi all, a litle bit late to the party, but whats the best way to farm Lexington rn?

[hidden quail]

Nah, only got an unnamed holster

[prisma notch]

The named salvo one? At what tier?

[prime plank]

just had a kitsunubi squad spawn IN the dcd mission space AFTER i finished it

[hidden quail]

Unnamed broski, not salvo, just a unit alloy holster

[jagged shell]

You need to kill Kitsune and Rhonin squads that spawn every 10 mins, they drop keys that you can use at the season event vendor to the right of the countdown vendor. This season event vendor has seasonal caches that have the chance to drop the Lexington along with multiple other gear and weapon pieces that are either seasonal based, or are exclusive to this event.

[ruby flax]

great, thanks so much! and i just run around in open world to make them spawn?

[polar thorn]

T5 above is where you have chances to get em, I got salvo but 2 reds core and 1 yellow

[prisma notch]

Ohh I need to stop doing tier 3 then

[jagged shell]

Yes, but you could probably do priority objectives, complete that and pass the time for them to spawn rather than just walking around. What I would prefer to do.

[ruby flax]

thank you very much, downloading the update as we speak

[tropic breach]

upgraded 4 items to proto and no god rolls what the actual F!

[feral knoll]

proto has increased stats, not necessarily maxed stats; look at the actual percentages vs the percent bars, at least one will be higher than non-proto values.

[autumn stirrup]

just curious, has anyone got 6 rogue agents in tier 5 escalation before?!

[edgy fable]

A god roll does not equal max stats

If you upgrade your own items you are guaranteed to have one maxed out stat tho

Plus the other stats are automatically max roll for non-proto values

[jagged shell]

The odds of all your rolls being maxed when Prototyping are insanely low. You shouldn't expect godrolls on all slots

[hardy rover]

whenever you upgrade something to proto doesnt it randomize the stats you have? like if you have chc and chd it could swap to like armor regen and skill repair

[sudden meadow]

No that was a visual bug

[hardy rover]

so if i prototyped my equalizer with double reds, it would still have double reds

[sudden meadow]

yes, it'll randomly max 1 of the stats to the new higher range, with very small chances for 2nd and 3rd stats to also be rolled higher

[hardy rover]

OHHH

dude why cant like any youtuber or reddit post just say that, some say it randomizes everything, some say its different everytime, like i know talents will reroll but thats whatever, thats why i got spare lexingtons

[sudden meadow]

alot of outdated info floating out there

[hardy rover]

okay cool

im prob gonna stop grinding for a proto equalizer from today then cuz its just mind numbing

even if i got one id prob be slapped with two blue cores

[sudden meadow]

just keep in mind currently that prototyping gear will permanently lock its stats and talents

[hardy rover]

yeah i know, i doubt theyll add optimizing either

[sudden meadow]

who knows

[hardy rover]

them not adding it to begin with wouldnt make sense to add it later

[sudden meadow]

all depends on what they want this system to be. They didn't plan to add optimization at the beginning either.

[kind veldt]

They mentioned some form of recal coming later in pts

[quiet smelt]

God rolls are incredibly rare, 1 stat is always 1.5 the non-proto max a 2nd stat has only a 5% chance and the 3rd only 1% I believe

[opaque lion]

i wish they streamlined matchmaking in escalation more

[quiet smelt]

mm in escalation is atrocious, half the time its either nothing your going for or t0

[edgy fable]

Yup

[analog tangle]

Hello

[opaque lion]

yeah why am i getting queued with randoms midway into the mission when i wanted to play on higher tiers

it's a waste of everyone's time

[flat forge]

Thought you can’t matchmake in the middle of a mission

[opaque lion]

yeah you can't, you get sent to a T0 mission

[flat forge]

If you’re on pc you should just try lfg here or other servers

Lots of people’s active running each day

[full zinc]

could just start your own and matchmake that way

[edgy fable]

I also wanna be able to vote out players again. Making the social menu inaccessible during Escalations is mad annoying

[opaque lion]

i've done that, took me 2 hours to start a single run

[full zinc]

oh dang, calls for backup then maybe

[edgy fable]

Lol I wouldn't do that for Escalations 😂😂😂

[opaque lion]

my group also had to dip after the mission so i waited for another hour and went to sleep

[full zinc]

spice it up 🔥

[edgy fable]

I value my tokens tho 🫶

[opaque lion]

i guess this is also related but i want to choose if i want to mm with Directives, really annoying when sometimes the Fog of War bugs out and i have to restart the game for it to go away lol

[full zinc]

why? you're only borrowing them anyways

[edgy fable]

Yeah but I can use them while it lasts now lol

[opaque lion]

if your squad is trolling your runs, just logout, it won't consume your tokens when someone's still alive

[full zinc]

tbh its been annoying matchmaking into escalations when you just want to run a few random missions... i wish they were at least classed as legs like master missions are

[edgy fable]

Yeah that all needs to be revisited and adjusted

[opaque lion]

i think matchmaking with specific Tiers and a selected map is enough, there's alot of people doing runs at my preferred Tier rn

rn you can mm by tier but for some reason the map is random

[edgy fable]

I also want access to the social menu again

[flat forge]

why’d that whole menu get disabled anyway

[edgy fable]

You never know if something is an intended feature or yet another bug

[opaque lion]

i think it's to prevent mm during the actual run

[flat forge]

Mm is already prevented, you can for sure join in the middle of a run

[edgy fable]

Yeah but it has relevant side effects, if so

[quiet smelt]

If I get mmed into t0 again I wont touch escal again, im going for expertise 30

[agile pendant]

we need a tung tung sahur outfit asap

[tall wedge]

dude, i know for a fact my system can run division 2, so who do i have to get angry at because division 2 just crashed multiple times in the past 15 minutes?

sorry i see everyone complaining about ubisoft on reddit and i cant join them because my reddit got cooked:(

[feral knoll]

it seems odd to assume "system is fine" if the game constantly crashes.

if you are getting repeated CTDs then that's abnormal.

[agile pendant]

corrupted files have done that to me

doing integrity check in ubi connect solved it

[feral knoll]

indeed; that's probably a good start.

[stiff shale]

is it a known issue where you get delta'ed everytime you login?

sorry, the first time you log in with a toonm

[ornate crystal]

might need to upgrade internet speed

many ppl still run on older system just because many are complaining about it doesn't mean its on division 2 end if you haven't upgraded that's likely why otherwise make sure your system doesn't need an update or som

[hybrid ore]

@cunning eagle Rule 6, can't discuss exploits here.

[cunning eagle]

sorry not after an exploit just a strat, ive been running around doing control points for hours now and only got like 3 keys

[feral knoll]

run around, kill squads, collect keys, it's not really any more complicated than that.

[hybrid ore]

Unfortunately, the previous strategy relied on an exploit being performed.

[cunning eagle]

so the key drops are just crap at the minute lol

[cunning eagle]

yeah i dont wanna do that

just having really bad luck i guess

[feral knoll]

no keys then, I guess. They are better at higher levels, mainly heroic. If you're running around in normal, then don't expect many at all.

[cunning eagle]

yep heroic i might try lowering to challenging see if i get better luck

[ornate crystal]

no we just have to grind, focus on activities around open world run to each one seems to help if you are consistent

[feral knoll]

technically it'll be less, but it's very much RNG.

Phoo, 2x kitsunabi at the same time.. right on.

[cunning eagle]

just done another 1 but no key drop and no ronin spawn

[thick yarrow]

welp 2 hours to try and get salvo and equalizer prototype from dcd

[cunning eagle]

i grinded 8 hours yesterday on DCD only got Equalizer on my last run lol

[west star]

Is there a minimum tier you have to run for named prototypes?

[fringe haven]

Not being able to change prototype Refractor gear to skill tier is aggravating

[vague mesa]

does DTOC apply to the cover given by the shield?

[cunning eagle]

not sure i was primarily running tier 5 and my named item dropped eventually

but took me hours for the rng

[west star]

This is going to suck, grinding it now XD

[cunning eagle]

good luck

[grave timber]

Sooooooo why is it certain missions of escalation have better drop rates of proto gear than others

I literally got like 5 or 6 on a tier 5 on dcd

[polar thorn]

50 bloody escalation and not a single Equalizer.

💀

[grave timber]

That's why expertise your God roll gear is better then waiting for it to drop

And depending how much you grind 45 exotic components is easy to get

Especially countdown and priority objectives

And also the god dam echo talent keeps escaping me I need that talent for my turmoil kneepads

Also I have to grind for a new closer chest piece since I prototype it and did not get a single stat increase

And is it like that sometimes prototype a gear and no increase of a stat

Or a bug

[feral knoll]

you sure? people seem to be ignoring the numeric percent and only looking at the bar, which lies and isn't accurate.

[grave timber]

Positive no number increase not the armor,crit Chance or DMG

And you can tell too which the stat glows below it and looking at it

Hang on I sent a pic on #fanart-and-photomode

[drowsy pewter]

Just realized Echo is just a Paradox but instead of giving you ammo back, gives you more DMG, this is a big W, i'm already 5 out of 7 echo's (i need to reroll the mask and the ACS 12 for all weapons to have echo)

[hardy rover]

isnt that the one thing you CAN reroll? like you can change the augment?

[grave timber]

I sent it

[grave timber]

You can but it's get expensive

[hardy rover]

its not the same everytime you reroll??

[grave timber]

Goes by 2 then 4,6 and goes up to 25

[hardy rover]

not scaled rerolling 😭

[grave timber]

Gotta be lucky

[hardy rover]

i just need to get as much expertise as i can that isnt named weapons/exotics, im at like 13 rn

[grave timber]

Then again with so much drops of proto gear in escalation you could probably get it back in a few hours

Depending how much you grind and rng is

[grave timber]

Just use your printer filament and your gray mats to max out the gun or gear

[feral knoll]

You can also target gear in Countdown or Retal.

[grave timber]

And when you ran out of printer play countdown and matchmake grind for a few hours and you get it back

[hardy rover]

nah yeah thats what i usually do

[polar thorn]

currently have 450 exotic comps, just need to grind expertise

[grave timber]

Ah

[polar thorn]

[grave timber]

Well keep donating materials to it

[hardy rover]

im sure those 10 protos youll get out of it wont be bad at all

[hollow escarp]

holy hecl, managed to clutch 2 kitsugi squads & 2 ronin at once while also being shot at by outpost dudes 😭

[devout dirge]

Ngl same. Spawned right outta nowhere. Hectic

[feral knoll]

it can get a little spicy.

[astral echo]

What is the targeted loot in escalation today?

[hybrid ore]

Check the 📌

[drowsy pewter]

Nothing good, resets in an hour tho!

[coral hedge]

Have we got the assault rifles yet or have i missed it ?

[polar thorn]

like 40 mins before loot allocation reset?

[hybrid ore]

Click the pin, it tells you all the details you need to know.

[astral echo]

Oh right it didn't reset yet

[opaque lion]

UA and Refactor on easy missions though

[elfin hazel]

^

[obsidian atlas]

who's up for some Petanque?

not me, im going to Petania to raise my magical princess daughter

[hollow escarp]

the new btsu scorpio looks sick tho, right as i was making my medic / datagloves build lol

[polar thorn]

LMG and Unit Alloy is nothing but proto grinds for me.

So total of 80 escalation, the best is Prototype Salvo with rainbow cores I hate my life.

[obsidian atlas]

i prefer birdie's quick fix for obvious reasons, red core builds will know better to cover my butt

[agile pendant]

like btsu scorpion, any other exotic skin that is normally not in the store??

[agile pendant]

weapon skins are expensive but so damn good lol

[opaque lion]

nah they're just expensive

never a big fan of flashes and bright colors so it'll never appeal to me lol

[agile pendant]

some are really good but others dont make sense lol like bittersweet skin ...

[opaque lion]

isn't there one for Agitator that just changes the colors of the stars in the gun

[unreal mist]

Where do I find escalations someone help plz

[opaque lion]

lfg channels

[unreal mist]

No like on the map to do

[halcyon dust]

Hey everyone, is there a specific place to get the Turmoil kneepads?

[agile pendant]

where the countdown vendor is

[opaque lion]

they're event exclusives

[hollow escarp]

btw how do we get the community cache stuff? i've just unlocked all the clothing and am donating keys now

[elfin hazel]

check the pins but they have a special icon with a skull wearing a crown on the map

[hollow escarp]

is it community wide when the event ends or when you donate 80 keys?

[elfin hazel]

event caches

[halcyon dust]

I see, does that include the cherry blossom event going on right now?

[elfin hazel]

you just need to donate one to open the community cache

[opaque lion]

you only need to donate atleast one

[elfin hazel]

yes

[hollow escarp]

i want the patches so thats not an option :pp just wondering when we get them

[opaque lion]

after the event ends

[elfin hazel]

you should be able to open the community cache stuff now

[opaque lion]

they'll just be sent in your stash

[elfin hazel]

for the outfit and gloves anyways

[tropic marsh]

Please be striker for escalation lmao these augment rerolls costs are killer hahaha

[obsidian atlas]

the mask, yeah i have doubts

[elfin hazel]

give it up for maintenance night 3 🎉 /s

[hollow escarp]

yoki doki ty

once im done with the paper lanterns (halfway atm) any good ideas how to get loks of sakura keys?

[elfin hazel]

run around the map hope for them to spawn and drop keys

[hollow escarp]

rip

[onyx rivet]

This whole event ive just collected 3 keys hahahahah

[feral knoll]

I've managed like 30 in the last couple of days.

[jagged shell]

No Umbra please

[elfin hazel]

no umbra

pin is updated

[opaque lion]

i just want Heartbreaker

[jagged shell]

Finally we get 5.11

[silent light]

rip. We try again tomorrow

[opaque lion]

OD and Bulwark though

[hybrid ore]

OD is quite nice, FB not so much.

[jagged shell]

I can brute force a bulwark build, but I know at some point I'll recycle the pieces to upgrade my augments

[edgy fable]

DCD and JTC it is then

[jagged shell]

In what content would you run ND

[polar thorn]

Damn, OD and Negotiator Dilemma sounds fun to grind ngl

[edgy fable]

Anything but Escalations lol

[opaque lion]

it's not terrible

[jagged shell]

I could say the same for Foundry then

[edgy fable]

It's great but you want more single target damage in Escalations

[polar thorn]

Foundry is like, only good when you're carrying your friends that are new to this game.

End game? Yeah sorry

[jagged shell]

Maybe I'd use it to clear NBA faster, or if I want to do fun stuff like Blue Screen

[hybrid ore]

OD with a full proto status setup is one I'm very interested in trying out.

[agile gyro]

carry pls

[polar thorn]

I carried 80 escalations, time to dip because the game didn't give a single copy of Equalizer nor Mk46

[agile gyro]

sorry, i took it.

[jagged shell]

I haven't seen a named item in escalation full stop

[polar thorn]

I will rip you apart.

but again, I'm interested in ND so Imma grind that tonight

[agile gyro]

👁️ 👄 👁️

[feral knoll]

Wait, ongoing directive?

[south topaz]

80 escal is crazy lol

[frigid merlin]

Does my chem launcher fire ticks heal from anomaly augment?

[jagged shell]

I want a week where every LA is unique

[hybrid ore]

@upbeat fractal You're looking for #lfg-playstation, GL Agent

[mystic notch]

Just got the Strega exotic assault rifle for the first time 😄 finally a new exotic to try, new to me anyway

[polar thorn]

Congrats

[mystic notch]

Another new one from a cache. Pakhan

[agile gyro]

Bro my fan is not my friend smh. I'm js tryna eat cereal while waiting inbetween matches for conflict and its literally blowing off the spoon 😭

[agile gyro]

Not a bad exotic at all

[mystic notch]

3 for 3 so far. New exotic from that cache, got the strega from a priority objective reward, and the Sweet Dreams shotgun as a boss drop

[cedar wind]

Howdy all. Used to play a couple years back and been wanting to dive back in this year. Had to of missed a lot by now.

[charred kernel]

anyone have a bloody houndsman bounty still im tryin to get quick step lol

[stone lichen]

Hello
New player here
If someone wanna rush history with me thanks for the help

[agile gyro]

Ask around in #lfg-pc

[charred kernel]

bet ty mb

[mystic notch]

Welcome back

[agile gyro]

All g

[warm silo]

hmm. Server down? :3

[agile gyro]

I'm in just fine

[elfin hazel]

#lfg-playstation

servers are up

if they went down for real this channel would be packed

[cedar wind]

Crashed super early last night. Bout to redownload onto my console and see what's poppin.

[agile gyro]

And we'd have a 30 second chat cooldown 💀

[mystic notch]

Check ya dm if y want some assistance

[cedar wind]

Absolutely. Much appreciated.

[mystic notch]

Just lemme know when ya on. Im just runnin control points atm

[polar thorn]

Who the hell eats cereal with plastic spoon

[agile gyro]

it aint plastic, the cereal is literally blowing off a metal ahh spoon 😭

I have to turn my fan away to eat in peace.

[hollow hill]

Me

[stone lichen]

Anyone up to play a bit ?

[hollow hill]

I don't like how metal spoons have a tendency to scrape my damn teeth

[prisma notch]

I got equalizer but no salvo for me

[agile gyro]

Bro just got put on a hit list.

[wet cargo]

anyone know the daily escal targeted loot for each misssion

[frigid merlin]

Are skill tiered gearset items always rolled max when prototyped?

[elfin hazel]

check the pins

[polar thorn]

what kind of fan is that, nanotechnology some type shit? 😭

[polar thorn]

May the micro plastic slowly bring you down.

[polar thorn]

Good rolls?

[prisma notch]

Of course not

[polar thorn]

Rainbow cores?

[agile gyro]

bro idk the other one broke and i got this new one and anything that isnt heavy gets blown off my desk 😭

[hollow hill]

Is good thing I'm not sea turtle 🙏

[hollow escarp]

had 3 ronins in a row deny me the hive cosmetic qwq

also when will the expedition come back? it hasnt at all through my several months playtime :<

[jagged shell]

I cannot confirm myself, but anecdotally I prototyped my core strength chest piece (yellow core) and it gave me a maxed crit chance attribute.

Since you are guaranteed a max roll when you prototype, I would assume gear sets would have a max rolled attribute (as there is nothing else to max roll)

[polar thorn]

the fan runs at 150w or something

[tropic sentinel]

Must be one from those airflow test tubes.

[blissful harness]

Hay guys ever since the last update I can not get keys no more do you guys no y

[feral knoll]

babies first proto drop; on tier 2 of all things. Ongoing Directive piece. I don't want to pick it up because scared.

[swift storm]

dismantle it then!

[feral knoll]

gloves, hahaha with like 16% weapon damage. Sadness. Ah well.

[jagged shell]

More weapon dmg than you'll ever get from regular OD, be happy!

I hope you get the crit rolls you need more than anything

[hushed pine]

So what's the escalation drop today?

[jagged shell]

check pin

[feral knoll]

lol no.

[hushed pine]

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH ONGOING DIRECTIVE LEETS GOOO !! sorry caps 😄

[feral knoll]

It's cool that it dropped at least; tier 2 scares me, no idea how you fellas and dames handle like tier 5 or higher!

[jagged shell]

I'm sure you could do it

[vestal sonnet]

havent even tried escalation, have a striker build as good as i can get it but haven't in fear or sandbagging the teams

i think i should be okay for t0-3 but my expertise is still low

[toxic musk]

Slowly. Scared

[polar thorn]

I died like countless of time in T5, so it's normal.

[polar thorn]

Expertise doesn't affect your total damage, I dealt 2B while 17k SHD deals like 300m lol

[jagged shell]

Funny enough you should run Escalation more to get exp 30 items, to make your runs easier. Like a better weapon and such

[feral knoll]

I'm already terrified.

[toxic musk]

Oooh. Negotiators in Jefferson Trade

[polar thorn]

T6 and above is where everything is hellfire.

[vestal sonnet]

maybe i'll just matchmake for easiest tier and see how it goes

[polar thorn]

Tier 1-4 should be fine, T5 is real test.

[toxic musk]

It's manageable. Just, respect the enemy a bit more

[jagged shell]

You got it, even if its low tiers it's better gear than what you have now, granted the rolls and talents are useable

[vestal sonnet]

feel like with matchmaking you're less likely to get a healer.

[jagged shell]

Or you could grind expertise

[vestal sonnet]

i mean it'd just be to get better gear with a chance of protypes, my striker gear is all maxed out stat wise outside of the gear mods

[polar thorn]

I despise them as much as I despise Oh Carol.

[toxic musk]

You what

[polar thorn]

I despise my enemies as much as I despise Oh Carol.

[agile gyro]

Can you make that clearer

I still misunderstand ur message.

[polar thorn]

"We" - Pixel 2026

[agile gyro]

"I carried 80 escalations, time to dip because the game didn't give a single copy of Equalizer nor Mk46" - Bros poor RNG

in hindsight that quote sounds like im boutta break out in chinese or smth.